"We are a new strong country. Those old strong countries won't just watch us rise. They will definitely stop us. "Therefore, we have no other choice but to break through their restraints through war and plunder their wealth and resources. "Only in this way can we develop even stronger.
Just as Prime Minister Bismarck once said, what the world feared the German Empire was iron and blood! We have strong industrial strength and brave and tenacious soldiers! The Germanic Empire needed a broader space to survive!”
Liu Chuan's words resonated with the higher-ups of the Germanic Empire.
The suppression of the old strong countries made everyone very angry.
The generals in the military, in particular, were eager to fight and use their swords to fight for a wider living space for the empire and the entire Germanic Empire.
"Mr. Minister of Land Affairs, I hope to expand the army by ten infantry divisions this year. We need a stronger military strength!”Liu Chuan said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" answered the Minister of War, Vonfalkenheim.
The Germanic Empire's army only had 30 infantry divisions, 10 heavy artillery brigades, and 10 cavalry brigades. The total strength was only a little over 720,000 people.
If they were to expand the infantry division by another ten, it would increase the standing army of the German Empire to 900,000 soldiers.
Such a large standing army was only lesser than the Russian Empire in Europe and even the entire world. Although the Russian Empire had just suffered a huge setback in the Far East, it was still very powerful. Just the army's regular forces alone were as high as 1.4 million.
However, in terms of combat strength, if they really fought... The 900,000 soldiers of the Germanic Empire could easily defeat the 1.4 million regular soldiers of the Russian Empire.
Of course, he could not underestimate the Russian Empire just like that.
Although the soldiers of the Russian Empire were not good at fighting, their greatest advantage was not in this aspect. Their biggest advantage was their huge population. With a population of 140 million, the Russian Empire had enough soldiers. As long as they were willing, even mobilizing millions of troops would be as easy as playing.
In addition, the Russian Empire had an extremely vast territory. It was easy to imagine how difficult it would be to defeat a country with a vast territory and a large army.
"Your Excellency, has the demonstration of our new battleship been completed?”Liu Chuan asked.
"Your Majesty, the demonstration of the new battleship has been completed. The Nassau-class battleship designed by His Majesty was an excellent battleship!”Count Tirpitz replied.
"Very good, then let's start the construction. The Dreadnaught battleship in the Sun Never Sets had already started construction last year. Our progress can't be too far behind the people of Sun Never Sets.”Liu Chuan said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Count Tirpitz replied.
Many of the difficulties in building the Nassau-class battleship had been overcome. Krupp had already taken out the sample of the triple-mounted 50-caliber 305mm main gun and was undergoing the final test.
When the Nassau-class battleships began to be outfitted, they would definitely be able to make it.
Moreover, at Liu Chuan's request, Krupp had already begun to develop the 50-caliber 380mm main gun. Although it was very difficult, there were still many problems. However, after investing a lot of money, the development of the 50 times caliber 380mm main gun was also progressing in an orderly manner. Perhaps, in a few years, the capital ships of the German Empire's navy would be able to carry 380mm main guns.
"I hope that from this year onwards, the German Empire's navy will build a first-class or second-class capital ship every year. Their numbers ranged from three to five. In this way, eight years later, the Imperial Navy would have a powerful navy equipped with dozens of new capital ships.
At that time, we will truly have the strength and capital to compete with the Imperial Navy of the Empire of Never Sets. The navy of the empire would be able to defeat the empire in the future!”
Liu Chuan's goal was very clear. He saw the Sun Never Sets Empire as the main enemy of the Germanic Empire.
After all, the Empire of the Sun Never Sets was the overlord of the world and occupied the world's most vast and fertile colonies.
Only by defeating the Sun Never Sets Empire could the Germanic Empire accept these colonies and quickly become stronger.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Count Tirpitz was very excited.
The other admirals were the same.
When Liu Chuan requested to stop the construction of the Braunschweig-class and Germany-class battleships, it made their hearts bleed!
Now, Liu Chuan was finally going to support the navy in building capital ships on a large scale.
This also meant that from now on, the strength of the German Empire's navy would soar.
In fact, they might even have the ability to challenge the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets in the future and defeat the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets in one fell swoop.
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