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The name of the item on it shocked him, but the quote that followed made him even more frightened. With a long list of numbers, he didn't know what kind of reaction to have.

"Prime Minister, do you look at the price on it?"

After a long time, Johann Goethe looked at Wu Zhongguo with some emotion and pleaded.

Not to mention the mustache, even Johann Goethe knew that if this opportunity was seized, then Germany's sea power would increase several times, and the British Navy would no longer be an opponent of the German Navy.

As for the British Navy's naval blockade of Germany, the German Navy can also take this opportunity to completely counterattack the opponent, changing from the role of the encircled to the role of encirclement, and if it is operated properly, it can even cut off the connection between Britain and the United States.

Let Britain never get any supplies from the United States from now on, once these are cut off, Britain will inevitably fall into chaos, and Britain, which has lost American supplies, Germany wants to attack them, isn't it a matter of minutes?

But what made Johann Goethe the most painful was the issue of quotation, the price of an aircraft carrier had completely exceeded his expectations, even more than a battleship, which made him very headache and depressed.

Although the role of aircraft carriers has been revealed, the Germans do not have to have aircraft carriers, and if they have a choice, they would rather buy more battleships to deal with the British navy.

However, the Iowa-class battleships, the Chinese Empire has indicated that there are only five at most, and each of them is priced at $100 million.

This is already a sky-high price in world arms sales, and the cost of other aircraft carriers is, at best, half or one-third of a battleship.

But when it came to the Chinese Empire, it was the opposite, and the price of an aircraft carrier was 60 million dollars higher than that of a battleship, which made Johann Goethe very depressed.

"The price is already the lowest, and I can tell you clearly that in the quotation you give me, the quotation you get, each piece of equipment is 10 million lower than the quotation of Yue.

And I won't say much about the role of aircraft carriers, Britain is not without aircraft carriers, have they taken advantage of our aircraft carriers? Our country has only sixteen aircraft carriers so far, and the United States and Britain together have almost a hundred, have they taken advantage of us?

Therefore, you can't just look at the price when looking at the equipment, you have to see its role, we are enough to have one top two, or even more equipment, so it is also worth the price, at least compared with the American aircraft carriers, we are much more advanced than them. ”

Wu Zhongguo was not surprised, but patiently explained.

As for arms sales, this is a big job, and if it is done well, it can make a lot of money. Moreover, the domestic steel is basically state-owned, and the cost is only one labor, from mining to steel refining, to the manufacture of warships, all of them are only one labor.

If a budget is made according to the normal selling price of steel, plus all the equipment and technology on the aircraft carrier, then the cost of an aircraft carrier should be about 130 million US dollars, so the 160 million on the quotation really does not make him any money.

You must know that to the German artificial aircraft carrier, this is to stop the speed of the Chinese Empire's own construction of aircraft carriers, which also means that for a long time in the future, the Chinese Empire will not be able to install new aircraft carriers, and this loss is not just 30 million.

"Yes, Prime Minister, I do have an understanding of the role of aircraft carriers, as you said, aircraft carriers will play an important role in future naval battles, and even replace battleships, I believe this, but this price is too high, and my country has no ability to buy it at present."

Although Johann Goethe has not yet sent the offer back to Berlin, he has already made a decision.

The offer must be pulled to the lowest price before it can be sent back to Berlin, otherwise, if the other side takes a fancy to it but thinks it is expensive, it will be even more difficult to set a price floor for him to bargain again.

What Johann Goethe had to do was to bargain first to see if he could cut it down, or how much he could cut it, and then make preparations for it, so as not to be caught off guard and unable to complete the task.

"Well, I can tell you very clearly, there is no need to talk about the price, because the cost of an aircraft carrier is already 150 million US dollars, and this does not include the wages of the workers, apart from these, how much more can we earn? To put it bluntly, it is to earn you millions of dollars, in a military purchase worth hundreds of millions, or even billions, is it more than a few million dollars?

In addition, I can also make you feel more at ease, let me tell you the truth, the aircraft carrier sold to you is the same as the one we are equipped with now, the equipment is exactly the same, not only the most advanced ejection system, but also ultra-long endurance, air defense, and advanced electronic equipment.

Without these, what do you think we can use a dozen or so aircraft carriers to fight against the enemy's hundreds of aircraft carriers? It is these technologies that play a key role.

