reborn super empire

Johann Goethe looked at a quote in his hand, his arms trembling non-stop, every number on it touched his heart, this quote was really shocking.

The name of the item above shocked him, but the quotation behind it made him even more frightened.The long series of numbers made him have no idea what kind of reaction he should have.

"Master Prime Minister, do you see that the price above is getting cheaper?"

After a long time, Johann Goethe looked at Wu Zhongguo with some excitement, and begged.

Not to mention the mustache, even John Goethe knew that if this opportunity was seized, Germany's sea power would increase several times, and the British navy would no longer be the opponent of the German navy.

As for the British navy's naval blockade of Germany, the German navy can also take this opportunity to completely counterattack its opponents, changing from the role of the besieged to the surrounded role. If it works properly, it can even cut off the connection between the United Kingdom and the United States.

From now on, Britain will no longer be able to get any supplies from the United States. Once these are cut off, Britain will surely fall into chaos, and Britain, which has lost American supplies, would it be a matter of minutes for Germany to attack them?

But what troubled John Goethe the most was the quotation issue. The quotation for an aircraft carrier had completely exceeded his expectations, even surpassed a battleship, which made him very headache and depressed.

Although the role of aircraft carriers has been revealed, the Germans do not have to have aircraft carriers. If they had a choice, they would rather buy more battleships to deal with the British navy.

However, regarding the Iowa-class battleships, the Chinese Empire has stated that it will only sell up to five ships.And each ship is priced at $[-] million.

This can be said to be a sky-high price in world arms sales, and the cost of other aircraft carriers.At best, it is half or one-third of a battleship.

But here in the Chinese Empire.But on the contrary, the quotation of an aircraft carrier is 6000 million US dollars higher than that of a battleship, which makes John Goethe very depressed.

"The price is already the lowest, and I can tell you clearly that among the quotations given to the Japanese, the quotations you get are 1000 million lower than the Japanese quotations for each item of equipment.

And I won't say much about the role of aircraft carriers. It's not that the UK doesn't have aircraft carriers.Did they take advantage of our carriers?Our country has only 100 aircraft carriers so far, while the United States and the United Kingdom together have almost [-] ships. Have they taken advantage of us?

Therefore, you can’t just look at the price of the equipment, you have to see its role. We have enough equipment for one or two, or even more, so it is worth the price, at least compared with the US aircraft carrier.We are much more advanced than them. "

Wu Zhongguo was not surprised, but patiently explained.

For arms sales, this is a big job, and it can make a lot of money if it is done well.Moreover, domestic steel is basically state-owned.The cost is only one labor, from mining to smelting steel, to manufacturing warships.It's all just a labor.

If you make a budget based on the normal selling price of steel, plus all the equipment and technology on the aircraft carrier.Then the cost of an aircraft carrier should be around 3000 million U.S. dollars, so the quoted price is 6000 million U.S. dollars.He really doesn't make any money.

You must know that man-made aircraft carriers for Germany stopped the speed of the Chinese Empire's own aircraft carriers. This also means that the Chinese Empire will not be able to install new aircraft carriers for a long time in the future. This loss is not just as simple as 3000 million up.

"Yes, Prime Minister, I have indeed understood the role of aircraft carriers. As you said, aircraft carriers will play an important role in future naval battles, and even replace battleships. I believe all of this, but the price is really high." It’s too high, and our country doesn’t have the ability to buy it at all.”

Although Johann Goethe has not passed the offer back to Berlin, he has already made a decision.

The quotation must be pulled to the lowest price before it can be sent back to Berlin. Otherwise, if the other side is fancy but thinks it is expensive, it will be even more difficult to draw a bottom line for him to bargain again. up.

What Johann Goethe had to do was to bargain first to see if it could be cut down, or how much it could be cut down, and to make preparations first, so as not to be caught off guard and fail to complete the task.

"Well, I can tell you very clearly that there is no need to discuss the price, because the cost of an aircraft carrier is already 5000 million US dollars, and this does not include the wages of the workers. Apart from these, we can still earn How much? To put it bluntly, it means earning you millions of dollars. In an arms purchase worth hundreds of millions, or even billions, is a few million dollars too much?

In addition, I can also make you feel more at ease. To tell you the truth, the aircraft carrier sold to you is the same as the one we are currently installing. air defenses, and advanced electronics.

