Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Oh God! Is that a Germanic super battleship? How could it be so huge! A sailor of the Royal Navy of the Empire whose sun never set looked terrified.

“Oh God! Our Orion-class battleships aren’t that big either, are they? ”

“Hmph! Not to mention the ‘Orion-class’ battleships, even the ‘King George V-class’ battleships and the ‘Iron Duke-class’ battleships, or the ‘Lion-class’ battlecruisers, are not so huge! ”

“Damn, how could the Germans be equipped with such powerful battleships? Then the caliber of the main gun must be 15 inches, right? ”

“The main guns of the Germans should be equipped with 380 mm caliber, which is equivalent to our 15-inch gun!”

There is no doubt that the sailors of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never set were shocked one by one. Or rather, frightened. They never expected that the Germanic Imperial Navy would be equipped with such a powerful battleship.

“If the Royal Navy goes to war with the Germanic Imperial Navy now, do we have a chance of victory?” A young sailor asked in a low voice.

Suddenly, all the officers and men of the Royal Navy fell silent.

Although they don’t want to admit it, it is what it is!

Even if the Royal Navy has a slight advantage in the number of capital ships. However, the Royal Navy simply did not have a single capital ship that could compete with the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy. Once a fight starts, the capital ships of the Royal Navy will definitely be easily sunk. At that time, the Royal Navy will be completely finished!

“The Royal Navy will never lose to the Germans, they can build such a huge capital ship, the Royal Navy will definitely not be worse than them, and we will also build more powerful capital ships!” A Royal Navy officer said through gritted teeth.

The other officers and men of the Royal Navy also nodded their heads one after another.

None of them were willing to admit that the Royal Navy would be worse than the Germanic Navy. However, the facts are in front of them, so they can’t admit it!

The only thing they can do may be to firmly believe that the Sun Never Sets Empire will build more powerful capital ships.

And this discovery by the Royal Navy of the Empire was quickly reported to Lord John Fisher, Lord of the Admiralty.

Sir John Fisher was also deeply shocked when he learned of this. He also couldn’t believe that the Germanic Imperial Navy would be equipped with such a powerful capital ship. But he knew that the Germanic Empire had probably gone ahead of the Sun Never Sets Empire in terms of super battleships. This is not a good thing for the Sun Never Sets Empire!

“Oh God! The Germans actually quietly built so many powerful capital ships. They are definitely the Royal Navy’s worst enemies. The Royal Navy must further speed up the construction of capital ships and build more powerful capital ships. Otherwise, the Royal Navy would not be able to maintain its superiority over the Germanic Imperial Navy, let alone win future wars! Sir John Fisher looked anxious.

Sir John Fisher immediately went to the Prime Minister’s House in Downing Street to report the situation to Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. And this also attracted the attention of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. He immediately ordered to gather the cabinet members of the Sun Never Set Empire to discuss countermeasures.

“Gentlemen, we have to admit that we have grossly underestimated the power of the Germanic peoples and the threat they posed to the empire. The Royal Navy has received exact news that the Germans have entered service with a very large and very tough battleship. More powerful than any capital ship in service or even under construction! Prime Minister Herbert Asquith had a serious expression.

“Oh God!” The cabinet ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire all exclaimed.

You know, the biggest reason why the Sun Never Sets Empire can become the world hegemon and sit on the throne of the hegemon is because they have the most powerful royal navy in the world.

With a powerful Royal Navy, they were able to dominate the world’s oceans and plunder vast overseas colonies.

It can be said that the Royal Navy has become the cornerstone of maintaining the supremacy of the Sun Never Sets Empire.

Once the Royal Navy of the Empire is defeated by the Germanic Imperial Navy, the consequences will be unimaginable. The supremacy of the Sun Never Set Empire will become shaky in an instant.

“Can the current strength of the Royal Navy defeat the Germans?” The Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, asked.

Sir John Fisher shook his head: “With the current strength of the Royal Navy, it is difficult to defeat the Germans. Although they only have 17 dreadnoughts. However, their latest five ‘Caesar-class’ battleships are very powerful. The Royal Navy currently has no battleship that can compete with it! Even if we have 20 dreadnoughts, three more than the Germans. But our odds are still very, very small. ”

At this moment, the cabinet ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire could not calm down one by one.

“Don’t we still have dozens of former dreadnoughts? That took a lot of military to build! Isn’t it useless at all? War Secretary Richard Haldane was very dissatisfied.

“Even with the large number of former dreadnoughts, our odds are still slim. The former dreadnought, in front of the dreadnought, is simply vulnerable. Not to mention in front of superdreadnoughts.

Originally, the Royal Navy thought that building a group of superdreadnoughts equipped with 343 mm guns would allow the Royal Navy to continue to suppress the Germans. But I didn’t expect that the Germans were even stronger than us. They are developing faster and farther than we are in this regard. The Royal Navy had to speed up and build warships that could rival the Germanic superdreadnoughts.

What worries us even more is that this is only the first superdreadnought in service with the Germans. In the shipyards of the Germans, there must have been many more battleships of this type under construction. This is a huge threat to the Royal Navy! ”

Sir John Fisher’s face was no longer confident and proud, replaced by horror. For the first time, he felt the great threat of the Germanic Empire to the Royal Navy.

If the previous threats were just threats. Now, then, the Germanic Empire was truly able to challenge the Royal Navy. It can even be said that it can defeat the Royal Navy. This is what shocks and frightens the high-level of the Sun Never Sets Empire.