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    "The battleship 'Queen Elizabeth' and the battleship 'Massachusetts' can be sold to you! However, you also know the power of these two battleships! The price is definitely not cheap!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said!  The cost of the Chinese Navy's "Tang-class" battleships is as high as 30 million yuan. This is mainly because the "Tang-class" battleships not only pursue powerful firepower and defense power, but also have extremely demanding requirements on speed, so the cost has been reduced.  Very high!  However, the British Navy's 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships and the US Navy's 'Pennsylvania-class' battleships are different. These two classes of battleships are equipped with four twin-mounted 381 mm main guns, but their top speed is only 23 knots, which is far from the  The 28 knots of the 'Tang Class' battleship are so abnormal.  In addition, the armor is not as thick as the Tang-class battleship.  Therefore, the cost is much cheaper than the 'Tang Class' battleship!  However, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire wants to buy it, China will definitely not let go of this opportunity to kill them!

    "Your Excellency, Marshal, I wonder how much your country plans to sell one vessel for?" Major General Lukart asked with some worry. He was really afraid that China would take the opportunity to make a big fuss!

    "Twenty-five million yuan per ship!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said slowly, as if he had said an insignificant number!

    "Twenty-five million yuan? Impossible, this is too expensive! It is almost twice the cost of the 'Iron Duke-class' battleship!" Major General Lucart jumped up!  You know, the "Iron Duke-class" battleship China sold to them was priced at a decent price of only 14 million yuan.

    "This price is not expensive at all! Whether it is the battleship 'Queen Elizabeth' or the battleship 'Massachusetts', they are much more powerful than the 'Iron Duke' class battleship. Even if it is one against two, there is a high chance of winning!"  Marshal Li Dingxin said.  Although he also thought that the price of 25 million Chinese dollars was a bit too expensive, of course he would not say that in front of the people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    "The Austro-Hungarian Empire can accept a price of 18 million Chinese dollars at most! If it exceeds this price, then we have no choice but to give up!" Major General Lucart said!  The budget given by Archduke Ferdinand was very limited, if the price was too expensive.  He couldn't explain it to Archbus Ferdinand!  The Austro-Hungarian Empire gained a lot from this world war. In particular, it extorted a lot of war reparations from Italy and Russia, totaling more than 1.5 billion. Even the first phase of war reparations received was almost eight  100 million!  This wealth is enough to bring the military strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a higher level!  However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire now has very serious domestic problems.  Most of the funds have to be spent domestically. Archduke Ferdinand can provide up to 100 million yuan for this time's naval ship purchase!

    "The price of 18 million yuan is too low. The Chinese Navy will not sell two powerful warships equipped with 381 mm main guns at this price! If the Austro-Hungarian Empire gives up, then the Chinese Navy can continue to use it!  "Marshal Zhang Cheng said indifferently!

    "Marshal, let's do this! We can raise the price to 20 million yuan, which is already our bottom line!" Major General Lukart said!

    but.  Marshal Zhang Cheng still shook his head. He had already figured out that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was very interested in these two battleships. If he did not seize this opportunity to blackmail them severely, he would completely let this opportunity go to waste.  Sneak away!

    "Twenty-four million yuan! If the Austro-Hungarian Empire accepts it, these two powerful battleships will belong to you!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said!

    "Marshal, this price is still too high! We cannot accept it!" said Anton Huber, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to China!

    "Then. I can only express regret for this!" Marshal Zhang Cheng shrugged helplessly.

    "Your Excellency Ambassador Huber, Your Excellency General Lucart, you must know that these two battleships are among the top battleships in the world! Even the German Navy only has one battleship of the same type left! If the Austro-Hungarian Empire  If we can purchase these two battleships, it will be very helpful to improve the naval strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! I believe that Archduke Ferdinand will also be very satisfied with this!" Marshal Li Dingxin said!

    Ambassador Anton Huber and Major General Lukat looked at each other.  They have to admit that China¡¯s proposal is indeed very tempting!  Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire has always acted as Germany's little brother, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also never wants to stand up and take charge!  If the Austro-Hungarian Empire's navy could be made stronger than the German navy, the two of them would definitely be appreciated by Archduke Ferdinand.  This will be very helpful to both of their careers!  The health of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria has become worse and worse, and Crown Prince PhilipArchduke Ferdinand is about to become the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as long as he can satisfy Archduke Ferdinand.  Then their future is guaranteed!

