If Li Xiaofeng is allowed to choose, the first brigadier will eliminate the two Queen Maria-class and Poltava. Maozi's battleship was designed in a mess, and it was extremely rubbish to have no speed and no speed to defend and no defense. Eliminating these three garbage ships and keeping German goods is the right choice.

And there is another advantage of this, that is, the Russian dreadnoughts have all been eliminated, which is a lot easier for logistics. For example, the simplest one - artillery, the 305 mm main guns of German-made battleships and the Russian-made 305 mm main guns are completely uncommon, if the Russian-made dreadnoughts are retained, then two sets of shells must be prepared from the barrel to the shells.

And this is only the main gun, the secondary gun is just as troublesome, the Germans use a combination of 150 and 88 guns, and the Russians use a combination of 120, 130 and 75 mm anti-aircraft guns, for logistics, such a thing is a disaster!

This is only about artillery, in fact, there are also support problems in boilers and turbines, which are also two completely incompatible systems, and the best thing to do is to eliminate one.

From this point of view, there is no need to preserve the Russian system of fearlessness, but the problem is not so simple. First of all, because of the impact of the Russian Civil War, the Russian shipbuilding industry was almost destroyed. Battleships that were built during the war were basically rusted on their slipways. A large number of skilled workers and technicians were lost, and ship designers were greatly affected, and many designers with bourgeois and aristocratic backgrounds chose to flee Russia.

The reason why Li Xiaofeng asked to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall to restore the construction of the Nicholas I was not to pity this dreadnought, but to help Russia retain some shipbuilding talents. There is work to do. The workers had something to eat. will not be requisitioned to be cannon fodder. And designers and engineers have something to do, so they don't waste their efforts.

All in all, the construction of the Nicholas I was not just a military issue, but a big question of preserving the Russian shipbuilding industry. If you abandon the domestic products that seem to be relatively bad just because of the German goods you picked up for nothing, it is equivalent to discarding food because of choking, which is a self-abandonment of martial arts.

And that's just the first reason, the second reason. Both the Queen Maria and Nicholas I classes were in the Black Sea, and this was a very closed sea, because of the intervention of the Entente, the Black Sea Fleet did not want to be supported and supplemented by other fleets until relations between Russia and the Entente were restored.

And it is very necessary for the Black Sea Fleet to keep a certain number of capital ships, which can divide the security of the small countries around the Black Sea that are afraid of Russia. If all the remaining capital ships of the Black Sea Fleet are eliminated in a hurry, who will fill this hole?

Therefore, until relations between Russia and the Entente are restored to normal, the capital ships of the Black Sea Fleet will certainly not be able to move. However, if the dreadnoughtness of the Black Sea Fleet is not moved, it is inevitable that the German dreadnought of the white pick-up will be moved. This contradiction is almost irreconcilable.

At least in Li Xiaofeng's opinion, there is no way. Unless the Politburo looks the other way at the Navy. The question is, is this possible?

And just when Li Xiaofeng was at a loss, a turning point appeared. Where's the turnaround? Jew! Jewish Consortium, to be exact.

The big financiers behind the East Prussian People's Republic were the Jewish Consortium, and without the generosity of the Jewish Consortium, East Prussia's finances would have collapsed long ago. After the Battle of the Strait of Hamrane, the Jewish donors were surprised to find that the Baltic Fleet had achieved "brilliant" results, sinking several capital ships of the Anglo-American Combined Fleet and inflicting heavy damage.

Indeed, with the defeat of Germany, the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy have firmly sat in the first and second positions in the world. In the face of such a strong enemy, what does it mean that the backward Russian Navy was able to repel it head-on?

Explain that the Baltic Fleet is strong! Yes, the Jewish financiers, who did not know much about the truth of naval warfare, were misled by the propaganda of the Royal Navy and the US Navy. In order to cover up their shame, the two families never mentioned the shameless thing of being hit by the air raids, but kept emphasizing that they had sunk and severely damaged three Ganguts and four German-made battle cruisers in the naval battle, saying that it was a one-sided victory.

Obviously, the meaning of the Royal Navy and the US Navy is obvious, that is, to say with a shy face that our navy can still fight, purely in terms of combat effectiveness at sea, it is enough to beat the Russians. As for the loss of those capital ships, it was an accident, a despicable sneak attack by the enemy from the air, and it was not about combat effectiveness at sea!

So in the propaganda of the Royal Navy and the US Navy, they were the indisputable victors in this naval battle. But the Jews are shrewd, and if this naval battle is really as glorious as the British and Americans advertise, how can they return to Hong Kong not only missing a few capital ships, but also many capital ships that are almost all wounded?

Since no one explained the air raid to the Jewish financiers, they acquiesced to one point - the British and Americans were whitewashing, but in fact they were the losing side in this naval battle!

Well, now the question arises, if it was the Russians who won, how did the Russians win? Anyway, the Jewish bosses did not believe that the tattered Red Banner Baltic Fleet could withstand the combined attack of the world's naval boss and second. And now that the Red Banner Baltic Fleet has done this, it is necessary to dig deep to find the cause.

