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    The main fleet of the Chinese Navy has undergone a major downsizing. The original 34 battleships were suddenly reduced to 20.  However, 400 million yuan in funds were exchanged, and these funds can be used to build the Chinese Navy's new aircraft carrier battle group!  Forming more powerful aircraft carrier battle groups is the guarantee for the Chinese navy to defeat its enemies in the future!  However, without the emperor's consent, the Navy Ministry took the initiative and sold one-third of the battleships. This made both the Navy Minister, Marshal Zhang Cheng, and the Deputy Minister, Marshal Li Dingxin, a little worried!

    "Marshal, what should we do?" Marshal Li Dingxin asked worriedly!  In the past, they only thought about how much benefit they could get from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They did not expect that after selling so many warships, the strength of the Chinese navy would be affected.

    "What else can we do? Go and report to His Majesty! However, I think His Majesty will not punish us. After all, it is already known that His Majesty values ??aircraft carriers. Besides, the battleships we sold are all  They are enemy battleships captured in the war, and the battleships we built ourselves are still in our hands! Although the number of 20 battleships is not large, they are all elite, and they are enough for the navy to use!" said Marshal Zhang Cheng  , In fact, he is more like comforting himself!

    Marshal Li Dingxin also nodded. He quite agreed with Marshal Zhang Cheng¡¯s statement!  With the application of aircraft carriers, the status of battleships in the navy is no longer what it used to be!  The 20 super battleships left behind are enough for the Chinese Navy to use in future emergencies!

    When the two of them arrived at the palace together, Emperor Wang Yuze was still processing documents!  Wang Yuze also attaches great importance to the fact that the current minister of the Navy and the future minister of the Navy come to have an audience together.  He also knows that today is the day when the Navy Department sells those warships, and he is also wondering how much money can be exchanged for those warships that China does not need!  However, seeing the sad faces of Marshal Zhang Cheng and Marshal Li Dingxin made him a little worried!  Is there no country that needs those second-hand warships?  If that is really the case, then those battleships will have to be sealed or dismantled!

    "What happened? Is there something wrong with the warship sales meeting? No one buys our warships?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "Your Majesty, something is indeed wrong. However, it's not that no one buys our warships, it's that there are too many countries buying them!" Marshal Zhang Cheng said.

    "Then why do you look like this?" Wang Yuze asked a little strangely.  If the Navy sells more second-hand warships, it means that the Navy has more funds to build warships. As the Minister of the Navy, Marshal Zhang Cheng should be happy!

    "Your Majesty, we have sold too many battleships! We have sold some of the battleships that were originally planned to be commissioned by the navy's fleets!" Marshal Li Dingxin said bravely!  Now, they no longer have the excitement they had when they sold the warship.

    "Uh, what's going on? Tell me carefully!" Wang Yuze asked.

    Next, Navy Minister Zhang Cheng and Vice Minister Marshal Li Dingxin made a systematic report to Wang Yuze about what happened this morning. During the reporting process, they also kept observing Wang Yuze's expression until they found that there was nothing wrong with Wang Yuze's expression.  They were relieved when there was a change, at least when there was no sign of sunny turning to cloudy!

    "In other words, the navy only has twenty battleships left?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "Yes, Your Majesty! Including two 'Imperial Class' battleships, 4 'Tang Class' battleships, 6 'Han Xin Class' battleships, 6 'Han Class' battleships, one 'Iron Duke Class' battleship and one  'Nevada-class' battleship!" said Admiral Zhang Cheng, Minister of the Navy!

    "However, the Navy received 400 million yuan in funding?" Wang Yuze continued to ask.

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" Marshal Zhang Cheng and Marshal Li Dingxin both nodded.

    "Then what are you worried about? Are you worried that I will blame you for having too few battleships? Your worries are completely unnecessary! We still have twenty battleships, eighteen of which are cutting-edge battleships we built ourselves  , this is enough! In addition, the 400 million yuan in funds is enough for us to build several aircraft carrier battle groups according to the latest standards! This is a great thing for us!" Wang Yuze said with a smile!  According to an aircraft carrier battle group consisting of one aircraft carrier, two large anti-aircraft cruisers, two heavy cruisers, four destroyers and four frigates, if a newly designed heavy aircraft carrier is adopted, the purchase requirements for these warships and combat aircraft alone will  The cost is about 100 million yuan!  The Navy has received enough funds to build four aircraft carrier battle groups!  This will greatly ease the pressure on the Navy's military expenditures!  Replacing four aircraft carrier battle groups with those battleships that Wang Yuze looks down upon is a great thing!

