Tsarist Russia: Please Call Me Your Majesty The Tsar

Chapter 116 The Battleship Starts Construction (The First Update, Please Subscribe!)

After Mikhail got married, he soon put his main energy on state affairs.

It's just that he no longer eats alone and sleeps alone. By his side, he already had his wife by his side.

In a political marriage, don't mention any feelings.

He and Queen Elizabeth Mary naturally got married first, and then cultivated their relationship.

Fortunately, although he was not married in his previous life, he had several girlfriends, so he is no stranger to chasing girls. In this era, it is very effective.

This made the relationship between Mikhail and Queen Elizabeth Mary grow rapidly, and their married life was even more happy.

At the end of November 1799, Mikhail went to the Rostov Shipyard together with General Alexander, the Minister of the Navy, Lieutenant-General Rozhestwinster, Commander of the Northern Fleet, and Lieutenant-General Ma Carlov, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet. .

The "Mosk-class" heavy cruisers of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy have been completed and put into service one after another. This has increased the strength of the two main fleets of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy a lot.

Both the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet are now equipped with 6 'Mosk 03-class heavy cruisers, 12 'Rostov-class' light cruisers, and 18 A-class destroyers.

The shelves of the two fleets have already been set up, and they have a certain combat effectiveness. Except that there is no battleship, everything else is fully equipped.

Of course, compared with the world's most powerful Royal Navy, the Empire on which the sun never sets, the Tsarist Russian Empire is still far behind.

Fortunately, Mikhail did not dream of catching up with the Imperial Navy on which the sun never sets in a short period of time. His current goal is very clear, that is to defeat the navy of the Orientals and cut off the road to the rise of the Orientals. Next, we will also focus on the Orientals. As long as the navy of the Tsarist Russian Empire can defeat the navy of the Orientals and suppress the Orientals, that is enough.

As for the man on whom the sun never sets, let's wait until the end of the world war before starting to catch up with the man on whom the sun never sets.

At that time, the navy will undergo earth-shaking changes. Due to the advancement of technology, the combat effectiveness of aircraft is becoming more and more powerful. The combination of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft will replace battleships and become the main force of naval warfare. At that time, it will undoubtedly be much easier for the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy to catch up with the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets.

After the "Mosk-class" heavy cruisers of the Tsarist Russian Empire were completed one after another, it was time to prepare for the construction of the "Mikhail I-class" battleships. All the large slipways have also been cleared out.

Mikhail and others went to Rostov's shipyard this time to participate in the steel plate cutting ceremony of the "first ship of the Mikhail I-class battleship" Mikhail I-class battleship.

From now on, the Tsarist Russian Empire will start building six Mikhail I-class battleships one after another.

This battleship will also become the next main battleship of the Russian Empire. It will become the main force to deal with the Eastern Empire Navy next.

Of course, this is also an epoch-making battleship, the first battleship to adopt a full-heavy artillery layout, unlike the current mainstream battleships in various countries, which use secondary main guns.

Mikhail hopes that this battleship can easily kill the Japanese navy in the next big battle, so that the rise of the Japanese will become a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water.

"Your Majesty, the three large berths of the Rostov Shipyard have been prepared. The relevant construction materials have also been fully equipped. The construction of the 'Mikhail I-class' battleship can begin!" Shipbuilding Director General Nievinan reported,

General Alexander, Lieutenant General Roger Gestwinst, Lieutenant General Carlof Ma and others were also very excited.

Once the "Mikhail I-class" battleship is completed and put into service. Then, the strength of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy will be even stronger. Even if it still can't compare with the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets. However, the service of six cutting-edge battleships is enough to bring the strength of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy to another level.

You must know that not everyone can build battleships in this era, and only a few countries still have such capabilities.

It can be said that the battleships of this era are simply like the nuclear deterrent force of another time and space future generations.

If a powerful country does not even have battleships, it cannot be regarded as a real powerful country at all.

"Very well, let's start!" Mikhail nodded.

Although he looks calm on the surface. But in fact, he was also very excited inside.

You know, the "Mikhail I-class" battleship is a battleship equipped with three triple-mounted 50-caliber 305mm main guns.

This is already Mikhail's own strength, which has made the development of naval warships leap forward an era.

It directly made the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy step into the era of unscrupulous ships from the era of dreadnoughts.

He believes that once these "Mikhail I-class" battleships are in service and show strong strength in the naval battle with the Eastern Empire. Then, it will surely lead an era.

Of course, even so, there is still a big gap between the Imperial Navy of Tsarist Russia and the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets.

The huge number of battleships of the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets cannot be dealt with by other countries.

In addition, the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets possesses the world's largest shipbuilding capability, the most powerful warship design and R&D capability, and other subsystems are also far ahead of other countries.

Once the sun never sets, people realize that their warships are obsolete. Then, they will soon be able to start the design and construction of new warships, and they will soon be able to catch up.

Coupled with the fact that the empire on which the sun never sets has strong financial support, they don't have to fear any other country at all.

You know, in another time and space, when the people on whom the sun never sets and the Germans launched a naval arms race, they shouted the arrogant slogan that the Germans built one battleship, and the empire on which the sun never sets built two.

At least, the Tsarist Russian Empire did not have the strength to fight against the sun never sets.

The Tsarist Russian Empire can only rely on the first-mover advantage to obtain as many benefits as possible for the Tsarist Russian Empire in the next war and ensure the interests of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

The main military expenditure of the Tsarist Russian Empire should still be tilted towards the army. Otherwise, how could the Tsarist Russian Empire defeat the two great powers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Germanic Empire, and dominate the European continent in the future world war?

As for the navy, you can take a break first, as long as it is enough. .