Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

In this era, the capital ships of the navies of various countries used large steam engines, and the Germanic Empire was no exception. The large three-expansion reciprocating steam engine of the Germanic Empire is still very powerful.

But no matter how strong the steam engine is, it is a steam engine.

In contrast, the sun never sets and vigorously develops steam turbines.

As a result, the Sun Never Set Empire greatly surpassed the Germanic Empire and other countries in terms of naval power.

But this time, the Germanic Empire also needs to catch up with the Sun Never Set Empire in this field.

“The Empire has invested heavily in the development of steam turbines and has achieved key results. It is expected that they will use steam turbines as power on the new battleship “Intrepid”. From now on, the empire must also increase investment and research and development in this area. Even if it can’t be used on the ‘Nassau-class’ battleships, it must be used on the battleships of the next class. Otherwise, the gap between us and others in this area will become larger and larger! Liu Chuan’s expression was serious.

The so-called three elements of battleships, that is, the three most important aspects, include speed, armor and firepower. Only the coordination of these three aspects can make a warship burst into powerful combat power.

The shipbuilding concept of the Germanic Imperial Navy is to pay attention to armor and firepower, which makes the warships of the Germanic Imperial Navy have more powerful combat power and survivability in naval battles.

In contrast, the shipbuilding philosophy of the Royal Navy of the Empire is to value speed and firepower. This makes the warships of the Royal Navy of the Empire not setting fast and powerful in firepower. However, weak defenses have become an obvious shortcoming. So much so that many of the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Empire are thin and stuffed. The Battle of Jutland in another time and space has proved this. The Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire gathered more capital ships, and they were also beaten by the Germanic Imperial Navy and suffered heavy losses.

The ‘Nassau-class’ battleships designed by Liu Chuan also adhered to the consistent warship design concept of the German Imperial Navy.

However, if you can equip it with more powerful power. Then, it is undoubtedly possible to further improve firepower and defense while increasing the speed of the battleship.

The Germanic Empire’s current research on steam turbines is still in a relatively backward stage. The ‘Nassau-class’ battleships are no longer needed. Only large three-expansion reciprocating steam engines could be improved. That is, the classic small water pipe three-expansion reciprocating steam engine of the Germanic Empire. It can be said that the power of the steam engine is used to the extreme. It can even burst out power that is not inferior to steam turbines.

It’s just that the improvement potential of the three-expansion reciprocating steam engine with small water pipes has been exhausted, and there is no further possibility. Moreover, repair and maintenance is very difficult.

That’s why steam turbines represent the future.

“Your Majesty, the Imperial Navy will increase investment in the research and development of steam turbines in the next step, and strive to catch up with the Royal Navy of the Empire in the shortest possible time!” Count Tirpitz said.

He is also very clear about the importance of the power unit to the battleship, which is equivalent to the heart of the battleship!

“Now, the Navy can begin the preliminary preparations for the Nassau-class battleships. I hope that in two years at most, we will be able to start construction of the Nassau-class battleships. In this way, after the battleship “Dreadnought” that never sets in the sun, our new battleships will soon be able to enter service. Liu Chuan said.

This time, Liu Chuan hoped that the Germanic Empire could catch up with the Royal Navy in terms of naval arms race.

Even in the number of capital ships, I am afraid it is still difficult to compare with the Royal Navy. However, it can’t be much worse.

In this way, relying on the advantages in the performance of the battleship. The possibility of the Germanic Imperial Navy defeating the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets in the future will still be very large.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Count Tirpitz and the others all answered.

All of them are extremely excited, full of energy, and all hope to lead the Germanic Imperial Navy to become more powerful in the future.

“In addition to capital ships, the Imperial Navy must also increase investment in destroyers and cruisers. These are the three warships I designed, and if the Navy has no problems after the demonstration, then prepare to start construction! Liu Chuan said.

The second battleship taken out by Liu Chuan was a destroyer with a displacement of 1,200 tons, which was named an A-class destroyer by Liu Chuan.

The A-class destroyers, with a displacement of 1,200 tons, are armed with three triple 50 times caliber 105 mm guns, four 88 mm rapid-fire guns, four 40-mm rapid-fire guns, two triple 533-mm heavy torpedo tubes, and a maximum speed of 30 knots.

The third warship was a light cruiser with a displacement of 5,800 tons, named the ‘American Eagle-class’ light cruiser. The fourth type of battleship was a heavy cruiser with a displacement of up to 10,800 tons, named the ‘Constellation-class’ heavy cruiser.