“Your Excellency the Lord of the Admiralty, the Apollo-class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy, with a displacement of 3,600 tons, a maximum speed of 19.75 knots, are armed with two 152 mm main guns, six 120 mm secondary guns, eight 57 mm rapid-fire guns and four 355 mm light torpedo tubes. In terms of armor, nickel alloy armor is used, but the thickness is only tens of millimeters.
Although the performance of this protective cruiser is not too outstanding, it is not inferior to those protective cruisers in your country, and it is absolutely enough. If your country is willing to buy these protective cruisers, we can pay a total of two and a half thousand pounds for these ten Apollo-class protected cruisers. You know, the cost is more than that! ”
Lieutenant Colonel Davidson said.
Compared to the previous battleships and armored cruisers, the price of these Apollo-class protected cruisers is indeed ~ very conscientious.
But don’t forget that these Apollo-class protected cruisers have been in service for more than twenty years, which is equivalent to those old protected cruisers in the Eastern Imperial Navy.
Given that the Russian Imperial Navy had quite a few cruisers, buying these Apollo-class protected cruisers would not be a loss for the Eastern Empire.
After a little consideration, Vice Admiral Yamamoto Gonbei agreed to buy these ten Apollo-class protected cruisers.
In this way, the Imperial Navy of the East Ocean bought five Monarch-class battleships, six Cressy-class armored cruisers and one Drake-class armored cruiser, and 10 Apollo-class protected cruisers, for a total of 25 million pounds.
You know, in this day and age, this is definitely a huge amount of money.
Last year, the Oriental Empire’s fiscal revenue was only 390 million yen, equivalent to 39 million pounds.
The purchase of these warships alone cost sixty-four percent of the annual revenue of the Eastern Empire.
Next, Vice Admiral Yamamoto and Minister James and Lieutenant Colonel Davidson negotiated the price of hiring the Royal Navy’s sailors. In the end, the two sides agreed. The Eastern Empire spent five million pounds to hire sailors from the Royal Navy until the end of the war.
In this case, the Eastern Empire would need to spend a total of thirty million pounds. This is already most of the fiscal revenue of the Eastern Empire last year.
Of course, the Eastern Empire had no money to pay. So you can only owe it first and pay it after the war is over.
If the war can be won, it may be easy to afford it. If the war is lost, then I am afraid that the Eastern Empire will have to tighten its belts for a long time to come.
This is undoubtedly a happy situation, the Sun Never Sets Empire not only supported the Eastern Empire, but also slaughtered the Eastern Empire fiercely, making a lot of profits.
Although the Eastern Empire paid a large amount of money, it obtained a large number of powerful warships from the Sun Never Set Empire, as well as sailors with very high combat literacy. As a result, the strength of the combined fleet of the Eastern Imperial Navy has been explosively increased. In the ensuing naval battles, their odds of victory were undoubtedly greater. The Eastern Empire is actually not at a loss.
Either way, it’s better than losing this crucial naval battle.
After negotiating with Minister James and Lieutenant Colonel Davidson, Komura and Lieutenant General Yamamoto immediately rushed to the Prime Minister’s Office to report the news to Prime Minister, Senior General Katsura Taro.
“Your Excellency Prime Minister, the people of the sun are still very supportive of us this time and have sold us a batch of advanced warships. They were even willing to let the Empire hire their sailors to participate in the ensuing war. Five Monarch-class battleships, six Cressy-class armored cruisers, one Drake-class armored cruiser, and 10 Apollo-class protected cruisers cost £25 million. And to hire sailors who never set the sun, you need to add another five million pounds. That’s a total of £30 million! Lieutenant General Yamamoto Gonbei reported.
General Katsura Taro’s brows were tightly wrinkled, thirty million pounds, this is a lot of money!
The debt-ridden finances of the Toyo Empire would never be able to take this money.
However, Senior Admiral Katsura also admitted that these warships sold by the Sun were very important to the Eastern Empire, and it was related to whether the Imperial Navy of the East Ocean could defeat the Russian Imperial Navy in one fell swoop in the following battle.
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Therefore, even if the price is high, you must buy these battleships with gritted teeth.
“Yamamoto-kun, after the Imperial Navy obtains these warships, are you sure that you can definitely make a large amount of Russians?” Senior General Katsura asked.
“Of course, Your Excellency Prime Minister. After buying these battleships that never sets, we have 11 battleships, no less than the Russians. Even, the combat power is more powerful. After all, those battleships of the Pacific Fleet of the Russians were relatively backward in performance. The same is true for armored cruisers. We have 15 armored cruisers, just one less than the Russians. But both our armored cruisers and those purchased from the sun never set are advanced in performance. In the future decisive battle at sea, we can also gain a lot of advantages. In terms of protecting cruisers and destroyers, we are also not at a disadvantage.
Coupled with the quality of the sailors of the Imperial Navy, and the quality of the sailors of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets, it is definitely higher than the sailors of the Russians.
If these factors are combined, the Imperial Navy will have a very good chance of winning in the next naval battle. Moreover, the Imperial Navy was absolutely sure of defeating the Russian fleet! ”
Lieutenant General Yamamoto Gonbei appeared confident. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
General Katsura nodded, his only hope now was that the money was spent. However, the Imperial Navy of the East Ocean must win. If you spend so much money, you will lose the battle in the end. Then, the consequences are unacceptable.
“Well, the cabinet supports this ship purchase plan. The next decisive battle depends on the Navy. Senior General Katsura said.
“Hi, Your Excellency Prime Minister, rest assured, the Imperial Navy will defeat the Russians in the next decisive battle!” Lieutenant General Yamamoto Gonbei made a solemn statement.
Subsequently, the Eastern Empire once again held secret talks on the payment method with the Eversetting Empire.
In the end, it was decided that the government of the Eastern Empire would take a loan from the Sun Empire as a guarantee to pay for the purchase of this ship.
After that, a large number of warships and personnel of the Far East Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Empire became mercenaries of the Oriental people and fought for the Oriental people.
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