bullyxtreme Chapter 214 Hans Navy's Order for 4 Battleships
Chapter 214 Hans Navy's Order for 4 Battleships
Song Yang brought Hans Meisel, Chief of the Naval General Staff, to his office, took out a file bag from the drawer and placed it in front of him.
“We can’t show you this battleship yet, but you can take a look at its performance first.
If you are interested, you will see it or them a year from now."
Hearing what Song Yang said, Chief of General Staff General Meisel's curiosity was completely aroused.
He then opened the file bag and began to read the relevant documents that had been translated into German.
This document is an introduction to the Yamato-class battleships of the Yamato Hotel.
The Yamato-class battleship is indeed the pinnacle of battleships in the history of the original time and space. Without considering electronic equipment, no battleship can gain the upper hand in a battle with it.
Full load displacement is tons and speed is 27 knots.
武器为三座三联装460毫米舰炮，两座155毫米三联装副炮、十二座127毫米双联装高炮、156门25毫米机关炮以及2座双联装13.2毫米高射机枪。
It is very powerful in terms of tonnage, main gun firepower, anti-aircraft firepower, speed, etc.
If it had not been born at the wrong time, the Yamato-class battleships would undoubtedly have brought battleships to new heights.
Jiang Hua was also very curious about whether this giant ship would trigger a new battleship-building craze when it appeared in Xizhou.
Although the two aircraft carriers and jet carrier-based aircraft of the Restoration Army Navy have made all countries determine that aircraft carriers will be the main battleships at sea in the future, battleships will soon become supporting roles.
But it would be good if the Yamato-class battleships that can pass through can stimulate them to build one or two more battleships.
After all, the resources required to build a battleship are huge, and building one more would waste a lot of their resources.
Taking this into consideration, Jiang Hua decided to move the battleship out.
It was based on this that he also built two new generation dreadnought-class battleships.
After the base was upgraded, all ships were upgraded to the second generation, including this dreadnought-class battleship.
It is no longer based on the Montana model, but uses a completely new design.
It also uses nuclear power as its power system, and its full load displacement reaches 10 tons.
The weapon consists of four triple-mounted 4mm main guns, with two in front and two in the back.
The weight of a triple-mounted 500mm main gun alone is more than 3200 tons, and four of them weigh tons.
In addition, it is also equipped with air defense missiles, anti-ship missiles and other weapons.
When this battleship appears, it will surely drive the world crazy and push the battleship wave directly to its peak.
He didn't believe that other countries would remain indifferent when faced with this 100,000-ton battleship.
Four Iowa-class battleships, two Montana-class battleships and two Dreadnought-class battleships will constitute the battleship combat system of the future Renaissance Navy.
When Chief of General Staff Meisel saw some drawings of the Yamato-class battleship, his pupils shrank.
Tons of full load displacement and three triple-mounted 3mm naval guns.
Its huge size also gives it strong defensive capabilities.
The thickest armor on the turret is 560 mm, and the thickness of the main armor belt is 410 mm.
This is simply Admiral Meisel's dream ship.
It satisfied all his expectations of a battleship's large tonnage, high speed and strong firepower.
"Can you really build it?"
Song Yang nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course, as long as you need it, it will appear in front of you.
And we can pay after you have accepted the ship.
When it wants to return to Xizhou, our navy will help deliver it safely to your port."
Getting it back safely is also very easy.
The Restoration Army Navy only needed to drive the battleship back in the name of visiting Hans, and with the escort of the aircraft carrier, no one dared to have any bad intentions.
After hearing this, Maisel took a deep breath, his eyes flickering.
"I need to send a telegram back home to report this to the Führer, because I can't make a decision."
They had never considered purchasing battleships before coming here.
What's more, the purchase of such a national treasure is indeed not something that he, the Chief of the Navy General Staff, can decide.
"Of course, you can tell Führer Hilt that it will only cost 300 million marks."
Three hundred million marks!
After hearing this number, Chief of Staff Meisel, who was standing up, paused.
Is this price expensive? It's not really that expensive.
Just the cost of building a single Deutschland-class heavy cruiser currently in service is 8000 million marks.
Three hundred million marks could only build three German heavy cruisers of more than 10,000 tons.
But if you were faced with a battleship of more than 7 tons and equipped with nine 9mm naval guns, anyone who wasn't a fool would choose the battleship without hesitation.
