Germanic Empire: please call me William III

As the world’s largest industrial output power, the lighthouse countries are far from being able to compare with the old powers. The lighthouse countries are naturally not willing to do so, and they also hope to have more voice.

Over the years, the Lighthouse Nations have also been working to build battleships, hoping to use this to enhance their voice and influence.

After years of hard work, the Lighthouse Nation has served as many as 23 battleships alone. And, several more battleships are under construction.

In order to show force, the top level of the Lighthouse Nation hopes to organize these powerful warships to carry out a circumnavigation of the world, so that the world can see the strength of the Lighthouse Nation.

Because all the battleships were painted white, this fleet was called the Great White Fleet.

But unfortunately, when the Great White Fleet was about to make its trip, the news of the entry into service of the battleship ‘Intrepid’ came, which was undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow to them.

However, even so, the top brass of the Lighthouse Nation was still ready to let the Great White Fleet continue. After all, even the capital ships that make up the Great White Fleet are all former dreadnoughts. However, the sheer number can still deter other countries.

Even if the Sun Never Sets Imperial Navy has begun to serve as dreadnoughts, they should not be underestimated.

At the same time, the top brass of the Germanic Empire was also shocked by the entry of the battleship Dreadnought. However, fortunately for them, Liu Chuan’s decision to stop the construction of the ‘Brunswick-class’ battleship and the ‘Germanic-class’ battleship was very wise. Otherwise, even if the ten battleships of these two classes are built and consume a lot of resources, they are also outdated and old goods. In the face of the dreadnought, there was no resistance at all.

The construction of these four former dreadnoughts was stopped, although they also wasted a lot of money. However, through waste utilization, the steel plates and other parts of these battleships are installed on subsequent battleships, which can also be regarded as waste utilization and minimize the loss.

More importantly, the construction of the first dreadnought of the Germanic Imperial Navy, the four Nassau-class battleships, is now progressing very quickly. It is expected that it will be fully operational next year.

At that time, the Germanic Imperial Navy will have four advanced dreadnoughts, which will make the Germanic Imperial Navy no longer at a disadvantage in the face of the Imperial Royal Navy when the sun never sets. Even, it will be in an advantageous position.

Moreover, on the platform of the Germanic Navy, the second dreadnought, the Helgoland-class battleship, was also under construction.

Compared to the ‘Nassau-class’ battleships, the “Helgoland-class” battleships have no obvious changes, and the guns and armor are the same as the “Nassau-class” battleships. However, the powertrain has changed dramatically. The Helgoland-class battleships were no longer equipped with a small pipe triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, but a steam turbine developed by the Germanic Empire itself.

This increased the maximum speed of the Helgoland-class battleships to 24 knots, two knots higher than the Nassau-class battleships.

Don’t underestimate these two sections, they can still play a very big role in naval warfare. Whether it is in pursuit of the enemy or when it comes to grabbing a favorable position, it has a greater advantage.

At the end of 1707, Liu Chuan once again visited the naval base in the port of Kiel.

This time, he was ready to exchange views and reach an agreement with the top brass of the Navy on the battleships to be built next year.

In fact, the top brass of the Navy has been completely conquered by Liu Chuan, and often what Liu Chuan says, they do.

“Your Majesty, the battleship ‘Fearless’ that never sets is in service, and they can be said to be full of vigor and vigor! If they knew that we had four dreadnoughts that would be able to enter service next year, I don’t know if they would be able to laugh. Count Marshal Tirpitz had a smile on his face.

In view of Tirpitz’s exploits, Liu Chuan has promoted him to admiral.

Also promoted was the chief of naval staff von Bohr.

Many other generals were also promoted.

This has allowed Liu Chuan to gain the support of almost all the top brass of the Navy.

“Gentlemen, though we are no worse than the sun does not set on the new dreadnought. But don’t forget that the sun never sets and there are fifty former dreadnoughts. These former dreadnoughts were not opponents of the dreadnoughts. However, the larger the number, the more it can still pose a huge threat to us. Liu Chuan reminded.

He didn’t want to make these admirals of the navy get carried away because of his layout. In that case, it would be very unfavorable to the development of the navy in the future.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” The admirals and admirals of the Navy answered.

“Marshals, generals. I have come today to discuss with you the construction of the battleships that will be started next year. I think next year we should start building a brand new warship. That is, a battleship with firepower equivalent to a dreadnought, with no less protective armor than a dreadnought, but a faster than a dreadnought. I call such a battleship a battleship cruiser! Liu Chuan said.