"Sir, the Russian envoy has arrived." A waiter said very respectfully to the entrusted Baron Leo.

"Well, let him in." Leo glanced at the two huge models placed next to the living room and nodded in satisfaction. One of the two models is a 1:100 model of the Munich-type armored cruiser, while the other is a tentative design model of the cruiser Russo, also at a scale of 1:100. But the Russian is noticeably longer than the Munich, and the hull is much wider. The latter looks like a leopard, while the former is a lion!

"This ship is more elegant and powerful than its predecessors, and if I'm not mistaken, then this is the final version of the ship we're ordering, right?" Lieutenant General Makanov and another accompanying officer, Parikin, saw these two models as soon as they entered the gate, and the slender hull of the Russian and the dense hedgehog-like artillery made Makanov can't help but let out an admiration! This is the warship that the Empire needs! Munich is strong, but there are still some fly in the ointment! And the Russian makes up for this shortcoming!

"The Reich is more than willing to order two such mighty warships from your country, he is powerful, elegant, and concentrates the highest level of shipbuilding in your country, and is the fruit of your wisdom and German industry. He was almost perfect, except for the price. There was a hint of regret in Makanov's words.

The Germans had been planning to buy it for a long time, and they were ready to say that when Nicholas II saw the display of firepower of the armored cruiser Mainz, he was already tempted to raise money after hearing that the Mainz had beaten the Armstrong-type cruiser that the Japanese were proud of by a 0-2 fight. And when the battle of the Yellow Sea was over, the Russian envoy had already rushed to Germany!

Everything is ready, only the price is missing! The price of 1.2 million is still a bit too high, you know, a battleship in this era is only more than 900,000 pounds, and the tonnage is larger than the Russia! And a second-class battleship will cost more than 800,000 pounds!

Well, although the firepower, defense and speed of the Russia completely crushed the battleships of various countries using 10-inch guns, although compared to the amount of projection, the Russia is not worth anyone! Once a single order is completed, at least any battleship in the same period in history, but this price is as terrifying as its combat effectiveness!

In fact, as a battleship specially ordered for Russia, the weapons and equipment on it naturally have to use Russian standards, and the 4 10-inch main guns and 8 8-inch second-class main guns of the Russian armored cruiser are from Russia. After throwing away the cost of these guns, the price can probably be reduced to about 1.05 million pounds. (Note that weapon price and artillery price are two different concepts, the former is counting turret and servo.) ）

AS FOR WHETHER TO CHOOSE THE RUSSIAN 120MM GUN OR THE GERMAN 105MM GUN, THE TWO SIDES ARE ALSO ARGUING, THE GERMANS THINK THAT RUSSIA HAS TAKEN AWAY THE BULK OF THE ARTILLERY, SO LET'S DRINK SOME SOUP, AND THE 105MM GUN IS ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH TORPEDO BOATS, AND IN THE FACE OF THE CRUISER, JUST GREET IT WITH AN 8-INCH GUN! The 120MM gun is a bit of a waste. And the Russians think that since it is our own ship, then it is natural to have all the Russian equipment, and what is the matter with German guns on it?

"Our country supplies all artillery, 950,000 pounds! Or you provide us with drawings, and we will pay 1 million pounds! "Makanov began to bargain.

"For some well-known but inconvenient reasons, the issue of providing drawings should not be discussed." Entrusted Baron Leo to decisively veto the latter opinion! The Russians' friends are not only Germany! And France! And the Franco-German relationship is not to be said. And the French are still holding the Russian money bags. At the same time, France is also fully supporting the development of the Russian shipbuilding industry. This drawing is in the hands of the Russians, and it is still a trivial matter for the Russians to make their own according to the cat's painting, but if it goes into the hands of France, a potential enemy, it will naturally be a threat to Germany!

And the matter of buying a ship and buying drawings by the way is still very rare in the navy, and the Russians are already very unauthentic in the eyes of the baron, what are you buying drawings for? Isn't this a way to cut off my brother's wealth? Cutting off money is still a trivial matter, if the French get their hands on it, are they planning to send themselves to prison? And judging by the current situation, eighty percent of this drawing will fall into the hands of the French! His boss is fine, but the baron can't guarantee that he's okay!

"But you also want to buy our 12-inch guns. It's fair that we exchange artillery technology for drawings, isn't it? "Naturally, the Russians dared to make this request, and they must have relied on it. And this dependence is that the Kingdom of Bavaria wants to get 12-inch guns! And at the moment they intend to buy from Russia. The Russians played well and were ready to exchange drawings with artillery.

"It's different, Russia and Germany are friends, and Germany and France are enemies! And I need to remind you that there are many countries in the world that can produce 12-inch guns, and there is only one Russian-class armored cruiser! No semicolons! Baron Leo shook his head and said.

Now that Ruprecht is already planning to get a piece of the pie in the field of naval artillery, it is natural to have an overwhelming advantage! There is no value in continuing to entangle the 11-inch gun with Krupp, so if you want to overwhelm your opponent, you naturally have to use stronger and thicker guys! And taking advantage of the fact that relations with the Russians were still acceptable, Ruprecht planned to order 12-inch guns from Russia.

WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE RUSSIANS, AS LONG AS YOU BUY IT BACK AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO SKODA FOR STUDY, YOU CAN BUILD IT, SKODA'S TECHNOLOGY IS STILL TRUSTWORTHY, THE SKODA 240MM GUN OF THE SAME PERIOD IS MUCH STRONGER THAN THE GERMANS' OWN USE, ALTHOUGH THE MUZZLE VELOCITY IS ABOUT THE SAME, BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE BULLET IS 212KG, AND THE WEIGHT OF KRUPP'S BULLET IS ONLY 140KG. If you want to study it slowly, you may be able to figure it out, but at this time, Skoda is working on the improvement of the 240MM gun, and the development cycle of the 12-inch gun is longer, and Ruprecht is to save time!

"This is obviously not equal, we only need your artillery, not your technology, basic industry, the Germans still don't look down on you! If only you could buy the Russia back and figure out how to build it, too! No one says no, the point is that you don't have the ability! The baron said in his heart, in short, the Russians' proposal made the baron very dissatisfied!

"On the premise that you provide 10-inch and 8-inch guns, we can reduce the price to £1,000,000, but the £50,000 reduction is not free! 4 12-inch guns and some ammunition are needed from your country! That's our bottom line. "From the price, the 4 guns purchased by the Bavarian side, of course, the price of this artillery is relatively high, and it can be regarded as giving the Russians a face. The baron thought for a moment and said.

"So can you give you a certain discount on the payment method? We have some difficulties in fundraising. Parikin, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.

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