Chapter 195: One Step Late
"Then I also wish you to go back and be promoted, and make more contributions to Germany." Xu Zhonglin picked up his wine glass.
"Thank you, actually, I am here for you today."
it! What do you mean? Although Lao Tzu is tender, he does not engage in foundation.
"Oh?"
"As I understand it, you are not having a good time in Italy. How about coming to Germany? I heard that you like that genius girl Lilia like the prototype ship, come to our service in Germany, three years, guarantee that you will take two battleship prototype ship mother, and there will be no trouble, I believe you will have a very pleasant time with us. ”
Xu Zhonglin was really stunned at this time, people can't be proud or inferior, he doesn't feel that he is an entry-level strength admiral worthy of such a bloody investment from the other party, and there are only sixty prototype battleships in Germany. Considering that many of them are private ships, it would be good to have thirty ships in the Admiralty, and to actually take out one-fifteenth to win him over, the Germans are crazy?
"Lord Hoffman, to be honest, I'm a little flattered. All four of my battleship wives have special circumstances following me, and cannot be inferred by common sense. I don't think I'm worth the price, so I'm a little suspicious of your intentions. ”
"Haha, Leon! I have to say, you pay too much attention to the prototype ship, for our navy, there is no difference between the prototype ship and the ship of the same position, they are both combat power, and it is not good to have more prototype ships, there will be more factions, and many duties cannot be arranged. In our opinion, we in Germany have more than 4,000 battleships, and it is a good deal to win over a young Far Eastern lion cub and deepen our relations with the Eastern Empire at a small cost, nothing more. ”
Well, the turtle was ridiculed. Think about what the other party said does make sense, for example, if Elena is still serving in the Italian Admiralty, then all of Elena's ships of the same position will be on par with her, and there will naturally be dozens of younger brothers under her command. These are dozens of battleships, and you can't appease these people without giving them an admiral. And where to put it after there are more generals?
Germany has encountered this problem, there are too many bigwigs, and there are not enough chairs.
The conditions were very tempting, but Xu Zhonglin couldn't agree, he had agreed with Elena and Margaret that he must take them away openly and honestly, and he couldn't break his promise.
"The conditions are very generous, but, I'm sorry, I can't promise you."
"Oh? How about four? Or two prototype aircraft carriers, although the German aircraft carriers were originally seaplane carriers, I guarantee that you will take away two complete Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers! And, I know that you have two German shipwives, Louise and Freya, who have three sisters, and they can all be handed over to you. ”
"Admiral, promise him!" Elena anxiously telepathized with Xu Zhonglin.
Since the tsundere ship has decided to follow the admiral, she doesn't care about her reputation. Now there is such an opportunity, you can triple the size of the aircraft carriers of your fleet, plus four battleships, so that the strength of the large and small Nicobar Island town guards will immediately reach the level of ordinary town guards.
This condition is really too appropriate, the other party has obviously studied Xu Zhonglin carefully, and even his ship's mother has studied them one by one. There were five princess-class cruisers in total, and Louise and Freya definitely wanted to get together with their sisters. And Germany has a total of more than 30 seaplane carrier prototypes, and it is quite a bold decision to come up with two at once, which should be the bottom limit of the other party.
Hui now understood Lady Catherine's intentions, which was the added influence of fame.
He almost gritted his teeth and said, "I can feel your sincerity, or rather Germany's sincerity." But I have my own troubles, I'm sorry. ”
He also understands Germany's hard work, and he is surrounded by Britain, France, Italy, Russia, the world's second, fifth, sixth, seventh, and four naval powers, and none of them are friends, so he is very insecure. Therefore, Germany urgently needs to fight to the Caspian Sea, so that it will face the Eastern Empire across the Caspian Sea, this distance is just right, not too close, so as not to cause dislike, and to a certain extent, complement each other, and watch over each other.
The Eastern Empire, on the other hand, had only the British Indian Ocean Fleet on its side, and it was blocked on the other side of the Strait of Malacca, and the internal environment was absolutely safe. Befriending Germany was just an attempt to add some blockage to Britain.
Count Hoffmann was a little surprised by this answer, and he apparently knew about the situation of Elena and Margaret from other sources: "I admire your choice very much. Germany has no ill will towards you, just wants to do something for you, your town guard has just been established, there should be a lack of cores, blueprints, although Germany's situation is a little more difficult, but fortunately, it can still hunt a lot of cores from the Atlantic every year. Why don't I support you? ”
Elena was in no hurry, and hurriedly reminded him: No, Admiral, you can't ask for it!
It seems to be inconsistent, but Xu Zhonglin knows that his ship's judgment is right.
Going to each other's homes to serve can deepen the friendship between the two sides, and it's no problem to take two battleships. But taking benefits for nothing in this way is a big problem. This kind of favor needs to be reciprocated by Xu Zhonglin in the future, if it is cashed in after he is strong, the price may be dozens of times that of now, there is no need.
This has to be said that Qiao Wuye's vision sent Anne to Xu Zhonglin when he was a student, and exchanged a little Hang's mother of more than 2,000 tons for Xu Zhonglin's endless gratitude.
Now, the Far Eastern Lion Cub has grown up, and his friendship requires not only blind materialism, but also mutual interests for both parties. Germany did not have much in common with him for the time being.
Xu Zhonglin took out two 20,000-ton aircraft carrier cores and two 35,000-ton battleship cores from his pocket: "I don't think I lack anything at the moment. ”
The two aircraft carrier cores were given to him by Mrs. Catherine. It's the same idea as Germany. This is the kind of funding that Xu Zhonglin can get. The two sides share a common demand, and Madame Catherine was an acquaintance when he first graduated, and the robbery of Tunisia was not afraid of political risks to endorse him. Most of the funding of these two cores is due to the reward he received for helping Bishop Giovanni build the Sagrada Familia, and even if he takes it, the price he will have to pay in the future is not large.
The ship's mother, Heissen, felt that Xu Zhonglin's tone was too big, and she was a little angry: "Hmph! Little Admiral, I don't know how thick the sky is, don't think that you are great if you appear on the cover of "Admiral Magazine" once, there are at least a thousand Admirals in this world who are more powerful than you. How dare you refuse the friendship of Germany?! ”
This kind of political idiot Xu Zhonglin had nothing to talk to the other person, and before he could speak, Mayer von Hoffmann scolded Hesse.
The Count sighed in his heart, a step too late, believing that without these two Russian battleships, the young Far Eastern lion would have agreed to his terms. And now there was no need to stay, so he got up and said goodbye.
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