Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

On February 10, 1709, the Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Nation’s navy entered the Strait of the Sun Never Sets and discovered a large fleet at their front end.

“Oh God! The sun does not set and the people are coming, are they pulling out all the capital ships? “Rear Admiral Charles Sperry was on the commander’s tower of the battleship ‘Connecticut’, and after seeing the huge fleet in the distance, he couldn’t help but exclaim.

The other officers and men of the Lighthouse Country Navy were also deeply shocked.

What appeared in front of them was the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never set.

The purpose of the Lighthouse Nation’s formation of the Great White Fleet to sail around the world can be said to be obvious.

As a sea hegemon, the Sun Never Set Empire will certainly not let the wishes of the Lighthouse Nation come true. Therefore, they mobilized a large number of battleships and prepared to deter the Beacon Nation.

The sun never sets, the Royal Navy of the Empire this time can be said to have pulled out all the dreadnoughts that were built into service and most of the former dreadnoughts.

Among them, dreadnoughts include the flagship “Intrepid”, the lead ship of the “Bellerophon” battleship “Bellerophon” that has just been completed and put into service, and three “Invincible-class” battlecruisers.

The rest of the former dreadnoughts, even more numerous, include 8 ‘Edward VII-class’ battleships, two ‘Fast-class’ battleships, six ‘Duncan-class’ battleships, 5 ‘Kirt-class’ battleships, 3 ‘Fearsome-class’ battleships and 6 ‘Old Man Star’ battleships.

Although the Lighthouse Nation Navy did its best and dispatched 25 former dreadnoughts. But in the face of the five dreadnoughts and 30 former dreadnoughts of the Imperial Navy, the Lighthouse Nation Navy is far from the opponent of the Royal Navy of the Empire in terms of the number of warships and performance.

You know, the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire still has a large number of capital ships distributed around the world, safeguarding the maritime interests of the Sun Never Setting Empire, and has not been assembled. Otherwise, the Royal Navy of the Empire would be able to gather more capital ships.

On the battleship ‘Intrepid’, Marshal Grenfell, commander of the Home Fleet of the Royal Navy, put down the binoculars in his hand with a look of disdain.

“Do these nouveau riche in the lighthouse country think that after building a battleship, they can do whatever they want? Will it be able to challenge the Empire’s maritime supremacy? It’s delusional! The Germans already pose a huge threat to the empire, how can the empire allow the lighthouse nation to rise again? Marshal Grenfell looked proud.

In the eyes of European countries, although the lighthouse country has developed industrially. However, it is completely an upstart.

They will definitely not be able to tolerate the lighthouse nation climbing on their heads.

In another time and space, although the lighthouse country has strong industrial strength, its international discourse power is very small, far from being comparable to European powers. It wasn’t until after the two world wars that the Lighthouse Nation really rose to prominence.

“Your Excellency Marshal, the greatest enemy of the empire is the Germans, not the Beacon Nation. Although the Lighthouse Nation has built a large number of warships, their warship performance is too backward and too rough. They still have a huge gap in many cutting-edge technologies compared with Europe! Admiral Nicholson, chief of staff of the Home Fleet, said.

Marshal Grenfell nodded repeatedly: “It’s still too early for the Lighthouse Nation to surpass us and challenge our hegemony!” Even the Germans are definitely not our opponents. Hegemony at sea is imperial, and no one wants to snatch it from the hands of the empire! ”

“Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!” Admiral Nicholson looked proud.

The Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Navy was greeted by the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet and entered the Portsmouth Military Port to rest.

The sun never sets the strength of the Imperial Navy, which also shocked the Beacon Country Navy.

They are deeply aware that the gap between the two sides is still very large. Even if the Beacon Nation Navy already has good strength, it is far from the time when they can be arrogant and can challenge the hegemon.

The Great White Fleet set off north after only three days in Portsmouth Military Harbour, where they would cross the Strait of the Sun into the North Sea and visit the Wilhelmshaven naval base of the Germanic Empire.

And Marshal Count Tirpitz, Minister of the Navy of the Germanic Empire, is also despising August, how to receive it.

“Your Majesty, the Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Nation’s Navy is undoubtedly trying to demonstrate their strength and deter other countries this time. However, in the Sun Never Set Empire, he was shocked by the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire. So, the Imperial Navy will be the main force next, or will it hide its strength? Marshal Earl Tirpitz asked.

August thought about it, and he knew very well that the Lighthouse State was definitely the main enemy of the future of the Germanic Empire. Or rather, the main enemy of the second phase of the Lighthouse State.

The main enemy of the first stage is naturally the Sun Never Sets Empire.

The ambitions of the Lighthouse Country are also very large, and they also want to replace the Sun Never Set Empire and become the hegemon.

This is in essential conflict with August’s goal.

“There is no need to hide strength, how many capital ships the empire has, other countries are very clear. Dispatch the Nassau-class battleships and the Helgoland-class battleships, plus the rest of the former dreadnoughts, and let the Lighthouse Nation know our strength! ”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Marshal Count Tirpitz replied.