Chapter 193: The Wealthy Yingluoba Royal Family
The fact that the Jisk Navy wanted to unite the navies of Monia, Ruierland, and Orenza to deal with the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire was soon known to the other six countries of the Seven Alliance.
Of course, Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi are very supportive of this, but the Monia Empire and the Ruierland Empire are unwilling to send a fleet to join a joint fleet of the Seven-Nation Alliance again.
Of the nineteen super dreadnought battleships and nineteen battle cruisers sent by the Monia Navy, only seven super dreadnought battleships and six battle cruisers were withdrawn to the Monia Empire in the end.
The Monia Navy now has four more Super Dreadnought Battleships and four Battle Cruisers completed and joined the active service, bringing the Monia Navy's Super Dreadnought Battleships back to eleven and the number of Battle Cruisers back to ten, and by August, the last six Super Dreadnought Battleships and six Battle Cruisers under construction in the Monia Navy will be completed.
Comparatively speaking, the Ruierland Navy was much more miserable, with eight super dreadnought battleships and seven battle cruisers joining the combined fleet of the five navies, and only one super dreadnought battleship and one battle cruiser survived in the end.
In the shipyard of the Ryerland Empire, only ten super dreadnought battleships and ten battle cruisers have just begun to lay keels, which means that the Rillland Navy will only have one super dreadnought battleship and one battle cruiser to support the faΓ§ade in the next year or so.
The Orenza Navy will only have six super dreadnought battleships and six battle cruisers into service next month, and ten more super dreadnought battleships and ten battle cruisers will join the Orenza Navy sequence before August, but the Orenza Empire has little interest in forming a combined fleet, after all, in the eyes of the Orenza Empire, the First Fleet of the Purple Moon Empire Navy with thirty-six super dreadnought battleships and twelve battle cruisers is not so easy to defeat.
On the afternoon of April 14, 3014 in the Tang calendar, in the imperial palace of Merseca, the capital of the Yingroba Empire, Emperor Penelope asked Prime Minister Auguste: "Prime Minister, what do you think of the Gisk Empire's proposal to form another combined fleet?" β
Prime Minister August said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if the four countries of Monia, Gisk, Ryerland, and Orenza can really form a combined naval fleet, then no matter whether this combined fleet of the four navies can defeat the First Fleet of the Purple Moon Empire Navy, it will relieve a lot of pressure on the navies of our three countries, including Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi. β
Since the defeat of the combined fleet of the navies of the five countries, the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi have become a little noisy, fearing that the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire will take the opportunity to launch attacks on the important ports of the three countries, especially some large shipyards of the three countries.
For this reason, the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi have been on high alert for more than two months.
Emperor Penelope sighed and said, "It's a pity that Monia, Ryerland, and Orenza don't want to participate in this combined naval fleet, otherwise they can relieve us of a lot of pressure on the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi as the Prime Minister said." β
Prime Minister August pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the Ruierland Navy will not be able to recover in a short time, but before August this year, the Monia Navy will regain seventeen super dreadnought battleships and sixteen battle cruisers, and the Orenza Navy will also have sixteen super dreadnought battleships and sixteen battle cruisers at that time, so the Monia Navy and the Orenza Navy still have the strength to join this naval combined fleet, but they need other countries in the Seven Nation Alliance, Do work for the Monia Empire and the Orenza Empire. β
Emperor Penelope nodded and said, "Then contact Sharad and Noomi as soon as possible, and then persuade the Monia Empire and the Orenza Empire!" Our Royal Navy in Yingroba has ten Tenacity-class super dreadnought battleships and ten Ambush-class battlecruisers about to enter service, and in the previous period, we must ensure the safety of these ten Tenacity-class super dreadnought battleships and ten ambush-class battlecruisers, and there must be no accidents! β
Prime Minister August immediately said: "The Admiralty reports that the ten Tenacious-class super dreadnought battleships and ten Ambush-class battlecruisers will all be able to join the active service by the end of May because of the accelerated sea trials and painting, and the other twenty Tenacious-class super dreadnought battleships and twenty Ambush-class battlecruisers should also be able to complete the construction ahead of schedule, and they will all be able to join our Royal Navy in England in mid-September." β
Emperor Penelope showed a satisfied smile and said: "With these thirty Tenacity-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty ambush-class battlecruisers, at least the coastal areas of our Yingluoba Empire will be much safer, by the way, what does the Admiralty have in mind about building the next class of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers?" β
Prime Minister August said: "Your Majesty, the Admiralty has designed a super dreadnought battleship with a main gun caliber of 406 mm and a battle cruiser, but the cost of this super dreadnought battleship will reach about three million four million pounds, and the cost of this battle cruiser will be about three million dollars, which still refers to the cost of batch construction, relying only on the imperial finances......"
