Germanic Empire: please call me William III

On February 10, 1709, the Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Nation Navy entered the Sunburst Strait and found a huge fleet at the front of them.

“O God! The sun is not setting, are they pulling out all the capital ships? Rear Admiral Charles Sperry, on the command tower of the battleship Connecticut, exclaimed at the sight of the huge fleet in the distance.

The other officers and men of the Lighthouse Nation’s navy were also deeply shocked.

In front of them was the main fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy.

The purpose of the Lighthouse Nation in forming the Great White Fleet for a global voyage is clear.

As the overlord of the seas, the Empire of the Rising Sun certainly will not let the wishes of the Lighthouse Nation come true. So, they mobilized a large number of battleships, ready to shock the lighthouse nation.

The Imperial Navy can be said to have pulled out all the dreadnoughts and most of the former dreadnoughts that were in service this time.

Among them, the dreadnought includes the flagship ‘Dreadnought’, the first ship of the ‘Bellerophon-class’ battleship ‘Berlerophon’, which has just been completed and commissioned, and three ‘Invincible-class’ battlecruisers.

The remaining pre-dreadnoughts, in even greater numbers, include 8 Edward VII class battleships, two Fast class battleships, six Duncan class battleships, 5 Foggy class battleships, 3 Fear class battleships and 6 Old Man star battleships.

Although the Lighthouse Navy did its best, 25 ex-dreadnoughts were dispatched. But in the face of the five dreadnoughts and 30 former dreadnoughts of the Imperial Navy, the Lighthouse Nation Navy was far from being a rival to the Imperial Royal Navy in terms of the number of warships and their performance.

It should be known that the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets still has a large number of capital ships distributed around the world, and to maintain the maritime interests of the Sun Never Sets Empire, it has not been assembled. Otherwise, the Imperial Navy would be able to assemble more capital ships.

On the battleship HMS Intrepid, Marshal Grenfell, commander of the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet, lowered the telescope in his hand, a look of disdain.

“Do these upstarts in the Lighthouse Nation think that they can do whatever they want after building a battleship?” Will it be able to challenge the Empire’s maritime hegemony? It’s delusional! The Germans had already posed a great threat to the Empire, how could the Empire allow the Lighthouse Nation to rise again? Marshal Grenfell had a look of pride on his face.

In the eyes of the European countries, although the lighthouse nation has developed industry. But it’s just an upstart.

They absolutely cannot tolerate the lighthouse nation climbing on their heads.

In another time and space, although the lighthouse country has a strong industrial strength, its international discourse power is very small, far from being comparable to the European powers. It was not 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 Lighthouse Nation. Although the Lighthouse Nation built a large number of warships, their warships were too backward and too rough. They still have a huge gap in many cutting-edge technologies compared to Europe! Admiral Nicholson, chief of staff of the Home Fleet, said.

Marshal Grenfell nodded, “It’s still too early for the Lighthouse Nation to surpass us and challenge our hegemony!” Even the Germans were definitely not our opponents. Maritime hegemony is imperial, and no one should try to snatch it from the hands of the empire! ”

“Yes, Your Excellency, Marshal!” Admiral Nicholson had a look of pride on his face.

The Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Navy, greeted by the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet, entered ports of Portsmouth for recuperation.

The strength of the Imperial Navy, which also shocked the Lighthouse Navy.

They deeply realized that the gap between the two sides is still very large. Even if the lighthouse navy already has a good strength, it is far from the time when they can be arrogant and arrogant and challenge the overlord.

The Great White Fleet, which had only spent three days at portsmouth military harbor, set off north, crossing the Sunbeat Strait into the North Sea to visit the German Empire’s Wilhelmshaven Naval Base.

And The Germanic Admiral of the Navy, Count Tirpitz, is also belittling Augustus, how to receive.

“Your Majesty, the Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Nation’s Navy is embarking on a global voyage this time, no doubt to show their force and deter other countries. However, in the Empire where the sun never sets, it was shocked by the Royal Navy of the Empire where the sun never sets. So, will the Imperial Navy exert its main force next, or will it hide its strength? Count Marshal Tirpitz asked.

August thought for a moment, and he knew very well that the Lighthouse Nation was definitely the main enemy of the future of the Germanic Empire. Or rather, the main enemy of the second phase of the Lighthouse Nation.

The main enemy of the first stage, of course, is the Empire where the sun never sets.

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

This is essentially in conflict with Auguste’s goals.

“There is no need to hide its strength, how many capital ships the Empire has, the other countries know very well. Dispatch the ‘Nassau-class’ battleships and the ‘Helgoland-class’ battleships, plus the rest of the former dreadnoughts, and let the Lighthouse Nations know our strength! ”

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