William II looked at the officers below and frowned one by one. The Northwest warships were very powerful, but in terms of price, they were relatively high. The price of 5 million pounds was really unacceptable. What should I do? Will the number of British warships be allowed to completely overwhelm them?

"Or, we place other orders for the Northwest, such as King's level!" Another general's proposal moved Tirpitz. Compared with the Fantasy and Orion-modified technologies, it seems that the superiority of the King's and Bavarians cannot be shown. Since Britain has asked for help from the United States and has an advantage, it is no big deal for Germany to seek help from China.

"Why do you need a king-level? Bavarian-level, and you have a stronger strength!" another officer said actively.

It seemed as if a door was opened, and everyone saw a different world. The Bavarian-class is currently the most advanced battleship in Germany. Because the Northwest solved the problem of naval guns, it has now entered the final stage. The first two ships may be completely completed by the middle of the year and put into the sea trial. The navy also attaches great importance to this warship that has been trusted by Germany. "Send a Bavarian-class indicator and simple drawing to the Northwest to make their estimates. If it is not higher than 10% of our local production, you can make sure to place an order. The more quantity, the better!" Tirpitz made a decision at the sign of William II. The reason why he was so generous

The reason is that Germany is far more abundant than in history. It has obtained a lot of cash from France and Belgium. It is just one aspect, the transaction of antiques and population has made the Germans eat a lot of sweetness. 5 million people can provide 15 million US dollars per month. Even for Fantasy, it will be almost one ship in two months. What's more, the price of the Bavarian class has increased significantly compared to the King class. The cost of a single ship is about 57.5 million, which is about 10 million. It is converted into pounds. At the same time, the increase of Queen Elizabeth class is hugely different from that of this battleship.

It is precisely because of the wealth that we are rich. Germany cannot put so many battleships on its current ships. Four Bavarian-class ships have been started, and it is feasible to hand them over to China appropriately. As long as it can promote the size of the high seas fleet and make a significant increase, it is worth it.

The Northwest received a telegram from Germany, which was a little amused and terrifying. The Bavarian-level drawings were already possessed by Yang Yuanzhao when he went to Germany. It was the absorption of advanced technologies including Germany and the United Kingdom that the fantasy level was excellent, and it was unceremonious that without foundation, without foundation. It was impossible for the fantasy level to be so outstanding.

After two rounds of construction of 18 main battleships in the northwest, a large number of complete construction teams have been formed. Even though the Bavarian class has not been built and the complete drawings have been completed, the designers have made slight improvements to the drawings based on the existing east and west of the northwest. Some areas that are not conducive to construction and some areas that are not conducive to efficient segmentation method in the northwest have been slightly modified. With the premise that the overall performance indicators have not changed much, the budget estimate was completed, and 70% of the profit was added to the cost basis, and a number was finally formed.

Through the telephone report, it was found that the final price of Germany was 2.45 million pounds. In this way, the cost in the northwest was only about 1.5 million pounds. That's right. The leading technology will bring about a large-scale reduction in production costs. There are many workpieces processed by machine tools on warships, which saves a lot of costs. Using ordinary machine tools to process is not only very slow and time-consuming, but these are all accumulated costs. The speed of high-speed machine tools in the northwest is more than 10 times that of ordinary machine tools, and the wear level of the workmanship tool is also within the acceptable range. The cost of this part has been reduced a lot. There is also a large estimate of the cost of multiple batches of production under production.

When the German Admiralty received the price reported by the Northwest, it was first unbelievable. Will it go wrong with £2.45 million? I sent another telegram to confirm that it was 2.45 million, and the entire Admiralty was excited. You should know that after a period of increase, the delivery price in Germany is almost £2.8 million, which is 20% less than the price in Germany. Is this possible?

After several rounds of telegram inquiry, the Northwest almost said that when the contract was signed at this price, the German side believed the authenticity of the price. The report was once again placed in front of William II. It was said that the powerful Bavarian class was less than 2.45 million pounds in the northwest, and the delivery time was faster than their local production, William II could not say anything. The facts have proved that the Chinese should have mastered a method of quickly and at low cost in building sea scissors. Unfortunately, Germany had no clue. If Germany got these, it would be possible to compete with the United Kingdom.

