Marshal Tirpitz spent a week in Venice with the German naval officers. During this week, Tirpitz boarded the deck of the Dreadnought four or five times. From here, you can see that the German naval commander
My dear friend, I love this ship.
During this period, the Dreadnought went to sea three times, and each time it went to sea, it was accompanied by German officers. They took a small notebook and took notes while reading it, trying to record everything they saw on the Dauntless.
As for Marshal Tirpitz, he experienced the ship's first lightning-fast speed after boarding the ship for the third time.
According to the observations of test officers and soldiers of the Italian Navy, the maximum power of the Dauntless reached 31,318 horsepower when it was at full power output. In this way, the Dauntless reached a high speed of 23 knots in one fell swoop. The actual power far exceeded the design power by so much.
Not only did the Italian officer not expect this, but the German officers who visited him also did not expect it.
For the power system to be able to explode such a surging power at full power, it all depends on the role of the oil-fired boiler. This product, which combines German and Italian marine power boiler technology, has an amazingly high explosive capacity. Not to mention
It is said that it also uses fuel that can burn more fully, which increases the output power of the boiler.
The increase in power is definitely good news for the Dreadnought, and it also strengthened some of the ideas of the German Navy. After visiting the Dreadnought several times, the German Navy finally made a request to Italy to purchase the full set of Dreadnought technology.
"Admiral Yagir, your country's Dreadnought battleship is an epoch-making masterpiece. I hope that your country can share the blueprints of the ship with our country in accordance with the alliance agreement."
"No problem, but I hope your country can exchange the following technologies."
As he spoke, Admiral Yagir took the document handed over by the officer beside him and placed it in front of Tirpitz.
Although Germany and Italy are in an alliance and can also provide each other with technical supplies, etc., the premise of all this is the principle of equivalence, that is, whether the technology or goods provided by the two parties are of equal value.
Yes, it means equal value. Because this is also an exchange principle formulated with full consideration of the actual situations of the two countries. After all, no one wants to suffer a loss, so an exchange of equal value is also in line with the actual situation of the two parties. Of course, there are also two parties versus one.
When there is a dispute over technology or materials, the differences between the two parties can be adjusted through negotiation. If the differences are too great, the two parties can choose whether to terminate the exchange, or whether one party will meet the requirements of the other party.
Of course, under normal circumstances, the two parties rarely reach the last step, because the two parties usually reach an agreement in the first step.
As for the purchase of the full set of Dauntless technology, Germany also did a good job. It knows what technologies Italy needs. For example, in the chemical industry, Italy is already coveting it. Among other things, German dyes dominate the world, and every company has to carry out renderings.
Textile factories basically purchase German dyes.
But this time, in order to obtain the complete set of drawings of the Intrepid, Tirpitz had already received requests from Italians for chemistry, optics, electrification and other technologies.
However, when he accepted the conditions offered by Italy, he discovered that the Italians did not ask for the purchase of these technologies at all, but instead put forward several conditions that made him feel a little confused, such as asking to participate in the research and development of synthetic ammonia technology.
, in addition to ammonia synthesis, there are several research projects that Italy hopes to participate in.
It is obvious that the Italians want to put their hands on Germany's shoulders and gain access to new technologies with them.
Regarding the Italians' thoughts, Marshal Tirpitz, although he is only a soldier, does not know the other party's intentions. "We need to consider the conditions given by your country."
Faced with Tirpitz's words, Admiral Yagier immediately replied, "No problem, you can discuss it carefully."
Although Admiral Yagier said this, he did not think that the head of the German Navy would pull out any tricks. Because in this matter, Germany wanted Italy, and the urgency was very high.
I have not seen that Germany passed two naval bills in a row, especially the 1900 naval bill, which doubled the size of the navy enacted in 1898 and required the German navy to increase the size of its warships to thirty-six battleships by 1917.
, fourteen heavy cruisers, thirty-eight light cruisers and about one hundred torpedo boats, its construction scale ranks second in Europe.
How could such an urgent shipbuilding plan miss the Dreadnought, an epoch-making battleship?
Admiral Yagier was not worried at all. The Germans would not agree to his request. Speaking of which, the Italian Navy had sacrificed so much this time, so in terms of funding, perhaps His Majesty the King should consider the difficulties of the Navy.
Especially when European countries continue to build ships, the Italian Navy must keep up with the pace of other countries, otherwise the Italian Navy will become the last among the navies of the great powers.
It needs to be explained here that although Britain and Germany are currently building ships very fast, there is another country that is building ships very fast, and that is the United States, which is separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
Although the United States lost the previous Spanish-American War, this in turn stimulated the young and vigorous United States. In the following time, American battleships were like dumplings. So far, the United States has as many as 19 battleships under construction and in service.
Compared to Germany, which is clamoring all over the world, its actions are much faster (15 battleships are under construction and in service), and it is worthy of being the chosen one with great wealth.
Of course, from the perspective of a powerful naval power, the performance of these warships in the United States may be slightly different from those of other countries. However, this also shows an idea of building warships in the United States. If quality is insufficient, quantity will make up for it. The wealthy United States
People are not short of money. (The United States currently ranks first in the world in terms of shipbuilding expenses, with an annual shipbuilding cost of at least 15 million pounds, which is enough to make other navies salivate)
Of course, it is fortunate that we are separated by the Atlantic Ocean. Otherwise, such unscrupulous shipbuilding by the United States will inevitably lead to larger-scale shipbuilding by various countries.
Admiral Yagier did not keep him waiting. After about three or four days, Marshal Tirpitz finally returned to the negotiating table.
"After careful consideration of your country's request, our country considers it acceptable."
Facing Tirpitz's words, Admiral Yagier smiled. "Marshal Tirpitz, I believe that your country's new battleship will surprise the world in the near future."
In fact, even without him saying so, Tirpitz would not have given up on the ship. For him, who is currently trying to build 70% of the British Empire's naval strength, this new battleship is a must-have, otherwise he wouldn't waste a lot of money on it.
Convince the Kaiser. After all, the German navy relied on the Emperor's attention to develop so rapidly.
