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After receiving Chile's naval order, the Chinese delegation held a celebration banquet at the Galaxy Hotel, which made everyone happy. The banquet is a buffet-style barbecue where everyone plays BBQ on the beach in San Diego.

The atmosphere of this barbecue buffet is very relaxed, and the atmosphere of the group is also very lively. Everyone was roasting food while talking nonsense.

"I really don't understand why there are so many places called San Diego in the Americas. Chile has Santiago, Colombia has Santiago, Cuba and Panama have it, and the United States has a ......."

"The name was given by the Spaniards, and Santiago was originally a Spanish place name. ”

"The Spaniards are really uneducated, and they have engaged in a lot of 'holy land pressure dogs', and they have no technical content at all, so won't they choose some other names?"

Zhang Lizheng was also chatting with a group of representatives.

He took a skewer of barbecue and asked Xu Wei: "Xu Gong, you just said that if you calculate according to the British market, the cost of our Type 203 battleship will be 4.9 million pounds?"

The Type 203 battleships sold by China to Chile this time are indeed not expensive, and the estimated cost in China is 28.4 million Chinese yuan (about 2.92 million pounds). The Sunwu-class battleship for its own use, the cost is 31.2 million Chinese dollars), and the offer to Chile is 4.1 million pounds (about 3990). 50,000 Chinese dollars). And this price is absolutely not available in other countries.

Xu Wei nodded and said, "Yes, Prime Minister." I've calculated based on the situation in the UK that if the Model 203 were produced by them, the cost would be 4.9 million pounds. And that's just the price for their Royal Navy own use, and if it's for foreign trade, it's at least £550. The cost in the United States is about 10 to 15 percent lower, while in Germany it will only cost more......"

Because China's shipbuilding industry has adopted many new technologies and processes, such as the use of welding instead of riveting, the standardization of parts and components, and the construction of sections, etc., which greatly reduces the manufacturing cost, and the labor cost is lower than that of Europe and the United States. There is also the problem of the system, because China's shipyards are mainly state-owned enterprises, and selling their own troops will basically only make a reasonable profit, and the premium will not be too high, while most of the military industrial enterprises in Europe and the United States are run by capitalists, and the capitalists with a conscience still point to this to make a lot of money, how can they be cheaper? Therefore, compared with the European and American powers of the same period, the cost of China's warships is at least 40 percent cheaper.

The cheap price is probably the main reason why Chile chooses Chinese goods, and as for whether it will make a tall thing like a battleship the price of cabbage, Wen Desi has no psychological pressure at all. This is also to broaden the market, when everyone is in the water, how beautiful is the battleship......

At this time, an official of the State Council next to him said with some hesitation: "Prime Minister, will we cause dissatisfaction in the United States if we sell warships to Chile and develop our influence in South America?"

This question has been raised before, and they believe that the United States has always wanted to reach out to the South American region, but because this land was in the hands of the old European powers in the past, they had no chance to reach out, and now taking advantage of the east wind of the European war, the United States will definitely do it. If China also develops in South America at this time, then it will inevitably come into conflict with the United States. The United States now has good relations with China, so if this affects the relations between the two countries, is it not very cost-effective?

Zhang Lizheng smiled and said, "Hahaha, the United States will definitely have some dissatisfaction." Besides, we have also negotiated with the United States on this issue, and the two sides have reached an understanding. North America and the Caribbean we definitely don't touch. In South America, on the other hand, the two sides compete freely, and at the same time cooperate to squeeze out the European powers. South America is too big a piece of meat, and the United States doesn't have the ability to eat alone, so instead of eating alone and angering Europe, it's better to pull us along, and have a companion......"

After all, the United States and China are still close quasi-allies, and at least for the current historical period, this relationship should be maintained. In fact, those people are overthinking, and the United States at this time is far from the bullish America it was in 100 years.

Yes, although the Monroe Doctrine was put forward in the last century, it was only a rhetorical cannon, and it was not true, and it was not until after the 20 th century, when the European powers' power in South America was greatly reduced, and the two sides exchanged their strengths, that they had the ability to put this idea into practice. As for South America, which is considered a backyard by the United States, it will have to wait until after World War II.

