"What? Two god-level dragons?

You said the expeditionary fleet was attacked by two god-level dragons? ”

The Governor of the Golden Lion Empire, Kosno, asked the Admiralty Vice-Chancellor Raff with a shocked face.

Raff smiled bitterly and said, "Governor, although this is hard to believe, the expeditionary fleet was indeed attacked by two god-level dragons this morning.

Due to the extremely strong defense of these two God-Domain-level dragons, the 30mm anti-aircraft guns and 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns equipped on the warship could not cause damage to these two God-Domain-level dragons at all.

So much so that the expeditionary fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy was knocked over many warships by these two god-level dragons, and the losses were extremely heavy.

The only good news is that the two God-Domain-level dragons have been killed by large-caliber naval guns. ”

Governor Kosno was feeling a little depressed, for dragons had become a rarity in the New World, let alone on the sea.

As a result, the expeditionary fleet he sent not only encountered a giant dragon on the sea, but also encountered two god-level dragons, which was also too unlucky.

"What about the specific data lost?" Governor Kosno asked in a deep voice.

Admiralty Lieutenant Raff hurriedly handed a couple of pieces of paper to Governor Kosno.

When Governor Kosno finished reading the loss figures reported by the expeditionary fleet, he couldn't help but curse his mother.

Not even a single warship of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires was encountered, and the expeditionary fleet had already lost dozens of warships, including more than twenty capital ships, which was really not a good sign.

"Raff, do you think the expeditionary fleet can continue to the western coast of the Han and Tang Empires as originally planned, looking for the southwest coastal defense fleet for a decisive battle?"

Admiralty Rav pondered for a moment and said, "Governor, since the expeditionary fleet is at the Double-headed Eagle Island Naval Base, more than a hundred warships of the Fourth and Eighth Fleets have been replenished.

Therefore, the losses caused by the two god-level dragons are still bearable, and it should not affect the battle plan of destroying the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

However, I still suggest that it is best to conduct joint operations with the navy of the Red Tiger Empire and the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire in order to reduce the losses of the Imperial Royal Navy expeditionary fleet. ”

Governor Kosno put a few pieces of paper in his hand on his desk, "Since this loss will not affect the plan made before, let the expeditionary fleet move on."

I have already said that in order to eliminate the negative impact of the naval battle on High Snail Island on our Golden Lion Empire, it is worth paying some price for the Royal Navy! ”

Seeing Governor Cosno's attitude, Admiralty Ralph knew that there was no way to get Governor Cosno to change his mind.

The terrifyingly powerful Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet seems to be the only thing that can be solved by the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire alone.

Then Governor Kosno changed his words, "How long will it take for the first batch of 30 Unicorn-class battleships with full main guns and 30 Vanguard-class battlecruisers to be put into service?" ”

"Governor, those 30 Unicorn class battleships with full main guns and 30 Striker-class battlecruisers will join the Imperial Royal Navy from mid-October this year.

By the end of the year, these 60 capital ships should be fully operational. ”

"What about the second batch of 20 Unicorn-class all-main gun battleships and 30 Striker-class battlecruisers that have just been approved for construction?"

"Almost all of them will be able to enter the sequence of the Imperial Royal Navy by the end of next year."

Governor Kosno said: "The Black Bear Empire's latest shipbuilding plan, presumably your Admiralty should already know. ”

When Vice Minister of the Admiralty Raff heard this, the expression on his face suddenly became solemn, "I didn't expect the Black Bear Empire to prepare to implement such a huge ship-building plan.

If the Black Bear Empire really implements this ship-building plan, then the Navy of the Black Bear Empire will definitely become the strongest opponent of our Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy in the future! ”

It turns out that the Black Bear Empire, which has not been very strong in naval strength, announced a naval revitalization plan a few days ago, which includes the first phase of preparing to build 50 idol-class battleships with full main guns and 50 Sealord-class battlecruisers.

Governor Kosno then said: "According to the information we have obtained, the Black Bear Empire's Idol-class battleships with full main guns and Sea King-class battlecruisers may both have a full load displacement of more than 33,000 tons.

The Statue-class battleships will be armed with five twin 45x caliber 360 mm guns, and the Sea King-class battlecruisers will be equipped with four twin 45x caliber 360 mm guns.

It is obviously aimed at our Golden Lion Empire's Unicorn Tiger-class all-main gun battleships and Forward-class battlecruisers, and it seems that the result of the naval battle of Gaoluo Island has made the Black Bear Empire, a weak naval brigade, a little restless.

Does your Admiralty have any strategies for dealing with the Black Bear Empire's latest shipbuilding plan? ”

"Governor, our Admiralty is ready after the construction of the first batch of 30 Unicorn-class all-main-gun battleships and 30 Vanguard-class battlecruisers.

