"Ninety-five million marks!" After Crown Prince Karl made an offer, he looked at Fatih Pasha with a provocative expression. The meaning is very obvious, undoubtedly mocking Fatih Pasha for not being able to come up with so much money.

Although, the Ottoman Turkish Empire can also be regarded as a great power. However, it was no time for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to sling all of Europe. In modern times, the Ottoman Turkish Empire had declined, from a world-class power to the sick man of West Asia.

Although the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also not strong, it was undoubtedly much stronger than that of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

Fatih Pasha's face turned pale, although the price far exceeded the actual value of the battleship 'Regent Louitpold'. But if he retreated, the face of the Ottoman Turkish Empire would probably be finished.

However, if the bidding continues, Fatih Pasha feels that it is too much of a loss. After all, for a price of almost 100 million marks, it is already possible to build a very powerful capital ship, and there is still a surplus.

"Ninety-six million marks!" Fatih Pasha gritted his teeth and quoted. He made up his mind that if Crown Prince Karl continued to increase the price, he would not bid again.

Sure enough, after Fatih Pasha had just made an offer, Crown Prince Karl didn't blink an eye, and raised the price again.

"Ninety-seven million marks!"

Although, Crown Prince Karl increased the price by only one million marks. However, Fatih Pasha gave up. No more price increases. He knew that if he continued to raise the price, Crown Prince Karl would follow suit. There is no need to fight with Crown Prince Karl for this anger. If Crown Prince Karl pits him, then he will have no place to cry.

"Nine seven million marks? Need a higher price? If not, the battleship 'Regent Louitpold' would have belonged to Austria-Hungary. This is a very powerful battleship, and its performance is absolutely top-notch in the world! Lieutenant General Hipper said that he wanted to rekindle the desire of the representatives of other countries to bid. It would have been great if the battleship 'Regent Louitpold' had been able to cost more than 100 million marks. After all, now there are only three million marks away from 100 million marks.

But alas, there is no one to increase the price anymore. After all, the price is already outrageous. If it weren't for Crown Prince Karl's deep pockets, the price would not have risen to this point. After all, 97 million marks, this price is more than even the cost of the most powerful 'Mackensen-class' battleships in the German Navy.

"Now that no one is bidding anymore. Well, the battleship "Regent Louitpold" was auctioned by Austria-Hungary for 97 million marks! Lieutenant General Hipper said with some regret.

The five 'Caesar-class' battleships all fetched high prices, and the total price was as high as 466 million marks. On average, each ship fetched 90 million marks. You know, this is just a batch of battleships decommissioned by the German Navy, and it is completely unreasonable to be able to auction such a high price.

The eighteen capital ships sold by the German Navy this time can be regarded as high prices. If the eighteen capital ships are combined, the total price is as high as 1,221 million marks.

This price is already a lot higher than the cost of this batch of capital ships.

Originally, the German Navy was going to sell these battleships at a low price in exchange for some of the funds to continue the construction of 12 battleships and 10 battlecruisers obtained from the British. Although, it will cost a lot of money to continue to build those ships. However, the Admiralty believes that after the sale of 18 capital ships, there should not be much shortage. However, no one expected that this time they would be able to sell at such a high price. The funds from the sale of these decommissioned capital ships alone are enough to support the later construction of those warships, and there is even a part of the surplus. This was undoubtedly a surprise for the German Navy.

After the auction of the capital ships, there were also auctions of armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers. It's just that compared to those capital ships, the bidding for these small and medium-sized warships is not so fierce.

In the end, these small and medium-sized warships were sold for a total of only 400 million marks.

All together there are more than 1.62 billion marks. There is no doubt that this is already a huge amount of money.

After the auction, the representatives of the countries need to pay the money within three months, after which they can drive the ships back to their countries. In doing so, Germany not only raised a lot of money for itself, but also significantly strengthened the naval strength of other countries in the world. Of course, this is not a good thing for maintaining world peace. When military strength is strengthened, the possibility of conflict or even war will naturally increase.

Austria-Hungary was the undisputed winner of the auction, as they received the East Prussia battleship of the Helgoland class, as well as three Moltke-class battlecruisers and four of the five Caesar-class battlecruisers. The acquisition of these eight capital ships will make the Austro-Hungarian Navy a naval power second only to Germany. Until a large number of cutting-edge capital ships of the United States and island nations are commissioned, the position of the second oldest of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be unshakable.

Of course, this also poses no small threat to Germany. The Austro-Hungarian Navy, which had been strengthened, naturally could not shrink in the Adriatic Sea. All over the Mediterranean, there will be their presence. This was not a good thing for the Mediterranean Fleet of the German Navy. According to the plan, the Mediterranean Fleet of the German Navy consisted of only three battlecruisers and four battleships. In numbers, it was a lot less than the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

However, this did not mean that the Austro-Hungarian navy would be able to dominate the Mediterranean. In addition to the German Navy, the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Navy had three capital ships present. Although it is not as good as Austria-Hungary, it also has a certain sense of existence. The Ottoman Turks did not have the ability to build capital ships on their own, but if they were willing to spend money, they could have ordered more capital ships from Germany. The Ottoman Empire, which did not succeed in this auction, was fully capable of doing so.

This is all an external force, and when the German Navy has more aircraft carriers, sending an aircraft carrier battle group to the Mediterranean Sea can quickly offset the Austro-Hungarian Navy's numerical superiority in the number of capital ships.