At this stage, even if the European powers do not care about South America, the United States is still very worried about reaching out to itself. As far as the United States is concerned, they don't have the ability or the courage to eat alone, so why not take China along? Even if the Europeans are unhappy and want to tear them up, we will have many top tanks on our side!

In the future, there will definitely be disputes and conflicts between the two sides over the issue of dividing the cake, but that is also a normal thing. How can there be eternal friends and enemies between nations?

Of course, it is impossible for China to spend too much effort to run South America, after all, it is too far away. At present, the main thing is to fight for resources and markets, as well as to lay some chess pieces.

For example, on the Chilean side, Wendesi is most interested in their copper resources. China has always been short of copper, although now that it has obtained copper mines in the Philippines and New Guinea, especially the world-class copper mines in New Guinea, China's copper shortage situation has been greatly alleviated, but there are not too many resources.

Now China has used the arms deal to gain exploration and exploitation rights in the Escondida region. The mine is located in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile, in the Atacama Desert, 160 km southeast of the city of Antofagasta. In the original time and space, the Escondida copper mine was founded in 1988, when copper mines had not yet been discovered. It's a mega mine, and in the 21st century, it's the world's most productive open-pit copper mine per year, producing 8% of the world's copper ore. In addition, their iron ore and molybdenum ore resources are also quite large.

Brazil is also rich in minerals, with considerable reserves of iron, nickel, manganese, bauxite, lead, tin, niobium and other minerals, as well as large oil and gas fields along the southeast coast. There is also arable land, Brazil is extremely rich in arable land, but the degree of development is very low, and they are very welcome to foreign countries to engage in development. Since a few years ago, Xingke Group has bought a lot of land in Brazil to build farms on its own or with the help of vest companies.

Argentina's minerals are not not stellar, but there is also a lot of oil. Moreover, they are also an important producer and exporter of grain and meat in the world, known as the "granary and meat depot of the world", and the warm and fertile Pampas grassland is one of the few high-quality agricultural and pastoral areas in the world. Naturally, Wen Desi did not let go of the reason here, and like Brazil, he has also bought a large number of farms and pastures in Argentina in recent years.

After the matter on Chile's side, Zhang Lizheng will continue to visit Brazil, Argentina and other South American countries to sign more business agreements. For example, oil and iron ore from Venezuela's iron ore, oil from Ecuador, tin and antimony from Bolivia, copper, lead, zinc, silver, bismuth and oil from Peru, and bauxite from Guyana and Suriname...... And so on, many of them have not been developed, and there are some relatively unpopular mines, such as antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, etc., which are not very useful for other countries at present, and they are just picking up cheap.

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On September 20, 2757 (1916), Zhoushan Military Port.

Just when Premier Zhang led a business delegation to do business in South American countries and signed contracts with a soft hand, China's two newest Sunwu-class super-dreadnoughts also ended their sea trials, and the two ships were officially incorporated into active service on September 10 (Sun Wu) and September 15 (Jiang Shang) respectively.

Coupled with the Dayu and Kuafu, which entered service in May this year, the Chinese Navy at this time already has a full ten super dreadnoughts, including eight Fuxi-class (Fuxi, Nuwa, Houyi, Chiyou, Xuanyuan, Shennong, Dayu and Kuafu), and two cutting-edge Sunwu-class (Sunwu and Jiang Shang).

The Hanoi (New Hanoi class, that is, the 6-turret version of the Orion class) captured in the Sino-Japanese War, although it is an emergency product made by the Japanese, can be regarded as a new ship. Although it is inferior to the Chinese battleship, it can be regarded as a dreadnought, and in the world, it is not bad. When China was carrying out the restoration, it was also retrofitted by the way. Its 305 mm gun was replaced with a Chinese-style 310 gun, the power system was replaced with a better Chinese product, and the propeller was replaced with a new five-bladed fluid propeller. Most of the armor has also been replaced, and the Japanese armor steel is not looked down upon by the Chinese Navy, and in the end, of course, it is indispensable to replace the radar, fire control and computer, which can be said to be a comprehensive overhaul.

