"Your Highness, the Marshal of the Navy has arrived." After returning to his official residence in Berlin, a servant reported to the Crown Prince.

"Very good, arrange it. In half an hour, I will have lunch with Marshal Scher." The crown prince thought for a while and said. In order to show the respect of the Empire's high seas fleet to Crown Prince Ruprecht, after learning that the crown prince was going to Kil's Naval Base, Marshal Scher personally came to Berlin to welcome the crown prince to Kil's Port. In terms of specifications, it is unprecedented. However, Scher ran so far, naturally it was not just for the sake of etiquette, but because the crown prince had to talk to Scher about some things and give him a vaccination.

"How is the situation in the navy now?" After signaling the idle people to leave, the crown prince said to Schell.

"Fortunately, the High Seas Fleet belongs directly to the empire. With your care, no one has come to make things difficult for us. Both the funds for personnel recovery and the Navy's military expenses have been implemented. The pensions for the dead and wounded people, as well as the promotion and rewards for meritorious personnel, have also been implemented by more than 80%. "Sher said after putting down the knife in his hand.

"However, some people are unwilling to leave the army, and I have read the recent government documents on naval construction. In the future, we will prepare to build a large number of warships, including at least 8 new fast battleships. If this is the case, our fleet personnel may not only not have to leave, but even recruit some people. Compared with those newcomers, I think those with sufficient work experience will be better." Scher said carefully.

Logically speaking, after the war, the navy will definitely recover in large quantities. This is not only the defeated Britain and France, but also the victorious country in history. After all, the war was so large and the economic deficit was huge, so it was naturally impossible to raise so many useless warships. At that time, someone mocked the British Royal Navy like this. A group of brightly dressed naval officers and soldiers stood on the newly painted warships, but they did not have a penny in their pockets! Therefore, for most countries, disarmament is necessary.

But this is not necessarily the case for the German Empire. On the one hand, with the support of the United States, Germany's economic situation was not bad. On the other hand, the war was not far away from Germany. According to the previous agreement reached with the United States, the German Navy had to send at least two battleship teams to support the US military's operations in the Pacific. And compared with history, the German battleship was not large in size. After experiencing the Norwegian naval battle, there were not even 20 battleships left in the combat sequence!

What's more, in Scher's view, the imperial government is ready to continue to expand the navy. That's fine. In this case, the fleet will not have enough staff in the future. Why do we still need a large number of retired personnel now? Scher vaguely felt something was wrong with it, so he wanted to come to the crown prince to confirm it.

"The empire is to build new fast battleships in the future. However, unless we lose more battleships in the Pacific War, or the US government directly purchases our warships, we will not build so many new fast battleships." Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

"Waocao, what does it mean?" Sher suddenly felt a little bad. "You mean, the Empire's new rapid battleship construction plan is a cover?"

"Your Highness, I don't understand. What reason does the Empire have to be behind when the United States and Japan are building new fast battleships? Although the Imperial Navy's 12 Bavarian-class battleships have outstanding achievements, they are no longer leading in tonnage and firepower. Whether it is the US Navy or the Japanese Navy, they are about to have 16-inch main gun battleships, and they are likely to be engaged in combat in future wars. I think the Empire's government should not be so short-sighted." Marshal Schell said anxiously.

"It's not that it's not completely unmade, it's just a limit on the quantity." The crown prince said with some amusement and cry.

"So how many ships will be built?" Schell asked.

"The first batch is two ships. As for the ones behind, it depends on the situation." The crown prince thought for a while and said.

"Are two ships? Not even a battleship squad can be enough. I'm afraid this is the time when the number of main ships has been the smallest since the establishment of the High Seas Fleet." Schell frowned and said.

"The empire will not face major wars in the next 15 years. We are in a mess, so some unnecessary things need to be reduced. What's more,..." the crown prince explained to Schell patiently.

"Your Highness, you didn't tell me that way. You promised the size of the post-war navy, the navy could have independent aviation units, and the Marine Corps would be expanded and would participate in overseas colonial missions." Schell said excitedly.

"Stop, let's talk about it one by one. Does the Navy have an independent aviation unit? According to the Empire's new resolution, the size of the Navy's aviation fleet can account for 20% of the entire Deutsche Air Force! Isn't that enough? You know that the entire aviation force of the Empire is composed of strategic aviation forces directly belonging to the General Staff, the air force and naval aviation forces of various states. The size of the Navy's aviation fleet is even no less than that of the Bavarian aviation fleet. What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?"

"The Marine Corps has also been expanded, and the first batch has been dispatched to the colonies that have just been received from Britain. You even arrived earlier than the Army! The Marine Corps expansion plan has been passed in the next three years. The army's bosses have contacted me no less than ten times because of the colonial army dispatch. It can be said that now, every Marine Corps personnel has been stationed abroad. Are you not satisfied? People can't be too greedy, right?" Ruprecht was somewhat dissatisfied with Scher's attitude. After all, when the Army and the Air Force are disarmament, the Navy's aviation forces and the Marine Corps are being expanded. This is already a lot of pressure. OK?

"But Your Highness, the scale of the main fleet of the High Seas Fleet has begun to shrink significantly. In the Norwegian naval battle, we had a total of 23 main ships, 3 of which were sunk on the spot, and the other 2 were severely damaged. In fact, these two warships can also be rescued, but according to your requirements at that time, we will be sunk and then sealed. In this way, there will be only 18 main ships of the High Seas Fleet! And the old battleships among these 18 battleships need to be replaced! If the imperial government cuts off a large number of new main ship construction plans, then our future main fleet will be difficult to guarantee the scale of 18 battleships. This is simply the lowest point in history!"
Chapter completed!