Unbeknownst to him, his plan had resonated with the key people behind the scenes, and he had no idea that the federal president would be next door. The reaction of several naval officers present was very normal, and no one was surprised by this. Everyone gave their time to the team of experts, and then it was time to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the thickness of the armor at the Bremen Wieser shipyard, and as for the total budget, there are targets there, and it is redundant to say more.

"Changing the deck thickness on Party A's drawings will affect the displacement at the same time, have you ever thought about this problem?" It was Ruetjens who asked the question. As the chief financial officer of the Navy, whether this weapon can be found in the Navy's armament arsenal and whether it is worth procuring is to a large extent necessary to obtain his consent before proceeding, after all, it must be allocated from him.

"Party A's drawings are marked as 'no more than 3,500 tons', that is, it can reach 3,500 tons, our expert team has carefully calculated, in the case of reasonably reducing its own weight, without affecting the volume and anti-strike ability, the standard displacement of the ship and the full load displacement will naturally change, if the bidding is not accidental, our factory will let this type of ship reach the upper limit of Party A's contract, that is, 3,500 tons." Rohrt wanted to try to get the last chance to win the bid for his shipyard, and the Navy (Party A) drawings gave a displacement of 3,000 tons, and he could add another 500 tons without increasing the budget.

Lütjans did not take a position immediately, glanced at Marshal Hippel very casually, and then glanced at the experts present with a solicitative look.

At this moment, an orderly walked up to Hipper's side and whispered a few words.

"Alright, Mr. Rohrt, bring your budget plan, yes, it's your bid, and Party A's drawings and go with him." Hippert said to Roalte, "Good luck!" ”。

Roalte did not know where to go, but since he had come, he had to be at the mercy of these people, so he immediately sorted out the thick tenders, took the drawings and followed the orderly to another room. At this time, Eric was waiting there quietly.

"Oh God! You are the Almighty President of the German Confederation! "Rohrt often reads the newspaper and recognizes at a glance the blond, blue-eyed, young and handsome president. It seems that he is really going to have good luck, and Roalte is secretly happy in his heart.

Eric seemed very accommodating, smiled softly, and signaled that the guest was right. Roalte stood motionless, a little unresponsive, until the president invited him to take a seat, and he did not wake up from his astonishment.

"Mr. Roalte, the power, shape and weapon system of this type of warship have been greatly improved in the original scientific and technological content, and the construction standards are also very high, and the expert team of supervision is also very picky. Do you have faith? Eric's words are not meant to scare, it is true, the Z-21 prototype is indeed very demanding, and subsequent modifications will be further upgraded on this basis. He didn't look at the drawings handed over by Roalte, there was nothing to look at, only the thickness of the deck had been changed, and it was within the safety factor.

"Of course, I am confident that Mr. President, on behalf of all the labor and management personnel of the Wiser shipyard in Bremen, I will guarantee to the President that the contract with Party A (the Navy) will be completed on time, in quantity and with high quality." Not wanting to miss the opportunity to perform in front of the president, Roalte immediately swore a pledge.

"Well, you have also worked hard, Mr. Roalte, go back and rest early, and wait for the military to announce the final result tomorrow." Eric can only say this, there should still be a process, otherwise the meaning of bidding will be lost, and it will be inconvenient for him to overstep his authority.

After Roalte left, Eric walked out of the room and discussed the budgets and construction plans submitted by the companies with the senior admirals and dozens of top national experts. According to different construction styles, there are two enterprises at the same time into the alternative, however, tomorrow the winning bidder can only choose one of them, which will inevitably have another war of words, because of the three types of destroyers, this is the first type, the other two types of bidding, bidding methods will be based on this, sloppy.

From laying the keel to launching the test, there is a long process, and it is better to stretch this process than to leave hidden dangers afterwards. This is what Eric repeatedly emphasizes and demands. As for outfitting, because it is not included in the cost of Party B, the best and most expensive system can be purchased nationwide, and it can be done in one step as much as possible.

"Everyone brainstorms, talk about what you think, see which plan is more worthy of our consideration?" Eric didn't target any one company, but let everyone have their own opinions and open discussions.

