The final Battleships to be auctioned were five Kaiser-class Battleships, the centerpiece of this auction. These five Kaiser-class Battleships were the Kaiser, Frederick the Great, Catherine, King Albert, and Regent Leopold. Though they were warships retired from the German Navy, they had only been in service for four or five years and could absolutely be considered cutting-edge vessels. Their performance was also excellent; even on a global scale, they were undoubtedly first-rate Battleships.
If purchased, these Battleships could serve as Capital Ships for quite some time. Of course, as more and more new Capital Ships were launched, this class of Battleship would gradually become outdated. But for some smaller nations, they would still remain irreplaceable Capital Ships.
"Up for auction next is the Battleship Kaiser, with a starting bid of forty million Marks!" Vice Admiral Hipper announced.
A starting price of forty million Marks was not low, but it could not dampen the enthusiasm of the bidding nations. Especially now that only these five Capital Ships remained, they were even less willing to let this opportunity slip away. The Austro-Hungarian Empire in particular was determined to purchase all of these Capital Ships.
"Sixty million Marks!" The moment Vice Admiral Hipper announced the start of the bidding, Crown Prince Karl impatiently made his offer, raising the price by twenty million Marks at once.
"Sixty-five million Marks!" However, this price did not frighten off the others.
"Seventy million Marks!" Fatih Pasha immediately made a bid.
"Seventy-five million Marks!" Crown Prince Karl gritted his teeth and continued bidding. At the same time, he glared viciously at Fatih Pasha and the representative of the Republic of Chile. But the two men ignored him outright and were not intimidated in the slightest. This infuriated Crown Prince Karl, and he made up his mind that once