    "Yes, Your Majesty??, we got it!  "Seeing that Wang Yuze had no intention of blaming them, Marshal Zhang Cheng and Marshal Li Dingxin were relieved. After all, they had been worried about this before learning Wang Yuze's clear attitude. The navy's role in future wars  Needless to say, the importance of this. They sold more than a dozen capital ships, which will weaken the navy's strength a lot in a short period of time.

    "Well, there is no need to say more about this issue. Since the Navy has received a large amount of funds, let's start the construction of a new aircraft carrier battle group as soon as possible! In addition, give us the detailed list of the countries that purchased our warships this time.  I have one!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Yes, Your Majesty! However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire purchased 8 super battleships from us, including two battleships equipped with 381 mm main guns. Will this increase the naval strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire explosively and give the empire  Impact on interests around the Mediterranean? In addition, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also purchased three super battleships from us, two 'Qin-class' battleships, one 'Zhonghua-class' battleship and one 'Baiqi-class' battlecruiser.  Coupled with 10 'Tianshui-class' light cruisers and 16 'Dujiangyan-class' destroyers, this will make the Ottoman Turkish Empire's navy a completely different performance! The relationship between the empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire is not very good now, and we sell a large number of them to them  Warship, are you asking for trouble?" Marshal Zhang Cheng said.  China has decided to form the Mediterranean Province by acquiring the islands in the Mediterranean Sea.  And this will obviously become an outpost against European countries.  Now selling warships to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, once a conflict breaks out between the two sides, these warships will become the opponents of the imperial navy!

    "Is the navy afraid? No matter how many warships are sold to them, I believe that the imperial navy is capable of sinking them all!" Wang Yuze said disdainfully!  Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire purchased a large number of warships, naval power cannot be achieved by purchasing warships from abroad.  Moreover, China will deploy a large number of bombers on Cyprus, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. If China really goes to war with these two countries, it will be able to sink them all with bombers!

    "Your Majesty, the navy's aviation can easily sink them without even using the fleet!" Marshal Li Dingxin said!  The strength of the naval aviation has been fully proved in the Sicily Naval Battle!

    "Your Majesty, both the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany have made requests to order aircraft carriers from us! However, the Navy Ministry has rejected them!" Marshal Zhang Cheng continued!

    "Not one aircraft carrier can be sold to other countries! Not even to allies! Although Germany is already developing aircraft carriers, there is still a long way to go before their aircraft carriers can catch up with the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy! We have no reason  Help them shorten this time! In that case, you will really shoot yourself in the foot!" Wang Yuze said solemnly.  He is firmly opposed to the sale of aircraft carriers. At the same time, agents from the Military Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security will also focus on cracking down on foreign spies in the empire to ensure that the empire's advanced technology does not leak out.

    "Yes, Your Majesty, the Navy Ministry will do a good job in the relevant work!" said Marshal Zhang Cheng, Minister of the Navy, and Marshal Li Dingxin, Deputy Minister of the Navy!

    On the evening of February 26th, Vienna time, Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, held a banquet at the Belvedere Palace in Vienna. The theme of this banquet was to celebrate the end of the war and the domestic situation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  It has also stabilized.

    However, at the beginning of the banquet, Archduke Ferdinand announced in front of all the guests, especially the envoys stationed in Austria, that from today on, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would become a naval power, and a real naval power.  Have a first-class fleet!

    When everyone looked at each other, Archduke Ferdinand immediately announced that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had purchased two battleships from China with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons and equipped with 8 381 mm guns, and four more with nearly 30,000 tons of equipment.  10 battleships with 343mm main guns, two battleships with a displacement of 25,000 tons, equipped with 10 343mm guns!  And these battleships will form the core of the future navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    Many guests attending the banquet were stunned. They knew very well what the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's navy was like. The four 'United Forces' battleships were their facade. But now, the Austro-Hungarian Empire suddenly  Zi has 8 powerful battleships, and two battleships equipped with 381 mm main guns. This undoubtedly made the Austro-Hungarian Empire's navy undergo earth-shaking changes!

    The German ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ambrother, looked even more gloomy. You must know that the German Navy only has one ¡®Bavaria-class¡¯ battleship!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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