ording to the Naval Act announced by William II, Germany will build three battleships and one battlecruiser every year from 9 to 94, striving to have more than 7 dreadnought and super-dreadnought battleships, 5 battlecruisers,  pre-dreadnoughts, 3 cruisers, 4 destroyers, and 30 submarines in the German Navy by the d of 94.


    This Naval Act includes as many as four more battleships than it did historically, which means that during the following three years, Germany will build .33 more battleships per yearpared to the history.


    The naval supplemt act that the Germans announced, which will officially begin at the beginning of 9, quickly caught the atttion of the British who pay great atttion to German affairs.


    On October 5, 9, shortly after the Germans announced their naval expansion act, Winston Schmidt, who had just exchanged jobs with Navy Secretary McKna, became the new Navy Secretary of the British Empire.


    This politician, who once hindered the increase in navy budgets asmerce secretary, now faces the German naval supplemt act and proposes in response: for every main battleship built by the Germans, the British will build two.


    In fact, Churchill did so in history, which led to a terrifying ￡44.08 million naval budget for the UK in the 993 fiscal year, twice that of Germany.


    Churchill oply stated that if the Germans build three main battleships each year, the British Empire will build four main battleships and two battlecruisers to maintain aprehsive advantage over the German Navy.


    Thepetition in the navy field betwe the two strongest countries in the world has brought European naval arms race to its hottest state.


    France, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire sessively announced their naval expansion ns, and together with the Russian Empire, which had already ced warship orders with Austrsia, the European powers acted, and warships wereunched like dumplings.


    Besides these major European powers, there are actually two other powers that are also developing dreadnoughts.


    The Ind Nation''s dreadnought has already tak shape, and their first dreadnought design is named Hanoi-ss dreadnought.


    However, ev the earliest Hanoi-ss battleship would not bepleted until early 93 at the earliest.


    In fact, the Ind Nation''s dy in having its own dreadnought has also caused the country, which once gained power status through the Russo-Japanese War, to give up its position.


    Ev many Europeans are more inclined to view Austrsia as a power, as, after all, it is a Western country with three dreadnoughts.


    Of course, Austrsia''s currt military strgth is not yet worthy of the status of a major power. Some Europeans say this only because of the racial and national discrimination of the European people.


    But it cannot be died that the currt naval power of Austrsia has reached the level of major powers. Main battleships have surpassed trailing Italy, and the number of dreadnoughts is second only to Britain and Germany.


    In the corner of Europe, where many countries pay little atttion, the American developmt of dreadnoughts has also tak shape.


    The American South Carolina-ss Battleship is a warship design of the same era as the Dreadnought-ss battleship.


    However, due to the dy in finalizing the design n for a long time, the two South Carolina-ss battleships wereunched three yearster than the Dreadnought.


    The American South Carolina and Michigan-ss battleships werepleted in January and Marchst year, respectively, and have already officially joined the United States Navy this year.


    However, the design of the South Carolina-ss battleship is not as impressive as that of the Dreadnought-ss battleship.


    The South Carolina-ss battleship has a power of only 6,000 horsepower, resulting in a speed of just over 8 knots for the ss, far below the 0 to  knots of the Dreadnought-ss battleship.


    Therefore, the South Carolina-ss battleship can also be regarded as an old-style battleship with strgthed firepower and armor. There is still a considerable distance betwe its speed and that of the true dreadnought battleship.


    American second dreadnought design, the Dware-ss battleship, is the true dreadnought of America and the first battleship to receive a budget without specifying discemt in the United States Navy.


    The Dware and North Dakota-ss battleships were bothpleted in Aprilst year and have already joined the United States Navy.


    The speed of the Dware-ss battleship can reach  knots, which is the standard speed of currt dreadnoughts.


    Of course, American dreadnought designs are not limited to these.


    The Florida-ss battleship is a powerful battleship improved from the Dware-ss battleship by the United States.


    The United States ns to build two of them, and the Florida-ss battleship and Utah-ss battleship were bothpleted in early September this year and have now tered the sea navigation test stage.


    Naturally, America''s ns for building battleships also include thetest Wyoming-ss battleship.


    There are two ships nned for the Wyoming-ss battleship construction, namely the Wyoming and the Arkansas.


    Thepletion of these two battleships will have to wait until a September next year, and barring idts, this should be thest dreadnought design in the United States.


    American warship construction ns also reveal that America''s currt ambition is not small.


