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Text Chapter 1,429 The World¡¯s Third Navy

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    Chile, China's traditional ally in South America, also ordered a large number of warships from China this time!  Although Chile has remained neutral in this war, it has sold a lot of strategic materials to China, including saltpeter, copper ore, iron ore, etc., which China urgently needs, which has beneficially supported China's war!  And it is precisely because of China's support that Chile can dominate the southern region of South America!

    After the South American War that year, Chile has become the most powerful country in South America, with the most powerful army and navy in South America!  However, that war also placed a heavy burden on the Chilean government. It was not until it sold a large amount of war supplies to China during the war that all the arrears were paid off and a huge profit was made at the same time!  Although Chile has become the largest power in South America, it is also under great threat.  After Brazil was defeated by Chile in the last war, it has been working hard to govern. In just a few years, its national strength has increased a lot!  In addition, Brazil's population resources are five times that of Chile, which allows Brazil to recruit more armies!  Therefore, Chile has always been very worried that it will not be able to defeat Brazil in the next war!  The navy has always been Chile's strength, and this time is also an opportunity to expand the Chilean navy!

    In the end, Chile ordered 5 battleships, 5 heavy cruisers, 12 'Tianshui-class' light cruisers, and 18 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyers from China. Among them, the 5 battleships were 1 'Qin-class' battleship and two  The 'Florida Class' battleship and two 'Delaware Class' battleships, the total price of the five battleships is 20 million Chinese dollars, and together with other battleships, the total value is 60 million Chinese dollars.  The total order amount even exceeds the warships ordered by the Ottoman Turkish Empire from China!  This directly brings the strength of the Chilean Navy to a new level, ranking among the top even in the world!

    The Chilean Navy¡¯s crazy expansion of its navy has put a lot of pressure on Brazil!  After consulting the country, the Brazilian ambassador and military attache also ordered two battleships, two heavy cruisers, 6 'Leshan-class' light cruisers and 6 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyers from China. The total order amount was 2,400  Thousands of dollars.  Although the relationship between Brazil and China is not very good, China will naturally not let go of this kind of money that comes to your door!  In addition, this also intensified military confrontation in South America.  Although Chile is a staunch ally of China, if one country remains dominant for a long time, it will also affect all interests in South America.  Therefore, setting up an opponent for Chile and making it necessary for Chile to obtain the support of China is the best result!

    Subsequently, another ally of China in South America, the Republic of Colombia, also ordered some warships from China!  The previous Republic of Colombia was relatively poor, but after the recovery of Panama, the revenue from the canal has become an important source of funding for the Republic of Colombia. Coupled with trade with China, the financial resources of the Republic of Colombia have been greatly alleviated.  And now, we finally have the strength to form a decent navy!  The Republic of Colombia has ordered from China two 'Zhonghua Class' battleships, two 'Baiqi Class' battlecruisers, two 'Beijing Class' heavy cruisers, four 'Leshan Class' light cruisers and four 'Dujiangyan Class' destroyers.  , the total order amount is 23 million!

    The Mexican government did not hesitate to place the order. Even though they were in financial difficulties, they used domestic mines, especially the oil fields in Texas, as collateral to obtain loans worth 500 million yuan from Chinese banks for development.  Mexico's economy and military expansion!  Therefore, this time Mexico has ordered warships, which also seems to be wealthy!  The Mexican government ordered 1 'China Class' battleship, two 'South Carolina Class' battleships, two 'Mississippi Class' battleships, two 'Connecticut Class' battleships, 6 'Beijing Class' heavy cruisers, and 12 ships from China  'Tianshui-class' light cruisers, 6 'Leshan-class' light cruisers, and 6 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyers. After discounts, the total order volume is 63 million yuan.

