"Stronger artillery, bigger tonnage! Remember November 8, 1907, a historic day! Two years ago, the world's first new battleship, the Nassau-type battleship, made almost all the old battleships obsolete, and today, in just over two years, the emergence of a new generation of super battleships dwarfs Nassau! The appearance of the Brandenburg-class battleships symbolizes the emergence of a new generation of sea hegemons! In the battle for the sea, the German Empire would never back down half a step. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In the most prominent pages of the Frankfurter Zeitung, in extremely provocative and contagious language, a long and powerful introduction was made to the new German battleship of the first class, the Brandenburg-class battleship armed with eight 350mm guns. Below the title is a photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the commissioning ceremony of this class of battleship, with Wilhelm II hiding his slightly disabled hand and holding a scepter representing the marshal in the other. And he took the opportunity to award it to the Minister of the Navy, Tirpitz, in recognition of his contributions to the naval field.

"If I have time, I'll also get a Marshal's Scepter." Ruprecht pouted as he looked at the photo in the newspaper. From the current point of view, the Field Marshal's Scepter is nine times out of ten, and the Air Force is not a big problem, after all, it is not too much to say that he is the father of the Luftwaffe, and as for the Navy, Ruprecht thinks that he is qualified enough. He then put the newspaper down and picked up another one next to him. This is the Times of the British. Judging by the date, the difference between the two newspapers is 5 days.

This time, the German Navy finally announced the arrival of the super dreadnought era at the first time, and for this reason, the entire naval system, from the shipyard to the various departments of the navy, has made great efforts. The British slowed down a little this time and lost face, but soon they found the factory in the other direction.

On the front page of The Times, six photographs arranged in a hexagonal pattern cover almost the entire page. And the big black lead print is full of domineering declarations: at all times, our fleet is twice as large as the Germans! The British responded to the challenge with a huge number of ships, and from the current point of view, there are no 6 capital ships under construction in the entire German Navy!

"Armstrong has built three ships at the same time at one shipyard, which is amazing." Ruprecht sighed with emotion. "Our 15-inch naval guns and supporting systems have been completed?"

"Yes, our last level of pre-war super-dreadnoughts has been confirmed to be equipped with a new 15-inch gun. The various plans have also been delivered, and in three days, they will be delivered to you for you to see. A Navy captain next to him said with sincere fear.

"Good, Raeder, relax, don't be too nervous. You can now go down and collect the rest of the country. Ruprecht's heart was dark! O Raeder! Naval commander of the future Third Reich, Marshal of the Reich. Now a civilian in his own naval office. It's a great sense of accomplishment to think about.

"I heard you want to work in the first-line fleet?" Before Raeder left, Ruprecht asked.

"That's right, although the work in the naval agency is important, I still hope to go to the first-line fleet." Raeder said.

"If you can still insist on doing this next time if I ask you again, then I can give you this opportunity. How about going to Hipper's men? In the event of war, his fleet will be the most attended. Ruprecht said.

"Thank you very much, Your Highness......." Raeder didn't expect it to be so easy, and hurriedly thanked him, but by this time, Ruprecht had already focused on business.

The naval arms race has entered a white-hot one, and when Britain and Germany push the competition to a climax, other powers will definitely follow suit in order not to be thrown too far, not only the powerful countries, but also some regional powers with spare power, and the dreadnoughts of this era are the same as the aircraft carriers of later generations, and to some extent are also a symbol of international status. For the Central and Entente powers, of course, it was always ready to fight.

The French finally began to build their first class dreadnought, the Lone Class battleship. After realizing that the Danton could not fight the current threat, they decisively chose to follow in the footsteps of the great powers, but it was clear that the French, who did not have sufficient technical reserves and had great practical pressure, could not rely on their own strength to directly build a super-dreadnought. And in the case of reluctance to use British artillery, the first generation of French dreadnoughts, as in history, were dreadnoughts equipped with a large number of 12-inch guns.

The same choice to follow was Italy, when the dreadnought appeared, they were still indifferent, and when the super dreadnought appeared, and Austria-Hungary on the opposite side also had a big navy situation, the Italians finally couldn't sit still, and the construction of the first Dante-class battleships began to begin.

As for the Russians, they decided to order one super dreadnought from the UK, but their own country plans to start construction of dreadnoughts at both shipyards in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, which may be the result of taking into account the balance between the performance of the warship and the factors of self-production.

Austria-Hungary? Ruprecht stated that he must have known better than Austria-Hungary about their dreadnought's plan, because it was the one he had specified. There are still more than 4 years to go, and next year Austria-Hungary will start construction of the first two super dreadnoughts, and the next year will start the second batch of two more super dreadnoughts. After two batches, it is estimated that it will be ready for war, and the construction of new capital ships will not be considered.

Historically, the three ABC countries of South America (Argentina, Brazil, and Chile) and Turkey would have caught up with the naval feast of the century, but they ordered it relatively late, and with the exception of Turkey, the rest of the countries had little to do with the war in Europe. So don't think about it that much for now.

Judging from the current situation, except for the German navy, which is far ahead of the same period in history because of Ruprecht, the situation of most of the remaining countries is similar to that of history, which means that if nothing else, the maritime situation in Europe should be much better than in history.

"Your Highness, you want the latest naval intelligence from other countries." That afternoon, just as Ruprecht was finishing his day's work and getting ready to rest, Raeder knocked on the office door again.

"This is the information you wanted, the latest information, I also specially collected the Japanese Navy and the United States Navy, according to your request, this is the last part, although it is far away from us, but I think it is still necessary to collect together." Looking at Ruprecht's slightly dissatisfied eyes, Raeder shuddered with fright.

"Since you have to work overtime, then you can accompany me to work overtime." For those who are capable, Ruprecht is still very tolerant, after all, people have rebuilt the Third Reich Navy with more constraints, right?

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