The world’s major powers have announced their plans to build dreadnoughts, and they have entered the era of dreadnoughts. However, the Russian Empire, the first country to possess dreadnoughts, did not make progress in this regard, which could not help but surprise the rest of the world.
Even the top of the Navy of the Tsarist Russian Empire could not sit still anymore.
Several naval commanders sent telegrams to Admiralty General Alexander, hoping to build more battleships to strengthen the Russian Navy.
General Alexander, Minister of the Navy of the Russian Empire, naturally hoped to build more battleships for the Navy. But the problem is that this issue is not something he can decide!
A battleship of the Navy, the cost of which was as high as twenty or thirty million rubles. Moreover, as the tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, the caliber of the main gun is getting bigger and bigger, and the cost is constantly soaring.
Therefore, in such a costly situation, without the support of His Majesty the Tsar, the Navy simply could not build these behemoths.
But General Alexander, still stubbornly met with His Majesty the Tsar, and made a request to build more capital ships 01.
“Your Majesty, the battleship Intrepid has entered service at present. They are building battleships, and quite a few. The Germans, Gauls, Beacon States, Caesar Kingdom, Austria-Hungary and the Eastern Empire all announced their dreadnoughts. It is clear that all countries can no longer sit still and have begun to build their own dreadnoughts. Although, the Imperial Navy had six powerful battleships of the Mikhail I class. However, the Imperial Navy also had little advantage over other countries. We also need to start building more battleships as soon as possible! General Alexander said.
Mikhail understood the thoughts of the top brass of the Navy, and they naturally wished that the more battleships the Russian Empire built, the better.
But, in Mikhail’s eyes, such a thing as a battleship, will soon become obsolete. In the next world war, it will be the main force of naval warfare. However, in another thirty years, it will be completely obsolete.
Moreover, in the following war, the navy of the Russian Empire would not have much room to play at all. Next will be the moment when the sun never sets and the Germans perform. As long as the Russian Empire honestly used its strengths, that is, the advantages of the army, it would be enough to ensure that the Russian Empire could win the next war.
Big deal, won’t it be enough to develop the Air Force again?
There is really no need to spend too much money on the current Navy. After all, don’t look at the countries announcing their dreadnoughts one after another, wait until their dreadnoughts are built, and then build Orion-class battleships with a main gun caliber of 343 mm, directly advancing the capital ships of the navies of various countries to the era of superdreadnoughts. Well, dreadnoughts are undoubtedly obsolete again. At that time, will countries follow or not?
If you don’t follow, you have spent so much money to build a battleship before, wouldn’t it be in vain? However, if you continue to follow, how much will it cost? Can countries compete with the riches of the sun? This is obviously unlikely!
Therefore, Mikhail believes that there is really no need to spend this unjust money!
At most, after the end of this world war, the construction of capital ships with main guns up to 410 mm will begin. In that case, the Russian Empire barely had a number of battleships that could support the scene.
The main force of the real Navy should still be placed on the combination of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, that is the main force of the future Navy.
Of course, this is thirty years later. It’s a little too early to say that.
In addition to this, in Mikhail’s plan. If they could crush the Germanic Empire in one fell swoop and win the war. Well, as a defeated country, the Germanic Empire still has many good things that are worthy of the humble Tsarist Empire.
For example, the battleships of the High Seas Fleet of the Germanic Empire. As well as the Germanic Empire is under construction, those unfinished battleships, etc., which can be fleeced by the Tsarist Empire.
Mikhail clearly remembers that in another time and space, because financial resources really could not compete with the sun never sets. So much so that the Germanic Empire has become increasingly depleted in the naval arms race. Their ship-building speed cannot be compared with that of the sun never sets. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
Of the four most powerful Bavaria-class battleships, only two were completed, the lead ships, Bavaria and Baden. The other two were not completed until the end of the war.
In addition to this, the Germans’ four Mackensen-class battlecruisers and three Yorkday-class battlecruisers were likewise not completed.
If the Russian Empire could seize the opportunity to seize Germanic military ports and shipyards at the end of the war. So, aren’t all these warships belonging to the Russian Empire? In that way, the Russian Empire would be able to select a group of the best warships from the Germanic high seas fleet and join its navy. At the same time, those unfinished battleships and battle cruisers in the shipyard could also be built in their entirety and then belonged to the Russian Empire.
This will make the strength of the Tsarist Imperial Navy inflated like a balloon 783, making the Tsarist Imperial Navy quickly become the world’s top three powerful navies.
At the same time, it can also save a lot of money, which is undoubtedly a double win!
Of course, before that, the Imperial Russian Navy had to train enough sailors. Otherwise, it would be a joke that there are warships, but there are not enough sailors to control them.
However, these Mikhail’s plans naturally cannot be told to these high-level officials for the time being. Otherwise, how could he explain the source of the information? You can’t confess to everyone that he is a born-again, can you?
To appease the top of the Navy, Mikhail is not a drop in the bucket either.
Even in Mikhail’s plan, the army is the main force in construction. However, the Navy also has to take care of it.
It just so happened that when the construction of the Mikhail I-class battleships began, he had already asked the Navy to begin preparations for the Tsar’s Blade, that is, the Izmail-class battlecruisers. Once the technical conditions were met, the construction of this battle cruiser could begin. Once this battlecruiser is built, even the Imperial Russian Navy will have 12 capital ships. Even in the world, it can be ranked at the top.
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