Germanic Empire: please call me William III

Compared with the powerful army, the Germanic Imperial Navy wanted to develop, and if it wanted to have the strength to challenge the Imperial Royal Navy that never set, there was still a long way to go.

In particular, it is not possible to be led by the nose of the Sunless Empire and follow the footsteps of the Imperial Navy of the Sun-Setting Empire. Instead, you have to overtake in a corner. In this way, the Germanic Imperial Navy would have the strength to defeat the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

The arrival of His Majesty the Emperor greatly excited the germanic navy.

During the reign of Wilhelm II, he strongly supported the development of the navy. This allowed the Germanic Imperial Navy to develop considerably.

But after the death of William II, Liu Chuan ascended the throne, and the whole navy could not help but worry a little, would the new emperor continue to support the navy?

However, Liu Chuan focused the first expedition on the Navy. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to the Navy. And this, of course, made the whole navy can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Secretary of State of the Navy, Count Tirpitz, the Chief of Naval Staff, General Vonpol, as well as General Reinhardtscher of the Navy, General Franz von Hipper, General Maximilian von Schpeyer, General Paul von Förbeck and so on.

“Your Majesty the Emperor, welcome to the port of Kiel.” Count Tirpitz had a smile on his face.

“Your Excellency, it is an honour for me to visit the port of Kiel, and I am very pleased to see the remarkable achievements of the Imperial Navy!” Liu Chuan said.

This made Count Tirpitz and the admirals of the navy even more very happy.

Subsequently, accompanied by Count Tirpitz and a group of admirals, Liu Chuan saw the huge warships at the military port docks.

The most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the one-vote battleship.

Starting with the Brandenburg-class battleships, the Imperial Germanic Navy already had its own battleships. And now, battleships are also being built in a big way.

But unfortunately, even if the Germanic Empire is full of strength, compared with the number of battleships owned by the Imperial Navy that never sets, it not only does not shrink, but continues to expand.

On the military harbor docks in Kiel Harbor, four Brandenburg-class battleships, five Frederick III class battleships and four Wichersbach class battleships are moored.

“Your Majesty, this is all the current capital ships of the Imperial Navy.” The fourth ship of the Wichersbach-class battleship,’ the Swabian, is under construction and is expected to be in service in about a month. Count Tirpitz introduced.

“How many capital ships are under construction in our shipyard?” Liu Chuan asked.

“The construction of the five Braunschweig-class battleships is progressing rapidly and is expected to be in service from the second half of this year to next year. Construction of five German-class battleships has also begun. However, it is expected that it will not be in service until the following year or even the year after the university. By then, however, the Imperial Navy would have 24 battleships. This kind of strength, even in the whole world, is second only to the Royal Navy of the Germanic Empire! Count Tirpitz had a look of pride on his face.

Making the Germanic Imperial Navy a powerful navy second only to the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Setting is a creation he created after taking office, and it is his greatest achievement!

“Alas!” Liu Chuan sighed heavily.

The Germanic Empire frantically built the former dreadnought, which seemed to have a lot of capital ships.

But in fact, it is completely the sun that does not set.

Even if all the battleships in the shipyard were in service, the Germanic Navy had only 24 former dreadnoughts. In this regard, it is simply not comparable to the Empire where the sun never sets.

Moreover, the Frederick III-class battleships and the Wichelsbach-class battleships were equipped with only 240 mm guns. The other battleships were also equipped with 280 mm guns.

In terms of firepower, facing the former dreadnoughts of the Imperial Royal Navy that never sets, there is no advantage at all. Even, it is completely at a disadvantage.

More importantly, once the dreadnought of the Imperial Navy began to be built and commissioned on a large scale, the german imperial navy’s large-ticket former dreadnought was immediately obsolete!

“Your Excellency, Count, I demand that from now on the construction of the ‘Brunswick-class’ battleships and the ‘Germanic-class’ battleships be stopped immediately!” Liu Chuan said immediately.

He did not want the Germanic Empire to waste resources on these former dreadnoughts anymore.

Compared with the Empire where the sun never sets, the Germanic Empire is already very short of resources. If too many resources are wasted on these ex-dreadnoughts. Then it was inevitable that the Germanic Empire would not have sufficient resources to build dreadnough ships. This will make the Sun Never Set Empire seriously behind the Sun Never Set Empire in the dreadnought race. Thus the Germanic Imperial Navy did not challenge the strength of the Imperial Navy.

“What?” Count Tirpitz exclaimed, looking at Liu Chuan with a stunned face. He never expected that Liu Chuan would issue such an order.

The other admirals, too stunned, seemed to be unable to believe their ears.