Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“According to the exact information received, the battleship ‘Intrepid’ will be a full-load displacement of more than 21,000 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, equipped with 5 twin 45 times caliber 305 mm main guns, and the main armor thickness is 279 mm.” Liu Chuan introduced to everyone.

“Battleship with full heavy guns? The sun does not set, this is to design a battleship with a full heavy gun and no secondary main gun? Count Tirpitz immediately came to his senses.

The other admirals were equally aware of this.

“Yes, a full-heavy artillery battleship, which can concentrate 8 main guns and fire to one side. Such firepower will be very powerful. Once the sun does not set, people will build this type of battleship on a large scale. Well, what is the use of the battleships that we have now entered service and built? Liu Chuan asked rhetorically.

The admirals suddenly fell silent, and they also understood this.

“Stop building the Brunswick-class battleships and the German-class battleships, or even disassemble them, and use these resources to build our new battleships.” In this way, we can not lag behind them in the race with the Sun Breakers in the new battleship. Even, stronger than them. Liu Chuan continued.

“Your Majesty, in this way, we can indeed save a lot of resources and invest in the new naval arms race of the same day. It can even be said that the two sides have returned to a starting point. The chances of us catching up with the sun and not setting people are greater. Count Tirpitz’s previous anger had completely disappeared, replaced by an incomparable excitement.

The other admirals also knew this, if the Germanic Imperial Navy could be at the same starting point as the Imperial Navy in terms of battleships. Then, their chances of defeating the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire in future wars are greater than they are now.

“Your Majesty, what about those battleships that have already been commissioned?” Admiral von Boer asked.

“Battleships that have already been commissioned, just continue to serve. At this stage, the Imperial Navy also needs a group of warships to decorate the façade and protect the interests of the empire. Even, after we defeat the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire in the future, these warships can also be put into the shelling of the Sun Never Set Empire mainland, covering our army landing on the Sun Never Set Empire mainland! Liu Chuan said with a smile.

“Hahaha!” The generals couldn’t help but laugh.

There is no doubt that the Germanic Empire has regarded the Empire of the Sun Never Sets as its worst enemy. And landing on the empire without setting on the mainland is the dream of the imperial soldiers.

Of course, you know, it’s going to be very difficult.

To achieve this goal, the Germanic Imperial Navy must first defeat the Royal Navy of the Empire. Otherwise, everything is empty words.

“This is a warship I designed, and you can organize experts to demonstrate it. If there is no problem, the empire is ready to start building next! Liu Chuan took out a battleship design drawing from his briefcase and placed it on the table.

A group of admirals immediately gathered around, they were all experts in this field, but they were quickly shocked by the battleship.

This is a very beautiful, very powerful battleship.

“I named this battleship the ‘Nassau-class’ battleship. The full load displacement is 22,000 tons, and the maximum speed is 22 knots. Armament is three triple 50 caliber 305 mm main guns, 12 50 caliber 150 mm secondary guns, 16 45 caliber 88 mm rapid-fire guns, 20 40 mm rapid-fire guns. Waterline, turret frontal and commander’s tower armor with 305 mm of Krupp armor steel! Liu Chuan introduced to everyone.

“Your Majesty, although there is no argument yet. But if these performance conditions can be met, this is definitely a very powerful battleship, more advanced than the “Fearless” battleship that never sets. Count Tirpitz exclaimed.

“Yes, Your Majesty. Once we were the first to build new battleships in large quantities. Then, we will be able to catch up with the sun in this regard! Admiral von Boer also said excitedly.

The other admirals had smiles on their faces.

“However, there are still many problems to overcome to build this battleship. First, the triple 50 caliber 305 mm gun, which we have not yet been able to produce. Inform Krupp AG to speed up research and development in this area. If we do not succeed in the development within three years, we will place orders with other companies. Rheinmetall has always wanted a piece of the artillery pie. Liu Chuan said.

The Krupp company almost monopolized the supply of artillery to the army and navy of the Germanic Empire, making a lot of profits.

Well, now that the Germanic Empire needed more advanced artillery, the Krupp company naturally had to go all out.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Count Tirpitz nodded.

“The other is power, to make a battleship with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons reach a speed of more than 22 knots, it needs very strong power. At present, the empire still has great difficulties in this regard. Liu Chuan said.