Prime Minister August's words were not finished before he was interrupted by Emperor Penelope, "No matter how expensive it is, it has to be built, and the funds are solved by the royal family, our Royal Navy of Yingluoba lost thirty-two super dreadnought battleships and seventeen battle cruisers at once in the big war with the Datang and Ziyue navies, and our Yingroba Empire must build more super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers to ensure that our Royal Navy of Yingroba can recover to the position of the world's first navy as soon as possible." β
Prime Minister August hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the Admiralty thinks that the comprehensive performance of the Tenacity-class super dreadnought battleships and ambush-class battlecruisers is very good, and a Tenacity-class only needs three million British dollars, and an Ambush-class only needs two million British dollars, the Admiralty hopes to build another batch of Tenacity and Ambush classes, as for the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with 406 mm guns, you can build a few experiments first, and see how their comprehensive performance is." β
Emperor Penelope waved his hand, "I am still very confident in the design ability of the Admiralty, the super dreadnought battleship and the battlecruiser with 406 mm guns can each build thirty units, and since the Admiralty wants to build another batch of Tenacity class and Ambush class, then build another thirty Tenacity class and thirty Ambush class, and all the construction costs will be borne by the royal family!" β
Prime Minister Auguste was completely suppressed by Emperor Penelope's arrogance, according to Emperor Penelope's meaning, this is to build 60 super dreadnought battleships and 60 battle cruisers at the same time, and the construction cost will add up to 360 million British dollars.
Emperor Penelope saw Prime Minister August's shocked look on his face, and said with a slight smile: "I know that if we build sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers at once, the large dockyards of our Yingluoba Empire should not be enough, so I will also allocate a sum of money to build or renovate a number of docks, so that our Yingluoba Empire can have the ability to build one hundred and twenty capital ships at the same time." β
Prime Minister August hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as the funds are in place, the shipyards of our Yingroba Empire will soon be able to build or renovate a batch of 50,000-ton docks, and there should be no problem in building one hundred and twenty capital ships at the same time." β
Emperor Penelope then said categorically: "In addition to the capital ships, other types of warships should also be built, and the problem of funds will also be solved by the royal family. β
Prime Minister August hesitated at this time and said: "Your Majesty, even if the sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers that our Yingluoba Empire is going to build also join the Royal Navy, it seems that it is slightly inferior to the navies of Datang and Ziyue, according to the latest news obtained by the intelligence department, the super dreadnought battleships of the Datang and Ziyue navies combined, it seems that there are still more than one hundred and thirty, and the number of battle cruisers is less, only about seventy, and I don't know when, Datang, The super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the two navies of the Purple Moon will increase a lot, after all, we haven't found out where Su Yi built so many warships until now. β
Emperor Penelope pondered for a moment and said, "What does the Prime Minister mean, is it that he is ready to let the shipyards of our British Empire build more super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers at the same time?" β
Prime Minister August shook his head and said: "You can't become a fat man in one bite, and the construction of sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers at the same time is almost the limit of our Yingluoba Empire's shipbuilding industry. β
When Emperor Penelope heard this, it turned out that Prime Minister August was worried that the royal family's funds would be spent on the sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers to be built, and he would no longer be able to support the British Royal Navy to build capital ships with larger main gun caliber in the future.
Emperor Penelope immediately said confidently: "Prime Minister rest assured, the royal family's funds are very sufficient, and when the construction of these sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers is completed, I will also invest more money in the Royal Navy to build capital ships with larger main gun calibers!" β