    "Your Excellency, Marshal, each ship costs 22 million yuan! This is the bottom line that the Austro-Hungarian Empire can finally accept! If it exceeds this price, then we have no choice but to give up!" Major General Lucart said almost through gritted teeth.  Calculating this way, his expenses this time have exceeded the budget!  If Archduke Ferdinand was dissatisfied with this.  Then he's finished.  Of course, he was very confident that Archduke Ferdinand would be very satisfied with having two battleships of the same level as the most powerful 'Bavaria-class' battleships of the German Navy!

    Marshal Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Well, since the Austro-Hungarian Empire is also our ally, these two battleships have been sold to you for 22 million yuan!  "

    In this case, the Austro-Hungarian Empire purchased the battleship 'Queen Elizabeth' and the battleship 'Massachusetts' from the Chinese Navy at a price of 22 million yuan each, and another fourteen battleships at a price of 14 million Chinese yuan.  An 'Iron Duke-class' battleship, and the battleship 'Ajax' and the 'Texas' were also buried at a price of 11 million yuan each!  There are a total of eight super battleships, with a total price of 122 million yuan!

    Marshal Zhang Cheng, the Minister of the Navy, and Marshal Li Dingxin, the Deputy Minister, were already laughing. Including the battleships sold to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the warships handled by the Navy this time were sold for a total of 401.5 million yuan.  Yuan¡¯s high price!  If all were used to build 'Tang-class' battleships, at least 14 could be built!  And the power of these old battleships is definitely not as powerful as the 14 'Tang-class' battleships!

    "So, Marshal, can your country agree to our proposal to purchase China's Wuyue-class aircraft carrier?" Major General Lukart asked.  Another mission of his visit to China this time is to order an aircraft carrier from China, and it is also China's most advanced "Wuyue-class" aircraft carrier.  While China and Germany were both rapidly developing aircraft carriers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not far behind!  However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had no research in this area before. If they developed it themselves, they would not be able to catch up with Germany. Therefore, they had no choice but to import it from China!

    "Your Excellency Major General, the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier is China's most powerful aircraft carrier. At present, our own aircraft carriers are not enough, and there are no plans to export them yet! Moreover, the export of such weapons must obtain His Majesty's consent.  ! I will make this suggestion to His Majesty at the appropriate time! However, it will definitely not work in a short time!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said!  You know, the Germans are now working hard to develop aircraft carriers that can rival China's 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers and 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carriers. If sold to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it will be easy for Germany to obtain relevant information about Chinese aircraft carriers!  Although the relationship between Germany and Austria-Hungary is somewhat tense now, no one can guarantee whether they will reconcile again.  In addition, even if their relationship continues to be tense, with the capabilities of Germany's intelligence department, it is still not a problem to obtain information about Chinese aircraft carriers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  Therefore, the Chinese Navy does not want to encounter German aircraft carriers that rival Chinese aircraft carriers in future naval battles, so it will not sell aircraft carriers to other countries until it defeats Germany!

    "Then, I can only express regret for this!" Major General Lucart said with some regret!

    Subsequently, the Chinese Navy Minister Marshal Zhang Cheng and the Austro-Hungarian Navy Rear Admiral Lukat signed the agreement. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire¡¯s ship purchase payment is received, the Austro-Hungarian Navy can sail these warships back!  However, now that it has been signed, the deal this time is a done deal!  With China's current international status, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would never have the guts to play tricks on China!

    "Marshal, I can't believe it! We actually sold so many warships! Moreover, those warships were sold for more than 400 million yuan in total!" In Marshal Zhang Cheng's office, Marshal Li Dingxin said with emotion!  There is no doubt that today is a great day for the Chinese Navy!  By selling those warships that are of no use to the Chinese Navy at such a high price, the Chinese Navy can completely use the funds to build more aircraft carrier battle groups!

    "Dingxin, I'm a little worried now! Did we sell too much?" Marshal Zhang Cheng said suddenly!

    "Ah!" Marshal Li Dingxin was also dumbfounded!

    is not that right?  After selling so many battleships, the remaining battleships of the Chinese Navy are only two 'Imperial-class' battleships, four 'Tang-class' battleships, six 'Hanxin-class' fast battleships, and six 'Han-class' battleships.  Battleships, as well as the US Navy's Nevada-class battleship USS Arizona and the British Navy's Iron Duke-class battleship USS Iron Duke, the total number is only 20!
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