The Shalad Empire has made a lot of profits through this war so far, especially according to the armistice agreements signed by the Shalad Empire with the Cangyu Empire and the Liuyun Empire respectively, the Shalad Empire will get more wealth and other benefits from these two countries in the future.

This made the Yingluoba Empire, the world's number one power, which had been pressing the Shalad Empire, look a little hot.

In the palace in Merseca City, the capital of the British Empire, August, the prime minister of the British Empire, said to Emperor Penelope in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have just received news from the Sharad Empire, the Emperor of the Sharad Empire has ordered his admiralty to design a super dreadnought battleship with 356 mm guns, and a battle cruiser with 356 mm guns, and according to the will of the Emperor of the Sharad Empire, these two battleships are ready to build twelve in one go. ”

Emperor Penelope snorted coldly: "It seems that the Sharad Empire has really made a lot of money from the Cangyu Empire this time, and is actually preparing to build twelve more super dreadnought battleships and twelve battle cruisers, and now the Sharad Empire has entered service with super dreadnought battleships, and the super dreadnought battleships under construction, how many are there?" ”

"Your Majesty, originally the Royal Navy of the Sharad Empire should have eight Ares-class super dreadnought battleships in service, but in the battle with the baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire, one God of War-class of the Royal Navy of the Sharad Empire was sunk, and two Ares-class were captured, so now there are five super dreadnought battleships in active service in the Royal Navy of the Sharad Empire, and in several shipyards of the Sharad Empire, there are still twelve knight-class super dreadnought battleships under construction."

Emperor Penelope then frowned and said: "It seems that the Sharad Empire wants to compete with our Yingluoba Empire for the throne of the world's first navy, according to the Sharad Empire's shipbuilding capacity and steel production, how long will it take for the Sharad Empire to complete those twenty-four super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers equipped with 356 mm guns?" ”

Prime Minister August pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, although it is impossible to know what the parameters and performance of the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers designed by the Admiralty of the Sharad Empire are, according to the minister's estimates, according to the shipbuilding capacity of the Sharad Empire, it is enough to build twenty-four super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers equipped with 356 mm guns at the same time, after all, the entire Sharad Empire has thirty-six docks of more than 30,000 tons, all of which can be used to build super dreadnought battleships or battle cruisers. ”

After a pause, Prime Minister August continued: "The steel production of the Sharad Empire last year has reached 33 million tons, second only to our Yingluoba Empire's 51 million tons, so the Sharad Empire is not short of steel to build warships. ”

Emperor Penelope's eyes flashed, "The reason why our Yingluoba Empire is strong is inseparable from the strength of the Yingluoba Royal Navy, and now someone wants to challenge the Yingluoba Royal Navy to the number one position in the world, and our Yingluoba Empire can only respond to the battle, and immediately let the Admiralty add twelve more orders for Admiral Gelman to several shipyards, and the Admiralty has already designed a fast-class battle cruiser, so that the Admiralty will also bid for tenders from various shipyards in the country." ”

Prime Minister Auguste listened to Emperor Penelope's words, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, build another twelve General Gelman class, this level of super dreadnought battleships, but the number of super dreadnought battleships of this level can reach twenty-four, is it too much, it is better to wait for the Admiralty to design more powerful super dreadnought battleships, and then we will build new super dreadnought battleships." ”

Emperor Penelope waved his hand and said: "Just according to my wishes, the construction cost of the newly added twelve General Gelman class ships will be paid for by the royal family, and what about the design parameters and performance of the fast class battlecruisers?" ”

Prime Minister Auguste heard Emperor Penelope say that the newly added twelve General Gelman class ships were built at the expense of the royal family, Prime Minister Auguste's face suddenly relaxed, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the fast-class battle cruiser designed by the Admiralty has four twin 45 times the caliber of 356 mm main guns, a full load displacement of 28,300 tons, and a maximum speed of 26.5 knots, which is definitely a very good battle cruiser." ”

Emperor Penelope nodded slightly and said, "Since the fast class is very good, and our Royal Navy of Yingluoba does not have a single battle cruiser before, then let's start construction of twenty-four ships at the same time!" ”

