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Galaxy Inn, San Diego.

In San Diego, the Galaxy Hotel is a very prestigious hotel, it may not be the most luxurious hotel, but it is certainly the most advanced. The hotel has 3 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, and the layout inside is extremely sci-fi and the style is very unique. In addition to the various household appliances and equipment already available at this time, there is also an airship mooring tower on the roof of the hotel, which can take off and land small passenger airships.

Galaxy Hotel is a luxury hotel chain opened by China Hotel Industry Group Corporation in 192. So far, there are more than 3 of them outside of China. It is found in all major countries, with the United States being the most numerous and several large cities. Plans for expansion in Europe were affected by the outbreak of World War I, and the construction plans of several major countries involved in the war were temporarily suspended. There are now only five Galaxy hotels in Europe, which is not as many as in Asia.

Because of the humanized design beyond the times, the living environment of the Galaxy Hotel is very comfortable, and the life is extremely convenient. Of course, there are even more foreign tourists.

Since yesterday, the top 2 floors of the Galaxy Hotel in San Diego have been packed, and the visitors are the China Shipbuilding Business Delegation, uh, or Zhonghuo Business Delegation.

At this moment, in the reception room on the top floor, Premier Zhang Lizheng is meeting with a Chilean guest.

This guest is called Lopo Rocavalon, a typical Chilean beard. This guy was originally a leader of the independent = independent trade union, and he believed in Uncle Ma's set. Later, he came into contact with Mr. Wen's "Materialist Earth" and accepted the idea of scientific socialism, so he changed his beliefs and became a fanatical believer in scientific socialism. In 191, he transformed the trade union under his leadership into a political party, forming the "Chilean Social Labor Party", which developed its influence mainly among workers, peasants, the army and students.

"Thank you very much for the support of the Chinese comrades, with your help, our party has developed gratifyingly, and now there are 20,000 official party members and more than 30,000 supporters" With financial and material support from China, they have developed rapidly, and now they have a great influence in several major mining areas.

"That's as it should be, we're brothers. The comrades in Chile have worked hard......" Zhang Lizheng greeted Rocavalo with a spring breeze on his face. Of course, Zhang Lizheng's visit to Chile this time was not just for the order of two battleships, but for China's strategic layout in South America, and the arms trade here in Chile was only one of the purposes.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we are in great need of armed support now, and now our party only has a small number of light weapons, and I hope that the Chinese comrades can give us support......

"Before I came, Mr. Wen also said that there is no problem in giving you the principle of supporting weapons Zhang Lizheng nodded and said: "However, I must remind you that now is not a good time to carry out an armed uprising, because your strength is not enough. The situation in Chile is different from that in China, and you should develop more in the army, especially young officers and non-commissioned officers......"

The two chatted for a while, and after making up on the intention of helping, Rocavalo happily took his leave.

Not long after he left, the secretary said: "Prime Minister, why do I think this guy is not reliable, I am a little worried......"

"Hehe, you can see it. That's right, this person is really not very reliable, he is just a mouth cannon, and it's okay to brag and fool people. If the PSP really wants to carry out an armed uprising, he simply can't. ”

"What should we do? We gave them so many resources, wouldn't it be a waste?" Mr. Wen also said that Chile is very rich in mineral resources, and control is the most appropriate in our hands......" The secretary asked puzzled.

"This central government is considerate, don't worry, hehe......" Zhang Lizheng patted the secretary's shoulder with a smile, and said seriously: "We believe that the Chilean people will choose qualified leaders......

During this period, the socialist trend in Latin America developed rapidly, and trade unions and socialist political parties were established in various countries, but they were unable to gain political power because of the lack of strong leadership and organizational skills. Now that there is President Wen, those socialist organizations will naturally be infiltrated and controlled by the China Science and Technology Socialist Party. At the same time, with China's assistance, their development is far beyond the original time and space. Among the Latin American political organizations aided by China, this "Chilean Socialist Labor Party" is only one of them, and it is not the most effective.

