When Edel let go of his worries about the Romanian economy, a telegram from as far away as the United States turned his attention to the American continent.

The telegram only stated that former New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt had won the election and that he was about to serve the 32nd president of the United States.

After more than three years of the Great Depression, the American people have experienced pain, fear and despair. They couldn't stand President Hoover anymore, and that's when Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt came into view. On the one hand, Hoover, who disappointed him, and Roosevelt, who did a good job in New York, and the results were clearly in front of everyone.

Seeing this telegram, Eder felt a heavy pressure on it. The president, who has two legs and is politically skilled, will change America's current policy of isolation and focus Americans' attention abroad. As for Roosevelt's New Deal, which is much talked about, in Eder's view, it is much better than a free economy that the market regulates itself. However, it still does not solve the problem completely, but postpones more problems.

As can be seen from the economic growth of the United States, it was not until 1940 that the American economy fully recovered to the pre-Depression level, and at this time the European continent was already in full swing. It can be responsibly said that it was the American economy that was saved by World War II. Eder knew this, but he couldn't do anything about it. As for the assassination of Roosevelt, it is not within his scope at all, you must know that the Roosevelt family is an American political family, and the status of his family in the United States can be known from the fact that Roosevelt followed his father to meet the then President Grover Cleveland at the age of 5.

Moreover, without Roosevelt and Lisevelt, the US economy has reached this point, and the domestic capitalist politicians will also lead the United States into the war. And when a strange president appeared, it made Eder even more difficult to figure out. Although he is known as the greatest president of the United States in the 20th century, as long as everyone has weaknesses, only God can avoid it.

Since the United States chose Roosevelt as it did historically, Eder at least did not have to worry about history being skewed. This is definitely good news for him. But before that, Romania needs to start preparing for war.

With seven years to go until the outbreak of World War II, does Eder need to be in such a hurry?

Answer, yes.

Now Romania must prepare for the start of World War II, and new equipment needs to be developed by land, sea and air. Moreover, the research and development time of these weapons has also been extended along with the indicators of new equipment. Not to mention the three tanks requested by General Hoffman, which are still only in the drawing stage, and not even one of them has been completed, because in order to build this tank, it is necessary to develop new diesel engines, new main guns and other equipment, which need to be solved by technicians one by one.

And at the moment there is one annoying thing for him, and that is another visit by the Minister of the Navy, Vice Admiral Lomodan.

Admiral Lomodan came to Eder with a new document.

"Your Majesty, this is a newly developed battleship of the Navy, and we will temporarily name it the H-type battleship. This is the drawing and performance of the battleship, Your Majesty, please take a look. ”

Eder took the drawings and flipped them over, and saw the full picture of the H-type battleship after it was built, and the words "H-type new battleship" were marked above the drawings.

This battleship is different from the previous Mircia, first of all, in terms of the caliber of artillery, the 406 caliber main gun chosen by the navy this time is larger than that of the Michael.

And the modification is the same as the Michael, which uses a long bowhouse. However, unlike the Michael, the H-type battleship was more compact, and the two flues behind the long bow were merged into one, which was more in line with Eder's impression of later warships. The fort still uses the layout of the first two and the last one, and is equipped with three 406 caliber 50 times the naval guns developed by the navy for it. In order to let Edel see the power of this naval gun, Lomodan also specially gave its data.

This 406 caliber 50 times naval gun has three types of shells, namely armor-piercing shells, grenades, and personnel anti-personnel shells. Among them, the armor-piercing projectile weighs 1085 kg, contains 18 kg of explosives, and has a muzzle velocity of 772 m / s. The firing range (30 degrees of elevation) is 33.8 kilometers, the maximum range is 43 kilometers, the rate of fire is 2 rounds / min, and the pitch range is from minus 2 degrees to plus 45 degrees.

Armor-piercing capacity (against vertically homogeneous steel armor), 785 mm at the muzzle, 543 mm at 10000 meters, 452 mm at 18000 meters, 381 mm at 25000 meters. The firing kit is 6 silk medicine packets, usually with a charge of 341 kg, and the life of the inner barrel of the gun is 260 rounds.

Since the H-type battleship has such a high artillery data in the pre-research, its protection will also be amazing. Its main armor belt reached 400 mm (maximum); deck 220 mm (three tiers); The front of the main turret is 410 mm, the top is 240 mm, and the gun mount is 380~320 mm; Commander tower 400~260 mm. Its total armor weight reached 16,466 tons, making it the thickest armored warship in Yizhi at present.

The power that drives this sea monster is also 8 high-pressure heavy oil boilers and 4 steam turbines, with a stable maximum output of 160,000 horsepower and a maximum output of 173,000 horsepower.

In addition, the other weapons of the H-type battleship were also quite good, 12 twin 105 mm 45 caliber high-level dual-purpose guns, 24 twin 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, and 18 20 mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns. Its anti-aircraft firepower can be described as the world's best.

To this end, the standard displacement of the H-type reached 41,870 tons, the full load displacement reached 48,510 tons, and the maximum speed was 30.5 knots.

At 246 meters in length and 35.7 meters in width, the H-type was a super-battleship in the truest sense of the word.

Seeing the data of this battleship, Eder couldn't help but ask. "Have you ever wondered how much this ship will cost?"

Hearing Eder's inquiry, Admiral Lomodan, who had been waiting, hurriedly said. "We have already calculated that the cost of one pound should be around 220 million lei."

This cost made Eder stunned, this is the most expensive battleship at present, Japan's Nagato is only 43 million yen, and the Hood is only 6.02 million pounds. Although this is the cost of the late World War I, it is much higher when converted.

Seeing Eder's expression, Lieutenant General Lomodan was nervous and hurriedly explained. "Because a lot of technology needs to be developed, such as radar, new seaplanes, power, artillery, etc., all of which cost money."

In fact, Admiral Lomodan didn't say a word, this cost was discounted, and the actual cost calculated by the Navy was 240 million lei, and Lomodan didn't dare to report it when he saw this cost, so he concealed part of the cost. Wait until the battleship is almost built, and then inform Eder of the actual situation. When the time comes, the government can't just watch the warships halfway through the construction and stop it.

Eder, who didn't know that he was pitted, although he felt that the cost was a little, but thinking of the approach of the future war, he gritted his teeth and said. "This plan will allow Romania to maintain its dominant position in the Black Sea, so you can build according to this plan."

Seeing off the rejoicing Lomodan, Eder will next struggle to convince the government.