At the same time, you have also seen that in our country, aircraft carriers are much more popular than battleships, and an aircraft carrier formation is only equipped with four battleships, and they are escorts, and more are other small ships and submarines. ”

Wu Zhongguo continued to explain, flickering, it depends on who can fool whom, anyway, he has time here, and now he has treasury bonds, and he is not short of money, and he can replenish them next year, and arms sales are actually for the purpose of collecting money abroad.

At the same time, the money will be used to stimulate the domestic market, so as to speed up the domestic economic development and improve the country's level of development.

In addition to the cost of labor and the cost of wear and tear of equipment, there is no need for any cost at all, so to build an aircraft carrier in the way of the Chinese Empire, the price is 160 million, but in fact, it only takes less than 20 million to build.

Of course, this is mainly because all the resources do not need to be purchased, all are ready-made, and there are natural resources that they need all over the country, and they are all state-owned, so they can be taken directly, if they are purchased, it will really be 130 million.

Therefore, adopting this system can still bring them a lot of benefits, just take this aircraft carrier to see how great the benefits are, if it succeeds, an aircraft carrier can make a net profit of about 140 million, a big deal, an absolute big deal.

"So, Prime Minister, please answer my question, if we buy it, how long will it take for it to be delivered to our navy?"

Seeing that Wu Zhongguo's attitude was so tough, Johann Goethe also had some ideas about how to report to Berlin, but in terms of price, he always felt that it could be suppressed, but he didn't know why, Wu Zhongguo just didn't give him this opportunity.

At this time, Germany was in a weak position, especially since the last meeting of the mustache in Tran, the influence of the Chinese Empire had even penetrated into Europe, and Germany's hegemony had been shaken somewhat.

"It depends on what you buy? If it is an aircraft carrier, it can be guaranteed to be delivered to you in three months, if it is a battleship, two months is enough, and other frigates and destroyers are about the same for a little more than a month, and as for transport ships, if they do not need to be commissioned, they can basically be controlled at one in ten days. ”

Wu Zhongguo did not want to return to the fact that now was the time to demonstrate the industrial power of the Chinese Empire, and he had to seize the opportunity to build warships, so that the Germans would know how powerful they really were, so that they would be forced to cooperate with him and let them transfer more funds.

"What if we were to buy a fleet? It's exactly the same as your fleet. ”

Johann Goethe asked thoughtfully.

"In three months at most, it will be delivered in its entirety, plus 100 Victory ships."

Wu Zhongguo replied directly.

Although the Victory Ship is a military transport ship, it is not manufactured in the warship factory, even ordinary civilian ship factories can produce it, and many military Victory ships are also manufactured by these civilian shipyards.

The state-owned military shipyards are only responsible for manufacturing warships, and different factories are responsible for manufacturing warships of different classes, and the assembly-line production has also greatly increased their construction speed.

It can be said that if all the shipyards in the country are manufacturing at full capacity, they can build two aircraft carrier formations within three months, and if even civilian shipyards are requisitioned, they may even build three aircraft carrier formations, with an average of one fleet a month.

Of course, considering the quality problem, Su Dao did not plan to requisition civilian shipyards to manufacture warships, and it was also for secrecy in one place.

As for the cost of civilian shipyards to manufacture victory ships, this is even simpler, the state only pays a processing fee, and the state is responsible for the unification of materials and everything, and there is no need to sell their own things to the shipyard, and then the shipyard is selling to themselves, which is too troublesome.

"Okay, I will truthfully report the content of our conversation to His Excellency the Head of State, and as for what to do, it is up to the Head of State to decide."

Johann Goethe nodded and said.

"Hopefully we can have a good time together."

Wu Zhongguo was not dissatisfied, but shook hands with Johann Goethe and made peace.

At the same time, several of Wu Zhongguo's deputies found Ambassador Yuben and Ambassador ** respectively, and the purpose was the same, that is, to sell warships, if Wu Zhongguo said the same before, the price of warships sold to Yuben was generally higher than that of Germany.

However, the price of selling to China ** is much lower than that of the Germans, and the price of an aircraft carrier is only 100 million US dollars, which is 60 million lower than the Germans, nearly half of the price.

The Chinese side needs to be considered, because they want to develop their own industrial capacity, and because of the lack of resources, they are also under intense discussion, but the high price also makes it somewhat unbearable for him. (To be continued.) )