"What?! The supply of new hardened armor is going to be postponed?" When Sir Watts just finished the Argentinian meeting and was about to go back to work in seclusion for two weeks, the representative of the Armstrong Shipyard brought him a heartbreaking news!

"How is it possible? Didn't our government negotiate with the other party? The first batch of 2,000 tons of hardened armor will be delivered in 5 months!" Watts said angrily.

"This is just a cooperation intention, and the two sides still have differences on price issues. Just last Saturday, the Russians suddenly proposed to eat the first batch of hardened armor at a price of 15 pounds per ton. The Germans started construction of two new armored cruisers in advance, and the goods originally distributed to us were divided by the two companies!"

The other party's answer completely made Watts fall into despair. He knew that because of some people's operations, the Argentinian's orders were completely out of reach!

"This is a conspiracy!" Sir Watts, in anger, quickly linked a series of things that have happened recently. First, a firepower display held by Krupp, depreciating the dome cruiser to no value, then the Russians ordered a large amount of armored steel to squeeze out the British part, and then the order he received flew away.

The customer's requirements and his own survival do not meet the specifications, and even if Watts's character breaks out and designs, they will still miscarriage due to armor supply problems. Faced with such a situation, he had no choice. After all, the other party's decision is reasonable. The Russians offered a higher price, so the Germans will naturally give priority to supplying the goods. What can the British domineering? The agreement has not been signed, and it is impossible to get a penalty for liquidated damages!

Sir Watts had thought of having a final try. After all, the American Harvey armor steel was also hardened armor. Although it was a little worse, he gave up soon. The price of Harvey armor steel and freight costs was higher than that of the German hardened armor produced locally in Europe. If the price remained unchanged, the profits of the warships would be lower to a level that the shipyard could not tolerate. The Argentine also expressed that he was more inclined to German hardened armor!

When Sir Watts regretted that he could not meet the customer's request for various reasons, the Argentines did not express any loss. On the second day after the two sides collapsed, the Argentines boarded a steamship to Germany, and their target was naturally only one Brom-Foss Shipyard! This is the only country in the world that can guarantee the supply of armored steel and is building a new armored cruiser!

"Well, pay attention to the price, the endurance of the warship, firepower and tonnage should be reduced slightly. The Argentines do not need these. They are just a near-shore navy." When the Argentines came to Germany, Prince Ruprecht sent a telegram to the Baron.

In his memory, Argentina in the early 1990s just ordered a second-class protective cruiser of more than 3,000 tons in the UK. Although there were various things in the previous sections, it was really hard to say how much the Argentine could pay. So the time traveler suggested that the Baron reduce performance and price reduction!

But what the travelers could not imagine was that perhaps the stimulation brought by the experimental results was too great. The Argentines not only stopped the plan of the cruiser purchased from the UK, but also stopped the plan of two other small shore defense ships. The Argentines in this plane woke up earlier than in history. This time, they decided to buy a battleship that could face the Captain Prat in Chile head-on!

"Let's calculate the 6800-ton warship at a price of 1 ton of 100 pounds, and then add miscellaneous fees and round them up. How about you give 700,000 pounds?" When Baron Vittorio took the slightly smaller foreign trade version of the Munich armored cruiser to the other side, unexpectedly, the other side accepted the offer without much bargaining!

"700,000 pounds, plus the required ammunition, individual weapons and insurance return costs." The Argentinian almost nodded directly to accept the offer! The successful negotiations made the Baron seem to doubt whether there was something wrong with his head!

"This tm is so smooth, it's so smooth!" Seeing the Argentine decisively stamping the contract, the baron felt messy! "There must be a problem here! It's certain!" But by this time, it seems that nothing can be changed. What else can be done after the contract is signed?

However, as a designer, the Baron still wanted to figure things out, so he was going to use his own eyeliner to investigate the matter. However, he had just arranged the work and had not yet started the investigation, and the answer came to him. As soon as the Argentinian left, the Spanish came!

"General Sevilla, do you also want to order Munich-class armored cruisers?" The Baron, who has been fighting in the field of warship design for more than ten years, thinks he has profound skills and has seen such an active guest in all kinds of worlds, has seen the first time he has seen such an active guest! When the Spanish representative expressed his intention, the Baron slowly sorted out his ideas and finally knew the cause and effect relationship!

Although the Spanish Empire has declined, it is still called a great power, right? And as the basic characteristic of the great powers - colonies, Spain does have three remaining colonies overseas, distributed in Africa, America and Asia. Since there are colonies, there is a need to protect colonies. Although it cannot be compared with those truly first-class and second-class powers, the Spanish Navy can still be considered a small strong for a period of time, at least during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it was stronger than Japan and the Qing Dynasty!

If nothing unexpected happens, Spain in history should have built the first ship of the Maria Theresa-class Belt Cruiser at this time. How to say it is, this is a paper tiger that looks good on paper, but in fact it does not have hardened armor and does not have enough protection area.

She and her sister ships were defeated by the strong onlookers of four 10,000-ton battleships and a 9,000-ton Brooklyn armored cruiser in the Spanish-American War. The Garibal Crown cruiser was destroyed with them. This guy almost ran away, but it ended up stranding...

This time, because of two comparative experiments, the Spanish unexpectedly found that the cruiser that was about to start construction would be a broiler in the future! The firepower of rapid-fire cannons and picroic acid high-explosive bombs can turn unprotected areas into slag, and ordinary steel-surfaced iron armor is really behind. Heavy armor from 10 to 12 inches is not even as good as the performance of 7 inches of hardened armor! This made the Spanish feel unacceptable!

Since you are unable to produce a suitable warship in a short period of time, the best way is to buy one on the top immediately! Looking around Europe, it seems that only the Bavarian Design Bureau and his partners can provide such warships. After all, other shipyards do not have authorization...

"This, did the Cologne give birth prematurely?" When the time traveler received the telegram, he couldn't help but sigh at the powerful butterfly effect. At that time, he only invited military officers from various countries to conduct a comparative experiment! This led to so many things. Thinking of the Spanish Navy's performance in the Spanish-American War, the time traveler couldn't help but shivered.

"Don't end up with my brand being smashed by the Spanish!" The time traveler thought so.
Chapter completed!