Germanic Empire: please call me William III

Germanic Empire, Naval Base in the Port of Kiel.
Augustus arrived here again to inspect the progress of the construction of the Bavarian-class battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy.
The first ship of the Bavarian-class battleship, the Bavaria-class battleship, has already started construction here. Three other ships, baden, Saxony and Württemberg, were also opened at other shipyards.
Compared with the ‘Bavaria-class’ battleships of another space-time, the ‘Bavarian-class’ battleships of this space-time are undoubtedly much more powerful. Not only was the tonnage larger, but the caliber of the main gun was also larger. At the same time, the defensive power is even more amazing.
This space-time ‘Bavaria-class’ battleship has a displacement of 44,000 tons and a full load displacement of 50,000 tons. This is definitely the largest capital ship ever built by mankind. It was equipped with three triple-mounted 50x caliber 410 mm main guns. It was equipped with 32 large oil-fired boilers and four steam turbines, four-axle propulsion, and a maximum speed of 24 knots. The maximum thickness of waterline armor is 410 mm, the thickness of deck armor is 102 mm, and the armor thickness of the front of the turret and the front of the command tower is also 410 mm.
Once the Bavarian-class battleships enter service, this will make the Germanic Imperial Navy even more powerful. It was even possible to crush the Royal Navy with this class of battleships.
Of course, it is precisely because the Bavarian-class battleships are too large and use a lot of new technologies. Therefore, it is also very difficult to build. It is expected that it will take at least three years to be completed and commissioned.
If the war had continued in 1714, the Bavarian-class battleships would not have been able to catch up. Because of this class of battleships, it was not until at least 1715 that they could enter service.
Therefore, in the early days of the war, the Germanic Imperial Navy was still able to only defend and break the engagement.
“Your Majesty, it is hard to imagine that we can build such a huge capital ship. By the time these massive ‘Bavarian-class’ battleships are in service, our naval strength will once again surpass that of the Royal Navy of the Empire where the sun never sets! Marshal Tirpitz said.
Now, although the strength of the Germanic Imperial Navy has surpassed the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Setting. However, everyone knows that this is only temporary. Next, the Imperial Royal Navy will surely catch up.
With the background and shipbuilding capabilities of the Germanic Empire, there is still a big gap compared with the Empire where the sun never sets. The Germanic Empire wanted to maintain its advantage in this field, and the difficulty could be imagined.
August nodded, “Yeah! However, according to the information we have received, the Sun never sets on the construction of 12 super battleships equipped with 15 inches, or 381 mm main guns, at one time. If you add the 12 super battleships they are currently building with 343 mm main guns, and the four Orion-class super battleships that are already in service. The number of super battleships that never sets has reached 28. In addition to this, the Sun Never Sets has 16 battleships equipped with 305 mm main guns.
In contrast, apart from the Bavarian-class battleships, there are only 13 super battleships that we have entered service and are building. In addition, there are 12 battleships equipped with 305 mm.
Once the sun does not set people seriously, the gap between us and the people who do not set is still very large! ”
When Marshal Count Tirpitz and Marshal vonpol heard these words, their expressions could not help but become serious.
Just as the Germanic Empire competed with the Sunless Empire in terms of former dreadnoughts during the time of Wilhelm II, the former dreadnoughts built by the Admiralty were more than twice as large as those of the Germanic Empire. If Auguste had not directly halted the construction of the former dreadnought, the Germanic Empire would have invested more money and material resources in this regard. In the end, it all turned out to be a complete waste.
“Your Majesty, the sun never sets on the number of capital ships, and occupies an absolute advantage. It is undoubtedly very difficult for us to catch up with them! Even if our Bavarian-class battleships were in service, we would have only 29. And the sun does not set, there are 44 ships. The Sun Never Sets 15 more than we do. Even if our single ship performance is stronger, but the number gap is too large, it is very difficult to win the future war without falling. We also need to build more and more powerful capital ships! Marshal Vonpol said bluntly.
Count Marshal Tirpitz did not say much, but his intentions were equally evident.
Auguste smiled, and the thoughts of these guys in the Navy, of course he knew very well.
“This time, the Empire occupied the Lotus Kingdom and seized a lot of property. I will ask the Cabinet to allocate a portion of it to the Navy for the subsequent construction of warships.
The ‘Bavaria-class’ battleships have almost reached the pinnacle of our existing technology. Next, we can only improve on this, improve soft power, and optimize other subsystems.
The Navy organized experts to improve a battleship on the basis of the ‘Bavarian class’ battleship, which can be named the ‘Braunschweig class’ battleship, which is equivalent to making up for the previously cancelled ‘Braunschweig class’ battleship. ”
Auguste understood what the Navy’s top brass were thinking and went straight to their wishes.
Sure enough, Both Count Tirpitz and Marshal Vonpol were overjoyed.
The cancelled Brunswick-class battleship was nothing more than a former dreadnought. Now, it’s about making up for a Navy super dreadnought with a 410mm main gun.
It can be said that the military cost of building a new ‘Brunswick-class’ battleship is estimated to be equivalent to the previous five old ‘Brunswick-class’ battleships.
This time, the Navy has made a lot of money!
Even Marshal Tirpitz and Marshal vonPol had some regrets, why didn’t the other 14 former dreadnoughts of the third class be scrapped in the first place? If you rebuild at this time, make up for it. So, how powerful the Germanic Imperial Navy must be!
However, this can only be thought of. Even with the current financial resources of the Germanic Empire, it was simply impossible to support such a huge shipbuilding plan!
At a time when the Empire of the Rising Sun frantically began to build more powerful capital ships, August decided to build five new ‘Brunswick-class’ battleships on the basis of building four ‘Bavarian-class’ battleships, which was undoubtedly a counterattack against the Empire of the Rising Sun.
Of course, this also makes this naval arms race more intense.