"The people present are all my superiors, some of them are still my seniors, and I have the lowest position, so I rushed to say that I think the plan of the Bremen Wieser shipyard is the closest to our target, and the construction plan is also the most in line with our requirements." Ruetjens was the first to speak, and as a young man, Eric also intended to let him play a bigger role.

Tirpitz is actually the same opinion as Lütjans, after all, the main role of the Z-21 prototype ship is to destroy small ships below the same level, 25 mm armor and 16 mm armor are actually not qualitatively different in terms of resistance to firepower, as long as the Bremen Wiesel shipyard can meet the needs of the battlefield, the 16 mm thick deck will not have the slightest problem under the support of the keel, Tirpitz is acceptable.

Although Henin was a stubborn man, he had no other opinions, and nodded in approval of Lütjans's proposal. The opinions of the others were basically the same, and Hipper naturally had no other opinions, and he, the marshal and commander-in-chief, was nothing more than an extension of Eric's arm, and the final decision rested with the procurement office of the logistics department and the navy's chief of finance appointed by Eric.

Eric turned his attention to the country's top experts, and the answer remained unchanged. It seems that everyone's opinions are strikingly similar, much to Erik's surprise.

Lütjans finally gave the inquiring glance to Eric on the other side, and Eric did not speak directly, but put his hand on the tender submitted by the Bremen Wiesel shipyard and sat down very seriously.

"Since everyone unanimously approved of the Bremen Wiesel shipyard, it means that the heroes see the same thing! Rest assured, I will ask the Cabinet to assist you in ensuring that the progress of Salvathi is not disrupted, and that the production of the Z-21 advanced warship is on schedule. Eric didn't want to build surface ships to hinder the submarine that Salvatehi was secretly building.

The next day, the bidders entered the venue in advance to wait for the results, and after a naval colonel read out the bid of Party A (Navy) in public, it was determined that the Bremen Wiesel shipyard had won the order for the Type 1 destroyer.

At this time, there was a small commotion in the field, because the difference between the respective bids and the bids was quite large, and many companies had no other way but to sigh. Although Foss and Blom also wanted to get the project, they lost the opportunity to bid and did not find the right personal connection, so they had to miss the bid.

Looking at the brother companies that had worked day and night to win the project but also did not get the order, Foss and Blom did not know whether to gloat or sympathy, in short, the extremely depressed mood for days was finally suddenly revealed.

Foss and Blom smiled at each other, and reluctantly walked out of the venue with the rest of the lost crowd.

Another bidding session in the afternoon was still taking place.

It was the same colonel who presided over it, but the meeting did not meet with heavyweight senior naval officials such as Hipper, Henin and Tirpitz. The second construction project is a frigate, although the name has nothing to do with the destroyer, but Eric is not inferior to the destroyer in the requirements of this type of ship, in addition to the same tonnage as the destroyer, the weapon carrying, power requirements, appearance painting, etc., are very different.

Since the radar technology of various countries at this time was still only an idea and was not used on a large scale in the military, the German experimental radar was only in the laboratory for the final functional test, so a part of the corresponding space was set aside on the bridge and upper deck of the Z-21S ship for later loading.

The Z-21S has a significantly smaller gun than the prototype, with only two twin 127 mm high-level guns in the bow and one stern, attached to the deck behind the main bridge. There are two sets of equidistant mine rails on each side of the stern, and there is room for mine launchers to be carried on depth charges at a later date.

The frigate also did not have torpedo tubes, and a total of 16 anti-aircraft platforms were designed on the upper deck to increase anti-aircraft firepower, and a three-dimensional semi-circular anti-aircraft fire network was formed with 127 mm twin high-level dual-purpose guns.

The 127-mm gun has an air defense radius of 11 km, and 16 anti-aircraft platforms have temporarily left space for the supply of manufacturers due to the lack of suitable weapons on board.

The use of 37mm quadruple anti-aircraft firepower scheme was directly rejected by Eric, because although the 37mm gun is more economical and has both lethality against the sea, it is completely unable to build an effective high and low match with the main gun, however, the development of FLAK21 has not yet been finalized, so it can only wait.