The cost of the northwest was not only cheaper than theirs, but it was built at a faster speed. At this time, no one could stop Germany from placing an order for the northwest, with a total of 8 main battleships. In other words, the most powerful battleship in Germany entered the ship manufacturing sequence in the northwest during World War I.

Starting from Britain, the United States signed the loan loan bill, and it really began to intervene in the camp of the Allies more deeply. Germany also followed suit. Even if Britain and France were combined together, it was not a match for Germany. The strength of the army was obvious to all. However, in the navy, the number of main battleships has never been as large as Britain. Finally, with the help of the special mixed fleet, it caught up with the number between Britain. Germany had 27 ships and Britain had 29 ships, which were basically at the same level.

However, even if Britain asked the United States for help, even if it paid a huge price, it would increase the number of main battleships to 35, and suppress Germany. Of course, Germany would not be left alone, and placed an order for 8 main battleships to the northwest. To a certain extent, due to the outbreak of the war, the arms race between the two sides not only did not weaken, but instead rose more and more.

Originally, Germany was preparing to launch a naval battle in August, but it seemed that it was slightly delayed due to the changes in strength of both sides. However, in Southeast Asia and Asia, Germany's dominant position has not weakened.

The Scher fleet was always near Pontianak. After almost a month of hardship and hardship, the army could not gain more, the Nanyang Army launched a general attack on Borneo, and the entire Borneo became a battlefield. At this time, it was not the native troops, but the powerful troops composed of the regular troops of the Nanyang Army. With the help of artillery fire and warships and guns, they were unstoppable. In just 3 days, they attacked from the depths of Borneo to Pontianak. In 12 hours, they captured Pontianak. The British and French coalition forces, including the remaining Dutch troops, could no longer withstand the attacks of the Chinese. In the end, Pontianak fell and the war in the entire Borneo ended.

Borneo finally fell into the hands of the Chinese, representing that the war in Southeast Asia has come to an end. For a long time, the Chinese will continue to conquer the entire territory of Indonesia. Only when such a huge island country is in the hands of China will people truly feel at ease.

Scher's fleet entered the Port of Pontianak for a short rest, which was actually just to refuel and add water. Borneo, as the base camp of the entire China in Southeast Asia, reserved a lot of resources. Scher consumed too much in the battle, which was just enough to replenish it.

After three days of rest, the Sher fleet set out again. This time, behind him, a 30 10,000-ton cargo ship was also following him. The Nanyang Army sent a team of 18,000 people to Singapore to help the Sher army land on landing and fighting.

Singapore is now facing a great enemy. We have long known that after helping the Chinese and occupying Borneo, Germany will inevitably attack Malacca. Germany does not want Malacca to be in the hands of the British. This willingness is even stronger than Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. After returning to Singapore, the fleet and army have been strengthening Singapore's defense, but no one is sure. How could they be afraid of Singapore in a short time when the British and French Allied Forces fleets are sent to the powerful fleet under the sea? In Asia, Britain has been dominant for a long time, so the British have never paid attention to Malacca's defense. Singapore has shore defense artillery, but that is only fixed. Naval guns are also from 10 years ago. Perhaps it is OK to fight against pirates or small-scale fleets. It is not enough to face battleships, especially new battleships.

In fact, after the Northwest provided Singapore's defense, there was no obstacle to conquering Singapore. The location of each turret was marked on the arming map. Fantasy and Orion changed, with a range of more than 15 kilometers, which made the shore defense cannons not reach the fleet at a safe enough distance, and cleared the shore defense cannons bit by bit. The British defensive forces could only watch, clean up the shore defense cannons with naval guns, and suppress the shore defense cannons.

After Fang's firepower, the army followed behind began to land. Due to the support of Pontianak, Singapore's garrison was basically pulled out, leaving less than half a division. How can we wait to resist Scher's Tymph fleet and the South Asian Army, which is like a wolf and tiger? In the end, Singapore only resisted for 3 days and then declared its fall. Malacca, the throat that belongs to the United Kingdom, connects the Pacific and Indian Oceans, eventually fell into the hands of the Germans, and the situation in Asia changed color.

,(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!