"This is the meaning of the First Admiralty, who believes that what we need to do now is to further consolidate our numerical superiority, and it is not yet to the extent that we can crush our opponents qualitatively and quantitatively. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe main fleet must have a strong enough decisive battle capability, and we have limited funds, so in addition to firepower and defense, the remaining performance can be sacrificed. Prince Louis said.

The Royal Navy is actually a civilian system, and as the Minister of Sea of the military, the Royal Navy is an active officer of the Royal Navy. But the Minister of the Sea received restraint from the civilian officials. That is to say, he is under the command of the Admiralty, and the Admiralty can only be held by civilian officials, which is why when the First World War broke out in history, Churchill could be the First Admiralty, and the British Royal Navy Marshal, Prince Louis, could only be the First Sea Lord.

Historically, the British did consider increasing the speed of the battleship to more than 23 knots when designing the Orion-class super-dreadnought battleship, but then they had to give up because of the cost, no way, the funds are limited, one may not be much worse, you build a dozen and try!

"In the future, our new super-dreadnought battleships will not be built 1, nor 4, 5. We may have to build three classes at once, a total of 12 battleships! These warships will be the cornerstone of the Royal Navy for quite some time. We must guarantee the decisive superiority of the main fleet. What's more, there were very few high-speed battleships built on the German side, and all the battlecruisers under construction and under construction were only 4. Our current battlecruiser formations, together with the super-dreadnought battlecruisers to be built in the future, were enough to suppress the Germans. ”

Prince Louis, who was far less radical than Fisher, had always advocated guaranteeing the number and combat effectiveness of fundamentalist battleships, and the First Admiral meant the same thing as him. Judging from the intelligence collected so far, there are not many fast warships in the German fleet, and the Germans are still mainly building the main fleet, so Prince Louis is naturally reluctant to choose an overly radical high-speed warship scheme, but chooses a decent match.

"Okay, but I'll take it with a grain of salt." Fisher was very dissatisfied, but he knew that if he was dissatisfied, he would not be satisfied, and that when the Lord of the Navy and the Second Sea Secretary were in agreement, his own opinion was not so important.

"However, the new super dreadnought battlecruiser must be built at least 3 or more, this is the bottom line, the bottom line that cannot be changed!" Fisher said with some excitement.

"Alright. Old man, take a long-term view, these 13.5-inch guns on battleships are just a transition for the Royal Navy, and we will install larger caliber guns for our warships in the future! Prince Louis said.

"What do you mean?" Fisher said with a slight frown.

"You know what? According to our intelligence, the Germans also seem to be developing larger caliber guns, and it is possible that they will install 350mm class guns for new warships, so the 13.5-inch guns are just a stopgap measure, and we will need warships with larger caliber guns in the future, and the number of builds will not be less than the first generation of Super Dreadnoughts. Prince Louis said.

"Why didn't I know about this?" Fisher asked rhetorically.

"This is obtained through non-naval channels, you naturally don't know, and for the more powerful artillery, the First Admiralty also agrees very much, but this is all a private statement, but the Admiral has persuaded the Armstrong Gun Factory to start developing a new generation of large-caliber naval guns, at most 2 years, our future 15-inch naval guns can completely blow up enemy forces that appear on any sea level to pieces!" Prince Louis said proudly.

"Promise me, if that time comes, you will definitely support my fast battleship plan!" Fisher said, holding the prince's hand.

"Well, I'll support you in building at least 5 fast battleships, okay?" Prince Louis said. Of course, he's just talking about it now, and then he'll talk about it.

Coincidentally, when Ruprecht began to actively plan the German 15-inch artillery capital ships, the British had already set their sights on larger and stronger guns when planning the 13.5-inch battleships! Although in terms of the pace of warships, Germany's super-dreadnoughts appeared earlier than the British, and their performance was much better, but in terms of scale, the speed and spirit of the British Navy to start building six capital ships a year still left Germany in the dust.

It was precisely because of this realization that Ruprecht did not delay too long on the 14-inch class battleship, and after the news that the 15-inch large-caliber naval gun could be put into production as planned, the number of ships carrying the original 7 350mm guns was reduced again to 6. At the same time, the construction of 15-inch guns carried ships should be started as soon as possible.

"Let's hope that in this plane, our Bavaria will not be much less than the Queen and R-class of the British." Ruprecht wrote in his diary. In his plans, the only thing that could really pose a great threat to the British Navy was the future 15-inch gun-carrying ships, and at the same time, the most dangerous and terrible enemy of the German Navy was the upcoming Queen and R-class!

In this year, the British built 6 superdreadnoughts in the following year, including 4 battleships and 2 battle cruisers. And began to actively prepare plans for ships with 15-inch guns. And at the same time, the construction of 350mm artillery battleships for the German Navy was coming to an end, and new super-battleships were about to begin. On the whole, the Germans were still one step ahead of the British.

"It was a race between giants, and the British, the holder of centuries-old maritime supremacy, poured centuries of resources into the navy in response to a new challenger, the Germans. The world is amazed by its huge financial resources and strong shipbuilding capabilities. The British even wiped out the efforts of the Germans in 1 year, and compared to the speed at which the Germans started 2 or 3 warships a year, the British were almost twice as fast as they were! The competition between the two sides seems to have been divided from the beginning. ”

Even the American media, inclined to Germany, were frightened by the frantic war readiness of the British. They believed that although the Germans had the advantage of being the first mover, the British were too fast to catch up, and they believed that if the time came for war, the German fleet would probably be half the size of the British.

Similarly, the Germans realized that it was unreliable to take out their opponents by fighting head-on, so whether it was the Kaiser, the German Admiralty, or Ruprecht, they were all thinking of other ways to see if they could find a breakthrough in a place other than the German Navy! And at this time, Austria-Hungary, which also began to build a navy, brought a slight turn for the better.

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