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    "So, Colonel, how many warships does your country plan to purchase?" Marshal Zhang Cheng looked at Colonel Musamud and asked!  The Ottoman Turkish Empire is one of the key sales targets of the Chinese Navy.  In the treaty with Russia, the Ottoman Turkish Empire received a total of 160 million Chinese dollars in war compensation, and the first phase of 80 million Chinese dollars has already been received!  In addition, in terms of territory, the Ottoman Turkish Empire obtained the Caucasus region, where the Baku oil fields can bring huge profits to the Ottoman Turkish Empire every day.

    "Your Majesty, Marshal, the Ottoman Turkish Empire hopes to purchase ten light cruisers and 16 destroyers! Among them, we only need the newer 'Tianshui-class' light cruisers. How much discount can your country give us for these 26 warships?"  Colonel Musamud asked!

    Although Marshal Zhang Cheng is old, his mind is not rigid. He quickly calculated that based on the price set by China, the price of these 10 'Tianshui-class' light cruisers and 16 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyers is 2  Seventeen million Chinese dollars!

    "Your Excellency, Colonel, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is our ally! Therefore, I will make the decision and give you a 10% discount! You only need to pay 24.3 million yuan to sail back these 26 warships!"  Marshal Zhang Cheng said!

    "10% off? Your Majesty Marshal, this price is too expensive. These warships have been in service for more than ten years!" Colonel Musamud shook his head.  Although, in his heart, he was very satisfied with the price, he didn't express it at all on the surface.  If the price can be kept as low as possible, that would be great!

    "Your Excellency, Colonel, although these battleships have been in service for more than ten years, we have already renovated them and they will serve for another twenty years without any problems! The price of 24.3 million yuan is not low!  In this way, if you wipe out the small change, you can just give me 20 million yuan!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said.  His current behavior is no different from that of a businessman!

    "Your Excellency, Marshal, for 20 million yuan, we will buy these warships!" Colonel Musamud said!

    "No, the price of 20 million yuan is too low! Not only the Ottoman Turkish Empire wants to buy these warships, but other countries want to buy them! If the Ottoman Turkish Empire cannot reach an agreement, then we will have to sell them  Give it to other countries!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said!

    Colonel Musamud looked at the venue, and sure enough, other countries were also actively bargaining with the generals of the Chinese Navy.  Especially those countries in South America. Their countries are weak and cannot afford to buy battleships, but they have a huge demand for cruisers and destroyers!

    "Your Excellency, Marshal, twenty-two million yuan, this is the biggest concession I can make!" Colonel Musamud said through gritted teeth!

    "Okay, deal! You can sign the agreement later, and after you pay, these battleships will belong to you! By the way, doesn't the Ottoman Turkish Empire need some battleships or heavy cruisers? I remember, those two of yours  I'm afraid all the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships are old battleships that have been in service for more than twenty years, right? Our two 'Brandenburg-class' battleships have long been retired! Although the capital ships we are selling now  It's not a first-rate battleship, but it's already far ahead of the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships!" Marshal Zhang Cheng continued to promote!

    "If the 'Qin-class' battleships sold by your country's navy can be cheaper, then we can order two of them!" Colonel Musamud said!  The Ottoman Turkish Empire also lacked capital ships, but their finances were not very wealthy!  A large portion of the war reparations received has been used to fill previous holes.  As for the benefits from the Baku oil field, it will take a long time to be reflected!

    "The 'Qin-class' battleship was one of the main battleships of the Chinese Navy at the time. It made great achievements for the Imperial Navy! Until now, it can definitely be regarded as a world-class battleship! The price of five million yuan is already very high.  That's fair!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said!  The 'Qin-class' battleship has been renovated, and some of the redundant equipment on it, such as the fire control equipment used by the Chinese Navy, have also been removed. These are secret weapons of the Chinese Navy and cannot be sold casually!

    "The price of five million Chinese dollars is too expensive! If three million Chinese dollars can be sold, then we will decide to buy it!" Colonel Musamud said!

    "No, the price of three million Chinese dollars is too low, it must be at least four million Chinese dollars!" Marshal Zhang Cheng shook his head.

    Colonel Musamud hesitated for a moment and continued: "We can agree to the price of four million yuan per ship! However, we still have two conditions!"

    "Two conditions? Colonel, please tell me!" Marshal Zhang Cheng was stunned and then asked.  He didn't agree immediately,?Let¡¯s first see what the conditions proposed by the Ottoman Turkish Empire are and whether they will have any impact on China, and then decide whether to agree!