The new 88 mm anti-aircraft gun is Eric's most anticipated plan, in addition to the effective anti-aircraft firepower with the 127 high and low formation, it can also carry out fire strikes on sea and land, destroying enemy shore facilities, which can be described as an all-rounder.

The Flak21 is an improved version of the Flak20 after the Italian battlefield, the original 91 mm was reduced to 88 mm in the inner diameter, in addition to increasing the ammunition storage, the main thing is to increase the rate of fire again with the lifting machine.

Without considering the use of multi-mounted 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, the single-barrel rate of fire combined with the redundant space placement of the self-loading countersunk system will certainly make this type of frigate more long, medium and near-layer firepower. However, although the rate of fire of the Flak21 is very high, and the range is fully capable of meeting the needs of ** combat, it is not good enough, and Eric is inconvenient to say, which is why it is temporarily left empty.

The caliber of the Flak21 and the caliber of the Flak20 are relatively large weapons, and it is impossible to install 16 sets of equipment on the middle deck of the frigate at the same time, and the number is too small and loses the air defense significance, so Eric thinks about it, and only leaves a blank space and waits for an anti-aircraft gun that can be put into use on this type of frigate.

In addition to protecting merchants and fisheries and coastal patrols, the Z-21S frigate is mainly used to escort aircraft carriers, so it does not need much flat-fire firepower, and the redundant space of the upper main mast can be equipped with radar in the future in order to detect enemy targets in advance. In addition, it is worth looking forward to the mine rails and mine launchers in the stern of the ship, which, once the research is mature, will allow the use of depth charges and shoulder the task of air defense and anti-submarine for the entire formation.

If the Z-21S frigate can catch up with the formation of these weapons under development when outfitting, then it will be a powerful platform for quickly cruising in the outermost part of the carrier formation, acting as an outpost, a spearhead, and a solution to the problem of low-altitude penetration of enemy aircraft groups.

The Colonel's announcement specifically limited the total tonnage and streamlined shape of the frigate, in order to facilitate mass production in the future, because Eric believed that any weapon that was not suitable for mass production was a showcase, and it was necessary to try to avoid carrying it on a new type of ship. On the contrary, good weapons have strong vitality and are constantly imitated and improved, otherwise they will only be short-lived.

The Z-21 must become the backbone of the German Navy for the next 20 years, during which more ships of this type will be launched into service in batches. Only when Germany develops this type of warship to the extreme will it be possible to march into a scientific and technological power in a deeper field.

With the experience of the first bidding, it can also be said to be a painful lesson of failure, the bidders of the shipbuilding enterprises are no longer in a hurry, but immediately return to the factory to organize a strong team of experts and hire a well-known accountant, and begin to calculate the materials, labor and profit margins for the requirements put forward by Party A (Navy).

After several days of competition, in the end, the Danzig Caesar the Great shipyard won the order for the construction of three frigates of the Z21S type, and left the scene early and went home to report the good news.

The Danzig Caesar the Great shipyard was not the most powerful shipyard in Germany, but for these small shipyards, the order for destroyers or frigates with a displacement of 3,000 to 3,500 tons was already a gold medal.

Compared with the previous German Empire, which was only a few hundred tons of small frigates and more than 1,000 tons of destroyers, this time the tonnage has more than doubled, while the price has tripled, but the shipyard of Julius Caesar has doubled.

As the military representative of Party A (Navy), Schoken has been participating in the bidding work for a while, and compared with his previous army life, he found that he began to like this branch of the army, in addition to the rhythm of training is more humane, the technology is also much stronger, and in his spare time, he can learn a lot of skills that the army can not imagine.

These days, sitting with Siriacos every day, the two of them are very speculative because of their age, and they have more or less lost the sense of loss in the first few days, and even learned a lot of interesting facts about the navy through this rare partner.

Bidding for naval weapons and equipment is the first of its kind in Germany, and it was initiated by the President himself, and this format will be replicated, because only in this way can it effectively prevent the growth of black-box operations and corruption.

When talking to Ciriakos, Sauken finally understood why this new friend would pay so much attention to the equipment bidding process, it turned out that he was also one of the new naval leaders appointed by President Eric, and he was also the captain of Germany's first aircraft carrier in the future, this information surprised Sauken very much.