If you add the two Qinling-class large cruisers (Qinling and Taihang), which are counted as "dreadnoughts" abroad, the Chinese Navy has thirteen cutting-edge battleships. From the current number of dreadnoughts in various countries, it ranks fourth in the world (officially in service, not in service), and the first place is, of course, the United Kingdom, with 35 dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts. The runner-up was Germany with 24 dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts. The United States is in third place with 17 dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts. In addition, Britain and Germany had 10 and 11 battle cruisers, respectively.

Well, by the way, when the two Qinling-class ships were docked for overhaul last year, they replaced their main guns with four twin-mounted 360-mm guns, the same main guns as the Fuxi-class. Although their firepower and armor reached the level of battleships after refit, it was only because their tonnage was less than 30,000 tons, so according to the rules set by the General Document, they could still not be counted as battleships, but only large cruisers......

As for the six second-hand dreadnoughts that were bought, as well as the six captured Japanese dreadnoughts, they have all been transferred to the second line and engaged in training work. They have also made some modifications, mainly to replace the weapons on them with Chinese standards in order to unify logistics, and have also installed radar, fire control and computers, and the simplest work of replacing propellers is of course not less. As for the other more complex parts, such as the powertrain, there is not much movement.

Followed by eight Qingcheng-class heavy cruisers (Qingcheng, Emei, Yandang, Tianshan, Qixia, Daxingan, Huangshan and Lushan), since the Chinese Navy found that the original 240 mm main guns of the Qingcheng class were very embarrassing, starting from Yandang and Tianshan, the main guns were replaced from four triple 240 mm guns to four twin 280 mm guns, and the power system was also improved, and the speed was increased to 30. 5 knots. Last year, when the Qingcheng and Emei were docked for overhaul, they also took the opportunity to replace the main guns and power systems. So now foreign countries regard the Qingcheng class as a small battle cruiser, but in China it is still called a heavy cruiser.

At present, there are only two Changbai-class heavy cruisers that were commissioned at the beginning of this year, and this kind of cruiser equipped with 12 210-mm guns can be regarded as genuine heavy cruisers, not the Qingcheng-class thing that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep.

In addition, the Chinese Navy currently has 34 light cruisers, 54 destroyers and 55 frigates. The mothership class has 3 aircraft carriers, 2 airship carriers and 4 seaplane carriers. As well as 80 submarines. This scale is already very strong, absolutely the first in Asia and the fourth in the world.

At this time, a simple welcoming ceremony was being held in Zhoushan Port, where China's Pacific Task Force was stationed. This is for several newly appointed captains.

On the pier next to the heavy cruiser Huangshan, the officers and men on board, led by the boatswain, lined up to welcome the new captain and his leading group.

The boatswain gave a military salute to Li Ang and said loudly: "Comrade Li Ang, all the officers and men of the Huangshan welcome you to take up the post of captain of this ship......

Li Ang returned a military salute and said solemnly: "Thank you, comrades! Let's work together in the future!"

After returning from the evacuation mission in Turkey, Li Ang received a new appointment, and his superiors asked him to transfer to the head of the Fifth Cruiser Detachment together with his original team, and concurrently served as the captain of the heavy cruiser Huangshan, which had just been put into service.

Although Li Ang's rank was not promoted in this transfer, the Fifth Cruiser Detachment was also the establishment of four cruisers, which seemed to be a level-level transfer, but these four cruisers were all the latest Qingcheng-class heavy cruisers. Qixia, Daxingan, Huangshan and Lushan. From commanding four light cruisers to commanding four heavy cruisers, it was definitely a promotion.

After arriving at the bridge, Leon turned his gaze to the two battleships at the berth next to him, without blinking.

Political Commissar Lu Yishan smiled: "What's the matter? Kaicheng, I'm still watching." Don't look at it, the more you look at it, the more itchy, hahahaha......"

Li Ang smiled embarrassedly: "Hey, I can't get enough of this thing ...... battleship."

Political Commissar Lu also knew that he was a battleship controller, so he comforted: "It's okay, in a few years, you can also go to the battleship, now let's take the cruiser first......"

Chief of Staff Qin Wenbin joked: "Kaicheng, in fact, our Qingcheng-class can be regarded as a dreadnought when it is placed abroad." You're going to pretend to be on a battleship......"

The crowd burst into laughter.