Chapter 453: The Arms Race led by Han Ling
Benardo finally went back and decided to buy three ships after some discussion.
Of course, this is Lao Mo's instructions to Benaldo. If the price is relatively favorable, you can buy all the five battleships back.
Mao was determined to establish the Mediterranean Empire, but he didn't know where he came from. His noodle army really made him feel confident.
"Dear Emperor! I wonder how much your warship is going to sell for?"
It is now March 3, 1934, and Benardo came to find Han Ling again, with German Ambassador to Han Todman and Embassy Military Attendant Falkenhausen.
As for Hess, the visiting group, naturally went back and took the friendship of the Han Empire.
"Haha! Three hundred million US dollars per ship! Nothing is deceiving!"
Han Ling gestured with his right hand and said with a kind smile on his face.
When he heard Han Ling’s offer, Benaldo and Toddmann and Farkenhausen’s eyes jumped. The price was almost up! Han Ling was really cruel!
Benardo calculated in his mind that according to their domestic calculations, the cost of building such a super battleship is about 120 million US dollars.
A battleship costing $120 million was sold for $300 million, and it made a total of $180 million. However, Benardo thought about it and felt that it was still worth the price.
First of all, since you are doing business, you always have to make money, right? If others don’t transfer, they will sell it to you at a cost price. Who will do it?
Although it is a bit too much to make $180 million, there is still a technical gap in it, and his 460mm caliber naval gun is a big technical problem.
In addition, it will definitely take a lot of time to build such a huge battleship, and the technologies involved are also a big selling point.
The value of these technologies is also worth this price, and if you buy it back from it, you can also decompose those technologies from it and improve the technological level of your country.
Thinking of this, Benaldo had an idea in his mind.
"Dear Your Majesty, our country is preparing to purchase three Five Mountains-class battleships!"
After calculation, Benaldo decided to buy three ships.
Only these three ships cost 900 million US dollars!
If you really buy five ships, it would be $1.5 billion, which would really hurt your liver.
"Yeah! Yes! But I have a condition, that is, I don't accept cash payments. I want gold, grain, oil and other items to exchange!"
After Han Ling finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Todman.
"Mr. Todman, you are the same. You need to exchange items such as gold, food and oil for purchases. But it is best to be food and gold."
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Todman and Farkenhausen looked at each other and saw the confusion in their eyes.
Farkenhausen didn't believe it if the Han Empire was short of food.
Now the Han Empire has three large granaries.
The Northeast Grain Store, the Hetao Grain Store also has an Indonesian Grain Store.
Especially Indonesia, where is a tropical region, it is ripe for three a year, and the annual grain output is amazing, but Han Ling still needs a lot of food, which really makes them feel strange.
As for gold trading, this is normal. Gold is a hard currency at all times. Especially now, countries around the world have not yet emerged from the vortex of economic crisis. If you pay in cash, who knows whether it will depreciate.
And oil is better understood. This is military strategic material, but none of them can trade it with oil. That thing is strategic material. Both the beard and the old Mo lack this thing.
"Well! In July, I will have five battleships completed. Mr. Benardo has asked for three, and there are two left. If Mr. Todman wants them, I can sell them to you!
In addition, in August, I will have five more battleships completed. If you are interested, you can still buy them!"
Han Ling looked at them with a kind face and said, "This smile is a bit like a wolf grandmother."
Benardo and Todmann were keeping their eyes wide open.
"What? There are still five ships in August? If you wait for others, in September, the Han Empire will add ten battleships! Could it be that the Han Empire is engaged in wholesale battleships?"
Numerous thoughts arose in Benaldo and Todman's minds.
Is the productivity of this Han Empire too perverted?
How many years have passed! The Han Empire's own navy not only expanded like a balloon, but its subsequent productivity is also amazing.
Ten battleships were launched for two consecutive months, and they were all super battleships. Even if they were wholesale of battleships, they would not be as fast as he did!
Benardo and Todman left, but the news that the Han Empire had five super battleships launched in August spread throughout the world.
First of all, the three countries of American President Luo and Britain and France began to panic.
They have interests in Asia, especially the two countries of Eagle and Coal, which have many interests in Asia.
If the Han Empire was allowed to serve five super battleships, wouldn't he explode?
In fact, what Yingmei and other countries don’t know is that the South China Sea Fleet has now served ten battleships and two aircraft carriers, and three aircraft carriers are under construction.
In addition, the remaining nine construction sites are still producing supporting ships for the South China Sea Fleet. After all, there are only battleships and aircraft carriers. Other heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and supply ships must be available!
But is the naval manufacturing base very fast? Like supply ships, they are basically one week a week. The speed is simply overwhelming.
Yingmei and other countries panicked. When the first super battleship of the Han Empire was launched, they began to pay attention and secretly began to design and build super battleships.
However, the Ying Kingdom has never had the experience of designing and building such a super battleship of 60,000 ton, so it has only been completed in the past few years. As for the construction, it has only begun now. If the construction is completed, it is estimated that it will take three or four years to go back to the time of the economy, after all, the economy is not good, and the construction speed cannot be as fast as usual.
Three or four years later, it was almost 1938. According to the production speed of the Han Empire, it was like dumplings, and at that time you could not compare with others in the production.
Chapter completed!