The Rise of the Empire

　　 This is an opportunity and a challenge! Ruprecht defined the meaning of this trip this way. Now I am about to step into the world stage! I am no longer nestled in a corner of Bavaria, and with the protection and help of the family, I am no longer an otaku who clings to a technological tree! All this came so quickly that the prince was not fully prepared. But using the last period of time, he still listed a rough timetable!

　　 William II and Tirpitz are definitely going to meet, Prince William will send an invitation, but Tirpitz is not as prosperous as in history. But now it should have been in a relationship with the future prince. The two are the same on naval issues, but in the face of a powerful prime minister, the speed of military expansion in history may not be reached.

　　 In fact, Ruprecht disagrees with the naval construction in the pre-fearless period of Germany. Because as a traverser, he knew very well that he would not be able to fight in the next 20 years. If William II still offended a large circle of people and broke out a battle after he came to power, then the former Dreadnoughts built now can be used very few! The current choice of the German Navy should be the same as that of the United States in the early days of fearlessness. Improve the level of shipbuilding through continuous improvement and construction, and lay the foundation for the future fearless period! Moreover, the cost-effectiveness of building cruisers is really higher than building battleships. If the cruiser is modified, it can continue to be thrown overseas as a destroyer, and battleships have no potential!

　　 The current Prince William does not have any rights. I went this time just to make a good relationship with him, and then let him help by the way so that the Munich-class armored cruiser can win the bid! Of course, in order to satisfy His Majesty's hobby for the navy, it is still necessary to send him a large-scale silver-plated model.

　　 As for Tirpitz? What I want to say to him is even more important than what I say to Prince William! The traveler hopes that Tirpitz can abandon his so-called risk fleet theory, because this theory has been proven by history to be useless! At the same time, let him think about what the Germans should do if the British do not use the offshore blockade if they want to go to war in the North Sea!

　　 Is the risk fleet theory useful? Let’s take a look at its theory first. Germany must build a sufficiently powerful fleet that the world’s largest naval power cannot easily engage with it. If it engages, it will suffer heavy losses and lose sea power! Then some people said, yes, didn’t later generations lose the dominance of the ocean because of World War I, which caused Britain to decline?

　　 Wrong, totally wrong! The key to the risk fleet theory is deterrence! That is, let the other party dare not move and accept their own requirements, instead of saying that they will die with the other party! This is like nuclear weapons in the 21st century. For nuclear powers, nuclear weapons are a deterrent when they are in warehouses. When both sides start to use nuclear weapons at their best, the result will be a loss for both! The significance of the risk fleet is not to pull the British down! After pulling down Britain, Germany is also finished. What is the significance of the Germans in formulating this strategy? Is it for cheap Americans?

　　In other words, when the British decided to engage with Germany, the risk fleet theory had failed, because the German fleet could not deter the opponents. On the contrary, this theory led to the opponent's more crazy violent soldiers! When Churchill said that he could not wait and started construction of 8 dreadnought ships a year, Germany had already lost!

　　 Another problem is that the Germans have a problem with the understanding of sea power. The Germans believe that sea power is exclusive. Everyone wants to control the global ocean, so the UK needs to face opponents in all aspects. In fact, the British slapped the Germans in the face with practical actions! After Russia failed in the Russo-Japanese War, Britain and France bought Russia with British pounds and francs. Through the transfer and coordination of various interests, Britain and France finally stood together, the French were in charge of the Mediterranean, and the British fleet was concentrated on the mainland to blockade the German fleet.

When the world’s second German navy contained the world’s number one British navy, other countries not only did not take advantage of the fire, but quickly sided with the British. Needless to say, the French and Germans had hatred, and Japan was also honest. The most surprising thing is that Italy maintains the basic disk of the Far East. The members of the original alliance chose to stand with the British after several trade-offs! This is really ironic! The British Empire uses the transfer of interests and flexible diplomatic skills to allow as many countries as possible to form alliances with itself! This hand was something the Germans couldn't play!

　　 And from a historical point of view, the British have long realized the relativity of the British Empire's sea power! For some countries that Britain is destined to not afford, Britain learned to compromise very early, and this country is the United States! To some extent, the pace of expansion in the United States after 1880 was not slow at all! Compared with Germany, what he did is better than that! In the mid-1980s, the United States and Japan had frictions in Hawaii, and they almost didn't do anything. It ended up in Japan's confession. In 1989, Germany and the United States committed an accident in Samoa. If it weren't for God to see it, it's hard to say what it will be like.

　　 In 1898, it was the world-famous Spanish-American War. In a hundred days, the Americans cleanly beat out the Spanish and included Cuba and the Philippines. Then came the open door policy and Monroe doctrine. Together, these two policies mean that we, the United States, shall enjoy the same rights as yours within the power of other countries, but in the Americas, this is my private land and you are not allowed to interfere. How overbearing is this thing? Not to mention that the later Great White Fleet traveled around the world, saying that it came for peace, do you believe it?

　　 How arrogant! How domineering! As for Germany, apart from Wilhelm II’s inability to control his own mouth, its actual actions are actually far worse than those of the United States! Later generations said that the time of the Kruger telegraph in 1896 led to the outbreak of hatred between Britain and Germany. This is true, but it is not only Germany but also the United States that has also failed to deal with Britain this year! Compared with the content and events in the Kruger Telegram, the Americans' actions in 1896 were even more intense!

　　 Just half a month before the Kruger Telegraph incident. US President Cleveland intervened in the border dispute between Britain and Venezuela. The U.S. President invoked sectarianism and said in his State of the Union address: "The Americans believe that the British have infringed on the land that originally belonged to Venezuela. This behavior endangers the rights of the United States. The United States will use various means to resist." This State of the Union address is much tougher than the Kruger Telegram, and in terms of actual action, the Germans did nothing but talk, but the Americans interfered.

But in the face of the same provocateurs, the British decisively avoided the powerful United States, and even Joseph Chamberlain said to the British Prime Minister Salisbury: "It is not urgent to fight back against which enemy, it is important. We should counterattack one of the enemies!"

　　 The difference between the United States and Germany lies in two points, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, which on the surface is the stinky mouth of Kaiser Wilhelm II. But fundamentally it is the strength of the Americans! What can the British do to America? Even if there is no navy, the United States will still be the United States, and maybe Canada will be dealt with. The British had no choice but to take the American emperor early on, so they didn't provoke it at all!

　　 After 1900, have the British interfered with affairs in America? No! When the United States expanded, did the British prevent it? nor! On the contrary, the Spanish fleet that attacked the Philippines started from Hong Kong! The Germans also had ideas about the Philippines, but they were warned by the British! Can't these things be explained? The British sea power is not exclusive! You can share with others when necessary!

　　 After the war, the British Empire used treaties to obtain equal sea rights with the stronger United States. And Germany seems to be able to learn from this aspect, after all, even if the German Navy tried its best to violent soldiers, by the time of the Jutland naval battle, the total tonnage of the dreadnought was half of the opponent's! In terms of total tonnage of battleships, the gap is even greater. This is no different from the agreement ratio proposed by the British side between Britain and Germany.

　　The fate of Germany in the first battle is at sea. If the proportion of the British and German navies can be restricted to a range through an agreement, and then the remaining funds can be used for army and material reserves, then the battle will undoubtedly be very powerful! The final battle for maritime power still depends on the fearless era more than ten years later. It is still too early to enter a naval armament prematurely. It is not good to stimulate Britain too early. The intensification of conflicts between Britain and Russia is still very useful to Germany. Russia must lose, but Britain and Japan must shed more blood!

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