The construction of a full-main gun battleship with a larger caliber of main guns and a battle cruiser with a larger caliber of main guns began. ”

"What caliber of the main gun are you going to take?"

"Now the Empire's arsenal has successfully developed a naval gun with a caliber of 380 mm at forty-five times, so the main guns of the battleships and battlecruisers that will be built next are ready to use this caliber for their main guns."

"Are new all-main-gun battleships and battlecruisers designed?"

"It's being designed and demonstrated, and the drawings should be coming out soon."

"Then there is no need to wait for the construction of the first batch of Unicorn and Striker-class to be completed, there are still many large docks in the empire, and when the drawings come out, the construction can start immediately."

Admiralty Lieutenant Raff hesitated for a moment and said, "Governor, but in order to build the second batch of Unicorn and Striker, the Admiralty's military expenses are ......."

Before Raff could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Governor Kosno, "I will approve a special amount of money for the construction of new battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns.

How many large dockyards are left vacant now?

I'm referring to large docks where it is possible to build a battleship with full main guns of the next class and a battlecruiser of the next rank. ”

"It is estimated that the full load displacement of these two new capital ships may reach about 36,000 tons.

In this case, there should be 40 large docks in the shipyards of the entire empire, which can build these two new capital ships. ”

"Then let's build 20 ships each! The number of large dockyards in the empire is still a little small, and it seems that the Ministry of Industry must be urged to build a new batch of large docks. ”

In a palace in the Imperial Palace in Dawning City, the capital of the Red Tiger Empire, the Minister of the Navy, Svia, reported to Emperor Gruyan: "Your Majesty, the intelligence department has found out.

On the side of the Spirit World, the Black Bear Empire purchased dozens of second-hand large shipyards from the Wild Bull Empire and transformed them.

Now the Black Bear Empire has the ability to build 50 idol-class battleships with full main guns and 50 Aquaman-class battlecruisers at the same time. ”

As the Wild Bull Empire is preparing to build an offshore defensive navy with destroyers and torpedo boats as the main combat ships, all the large dockyards in the Wild Bull Empire are useless.

The large docks on the New World side were all bought by Zhou Rui, and the large docks on the Beast World side let the Black Bear Empire pick up the bargain and buy them all at a lower price.

Emperor Gruyan sighed and said, "What an eventful time!

The Golden Lion Empire has just announced an additional order for 20 Unicorn-class battleships with full main guns and 30 Striker-class battlecruisers, and the Black Bear Empire has announced that it will build 50 idol-class battleships with full main guns and 50 Sea King-class battlecruisers in one go.

This is forcing our Red Tiger Empire to join this ship-building competition!

How many Miracle-class all-main gun battleships were planned to be built by the Admiralty before? And how many Countercurrent-class battlecruisers are being built? ”

The Red Tiger Empire's Miracle-class all-main-gun battleships and Countercurrent-class battlecruisers were designed for the Golden Lion Empire's Unicorn-class all-main-gun battleships and Forward-class battlecruisers.

The Miracle class all-main gun battleship with a full load displacement of 33,500 tons and a maximum speed of 20 knots.

It was equipped with 5 twin 45x caliber 360 mm main guns, 14 50x 150 mm secondary guns, 18 30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 24 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 550 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 230 mm to 390 mm, the main deck armor was 70 mm, the main turret armor was 390 mm, and the crew was 1160 people.

Countercurrent-class battle cruiser with a full load displacement of 33,900 tons and a maximum speed of 25 knots.

It was equipped with 4 twin 45x caliber 360 mm main guns, 18 50x caliber 150 mm secondary guns, 18 30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 18 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 550 mm torpedo tubes.

Broadside armor belts from 90 mm to 200 mm, main deck armor 50 mm, main turret armor 200 mm, full crew of 1130 people.

"Your Majesty, the Admiralty originally planned to build 24 Miracle-class all-main gun battleships at the same time.

Since we have not built battlecruisers before, we are going to build 8 Countercurrent-class battlecruisers first. ”

Emperor Gruyan thought about it for a moment and said: "Double the number of Miracle-class battleships with all main guns, and build 48 at the same time.

I still have great confidence in the Admiralty's design capabilities, and I also have confidence in the Admiralty's design of the Countercurrent-class battlecruisers.

8 is too little, so in order to cope with this shipbuilding race, let's build 48 Countercurrent-class battlecruisers at the same time!

I will give you a special grant from the Admiralty for the construction of ships. ”

Like a chain reaction, the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire, among the six major beast countries, soon joined the shipbuilding race, and greatly increased the number of capital ships built in their own countries.

The Barbarian Bull Empire, which has only six major beast countries, is still obsessed with a coastal defensive navy, constantly building one small dock after another, and starting to frantically produce destroyers and torpedo boats.