Without these, what do you think we can use a dozen aircraft carriers to fight against hundreds of enemy aircraft carriers?All these technologies play a key role.

At the same time, you have also seen that in our country, aircraft carriers are more popular than battleships. An aircraft carrier formation is only equipped with four battleships, and they are escorts, and more are other small ships and submarines. "

Wu Zhongguo continued to explain, fooling, it depends on who can fool who, anyway, he has plenty of time here, and now that he has national debts, he is not very short of money, and he can replenish it next year. Arms sales are actually for the sake of Abroad to collect money.

At the same time, use the money to stimulate the domestic market, thereby accelerating the speed of domestic economic development and improving the country's level of development.

Except for labor costs and equipment wear and tear costs, the others do not require any cost at all. Therefore, to build an aircraft carrier according to the method of the Chinese Empire, the quotation is 6000 million, but in fact it can be built with less than 2000 million.

Of course, this is mainly because there is no need to purchase all the resources, they are all ready-made, and there are natural resources they need in all parts of the country, and they are all state-owned, just bring them directly. If you buy them, it is really 3000 million.

Therefore, adopting this system can still bring them a lot of benefits. Just take this aircraft carrier to see how great the benefits are. If it succeeds, an aircraft carrier can make a net profit of about 4000 million. A deal, an absolute big deal.

"Then Prime Minister, please be sure to answer my question. If we buy it, how long will it take to deliver it to our navy?"

Seeing Wu Zhongguo's tough attitude, Johann Goethe had an idea of ​​how to report to Berlin, but in terms of price, he always felt that it could be suppressed, but for some reason, Wu Zhongguo just refused to give him this opportunity.

At this time, Germany was in a weak position, especially since the last time Mustache held a meeting in Isle of Tran, the influence of the Chinese Empire had even penetrated into Europe, and Germany's hegemony had also been shaken a little.

"It depends on what you buy. If it is an aircraft carrier, it can be guaranteed to be delivered to you within three months. If it is a battleship, it can be delivered within two months. For other frigates and destroyers, it is almost a month or so. As for the transport ship, if there is no need for debugging, it can basically be controlled within ten days."

Wu Zhongguo returned without even thinking about it. Now is the time to show the industrial capabilities of the Chinese Empire. He must seize the opportunity to build warships and let the Germans know how powerful they are, so they are forced to cooperate with him and let them Go to more funds.

"What if we want to buy a fleet? It's exactly the same configuration as your country's fleet."

John Goethe asked thoughtfully.

"At most three months, all of them can be delivered, plus one hundred Victory Ships."

Wu Zhongguo replied directly.

Although the Victory Wheel is a military transport ship, it is not manufactured in a warship factory. Even ordinary civilian ship manufacturers can produce it, and many Victory Wheels used by the army are also manufactured by these civilian shipyards.

The military shipyards owned by the state are only responsible for manufacturing warships, and different factories are responsible for manufacturing warships of different levels, and the assembly line-like production also greatly increases their construction speed.

It can be said that if all the shipyards in the country operate at full capacity, they can completely build two aircraft carrier formations within three months. fleet.

Of course, considering the quality issue, Su Dao didn't plan to recruit civilian shipyards to manufacture warships, and one of them was also for the sake of confidentiality.

As for the cost of manufacturing Victory Wheels by civilian shipyards, this is even simpler. The state only pays a processing fee, and the state is responsible for the unification of materials. There is no need to sell your own things to the shipyard, and then the shipyard is selling it to itself. That's it.

"Okay, I will truthfully report the content of our conversation to His Excellency the head of state. As for what to do, it needs to be decided by the head of state."

John Goethe nodded and said.

"I hope we can cooperate happily."

Wu Zhongguo was not dissatisfied, but shook hands with Johann Goethe to make peace.

At the same time, several of Wu Zhongguo's deputies found the Japanese ambassador and the Republic of China ambassador respectively. The purpose was the same, that is, to sell warships. If what Wu Zhongguo said earlier was true, the price of warships sold to Japan was generally higher than that of Germany.

But the price of selling it to the Republic of China is much lower than that of the Germans. The price of an aircraft carrier is only 6000 million U.S. dollars, which is [-] million lower than that of the Germans, which is nearly half the price.

The Republic of China needs to consider it, because they want to develop their own industrial capabilities, and the Japanese side is also under intense discussion because of the lack of resources, but the high quotation also makes the Japanese somewhat overwhelmed. (To be continued..)