Rise of Australia

Chapter 65 Shipbuilding Technology

Seeing Arthur's insistence, William II didn't say anything, but just nodded: "I will discuss the Gew98 matter with Mauser, but the specific price to sell to you depends on your negotiating skills. .”

Naturally, Arthur would not refuse such a condition. As the standard weapon of the German Army, Gew98 is able to sell its production line to Australia, which is already full of support.

As for the funds needed to purchase Gew98, it was nothing to Arthur.After all, after Gew98 has been improved, it will be one of the strongest rifles in the world for at least the next four to fifty years.

Born in the background of the traditional German military industry, Gew98's sales don't have to worry about sales.

Whether it is Germany and its allies in World War I, or countries obsessed with German weapons in other parts of the world, the export of this gun will be welcomed.

The funds needed to purchase Gew98's production line will be paid back in future arms exports, and even make a lot of money.

"As for Krupp's artillery technology, some of the artillery is also a necessity for warships, so it's okay to hand it over to you. Some extra-large caliber artillery involves the secrets of the German army and may not be handed over to you. I will let Krupp The company talked with you, and there is no problem in handing over the conventional artillery technology to you." William II said with a smile.

In terms of artillery, Germany, which has famous military enterprises including Krupp, is definitely the industry leader.

The Krupp cannon produced by the famous Krupp company is also a sharp weapon for the German Imperial Army to attack cities.

William II's answer was within Arthur's expectations.It was Arthur's surprise that Germany was willing to transfer ordinary artillery technology to Australia.

There are no relatively strong enemies around Australia for the time being, and there are no strong fortresses to stop them.

Under such circumstances, large-caliber artillery that is bulky and inconvenient to transport is also a burden for Australia.

Although it has an unstoppable advantage in siege of cities and villages, it is not very useful for Australia.Coupled with the troubles caused by logistics and the accuracy problems caused by the large caliber, the large-caliber artillery is like a chicken rib, so it is worth noting.

"Just like Mauser, you need your diplomatic team to discuss the details. Including the production line, let your officials discuss the specific price with Mauser and Krupp." Wilhelm II said arrive.

Arthur nodded, no comment.

As a monarch, naturally you can't leave everything to yourself.For a centralized monarchy like Australia, Arthur's more role is to determine the big framework, and the small details need to be perfected by officials.

"Do you need the support of warships and shipyards?" William II continued the topic and asked: "Germany's warship manufacturing may not be comparable to that of the British Empire, but it is definitely world-leading. If you need it, we can also help you Expand the shipyard."

The shipyard owned by Arthur, William II, was also known.

But such a small-scale shipyard is not enough for an island country, let alone for Australia, which wants to stabilize its overseas territories.

"Of course, Your Majesty. Although we have signed an aid treaty on warships with the UK, most of the aid from the UK is technical rather than practical warship blueprints. I hope that we can obtain some advanced warship blueprints from Germany to make up for it. The disadvantage of the scarcity of Australian warship blueprints. In order to express our return to Germany, we are willing to share the advanced technology obtained from the United Kingdom with Germany and purchase these warship blueprints at market prices." Arthur nodded as a matter of course and said with a smile.

Although there will be dreadnoughts born in a few years, these so-called advanced warships will be eliminated.

But if you can't master the current shipbuilding technology and the corresponding more advanced warship drawings, then when the dreadnought is born in the future, Australia will not be able to build a dreadnought.

This is equivalent to the knowledge of elementary and middle schools, although after entering middle school, the knowledge of elementary schools will be completely eliminated.

But if there is no accumulated elementary school knowledge, it will become very difficult to master middle school knowledge.

As the saying goes, little makes more, Australia has nothing, so naturally it is impossible to accumulate it.

Although the German navy is far inferior to the Royal Navy of the British Empire, as an emerging country that has been united for only a few decades, the German Empire has invested heavily in the navy and has already achieved good results.

If Australia can have the ability to build dreadnoughts in the future by mastering German shipbuilding technology and drawings, then it will definitely make money.

Hearing Arthur's proposal, both William II and Prime Minister Bernhard nodded.

As the second power that directly competes with the British Empire, the German Empire cannot obtain technical support from the British Empire.

This also led to the development of the German navy and the development of the British navy in almost two directions. If some advanced British technology can be obtained, not only can some shortcomings of the German naval technology be improved, but also the characteristics of the British navy can be familiarized, so as to achieve the goal of knowing oneself and the enemy. Effect.

"That's no problem, Arthur. You can choose one of the Brunswick-class battleship and the Deutschland-class battleship. Its design drawings and detailed data will be sold to you at market prices. But I have a request, that is, in 15 years Within the period, design drawings and data are not allowed to be resold, nor to disclose any words to other countries and forces in any way." After thinking for a long time, William II nodded and said.

"Of course, Germany has no objection to the sale of finished warships. But the requirement is that the selling price must be the same as that of Germany, so as not to cause malicious competition." Wilhelm II continued.

The cost price of warships is completely different from the selling price, and for some warships, there is even a double gap.

This is why William II said so.After mastering the construction technology, if Australia adopts the method of lowering the price to compete with German shipyards, it will also cause losses to the interests of Germany.

"That's natural, Your Majesty. Australia's industry is vastly different from that of Germany, and the same is true of shipbuilding. Australia will not compete with Germany, nor is it capable of doing so. Our purpose is to master the construction technology of large warships." , to make adequate preparations for the construction of the Australian Navy in the future." Arthur nodded irresistibly, and explained with a smile.

No matter in terms of industrial scale or national prestige, Australia is not qualified to compete with the German Empire, and naturally it is impossible to be arrogant enough to compete with the German Empire.

Arthur's purpose is only to master the construction technology of battleships and prepare for the birth of dreadnoughts in the future.

In any case, before the birth of the dreadnought, Australia needs to master the manufacture of battleships, so that it can try to build it after the birth of the dreadnought, instead of understanding it from scratch.

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