John Goethe looked at a quote in his hand, his arms trembling constantly, and every number on it touched his heart. This offer was really shocking.

The name of the item above shocked him, but the quotes later made him even more frightened. The long list of numbers made him not know what kind of reaction he should have.

"Prime Minister, are you looking at the price above cheaper?"

After a long time, John Goethe looked at Wu Zhongguo with some temptation and begged.

Not to mention the mustache, even John Goethe knew that if he seized this opportunity, Germany's maritime power would increase several times, and the British Navy would no longer be the opponent of the German Navy.

As for the British Navy's maritime blockade against Germany, the German Navy can also take this opportunity to completely counterattack the opponent, from the role of the surrounded person to the surrounded person. If it is operated properly, it can even cut off the connection between the United Kingdom and the United States.

If Britain can no longer get any supplies from the United States, once these are cut off, Britain will inevitably fall into chaos. If Britain, which has lost its supplies, isn't it a matter of minutes to attack them?

But what makes John Goethe most troubled is the quotation issue. The quotation of an aircraft carrier has completely exceeded his expectations, and has even exceeded a battleship, which makes him very troubled and depressed.

Although the role of aircraft carriers has been revealed, the Germans did not have to ask for aircraft carriers. If they could choose, they would rather buy more battleships to deal with the British navy.

However, the Iowa-class battleships, the Chinese Empire, have shown that at most, only five ships are sold, and each ship is priced at $100 million.

This is already a sky-high price in world arms sales, and the cost of other aircraft carriers is at best half or one-third of a battleship.

But when it comes to the Chinese Empire, it is just the opposite. The price of an aircraft carrier is 60 million US dollars higher than that of a battleship, which makes John Goethe very depressed.

"The price is already the lowest, and I can tell you clearly that in the quotes given to the Japanese, every quotation you get is 10 million lower than the Japanese quotation.

Moreover, I won’t say much about the role of aircraft carriers. The UK is not without aircraft carriers. Have they taken advantage of our aircraft carriers? So far, my country has only sixteen aircraft carriers, and the United States and the United Kingdom have about one hundred ships together. Have they taken advantage of us?

Therefore, you can’t just look at the price of the equipment. You have to see its function. We are enough to get one or two, or even more equipment, so it is worth the price. At least compared with American aircraft carriers, we are much more advanced than them."

Wu Zhongguo was not surprised, but explained patiently.

For arms sales, this is a big job, and you can make a lot of money if you do it well. Moreover, domestic steel is basically state-owned. The cost is only one manual, from mining to refining steel to manufacturing warships.

If a budget is made according to the normal selling price of steel, plus all the equipment and technology on the aircraft carrier, the construction cost of an aircraft carrier should be around 130 million US dollars, so the quotation of 160 million is really not profitable.

You should know that building an aircraft carrier for Germany is a stop to the speed at which the Chinese Empire built its own aircraft carrier. This also means that for a long time in the future, the Chinese Empire will not be able to install a new aircraft carrier, and the loss is not just 30 million.

"Yes, Prime Minister, I have indeed understood the role of aircraft carriers. As you said, aircraft carriers will play an important role in the future naval battles, and even replace battleships. I believe these, but the price is too high, and our country currently has no ability to purchase them."

Although John Goethe has not passed the offer back to Berlin, he has made a decision.

The quotation must be raised to the lowest price before it can be transferred back to Berlin. Otherwise, if it is a fancy to it but feels it is expensive, and set a price bottom line for him to bargain again, it will be even more difficult.

What John Goethe must do is to bargain first to see if it can be cut down, or what the amount of it is cut down, and make preparations first, so as not to be caught off guard and fail to complete the task.

"Okay, I can tell you clearly that there is no need to discuss the price, because the cost of an aircraft carrier is already 150 million US dollars, and this does not bring the wages of workers. How much can we earn except these? To put it bluntly, I will earn you millions of dollars. In a military purchase worth hundreds of millions or even billions, are millions of dollars more than?

In addition, I can also make you more at ease. Let me tell you the truth. The aircraft carrier sold to you is the same as the ones we are currently equipped with, and the equipment is exactly the same. It not only has the most advanced catapult system, but also has ultra-long battery life, air defense, and advanced electronic equipment.

