My Italian: Chapter 391 navy bill

The drought in Italy lasted until the end of 1897. During this period of more than half a year, the drought in Italy was alleviated with the concerted efforts of the people and the government. Of course, the consumption of disaster relief materials in Italy was also expensive.

But all this is not as good as in October, when a large amount of sufficient rainfall in southern Italy relieved the drought, and at the same time made Italian people from all walks of life breathe a sigh of relief.

However, although the drought has been relieved, everyone, including Carlo and the Prime Minister, looked ugly when they saw the spent treasury that could run away with mice.

This drought has put more pressure on Italy's finances, and it will be a hard life again.

Of course, on one of these days, Parliament quietly passed the Voting Rights Amendment Act. But in the face of this matter, Carlo can only pretend not to see it.

Of course, in addition to the bad things in the country, there are also big things happening in Germany. The German Minister of the Navy Tirpitz, who only took office in June this year, proposed the famous Navy Act to the German Parliament, which is also the First Navy Act.

In the bill, Tirpitz requested that by 1904, the German naval fleet should be equipped with eighteen capital ships, eight coastal defense armored ships, and forty cruisers, at a cost of more than 490 million marks.

Do you feel something is wrong?

That's right, compared with the history of the Navy Act, there is one less ship, two less cruisers, and the shipbuilding cost is more than 10 million marks higher.

The reason for the difference from the history is still that Carlo. After Italy shared its naval technology and military philosophy with Germany, the development of the German navy was a little different.

First of all, in the exchange of naval warship design, the naval designers from Italy taught their German counterparts a lesson.

The Brandenburg class and the Frederick III class built by the German counterparts were well criticized. Of course, just criticizing this is not convincing. After all, anyone can find out the faults on the opponent's warship without practicing fake moves. After all, there is no perfect warship. And after the Italian counterparts came up with various revisions and functional arguments, the German counterparts were convinced.

Of course, in the exchange of designers, there are also people who are still so eye-catching, and it is you; His Excellency Vittorio Cuniberti.

This talented warship designer who has attracted attention all over the world has also attracted the attention of many people.

He not only communicated with his German colleagues, but was also invited to meet and communicate with Rear Admiral Tirpitz, the head of the German Navy, and Kaiser Wilhelm II. After some exchanges, the two were also impressed by their talents.

Major General Tirpitz even said that if German warships were designed by him, the performance of German warships would be improved by at least 5%.

As for the Kaiser, it was a bit too much. He sent an invitation to this talented designer, as long as he was willing to work for Germany, he could give him the title of viscount.

No way, Vittorio Cuniberti, to these two navy fanatics, is like a hungry man meets a delicacy.

Of course, it was more Vittorio Cuniberti's shipbuilding talent that made the two feel reluctant. (One more thing, I have always felt that there are not many outstanding German warship designers, not to lead to war. You can think about it carefully, is there any outstanding warship designer in Germany?)

Of course, there is also a reason why the two are so obsessed with his talent. Once, when the two were talking with Kuniberty, Major General Tirpitz half-jokingly proposed the technical requirements for a new German battleship. And three days later, the Kuni Berti came up with a design proposal. Of course, Kuniberti himself said that this plan was modified from the original plan, but the plan that came out in three days still shocked everyone.

More importantly, this plan is still very good. After watching it for a while, the German colleagues said that their design would not be better than it, which is very embarrassing.

During this exchange, the German designers learned a lot. At least the problem of wasting tonnage can be corrected to some extent.

After all, the high requirements of the Italian Navy make it impossible for designers to waste tonnage.

Of course, in addition to designers, exchanges between the two countries are also quite useful in terms of warship technology.

The exchange of large-caliber naval guns, boilers, steam engines, optical sights and other equipment has benefited the navies of the two countries a lot.

In any case, in the face of the massive expansion of the German navy, Italy can only watch the excitement. Because of this drought. Let Italy's finances be slowed down for several years. It's too expensive to keep up with.

As far as the Italian Navy is concerned, the German counterparts are preparing to start construction on a large scale, and there is only envy in their eyes. It's good that they can keep three Gary spread-class patrols now, and they want to continue to expand, and they want to eat ass.

What's going on here?

This is still a drought.

Because the drought was not severe before, and the government's financial pressure was heavy. Of course, I wanted to find money from everywhere, and at that time the shipyard had just sent away two ships of the same model from Spain. Isn't this the two ships that were going to be replenished by the navy?

As a result, some people suggested that under the current situation where Italy's finances are so tight, two cruisers should be built, with a total cost of 68 million lire. Should this be slowed down first? In other words, build one first, and start construction on the other after the financial relief.

Such a proposal within the government immediately drew dissatisfaction from the Navy. For this reason, Admiral Yagier, the admiral of the navy, publicly went crazy at a meeting; the navy has contributed so much to the country, and it is so hard to protect the country's trade every year, and some people even said that the navy's shipbuilding costs should be cut. Don't let him meet this kind of person, or you won't be polite to him.

Well, Admiral Yagier relied on his strong body and the attitude of wanting to compete with others, although rough but effective~www.mtlnovel.com~ This kind of remarks that he wanted the Navy to save shipbuilding costs disappeared later.

However, although this kind of remarks dissipated, the Italian navy is still watching closely, and it cannot relax its vigilance until the construction of the two cruisers is halfway through.

For the Italian Navy, there is currently a serious shortage of patrols, and these two patrols are too important to the navy.

Of course, in addition to these two patrol ships, the Italian Navy also needs to pay attention to the three Genoa-class battleships that have been launched and outfitted. (Genoa, Bologna, Cagliari)

Although the tonnage of these three warships has been reduced, their performance is not inferior to that of the Turin class at all, and some parts have even been strengthened.

Of course, as a new ship, it is better than the Turin class that has been in service for nearly ten years.

The more than 2,000 officers and soldiers prepared for this class of warships have also begun to familiarize themselves with the warships, and are waiting for the sea trials after the outfitting is completed.

Italian navy officers and soldiers are waiting for the new ship, and there are also people waiting.

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