"Oscar, how many 'Invincible-class' battlecruisers will the British build?" Wilhelm II asked suddenly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Father, according to the information we have received, the British will build three 'Invincible-class' battle cruisers, the first ship 'Invincible', the second ship 'Indomitable', and the third ship 'Indomitable'." Qin Tian said.

"Since the British are going to build three 'Invincible-class' battlecruisers, then our battlecruisers cannot be less than the British, and they will also build three." Wilhelm II waved his hand, looking very heroic.

Of course, in Qin Tian's opinion, this is clearly the face of the nouveau riche. The German Welfare Lottery Company provides a lot of funds to the royal family every year, and together with the loan to the navy promised by Qin Tian, the navy's military spending is no longer so tight. This naturally gave Wilhelm II enough confidence to engage in a naval arms race with the British. After all, battleships and battlecruisers were not so easy to build, not only did they take a long time to build, but at the same time they cost a lot of money. Except for a few top powers in the world, several other countries simply don't have enough money and technology to build these huge guys.

"Three? That's just great! Marshal Count Tirpitz almost cheered. Four 'Nassau-class' battleships, five 'Helgoland-class' battleships and three battlecruisers meant that the German Navy had 12 new capital ships at once. And, all the best dreadnoughts. This can undoubtedly make the strength of the German Navy almost the same as that of the British Navy. It has even surpassed it in combat effectiveness. This is something that the German Navy has never done in so many years!

Qin Tian was also full of smiles, if three battlecruisers were built, then the remaining three large slipways of the German shipyard would undoubtedly come in handy. The previous 'Helgolan-class' battleships were divided into several ships for other shipyards. Well, these three battle cruisers, how can they eat them in one bite.

"Your Majesty, building three battle cruisers at once will put more pressure on our funds." In addition to being happy, Marshal Count Tirpitz did not forget to remind. After all, in addition to building capital ships, the Navy has a large number of small and medium-sized warships to build.

"In terms of funding, I'll figure out a way, the royal family will provide a loan to the navy like Oscar. Again, tentatively at 100 million marks per year. Wait until the war is over, and then use the war dividends to return it. Kaiser Wilhelm II said.

Wilhelm II also thought very clearly, even if there is more wealth now, it does not mean that it will last long. If we really want to do it for a long time, we can only think of ways to win future wars. Only if the war is won, he, the emperor, is the emperor. If he loses, he, the emperor, is just a dead king.

Besides, Qin Tian's Deutsche Welfare Lottery Company provided a huge amount of wealth to the royal family every year, which also made Wilhelm II even more wealthy. There is also money to support the development of the Navy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! With the support of His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince, the Navy will definitely develop at a high speed. In the future war, we will definitely be able to win! Marshal Count Tirpitz said confidently. With so much support, if the German Navy loses in the future, then they really have no face.

"Father, how do you name a battlecruiser of this class?" Qin Tian asked.

Wilhelm II thought for a moment, and then said: "I remember that the Navy wanted to build a large cruiser in the name of Marshal Blucher, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Marshal Count Tirpitz nodded.

"In that case, this class of battle cruisers should be called 'Blucher-class' battle cruisers!" Wilhelm II made a decision.

Neither Qin Tian nor Marshal Count Tirpitz had any objections to this.

Subsequently, the battlecruisers of this class were officially named, the first ship "Blucher", the second ship "Feng? Morality? Tann', the third ship 'Leopold'.

"Father, the 'Blucher'-class battle cruisers, let's build them in my shipyard. We just have three large slipways left to build these three battlecruisers. Qin Tian smiled.

Wilhelm II thought for a moment and looked at Marshal Count Tirpitz.

"Of course there is no problem, our new capital ships of the third class are all designed by His Royal Highness the Prince. The Navy also received a large loan from His Royal Highness the Prince. It was also a matter of course to hand over the 'Blucher-class' battlecruisers to the shipyards of His Royal Highness the Prince to be built. Marshal Count Tirpitz fully agreed. It can be said that now Qin Tian has completely become the great benefactor of the navy. For the navy, there is no problem with handing over these battleships to any shipyard, it is better to give Qin Tian a face.

"Well, Oscar, the 'Blucher-class' battlecruisers were built by the German shipyards. However, those battleships in the future will not give so much to the German shipyards. German shipyards still need to win more orders for civilian ships to achieve profitability, and cannot rely only on military orders. Wilhelm II reminded.

"Yes, Father." Qin Tian nodded.

The construction of civilian ships, that is inevitable. After the construction of this batch of warships, the shipyard will vacate some slipways for the construction of large merchant ships and cruise ships to prepare further for war.

The conversation between Wilhelm II, Marshal Count Tirpitz and Qin Tian lasted all day. Even dinner is eaten directly in the office. And this undoubtedly caused other people to be surprised, and even speculated.

Crown Prince William, in particular, was even more dissatisfied with this. In his opinion, as the crown prince of the German Empire, is there anything he still needs to hide from him? He guessed that Qin Tian and the others must be discussing the construction of the navy's next-class capital ship. The British Navy's battleship 'Dreadnought' was commissioned, which caught the German Navy by surprise. At the same time, the experts of the Naval Technical Committee were also slapped in the face.

Of course, Crown Prince William also lost face because of this. When Qin Tian's design was rejected, he looked gloating. Now, he's also been slapped in the face. And this naturally made Crown Prince William, who has always been narrow-minded, angry.

"Bastard, I'm the crown prince of the German Empire, are they going to ignore my existence?" Crown Prince William roared angrily.