Soon the Jewish bosses found out the reason by brain-making - there was only one reason why the Red Banner Baltic Fleet became stronger, and that was to harvest the German High Seas Fleet. That is, the victory of the Russians was entirely made by the Germans. In other words, the German warships are very good and powerful!

You see, the lame Russian Navy can drive German warships against the two world's powers, and has achieved good results, which fully demonstrates the superiority of German goods!

Soon the Jewish bosses began to deduce that in order to ensure the maritime security of East Prussia, a fleet must be needed, and if there are two very good and powerful German-made battleships to watch the field, no one in the surrounding small countries will dare to find fault in the future, right?

As soon as this idea came out, it could not be contained, because the Jews also realized that with Russia's national strength, it would not be possible to keep so many German-made battleships, and then it would not be the rhythm of dismantling scrap metal and returning to the furnace? And with our current cooperative relationship with Russia, it's not a problem to spend money to buy two, right?

Not a problem indeed. When Pavel made this request to Li Xiaofeng. A certain immortal was a little overjoyed. Previously, he did intend to dismantle the German fleet from scrap metal and return it to the furnace to make steel. Now there is a big wrong, no, there are local tyrants who come to buy, why not!

"How much are you going to buy?"

Well, a certain immortal is already ready to sell the dreadnought as a cabbage, and the opening is to buy as much as he wants. Pavel was also a little speechless about this, speaking from the heart, he was against the dreadnought. There is little interest in the Navy. As a merchant, he saw very clearly that East Prussia was too weak to have an overly powerful navy.

In Pavel's view, dreadnoughts cost too much money, and every penny of East Prussia is very important today, according to his original plan, the focus of China's defense construction in East Prussia in the next ten years can only be the army, and a strong enough army can ensure the security of East Prussia. And what can the Navy do to help other than look good?

It's a pity. The local tyrant is capricious, and Pavel can't convince the big financiers who have already been firmly seized by the German-made battleships. The owner had already promised to pay out of his pocket, and he was not given a chance to convince at all, and the only thing he could do was to close the deal at the best possible price. Of course, he hoped that a certain immortal would directly say that he would not sell it, so that he could save this money.

However, as soon as a certain immortal opened his mouth, Pavel's hope was dispelled, and looking at someone's posture, he wished to dispose of all the German battleships to them in one go, which was completely a way of seeing the wronged boss.

However, Pavel didn't want to buy too much, anyway, the big financier said that it was enough to buy two, and he didn't need to throw too much money into this pit.

"And how much budget do you have prepared?" Li Xiaofeng also asked directly.

Pavel smiled and said, "How can there be such a talk about a sale, you still tell me which two ships to sell, right?" ”

Li Xiaofeng thought for a while and said, "You can pick whatever you want at the emperor level!" ”

This answer surprised Pavel, because in his opinion, in addition to the small caliber of the main gun, the Kaiser-class is also a relatively strong capital ship in the world. In fact, at first, both he and the big financiers thought that someone might be more willing to sell the four battered warcruisers.

So Pavel was stunned for a while, before he thought that buying two tattered battle cruisers would be at most two million pounds, but now what people are willing to sell is the unscathed Kaiser-class, and these two million can't be taken, right?

After being stunned for a moment, Pavel gritted his teeth and asked, "How about 1.5 million pounds?" ”

Some comrades may be surprised, thinking that Pavel is too unkind, and it costs only 3 million pounds to buy two Dreadnought-class battleships, which is simply a robbery!

Well, in fact, this is taken for granted, the pound was still quite valuable in those days, let's put it this way, when the Queen Elizabeth was built in 1915, it cost about 2.4 million pounds. It's still super dreadnought! And the engine is a notch higher than the Kaiser. And the cost of the New York of the US imperialist is actually only 1.8 million pounds, so the price of 1.5 million pounds given by Pavel is really a conscience price.

However, Li Xiaofeng did not agree, why? Is this going to slaughter the Jews severely? Yes, but it's not right!

Because then he said, "Pavel, how about you look at this? I will give you four Kaiser-class battleships and four German-made destroyers free of charge......"

Pavel was dumbfounded, barely believing his ears, and he stammered back, "You...... What did you just say? ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I said that I will give you four Kaiser-class battleships and four German-made destroyers for free. No money! ”

Pavel asked tremblingly, "Really?" ”

"Of course it's true." Li Xiaofeng smiled like an old fox, "We are allies, partners and brothers, and we should give you some loot." ”

Pavel was really excited this time, he felt that a certain immortal was indeed a kind person, knowing that they were financially tight, so he helped them save money, good man!

Uh, what's that, Pavel really thought wrong, Li Xiaofeng is definitely not a good person. He just wanted to fish. In his opinion, although it is a lot to sell two Kaiser for three million pounds, he is really sorry for the Jews and such a tyrant-level customer, and the best way is to catch this high-quality customer with bait, put a long line to catch a big fish, and extort more wealth by boiling frogs in warm water.

