In any case, the prince once again received the authorization of the Kaiser, and the prince must save Turkey and maintain good relations with the Young Turks, not only for the sake of the future war, but also for the sake of his own oil ...... Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Once something is linked to interests, then everything is positive. For example, the current prince.

"Count Schelling, immediately tell the Armored Department of Deutsche Southern Industry to stop all foreign sales of armored steel to Italy!" The prince said after reading the information in his hand.

"Does this include the one signed last month? A whole 3,000 tons of hardened armor steel. Count Schelling was taken aback. According to the current market, this means a profit of nearly 200,000 pounds! The prince said to throw it away?

"Your Highness, I think that even without our armor steel, the Italian Navy can beat the Turks to scum with one hand, and we will do this of no use except to make enemies with Italy in advance." Count Schelling thought for a moment and said carefully.

"You've become a captive of money." The prince shook his head with a wry smile, the profit of 200,000 pounds, if you say no, it will be gone! The prince was also very heartbroken, but he was reluctant to let the child trap the wolf. Whether or not to buy this batch of armor is directly related to whether the Italian Navy is at the level of 2 or 3 rates! Can you try it out, or accept your fate as soon as possible! What is a £200,000 profit? Even if there is a profit of 400,000 yuan, the prince still does not sell it to Italy, it is a big deal to sell it to Russia at a low price.......

God left a window for Prince Ruprecht when he closed the door, the timing of the Italians to make trouble was too coincidental, if it was 1 year later, then there would be nothing to mention about the maritime side, and it was useless for the Turks to eat gold. But it seems that there is still a glimmer of turnaround?

The real elite of the Italian Navy is not in service! Or rather, they are all in the water, just waiting for the armored outfitting! Take a look at the 4 large Italian warships currently being outfitted, including 2 Emanuele Filipbeto-class battleships and 2 Garibaldi-class armored cruisers! These battleships were all launched, and according to the progress of the works they were supposed to be commissioned in 1901 and 1902 (historical fact. Now just wait for the steel plate, and then install it.

Garibaldi everyone knows, not much to say, the Filiberto-class battleships are actually quite good in history, equipped with 4 10-inch guns, 8 6-inch guns and 8 4.7-inch guns, the armor thickness is more than 10 inches, and the deck thickness is nearly 3 inches. Except that the speed was only 18.3 knots, which was relatively slow, it was stronger than the tonnage of Japanese armored cruisers.

Historically, these warships used Harvey armor, but unfortunately, because after the defeat of the Spanish-American War, the Americans learned from the pain and decided to build a navy, the demand for Harvey armor rose sharply, and under the effect of the principle of supply and demand, the current Harvey armor is ...... more expensive than Bavaria's KC armor. And Italy naturally can't buy expensive and poor, so, you know, .......

If these four warships are to be commissioned, unless Turkey buys more than two Mainz-class armored cruisers, it will not even be qualified to fight guerrillas. And before the new warships are commissioned, it is impossible for the German Navy to resell two of its own ace capital ships at once. But now ....... Hehe.

What does the Italian Navy have now? The newest battleship was the battleship Sargegna, commissioned in 1895! It was the 13,000-ton battleship with four 13.5-inch L30 guns, only 4-inch side-chord armor, and mainly protected by dome armor. It was designed to be ahead of its time (the first one was built in 1884). When it was in service, it was far behind the times. (Commissioned in 1895, a span of 11 years!) Kudos to the Italians for procrastinating! ）

If you push it any further, there are 3 Lauria class battleships, all of which were commissioned from 1889 to 1891. It's been 10 years now, and it's really hard to say what combat effectiveness there is. That is to say, the current main Italian fleet is in the stage of being in the green and yellow!

There are indeed some good things in the cruisers, such as the Marco Polo and two Vittorio-class cruisers, the latter is armed with 12 6-inch guns, has a 5.9-inch side-chord armor belt, has a displacement of more than 6,000 tons, and has a speed ......of 19 knots.

Generally speaking, the Italian navy belongs to the kind of very large scale, but there are not many that can be used, and it is definitely not possible to die, but if it is a guerrilla, there is still a chance.

"By the way, tell the people in the Ministry of Armor and ask them to inform all the buying countries that if they find that other countries are reselling the armor steel to Italy, then next year the price will be increased by 50% or they will refuse to sell! Contact Roosevelt again and ask him to stop Harvey's hardened armor from flowing into Italy. When it is done, there will be great thanks. The prince thought for a moment and added.

The previous arrangement was aimed at Britain and France, although Britain and France were willing to help Italy, but they only stayed at the willingness, not firm support, neither France nor Britain, now there is no hardened armor production capacity, and it is only after 1905 that history is gradually liberalized. If the prince does not sell it, Britain and France will only have to use steel-faced iron armor. As for the United States? The Americans are already fighting with the British in South Africa, and will sell armor to the British?

In this case, Roosevelt exerted his influence and delayed the armor sold to Italy, and in Italy's opinion, it was enough to deal with Turkey, which had almost no navy, and it was enough to use the current ships, and they probably did not have the intention of urgently completing these four warships.

Provided, of course, that they did not know about the circumstances of the "big gift" prepared by the prince!

Cutting off Italy's supply of armor steel only makes it impossible for Italy to continue to expand its fleet, after all, these behemoths have entered the finishing stage, and after pressing the armor, it will be enough to pick it up again, and if it is needed after the outbreak of war, they will definitely be completed faster! However, even with the current Italian Navy, it is still impossible to deal with the Turkish Navy without a major increase, and if the prince wants Turkey to threaten the Italian Navy, then he needs to "sell" Turkey a few warships. Of course, it is impossible to count on Turkey to pay the bill now. They won't be able to come up with that much money in a short period of time.

And for what warships to sell, is it to sell or rent? How to operate in the end is not up to the prince to decide, this matter must be arranged with the Kaiser, but considering that he is about to leave for Austria, it is impossible to go to Berlin, so the Kaiser can only send an envoy to Munich to negotiate with him.

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