Sure enough, a week later, the Navy Ministry announced that it needed to develop new battleships. This made major shipyards take notice and find their own ways to explore the requirements for new battleships.
The actions of these shipyards made the Navy Ministry excited for a while, and even the Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Antony Golek, was annoyed. So within seven days of the news, the Navy Department issued new warships to major shipyards.
Bidding requirements. Now Vittorio and Breen were not the only ones surprised. All the ship designers in Italy were shocked.
Faced with such high demands from the Navy, major shipyards were dumbfounded. Some even asserted that no one could fulfill the demands of the Navy within five years.
However, no matter how noisy the shipyards outside are, the Admiralty has no intention of changing its mind. Seeing that the Navy has not wavered in its demands, the major shipyards can disperse. Since the Admiralty does not lower its demands, it can only find ways to get them.
They were given a plan that satisfied them. However, it is unknown how many designers among them could not keep their hair.
In fact, Admiral Golek, as the Minister of the Navy, was sweating when the plan for a new warship was given this time, because in his opinion, the request was indeed a bit high. However, there was another plan for the construction of the new warship proposed this time.
Admiral Gorek could only identify him by pinching his nose.
As for the candidate who proposed the new battleship, there is no need to guess, that is our prophetic Majesty Carlo.
Carlo also had his own purpose in making this request. First of all, he wanted to bring the navy into the pre-dreadnought era ahead of schedule. Carlo had long disliked the current era of armored ships, which was full of demons.
Fortunately, Carlo had some memories of the pre-Dauntless era. Combined with the Navy's current tracking and outlook on new technologies, Carlo believed that the time had come to enter the pre-Dauntless era.
Therefore, the technical standards for the navy's new warships this time were completely formulated by Carlo. Faced with the king's strong intervention in the research and development of the navy's new warships, Admiral Golek, who was originally the head of the navy, refused, but under Carlo
After the topic of funding came up, this veteran who had been working for the Navy for most of his life suddenly changed his attitude.
The indicator of Carlo's new battleship immediately became what he said was his excellent strategic vision, which laid a good foundation for the navy's future battleship development.
You see, the admiral speaks at a high level, and directly sets Carlo's new battleship indicators as the direction of naval development.
Carlo was not a fool and could certainly see Admiral Gorek's disapproval. However, he believed that, according to the level of Italian designers, although this indicator was a bit difficult, it would not force outstanding Italian warship designers.
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In fact, Italian warship designers are very skilled. Of course, this is a cheap and practical method forced by the navy.
In this era, with basically the same tonnage, Italian warships are always stronger than warships from other countries, either in terms of firepower, protection or speed, or it is reflected in the cost.
That being the case, why not test the limits of these warship designers?
Of course, Carlo will not favor one over the other, exerting influence on the navy and changing its indicators, and the same is true for the army. However, compared with the navy which only needs warships, the army is much more troublesome.
"General Saragat, what do your army think of this victory in the Abyssinian War?"
In his office, Carlo looked at the Minister of War in front of him and opened the topic.
"Your Majesty, this Abyssinian War has tested the combat level and equipment of our army. I think it is still very good."
Facing Carlo's inquiry, General Saraguet, who was the Minister of War, praised the Army's performance in a serious manner. As for the actual situation, he could not reveal it in front of Carlo.
But privately, General Saraguet was not very satisfied with the outcome of this war. Because more than 50,000 Italian elite troops were concentrated in a war with African natives, the casualties reached more than 4,000. The casualty rate
Being so high naturally makes him, the Minister of War, look disgraceful.
As for its commander, Lieutenant General Simeone, although his command performance is still good, but he has such an unsightly report card, he can't expect to be promoted. He can continue to serve as the commander of the Third Army because of his merits.
For the sake of my ministers.
Well, the army is still very self-reliant and believes that it will cause such a large number of casualties. As a commander, it is also responsible. Of course, they have also considered the harsh traffic environment on the Abyssinian Plateau, otherwise they would not
He will ask for people and give things to others, and he will ask for things and give things to others.
However, in front of Carlo, General Saraguet certainly would not say this. Instead, he praised the army's performance in this war.
Carlo did not refute the praise from the Secretary of War. In Carlo's view, this war was a textbook battle, both in terms of the performance of the army and the commander's on-the-spot command.
Of course, this is for the Italian Army, because Carlo knows the various problems of the current Army.
But there are some things that you know, but you don’t know how to solve them.
For Carlo, this is the current situation of the Italian Army. Although he knows that there are many factions within the Army, as long as Carlo reveals the idea of controlling the Army, these people will immediately unite with the outside world, and even disintegration will be difficult.
And the effect is not very good.
Don't ask Carlo why he knows this.
In fact, the royal family still had a certain influence on the army before. When his father Umberto was alive, the army was still a little afraid of the royal family. After Carlo came to power, the army completely let itself go, and the government
Without enough reputation, I can't reach out.
Of course, Carlo was still a minor, so between Umberto's death and Carlo's coming to power, the Army, which lacked supervision, was basically growing in a barbaric state, and the Army Minister in front of him was also one of the culprits.
However, despite knowing this, Carlo still could not touch him because he represented the Army. Of course, he was not the only one. Chief of Staff General Raffaele Cardorna, Deputy Minister General Parker Tapea and others
, the top army officials composed of these people basically all made great achievements in the Italian Unification War.
However, after gaining military exploits and gaining power, they gradually developed some unrealistic ideas. The previous two kings were able to suppress their ideas. After Carlo took over, due to his age, the army was out of control.
It is very difficult for Carlo to regain control of the army now.
Because these senators cannot easily touch them. Without irrefutable evidence, there is no way to touch them. And small crimes are not enough. It is not that easy to get big evidence. After so long, Carlo has not
Evidence was collected from these veterans.
And just one person's evidence is not enough, because it will trigger a backlash. If it causes turmoil in the army, that is the worst thing. Such turmoil will not be fully recovered for many years.
This is something Carlo will never allow, so he can only continue to be patient and wait for a good opportunity.
But this time he was looking for this man, not just to ask the Minister of War for his views on the Abyssinian War, he had a more important purpose.
"Your Excellency, General, how is the current development of the Army's new rifle?"
