Tsarist Empire: Please call me His Majesty the Tsar

At the end of October 1796, Tsar Mikhail II summoned Alexander the Minister of the Navy in Mosk and the commanders of the Navy's current four fleets.

At present, the Imperial Russian Navy is divided into the Northern Fleet, the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet and the Pacific Fleet.

It's just that the current strength of the Imperial Russian Navy is not yet strong. After assigning these warships to four fleets, the strength of each fleet will naturally be weaker.

There is no way around this, although the Russian Empire has an extremely long coastline. However, there is a lack of ice-free ports. In particular, the long coastline bordering the Arctic Ocean in the north is rare enough to serve as a military port. That is, because Murmansk does not freeze all year round because of the warm current in the North Atlantic, it is suitable for warships to dock.

Other ports, both on the Baltic and Pacific coasts, have a freeze period.

In the northern part of the Baltic Sea, there is a long freezing period every year. This forced the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Imperial Navy to leave every winter and go to Murmansk for the winter.

And Vladivostok, the home port of the Pacific Fleet, also has a freezing period. Fortunately, the ice is not thick, and in the case of icebreakers, it is possible to sail. But in this case, it is too troublesome. This is why the Russian Empire expanded in the Far East and seized the Kanto region.

As for the Black Sea Fleet, although the Black Sea coast will not freeze, Sevastopol is also an excellent naval base. But the point is that the Black Sea is almost a closed inland sea. The previously signed Treaty of Wudu stipulated that warships of the Russian Empire could not pass through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The Black Sea Fleet, so to speak, was blocked in the Black Sea.

From these perspectives, it was very difficult for the navy of the Russian Empire to develop and become strong, and the naval base alone.

Vice Admiral Rozhdestywinsky, commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Foksam, commander of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Makarov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, and Vice Admiral Alekseev, commander of the Pacific Fleet, all attended the meeting.

At present, the main warships of the Imperial Russian Navy mainly include ten ironclads, as well as 16 former dreadnoughts and 8 armored cruisers, as well as a number of cruisers and so on.

Such naval strength, at the moment, is already very good.

However, in Mikhail's eyes, these warships are all old warships. Even in this era, this is not such an advanced battleship, let alone a few years later.

In another time and space, Nicholas II had the intention to vigorously develop the navy, and also built a large number of former dreadnoughts and armored cruisers.

But unfortunately, these warships with poor performance were lost in the naval battle with the Eastern Empire a few years later. Either they were sunk by the Orientals, or they were captured by the Orientals, which is simply a shame for the Russian Empire!

Therefore, Mikhail's first order to the navy after inheriting the throne was to temporarily stop all the navy's shipbuilding programs. Those ships that have been launched can be outfitted and commissioned after completion. For the rest of the ships, all plans were canceled.

In Mikhail's view, instead of wasting a lot of resources and financial resources to build these backward warships, it is better to stop for a while, first improve the construction technology, and then gradually build truly advanced warships.

In this way, it will not only enhance the strength of the Russian Imperial Navy. At the same time, it can win the crucial naval battle of the future.

Of course, the Russian Empire was always a continental country, and the enemies faced by the army and land were the first. In the words of the Navy, it should be placed in a slightly less important position.

After the Russian Empire wanted to dominate Europe on land, it would be able to compete for hegemony with the Empire and even the lighthouse country on the other side of the ocean. At that time, the Navy will be able to come in handy.

After all, the enemies that the Russian Empire faced on land, including the Germanic Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and even the Ottoman Empire, were considered army powers.

In particular, the Germanic Empire is known as the world's first army.

If the Russian Empire wanted to dominate Europe, it would first have to crush the Germanic Empire. Everything else needs to be considered later.

The task of the Russian Imperial Navy was to defeat the Imperial Navy in the following naval battles and maintain the suppression of the Imperial Navy of the East.

As for challenging the maritime hegemony and becoming a top naval power, it is better to wait until the Russian Empire first dominates Europe.

It is precisely because of this goal that the next shipbuilding plan of the Russian Empire needs to be adjusted.

"Gentlemen, you are all pillars of the Imperial Navy. However, according to the series of problems currently facing the Imperial Navy, as well as the actual situation encountered. I plan to strengthen the construction of the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet among the four major fleets of the Imperial Navy. The Baltic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, then turned into coastal defense fleets! Mikhail said to the admirals.

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