Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

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“Gentlemen, in any case, the Royal Navy must not lose to the Germans. In the arms race, the empire could not be surpassed by the Germans. Otherwise, if the Royal Navy could not defeat the Germans, the consequences would be very serious. It will even cause the empire to lose the war in the future. That is truly fatal for the Empire!

Although the financial pressure of the empire is very great now, for the long-term interests of the empire, and for the empire to win in future wars, the empire must increase its investment in the navy to ensure that the imperial navy must win in future wars! ”

Prime Minister Herbert Asquith said.

The other cabinet ministers also realized the seriousness of the matter and nodded their heads in support.

Even now, the financial revenue of the empire is already very difficult, and it is no longer possible to achieve a balance of income and expenditure. However, even if they have foreign debts, or even high debts, they must ensure the development of the Royal Navy! In this way, they may be victorious in future wars. Only in this way can we ensure that the Sun Never Sets Empire maintains its hegemonic position.

“Sir, the Royal Navy will come up with a new capital ship construction plan, and the Empire will fully support it. In any case, the Empire must defeat the Germans in this regard! Prime Minister Herbert Asquith said.

“Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!” Sir John Fisher was also relieved.

After getting the Prime Minister’s approval, and even the authorization of the entire cabinet, he will be much easier to deal with.

With the heritage of the Royal Navy and the powerful shipbuilding strength of the Sun Never Sets Empire, even if the Germanic Empire is temporarily ahead in the naval arms race. However, the Royal Navy will certainly be able to catch up. Even, far beyond the Sun Never Sets Empire.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, are we still going to continue to threaten war against the Germanic Empire and force them to compromise and back down?” Foreign Secretary Edward Gray asked.

Prime Minister Herbert Asquith smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Can we still fight with the Germans now?” We need to avoid war as much as possible. Once the war starts, if the Royal Navy cannot defeat the Germans, but is defeated by the Germans, then we will be in great trouble. At that time, the empire will only be able to hold its own homeland and will not be able to send expeditionary forces to the European continent to reinforce the Gauls. Can the Gauls fight the Germans without imperial reinforcements? That’s delusional at all.

Although the Russian Empire was powerful, the Germans were not without helpers. In that case, the entire war situation will be very unfavorable to the empire. Therefore, the Empire now needs to avoid war with the Germans as much as possible, and can no longer stimulate the Germans. Wait until the Imperial Navy has the strength to defeat the Germanic navy before going to war with the Germans! ”

“Yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister is very right, now in the war, we have no chance of winning, the risk is too great!” Sir John Fisher also said.

The other ministers did not support the stimulation of the Germanic Empire anymore. After all, risking a war without seeing the odds is no different from being a fool.

“Then it seems that we have to break our promise to the Dutch people.” Edward Gray said.

“It’s not that we’re breaking our promises, it’s that it’s the way it is. However, our commitment to the people of Holland remains valid. In the future, the empire and the Germans will inevitably have a war. After we defeat the Germans in future wars, the Kingdom of Holland will naturally be able to be restored! Prime Minister Herbert Asquith said.

The other ministers also nodded one after another.

For the Hollanders, they can only say sorry now. As for whether the Dutch will be dissatisfied with this, this is not something they can consider. After all, they are the ministers of the Sun Never Set Empire, and naturally they have to put the interests of the Sun Never Set Empire first.

The Empire quickly changed its attitude, claiming that the means of war were only a last resort and that peace must be ensured as much as possible.

The Royal Navy also took the initiative to retreat, no longer going to the coast of the Germanic Empire, or even to the coast of the Dutch Kingdom. Even directly ceded half of the North Sea to the east to the Germanic Empire.

The sun did not set and people were dumbfounded, and they chose to compromise and retreat, no longer stimulating the Germanic Empire, let alone clamouring for war.

The Gauls naturally knew that the problem was serious, and even they knew very well that without the support and assistance of the Sun Never Set Empire, even if they were allies with the Tsarist Empire. However, it was also very difficult for them to defeat the Germanic Empire in one fell swoop.

As a result, the fishing vessels in Gaul suddenly underwent a 180-degree transformation. Although they still advocate that the destruction of the Dutch Kingdom by the Germanic Empire is a very brutal act. However, it did not improve the security guarantee of the Lu Kingdom to the Dutch Kingdom, let alone clamored that if the Germanic Empire did not withdraw from the Dutch Kingdom, they would go to war against the Germanic Empire.

The Gallic kingdom really wanted to defeat the Germanic Empire and wanted to be humiliated. However, they do not want another fiasco.

The last crushing defeat led to the fall of the Second Gallic Empire. Moreover, it ceded Alsace and Lorraine to the Germanic Empire, and compensated the Germanic Empire for five billion francs in war reparations.

If they fail miserably again, the price they pay will be even greater. In the absence of a sure victory, the Gauls naturally did not want to take risks at this time.

As for the Russian Empire, it has died down.

Tsar Nicholas II was more likely to have developed amnesia, as if he had forgotten his previous call to expand the army of the Russian Empire to 2.3 million men. After all, expanding the army costs a lot of money. And the Russian Empire simply did not have so much money. Especially when the war cannot be fought for a while and a half, then there is no need to expand the army in such a hurry, it is just a waste of money.

Moreover, the territory of the Russian Empire was vast, and even if it was mobilized after the war began, it would be completely timely. They have vast territories, there is enough time to exchange space for time, enough troops to mobilize. A large number of serfs, as long as they accepted the conscription, laid down their hoes and were able to take up arms and go into battle. Of course, such soldiers of the Russian Empire hardly had any combat effectiveness to speak of. If it were not for the superiority of troops, the Russian Empire would simply be delusional if it wanted to win the war.

Under such circumstances, the war will naturally not be fought.

But the Hollanders found that in the end they were the ones who were the most hurt.