Therefore, this battleship is very attractive to him both in terms of performance and price.
But before leaving, he still asked a question.
"Song, your Deutschland-class pocket battleship is one of the purposes of our trip. Would you consider selling it?"
After hearing this, Song Yang was stunned.
In fact, he had never considered selling the two retired Deutschland-class heavy cruisers to the Hans.
The reason is very simple. The Hans' Deutschland-class battleships began serving two years ago.
As a result, the Fuxing Army took out two ships without saying a word.
Previously, because the domestic situation in Hans was chaotic, they did not send anyone to investigate.
Now there is no need for investigation.
Because the Renaissance Army is no longer the small player it once was, this matter is destined to come to nothing.
But they were still very interested in the two German-class pocket battleships in the hands of the Restoration Army, provided that the price could be lower.
Song Yang did not feel embarrassed at all after being caught by the real culprit.
"One hundred million marks, and they will be yours."
50 million marks per ship.
Although it is a second-hand ship, it is only less than a year old and is not much different from a brand new one.
This price also made Chief of Staff Meisel very satisfied.
After Chief of Staff Meisel left, Song Yang smiled.
"It looks like the Coast Guard's livery needs to be repainted."
I didn’t expect that these two pieces of junk could be sold. This is a pleasant surprise.
After returning to the Shangjing Hotel where he was staying, Chief of General Staff Meisel reported all the relevant information about the Yamato-class battleships to the country.
When Navy Commander-in-Chief August saw the data of the Yamato-class battleship, his eyes almost popped out.
If Chief of Staff Meisel had not said in the telegram that payment could be made after the acceptance was completed, he would have thought that the Renaissance Army was committing fraud.
After confirming that the Restoration Army was indeed capable of building this battleship, August, the commander-in-chief, was also very excited.
He has a very deep affection for huge ships and cannons, and has always fantasized that the Hans Navy will have an extremely powerful battleship fleet in the future.
And now he has the opportunity to realize this dream.
As for its price, it was nothing to Commander-in-Chief August.
Three hundred million marks is enough to buy a battleship with a full load displacement of tons. This deal is simply worth it.
"Go to the President's residence. I want to see the President. Tell him that I have something very important to report."
Battleships are different from other things. It is not a question of how much money is needed. The decision must be made after obtaining the permission of Führer Hilt, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Otherwise, his career as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy would be over.
When President Hilt saw the telegram, he jumped up and said excitedly, "Buy it. You must buy it. How many do you think we should buy?"
Führer Hilt still highly respected and trusted his naval commander-in-chief.
"Two ships, only two ships are needed to change the current situation of the navy."
Two ships would cost 6 million marks, which is already very difficult for the navy to afford, and it cannot afford any more money.
"Four. If I give you four of these battleships, do you have the confidence to suppress the John's battleship fleet?"
August said confidently: "Of course!"
"Okay, then we'll buy four, but the other two won't be delivered until two years later."
Hilt doesn't have much money now and can't afford four battleships at once, so he can only wait for two years.
During these two years, the two battleships purchased earlier have become combat-ready, and there is not that much economic pressure.
When August left the presidential palace, his mouth was almost crooked with laughter.
Four battleships of more than 7 tons!
In less than three years they will have four such battleships.
He could now imagine the terrified expressions on John's faces as he led the four battleships across the British Channel.
"Such a grand gesture? It seems we have underestimated the allure of the Yamato Hotel to the Hans."
Jiang Hua was also surprised after hearing Song Yang's report.
The four Yamato-class battleships cost 12 billion marks, which is 24 billion ocean dollars.
This is a huge sum of money for the Fuxing government.
Although these two huge sums of money will not be received until 34 and 36 years respectively.
At this time, Jiang Hua's mind suddenly became active.
The four Iowa-class battleships will be commissioned in two or three months.
Since we want to continue to promote the battleship race, why not bring out the four Iowa-class battleships?
And it's not just a simple show, but they will be taken directly to Xizhou.
Walking under the noses of Westerners, constantly irritating their nerves, forcing them to continue building battleships.
After all, in this era, aircraft carriers still have some limitations.
For example, it is impossible to fight at night or in bad sea conditions.
So battleships still had a role to play during this period.
The Iowa class was just a warm-up.
When the three super battleships of Yamato class, Montana class and Dreadnought class appeared one after another.
Neither Citi, John nor Gaul could remain calm.