"3 million!"

"3.1 million!"

……

"3.75 million!"

"3.75 million Aegis, is there a higher bid?"

"The world's most advanced cruiser formation, with a full set of shipbuilding technology, and 20 professional and technical personnel, now the highest price is 3.75 million, absolute value for money, is anyone else bidding?"

"Well, congratulations to the Chilean representatives, who managed to take the third cruiser formation."

The host West felt hard.

In order to be able to sell these warships for a high price, the second-hand cruiser formations of the French have become the most advanced fleet in the world in the mouth of West.

If you just look at the warships, the Chileans will definitely lose a lot of money in this deal. However, there are exceptions to everything, and with a full set of ship-building techniques and engineers included, the deal is instantly cheap.

Don't look at the days when there seems to be no technology blockade, as if money can buy anything, but that's just technology for the general bad street.

Warship manufacturing technology has always been the treasure of major shipyards, even if the technology is two or three generations behind, you have to pay a big price if you want to buy it.

As the world's second naval power, the French's shipbuilding technology is naturally world-class. If it weren't for the split auction, the technology would have copied many copies, and none of these technologies alone could be bought for 3.75 million.

Another deal was struck, and Vitesse was no longer excited about it. Picked up the cup, took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and continued to shout:

"The following auction of Group A battleship formation, also with a full set of ship-building technology, plus 100 ship-building engineers, the fleet includes 3 10,000-ton new battleships, 4 cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 2 shore defense ships......

The starting price is 5.8 million Aegis, which is still the old rule, and each price increase must not be less than 10,000 Aegis. If the price is shouted indiscriminately, the deposit will be confiscated directly, and the anti-French alliance reserves the right to pursue responsibility. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Spanish delegate immediately perked up. There is no doubt that this carefully selected fleet is their goal this time.

"6 million!"

"6.3 million!"

Seeing the offer of the Spaniards, Hirobumi Ito, who was not far away, decisively chose to follow. Although he knew that the Spaniards would operate in the dark, he was unwilling to give up his last resort.

Before the auction began, delegations from various countries sent people to visit the French warships, and it can be said that everyone knew that every group of warships that were put up for auction now was well known.

Whether there is a black-box operation or not, just look at the composition of the warship. All fleets were improvised, and generally sold as a mix of high-quality warships and junk warships.

The group A battleship formation in front of you is different, and the warships inside are all high-quality goods, which can not be solved by a coincidence.

"6.5 million!"

It is not only the Japanese representatives who have a fluke mentality. The interests are moving, the most advanced battleship formations, not to mention.

The key lies in a full set of shipbuilding technology and shipbuilding engineers, and with these, they can almost copy the French Navy. These are invaluable for countries aspiring to develop their navies.

"8 million!"

"8.5 million!"

……

Looking at the constantly refreshing quotations, the atmosphere of the Japanese delegation suddenly became tense. Plans don't change quickly, and for no other reason than a lack of money.

Saigo said anxiously: "Prime Minister, you don't want warships, but the ship-building technology must be taken down." With these technologies, we can fight for thirty years less. ”

It is not an exaggeration at all, with Japan's current shipbuilding technology, it is okay to play with sail warships, and the battleships of tens of thousands of tons have not been built, and they can't even find docks.

There are 20,000-ton docks in the world, and Britain, France and Austria have built former dreadnoughts, and the rest of the countries are groping.

Even Americans, affected by the butterfly effect, the economic development of the divided United States is far worse than that of the original time and space. The government has no money in its pocket, so naturally it does not have the resources to throw it at the navy.

Ito Hirofumi nodded: "The competition is too fierce now, we don't have much money in our hands, let's wait for the next batch!" ”

The plan did not change quickly, and he did not expect anything to be gained at the warship auction conference, but now he was shocked by the big money of the anti-French alliance, and Ito Hirobumi could only grit his teeth and keep up.

There is no way, there are not many opportunities to obtain the most advanced shipbuilding technology. If this opportunity is missed, the price to pay for obtaining these technologies in the future is absolutely unimaginable.

In any case, it is possible that the warship will be detained by the anti-French alliance in the name of neutrality, but the ship-building technology will definitely not be detained. The Spaniards don't have that much face, so they don't even want an international reputation for their sake.

In a sense, the value of acquiring these ship-building technologies is no less than occupying the Philippine Islands.

……

In the upstairs box, the British delegation was not calm. Originally, I thought that the Austrians were just taking some backward shipbuilding technology as a partner, but I didn't expect that the opponent would not play cards according to the routine, and there was a great sense that the shipbuilding technology would be rotten.

"The Austrians must be crazy, once these technologies spread out, they will cause us big problems in the future!"

A naval officer exclaimed.

"We" also include Austria, which is also a member of the colonial empire, and the proliferation of shipbuilding technology has also affected Austria. Not to mention the sale of warship exports, I am afraid it is difficult to have such huge profits now.

It was technical data and engineers again, and then the Austrians were going to sell the French shipyards, and George would not be surprised.

With so many things, countries with a little bit of financial resources can eat them and then build their own warships.

Who wants to import it if they can make it themselves? Even if the performance is a little behind, it is more reliable than the cut version of the battleship.

