"Your Majesty, we absolutely cannot tolerate such provocation from the Americans. Even if it means an all-out war, we must retake the Azores!" Imperial Navy Minister Admiral Scheer said angrily.
The Imperial Navy had been preparing to launch massive construction projects on the Azores, turning them into an important naval base and fortress for the Imperial Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, in preparation for competing with the United States for hegemony over the Atlantic Ocean. Yet who could have expected the Americans to be so audacious? At such a moment, they had dared to pull a tooth from the tiger's mouth, directly dispatching troops to forcibly occupy the Azores. This was plainly equivalent to seizing the territory of the German Empire and showing it no respect at all!
"Your Majesty, the Americans' actions are indeed tantamount to declaring war on the Empire. The Empire cannot endure this. This time, we must crush the Americans' scheme. Otherwise, they will only press their luck and push for more. Then the Empire will have to deal with wave after wave of American offensives," Imperial Prime Minister Bülow said as well.
Although the Empire's focus at this time remained on developing its domestic industry and economy, resolving social conflicts, and turning the German Empire into a super empire with a developed economy and powerful industry.
That did not mean the German Empire could ignore external threats. American provocation meant that the Empire had to strike back in kind. Otherwise, it would be utterly impossible for the German Empire to develop in peace. Much less could it hope to defeat its many powerful enemies in one stroke in future wars and further preserve its Hegemonic Status.
"Your Majesty, while the Empire currently lacks the ability to cross the Atlantic Ocean and destroy the United States,