Chapter Eighty-Three: The Reinforcement Plan of the Salad Navy
The naval battle of Port Ambo in which the independent fleet singled out the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza soon spread throughout the world, and almost everyone who saw the results of the naval battle of Port Ambo had the first reaction of disbelief.
Although all countries in the world know that the private fleet under Su Yi is very powerful, but you defeated the combined fleet of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza in one fell swoop, isn't it a bit too rebellious?
In the palace of Fenni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire, the Sharad Emperor Herris asked Prime Minister Shurik with a lonely face: "Should I not let Jennis continue to serve as the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet, as a result, Jennis lost six super dreadnought battleships, five dreadnought battleships, seven former dreadnought battleships, sixteen ironclad battleships, seven large armored cruisers, sixteen small and medium-sized armored cruisers, twenty-four light cruisers and thirty-seven torpedo boats of our Sharad Royal Navy in just one battle, I used the wrong person! ”
Prime Minister Shurik said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Genesys can be regarded as the most outstanding one of the generals of our entire Salad Royal Navy, in fact, the failure of the Battle of Ambo Harbor cannot blame Genesy too much, no one thought that the baronial fleet under Su Yi would have such a powerful strength, and suddenly took out twenty super dreadnought battleships and twelve battle cruisers!" ”
The navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza regard the eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships of the independent fleet as super dreadnought battleships, so Prime Minister Shurik will say that the independent fleet has twenty super dreadnought battleships.
Emperor Herris sighed and said, "Prime Minister, then what do you mean, to continue to let Dennis serve as the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet?" ”
Prime Minister Schulik nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Janis should be regarded as the person who knows the Baron fleet best in the Royal Navy of Sharad, and the minister feels that he should continue to be in charge of the Second Expeditionary Fleet and give him a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”
Prime Minister Shurik knows very well that in addition to the talent of Emperor Herris, he also has a special affection for Genesys, whose biological father was once a friend of Emperor Herris when he was young, and Janis's father died to save Emperor Herris, for the old Emperor Herris, Janis is almost the same as his nephew.
Emperor Herris nodded and said, "Since the prime minister intercedes for him, then let Denis be guilty of meritorious service!" However, after the fiasco in the Battle of Ambo Harbor, even if the Gisk Navy and the Orensa Navy are united, it should be difficult to defeat the Baron Fleet again, and can some warships be transferred to support the Second Expeditionary Fleet? ”
Prime Minister Shurik hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, after learning of the naval battle of Ambo Harbor, the Admiralty has made a plan to reinforce the Second Expeditionary Fleet, and is ready to transfer eight dreadnought battleships, eight former dreadnought battleships, twelve ironclad battleships, twelve large armored cruisers, twenty medium armored cruisers, thirty light cruisers, thirty destroyers and eighty torpedo boats to form the Third Expeditionary Fleet, but in this way, the strength of the Royal Navy left behind in the country will be weakened too much." ”
After Emperor Herris pondered for a moment, "Send reinforcements to the Second Expeditionary Fleet according to the scale set by the Admiralty, and don't make a Third Expeditionary Fleet, just call it the Reinforcement Fleet, and temporarily belong to the sequence of the Second Expeditionary Fleet, and remind Janis that if you fight against that Baron Fleet again, you must be cautious and cautious!" ”
Prime Minister Shurik then said: "Your Majesty, the Royal Navy has lost a lot of warships in this naval battle of Amber Harbor, and in order to make up for the losses in the naval battle of Amber Harbor, the Admiralty hopes to build some new warships. ”
Emperor Herris then asked: "Has the Admiralty completed the design of a super dreadnought battleship with 356 mm guns, and a battle cruiser with 356 mm guns?" ”
Prime Minister Shurik immediately said: "Originally, the minister was going to give His Majesty the good news today, but I didn't expect the naval battle of Ambo Port, the Admiralty has completed the design of these two warships, the Bull-class super dreadnought battleship, with a design displacement of 28,700 tons, with five twin 45 times the caliber 356 mm main gun, with a side with main armor 305 mm, and a design speed of 21 knots, a woodpecker-class battle cruiser with a design displacement of 30,500 tons, with four twin 45 times the caliber 356 mm main gun, The main armor on the side is 216 mm, and the design speed is 27 knots, and as for the specific data of these two warships, the minister will ask the Admiralty to present them to His Majesty. ”
Emperor Herris touched his chin, and then asked, "Prime Minister, what do you think of these two warships?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if the performance of these two warships can really reach the level of design, they will be the two most powerful warships in the world, and since the Admiralty dares to design them, presumably the domestic shipyards will definitely be able to build them."
"That's good! Immediately give an order to the Admiralty that the Bull-class super dreadnought battleships and the Woodpecker-class battlecruisers should be built eighteen each! ”
Prime Minister Shurik asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, didn't you decide before that you would build twelve of these two warships?" ”
Emperor Herris waved his hand and said: "At that time, there was no naval battle of Ambo Harbor, and now our Royal Navy of Sharad needs more powerful warships to not be thrown too far by the Royal Navy of the British Empire." ”
Prime Minister Shurik said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, with the wealth captured from the Cangyu Empire, it was enough to build eighteen Bull-class super dreadnought battleships and eighteen Woodpecker-class battlecruisers at the same time, but recently for the war with the Purple Moon Empire, the empire's financial expenditure is huge, and it is still far from the end of this war, and the minister feels ......"
Prime Minister Shurik didn't finish his words before he was interrupted by Emperor Herris, "The Imperial Treasury is only responsible for the construction of eighteen Bull-class super dreadnought battleships, and as for the construction costs of eighteen Woodpecker-class battlecruisers, the royal family is responsible for them!" ”
Prime Minister Shurik hurriedly said: "There is no need for the royal family to pay for it, the minister is just worried that the war with the Purple Moon Empire will drag on for too long, so he wants to keep some more funds in case of emergency, in fact, with the current finances of the empire, it is no problem to build eighteen Bull-class super dreadnought battleships and eighteen woodpecker-class battlecruisers at the same time!" ”
Prime Minister Shurik nodded with satisfaction and said: "Then do as the Prime Minister says, and let the Admiralty continue to design more powerful super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, for the strength of our Sharad Empire, it doesn't matter if I take out all the royal family's funds!" ”