In this short period of time, the Kingdom of Spain spent 85 million Chinese dollars to purchase the warships of the Chinese Navy, including a total of 7 battleships, 5 cruisers and 8 destroyers, plus the Spanish Navy's original possession of one battleship and several cruisers and destroyers, the number of battleships of the Spanish Navy has increased to eight. It is definitely the most powerful navy outside of the Chinese Imperial Navy!

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Charles. Rozhye and Foreign Secretary Henry. Morality. Brouquell had a look of envy on his face. In their opinion, the Spaniards are too wealthy! It was actually spent so much money to buy a battleship. The navy doesn't just buy warships, it has to invest a lot of money in maintenance every year. Compared to the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Belgium is not so rich. Even if a huge war reparation can be obtained in this peace conference, the country that has been reduced to ruins still needs to be built. The Kingdom of Belgium did not dare to spend its funds on the large-scale purchase of warships.

"Your Excellency Rozhier, what about the Kingdom of Belgium? If the Kingdom of Belgium can have a strong navy, then the Kingdom of Belgium's voice in the North Sea will be greatly increased. Even if the Kingdom of Prussia began to develop its navy vigorously, it would not have been possible to pose a threat to the Kingdom of Belgium in a short period of time. In addition, once the Kingdom of Belgium threatened the Kingdom of Prussia from the sea, the Kingdom of Prussia did not dare to attack from the land with confidence. Imperial Prime Minister Lin Zihao said.

The Spaniards bought 7 battleships, 5 cruisers and 8 destroyers. But there were still quite a few battleships to be sold in the Imperial Navy, and there were 9 battleships, 17 cruisers and 26 destroyers left. The Imperial Navy plans to sell all of these ships in exchange for funds to build a new navy.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Kingdom of Belgium hopes to be able to purchase from the Chinese Empire two 'Western Han-class' battleships, two 'Qin-class' battleships, five 'Trotto-class' improved cruisers and eight 'Tiangang-class' improved destroyers." Shire. Prime Minister Rozhye said. It is true that the Kingdom of Belgium needs a strong navy, but the Kingdom of Belgium does not have much financial revenue, and it is very difficult to maintain a navy. If it can obtain great benefits from this peace conference, the Kingdom of Belgium will have the financial resources. However, if you want to gain something from this peace conference, you must have the support of the Chinese Empire. If the Chinese Empire wants to sell warships, the Kingdom of Belgium will of course have to support it.

In addition, the warships purchased by the Kingdom of Belgium are also targeted. The Kingdom of Belgium, which was immediately adjacent to the Kingdom of Prussia, had its only enemy in the event of a strengthened navy being the Prussian navy on the North Sea. Therefore, the warships purchased by the Kingdom of Belgium were all warships capable of posing a mortal threat to the Prussian navy. Not to mention the four battleships, the remaining "Trotto-class" improved cruisers and "Tiangang-class" improved destroyers are all equipped with 450 mm medium torpedoes. The 'Trotto-class' cruisers and Tiangang-class destroyers were equipped with 320 mm light torpedoes. This torpedo, for a huge battleship, was slightly less powerful. This was already tested in the last naval battle. Therefore, when the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Spain purchased warships, they were all staring at the 'Trotto-class' improved cruisers and the 'Tiangang-class' improved destroyers of the Imperial Navy.

Imperial Prime Minister Lin Zihao nodded, although the Kingdom of Belgium did not buy as many warships as the Kingdom of Spain, but considering the financial resources of the Kingdom of Belgium, this was already commendable.

"Two 'Western Han class' battleships, 11 million yuan each, and two 'Qin-class' battleships, 7.5 million Chinese dollars each. 5 'Trotto-class' improved cruisers, each with 1.8 million Chinese dollars, and 8 'Tiangang-class' improved destroyers, each with 1.2 million Chinese dollars. A total of 55.6 million Chinese dollars, just pay 55.5 million Chinese dollars! Lin Zihao said with a smile.

Five five million five million Chinese dollars, plus the eighty-five million Chinese dollars received from the sale to the Spanish Navy, the Imperial Navy had already withdrawn 140.5 million Chinese dollars from the sale of warships to the two countries. It can be said that the funds for the construction of the next class of 'Don-class' battleships in the Imperial Navy were already available. The Imperial Navy's 'Tang-class' battleships will not be built 8 at once, and only four will be built in the first batch. In the future, the 'Tang-class' battleships will be improved according to the situation, and if the conditions are ripe, four more 'Tang-class' improved battleships will be built.

