Whether it was Count Tirpitz or the other navy generals, they all believed that Liu Chuan supported the navy.
However, Liu Chuan's order was to stop the construction of the Braunschweig-class and Germany-class battleships. This was undoubtedly unbelievable.
Could it be that they had all been deceived by Liu Chuan?
Before Liu Chuan inherited the throne, he had promised to support the development of the navy. In the end, after Liu Chuan ascended the throne, he immediately went back on his word!
Liu Chuan saw everyone's expressions.
"Earl, prepare a meeting room. Let's hold a top-secret meeting!”Liu Chuan said.
Count Tirpitz nodded and immediately went to prepare.
Soon, everyone gathered in a meeting room. Other than Liu Chuan and the high-ranking officers of the navy, there was no one else. Outside, there were guards guarding to ensure that not even a fly could fly in.
The admirals looked at Liu Chuan, waiting for his explanation.
"Everyone, once our Braunschweig-class and Germany-class battleships are in service, we will have 24 battleships. This seemed to be a very powerful navy. However, compared to the Imperial Navy of the Empire of the Never Setting Sun, how big is the gap between us?
According to the information I've gathered, the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire has already built eight 'Monarch-class' battleships, two 'Buffeler-class' battleships, one 'Prestige-class' battleship, nine 'Major-class' battleships, six 'Old Man Star-class' battleships, three 'Formidable-class' battleships, five 'Wudu-class' battleships, and six 'Duncan-class' battleships. A total of 40 battleships have been built.
In addition, in the shipyard of Sun Never Sets, there were two 'Fast' class battleships under construction and were about to enter service. There were also eight Edward VII class battleships under construction, which were expected to enter service next year.
In this case, the number of battleships in the Sun Never Sets will reach 50, which is twice as many as ours.
Other than that, the Sun Never Sets also has a large number of ironclads that are as powerful as our battleships, including two 'Devastation-class' ironclads, two 'Dreadnaughts', two' Jax-class 'ironclads, two' Giant-class 'ironclads, six' Admiral-class 'ironclads, and two' Nile-class 'ironclads.
With these ironclads, our disadvantage in terms of capital ships will be even greater.
The number of our capital ships is only equivalent to 37% of the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets.
Under such circumstances, could the Imperial Navy challenge the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire? Could they defeat them?”
Liu Chuan's question, especially the facts he laid out, made the navy generals fall silent.
They weren't fools. They naturally knew that there was a huge gap between the navy of the Germanic Empire and the Royal Navy of the Empire of Never Setting Sun.
"But, Your Majesty, we have fewer capital ships than the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire. We have to speed up the construction of capital ships and build more capital ships. This way, we can narrow the gap between us and the Imperial Navy of the Empire that never sets on the same sun!”said Admiral Vonpole, Chief of Staff of the Navy.
The other admirals nodded in agreement.
" Apart from the difference between our capital ships and the imperial navy of the Empire that never sets on the sun, we are also very different from the imperial navy of the Empire that never sets on the sun in other types of warships, such as the destroyer and the cruiser. In other words, the dynasty had been building capital ships all these years and had neglected the development of other types of warships.”Liu Chuan continued.
"Your Majesty, as long as we have enough military funds, we can increase our investment in naval warship construction. In this case, we will be able to make up for these shortcomings very soon and catch up to the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets!”Count Tirpitz said.
Liu Chuan nodded. He knew that this was what everyone was thinking.
"If that's all, we might be able to catch up to the Imperial Navy of the Empire of the Never Setting Sun with our hard work. Even if they were not catching up, the gap would not be too big. However, have you ever thought about it? The reason why the Sun Never Sets started this naval arms race is actually to dig a pit for us.
According to reliable sources, the Sun Never Sets was designing a brand new battleship, one that would make all the previous battleships obsolete after service. They also named this battleship the 'Dreadnaught'!”
Liu Chuan explained to everyone.
"The Dreadnaught?" Many generals were confused.
"The navy has indeed received news about this, but they don't know what kind of warship the Sun Never Sets is designing. But now, it seems that we need to be even more careful.”Count Tirpitz's expression was serious.
Since Liu Chuan had specifically mentioned this, it could be seen that the new warships of the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire could not be underestimated.
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