    Including the South Carolina-ss battleships, the United States currtly has a total of sixpleted dreadnoughts and two nned dreadnoughts, making it undoubtedly the thirdrgest navy in the world.


    If it were not for the fact that Germany is too close to the United Kingdom and the United States is too far away, the main conflict of World War I might have be betwe the United Kingdom and the United States.


    At prest, the pottial shown by the United States is ev more significant than the threat posed by Germany to the United Kingdom.


    However,pared with the United States, which is far away across the Antic Ocean, Germany, which is right under the noses of the British, is considered their greatest concern.


    By the time the British realize the ambitions and pottial of the Americans, the United States will have be unstoppable for a Britain wounded by two world wars.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    This led to the colonial order maintained by the British and the Frch for hundreds of years, being easily eliminated by the United States in alliance with a newly born country.


    Under the influce of the ideas of freedom and democracy, the colonial order copsed instantly, and various ethnic groups in the colonies demanded indepdce one after another. As a result, Britain and France were instantly reduced to their original state.


    For Arthur, the emy of Austrsia is not the currt powerful British Empire and German Empire.


    Arthur has always be clear that, although European countries are powerful, their decline is inevitable with the developmt of time and the two world wars in Europe.


    And the pottial shown by the United States, as well as its favorable geographical location, is bound to make it the greatest emy of Austrsia.


    Not to mtion the American concept of freedom and democracy that undermines the British and Frch colonial system, which also has a certain negative impact on Austrsia.


    No matter how fierce the European countries fight, after all, they are rtives and, to put it inly, they are all family.


    But the Americans are differt; they are not a monarchy, and their rtions with the major European royal families are not very good.


    It is not good news for the European royal families to let such a country be the world''s hegemon.


    Wh necessary, a monarchical alliance can be formed with the post-war European monarchies to counter the United States, which would limit the developmt of the United States and at least slow down the copse of the colonial system.


    In early October 9, at the request of the officials of the Cab, the Cab meeting of Austrsia was officially conved.


    What was actually discussed at this meeting was the more intsepetition among European countries for warships and military equipmt that erupted inte September.


    To put it bluntly, the military equipmtpetition of European countries is already preparing for war.


    Everyone understands that war has be inevitable, which is why they are still insisting on the arms race despite the huge costs.


    "Your Majesty, should we alsounch a new  of naval expansion?" At the conferce table, Minister of Defce Raul asked with anticipation.


    Although the previous request of the Ministry of Defce for naval expansion was rejected by Arthur, the military has rectly expanded, and the Ministry of Defce believes that the opportunity hase. Now is the time for Austrsia''s military strgth to rise to the major power level and seek to be recognized as such in the internationalmunity.


    "First, tell me about the situation in Europe! Apart from the naval expansion ns of each country, have there be any reports on the army expansion ns of each country?" Arthur did not refuse Minister Raul''s proposal directly but changed the subject and asked.


    As a monarch of a country, there are some things that Arthur could say, but it is better to avoid saying them directly.


    If he refuses the proposal for naval expansion directly in front of Minister Raul, it will damp the thusiasm of the military radicals and aggressors.


    Although there is no temporary n for arge-scale expansion of naval power, it would be counterproductive if it led the Austrsian governmt towards istion and pacifism.


    After all, for Austrsia to achieve a true rise, there must be significant conflicts with the pseudo-imperial ind nations and their greatest emy, the United States.


    Therefore, the zeal of the governmt is very necessary. Let the other members of the cab governmt reject the proposals made by the Cab Ministers!


    "Your Majesty, ording to the news released by other countries, at prest, the major European countries are already secretly nning to expand their military equipmt. Russia has oply dered its inttion to expand its army by 500,000.


    Although the progress of Russia has always be slow, if we take into ount their existing army of millions, their military force will reach a terrifying figure of more than .5 million, which I am afraid the Germans will find difficult to bear," Foreign Minister Andrews reported respectfully.


    Arthur marveled at and vied the Russian action.


    Wh Austrsia expanded its army by 0,000, it had to carefully calcte the capacity and financial situation of its domestic poption, as well as the reserves of officers and weapons and equipmt.


    On the other hand, Russia, which already had a standing army of millions, would directly increase its army by another 500,000, bringing its total force to ev more than thebined forces of Ennd, France, and Germany.


    Based on the number ofnd forces alone, Russia is indeed the undisputed number one in Europe at prest.