Germanic Empire: please call me William III

“We are new powers, and those old powers cannot watch us rise, they will inevitably contain us.” Therefore, we have no other choice but to break their containment through war and plunder their wealth and resources. In this way, we can make our development more powerful.

As Prime Minister Bismarck once said, the world fears the Germanic Empire with iron and blood! We have strong industrial strength and brave and tenacious warriors! The Germanic Empire needed a wider living space! ”

Liu Chuan’s words resonated with the upper echelons of the Germanic Empire.

The suppression of the old powers has made everyone very angry.

In particular, the generals of the military were eager for a war, and used the sword in their hands to fight for a wider living space for the Empire and the entire Germanic Empire.

“Your Excellency, I hope that this year the Army will expand into ten infantry divisions, and we need more military strength!” Liu Chuan said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Secretary of State of War von Falkenhain replied.

The Germanic Army now had only 30 infantry divisions, 10 heavy artillery brigades and 10 cavalry brigades, and its total strength was just over 720,000 men.

The expansion of ten more infantry divisions would increase the standing strength of the Germanic Army to nine hundred thousand men.

Such a large standing army, in Europe and even in the world, is only smaller than the Russian Empire. Although the Tsarist Empire has just planted a big heel in the Far East, it is still very powerful. The army’s standing strength alone is as high as 1.4 million people.

However, in terms of combat effectiveness, if we really want to fight. The 900,000 men of the Germanic Empire’s army could easily defeat the 1.4 million standing army of the Russian Empire.

Of course, the Tsarist Empire should never be underestimated in this way alone.

Although the soldiers of the Tsarist Empire were not effective, their greatest advantage was not on this. Their greatest advantage was the sheer size of the population, up to 140 million, which allowed the Russian Empire to have a sufficient number of soldiers. As long as they want, even if it is to mobilize millions of troops, it is like playing.

Coupled with the fact that the Russian Empire has an extremely large territory, it is difficult to defeat a country with a vast territory and a huge army.

“Your Excellency, is the demonstration of our new battleship over?” Liu Chuan then asked.

“Your Majesty, the demonstration of the new type of battleship is over. The ‘Nassau-class’ battleship designed by His Majesty is an excellent battleship! Count Tirpitz replied.

“Very good, then start building.” The battleship “Intrepid”, which never sets, has been under construction last year. Our progress cannot be much behind the sun does not set. Liu Chuan said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Count Tirpitz replied.

Many of the difficulties of building the Nassau-class battleships have been overcome. Krupp has already taken out a sample of the triple 50 caliber 305 mm main gun and is undergoing final testing.

By the time the Nassau-class battleships began to be outfitted, they were fully able to catch up.

Moreover, at the request of Liu Chuan, Krupp has begun to develop a 50 times caliber 380 mm main gun. Although it is very difficult, there are still many difficult problems. However, after investing heavily, the development of the 50-caliber 380 mm main gun is also being carried out in an orderly manner. Perhaps, in a few years, the capital ships of the Germanic Imperial Navy will be able to carry 380 mm guns.

“I hope that, starting this year, the Imperial Germanic Navy will build one or two capital ships every year. The number ranges from three to five. In this way, in eight years, the Imperial Navy will be able to have a powerful navy equipped with dozens of new capital ships.

At that time, we will also truly have the strength and capital to fully compete with the Imperial Royal Navy. The Imperial Navy will be able to defeat the Empire in one fell swoop in future wars! ”

Liu Chuan’s goal was very clear, and he regarded the Sun Never Setting Empire as one of the main enemies of the Germanic Empire.

Who made the Empire the World Hegemon and occupy the world’s vastst and richest colonies?

Only by defeating the Empire of the Rising Sun could the Germanic Empire accept these colonies and quickly become stronger.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Count Tirpitz was excited.

The other admirals did the same.

At the beginning, Liu Chuan asked for the suspension of the construction of the ‘Brunswick-class’ battleship and the ‘Germanic-class’ battleship, but it was as if their hearts were dripping blood!

Now, Liu Chuan finally wants to support the navy’s large-scale construction of capital ships.

This meant that from now on, the power of the Germanic Imperial Navy would skyrocket.

Even in the future, they may really have the strength to challenge the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Imperial Empire and defeat the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set in one fell swoop.