"Was it here that our Admiral Brown-class armored cruisers were built? Dear Your Majesty, you have a very good shipyard, the Admiral Brown class has been in service in our Navy for many years, and the evaluation of the troops has always been excellent. Bet Beder complimented.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Rear Admiral, it is a great honor for the ship to come out of here to be so highly regarded, and I hope that the service experience of the Admiral Brown class in your country will add some points to this little-known shipyard." Jochen said deliberately as he stood on the dock of the Royal Ship Technologies Company and looked at his own shipyard.

Today Jochen accompanied Bet Bader back to Wilhelmshaven again to introduce him to his shipyard. Originally, Tirpitz thought that there was no need for His Majesty the Emperor to personally come forward to accompany a major general, which was really useful. However, with the stakes at more than £4 million, Jochen decided to take matters into his own hands.

Historically, German shipyards have not been able to grab Britain, the United States, Italy, and even France in foreign trade, which is really a cup, except for the ironclad era for the Qing Dynasty to build the second ship of Dingzhen, there is no capital ship foreign trade order made.

Before the Brazilians ordered the 7 turret relic, their Admiralty Joaquim? Malges? Morality? Admiral Léon visited Germany in 1910, and in order to get the deal, the Germans resorted to the "Emperor's persuasion".

Because Germany did not have the experience of producing more than 305 mm naval guns at this time, Wilhelm II personally came out to advocate the benefits of 305 mm naval guns, what German 305 mm naval guns are enough to penetrate the armor of any current battleship, and this can better tactical coordination with the battleships originally equipped with 305 mm naval guns in Brazil.

With a clever tongue, Leon accepted William II's point of view in its entirety, and then turned his head and ordered the Rio de Janeiro from Armstrong, at which point William II's heart must have collapsed. In 1912, he finally got an order from the Greek Navy, but it could not be completed because of the war. And then it blew again.

Now I got the order from the Croatian Navy, but this was far from enough, so this time Jochen decided to use the "Emperor's persuasion" as a big killer again, so that Argentina could not refuse and signed the order for me quickly.

"Your Majesty is too humble, the Royal Shipyard has a very good reputation in the industry, and the armored cruisers of both sides in the Russo-Japanese War came from here. In particular, the three ships of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy are known as models of armored cruiser design. Sure enough, Bet Beder immediately sang the praises of the shipyard. Not to mention that the Royal Ship Technical Shipyard deserves such an evaluation, and even if it can't, can Bet Beder admit in front of the German Kaiser that it is not very good?

"But there has never been a battleship built here, and it's a newcomer with no experience in capital ship building. While we do have the capacity to build large ships with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, they are civilian vessels, and the largest combat ships we have ever built here are the two 13,000-ton Izmail-class armored cruisers of the Russians. Jochen said a few more polite words, and then the conversation changed.

"Of course, all the infrastructure of this shipyard is fully built with the standards of building large capital ships. There is no problem in terms of construction capacity. The main problem is that such a huge combat ship has not been built, and the proficiency of the workers may be lacking. But now there are no major construction projects here, the current work is on the construction of 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers for the German Navy. So the shipyard can concentrate all its energy on fulfilling your country's orders.

Other shipyards may have more experience in building large combat ships than we do, but now they basically have the task of building the German Navy, so it is impossible to focus all their efforts on the warships of your country. Moreover, starting two ships of the same type at the same shipyard at the same time can also save a lot of costs in all aspects, which we will also give appropriate discounts on the price of ordering.

The sketches you've seen earlier were made by the chief designer here, and I hope these two ships are the work of the workers here. ”

Jochen's words hit the heart of the Argentine's thoughts. They had to do everything they could, so that they could deal with the threat from the Brazilians. At that time, the Foreriver Shipbuilding Company was able to win orders, including Britain, which was at this time engaged in a shipbuilding competition with Germany. It is certainly impossible for the labor force of shipyards to be prioritized on foreign trade ships, and the United States does not have this problem at all. As for the price, it is a penny cheaper for the Argentine finances that are tightening their belts.

As for the design of the battleship itself, Jochen was not worried, and even only looked at the number on paper, this battleship can be called the strongest in the world. The standard displacement is 25,000 tons. Equipped with 5 3-mounted turrets, 15 305 mm Skoda naval guns are the best in the world, and a salvo projection of more than 6 tons of shells, you must know that the design index of the new American battleship at this time is only more than 4 tons. Even in order to show its firepower, even the secondary guns on this type of battleship are 150mm guns that will not appear on the capital ship in the future.

