"This is the successor to your country's German-class battleships, isn't it? What's her name? Bet Bader asked, standing in front of the outfitting docks of the Royal Dockyard, looking at a huge hull.

The deck of the massive hull was now in disarray, and the entire superstructure had not been erected at all, so at first glance it did not look like a battleship should have the posture of a battleship, and the stacked wooden bars, messy wiring, and parts covered under the canvas that were not easy to see were scattered on the wide deck like a huge construction site. However, although the four in the bow and stern of the ship are covered with lids, you can still see the huge diameter of the seat, and tell others that this battleship will have strong firepower after it is built in the future.

After a brief meeting with Admiral Hoffmann the day before, expressing his gratitude and talking for a short time, Bet Beder boarded the Deutschland-class battleship in the harbor with great interest.

Although the number of sailors on board the German ships was small because most of them lived on the shore when they called at the port, it was also because of this that the neat and clean appearance of the ships and the condition of the well-maintained ships left a deep impression on Bet Beder. However, the firepower of the Deutsche class's only eight 283 mm guns was not satisfactory, after all, the Argentine Navy's purchase of warships was aimed at the Brazilians' Minas Gerais class equipped with 12 305 mm guns.

In order to dispel Bet Beddle's worries, early the next morning, Ingnoll took him to the Royal Shipyard, where a new type of battleship was being built.

"This is the Nassau-class battleship's lead ship, the Nassau, which was launched just 4 months ago, and the first of the five ships of the same class under construction, the second of which was launched, the Westphalia, is now in Bremen, and she is an enlarged German-class battleship with a standard displacement of more than 20,000 tons. Equipped with 8 305 mm naval guns, and its main gun arrangement is the same as that of the Scharnhorst class, so that the 8 main guns have a better range of fire than the German class. Ingnoll introduced.

"But her firepower is weaker than the Brazilian ships, isn't she?" "Of course, I believe that your ships are very good, but if it were not for the overwhelming superiority over the ships of the Brazilians, it would be difficult to convince the country to spend millions of pounds on them, would it?" ”

Again, it's the same kind of problem. Ingnorr had heard that the Japanese had come to Germany to inspect and then refused to buy a Brandenburg-based design equipped with 260 mm guns.

Even when the Brandenburg-class was praised as an excellent second-class battleship after its commissioning, the Japanese, who did not want to admit that they had lost their eyes, insisted that the Fuji-class they purchased was better than the Brandenburg-class, and the sinking of the Fuji-class in the Russo-Japanese War became the biggest joke of the German naval officers' gloating.

To this kind of question, Ingnoll took the shortest time to think of how to answer: "The battleship of the Brazilians was designed on the basis of the British Dreadnought, and we estimate that its standard displacement is about 20,000 tons, and equipping such a hull with 6 twin turrets will inevitably reduce the performance of other aspects, and according to the standards of the British, the speed of the Dreadnought battleship cannot be lower than 20 knots, so the power system should not be the target of reduction." Then it is the protection that will be weakened.

The Nassau-class battleships had a standard displacement of about 22,000 tons with only four twin turrets, and their weight of more than 2,000 tons could provide far better protection than the Brazilian warships. Of course, if your country wants a more powerful design in terms of firepower, then our country has a design that meets the requirements, but such a design tonnage is larger, and of course the price will be more expensive, so from the perspective of your country's actual combat needs, the Nassau-class design is undoubtedly the most practical. ”

"Thank you for telling me the truth, Major General Ingnoor. Although I agree with you, the ship in front of you is indeed a good warship. But in the end, it is those people in China who can make a decision, and they are afraid that they will not like the design of the current type of battleship. ”

"Hahaha, you guys are so real, do you really think that the Argentines bought the battleship to fight the Brazilians?" Looking at the report written by Ingnoll in the Charlottenburg Palace, Jochen was overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, that's what you said. After more in-depth communication with the Argentine rear admiral, it was indeed found that the Argentine Navy's demand for new battleships was somewhat detached from the actual needs, and they seemed to only care about the firepower and tonnage of the battleship, while other performance was quite indifferent. Tirpitz said with some embarrassment.

For this large order, which is sure to exceed 3 million pounds, His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to it. Naturally, the Navy had to cooperate fully, but the Nassau-class battleships that the General Staff had kindly recommended to them for the Argentines did not interest them in the slightest.

