Daming 1805

When Lucia met with Daming's exploration team, William III didn't care much on the surface, but he was thinking carefully in his heart.

On the morning of the second day after the banquet, William III got up early and summoned Army General Blücher, Chief of Staff Scharnhorst, and Prime Minister Hardenberg to a meeting.

William III spoke directly:
"About yesterday's news, what do you think?"

The three of them have actually thought about it. At this time, Prime Minister Hardenberg first said:

"Lucia's exploration has reached its limit, and after we wiped out the Bornu Kingdom, we will also reach our limit.

"The north of Baltic Lake (Lake Chad) is wilderness and desert, which is our natural border with Daming.

"We don't need to be directly neighbors with Daming on the grassland like Lucia did, which can reduce the possibility of conflict.

"We have acquired enough land, the area of ​​New Germany is more than twice the size of the mainland, and the products are more abundant.

"We already have resources that are complementary to the local, and we can continue to improve our strength as long as we develop them seriously.

"We have secured our borders on land, the future focus should be on the sea.

"If Austria is the target, we still need to continue to build the army, and we should produce more and stronger armored combat vehicles and aircraft.

The power system is a steam turbine with a large water tube coal-fired boiler.

"They're building a new capital ship, and we're building at least one larger.

The two bear children were very excited to set off firecrackers, and it was set off by a large audience.

There must be a sufficient fleet to prevent a direct Prussian raid on London.

But this does not affect Ming Dynasty to continue to sell pre-dreadnoughts to Prussia and other countries, guiding them to continue to design pre-dreadnoughts.

Now Nelson wants to jump directly to 360 tons, and also requests to increase the caliber to [-]mm.

William III said that the construction of the second batch of dreadnought battleships was started, because most of the first batch has now been built.

"As long as we have the ability to inflict heavy losses on them, the Spaniards will not be against us for no reason.

After hearing this, Blucher smiled and waved to Scharnhorst, making a gesture of invitation.

"This also requires us to build larger capital ships.

The reason is of course not the confirmation of the news of the British man-made dreadnought, but the feasibility of "Da Ming has verified the relevant technology".

"After this new type of battleship enters service, all the original old-fashioned battleships will enter the countdown to elimination.

11-year-old Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, the historical German Emperor Wilhelm I.

"Unless Britain can easily destroy our navy and easily seize our overseas colonies.

The design maximum speed is [-] knots.

"The really serious problem is being overtaken by Prussia and Lucia!
"If our navy is unable to defend against the Prussian navy, it will not affect the security of the Yinzhou colony.

"We need to build more and larger new capital ships as soon as possible.

"Until the colony development and construction of both of us enters a bottleneck, neither of us will want to be enemies with each other.

"We must continue to consolidate and even expand this advantage.

This directly formed the impression of being ambitious and overjoyed.

"If the British royal family still controls Hannover, it will also become the weakness of the UK in our hands.

"Of course these super battleships cannot decide the battle situation in Yinzhou, but they can affect our future international status.

"I hope to start vigorously building dreadnought battleships in the future, and quickly increase the number to more than ten ships.

Scharnhorst immediately said:

"In addition to protecting the route, our naval fleet has another task to dispel this idea from the British.

William III was silent for a few seconds:

"Even if we defeat France and Lucia, it will be difficult to absorb the land and population of the other side.

Daming's original plan, of course, was to build them a traditional pre-dreadnought.

The MPs at the scene had a chaotic discussion for a while, and Fox, who was the opposition, was the first to speak:
"I don't quite understand what Lord Nelson means, but that doesn't affect my point of view.

"Otherwise normal Englishmen would not have fought Prussia for their king.

"Such an army is also used to deter Lucia and France.

"In the short term, does the navy only need [-]% of the British? Does it only need to consider dealing with Britain and Spain? Don't you need to consider the problems of France and Lucia?"

"As I said before, the current new type of battleship has put all the original battleships into the countdown to elimination.

"Their greatest fear is that we are now suddenly attacking their homeland.

"Your will."

"Then it will continue to expand as New Deutschland develops, eventually reaching the same size as the UK."

"Now the French will worry about us being against them, rather than us worrying about them against us.

Except for Ming Dynasty, the British who made the fastest progress have already completed the verification of the dreadnought battleship.

"We are financially able to sustain a fleet of this size and our resources are sufficient to build a fleet of this size.

"What's more, the French, Spaniards, and Lucians are all likely to become our enemies.

Until the news of the British building a dreadnought battleship was confirmed.

