Wilhelmshaven, the headquarters of the German High Seas Fleet. The German Navy was now at the height of its strength. The High Seas Fleet's power had reached its peak. With twenty-four advanced Battleships and twelve advanced Battlecruisers, the German Navy possessed a total of thirty-six Capital Ships. That was without counting the Pre-dreadnoughts. If those Pre-dreadnoughts were included, the German Navy would have a total of sixty Capital Ships.
Of course, it was universally acknowledged that those Pre-dreadnoughts were of little use in naval warfare. If Pre-dreadnoughts were counted among Capital Ships, then the British Navy held an absolute advantage. After all, Britain had built dozens of Pre-dreadnoughts before the war. However, those Pre-dreadnoughts had abysmal combat power. Once sent onto the battlefield, they would only be slaughtered. Even for the sake of the sailors' lives, they could not be dispatched lightly.
Reinhard Scheer, Commander of the German High Seas Fleet, was speaking with Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper, the Fleet Chief of Staff. Sitting in the office and looking at the warships in the harbor, both men were filled with deep emotion.
"Admiral Hipper, who would have thought it? In barely more than ten years, our navy has developed to this extent. In terms of sheer strength, we have already surpassed Britain and become the true number one naval power in the world," Reinhard Scheer said. Overtaking the British Royal Navy had always been their goal. Though the decisive battle had not yet begun, that goal seemed to have been achieved ahead of schedule. Reinhard Scheer also believed that even if the decisive battle erupted now, they were confident of defeating the British.
"Yes! We owe it all to His Highness the Crown Prince's wise leadership. If not for His Highness the Crown Prince, and if we had relied