My Italy

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, we can see that the German naval commander I love this ship.

During this period, the Dauntless 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 lightning-fast speed for the first time after boarding the ship for the third time.

According to the observations of Italian Navy test officers and soldiers, the maximum power of the Dreadnought 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, which not only surprised the Italian officers, but also the German officers who visited it.

For the power system to be able to burst out 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 technologies, has an astonishingly high explosive capacity. Not to mention the use of 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 strengthens some of the German Navy's ideas. 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.

That's right, they are equal in value. Because this is also an exchange principle formulated with full consideration of the actual conditions of the two countries. After all, no one wants to suffer a loss, so an exchange of equal value is in line with the actual situation of both parties. Of course, when two parties have disputes about a technology or material, the differences between the two parties can be adjusted through negotiation. If the differences are too great, then the two parties can choose whether to terminate the exchange, or whether one party meets the other party's demands.

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 a complete set of Dauntless technology this time, Germany has also done a good job and knows what technologies Italy needs. For example, in the chemical industry, Italy has already coveted it. Among other things, German dyes dominate the world. Every textile factory that wants to perform rendering will basically purchase German dyes.

But this time, in order to obtain the complete set of drawings of the Intrepid, Tirpitz already had Italians asking for chemistry, optics, electrification and other technologies.

However, when he accepted the conditions offered by Italy, he found that the Italians did not ask for the purchase of these technologies at all, but 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 studies 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.

As for the Italians' thoughts, even though Marshal Tirpitz was only a soldier, there was no reason why he didn't know the other party's intentions. "We need to consider the conditions given by your country."

Faced with Tirpitz's words, Admiral Argyle immediately replied. "No problem, you can discuss it carefully."

Although Admiral Yagir said this, he did not think that the head of the German Navy would pull out any tricks. Because in this matter, Germany needs help from Italy, and the urgency is very high.

I didn’t see 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 let go of the Dreadnought, an epoch-making warship.

Admiral Yagir was not worried at all that the Germans would not agree to his request. Speaking of which, the Italian Navy has 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 quickly, 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 stimulated the young and energetic 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 with Germany, which is making noise all over the world, its actions are much faster (15 battleships are under construction and in service). He is worthy of being the chosen one with a lot of money.

Of course, from the perspective of a powerful naval power, the performance of these American warships may be slightly different from those of other countries. However, this also shows the United States' approach to building warships. 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 expenditure, with an annual shipbuilding cost of at least 15 million pounds, 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."

Faced with Tirpitz's words, Admiral Agil smiled. "Marshal Tirpitz, I believe that your country's new battleships will surprise the world in the near future."

In fact, even without his words, 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 would not have spent so much money trying to convince the Kaiser. After all, the German navy relied on the emperor's attention to develop so rapidly.