    In addition to American countries, China also has a wealthy ally in the Middle East, and that is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which can receive 100 million yuan in funding every year and can gain huge benefits in oil!  In this world war, the oil extracted from the Middle East has become an important war material for China to defeat its enemies, and it also occupies an important position in the future world strategic pattern!  With the support of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has completely occupied the Arabian Peninsula and has become the leading power in the Middle East!  However, this time the Saudi Kingdom started too late. By the time they made a request to order warships, all the battleships had been sold out.  As a last resort, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had no choice but to use its friendly relations with China to order two super battleships and two of the original British Navy's King George V-class battleships, the HMS Bold and the HMS Centurion.  However, the price of these two super battleships is not low, 11 million yuan each!  In addition, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has also ordered 4 "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers, 6 "Tianshui-class" light cruisers, and 4 "Leshan-class" light cruisers.Ships, 10 "Dujiangyan-class" destroyers, the total order is 47 million yuan!  For the wealthy Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Chinese Navy did not give any discount at all!  However, the Chinese Navy promised to train naval officers and soldiers for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  After the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia owns this fleet, it will also become a powerful navy second only to China in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean!

    The Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Bulgaria were still waiting and watching, but when they saw those countries frantically placing orders from China, they were stunned!  When they reacted and started snapping up warships, there were only two heavy cruisers and two 'Leshan-class' light cruisers left. In the end, they had no choice but to pay 3 million yuan each to buy one.  Heavy cruiser and a 'Leshan-class' light cruiser.

    In less than an hour, all the hundreds of warships provided by the Chinese Navy were sold, and a total of 279.5 million yuan was obtained.  The final statistical results made the Navy Minister Zhang Chengdu unable to believe it!  Originally, he thought that it would be good if he could sell half of them, and the remaining warships would probably have to be sealed or dismantled.  But I didn't expect that these countries have such a huge demand for warships!  You know, in addition to these countries, there is another big customer who is negotiating with the Chinese Navy!  If the order is finalized, it will be more objective!

    As the third most powerful country in the world, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not compete with other countries for the warships brought out by the Chinese Navy.  While other countries are rushing to buy warships, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to China Anton Huber and Rear Admiral Lukat are negotiating with Marshal Li Dingxin, Vice Minister of the Chinese Navy!  The Austro-Hungarian Empire is targeting those super battleships and aircraft carriers, as well as supporting fighter planes!

    For the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they hoped to expand their power in the Mediterranean and even around the world.  However, the development of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army and navy was extremely unbalanced. The army was barely strong, but the navy was very weak!  Compared with the first-ranked Chinese Navy and the second-ranked German Navy, there is a very big gap!  This is what the senior leaders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire do not want to see, especially Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  Therefore, this time Major General Lucart came to China on the orders of Archduke Ferdinand and wanted to purchase a batch of powerful warships from China to strengthen the Austro-Hungarian Navy and enable them to become the third largest navy in the world.  Navy!  Of course, if possible, it would be best to get two aircraft carriers and supporting fighter planes!

    "Your Excellency, Marshal, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is very sincere this time! It's just that we need more powerful battleships, not those old battleships!" Rear Admiral Lucart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire said!

    "So, which battleship are you interested in?" Marshal Li Dingxin asked.

    "If possible, of course we hope to order a 'Tang-class' battleship from China!" Rear Admiral Lukart said!

    "Ha! The 'Tang-class' battleship is the top battleship of the Imperial Navy. The Empire will not allow the export of such a battleship!" Marshal Li Dingxin shook his head.  Although the Chinese Navy already has more powerful "Imperial-class" battleships, there are only two "Imperial-class" battleships. The number is too small. The four "Tang-class" battleships have become indispensable in the Chinese Navy's main ship fleet.  Missing important existence!

    "Austro-Hungary also knows this. We know that the Chinese Navy captured a British Navy's Queen Elizabeth battleship and a U.S. Navy's Pennsylvania-class battleship Massachusetts. Therefore, we hope that China  Able to sell these two battleships to us!" Rear Admiral Lucart said.

    Marshal Li Dingxin was a little surprised. It seemed that the Austro-Hungarian Empire really had a big appetite. The battleship Queen Elizabeth and Massachusetts were both battleships of the same level as the Tang-class battleships, but they were inferior in firepower and armor.  In terms of speed, it is not as good as the 'Tang-class' battleship, but its four twin-mounted 381mm main guns are still very powerful!  You know, even among the current battleships of the same class in the German Navy, there is only one left, namely the 'Saxony' among the 'Bavaria-class' battleships!  If the Austro-Hungarian Navy acquires two ships, this will make their naval strength surpass that of Germany, at least on the surface!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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