The purpose of the Germans is to let the Northwest use warships to compensate, which is also something that the Northwest cannot refuse, you know, a battleship, whether in Germany or in the UK, is extremely expensive, especially the super dreadnought, the price of this thing is above 2.3 million pounds, and the German side gave 6.8 million for the fantasy class, I am afraid it is also taking into account the relationship of high premiums.

However, the northwest used a new process, starting from laying the keel to the interior decoration of the battleship, all of which were much faster, and the production time of the huge battleship of 45,000 tons was only about two-thirds of the 30,000 tons, and the labor cost was reduced a lot on this point.

All the sub-units, all kinds of equipment, all are self-produced in the Northwest, there is no research cost, there is no real cost, that is, it is built from ordinary materials, plus the innovative part of the Northwest, high-speed machine tools, extremely low labor costs and other factors, the production cost of the battleships in the Northwest is very low, not to mention the parallel engineering, the biggest effect is not to speed up, but to balance the cost, so that some things that should be high-priced, alone, have become mass production, on this point, It can reduce the overall cost by more than 2 percent, which is probably the biggest reduction for a battleship with a huge amount of money at every turn.

Regarding the cost of battleships, only a few people in the northwest know, which, of course, includes Yang Yuanzhao, where he is, there is a final ex-factory price, which is the lowest price after deducting the cost of materials, labor costs, wear and tear consumed by the machine, and follow-up research funds, that is, the future military procurement price, 6.9 million northwest yuan, yes. You read that right, that's all there is to it. This is also added with a 20% profit.

Although the Northwest Yuan is not an international currency, it is quite strong in the current market. The general price of huàn is one to one with the US dollar and one to five with the British pound, so that the price of the entire fantasy class is less than 1.4 million pounds, which is much lower than the Queen Elizabeth class and the future Bavarian class, but the performance is a complete explosion.

As for the Orion change, because it is more mature, at most the Orion hull is enlarged. So that the hull can withstand 15-inch guns, the overall weight has reached about 30,000 tons, for power, small water tube boilers, pipe damage protection, etc., with reference to some of the advantages of the fantasy class, a certain modification has been made, so that the final version is stronger than the original Orion. It is much stronger, and the cost is lower than that of the Fantasy class, after all, it uses 15,000 tons less weight and 2 15-inch guns. His price is almost £1.1 million, which makes the Fantasy class about five times the cost. Orion has also reached 4 times, if you use this to offset the funds. It's a good choice, not to mention. The Northwest also wants to arm Germany and increase Germany's strength, if the Battle of Jutland breaks out again and Germany wins, it will be even better, not only weakening Britain, France and Russia, but even the United States will be dragged into the war earlier.

There are many advantages, Yang Yuanzhao did not bargain anymore, and directly agreed, at the national level, it is completely possible to ignore these, a huge fleet with 5 Fantasy class, 4 Orion Reform, 8 heavy cruisers, 12 light training, 24 destroyers, was directly listed by Yang Yuanzhao, the bottom line is the price given by Tirpitz, and in fact, it is to list the entire fleet together and send it to Germany, so that they can set the price themselves, which is better.

After Tirpitz made a request, he was a little bottomless in his heart, will the Northwest agree, these are the country's important weapons, but soon, a fleet of 9 capital ships and more than 50 warships of different sizes were placed in front of him, all his subordinates, this fleet, Tirpitz was very proud to position his price at 100 million pounds, which was more than 20% higher than the price he set before, and ordered a large number of spare parts, almost 50 million, to ensure that such a fleet will be within two or three years. I don't have to worry about logistics.

Both parties have confirmed, Tirpitz's cheerfulness, the price given, so that the northwest is very satisfied, a fleet, a fleet only took 9 months, at most 11 months, the production of the fleet, can offset more than one-third of the price of the entire Jiaozhou Bay, this is a complete Jiaozhou Bay, from various buildings, factories, to fortresses, complete Jiaozhou Bay.

Of course, it is not handed over on the spot, but one after another, and some important factories and equipment can be handed over in advance, and as for the control of the Qingdao military port and the Qingdao fortress, it will be handed over in a distributed manner, as long as the Central Powers declare war on the Entente countries, they will be handed over as soon as possible.