Deepening relations with these organizations and strengthening their influence and control over them is one of Zhang Lizheng's main goals. Latin America is rich in mineral resources and land resources, which makes our beloved Mr. Wen always very jealous. Chile has the largest copper nuggets and saltpeter mines on the planet, which goes without saying. For example, Brazil, although their natural resources are so many that people gnash their teeth, but the most attractive thing for Chinese is probably their land resources. Brazil's arable land area is three times that of China, but their population at this time is only 260,000, so it is too envious, jealous and hateful to occupy such a rich territory

At this time, the population of Latin American countries is very small, such as the three small countries in South America, which have the strongest national strength, Brazil has 260,000, Argentina has 820,000, Chile has only 360,000, and the entire Latin American region (including Mexico) is only 660,000. It can be said that this time period is the last good opportunity for China's expansion into Latin America. After World War II, Latin America's population will grow explosively, and it will not be easy to do at that time.

On the morning of the next day, the naval equipment review meeting chaired by the Chilean Ministry of Defense officially began. The so-called state bidding in this era is a formality, and the real agreement is done under the table, and at this time it is nothing more than a formality. After a morning of design introduction and defense, before noon, the Chilean Minister of Defense announced: The "Type 2" battleship provided by China's Guangzhou Shipyard Group won the highest evaluation by the review committee, and the final score was 6 points, and the two battleships of the Chilean Navy were built by China's China Guangzhou Shipyard Group.

In addition to these two battleships, China received additional orders for four light cruisers, four destroyers, and four submarines. That's right, this time the Chilean Navy was extremely ambitious, and in addition to battleships, it also wanted a batch of light ships.

It is not surprising that the Chinese battleship was selected, because what the Americans came up with did not meet Chile's requirements. According to the requirements of the Chileans, their new battleships had to be able to completely overwhelm the Argentine "Saavedra-class" battleships (that is, the New York-class of the United States, the Fuxi-class of China), and the two battleships had to completely overwhelm the three battleships of Argentina or Brazil. They also demanded that the main guns of the new battleships must be of a caliber of 15 inches or above.

For the United States, such a request is too much. Nima, a battleship with 15-inch main guns, Lao Tzu has it now, how can it be built for you? That's right, it seems that as long as you give money, you can sell anything, but that definitely doesn't include such things as battleships. No matter how economic interests of the Yankees are paramount, they are also a state, not a business, and as long as a government with a normal IQ is normal, it is impossible to sell weapons that are better than its own weapons in service to its neighbors, especially if this neighbor is not so iron-clad allies, what if there is a conflict at that time? Do you want those things that threaten you to deal with yourself? It has only been a few decades since the incident of being bullied by the Chilean Navy in the last century.

Of course, the battleships with 15-inch guns, Eagle Sauce is not impossible to build, they started construction of a total of four last year and this year. These new battleships have two 15-inch main guns, and the firepower arrangement, shape, and underwater line are very close to the Fuxi class, which can be regarded as an enlarged version of the Fuxi class. Because they were very satisfied with the design of the Fuxi class, they thought that it was a design that could be used for 2 years. But these four bunkered battleships are not yet finished. In addition, they are starting to work on the 6-inch main gun again this year, and it is expected to be done next year.

Of course, if Chile has enough money, it is not impossible to provide it, but Chile does not want to pay too much money for cutting down a battleship. As a result, the interest of the United States has greatly decreased. Nima, how dare you play battleships? So, they just replaced the main guns of the New York class with four twin-mounted 15-inch guns and gave them to Chile.

In fact, with the design of the Fuxi class, the new version after replacing the 15-inch gun can definitely suppress the original 14-inch gun version.

However, the Chinese plan - the "Type 2" battleship has better performance. The dimensions of this type of battleship are 20 meters long and 3 meters wide with a waterline and a draft of 9 meters, with a standard displacement of 336 tons. The main gun is nine 30 mm 45 times diameter guns, three triple turrets, two in the front and one in the rear, and the two turrets in front are knapsack. The secondary guns are the B twin 130 mm 6 x diameter high and flat dual-purpose guns, and the other six twin 40 mm cannons. The thickness of the main armor belt is 330 mm, the thickness of the main horizontal armor in the core area is 13umm, the frontal armor of the main turret is 3umm, the gun mount is 35umm at the thickest, the armor of the conning tower is 3umm, and the anti-mine compartment is 6mm thick.

The power plant is 2 heavy oil boilers and 4 steam turbines, with a total power of 44,000 shaft horsepower. Thanks to the optimization of the linear shape and the design of the bulbous bow and large square stern, the maximum speed can reach knots, and the endurance is 26 knots/2 knots. Like the Fuxi class, it is also electrically driven.