Chapter 972： Take what you need (1/2)
”3000000!”
”3.1 million!”
...
”3.75 million!”
”3.75 million Aegis, is there a higher bid?”
”The world's most advanced cruiser formation comes with a full set of shipbuilding technology and 20 professional and technical personnel. The highest price is now 3.75 million. It is absolutely value for money. Is there anyone else bidding?”
”Well, congratulations to the Chilean representative for successfully winning the third cruiser formation.”
The host West felt hard.
In order to be able to sell these warships at a high price, the French second-hand cruiser fleet has become the most advanced fleet in the world in Wester's mouth.
If you only look at warships, the Chileans must have lost a lot of money. However, there are exceptions to everything. With a complete set of shipbuilding technology and engineers, the sale is instantly cheap.
Even though there seems to be no technological blockade these years, it seems that everything can be bought with money, but that is only the technology for ordinary bad streets.
Warship manufacturing technology has always been the treasure of major shipyards. Even if it is two or three generations behind, it will cost a lot to buy it.
As the second naval power in the world, the French shipbuilding technology is naturally world-class. If it weren't for the split auction, many copies of the technology had been copied, and these technologies alone would not be available for 3.75 million.
After another deal was concluded, Waiters had lost his initial excitement. I picked up the cup, drank a sip of water to moisturize my throat, and continued to shout:
”The following auction of the Group A battleship formation will also come with a full set of shipbuilding technology, plus 100 shipbuilding engineers. The fleet includes 3 10,000-ton class new battleships, 4 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 2 shore defense ships...
The starting price of 5.8 million Aegis is still the old rule, and each increase shall not be less than 10,000 Aegis. If the price is arbitrarily bid, the deposit will be confiscated directly, and the Anti-French Alliance reserves the right to pursue accountability. ”
As soon as the speech fell, the Spanish representative immediately became energetic. There is no doubt that this carefully selected fleet is their goal this time.
”6000000!”
”6.3 million!”
Seeing the Spanish offer, Ito Hirobumi not far away decisively chose to keep up. Although he knew that the Spaniards would engage in black-box operations, he was still unwilling to give up the last effort.
Before the start of the auction, delegations from various countries sent people to visit the French warships. It can be said that every group of warships put out for auction now is well known to everyone.
Whether there is a black box operation, just look at the composition of the warship. All fleets are provisionally determined by the Anti-French Alliance. Generally speaking, high-quality warships and junk warships are mixed and sold together.
The group A battleship formation in front of them is different. The warships inside are all high-quality goods, which can not be solved by a coincidence.
”6.5 million!”
The representatives of Japan are not the only ones with a fluke mentality. Not to mention the most advanced battleship formation with moving interests.
The key lies in the full set of shipbuilding technology and shipbuilding engineers. With these, they can almost replicate the French Navy. For countries interested in developing navy, these are invaluable.
”800w!”
”8.5 million!”
...
Looking at the constantly refreshing offers, the atmosphere of the Japanese delegation suddenly became tense. The plan has not changed quickly, and there is no other reason that the money is not enough.
Xixiang Congdao said anxiously: ”Prime Minister, warships are not required, but the shipbuilding technology must be obtained. With these technologies, we can fight for 30 years less.”
It's not an exaggeration at all. With Japan's current shipbuilding technology, it's okay to play with sailing warships. Don't say that tens of thousands of tons of battleships have been built, and you can't even find a dock.
The world has 20,000 tons of docks, and the former dreadnought ships were built in Britain, France, and Austria. The rest of the world are still exploring.
The same is true for Americans, affected by the butterfly effect, the economic development of the United States after the split is far worse than the original time and space. The government has no money in its pocket, and naturally has no resources to smash the navy.
Ito Bowen nodded: ”The competition is too fierce now. We don't have much money in our hands. Let's wait for the next batch!”
The plan hasn't changed quickly. I didn't expect to gain something at the warship auction conference. Now, shocked by the big hands of the Anti-French Alliance, Ito Hirobumi can only grit his teeth to keep up.
There is no way, there are not many opportunities to obtain the most advanced shipbuilding technology. If this opportunity is missed, the price to be paid for obtaining these technologies in the future is absolutely unimaginable.
Anyway, warships may be detained by the anti-French alliance in the name of neutrality, but the shipbuilding technology will never be detained. The Spaniards still don't have that great face, so everyone doesn't even want their international reputation for them.
In a sense, the value of taking down these shipbuilding technologies is no less than occupying the Philippine Islands.
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In the box upstairs, the British delegation was not calm. Originally thought that the Austrians were just taking some backward shipbuilding technology as a lead, but didn't expect that the opponent would not play cards according to the routine, which meant that they would ruin the shipbuilding technology.
”The Austrians must be crazy. Once these technologies spread, they will cause us big trouble in the future!”
A navy officer exclaimed.
”We” also include Austria, as a member of the colonial empire, and the proliferation of shipbuilding technology also impacted Austria. Other than the sale of warship exports, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make such a huge profit now.