In view of the large number of warships that need to be tendered this time, the bidding meeting will be relatively long, about a week.

And the first day was the highlight, the tender for the three loading cruises. According to the practice for many years, tenders start with the weak.

"Representative of the Bologni shipyard."

With the roll call of the Navy, the head of the Boloni shipyard, who was sweaty, looked at the designer next to him who bowed his head and said nothing with a complicated expression. "We at the Bologni shipyard abstained from the loading and inspection program."

As soon as he finished speaking, the person in charge hurriedly sat down, not caring for the eyes of others.

With Bologni Shipyard taking the lead, the next few other shipyards were also abstaining.

The successive abstentions made some high-ranking officials of the Admiralty look unpleasant, but considering Admiral Yagill just now, they could only hold back.

And Admiral Yagill, who was the party concerned, did not change his expression at all in the face of the abstentions one after another, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Some people may or may not have guessed the general's thoughts, but no matter what, this will not affect the continuation of the bidding.

And with the abstentions, there are fewer and fewer shipyards that have not yet been called.

At this time, some people couldn't help but think, will there be only two major shipyards left to compete?

But their fears soon dispelled, and when they were called to the Fincantieri shipyard, the person in charge who stood up finally said something different.

"We at the Fincantieri shipyard have made design drawings that are in line with the navy, and let the chief designer of the factory, Mr. Bourdel, explain it to you."

So, in the midst of the gathered gaze of the crowd, Alessandro Boudel stood up.

Also on the Admiralty's side, the roll call officer crossed out the name of the Fincantieri shipyard, which had previously abstained.

Bourdel faced the gaze of the crowd and opened the carefully designed drawings.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the design drawings of the installation and patrol prepared by our factory, according to the requirements of the Admiralty for the new installation and patrol, we have finally met the requirements of the Admiralty after unremitting efforts."

After a brief opening remarks, Bourdell talks about his masterpiece. "My new type of cruiser plan, the ship is 151 meters long and 23.1 meters wide. The bow has a vertical bow, and I have a long bow for this model. 3 two-mounted first-class guns were arranged in the front 2 and 1 in the rear. In addition, in terms of the second-stage main gun, I think that the 152-mm gun commonly used by our navy can no longer adapt to the current form, so I think that 8 203-mm twin-mounted 45 times the second-stage main gun can greatly enhance the firepower of the warship. ”

With Bourdel's explanation, his ideas and the whole picture are presented in front of everyone. The whole warship looks slender, with two main gun turrets occupying the foredeck and one on the aft deck. As for the eight twin 203-mm secondary guns, they were staggered on both sides of the ship's amidships. In addition, Budelle also arranged 10 127-mm single-mounted guns, 6 76-mm single-mounted guns, and 4 47-mm single-mounted guns. Firepower is indispensable, and it is basically a model of firepower supremacy.

In addition to firepower, Bourdel continued to explain other aspects, in terms of protection, the Admiralty required the ship's side armor requirements of 115 mm to 190 mm, and the armor height of 3.7 meters, Bourdel has achieved it. In addition, the thickness of the armor in the turret also reached 140-190 mm, of course, this was only the treatment of the two-stage main gun. In addition, the thickness of the deck armor reached 51 mm, and the armor of the conning tower was 60-190 mm.

In terms of power, the main engine is two vertical four-cylinder three-expansion reciprocating steam engines, and the boiler is also 24 Belleville boilers, with a power of 22,000 horsepower, which can propel the warship to a maximum speed of 22 knots.

In addition, in terms of tonnage, Bourdell did not exceed the standard, with a standard displacement of 10,900 tons and a full load displacement of 12,700 tons. It can carry 1,600 tons of coal and travel 8,000 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots.

"I'll introduce the battleship here, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me, thank you for listening to my explanation, thank you."

After introducing the various capabilities of the battleship one by one, Bourdell bowed slightly to those present.

The audience immediately burst into applause.

Admiral Yagill, who was the Minister of the Admiralty, was the first to applaud, and it seemed that he was satisfied with Bourdel's explanation.

And Admiral Yagir's performance also made the head of the Fincantieri shipyard feel a sense of pride in his heart. Regardless, their Fincantieri shipyard is something to look up to. If he remembered correctly, there were few shipyards left.

Sure enough, after the Fincantieri shipyard, the Navy continued to roll call. The rest of the shipyards are really sitting on pins and needles now, and if everyone can't take it out, this is understandable. After all, it's understandable that the technology is not enough. And now that they're out of the Fincantieri shipyard in front of them, it's really uncomfortable behind them. Because everyone knows that this is named according to the level of strength.

But no matter what they think, it's still theirs, and they can only respond by abstaining when they are forced to be helpless. In particular, the designers of these companies are even more ashamed and eager to have a hole in the ground.

But soon no one paid attention to them, because it was already the end.

"Representative of the Andosal Shipyard."

As they read the two shipyards, many eyes looked directly at them.

This time, it was Brin who stood up, worthy of the name of the shadow man of the tree, and as soon as he stood up, everyone looked at him with expectant eyes.

"The Andosal shipyard has made a plan, and I will explain it to you next."

As soon as Brin finished speaking, he didn't wait for the others to react, and immediately hung up his drawings.

"This is my plan, the new patrol is 161 meters long and 22.7 meters wide."

As soon as Brin spoke, the crowd looked at a ship that was more slender than the Fincantieri shipyard.

Brin then began to explain. "My plan is a long-bow ship with four boiler compartments inside the ship, 28 Belleville boilers and two three-stage expansion engines with two axes vertical. The output is 25000 hp. It can propel the ship to a maximum speed of 23.5 knots. ”

Brin's words amazed everyone in the venue, and the speed alone made his plan worth looking forward to.

Sure enough, I saw him continue to speak. "The new scheme is 6 twin 254 mm 45 times main guns, and I use a layout of two in the front and one in the back. In addition, in terms of secondary guns, I thought that the 152 mm secondary main gun was sufficient, so I arranged 16 twin 152 mm rapid-fire guns on the ship, which could ensure sufficient fire output. In addition, the ship is armed with 14 76-mm single-barreled rapid-fire guns and 12 47-mm single-barreled rapid-fire guns. ”

Well, Brin's firepower is not as ferocious as Bourdel's, but it is still not weak, and the ammunition is enough to drown out those opponents.

Of course, in addition to firepower and speed, protection is also a must, and the armor given by Brin is similar, 115-190 mm main armor belt, 47 mm armor for the first class, 40-180 mm for the conning tower, and 140-180 mm for the battery armor.

Also in tonnage, a standard displacement of 10500 tons. Full load displacement 13000 tons. It can load 2,100 tons of coal and run 8,500 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots.

Brin's plan also drew a round of applause, and Bourdell and Bourdel had their own merits.

"Venetian shipyards."

With the Navy's roll call, it's time to see what new and eye-catching proposals Kuniberti comes up with.