The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

The results of the sea trials were not long in coming, and it turned out that the quality and performance of the battleship fully met the design requirements, and some performance indicators even exceeded the design ones.

For example, the maximum speed was originally designed to be 17 knots, but during the sea trial, it ran a maximum speed of 18 knots.

This speed is about 15% faster than the main battleships currently equipped by various countries in the world!

For a capital battleship, speed is a very important performance indicator.

Battleships of this era usually use their speed advantage to seize the T-position during naval battles, so as to give full play to the advantages of their flank guns as much as possible and give the enemy the greatest blow.

Therefore, a 15% increase in speed means that if they encounter an enemy of similar strength at sea, it will be easier for them to grab the T-position, which will give them a huge advantage.

And if you are fast, there is another advantage, that is, if you can't beat the opponent, you can also quickly get out of the battle with your extremely high speed.

The other party's speed was slow, and even if they found out that they were going to retreat, they couldn't catch up at all, so they could only watch them run away.

Therefore, after learning that the battleship Brandenburg ran at a high speed that exceeded expectations during sea trials, those countries that were already tempted suddenly became more happy, and those countries that were still hesitating before were also completely moved at this time!

For example, the stuffy bear......

"This battleship looks much better than the main battleship of Rausch that the Gauls recommended before!"

"Since the performance is similar, then why spend money to buy the battleships of the Gauls, and people are stupid enough to give them money?"

When the hairy bears saw the beautiful battleship of the Second Empire, their hearts fell into deep thought.

He had just inquired that when the Ottomans ordered such ships, the price of each ship was only 600,000 pounds, which was 40% cheaper than the price given by the Gaul side!

This means that if you buy two battleships on the Gallic side, you will have three leftovers on this side!

In the absence of a significant difference in performance between the two, even a fool knows what to choose!

The hairy bear man would not give Gaul the difference of 400,000 pounds because of his friendship with Gaul.

So, unless the Gauls could significantly reduce the price of the original price, they would rather buy the warships of the Second Empire than look back to the Gauls.

It's just that the cost of this battleship of the Gauls is already more than 700,000 pounds, and if they are expected to sell it to the woolly bears at a price lower than the cost price, then the Gauls will definitely not do it!

You hairy bears want to save money, am I Gauls willing to lose money?

Although he also suffered a defeat, Gaul was still burdened with a heavy debt of 100 million francs!

They still want to make some money from the hairy bear people and return the blood!

How is it possible to do something to send warmth to the furry bear?

Since the Gauls refused to lower their prices, the furry bears naturally immediately turned around to the Second Empire.

"Your Majesty Andrews, I am Belinovsky, the special envoy of Mao Xiong, and we have taken a fancy to this Brandenburg-class battleship of your country and want to purchase a batch of equipment for our navy.

Considering the long-standing friendship between our two countries and the tradition of good military cooperation that has been maintained before, I wonder if your country can give us certain preferential treatment!"

The hairy bear man is not stupid, and he plays the friendship card as soon as he comes up, hoping to get a discount.

In this regard, Andrews only has one sentence for them: "Love to buy, not sell!"

The popularity of the Brandenburg-class battleships exceeded Andrews's expectations, and they have already received orders from dozens of countries, including Eagle Sauce, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, Itali, Spain, and Grape.

Together, these orders will allow their shipyard to schedule five years later!

And I heard that the Samba country, the Agen country, Zhili, Columbia and other countries in South America are interested in this battleship and are about to send people to Bailin to buy it.

In this case, the empire is not short of orders at all.

The hairy bear people didn't recognize the situation at all, and tried to threaten themselves with orders to get discounts, but they thought it was quite beautiful.

It's a pity that Andrews has a large amount of orders, and there is no shortage of them for this order, so he is not threatened at all.

The hairy bear man was deflated, and his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver.

They held back the anger in their hearts, but they did not dare to attack. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

If this offends the Kaiser severely, then the business may really be over.

The Hanns could not have sold them warships, but they could not find a better alternative.

Do you really want them to go back and buy that expensive battleship of the Gauls?

Something impossible!

Therefore, although he was very angry in his heart, the hairy bear man did not dare to attack, and could only swallow his anger and say:

We don't want discounts, can we agree to sell warships to us, just according to the original price!

Price?

Andrews glanced at the hairy bearman, "The original price is okay, but it has to be settled at once, I can't trust the credibility of your hairy bear!"

It's not that Andrews is specifically targeting the Furs, it's that the Fursmen don't have a good reputation, and their finances look pretty bad, which makes Andrews wonder if they can afford to come up with such a large sum of money.

Therefore, he does not take orders lightly from furry bears.

Unless the woolly bear pays for the goods in full and delivers the money to him, he will not dare to accept the hairy bear's order.

After all, (Li Qianzhao), if halfway through the construction, the hairy bear people suddenly defaulted on their debts, then the empire would suffer heavy losses!

Therefore, it is okay to accept orders from woolly bears, but the problem of money must be settled first, otherwise there is no need to talk about it.

However, this request made the face of the hairy bear man change from the color of pork liver to sauce red.

A battleship costs 600,000 pounds, and if you order ten, it will be 6 million pounds, and this money makes them take it out in one go, and they really can't take it out.

Even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you can't make it up!

What are the economic conditions of the woolly bear, which Europeans don't know?

Therefore, the other party's sentence is basically equivalent to rejecting their purchase request.

However, just when the furry bears were already desperate.

But I heard Andrews say faintly:

"If you can't come up with cash, it's okay to exchange it with us with other incentives!"