However, the installation of such a large number of artillery pieces naturally comes at a price. The level of protection of this battleship, which was born from the design of the new battleships of the German Navy, is not the same as its own prototype, with only 300 mm of frontal armor of the turret, only 120 mm of turret top, 280 mm of the main armor belt of 4.6 meters at an inclination of 10 degrees, and only 80 mm of horizontal armor, which is barely enough in the eyes of the Germans. The speed of 21.5 knots is also basically up to standard.

And in addition to this, there are many places that have been castrated, the shells only provide 405 kg of soft quilt cap armor-piercing shells, the delay in firing and the independent artillery carriage are also impossible to give the Argentines technology, only the installation of kerosene mixed boilers, pure oil boilers is not to be thought of. But Argentines don't care too much about that.

Even when it was first presented to the Argentines, the Germans proposed that only two battleships of this type could completely defeat three Brazilian battleships, at least in terms of the number of tubes, and this argument was completely valid, at least in terms of the number of tubes.

Although there are as many as 15 guns, the design of only 5 main turrets allows the core area of the ship to be shorter, and it is not full of ammunition depots like the 7-gun relic, and the wider hull also provides better stability to ensure the need for a salvo of 15 guns.

Therefore, although it is qualified to be a holy relic, this battleship built for Argentina will definitely not become the object of ridicule and ridicule in later generations, this is the image that a holy relic should really have.

Moreover, the price of a single ship is 2.36 million pounds, and the price of two ships can be cheaper by another 120,000 pounds, how can the Argentines refuse such a design?

Of course, such a battleship is of great significance to the Argentines and equally important to Germany, not only representing a large order of more than 4 million pounds, but also adding another shipyard in Germany capable of building more than 20,000 tons of battleships.

"I will definitely report the situation here to the country truthfully, and convey your opinion, Your Majesty." Bet Beder responded: "I also very much hope to be able to sail here again an excellent warship belonging to our country, after all, there is a good basis for cooperation with the construction of our navy." For such conditions, Bet Beddle is naturally very satisfied, but this kind of thing is not something that he can decide as a small major general, but Bet Beddle thinks that there will be few voices of opposition in the country.

"Then I'm here looking forward to cooperating with your navy again." Jochen said with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to it too, Your Majesty." Bet Beder smiled and nodded, and then said half-jokingly: "But it's a pity, if we had more money, I would have liked to have brought back a few more light cruisers from your country, those cruisers like the miniature version of the Scharnhorst-class are really beautiful." ”

The Admiral Brown class of the Argentine Navy is a little old, especially the speed is no longer comparable to that of the cutting-edge cruisers, and it is natural for the Argentine Navy to look for a replacement, but it is a pity that the order of just two battleships can empty their pockets, so it is basically impossible to order before the Admiral Brown class is unusable.

The smaller version of the Scharnhorst class in Bet Beder's mouth is the German Navy's new generation of light cruiser Dresden-class, as the price is also not cheap, so he can only look at it.

"It's a pity, but if your country needs to buy a replacement ship for the Admiral Brown class in the future, then please give priority to our country, so that you can also bring these cutting-edge cruisers back home." Johen said politely.

However, it was said that in fact, Jochen did not pay attention to it, and the Argentines had to wait until 1927 to order the treaty heavy cruiser May 25 class from Italy, and this kind of thing after more than ten years did not need to be remembered at all.

As for the Argentine government's order plan for 9 destroyers and 21 torpedo boats, Jochen didn't even mention it, destroyers of less than 1,000 tons and torpedo boats of more than 100 tons Compared with two battleships, these orders are too small, not even mosquito legs, Jochen can't look down on them, and his family is too ugly to eat, and he always has to leave some soup for his own meat.

"Of course, please rest assured that your country, as the most important partner of our country, our navy will naturally give priority to you." Bet Beddle is also polite.

Although he was still a little reluctant to outfit the Dresden-class light cruisers on the dock before leaving, Bet Beder returned satisfied, accompanied by Jochen. What Bet Beddle didn't notice, however, was that on the slipway of the destroyer, which he didn't pay attention to, there were occasional orange sparks on top of the cold steel. (To be continued......)