"Now we can't wait any longer. The Germans have surpassed us in the construction speed of new warships. The maritime security of the British Empire is in danger. While we are still tentatively discussing new warships, the Germans have systematically launched their new fearless warships! Here I want to tell you two things. The first thing is that the completion time of the Germans' Blüchel battleship was earlier than our fearless! The second thing is that the Germans are currently in service, and the number of fearless ships being built has reached 8!"

"If we don't chase, maybe in just a few years, the Royal Navy of the British Empire will lose the advantages, authority and deterrence they have accumulated over the centuries! So, we must not wait! We will start construction of 6 ships this year! Next year, we will continue 6 ships! The Imperial Navy has given everything to the British Empire! So, even if we spend all the last pound in the imperial vault, we must not retreat!" Navy Minister Sir Fisher said so heartbrokenly when he was giving a speech in the Noble House.

The content of this speech was then exposed to the newspaper by those who were interested, which detonated the British public opinion in a very short time. History finally began to roll forward with huge inertia. Under the dual pressure of public opinion and politics, the British government passed a plan to start construction of seven dreadnoughts in 1905. Among them, the number of fast battleships advocated by Fisher - the number of battleships, the number of battleships, was 1, and the number of battleships was 6!

"It seems that our plan is successful?" said Tirpitz, who was sitting in the lower position, and looked at the newspaper in his hand. "In his speech, the British called the Blüchel a battleship, instead of using large cruisers or their battleships. Maybe they were really confused by their appearance?"

Although German designers have deliberately shortened the captain of the Blücher as much as possible to prevent the British from seeing clues in their appearance, the Blücher is still longer than the Nassau, a pure-blooded battleship. For this reason, the Germans have also carried out some publicity in some public or hidden channels, such as reducing the power coefficient, emphasizing the impact of triple artillery on the width of the hull, etc.

And so far, Tirpitz feels that everything he has done seems to be successful? At least from the British newspapers!

"Ruprecht, tell me what you think." The most superior German emperor said to Bavaria ****, who was sitting on his left.

"Maybe the British had not built battlecruisers yet, so they had to accumulate experience? The so-called ten birds in the forest are worse than one bird in hand. It is obviously more appropriate to build a basic battleship first when you can't figure it out." Originally, Prince Ruprecht wanted to save face for Tirpitz, but according to the news obtained by the prince, the inference made by Tirpitz was almost entirely based on British newspapers! Is this intelligence work done too badly? (The author heard that many of the bombings of the British during the War 2 of Germany were determined by the tourist maps issued by the British in the 1930s. I don't know if it was true.) Even if the result was correct, the process was really problematic.

"Well?! There is such a possibility." The German Emperor was also shocked. The first fearless construction was a test of the waters, but the battle cruiser had not yet tested it. "Find this matter a little and get some reliable intelligence. I don't want the intelligence department to work every day to read newspapers." The German Emperor's words were already full of.

"It's Your Majesty." Tirpitz looked at it with lingering fear, and then sat aside obediently.

"The British's reaction was indeed fierce, but it was just a matter of time." The German Emperor sighed. To be honest, until now, he was still scared of being upright with the British. The shadow of the famous tree and the British Empire's achievements over the past few hundred years were not a joke. Germany was confident of defeating France. After all, before Germany was established, Prussia and a group of little brothers pressed France to the ground and rubbed France. They also had the confidence to support Russia, because the latter was almost a representative of backward and decay in Europe, but the German Emperor was somewhat afraid of the British Empire at its peak.

But the so-called "drawing the bow without turning back". If the Russians' strength recovers, Germany's situation will be worse. Therefore, the German Emperor has decided that the war must be started as soon as possible. When Germany and Austria's strength reached its peak and the Allies have not yet fully entered the state!

"We are not only against the British. I want to know what other countries will be about this naval gamble, the French, American, Russian, Austro-Hungary and Italy." The German Emperor paused and continued, "Okay, I want to know, do you have any layout?"

"Looking at the situation, I feel that there is no need for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to participate in this gamble. Their capital and environment determine that the construction in the navy is meaningless." His Highness **** thought for a while and said.

"Then let's take a look first." The German Emperor nodded and said.

When Britain and Germany provoked this naval gamble, other countries did not follow up immediately. The French continued to complete their Dandong-class battleships with as many as 6 ships. They believed that a small number of main guns and a large number of second-class main guns were still better than the more expensive full-level main gun battleships in actual combat.

The French behaviour was the same as in history. The Dandong-class quasi-dreadnought was designed in 1906, and six ships were started between 1906 and 1908. In history, the French should have looked down on fearlessness at the beginning. After all, the Fearlessness was put into service at the end of 1906. If the French had this idea, they could design their own dreadnought in 07 and then stop the subsequent construction plan of the Dandong-class. In fact, the French first-class dreadnought Oba-class battleship was started in 1910! This cannot be explained by lack of time and funds.

After all, the Germans started to build their own dreadnoughts in 2007, and in history, Americans started construction earlier in 1906. Even Italy, which had a weaker naval naval, started construction of their first-class dreadnoughts in 1909. So it can be said that this time, the French who liked ingeniousness did not keep up with the world, which is a regret for France and a lucky for Germany.

There are also some countries with vision in this world, such as Italy. Unfortunately, vision is not a sufficient condition, but a necessary condition for success. Italy is short of money now! When **** was able to speak the poems of arming to the bow of the ship and walking around the world, it was because Italy had some savings at the time, but now? More than 100,000 troops are still trapped in North Africa, so how can they have that much money?

As for Russia and Japan, let alone, they are still in war, and they are even more willing but not capable! Therefore, the reactions that were supposed to shake the world were not very big. Of course, this is just the tranquility before the storm. With the retirement of time, what should happen will eventually happen!
Chapter completed!