Without these, what do you think we use more than ten aircraft carriers to fight against hundreds of enemy aircraft carriers? These technologies have played a key role.

At the same time, you have also seen that in our country, aircraft carriers are much more popular than battleships. One aircraft carrier formation is equipped with four battleships, and they are escort-type, and more are other small ships and submarines."

Wu Zhongguo continued to explain that it depends on who can fool whom. Anyway, he has time here, and now he doesn’t have much money to use with the government debt. He will be able to replenish the arms sales next year, which is actually just to make money abroad.

At the same time, use this money to stimulate the domestic market, thereby accelerating the domestic economic development and improving the country's development level.

Apart from labor costs and wear costs of equipment, the others do not require any cost at all. Therefore, the price of aircraft carriers in the Chinese Empire was quoting 160 million, but in fact, it only takes less than 20 million to build them.

Of course, this is mainly because all resources do not need to be purchased. They are all ready-made. All the natural resources they need are available in various parts of the country, and they are all state-owned. Just use them directly. If you buy them, it will be 130 million.

Therefore, adopting this system can still bring them many benefits. Just take this aircraft carrier to see how great the benefits are. If successful, one aircraft carrier can make a net profit of about 140 million yuan. It is a big deal, an absolute big deal.

"So Prime Minister, please be sure to answer my question. If we buy it, how long will it take to deliver it to our Navy for use?"

Seeing that Wu Zhongguo was so tough, John Goethe had some idea of ​​how to report to Berlin. However, in terms of price, he always felt that he could suppress it, but he didn't know what happened, but Wu Zhongguo just didn't give him this opportunity.

At this time, Germany was at a disadvantage, especially since the last time the Mustache held a meeting on the island of Terrace, the influence of the Chinese Empire had even penetrated into Europe, and Germany's hegemony was also shaken a little.

"This depends on what you buy? If it is an aircraft carrier, it can be guaranteed to be delivered to you in three months. If it is a battleship, it can be done in two months. Other frigates and destroyers are just a little over a month. As for transport ships, if there is no need to debug, they can basically be controlled within ten days."

Wu Zhongguo returned without thinking. Now is the time to show the industrial capabilities of the Chinese Empire. He must seize the opportunity to build warships so that the Germans know how powerful they are, so that they are forced to cooperate with themselves and allow them to transfer more funds.

"What if we want to buy a fleet? It's exactly the same configuration as your country's fleet."

John Goethe asked thoughtfully.

"All delivery can be made in three months at most, plus one hundred victory ships."

Wu Zhongguo replied directly.

Although the Victory Wheel is a military transport ship, its manufacturing is not in a warship manufacturing factory. Even ordinary civil ship manufacturers can produce it. Many military Victory Wheels are also manufactured by these civil shipyards.

The state-owned military shipyards are only responsible for manufacturing warships, and different factories are responsible for manufacturing warships of different levels. The assembly line-like production has greatly increased their construction speed.

It can be said that if all shipyards across the country had full power to manufacture, they could have built two aircraft carrier formations within three months. If even civil shipyards were recruited, they might even have built three aircraft carrier formations, with an average of one fleet per month.

Of course, considering the quality issues, Su Dao did not intend to recruit civil shipyards to build warships, and it was also for the sake of keeping it confidential.

As for the cost of manufacturing victory wheels in civil shipyards, this is even simpler. The country only pays a processing fee, and the state is responsible for the unified materials. There is no need to sell its own things to the shipyard, and then the shipyard is selling it to itself. It's too troublesome.

"Okay, I will report the content of our conversation to the Head of State of my country truthfully. As for what to do, this needs to be decided by the Head of State of my country."

John Goethe nodded and said.

"I hope we can have a happy cooperation."

Wu Zhongguo did not have any dissatisfaction, but shook hands with John Goethe to make peace.

At the same time, several deputy of Wu Zhongguo found the Japanese ambassador and the Republic of China ambassador respectively. The purpose was the same, which was to sell warships. If Wu Zhongguo said before, the price of warships sold to Japan was generally higher than that of Germany.

However, the price sold to the Republic of China is much lower than that of the Germans. The price of an aircraft carrier is only 100 million US dollars, which is 60 million lower than that of the Germans, and nearly half the price.
Chapter completed!