In fact, as early as the early 1880s, just in terms of fleet size, Germany had reached the fourth-ranked tonnage in the world! Second only to Britain, France and Russia, the tonnage of the ironclad ship was the third in the world, even stronger than Russia. As other countries made efforts, the German naval status continued to decline. In 1885, the tonnage of the Italian ironclad ship exceeded Germany, and in 1886, the total tonnage of the Italian naval fleet exceeded Germany. By 1892, the tonnage of the Russian armored ship exceeded Germany. If we talk about the combat effectiveness of the ironclad ship, Germany was stronger than Austro-Hungary among European powers! This is completely unbearable!

In addition, as new warships of the great powers were launched, the quality of the existing German fleet shrank rapidly, and many warships had reached their service life, and these old things had even had many accidents. So even if Bismarck was still in power in this plane, he decided to prepare for the empire's navy! There should be no problem with the federal parliament, and all countries are waiting to get a share of the great construction. What should I do if the empire parliament cannot be passed? It doesn't matter, will it be better if I have disbanded and elected a parliament before passing it?

However, there is a very serious problem now, that is, how to build a navy! The development of the German navy in the early stage was very chaotic. For their own safety, the Germans needed a powerful shore defense ironclad fleet to ensure that the coastline was not violated. There were colonies overseas that needed protection, and from time to time they had confrontations with the United States in Samoa, or bullying European indigenous people. So he needed a cruiser formation, and the unlucky child of Germany was later influenced by the French Green Water School and built a large number of torpedo boats!

It can be said that the ecological structure of the German fleet is very chaotic. Influenced by various thoughts, there are too many useless and unusable things. So few can be used now! The ironclad ships are behind and cannot match the new warships of various countries. Cruisers are broken. Not to mention the combat effectiveness issues, the attendance rate is very bad. The torpedo boats have been proven not as good as the French boast. So now the question is, where is the German naval road? It cannot be said that there is no road in the world, and if there are too many people, it will become a road!

Now the German navy and senior management are also very conflicted. Although they decided to build a large amount, the money they can afford is still relatively small. Even after William II came to power in history, with the support of His Majesty the Emperor and the running around Tirpitz, it is difficult to pass the budget of the four Brandenburg-class battleships. Now, William, a naval fanatic, has not yet come to power. Subjectively, the current German board of directors and CEOs are not so determined, so the allocation will naturally be relatively small. On the other hand, the reinsurance treaty still exists. In the foreseeable future, the relationship between Germany and Russia is not good. The pressure on naval offshore defense is not great. Therefore, the four Brandenburg-class battleships in history will definitely not appear now. I won’t talk about whether there is money or not, at least it is not necessary!

Not only is Bismarck amateur in the navy, but German naval generals are also vague in their strategy, but they all noticed one problem, that is, Germany's overseas interests need to be protected, and the German cruiser fleet can be described as being broken, and a bunch of wooden cruisers worth about 2,000 tons have long been overwhelmed. Until now, Germany and the United States are still in a confrontation in the Samoa region, and almost fought in the past few years. The colony Nagada is not stable. Sometimes they need to communicate with the colonial fleets of certain countries.

Therefore, the Prime Minister believes that the cruiser fleet should be updated first. The Imperial Navy Department, which had just been rectified, expressed support for the Prime Minister's idea. On the one hand, the Germans' overseas fleet demand did surpass the needs of local security. The Russians and the British are friends. When facing the French, Germany can solve the problem with the army. Therefore, it is correct to ensure the choice of colonies and ocean interests. On the other hand, because the steel plate incident just passed, the remaining bigwigs in the Admiral were still silent. How could the courage and power-oriented chiefs work against each other? I was impatient?

The tone of building cruisers is set first, and then the subsequent problems are even more troublesome! What kind of cruisers do you build? Should you install patrol or protective cruisers? Is it a first-class cruiser with a displacement of nearly 10,000 or a second-class cruiser with a displacement of about 4,000 tons? How to set the performance of cruisers? How to do firepower and defense? What is the speed? Well, these things do have to be left to the designer to realize, but you always have to set the tone? It's like when you go out to buy something, you didn't even say what you want to buy, how can the merchant introduce you to you?

The navy was still very confused with a lot of money. The discussions were held one after another, but there was no result in a short period of time. The people were also very lively. With the inspiration of a historical celebrity, the naval atmosphere of the German Empire was much stronger. From the perspective of time travelers, it was even stronger than the naval heat of later generations. After all, there were emperors who had aerial warships in Germany in history. Later generations had heard of the leaders of which country played sps...

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the time traveler. Our Prince Ruprecht watched all this with the mood of watching. After all, it was only 1889 now, and there would be no war in the next 20 years. No matter how good the ship you build now, it would be useless by that time. Moreover, the talents you want to find have not come yet. The eight characters of the design bureau have just been made. What are you busy with? Anyway, the new German warship armored steel is provided by yourself. First, the factory is built and the production capacity will be improved. What else is it? Is it obvious that it is not doing the right job?

However, one day, His Royal Highness, our prince picked up a newspaper and saw the overhead of a warship. The feeling of fighting in the forum and post bar that year came again! For nothing else, this overhead design is good! Although it cannot reach the top level in the world, it also represents the development direction of historical advanced productivity! The guy is good, I am optimistic about you!

A protective cruiser was introduced in the newspaper in a large amount of space! An author named Black Hawk King described his envisioned warship in this way. The displacement of 4,500 tons is 100mm thick on both sides of the dome armor, and the horizontal part is 50mm. It has a certain defense against the artillery. All artillery has armor protection from 50mm to 100mm. It is equipped with 8 150mm naval guns, of which the bow and stern are double 150mm artillery. Another 4 150mm artillery are arranged at the four corners of the warship. At the same time, 6 105mm naval guns and a large number of 50mm naval guns are used to deal with torpedo boats or other small targets, with a maximum output power of 12,000 horsepower. The speed is above 20 knots.

"This ship is very good, and it feels like a second-class cruiser produced by Armstrong in later generations. If this ship is pulled out, Yoshino in later generations may not be able to beat this product. If you want to stabilize the pressure, you may also need the 4,900-ton buenosaires in Argentina. In this era, you can create this thing, at least the direction is correct, and it is worth encouraging!" The time traveler nodded and expressed his appreciation!

But there is a saying that if someone supports it, then someone must oppose it. Someone's design was quickly criticized by a large number of people. They all believed that someone's design was simply ignorant of the shipbuilding industry! They also claimed that such a warship would not be sunk at all, because after it was launched, the guy sank into the sea because of his weight! The ridicule in his words made time travelers feel very dissatisfied.

"This is a suppression of future designers. What can those conservative guys in Germany make? For example, the Caesar Augusta, which started construction next year in history, has a displacement of 6,218 tons, only 4 150 guns, 8 105 guns and 4 88 guns! Such a large tonnage and such weak firepower will make the powers laugh out loud? The Yoshino said that they are not afraid of you. The American Olympic said that they will teach you how to be a human being in every minute! It is still not unfair to say that these designers are wronged by the country and army!" Prince Ruprecht was very angry and said that he should help the designer!

So, after experiencing the baptism of online mouth guns in the 21st century, and His Highness, who thought he was at least an expert in the field of oral ballistics, personally wrote an article, and then handed it to a special person to polish it and then posted it in the newspaper! So, a mouth gun war quietly kicked off!
Chapter completed!