    ¡°First, in addition to the two ¡®Qin-class¡¯ battleships, we also hope to purchase three super battleships!¡± Colonel Musamud said!  Although the 'Qin-class' battleship is powerful, it only carries a main gun of 305 mm. The Ottoman Turkish Empire hopes to have a powerful battleship with a main gun of 343 mm. Of course, if it can buy a battleship with a main gun of 381 mm  Of course that¡¯s perfect!  However, they also know that China will not sell that kind of powerful battleship at the strategic level easily!  And even if it is sold, the price will definitely be ridiculously high, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire may not be able to afford it!  Therefore, the super battleship with a 343mm main gun has become their best choice!

    "You want to buy a super battleship?" Marshal Zhang Cheng frowned, but in fact he was already laughing in his heart!  The Chinese Navy itself doesn't care much about these super battleships!  It's just that the super battleship is too expensive and other countries may not be able to afford it, so it is not included in the battleships for sale this time!  Since the Ottoman Turkish Empire wants to buy it, China will certainly not object!  However, Marshal Zhang Cheng also planned to hit the Ottoman Turkish Empire hard!

    "The Imperial Navy has decided to use all super battleships as the future capital ships of the Imperial Navy! There are no plans to sell them yet!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said with a frown!

    "Marshal Your Excellency, I know that your navy already has more than 30 super battleships and more than ten aircraft carriers. These super battleships are not of much use to China. They might as well sell them to us.  !" Colonel Musamud said!

    "Although we have more than thirty super battleships, the maritime territory we need to guard is also very vast. These super battleships can only basically meet the needs of the empire!" Marshal Zhang Cheng still did not let up!

    "Your Majesty, Marshal, if your country is willing to sell three super battleships to us, then the Ottoman Turkish Empire is willing to purchase two 'Qin-class' battleships and add one 'Zhonghua-class' battleship and one 'Baiqi-class' battleship."  Order for the cruiser!" Colonel Musamud said!

    Seeing the eager expression of Colonel Musamud, Marshal Zhang Cheng felt happy.  In fact, there was nothing the Ottoman Turkish Empire could do about it!  The Ottoman Turkish Empire's navy was already too weak. In addition, in order to ensure control of the newly occupied territories, they must also strengthen their strength in the Black Sea.  This makes the Ottoman Turkish Empire must ensure that it has a powerful navy!  If we can buy three super battleships from China, with these three super battleships as the core, we can at least ensure the absolute advantage of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the Black Sea!  This will be of great help in deterring the countries around the Black Sea!

    Marshal Zhang Cheng thought for a while and then said: "Well, for the sake of the friendly relations between our two countries, we can sell three super battleships to your country! One of the original British Navy's Orion-class battleships  'Thor', the 'Wyoming' and 'Louisiana' among the two former 'Wyoming-class' battleships of the US Navy. The performance of these two battleships is almost the same, and they are equipped with 5-seat twin-mounted 343mm main  The gun is much more powerful than the 'Qin-class' battleship! Therefore, each of these three super battleships is sold for 10 million Chinese yuan! In addition, a 'Zhonghua-class' battleship is sold for 3.5 million Chinese yuan.  , the price of a 'Baiqi-class' battleship is 3 million yuan!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said!

    "Ten million Chinese dollars? No, this price is too expensive, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire cannot afford it!" Colonel Musamud immediately shook his head!

    In the end, after some haggling, the two sides decided to price the super battleship at 7.5 million Chinese yuan, a total of 22.5 million yuan for the three ships, and 4 million yuan each for the two 'Qin-class' battleships, a total of 8 million yuan.  A 'Zhonghua-class' battleship cost 3.2 million Chinese yuan, and a 'Baiqi-class' battlecruiser cost 2.8 million Chinese yuan.  Including the light cruisers and destroyers purchased by the Ottoman Turkish Empire before, this time the Ottoman Turkish Empire purchased a total of 56.5 million yuan worth of warships from China!  This almost made the Ottoman Turkish Empire's navy immediately have a powerful navy second only to the Chinese navy around the Mediterranean!

    However, Colonel Musamud then raised a second question, that is, the Ottoman Empire could not pay the full amount immediately, but could only pay half, and the remaining half would be paid at the end of the year!

    Marshal Zhang Cheng had no choice but to agree!  With China's current strength, the Ottoman Turkish Empire would definitely not dare to default on its debt!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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