My Italian Chapter 476

Remember [New] for a second,! Marshal Tirpitz took the German naval officers to Venice for a week. During this week, Tirpitz boarded the deck of the Dreadnought four or five times. From here, you can see that the commander of the German Navy Doorman, love for this ship.

During this period, the Dreadnought went to sea three times, and each time the ship was accompanied by German officers. They took a small notebook while reading and taking notes, trying to record everything they saw on the Dreadnought.

As for Marshal Tirpitz, he experienced the high speed of the ship for the first time after boarding the ship for the third time.

According to the observations of the Italian Navy test officers and soldiers, when the Dreadnought was fully output, its maximum power reached 31,318 horsepower, so the Dreadnought rushed to a high speed of 23 knots in one fell swoop. The actual power far exceeds the designed power by so much, which not only surprised the Italian officers, but also the German officers who visited together.

For the power system to be able to explode such surging power under full power, it all depends on the role of the oil-fired boiler. The explosive power of this product, which combines German and Italian marine power boiler technologies, is amazing. Not to mention the use of fuel that can burn more fully, which increases the output power of the boiler.

The increase in power is definitely good news for the Dreadnought, and this has also strengthened some of the ideas of the German Navy. After several visits to the Dreadnought, the German Navy finally made a request to Italy to purchase the complete set of technology for the Dreadnought.

"Admiral Yagier, your country's Dreadnought battleship is an epoch-making masterpiece. I hope your country can share the blueprint of this ship with our country in accordance with the alliance agreement."

"No problem, but I would like your country to offer the following technologies in exchange."

Saying that, Admiral Yagier took the document handed by the officer next to him and put it in front of Tirpitz.

Although Germany and Italy are in an alliance relationship, they can also provide each other with technical materials, etc., but the premise of all this has a principle of equivalence, that is, whether it is technology or goods provided by the two sides, the value of both should be equal.

That's right, the value is equal. Because this is also an exchange principle formulated in full consideration of the actual situation of the two countries. After all, no one wants to suffer a loss, so an exchange of equal value is also in line with the actual situation of the two parties. Of course, when two parties have a dispute over a technology or material, they can adjust their differences through negotiation. If the disagreement is too great, then the two parties can choose whether to terminate the exchange, or one party to meet the requirements of the other party.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the two parties rarely reach the last step, because the two parties usually reach an agreement in the first step.

And this time, Germany has also done a good job in purchasing the full set of technologies for the Dreadnought. It knows what technologies Italy needs. For example, in the chemical industry, Italy has already coveted it. If nothing else, German dyes dominate the world, and every textile factory that wants to render will basically purchase German dyes.

And this time, in order to win the full set of drawings of the Intrepid, an Italian in Tirpitz has already opened his mouth to ask for chemistry, optics, electrification and other technologies.

However, when he took over the conditions provided by Italy, he found that the Italians did not ask for the purchase of these technologies at all, but put forward several conditions that made him feel a little puzzled, such as the requirement to participate in the research and development of synthetic ammonia technology. , in addition to synthetic ammonia, there are several studies that Italy hopes to participate in.

It was clear that the Italians wanted to ride on Germany's shoulders and gain access to new technologies with them.

Regarding the minds of the Italians, although Marshal Tirpitz is only a soldier, there is no reason why he is not clear about the intention of the other party. "As for the conditions given by your country, we need to consider it."

Facing Tirpitz's words, Admiral Yagier replied immediately. "No problem, you can discuss it carefully."

Although Admiral Yagier said so, he did not think that the head of the German Navy would come up with tricks. Because in this matter, Germany has demands from Italy, and the urgency is still very high.

I did not see that Germany passed two consecutive naval bills, especially the 1900 naval bill, which doubled the size of the navy established in 1898 and required that the size of the German Navy's warships be increased to thirty-six capital ships by 1917. , 14 heavy cruisers, 38 light cruisers and about 100 torpedo boats, its construction scale is the second largest in Europe.

How could such an urgent shipbuilding plan let go of the epoch-making warship Dreadnought.

Admiral Yagier was not worried at all, the Germans would not comply with their demands. Speaking of which, the Italian Navy has sacrificed so much this time, so in terms of funding, perhaps His Majesty the King should consider the difficulties of the Navy.

Especially in the case that the shipbuilding of European countries is not stopping, the Italian Navy must keep up with the footsteps of other countries, otherwise the Italian Navy will become the last existence among the navies of the great powers.

It needs to be explained here that although the British and German shipbuilding speed is relatively fast, there is another country that builds ships very fast, and that is the United States across the Atlantic Ocean.

Although the United States lost in the previous Spanish-American War, it stimulated the young and vigorous America. In the following time, American warships were like dumplings. So far, the United States has as many as 19 battleships under construction and in service, which is much faster than Germany, which is clamoring all over the world (15 battleships under construction and service~www .mtlnovel.com~ worthy of being the son of heaven with deep pockets.

Of course, from the point of view of a powerful naval power, the performance of these warships in the United States may be a little bit different from that of the ships of other countries, but this also shows a kind of thinking of the United States in building warships. People are not short of money. (Currently, the United States ranks first in the world in terms of shipbuilding expenditure, and the annual shipbuilding cost of at least 15 million pounds is enough to make the navies of other countries salivate)

Of course, it is also fortunate that the Atlantic Ocean is separated. Otherwise, such unscrupulous shipbuilding by the United States will inevitably lead to larger-scale shipbuilding behaviors of various countries.

Not letting Admiral Yagier wait for a long time, after about three or four days, Marshal Tirpitz finally returned to the negotiating table.

"As for your country's request, our country considers it acceptable after careful consideration."

Facing Tirpitz's words, Admiral Yagier smiled. "Marshal Tirpitz, I believe that your country's new battleship will surprise the world in the near future."

In fact, it is impossible for Tirpitz to abandon the ship without him saying so. For him, who is currently trying to build 70% of the naval strength of the British Empire, this new battleship is an inevitable acquisition, otherwise he will not spend a lot of saliva to persuade the Kaiser. After all, the German navy relies on the emperor's attention to develop so rapidly.

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