The House of Commons in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, held a special hearing for the next round of shipbuilding plans.

"Prussia must confront our navy if they are to secure their shipping lanes.

"We have the ability to threaten the French from the ground, and the French will not rashly interfere with our colonial routes.

This brand new warship was named Frederick the Great.

The main guns used before were all [-]mm, and they have been maintained for many years.

Nelson's words immediately caused a lot of exclamation, and it was a heartfelt exclamation with panic.

"The French have been caught in the mudflats of Yinzhou's Colonial War of Independence.

"This makes it impossible for us to compete with Ming Dynasty in terms of the number of warships built.

The experimental ship with full-caliber naval guns is only in the early [-] tons.

"They have an overwhelming advantage against traditional warships.

After the end of the World War, Ming arranged craftsmen to guide Prussia, Lucia, Ottoman, Austria, and Italy to develop their navies, and led them to design and build capital ships according to the original agreement.

Nelson immediately responded loudly:
"Do you mean to put the safety of the United Kingdom on the opponent's choice?

Admiral Horatio Nelson returned from Yinzhou to attend the hearing.

"So my request is that the tonnage of the follow-up new capital ship should preferably reach a displacement of [-] tons.

"The purpose of our naval development is not to be a direct enemy of Britain, but to secure colonial routes.

"As for what to do, I hope to hear the ideas of the staff and generals."

The tonnage of the original capital ships was less than [-] tons.

"At the same time, according to the information we have obtained, Ming Dynasty and other major Thai and Western countries are building warships of the same type.

According to their understanding, Prussia should indeed do that, and Britain must also respond.

Daming's target high-speed battleship, as well as the aircraft carrier built at the same time, are also due to enter service.

"A larger caliber main gun requires us to enlarge the tonnage of the battleship equipped with the main gun.

After the design was completed in this way, the design was changed, and the design drawings were greatly changed after the construction started. It took nearly three years of tossing and turning, and now it is finally time for the fruit to come to fruition.

"It's just that there are not enough new capital ships, so the navy still has to continue to use those old ships.

"Lucia is also our enemy, but it's not the current enemy either.

Prussia's first dreadnought battleship is being launched.

"Of course this time is not now. Our most important task now is to be ourselves, observe and wait for the time to come."

The security of the colony is not at the same level as the security of the homeland.

Because His Majesty's order has come down, and the construction of two improved warships of the same type will start immediately.

"We can build up our navy and have a relatively decent relationship with the UK.

"The French are our enemies, of course, but not now.

"Our next goal is still to find the right time to dismember Austria and completely unify Germany."

Her full-load displacement has reached 45 tons, and her main weapon is four dual-mounted [-]mm caliber and [-] times caliber main guns.

Fox was also obviously taken aback, and then immediately questioned Nelson:
"This is impossible, how can the Prussian navy surpass us?

It's just that on such a formal occasion, both of them were forced by their mother to wear high heels, which almost sprained their feet.

"The number of capital ships must reach at least [-]% of that of the United Kingdom, so as to reduce the idea that the British and Spain are our enemies.

Naval ships throughout the world are rapidly entering the era of dreadnoughts.

Nelson held a document and stood in front of the podium and called out:

"There will be eight to ten 360mm main guns.

"Our homeland, our capital, the City of London where you live, will be exposed to the guns of Prussia!
"You don't want your manor to be directly blasted into ruins by Prussian naval guns!"

Scharnhorst spoke with confidence:

Instead of finding a woman to smash the wine bottle, I found two little boys to set off firecrackers.

"Compared with any country in the Europa continent, we have certain advantages, ensuring our leading position in Europa.

"Only the German part of Austria can be absorbed.

"Not to mention the super battleship you mentioned!
"The existing old capital ships are enough for us to deal with the rebels in Yinzhou."

"After a lot of actual testing and verification, most of the naval generals have now reached a consensus.

The whole ceremony was also very lively, both the nobles and the cabin workers were very happy.

"We need a navy, we need a navy that can stand up to Britain and Spain.

"At the same time, we have verified when we talked about that our existing [-]mm main gun cannot effectively penetrate Ming's new [-]mm armor.

During this design process, Daming's Intrepid was built and launched.

Among the entire Prussian nobles, the two tallest little boys are the two sons of King William III.

"More importantly, it affects the safety of our homeland!
"If we stop building capital ships, if we continue to use those old capital ships that are destined to be eliminated, it will lead to extremely bad consequences!
"The gap between our navy and Ming Dynasty continues to widen, and this can only be regarded as a small problem.

