When Britain stepped up the construction of new battleships, Germany was also not idle, because the emergence of the dreadnought was a pioneer in battleships and eliminated all the battleships previously built, but on the other hand, it also brought all countries back to the same starting line, and everyone built the dreadnought from scratch, so this also gave Germany an opportunity to catch up with the British navy. Moreover, in this era, Germany received assistance from the East China Government, not only formulated a naval development plan that was more in line with Germany's national conditions, but also designed several types of battleships with excellent performance for Germany.

In fact, according to the naval development plan formulated by the East China Government for Germany, the British Navy has never been a target for catching up, because the German Navy cannot surpass the British Navy, but now the number of dreadnoughts in service and under construction in Germany has reached 11, while the UK has only 10. This is the first time in more than 100 years that Britain has less than its opponents in the number of main battleships, which also made German Emperor William II extremely excited. I once proudly announced that Germany would no longer allow British main battleships to surpass Germany again.

However, at this time, only the German Navy Secretary Tirpitz still kept his mind awake, knowing that Germany's current advantage was actually just a phantom, not a reflection of Germany's shipbuilding strength. Because before the British built the USS Default Battleship, the first type of dreadnought German-class battleship established by the East China Government for Germany had already begun to be built, and three consecutive ships were started. However, the construction speed of the USS Default was fast, ahead of the German-class battleship No. 1 ship, and less than two months after the USS Default was completed, the German-class ship No. 2 and 3 ships were also completed one after another in the following three months. In this way, Germany led the UK 3:1 in the number of dreadnoughts.

But then Britain started to build 9 dreadnoughts of four classes, while Germany only built 8 dreadnoughts of two classes. It was only by the first move that it had won the force to maintain a slight advantage. Britain will soon start construction of 4 super dreadnoughts, catching up with and overtaking Germany, which is almost a foregone conclusion. The reason is that the scale of the British shipbuilding industry is much larger than that of Germany. After all, Germany is a mainland country with the largest industrial scale and technical level in the world, but it is impossible to invest all resources in the development of the shipbuilding industry, and it is necessary to develop balancedly. Britain is an island country, so it is naturally able to invest most of its resources in the shipbuilding industry. Therefore, in terms of the scale of the shipbuilding industry, Britain is indeed much larger than Germany.

However, Tirpitz would not tell the emperor about these things, because the emperor was in a good mood and it was easy for the navy to obtain funds. Therefore, Britain has now started to build four super-dreadnought ships. Even if the emperor wants to maintain the numerical advantage of the dreadnought over the United Kingdom, he naturally cannot be stingy with the funds.

Of course, although Britain started to build four super-dreadnoughts this time, Tirpitz was not technically worried, because as early as two years ago, when the East China government formulated a naval development plan for Germany, it foreseen that Britain would use large-mouthed artillery on battleships to increase the firepower of warships. Therefore, Germany needs to prepare early. At the same time, it also designed two types of battleships equipped with 350mm caliber artillery for Germany. Among them, the Caesar class was designed according to the standards of the fast battleship, which is another prediction made by the East China government for the development of battleships.

Although Tirpitz was also half-believing at that time, it still prompted Germany to establish a project to develop a 350mm caliber artillery. Now it seems that the predictions of the East China government at that time were indeed accurate. Britain indeed launched a super-dreadnought ship equipped with a 343mm caliber artillery. However, at this time, Germany's 350mm caliber artillery was also successfully developed. At the same time, there was a king-class battleship designed by the East China government. Therefore, as long as Congress withdraws funds, Germany can immediately start building a dreadnought with the same combat power to maintain its competitiveness with the United Kingdom. At the same time, Tirpitz also firmly decided to start building a Caesar-class rapid battleship immediately after building the King-class battleship. This time, the predictions of the East China government can no longer be doubted.

In terms of battle cruisers, Tirpitz actually did not like this warship with extremely high cost but extremely worrying survivability, but William II loved this warship known as the "perfect cat". Moreover, the East China government also believed that this warship that gave up defense in order to simply pursue high speed was also of value. Therefore, Germany built two von der Tann-class battle cruisers. This time Tirpitz planned to build two more Dovelinger-class ships. After all, Britain also built new battle cruisers, which could also make the emperor happy.

