"Very good, a very good battleship, a very good name." Wilhelm II nodded in approval.
The performance of this Battlecruiser designed by Oscar is indeed very good, which makes Wilhelm II very satisfied. What makes Wilhelm II even more satisfied is that Oscar actually knows how to find ways to ease the conflict with Moltke the Younger instead of blindly tit for tat. In this case, it is undoubtedly more suitable to become the future heir of the empire. After all, being an emperor requires a broad mind.
Wilhelm II has to admit that in these aspects, Oscar is much better than Crown Prince Wilhelm. So much so that he couldn't help but think that it was a wrong decision to let Oscar be acting Crown Prince and leave the position of Crown Prince for Crown Prince Wilhelm?
"The Battlecruiser designed by Crown Prince is indeed very powerful. If it can be put into service, it will further strengthen the strength of German Navy." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz is very satisfied with the performance of 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser.
Wilhelm II nodded and looked at Naval Technical Committee. In principle, if every new warship is to be built, it needs the consent of Naval Technical Committee. Of course, because of the previous 'Nassau-class' Battleship, Naval Technical Committee no longer dares to embarrass the design of Oscar. They don't want to be slapped in the face by Oscar again.
"Ahem!" Count von Warren coughed twice and had to stand up.
"The 'Moltke-class' Battleship designed by Your Majesty and Crown Prince has very good performance in all aspects. Naval Technical Committee believes that this is a very good warship. However, our only worry is that the cost of building this warship will probably be very high!" Count von Warren said. In order to avoid offending Oscar, who has become Crown Prince, Count von Warren has already carefully considered the choice of words and sentences.
Oscar nodded. "Indeed, according to our estimates, the cost of 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser will be very high. It is estimated to be around 60 million Mark per ship."
"Sixty million Mark per ship?" Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Such a price is undoubtedly very high. Even Wilhelm II couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. If Oscar and the royal family hadn't each provided loans of 100 million Mark to the Navy every year, the Navy would not have had so much money to build these expensive warships.
"Everyone, the navy is very money-burning. Especially when we can't compete with the Britain people in terms of the number of Capital Ships people, we can only find ways to improve the combat effectiveness of each level of warships. Only in this way can we win with less and win more. It is enough to defeat the Britain people in future naval battles. And the price to pay for this is high. After all, the excellent performance of the warship requires advanced technology and equipment," said Oscar.
Everyone nodded and agreed with Oscar's statement. After all, strengthening the performance of each level of warships as much as possible is undoubtedly the only way German Navy can take to catch up with British Navy at this stage. If there is a quantity competition with British Navy, German Navy has no chance of winning. Britain people can even build Capital Ships with double or even triple the quantity of German Navy. In that case, German Navy has no chance of winning.
"Do you still have any objections to this? If not, then the construction of 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser is approved." Wilhelm II said.
No one raised any objections, even Moltke the Younger, who had always been against Oscar, remained silent. Presumably, he also hopes that this level of Battlecruiser, named after his uncle, can be constructed smoothly!
Wilhelm II nodded and immediately approved the construction of 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser.
"Father Emperor, please name the other two ships of 'Moltke-class' and Battlecruiser." Oscar requested. 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser is still planned to build three ships.
Wilhelm II thought for a while, and then said, "The other two ships should be called 'Goeben' and 'Seydlitz'!"
"Yes, Father Emperor!" Oscar had no objection to this.
"In addition to Battlecruiser, we also need to start building a New-style Battleship as soon as possible as the follow-up Battleship to 'Helgoland-class' Battleship." Oscar continued.
Then, he instructed someone to hang a large design drawing on the wall. On the drawing, there is a huge Battleship. The appearance is very similar to 'Helgoland-class' Battleship. It can be said to be an improved version of 'Helgoland-class' Battleship.
"Everyone, this Battleship is 185 meters long, 28.5 meters wide, with a draft of 9.1 meters. The standard displacement is 28,500 tons, and the full load displacement is 32,500 tons. The armament is three triple-mounted 343 mm 50 times caliber main Guns, 14 150mm 45x caliber secondary guns, 16 88mm 45x caliber anti-Torpedo boat guns. The power is 24 improved Sulzer oil-fired boilers and four Curtis steam turbine., the main engine has a maximum power of 64,000 horsepower, four-axis propulsion, and a maximum speed of 23 knots. In terms of armor defense, the main armor belt defense is 350 mm, the turret frontal armor and the command tower armor are 350 mm. It can be said that this level. Battleship is an enlarged version of 'Helgoland-class' Battleship. However, we have optimized the related design, especially to strengthen the defense," Oscar said.
No one has any objections to this. It is a common practice to make improvements on the basis of a certain level of Battleship, strengthen certain aspects of performance, and then build another level. If every level of Battleship needs to be redesigned, it is obviously unrealistic.
Oscar actually wants to install 380mm Main Gun on the next level Capital Ships. But he knew that this was simply unrealistic. Although Krupp Company is already at full capacity, it has just developed the 305mm 50 times caliber and delivered it to the shipyard. 343mm Main Gun, are still working hard on public relations. It is expected to be able to catch up with the launching and outfitting of 'Helgoland-class' Battleship. If Krupp Company were to develop 380mm Main Gun, it would probably cost them their lives. Of course, Oscar will not let them relax. 380mm Main Gun must be developed before the outbreak of World War I and equipped with warships. Only in this way can German Navy further gain a greater chance of winning in the future.
Wilhelm II asked everyone as usual whether Battleship has any objections to this level. Everyone still shook their heads, indicating that they had no objection. Therefore, the construction plan of this level Battleship was also approved. This level Battleship was named 'Kaiser-class' Battleship by Wilhelm II.