Of course, the most important thing is that the Americans are very anxious now and they need to arm themselves as soon as possible. If the Americans' own 16-inch battleship is completed, your country's Carajono-class battleship will not be that important. After all, the 15-inch gun artillery battleship is outdated. Therefore, your country must complete these two battleships in a short time, but from the current situation, it seems really difficult!" Duff said with a smile.

"Well, is the timely nature of the weapon business? This statement does make some sense, but I want to know, since you already think that we cannot complete these two warships during the Pacific War, why do you still come here? Just as a representative of the Sunset Empire to experience the glory of the past?" Duke Abruci's words were also very sharp.

"It seems we have reached an agreement on some issues." Daft paused and continued, "But you just ignored one thing. I just said that your country's warships cannot catch up with the Americans' timeline, because as time goes by, Americans have better choices. But your country can try to catch up with the Japanese timeline. The Americans have a dozen battleships under construction, and the Japanese have only two! Once they are completed, there will be no new ships in service, and Japan can only obtain fast battleships from your country."

"Haha, I didn't expect that the British Empire would also be condescending to waving flags and shouting for a small country." The Duke sneered: "Well, since you have been emphasizing interests just now, what can Italy get? We offend Americans for this trade. So what kind of compensation will your country give us in exchange for us to sell the ship to the Japanese?"

"You are free to price, we don't interfere," Duff said with another sip of coffee. "Although the Royal Navy has declined, our legacy is still rich, and even if you take out a small part of it, you can benefit Italy a lot!"

"Your country mainly lacks enough materials and manpower. We can help you solve it. In the warehouses of the British Empire all over the world, we can easily get tens of thousands of tons of hardened steel plates for warships, as well as a large number of naval guns and turret components. As long as you load the ship and then ship it to Italy, you can immediately load it on the warship. You know, the weapon system on the Caraggino has a lot of British blood, and adaptability is definitely not a problem. For all this, you don't have to pay a pound!"

"If we count the armored cruisers that the Japanese are planning to buy, then the business may have £20 million." Duke Abruchi said with a smile.

"Hold the grass! It's really tm." Duff admired the Italians for slapping this knife hard enough! However, considering that the money is not required for the British to pay, it doesn't matter. How much money does the Japanese end up paying depends on the Japanese's ability to negotiate.

"20 million pounds are a lot, it is even enough for your country to start construction of a first-class new battleship equipped with 16-inch main guns. Americans, Japanese, Germans and even French people all want to build new battleships, and your country won't hold the outdated 15-inch main gun warship and don't let it go, right?" Duff said with a smile.

"But, I don't think it's enough!" said the Duke's face. "A mere £20 million, let us risk offending the United States to sell warships? You know! Selling important military supplies during the war has a very big political impact! We are different from you! You need to worry about the safety of India, but we don't need it! The war in the Far East actually has nothing to do with us. We have no good feelings for Japan and no disgust, but we have real trade with the Americans! Your quotation is too low!"

"The Germans are not willing to let you get close to the Americans," Duff said in a raising voice. In fact, for a British Empire supremacist, it is really ironic to suppress his opponent with the majesty of his enemies! But based on pragmatism, Duff decided to play this card!

"They will not make a clear statement! And I believe that the shortage of raw materials will not last too long. There is no need for the Germans to be unable to get over money. Of course, more importantly, the Italian market! We have a population of 40 million, and our market itself is an important bargaining chip! Therefore, we respect the opinions of the strong, but it does not mean that we will not ask for compensation from your country!" said Duke Abruci.

"You should ask the Japanese for compensation!" Duff said loudly.

"We will naturally go back to ask for the Japanese compensation, but I will not let you go either! Because you have put us in a dilemma! You can threaten us by reducing the coal exported to Italy, so we can naturally ask you for compensation. Your time is not long. If Germany and Austria restore the fuel supply and coal supply to Italy, then in revenge, I can guarantee that Italy will not import a piece of coal from the UK again! I would like to know that at that time, if funds are urgently needed to compensate the German country, how can we make up for the funding gap in this area?" the Duke said meaningfully.

"Hold the grass!" Duff realized now that he had encountered a very difficult opponent. The Italians did face pressure from Britain and Germany at the same time, but the British were also facing pressure from Germany and Japan? Germany asked the UK to pay a large amount of war reparations, so the British needed to use everything that could be exchanged for hard currency to compensate, and the Japanese directly threatened India's safety! Even now the situation in the UK is worse than that of Italy. Sometimes, the offensive and defensive momentum at the negotiating table changed inadvertently, as long as the negotiating personnel could make a correct judgment on the situation!

The trade war is a double-edged sword. When the British threatened the Italians, they were also hurting themselves. Moreover, Duff vaguely felt that if British coal really withdraws from the Italian market this time, cheap coal from Donetsk and Transcaucasian oil could completely occupy the Italian energy market. In the end, the biggest loser may be the British.

"We need some things, some technology that your country cannot use, and our trade convenience among the Commonwealth member states." The Duke made his own request and thoughtfully handed Duff a list. Italy naturally knew that there was a huge gap between its industrial and technical level and Britain, so they also wanted to use this opportunity to make up for it as much as possible. The British's restricted naval technology and power industry in the future is a starting point!
Chapter completed!