Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Super dreadnought? The sun does not set, is this planning to start construction of the ‘Orion-class’ battleship? “August is very clear about the actions of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

The Orion-class battleship is the world’s first super dreadnought.

It’s just that the Orion-class battleship is equipped with a 45-caliber 343-mm main gun, which August can’t see.

In terms of performance and armor-piercing ability, the 45 times caliber 343 mm main gun of the Sun Never Falling Man is slightly stronger than the 50 times caliber 305 mm main gun of the German Imperial Navy. However, the strong ones are also very limited.

In addition, the capital ship of the sun does not set has always been thin and stuffed, attaches importance to firepower and speed, and despises armor.

This makes the ‘Nassau-class’ battleships and ‘Hergoland-class’ battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy not necessarily without a chance against the “Orion-class” battleships of the last day, and even the subsequent super dreadnoughts.

“Your Majesty, the Imperial Navy cannot lag behind them, and the Imperial Navy also needs to build super dreadnoughts!” Marshal von Boer said.

Marshal Count Tirpitz also nodded repeatedly, echoing this view.

“Super dreadnoughts, the empire is naturally to be built. In next year’s shipbuilding plan, the Imperial Navy will build super dreadnoughts. However, because the superdreadnought is larger in tonnage and equipped with larger main guns, this also requires further improvement of the power system. There are also quite a few technical difficulties that we need to solve.

On the side of large-caliber naval guns, Krupp has been developing them for several years, and it should not drag its feet. In terms of large steam turbines, we have to work harder! However, it should not be much worse. ”

Although August knows the direction of development, he is not a technical talent after all, and he cannot replace technical personnel to develop advanced technology, but can only invest more money and do a good job in other aspects, so that the Germanic Empire can make breakthroughs in technology.

Fortunately, since his succession, August has consciously made efforts in this regard.

August has established a special power equipment company responsible for the development and production of power equipment.

At present, August Power Equipment has been able to develop and produce marine steam turbines, vehicle engines and diesel engines, as well as aircraft engines, etc. In addition, there is a sizable R&D team responsible for research and development in these areas, ensuring that the Germanic Empire can be at the forefront of the world in terms of power.

August knew how important motivation was.

Without excellent power equipment, battleships cannot sail at high speed, only as slow as turtles. Just like the navy of the Beacon Country in another time and space, the capital ships built are almost all turtle warships.

Cars, tanks and planes also need powerful power equipment, which is equivalent to the heart of these equipment!

“The Navy can start preparing now and focus on overcoming the challenges we are experiencing.” Next year, the Navy will be able to start building superdreadnoughts. I will name the next super dreadnought, the ‘Caesar-class’ battleship! August said.

The ‘Caesar-class’ battleship in this space-time is much more powerful than the ‘Caesar-class’ battleship in another space-time.

‘Caesar-class’ battleships with a standard displacement of 31,000 tons, a full load displacement, 35,000 tons. Equipped with 16 large oil-fired boilers and 4 high-power steam turbines, four-shaft propulsion, maximum speed of 24 knots. It is equipped with 3 triple 50 caliber 380 mm main guns and 6 twin 150 mm secondary guns. 4 twin 105-mm rapid-fire guns. 12 88-mm single-mount rapid-fire guns. 16 40-mm single-mount rapid-fire guns. Side waterline armor, main turret frontal armor and commander tower armor thickness of 380 mm new armor steel, deck armor 65 mm. In addition, key cabins such as power compartments and ammunition compartments have also been reinforced in terms of protection.

The ‘Caesar-class’ battleships will be built five at once to cope with the aggressive posture of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

The five ‘Caesar-class’ battleships were the lead ship ‘Caesar’, the second ship ‘Frederick the Great’, the third ship ‘Catherine’, the fourth ship ‘King Albert’ and the fifth ship ‘Louis Hipold Regent’.

Marshal Earl Tirpitz and Marshal von Boer were very satisfied with the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships.

In particular, the 380-mm gun is much more powerful than the 343-mm gun.

This means that once these ‘Caesar-class’ battleships are completed and put into service, the Germanic Imperial Navy will become more powerful.

If the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire wants to suppress the Germanic Imperial Navy, it is undoubtedly more difficult.

Of course, the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships were a huge leap in technology compared to the previous ‘Nassau-class’ battleships and ‘Hergoland-class’ battleships.

Even with the strong shipbuilding strength and scientific research strength of the German Empire, it is very difficult to build the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships, and all industrial sectors have to go all out.

You know, in this era, battleships are known as the pinnacle of industry, and only a few major powers in the world have the ability to build battleships. In terms of deterrence, it is estimated that it is equivalent to a mushroom bomb in later generations.