Hardenberg said very seriously:

"That's what I'm suggesting and what the Navy is asking for."

"We can only concentrate limited resources to build fewer but stronger warships.

"They need more armies, they need protection against France, Lucia, Austria.

The capital ships built by the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal have already entered service or are about to arrive.

"We also have no conflicts with the Spaniards, not even the royal family of Hanover.

"We have designed a new type of battleship that is truly revolutionary.

13-year-old Friedrich William, also known as King William IV of Prussia in later history.

"Prussia will definitely vigorously develop the navy, and Ming is guiding them to develop the navy.

It was Daming who led Prussia to build the capital ship, and the launching ceremony also adopted the Eastern model.

Use two twin-mounted large-caliber main guns, plus several sub-caliber main guns to cooperate.

Nelson immediately said:

Blucher said thoughtfully:
"Be invincible first, and wait for the enemy to be victorious. The invincible lies in oneself, and the victorious lies in the enemy."

"So, at the bottom line, we should also maintain the basic advantages of the number of new warships relative to these countries.

"We are on the same starting line as countries like Prussia.

Nelson's words made the scene lively.

"George III's mental illness is out of control, and the Prince of Wales is a man of no mind.

So Daming took the initiative to change the blueprints for Prussia and other countries.

"Building this kind of super capital ship now will not allow us to quickly defeat the rebels in Yinzhou!

"After the two dreadnought battleships are in service, the existing traditional battleships purchased from Ming Dynasty will be transformed into dreadnought battleships."

"Pass my order to officially start the construction of the second batch, at least two improved dreadnought battleships.

"So, the future naval ship construction plan will all turn to new capital ships with full-caliber main guns.

"Because it is difficult to quickly improve the production process of barrels and shells, if we want to increase the power of artillery, we can only enlarge the caliber.

William III nodded with a serious expression, and looked at Blucher and Scharnhorst:
"Since Lord Hardberg mentioned the staff department, Lord Scharnhorst will talk about it first."

The reality that Nelson said has convinced most of the MPs.

On the far western continent, in the northwest of Prussia mainland, the Royal Wilhelmshaven Shipyard.

William III was a little surprised:

"We should and can also have a good relationship with the Spaniards.

"Ensure the absolute safety of the route between the mainland and New Germany!

"We should at least use a 330mm, maybe even a 360mm gun.

"I don't think any more capital ships should be built until the Yinzhou War is over.

William III listened and nodded slowly:
"It makes sense, but when is the right time..."

"Our strength makes the Lucians feel difficult, so they will change their attack targets to Ottomans, Austria, and even Sweden.

Hardenberg bowed and agreed:

Although most of the congressmen are not very familiar with naval ships, they still have experience and concepts about tonnage and caliber.

"There was no direct conflict between Prussia and England.

"You should choose one of these two directions instead of giving up directly."

Then several people at the scene looked at Prime Minister Hardenberg together.

"Having completed the actual construction verification, we are half a body ahead of this competition.

"At the same time, our size cannot be compared with that of Daming, and our production capacity is far lower than that of Daming.

"The Hannover question is the contradiction between the royal family of Hanover and the Kingdom of Prussia.

And news came that France and Spain were also beginning to design and build similar warships.

"In terms of the design of the new capital ship, the larger the hull and the larger the caliber of the main gun, the greater the role it can play.

"British bourgeoisie and aristocrats will not be enemies of our entire Prussia for the old courtyard of the king's house.

"Instead it will further worsen our fiscal environment.

"There's no way they're going to put a lot of wealth and resources into building a navy."

"Prussia must pass through our English Channel to reach their Mexican colony.

"At the same time, it is necessary to increase the speed as much as possible, preferably above 23 knots, and fully use oil-fired boilers and steam turbines.

"Or if they build two capital ships, we will build three ships of similar size.

"We need to continue to greatly increase the power of our artillery in order to cause effective damage to Ming's capital ships.

"Once we go to war, it could be an all-out war, from the homeland to the colonies.

"Our chief enemy remains Austria.

At the end of the third year of Ankang, it was time for the new capital ships built by the Thai and Western countries under the guidance of Da Ming to be launched into service one after another.

"This new type of warship that directly eliminates all old capital ships has brought all naval countries to the same starting line.

Consideration has already begun for a larger new type of warship.

So Daming took the initiative to rebuild the same new type of warship.

Although this possibility is slim.

But Nelson is right, you cannot depend on your own safety for the enemy's choice...

The key is……

"What about the Yinzhou War?"

Fox sent out soul torture again.