"Prime Minister, this is the information our intelligence personnel risked their lives to obtain. For this reason, we even lost two very outstanding intelligence personnel." British First Sea Lord John? Admiral Sir John Fisher put the information on British Prime Minister Sir Bannerman's desk.
Sir Bannerman put on his glasses and looked carefully at the information that the intelligence personnel had exchanged for their lives. When he saw those photos, the expression on his face became solemn.
"Admiral Sir John Fisher, is this the new Capital Ships of German Navy?" Sir Bannerman asked.
"Yes, Prime Minister. This should be the dreadnought of the Germany people. And it seems that it should be completed soon. Based on my experience, these Battleship are already being prepared for outfitting. It is expected to be ready for service by the end of this year." John? Admiral Sir John Fisher looked serious.
"God! How is this possible? How can Germany people build faster than us? When we were building New-style Battleship, we only started building one ship. But they started building so many ships at once. Aren't they afraid that this will be a trap set by us?" Sir Bannerman looked shocked.
Britain only built one "Fearless" ship, Battleship, and later began large-scale batch construction. Even so, the construction of British Navy's 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship only started last year. If it is expected to enter service, it will have to wait until 1909. The follow-up 'St. Vincent-class' Battleship has not started construction at all. This also means that once the New-style Battleship of German Navy is put into service, British Navy will be at a disadvantage in terms of the number of New-style Battleship. For the Royal Navy of the British Empire, this is a completely unacceptable result. In order to maintain British Empire's maritime hegemony and world colonial system, they must ensure that they have the most powerful navy in the world.
"Prime Minister, it's hard to believe that Germany people would make such a determination. However, the facts are now in front of us, that is, British Empire is already at a disadvantage in the competition with the new Capital Ships." John? Admiral Sir John Fisher looked bitter.
"What about the performance of the battleship? Can German warship compare with our Battleship in terms of performance?" Sir Bannerman had a trace of expectation in his eyes, as if he didn't believe that British Empire's Royal Navy would lose completely.
Sir John Fisher hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Because we have not obtained specific data on the German navy's battleships, it is not yet easy to evaluate their specific performance. However, the only thing that is certain is that the German battleships have a larger displacement than our battleships, which allows their battleships to have thicker armor and are more effective in defense." In terms of defense, it is worse than ours. However, this also makes their battleships inferior to ours in terms of firepower. As for our five-mounted 305mm main guns, the Germans use three-mounted main guns. Although I don't know if the Germans have solved the problem of triple-mounted main guns. But in terms of firepower, we should not be inferior to them."
John? Admiral Sir John Fisher, this is just based on my own guess. This caused him to make mistakes in his judgment. The 'Nassau-class' Capital Ships of German Navy does not have a lower speed than the Capital Ships of British Navy because of its larger displacement. On the contrary, after adopting the oil boiler and Steam Turbine, the 'Nassau-class' Battleship has a faster speed. In terms of speed, it is not inferior to the Battleship British Navy, and even has a certain advantage.
In terms of firepower, the three-seat Triple Turrets can fire to one side, which is one more door than the British Navy, which can fire at most four-seat twin-mounted 305mm. At the same time, the 50-times-caliber main gun used in the Capital Ships of the German Navy obviously has more powerful armor-piercing capabilities than the 45-times-caliber main gun of the British Navy. Once the war begins and the Capital Ships of both sides encounter each other in a naval battle, British Navy will know how powerful the Capital Ships main gun of German Navy is.
Sir Bannerman's face couldn't help but become even more ugly.
"God! It seems that from now on, Royal Navy is in a great crisis. We must treat it carefully. Otherwise, Royal Navy will face a disaster." Sir Bannerman said.
"Yes, Prime Minister, I completely agree with your point of view. Moreover, the situation may be more serious than we expected. The Capital Ships of the Germany people is far more than that. In addition to those Battleship, our intelligence personnel also discovered three other warships being outfitted. Although, the progress is lagging behind the other Battleship. But Our intelligence personnel believe that these three warships being outfitted should be Battlecruiser, which are the same warships as our 'Invincible-class' Battlecruiser. The despicable Germany people probably want to use this kind of warship to attack our maritime transportation lines. This is undoubtedly an extremely sinister intention," John? Admiral Sir John Fisher said with gritted teeth.
John? Admiral Sir John Fisher The reason why Royal Navy advocated the construction of Battlecruiser is that it hopes that the speed can be comparable to the cruiser, the firepower can be as good as Battleship's new warship, and it can protect Britain's maritime transportation lines. Originally, this was just a plan to nip problems in the bud. But I didn't expect that it would actually come in handy.
"Damn Germany people, they are indeed too despicable." Sir Bannerman's face turned a little pale. He deeply knows, as a Island Nation, what it means to the British Empire once the maritime transportation line is hit.
"Yes, Prime Minister, fortunately we also built Battlecruiser. Otherwise, there is really no way to deal with Battlecruiser from Germany people." John? Admiral Sir John Fisher also looked happy.
"Can our 'Invincible-class' Battlecruiser be able to deal with Germany's Battlecruiser?" Sir Bannerman asked.
"Prime Minister, this may be a bit difficult. As you can see from the photos, the Germany people's Battlecruiser is larger than our 'Invincible-class' Battlecruiser. The larger displacement gives them greater defense. In terms of speed, they may not be as good as us. But also It must not be underestimated. More importantly, Germany's Battlecruiser is almost finished, and our 'Invincible-class' Battlecruiser may not be completed until the end of next year or the beginning of the next year." John? Admiral Sir John Fisher said.
"God! In other words, Royal Navy of the British Empire is lagging behind Germany people on Battleship and Battlecruiser!" Sir Bannerman exclaimed.