Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, it seems that the news of the Empire’s construction of the battleship ‘Intrepid’ has not been kept secret. The Germans must have learned this news in advance before they built ships of the same type to confront us. Germans are thieves! Sir John Fisher scolded.

The other ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire had somewhat unnatural expressions.

Sir John Fisher called the Germanic Imperial Navy a thief, but from the photos taken by their intelligence officers, the battleship “Nassau” of the Germanic Imperial Navy was fundamentally different from their battleship “Dauntless”.

From the turret layout alone, it is completely different.

The battleship Intrepid was a five-seat twin main battery turret layout, four of which could fire to one side. The battleship ‘Nassau’ had three triple main turrets, all of which could fire to one side.

Probably, the battleship “Nassau” copied the battleship “Intrepid”, but definitely not copied, but improved in this regard.

Of course, the sun does not set people will not know that these capital ships of the Germanic Imperial Navy adopt the mainstream design of later generations, and there is no copying of that battleship.

“Sir, the Germanic Empire is undoubtedly the Empire’s greatest rival. So, how can the Empire ensure its superiority over them? Once the Germanic Imperial Navy is allowed to develop, it will undoubtedly pose a very great threat to us! Prime Minister Herbert Asquith said.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, according to the information we have received, the Germans have invested a lot in the new dreadnoughts and are developing very fast. Their Nassau-class battleships totaled four. In addition, eight new capital ships of two classes are under construction. Sir John Fisher said.

This suddenly made the other ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire gasp.

The Germanic Empire built twelve new dreadnoughts in one go, which undoubtedly put the Sun Never Set Empire at a complete disadvantage in the new dreadnoughts!

“At present, in addition to the ‘Intrepid’ battleship, the Imperial Navy will successively serve three ‘Bellerophon-class’ battleships, three ‘St. Vincent-class’ battleships and three ‘Invincible-class’ battlecruisers.

In terms of capital ships, we are temporarily at a disadvantage. Moreover, we cannot guarantee that our individual ships will surpass the Germans. Therefore, we need to further increase our investment in the navy. ”

Sir John Fisher did not mind exaggerating the strength of his opponent in the slightest.

In this way, it can fully arouse the tension of the high-level of the Sun Never Set Empire, and make them agree to allocate more military funds for the Royal Navy to build more warships.

Prime Minister Herbert Asquith immediately frowned, and the other imperial cabinet ministers also had serious expressions.

For a long time, the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire was the most powerful navy in the world. It is also officially relying on this, so that they can overwhelm other countries, dominate the world’s oceans, and become hegemons.

The vast overseas colonies of the Sun Never Set Empire and the colonial system built up needed to be maintained by the Royal Navy.

Once the Royal Navy is surpassed by the Germanic Empire, or even just threatened by the Germanic Empire Navy, this is definitely not acceptable to the high-level of the Germanic Empire.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, because of financial constraints, we only approved the construction of one capital ship this year, the battleship Neptune. But now it seems that this is absolutely not a no-go. We need additional funding to build two more battleships. And, again, build a battle cruiser. In this way, we have six capital ships under construction. Once commissioned, we will be able to crush the Germans again in terms of the number of capital ships! Sir John Fisher said.

“We start building more capital ships, and the Germans will definitely build more capital ships!” Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George said.

“Yes, it is inevitable! However, we must not be able to lose to the Germans in this regard. Otherwise, we’ll be finished. If the Germans want to engage in an arms race with us, we can only surpass them and crush them. In this way, the superiority of the Royal Navy can be ensured, and the hegemony of the empire can be ensured! Sir John Fisher looked resolute.

The ministers of the other Sunset Empire naturally understood this.

At a time when the Germanic Empire invested heavily in the construction of dreadnoughts, a large-scale naval arms race was inevitable for the Royal Navy to ensure its superiority.

“Your Excellency, Prime Ministers. This time the Germans pose too much of a threat to us, and we have to give it our all. Take out the Germans to build one capital ship, and we will build two. Only then will we be able to crush the Germans and ensure our superiority! Sir John Fisher continued.