Germanic Empire: please call me William III

Both the Sun never sets on the Empire and the Germanic Empire, both planning to build super dreadnoughts.

The rest of the world’s great powers are also beginning to enter and build their own dreadnoughts.

The world’s great powers have entered the era of the dreadnought, and the naval arms race has naturally begun.

Building capital ships has never been an easy task, requiring not only extremely strong industrial capabilities, but also sufficient financial support. Otherwise, it would be impossible to afford the cost of building a capital ship.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Navy’s warships are completely piled up with money. This is especially true of capital ships.

At this moment, the major events that shake the world do not only include the entry of navies into the era of dreadnoughts and the beginning of a large-scale naval arms race.

On the ocean, a large fleet is sailing around the world. This fleet is the great white fleet sent by the lighthouse countries to carry out global deterrence and show their strength and powerlessness.

Since the end of the last century, the industrial output value of the lighthouse country has surpassed the empire of the sun and never set, and has become the world’s first.

The powerful lighthouse nation hopes to improve its political status or international discourse power. This, combined with the special geographical location of the Lighthouse Nation, allows them to barely have to worry about threats from land. Therefore, vigorously developing the navy has become an inevitable option for the lighthouse nation.

After building a large number of battleships, the Lighthouse Nation could not wait to publicize their powerful force to the world to increase their influence.

At the same time, it is also a deterrent to potential opponents.

The Eastern Empire in the Far East, aggressive, had threatened the lighthouse states’ interests in the Pacific. At the same time, the traditional European powers are strong and strong, and they do not pay attention to the lighthouse countries.

All this made the top level of the lighthouse country hold their breath in their hearts.

The use of a huge fleet for global navigation is undoubtedly the best means to enhance the international influence of the lighthouse nation in the eyes of the top brass of the lighthouse nation.

But alas, although the Lighthouse Nation built a huge fleet. The Great White Fleet, which made its global voyage alone, had 25 capital ships. Such a number is at the forefront of the world.

Unfortunately, the 25 battleships that make up the Great White Fleet were all former dreadnoughts.

After the Dreadnought battleships of the Sun Never Set and the Nassau-class battleships of the Germanic Empire came into service, the former dreadnoughts became obsolete almost overnight.

This made the lighthouse nation’s great white fleet voyage around the world, and the role played by it could not help but be greatly reduced.

By January 1709, the Great White Fleet had entered the Mediterranean. After visiting several countries in succession, the fleet docked at Gibraltar, the home port of the Imperial Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet, for recuperation.

Originally, according to the plan, the Great White Fleet had already completed the goal of this global voyage and was about to leave for home.

Before they left, however, they received a telegram from home asking the Great White Fleet to sail north through the Strait of Gibraltar for a visit to the Empire of the Sun and the Empire of Germain.

Of course, this is not because the lighthouse nation wants to deter the Sunless Empire and the Germanic Empire, and with the current strength of the Lighthouse Nation, it is impossible to do this. They did this to explore the bottom of the Empire of the Sun and the Empire of Germania.

If the Sun Never Sets, the Royal Navy is a well-deserved maritime overlord with the most powerful navy in the world. Then, the Germanic Empire is undoubtedly a powerful navy second only to the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

However, the lighthouse country is not willing to be lonely and wants to vigorously develop the navy. The Imperial Navy and the Germanic Imperial Navy have undoubtedly become the targets that the Lighthouse Nation wants to catch up with.

However, with the current strength of the Lighthouse Nation, it is undoubtedly difficult to catch up with the Empire that does not set. In contrast, it was much easier to catch up with the Germanic Empire.

On 6 February 1709, the Great White Fleet of the Lighthouse Nation’s navy left Gibraltar for a visit to portsmouth military port on the mainland of the Empire. Afterwards, they will also visit the Germanic Naval Base in Wilhelmshaven.

On the battleship USS Connecticut, the flagship of the Great White Fleet, the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Charles Sperry, put down the telegram in his hand and was speechless.

“I really don’t know what those guys in the country really think.” Our fleet, seemingly mighty, already has 25 battleships. But can these warships of ours stand up to the Imperial Royal Navy? Even the Germanic Navy could defeat us! Maj. Gen. Charles Sperry complained involuntarily.

“Your Excellency, Commander, since it is a domestic order, we can only obey it. You can also take advantage of this opportunity to see the strength of the world’s top navies! Maj. Gen. William Emory said.

Major General Charles Sperry nodded, and that was all he could think of now.