"This ...... Your Majesty, it is too much to build twenty-four fast-class battlecruisers at once, it is better to build twelve first, after all, the battlecruiser is just a new type of battleship that has just appeared, and how much of a role it can play has not been tested too much in actual combat. ”

"I am very optimistic about this new type of battleship that combines the firepower of battleships and the speed of cruisers, so let's do it, the Admiralty and the Ministry of Finance are responsible for the construction of twelve of the twenty-four fast-class battlecruisers, and the remaining twelve are still paid for by the royal family."

Prime Minister Auguste knew very well in his heart that Emperor Penelope was preparing to start an arms race in the navy, and even did not hesitate to use a large amount of royal funds to build warships, as the iron core of Emperor Penello, of course he had to support it at this time, "Your Majesty can rest assured, the current funds of the Admiralty and the Ministry of Finance are enough to build twelve fast-class battlecruisers, plus the support of the royal funds, the minister will let the Admiralty as soon as possible to the shipyards in China to carry out the bidding of twenty-four fast-class battlecruisers." ”

There are more than 50 shipyards of more than 30,000 tons in the shipyards of the British Empire, so even if 24 General Gelman-class super dreadnought battleships and 24 fast-class battlecruisers are started at the same time, there will be no problem.

The new phase of the British Empire's shipbuilding plan was not concealed at all, and soon the British Empire's plan to add 12 more Admiral Gelman class and 24 fast class battle cruisers spread all over the world, causing an uproar among several major naval powers.

In the palace of Kay City, the capital of the Noomi Empire, the third largest country in the world, the emperor of the Noomi Empire, Edgru, said to Prime Minister Julian with a gloomy face: "The Yingroba Empire and the Sharad Empire, the new shipbuilding plan, presumably the prime minister should know, what does the prime minister think about this?" ”

With a land area of 29 million square kilometers, the Noomi Empire is currently the largest country in the world, adjacent to the Yingroba Empire and the Sharad Empire, with 64 states, a population of more than 1300 million, and the third largest economic strength in the world, with the world's third-ranked navy and the world's first-ranked army, and the third in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength.

Although the Yingluoba Empire is the world's first power, the Yingluoba Empire's army can only rank third in the world, and the world's recognized first army is the army of the Noomi Empire.

The total strength of the Noomi Imperial Army in active service is not much, only 7 million, but the Noomi Imperial Army maintains a reserve force of more than 35 million people all year round, and the officers and men of its reserve have to receive more than four months of military training every year, so that the Noomi Imperial Army can expand the size of the regular army to more than 40 million in just a few weeks.

Prime Minister Julian then said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Yingroba Empire and the Sharad Empire have begun an arms race in the navy, and the minister thinks that our Royal Navy Noomi cannot be left behind!" ”

Emperor Edgrew nodded and said: "Together with the three Boiling Class Super Dreadnought Battleships that have just entered service, our Noomi Royal Navy has a total of three Super Dreadnought Battleships, twenty-four Dreadnought Battleships, twenty-four former Dreadnought Battleships and thirty-six Ironclad Battleships, compared to the navies of the Yingroba Empire and the Sharad Empire, the strength is already much different, so I am ready to add eight more Boiling Class orders." ”

In the shipyards of the Noomi Empire, there are five more Boiling class ships under construction, and if the order for eight more Boiling classes is added, the Noomi Royal Navy will have sixteen Boiling class super dreadnought battleships.

Prime Minister Julian nodded and said, "The minister agrees with His Majesty's opinion, and in addition, I must ask the Admiralty to design super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with 356 mm guns as soon as possible." ”

Emperor Edgrew frowned and said: "The quality of the 45 times caliber 356 mm naval guns developed by the Imperial Scientific Research Department has not been up to par, but our Noomi Royal Navy's expansion plan can't wait, let the Admiralty design a battle cruiser equipped with 343 mm main guns as soon as possible, and then build eight of them first to enhance the mobility of the Noomi Royal Navy." ”