For example, later the polar bear used a dilapidated aircraft carrier to catch Ah San's appetite and kept raising the price. I almost didn't knock out Ah San's underwear. Obviously, this is a successful marketing. And Li Xiaofeng is ready to learn from this successful experience. So he also decided to give the battleship to the Jews, but he had one condition.

"Pavel, out of the deep friendship between us, I gave you the battleship, but I hope you can do me a favor as well."

"What's the busy?" Pavel had no idea that it was a pit and happily jumped into it.

"Quite simply, in the previous naval battles, those four German-made battlecruisers suffered heavy losses. Our government is short on funds, and I hope you will provide the full cost of repairs and modifications. ”

Pavel thought about it and thought that it should not cost much to repair and modify, so he agreed immediately, and even planned to sign an agreement immediately. However, Li Xiaofeng stopped him and said, "Don't worry, my friend. I'm not done yet, I'm not going to take advantage of you, you're going to pay for the repairs and modifications, and we're going to use the funds to do a complete modernization of your four Kaiser-class ships. to meet your future needs! ”

When Pavel heard this, what was this kind of request? It's just so good and kind. Just helping someone fix a broken battleship. Not only can four advanced German-made battleships be acquired for nothing, but they will also be modernized, which is simply a conscience price!

At that time, Pavel was so moved that he signed a package agreement with a certain immortal, almost hand in hand, according to which the East Prussian People's Republic was to pay in 1920 a sum of 1,000,000 pounds for repairs and refits, for the complete repair and improvement of the four German battlecruisers, and the cost beyond this million pounds was to be paid according to the actual situation and the progress of the works.

To be honest, this is a huge pit, because Pavel would never have thought of what a certain immortal's so-called repair and modification project is. Let's take the first four German-made battle cruisers to be refitted: the Moltke will remove the bridge and the two turrets and seats in the middle, change the main gun attachment to two twin knapsack turrets in the bow and stern, and replace the original 283 mm guns with 305 mm guns. All coal-fired boilers will also be dismantled and replaced with new oil-fired boilers to reach speeds of around 30 knots. In addition to this, it was necessary to thicken the horizontal armor.

Cedritz was also to receive a similar modification of the Moltke. As for the remaining Hindenburg and De Fringel, they simply replaced the coal-fired boilers and thickened the horizontal armor.

Please note that this is still the first and second phase of the project, according to Li Xiaofeng's request, after the completion of these two phases of the project, in the third phase of the project, the four battle cruisers will also be added to the lightning protection salient parts, and the old steam turbines will be replaced with new geared steam turbines with more powerful ones.

In terms of time, the third phase of the project has entered the thirties, and in order to cope with the air threat, it is necessary to increase antiaircraft artillery and radar, as well as improve fire control equipment.

Let's put it this way, the entire three-phase renovation project will last for more than ten years, and the preliminary calculation of the time when these four German-made battle cruisers will complete all the modifications should be around 1936. How much does such a long and thorough progressive makeover cost? That's definitely not a small number.

Moreover, it must be noted that it is not only these four battle cruisers that will be transformed, but also four Kaiser-class ships belonging to the Jews who will also be transformed, and the transformation of the Kaiser-class by a certain immortal will also be fully and thoroughly, and it is not polite to say that the amount of work is equivalent to the construction of four new battleships.

So why did Li Xiaofeng pit the Jews? Is it just to scam money? That's certainly not the case. Because Li Xiaofeng knew very well that if it was just a matter of money, the batch of gold he got was enough to support the transformation of four German war cruisers. The real key issue is not the money, but the fact that he needs East Prussia and the Jews to come out with it.

The reason is very simple, Li Xiaofeng has gold, but this batch of gold cannot see the light, at least not in his own name to give it to the navy. It's not right! It is more likely that even if he takes out this money, it will be misappropriated by the "hungry" Politburo.

And it is not so troublesome for the Jews to take the lead in doing this, and no matter how dark the Politburo is, it cannot be used to sin the funds of the Jews. Because of the contract, this batch of funds is earmarked, and the money can only be used for the navy at that time, and others can't do anything even if they are red.

Moreover, with the injection of Jewish funds, the navy, especially the shipyards, was not afraid of running out of work during the difficult economic period of the twenties, which was a big project that would last for more than ten years! With these funds, Russia's shipbuilding industry will not be in decline, and may even develop. And this will be very important, at least not to worry about being left too far behind by the world's advanced level.

Of course, with the Jewish infusion, there were some more immediate benefits, such as the direct removal of the Kaiser's baggage, and the cost of repairs and modifications of the four battle cruisers saved could be used for more critical projects in the navy.

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng is very happy, in his opinion, once the problem has been solved, the next step can be to return the redundant Kaiser-class and one King-class to steelmaking, and in the next twenty years, the Red Navy will maintain a reasonable level of eight battleships and four battle cruisers, which is enough to ensure maritime interests.

However, what Li Xiaofeng didn't expect was that his plan did not change quickly, and when he reported to the Politburo about his plan for the establishment of the Red Navy, the Politburo was not satisfied with his solution! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you Comrade Juventus!