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"Are these battleships still operational?"

Seeing a large number of densely packed battleships in the military port, Mainz felt quite spectacular, but seeing the old state of these old battleships, as well as the unreasonable layout caused by previous design flaws, coupled with the long-term unrest , making the navy unable to repair and maintain these old battleships, making these old battleships look rusty and miserable.

The navy of this country, like this country, was in a terminal stage in order to catch up with the sun.

The Royal Navy chose to go fast regardless of costs and built so many battleships in a very short period of time, but did not expect these battleships to become outdated so quickly during the period from the 19th century to the early 20th century.

Time, with the rapid advancement of the second industrial revolution, the industrial technology of various countries has been greatly developed, which has led to the emergence of large-caliber naval guns and heavy armor and equipped them on new warships.

During this period Within, the Second Empire surpassed Britain and France in industrial strength, so they were able to engage in an arms race with the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets.

However, the Second Empire lacked experience in the navy and had dominated the world like the Empire on which the Sun never sets for hundreds of years.

Compared with the established maritime overlords, they were still very immature, especially under the leadership of William II, the second emperor.

At this time, many of the Second Empire's huge investments were wasted, facing these already backward battleships. Mainz felt very complicated.

After the High Seas Fleet collectively scuttled, the glory of the Hans Navy had become history, and the harsh Treaty of Versailles restricted the development of the German navy. Mainz knew that the Allies strictly restricted the German army in the treaty. The total tonnage of the navy requires that the total tonnage of the German navy shall not exceed 100,000 tons, the tonnage of the main battleships shall not exceed 10,600 tons, and the caliber of the main guns shall not exceed 280 mm.

According to this standard, even these old battleships parked in Wilhelmshaven may not be able to survive. There was no way they could escape the fate of being forcibly dismantled.

These untimely old ships had had little chance to perform since they were launched. At this time, the Second Empire perished, and their fate would be the same as that of the Second Empire. Coming to an end, Mainz reminds me of the red furry bears of later generations.

When the furry bears disintegrated, the red navy had already ranked second in the world, and was ambitiously competing for maritime hegemony with Eagle Sauce's navy. As a result, they did not expect that their motherland collapsed, and the Red Navy, which had lost its support, immediately collapsed. A large number of warships were left unmanaged and were forced to slowly rust in the frozen military port.

Perhaps future generations of Mao Bear people would view those in their own ports. Rusty old ships, just like the current Hans people think of these old battleships in their ports!

"General, the current situation of the Navy is not stable. According to the Treaty of Versailles, all these warships must be demolished, but demolishing these warships requires a lot of manpower and material resources. We have no money to do these things!"

The look on Major General Trotta's face was very sad and angry. Not only did the Allied Powers take away all the new warships of the High Seas Fleet, they also attacked these old ships. Although it is difficult for these old ships to play any role anymore, the Japanese The Germans and the Gauls insisted on dismantling these obsolete battleships. However,

Weimar, which was heavily in debt, could not even afford the military expenses to maintain the operation of the army, so how could it have the money to dismantle them. These warships?

You must know that even in later generations, with various advanced dismantling technologies, dismantling a warship is a sure-to-lose business, let alone this era, so these old battleships are still lying quietly at this time! In the naval port, no one cares about it!

People are trying to do profitable business, but no one will be interested in unprofitable business. There is a high possibility that these warships will die in the hands of the Germans. It should be a very difficult problem for Intz, but it is different now!

[Ding, the system prompts that the host can recycle these old battleships, and the system can provide certain financial rewards based on tonnage. The specific reward standard is 1 point of funds for 100 tons! ]

This recycling mechanism of the system is a blessing in disguise for Mainz. This recycling mechanism comes in time!

There are more than 2 old battleships in Wilhelmshaven at this time, with a total tonnage of more than 50,000 tons.

If they are to be demolished in accordance with the requirements of the Allies, just demolishing these old battleships will cost at least 2 million pounds, and the recycled scraps Iron can only be sold for a maximum of 800,000 pounds, and the German army will suffer a net loss of 1.

2 million pounds.

If this is really done, the German army will lose the cost of its main battleship!

However, with the help of the system, not only does it cost no money to recycle these old battleships, but you can also earn at least 3,500 points from them. This is a great gift for Mainz, who lacks funds!

However, if you want to recycle these warships, you must have the consent of the Allied Powers. How to get the Allied Powers to agree to let the Germans dispose of these warships on their own has become what Mainz needs to think about now!

"I understand, inform the Allied Powers and let them dismantle these warships themselves!"

Major General Trotta immediately complied. Soon, the Arms Control Committee of the Allied Powers received a telegram from the German army, asking them to deal with the old battleships in Wilhelmshaven on their own!

The people of the Allied Arms Control Committee had long been paying attention to Wilhelmshaven These warships, they have been urging the German army to quickly deal with these old guys, so that they can completely relax. Although these old guys have little combat effectiveness, the Allies are still worried and insist on destroying all the main warships in the hands of the German Navy. Only then could they feel at ease.

So after hearing the news, they immediately sent a working team to Port Wilhelm.

"This is the person in charge of the international ship-breaking company we contacted. He made an assessment of these warships in our military port and believed that it would cost about 2.5 million pounds to completely dismantle these warships. Since your Allied Powers insist on dismantling these old warships, then This cost should be borne by you!"

Mainz is not polite to the people from the Arms Control Committee at all. These guys inspected everywhere in Hans and reported a large number of arms dealers who produced weapons and equipment for the German army, which caused great difficulties in the German army's weapons supply system. Now, the former king of artillery, Krupp, is on the verge of bankruptcy and can hardly survive.

This affects not only Krupp, but also the seven major shipbuilding companies including Kiel Shipyard. Many factories, including the Hans Factory, Mauser Factory, and Rheinmetall, were greatly affected and were on the verge of bankruptcy.

Originally, according to Hans's own company's quotation, it only cost 200,000 pounds to dismantle these warships. However, Since this was a money-losing deal, Mainz would naturally not hand it over to a domestic company, so he found the person who asked for the highest price.

When the people at the Arms Control Commission heard that it would cost 250 to dismantle these warships. Ten thousand pounds, everyone's expression suddenly changed!

What do you mean by 250 pounds?

The cost of the latest Elizabeth-class battleship built by the Royal Navy in 1917 is 2.5 million pounds! Data:

Taking the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets as an example, 2.5 million pounds is equal to: 18,000 Lee-Enfield rifles, 700 machine guns, 150 guns and 70 grenades, which is equal to 60,000 people, three infantry divisions, and one main infantry corps. Equipment!

Let the Allies pay for it?

Why don't we just kill them? _Fei

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