After the basic intention is reached, the rest are all subtle things, which need to be perfected step by step, and the list is given in the northwest, not only the quantity, but also the timetable, which is the time to launch, and there are no skilled personnel in the northwest for the time being, to complete the sea trials of this huge fleet, but Germany has ah, the northwest requires Germany to send a fleet of soldiers within a short period of time to receive and sea trials of these ships, and requirements, at the time of sea trials, It was necessary to give way to the cadets of the naval school in Qingdao and some of the selected sailors to go on board for training.

This requirement is not very difficult, if it is replaced by Germany's Bavarian class, it is not so easy, it is related to Germany's secrets, but the ships were originally built in the northwest, these ships, for the northwest, there are no secrets at all, he also knows that the northwest is to train their navy, Tirpitz is not very optimistic about the northwest such a quick success, the century-old navy is not a joke, although Germany began to rise from the high seas fleet, but there were hundreds of years of basis for maneuvering warships, but China has what.

The time is a little urgent, especially when Tirpitz saw that 2 of the most important Fantasy class ships will be launched in 45 days, and Orion can be launched in 50 days, that is to say, up to 6 capital ships will be launched in the next two months, as for the subsidiary ships and the remaining 3 Fantasy classes, they will also be put into use within 3 months, although these are only ships that have just been launched, have not passed the guò sea trials, and cannot enter the navy, but according to the speed of the northwest, Especially before the ship was launched, the fact that the left and right weapons and armor could be installed was enough to move Tirpitz.

The reason why the battleship sea trial took so long is that on the one hand, the naval fighters are gradually familiar with the overall structure of the battleship and proficient in various subsystems, but more importantly, the naval gun, from installation to commissioning, and then to the complete power of the naval gun, is the key to the battleship sea trial, according to the northwest, the most important weapon system, before it was launched, has been adjusted to the extreme, then it is very likely that this battleship, without a year or a year and a half of sea trials, maybe half a year, or even shorter, will be able to put into active duty.

Under the threat of war, these capital ships, of course, are as soon as possible, the fantasy class, no matter how much he talks about his power, he always hears it, Tirpitz also wants to feel it for himself, what Fabian said, the feeling of beating back a qiē battleship unscathed, then it needs to speed up the time.

From Germany to China, the long coastline, even a warship, it would take dozens of days to arrive, so this naval selection had to be carried out immediately. The German Navy was originally promoted and developed by Tirpitz, starting from the Kiel Naval School, a large number of naval schools have cultivated a large number of talents, which Germany has spent decades and tried to get the foundation.

The rapid expansion of the High Seas Fleet, on the one hand, relies on Germany's crazy shipbuilding capabilities, but on the other hand, it is not Germany's deep roots, with a larger population than Britain, so that Germany has enough naval soldiers under the premise of maintaining the strength of the army, a fantasy class, the standard crew is 1270 people, in terms of his firepower and huge Cheng Dù, the manpower may be less than that of the king class, the standard personnel of the king class is 1136 people, However, in wartime, it may increase to about 1,315 people.

9 capital ships, 8 heavy cruisers, 12 light cruisers and 24 destroyers, with a total personnel of more than 25,000 people, which is basically the personnel who operate and test warships, and in wartime, this number will increase by about 30%, which is almost 32,500 people.

Tirpitz seized the time to start with the old ships, and from some of the older models of the top five dreadnoughts, armored cruisers, and old light cruisers and lightning strike ships, a large number of personnel were transferred. In the end, there were enough 17,000 people, plus 2,000 graduated sailors, a total of 19,000 people, which basically barely filled the needs of the entire warship, and the remaining 6,000 people were handed over to the northwest, all of which were not very important positions, or positions that were not so technically strong, and even with the addition of interns, the number of people on board the northwest could be increased to about 14,000.

In this way, a joint sea trial fleet will be formed, which will not only ensure the formation of the combat effectiveness of this huge fleet, but also ensure the requirements of the northwest side, so that they can feel the experience of going on board the ship in advance, and strive to learn to operate this huge main fleet in the course of internship and actual combat.

The personnel were transferred, barely enough to try all the personnel of a fleet, but Tirpitz had an even more headache, from Germany to the northwest, a long voyage of tens of thousands of nautical miles, if you want to pass, it is really not easy, one or two people, three or five hundred, or even three or five thousand people, is nothing, but this is almost 20,000 people, in this European situation is tense, almost to go off the rails, you can't swagger over, that is too dangerous, not to mention, and may expose the secrets of the Far East. (To be continued......)