In addition, cruisers and destroyers of the Imperial Navy also needed to be built more. And the funds for the construction of these light warships have all been collected in this sale of warships.

Shire. Prime Minister Rozhier nodded, and the purchase of ships of 55.5 million Chinese dollars is undoubtedly an astronomical amount for the Kingdom of Belgium. In the past, the Kingdom of Belgium would not have been able to come up with so much money. Even if you buy those warships back, you can't afford to maintain them. However, at this peace conference, the Kingdom of Belgium had received the promise of the Chinese Empire that it would win sufficient benefits for them. This undoubtedly gave the Kingdom of Belgium more confidence to develop its armaments.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Kingdom of Belgium will also need to receive war reparations before it can pay for the purchase of ships." Shire. Prime Minister Rozhye said. It can be said that the Kingdom of Belgium, like the Kingdom of Spain, was prepared to use the war reparations of the defeated countries to develop its military strength.

"That's no problem, anyway, it will take some time for the Imperial Navy to transfer these warships to you!" Lin Zihao said nonchalantly. He did not believe that the kingdoms of Spain and Belgium still had the audacity to pay their debts.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Kingdom of Belgium hopes that the Chinese Empire will help the Kingdom of Belgium train a group of naval officers and men." Shire. Prime Minister Rojye continued. Compared with the Kingdom of Spain, which has always had a naval tradition, the Kingdom of Belgium, which has only been established for a short time, is much worse in this respect. Although the original Kingdom of the Netherlands was also a powerful country that could compete with Britain for maritime supremacy. However, that was in the age of sails. After the defeat of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, they no longer had a decent navy. The Kingdom of Belgium is also facing such a dilemma, otherwise, even if it buys back those warships, it will not be able to exert its combat power! What's the difference between that and buying back a pile of scrap metal?

"That's no problem, the Empire can train naval officers and sailors for the Kingdom of Belgium!" Prime Minister Lin Zihao did not hesitate and agreed directly.

The Chinese Empire's training of naval officers and sailors for the Kingdom of Belgium could strengthen the Kingdom of Belgium on the one hand, and further enhance the influence of the Empire in the Belgian Navy. Many of the generals of the Kingdom of Belgium were trained by the Empire. If you add the navy, then the military power of the Kingdom of Belgium can almost be in the hands of the empire, which has many benefits for the empire.

The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, and the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, soon left the Imperial Embassy in the Ottoman Turkish Empire. They can be said to have returned home with a full load this time, and after this large-scale purchase of ships, both countries can quickly become maritime powers. Of course, a maritime power like theirs mainly relies on the purchase of warships from abroad. If they relied on their own strength, they would not be able to confront the Kingdom of Prussia at all.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we still have two 'Western Han-class' battleships, three 'Qin-class' battleships, 12 'Temperary-class' cruisers and 16 'Tiangang-class' destroyers. If you can't sell it, what should you do? Prince Longhua asked. The Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Spain have joined forces to purchase warships worth 140 million Chinese dollars, which is almost to the best of their ability. If you want them to buy more warships, that's impossible. But apart from these two, will there be any other countries that will buy the Empire's warships?

The Prussians may have had this in mind, but did the Reich dare to sell it to them? Isn't that the same as an enemy?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, wait a little longer! Perhaps the Ottoman Turkish Empire will buy our ships. Eight of our battleships were docked off the coast of Istanbul and also caused a great shock to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. As long as they're not shrunken turtles, I think they'll definitely make a difference in that regard! Prime Minister Lin Zihao said.

Long Hua nodded, the warships of the Imperial Navy could be sold to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, but they could never be sold to the Kingdom of Prussia.

"In addition to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the empire had quite a few potential customers. The three great powers of South America have also become richer, and they also seem to be showing signs of developing their navies. The warships of the Imperial Navy, absolutely their only option. Foreign Minister Wei Yuan also said.

South America was originally a colony of the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal, but after independence, they also developed rapidly thanks to their abundant resources. After the national strength increases, these countries naturally want to strengthen their military strength.

It's just that before the empire could get in touch with the powers of South America, the Ottoman Turkish Empire came to the door. Their speed Abdul. Stimulated by Mejid I, he insisted on building a strong navy. With the industrial power of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, it was impossible to build large warships on its own. Therefore, they could only ask the Chinese Empire to sell them warships. R1152