Sure enough, after seeing the plan handed over by Tirpitz to build four King-class battleships and two Dovelinger-class battlecruisers, William II immediately approved it without saying a word. However, regardless of Prime Minister Holvig's green face, the naval competition was extremely expensive, and he had to build another 6 warships at once. Even Germany was under a financial pressure, but the emperor's will was not questionable, so the Prime Minister could only find a way to squeeze out the money from other places.

Even though Britain and Germany are the first and second-largest naval powers, they are all so hard to build ships, so what qualifications do other powerful countries have to not work hard!

First of all, the United States, which has the highest economic output and second largest industrial output, has accomplished an unprecedented feat of the Great White Fleet to sail around the world, but the embarrassing thing about the Great White Fleet is that it passed by before the global navigation began. It was still very intimidating with its huge number advantage. After all, even in the old time and space, only Britain and Germany were the only countries that could take out 17 battleships at once. France and Russia were only close to this number, not to mention that in this era, the navies of France and Russia were both severely damaged in the Far East War.

However, the United States was not the Qing court. He thought that after building a third-largest navy in the world, he would be worried and worried. Although the United States was not as virtuous as it was at this time, he could still be willful if he had money. After the Great White Fleet sailed around the world, the United States began to design its own dreadnoughts. In 1910, according to the standards of dreadnoughts, it started to build two South Carolina-class battleships and two Delaware-class battleships; and planned to build two Florida-class battleships the following year. This was equivalent to building 6 dreadnoughts at the same time. Such industrial construction capabilities were completely comparable to those of Britain and Germany.

France, which was hit hard in the Far East War, was slow to accept new things. First, in 1907, when the Far East War ended, it started to build four former dreadnought Ribelt-class battleships. Although it finally started to build four dreadnought Courbet-class battleships in 1910, it also started to build six former dreadnought Dandong-class battleships.

However, after the end of the Far East War, France started to build 14 battleships in a row, which also reflected the heritage and industrial strength of the old empire. Of course, it finally maintained its position as the fourth naval power.

The result of the Russian navy in the Far East War cannot be described as a severe injury, but was severely damaged, leaving only half of its life. But Russia has a vast territory, a large population, and rich resources, so it recovered much faster than Japan. Before the Far East War, Russia had already started to build two former dreadnought Evstafi-class battleships and two Pavel I-class battleships. After the end of the Far East War, in order to supplement the naval warships, it purchased the Rurik 2 from the UK. Although Russia designated Rurik 2 as an armored cruiser, this 16,000-ton warship with 254 mm main gun was equipped with a warship, and there was no sense of incongruity in the battleships.

In 1908, Russia started to build four of its own dreadnought Gangut-class battleships, and planned to build three more dreadnought Queen Maria-class battleships in 1911.

In this way, the main naval powers are also working hard to build a stronger naval force, and the second-rate naval power will not be flat at this time. If Bijing falls out at this time, it will be difficult to catch up. Yu Da Noodle Country Italy launched one dreadnoodle Dante Algieri-class battleship and three Earl Cafur-class battleships; the Austro-Hungarian Empire also started to build four of its own dreadnought joint force-class battleships.

It can be said that at this time, almost the major naval forces in the world were consciously or forced to participate in this shipbuilding competition. After competing for your enemy, the opponent will build ships crazily. If you don’t build it, there will be only one ending, that is, you will lose at the starting line in the future war. Therefore, in a sense, the global shipbuilding industry has fallen into the inversion of building dreadnoughts. And there can only be one end of this shipbuilding competition, which is war.

In this case, the East China Government naturally cannot stay out of the matter. Although the East China Government now has 17 battleships and 16 armored cruisers, it is safe to protect itself for the time being, but most of these warships are outdated, and other countries, including Japan, which has always been in hostile relations with the East China Government, are also desperately building dreadnoughts. Therefore, the East China Government must not rest assured. Moreover, the construction of the navy has a certain delay. The construction cycle of a battleship is at least more than 2 years. You must not wait until the threat of war comes before starting construction.
Chapter completed!