While the Army was busy wrapping up its war with the Soviet Union, a grand ceremony was taking place at the naval base in Varna, Romania.

In the military port, a sea beast is quietly squatting in the military port. It was covered with kingdom and navy flags, and the sailors on the warship held their heads high and were proud to serve on this warship.

And on the pier, the band is playing the military song of the Navy. Admiral Lomodan, the Minister of the Navy, boarded the ship with a number of high-ranking naval officials.

At the invitation of Captain Midrafael, Admiral Lomodan delivered a speech to the ship's thousands of officers and men.

"After five years of construction, outfitting and sea trials, the Mircea was finally commissioned, and the commissioning of this battleship also marked the Romanian ability to build its own battleships, and also gave us the strength to compete with other navies. This is a small step in the development of the Romanian Navy, but a big step for the Romanian shipbuilding industry. During the construction of the Mircea, our shipbuilding capacity also crossed directly from building only 10,000-ton warships to tens of thousands of tons of battleships.

And this is not the apex of our Navy, but this is just a new beginning, the first step in bringing the Romanian Navy from a regional navy to the world. The small Black Sea cannot trap our Romanian navy, and in the near future our Romanian warships will sail freely in the Mediterranean, and we will inevitably be seen in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. ”

Admiral Lomodan's words made the officers and men of the navy present applaud. Only by strengthening the navy can more officers and men of the navy see hope, and every officer and soldier who joins the navy does not want to have a visible figure in the world's oceans like Britain and France. At present, the Romanian Navy can only operate in the Black Sea, and the officers and men of the Navy dream of breaking through the limits of the Black Sea straits and appearing in the Mediterranean Sea and even the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

However, this is not realistic for Romania at the moment, and the strength does not allow the navy to do so. That's why they were glad that Admiral Lomodan had spoken his heart, because it meant that the top of the Navy thought the same thing.

After retiring, Admiral Lomodan asked Colonel Midrafael, the first captain of the ship beside him. "What is the situation of the sea trials of this battleship, and what is the operation of the officers and men?"

Captain Midrafael, who is the captain of the ship, would have liked to ask you for a long time, but given the fact that it is very rude to ask your superiors in public, I have to say it again. "At present, the situation of the sea trials is good, and as for the operation of the officers and men, they can be carried out in full swing, but these officers and men have kept in mind the equipment they need to manage, and they believe that after a few more trainings, they will initially have combat effectiveness."

Colonel Midrafael's answer made Lomodan stop, only to see him look at Captain Midrafael with a calm face. "Do you feel like I'm urging you?"

Faced with Lomodan's words, Midrafael didn't know how to speak. Because he really felt that His Excellency the Minister was urging him urgently, there were still some small projects in the sea trial that had not been completed, so he was immediately ordered to put him into service. Now asking himself these things again gave Midrafael some bad associations. Whether you want to do it against any country, you need to use the navy. And how many countries around can make Romanbia use their navy?

Lomodan saw Midrafael, whose expression was a little wonderful, how could he not know that the captain wanted to be crooked. I had to say the answer. "Our proposal for the construction of new battleships was rejected by His Majesty."

"Ah, rejected again."

It is not surprising that Midrafael would say this, because before this the Navy submitted several plans for the construction of battleships, all of which were rejected. It's not that it won't be built, it's that the new battleships designed can't satisfy His Majesty. Because of this, the Navy's chief ship designer, Dieter Rams, was about to strip off what little hair he had left.

"Yes, this time it was dismissed again."

Lomodan looked at the vigorous officers and soldiers in front of him and said to Midrafael beside him. "Now I know why, I must be so tight about letting the Mircia form a combat force."

"Your Excellency Minister, please rest assured, I will definitely speed up the progress and let the warship form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. It's just that in terms of ammunition consumption and living materials, ......"

Hearing Midrafael's assurance, Lomodan patted him on the shoulder and said. "The navy has fully cooperated with you in this regard, and you only need to let the officers and men form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and only then can you regain the face of the navy."

There is no way, although Admiral Lomodan has monopoly power in the navy, he also needs to bear a huge responsibility. And the successive construction plans have been rejected, which has greatly damaged the confidence of the navy, and this time the Mircea is not a move to enhance the confidence of the navy.

And Lomodan probably figured out some of His Majesty's requirements after the successive plans were rejected several times. It seems that the plan of continuing to use the 380 gun as the main gun cannot be used all the time, and the next time I try to make a 406 caliber battleship plan, and the speed needs to be further improved. However, in this case, the cost of building ships will need to rise gradually, and it is doubtful whether it can be passed at that time.

Lomodan put what he thought in his heart, today is a big day for the Navy, and he can't let this kind of thing disturb everyone's happy mood.

As the king of Romania, Eder did not participate in the service of the Mircea this time, which made many people puzzled. Actually, there is nothing to doubt, the main thing is that Eder himself does not want to go, it is as simple as that.

Because he knew that he was going to serve the Mircea, the Secretary of the Navy, Lomodan, would inevitably have to sell his battleship construction plan again. And for the current Eder, the new battleship has not yet been decided.

That's right, the real situation that makes Lomodan puzzled is that Eder himself has not made up his mind. Because Eder did not know what to choose for the next class of Romanian new battleships, whether to continue to build a reinforced version of the 380 caliber, or expand the caliber to build a new battleship of 406 caliber.

In terms of combat effectiveness, it is natural that the new 406 caliber battleship is more outstanding, and its combat effectiveness is also much higher than that of 380. However, if this is done, the construction cost will inevitably be much higher, which makes Eder hesitate.

There is no way to find the current financial situation of the Romanian government every year, although it looks good because of the additional issuance of a lot of money, but the financial situation is still tight. The start of the construction of battleships is a big deal, and for Romania, the construction of a maximum of 2-3 more battleships in the future is the limit, since the Navy needs to build other ships.

And Eder also wants Romania to build aircraft carriers, which will squeeze the cost of building ships even more, so at present, before he makes up his mind, Minister Lomodan's plan may not be passed.