Once all the countries of the world have their own ship-building capabilities, the good days of colonial empires will come to an end. There is no longer a good thing to force a great power to submit with a few ships.

"It's useless, the ship-building technology has long been spread. Since the occupation of France by the anti-French alliance, the technology of shipbuilding has not been a secret.

Perhaps big countries like Spain and Russia will keep their shipbuilding technology secret for their own interests, but Belgium, Sardinia, and other countries that have nothing, as long as they give money, they can sell anything.

No one can stop the secret deal. Anyway, if you want to spread the technology, it's better to take the opportunity to make a profit.

Moreover, building a ship is a manifestation of a country's industrial strength, and it cannot be completed with a single piece of information. Even if each person has a ship-building technology, there will not be a few companies that are really capable of building battleships independently. ”

At the end of the day, he was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and after a brief shock, George quickly reacted.

The seemingly precious shipbuilding technology is actually a painting cake released by Austria. The vast majority of countries do not have the conditions to build battleships, and even if they get the technology, they will only have an assembly plant at most, and the spare parts with technical content still have to be imported.

Countries that really have the ability to digest and replicate these technologies can also develop them on their own, and the greatest value is nothing more than reference ideas.

……

At noon, the auction came to an end, and the final finale was introduced. "This is the last batch of this auction, and it is also the one that everyone cares about the most," Vest announced.

Fifteen battleships, twenty-one cruisers, thirty-two destroyers, and one hundred and fifty-seven auxiliary ships of various types, with a total tonnage of 364,000 tons.

It is not an exaggeration that this fleet is the third naval power in the world, and no matter who photographs this fleet, it will greatly increase its strength and become an important force for maintaining world peace.

Everyone knows the importance of this auction, and this auction also comes with the shipbuilding technology of the above-mentioned warships, plus 300 engineers. The auction starts now, with a starting price of 45 million Aegis, and each increase must not be less than 10,000 Aegis. ”

Everyone's eyes have surrendered to the representatives of Britain and Austria, and everyone can see that this is for the two big bosses, and even if other countries want to participate, they don't have enough funds.

"50 million!"

did not disappoint everyone, as the host, Wessenberg took the lead in making an offer, and directly increased the price by 5 million Aegis.

This is the first round of bidding, as a representative of Britain, George naturally will not be cowardly, and did not hesitate to give a-for-tat price.

"30 million!"

The number has become smaller, but the amount has increased. Just because the unit behind the number becomes pounds, 30 million pounds is converted into 60 million Aegis.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. The auction at this moment is not only an auction, but also a confrontation between Britain and Austria for maritime hegemony.

Judging by the numbers on paper, if the Austrian Navy had acquired these warships, it would have leapt to the top and surpassed the British in the number of capital ships and the tonnage of warships.

The doubling of the price increase was just a counter-attack by George on behalf of Britain, showing that Britain was not afraid of any challenge.

As for whether to take these warships, the London government has not discussed an accurate result so far.

After all, no one's money is blown down by the wind, and if Austria deliberately inflated prices, the British government would not be able to be the culprit.

As soon as the "£30 million" came out, the venue fell silent. Everyone was waiting for Austria's reaction, and many people showed an expression that it was not a big deal to see the excitement, and they were just a handful of melon seeds.

Originally, it was good to bid on Aegis as a unit, but now the British don't buy it and exchange it for pounds, and Vitesse, as the host, only feels a lot of pressure.

If you don't stop it, you won't have face; Stop it, the pound is also money, and the circulation attribute is no worse than that of the Aegis. The customer is God, and as a seller, it seems that there is no need to dwell on this little issue.

In the end, professionalism prevailed, and seeing that no one continued to offer, Vitesse announced loudly: "30 million pounds at a time, is there anyone else offering?"

This is the heart of the French Navy, and if you take this fleet, you will immediately become a world-class naval power. ”

……

"£30 million, deal! Congratulations, Mr. George, for buying a world fleet for Britain! ”

The host announced the final result, and the bewildered crowd reacted. Obviously, this is the script wrong.

There are three fires when a new official takes office, how can the rise of the new overlord be so quiet? Not taking the opportunity to challenge the position of the British as the supremacy of the seas is completely refreshing everyone's cognition.

Including British Foreign Secretary George, who has just become the protagonist of the auction, is also confused at the moment. It was so smooth and completely unexpected.

"30 million pounds" seems like a lot, and it depends on what it is used for. If you build it yourself, 30 million pounds is almost enough to cost, but it is a new warship, and it is indeed a loss to buy a second-hand warship.

But according to the transaction price of warships on the international market, 30 million pounds is very cheap. Anyway, for the same price, Britain will not sell warships outside.

In addition to the warship itself, the accompanying political significance is even more extraordinary. The confrontation at the auction also sent a political signal to the delegates of the countries present that Austria had no intention of competing with the British for maritime supremacy.

This made the countries that wanted to see the excitement very disappointed, the two big hooligans did not fight, and everyone had no chance to fish in troubled waters.

Reacting to this, George smiled with delight, knowing that the game was stable.

Through an auction, Britain proved to the outside world with practical actions that "your uncle is still your uncle", and everyone should still keep their eyes open in the years to come.