After the Argentine rear admiral, who had arrived in Berlin to set up an office, began to liaise between the two countries, the German navy found itself wrong, and the Argentine side made a lot of demands, but when it really came together, it was really one sentence: to completely overwhelm the battleships that the British were building for the Brazilians.

As a result, the Germans really can't sell the original design anymore. In fact, the Germans overestimated the Minas Gerais class, although the side salvo can put 10 305 mm naval guns, not to mention that the performance of the gun is far inferior to the 305 mm naval guns of Skoda, the protection of Minas Gerais alone is already a miserable level, and the 229 mm waterline belt armor is the level of the British's second-class pre-dreadnoughts.

But the naval competition of those South American guys is at the level of pediatrics in Jochen's eyes, do you? I'm going to have it too, I'm going to be bigger than you, and then you have a few ships, I've got a few of them, pull them out and look at them, I'm more and I'm bigger, so I won, are you elementary school students?

"So now you understand why?" Yoheng was a little amused when he saw that the navy had such a big foreign appearance, it turned out that it was not good to think about the customer.

"Understood, Your Majesty, the Argentine Navy needs deterrence, not combat power, and they buy warships for bargaining chips in the event of a dispute with the Brazilians, not for weapons to fight, so for them, the bargaining chip seems big enough and scary enough, but in fact it doesn't matter how much the bargaining chip itself is worth." Tirpitz replied that his heart must have collapsed at this point.

"That's right, we just need to cater to their needs." Jochen nodded.

Regarding the shipbuilding experience of the three South American powers in history, especially Chile and Brazil, the British at that time were also broken.

Because the dreadnoughts of the three major South American powers, especially those ordered from the British, often have a very poor level of protection, there is an argument that the British deliberately reduced the protection capability of foreign trade warships, so that their protection level is enough to be penetrated by the World War II battleships stationed overseas.

However, Jochen does not believe this kind of statement, and most of the morning competitions in the three South American countries are tenders, and it is impossible for buyers to deliberately weaken the level of protection without knowing it, and in the case of comparison, they also chose those slag protection designs, what is possible except that it is due to the buyer's requirements?

If we look back at the comic designs of the battleships ordered by the three South American countries, we will know that the people who chose these designs are also comics.

The 7-turret relic, the Rio de Janeiro, which has the thin armor of a battle cruiser, the low speed of a fleet battleship, the ammunition depot all over the body, and the salvo of 14 main guns will shatter the keel (of course, this is a rumor) The Rio de Janeiro was finally decided by the Brazilian admiral after personally visiting the major shipyards in Europe.

However, this is not the most cheating, the Chilean Navy ordered a super dreadnought Admiral La Torre class equipped with 356 mm naval guns 2 ships are more clumsy than the holy relic, the 229 mm main armor belt is only 0.9 meters above the water, and the top is 178 mm of indiscriminate filling, although there are 10 356 mm naval guns, but this is the weakest super dreadnought in history is estimated to not even be able to beat the dreadnought!

However, the British still have affordable and excellent foreign trade warships, and the super dreadnoughts ordered by the Ottoman Turkish Navy are not much better, but after all, they have the same configuration of 305 mm belt armor and 229 mm upper armor as the British own 343 tinplate battleships.

As for conspiracy theorists, it is completely untenable to infer that the British wanted to detain the battleship from the beginning and use it for their own use.

So it seems that it is not the British who are black, but the Chileans and Brazilians who are mentally retarded. The Argentines were better, having chosen the design of the Americans in the British and American bids, and the 280 mm main armor belt was considered up to standard.

Therefore, for the Argentines to order warships this time, in fact, it is very simple to impress them, the ship is big enough, the guns are enough, and the protection and speed are not much worse than the Germans' habit of stacking armor.

"Isn't it simple to overwhelm the battleships of the Brazilians? The Brazilians had 6 main turrets and 12 guns, so we also gave them 12 guns and were able to fire all sideways. Tirpitz's expression was as constipated: "Just give them the design of our new battleship with triple turrets, although I really don't understand what such a battleship means to them except to waste money." ”

"You're right, such a ship doesn't make any real sense to the Argentine, so we might as well make her design a little more impactful. You must know that the Argentine Navy has set up an office in Berlin, and if the diplomatic liaison of the Argentines was not very important before, they will definitely act immediately, so let's just use a more impactful design to settle this matter directly. Jochen said with a smile.

Maybe in the future, the Holy Relic of the Multi-Turret Cult will still be the same as the one of the week, but the Holy Relic of the Multi-Artillery Cult should probably be replaced. (To be continued......)