"Ninety-five million Mark!" After Crown Prince Karl quoted the price, he looked at Fatih Pasha with a provocative look on his face. The meaning is very obvious, no doubt he is mocking Fatih Pasha for not being able to afford so much money.
Although, Ottoman Turkish Empire can be considered a big country. However, it is no longer time for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to slander the entire Europe. After entering modern times, Ottoman Turkish Empire has declined, falling from a world-class power to Sick Man of West Asia.
Although Austro-Hungarian Empire is also not strong, it is undoubtedly much stronger than Ottoman Turkish Empire.
Fatih Pasha's face was ashen, even though the price was far beyond the actual value of the number 'Regent Leopold' Battleship. But if he just gives up, Ottoman Turkish Empire's face may be completely ruined.
However, if we want to continue bidding, Fatih Pasha feels that it is too much of a loss. After all, the price of nearly 100 million Mark can already build a very powerful Capital Ships, and there is still some left.
"Ninety-six million Mark!" Fatih Pasha gritted his teeth and made the offer. He made up his mind that if Crown Prince Karl continued to increase the price, he would no longer bid.
Sure enough, after Fatih Pasha just quoted, Crown Prince Karl increased the price again without blinking an eye.
"Ninety-seven million Mark!"
Although, Crown Prince Karl only adds one million to the price of Mark. However, Fatih Pasha gave up. No more price increases. He knew that if he continued to increase the price, Crown Prince Karl would also increase the price accordingly. There is no need to fight with Crown Prince Karl. If Crown Prince Karl cheats him, then he will have no place to cry.
"Ninety-seven million Mark? Do you need a higher price? If not, the number 'Regent Leopold' Battleship will belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This But the performance of a very powerful Battleship is absolutely top-notch in the world!" Vice Admiral Hipper said tirelessly, hoping to once again arouse the desire of representatives from other countries to bid. It would be great if the price of 'Regent Leopold' number Battleship could exceed 100 million Mark. After all, the distance from 100 million Mark is only three million Mark.
But unfortunately, no one has raised the price. After all, the price is already outrageous. If it weren't for Crown Prince Karl's deep pockets, there would be no way the price would have risen to this level. After all, the price of 97 million Mark has even exceeded the cost of German Navy's most powerful 'Mackensen-class' Battleship.
"Since no one bids anymore, then, the number Battleship of 'Prince Regent Louis Tebold' was sold to the Austro-Hungarian Empire for a price of ninety-seven million Mark!" "Vice Admiral Hipper said with some regret.
The five 'Kaiser-class' Battleship were all sold at high prices, and the total price was as high as 466 million Mark. On average, the price of each battleship is as high as ninety million Marks. You know, this is just a batch of Battleship retired from German Navy. It is completely unreasonable to be able to fetch such a high price.
German Navy The eighteen Capital Shipss sold this time were all sold at high prices. If the eighteen Capital Shipss are added together, the total price is as high as 1.221 billion Marks.
This price is already much higher than the cost of this batch of Capital Ships.
Originally, German Navy planned to sell these warships at low prices in exchange for part of the funds to continue building the 12 Battleship and 10 Battlecruiser obtained from the Britain people. Although, continuing to build those warships will cost a lot of money. However, Naval Ministry believes that after selling 18 Capital Ships, there should not be a big gap. However, no one expected that it could be sold at such a high price this time. The funds from the sale of these retired Capital Ships alone are enough to support the later construction of those warships, and there is even a partial balance. This is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for German Navy.
After the auction of Capital Ships, there are also auctions of Armored Cruiser, Light Cruiser and destroyers. However, compared to those Capital Ships, the bidding for these small and medium-sized warships is not so fierce.
In the end, these small and medium-sized warships were only sold for a total of 400 million Mark.
All added together, there are more than 1.62 billion Mark. There is no doubt that this is a huge amount of money.
After the auction ends, representatives from each country need to pay the full amount within three months, after which they can sail the warships back to their home countries. Germany This approach not only raised a large amount of funds for itself, but also significantly strengthened the naval strength of other countries in the world. Of course, this is not a good thing for maintaining world peace. After the military strength is strengthened, the possibility of conflict or even war will naturally become greater.
Austro-Hungarian Empire was undoubtedly the big winner of this auction. They got the 'East Prussia' Battleship among the 'Helgoland-class' Battleship, as well as three 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser, and four of the five 'Kaiser-class' Battleship. After acquiring these eight Capital Ships, the strength of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy will become a naval power second only to Germany. Before a large number of cutting-edge Capital Ships from United States and Island Nation enter service, no one will be able to shake the second position of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Of course, this also brings a lot of threats to Germany. Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy, whose strength has been strengthened, naturally cannot shrink to the Adriatic Sea. The entire Mediterranean Sea will have their presence. This is not a good thing for Mediterranean Fleet of German Navy. According to the plan, German Navy and Mediterranean Fleet only have three Battlecruiser and four Battleship. In terms of quantity, it is much less than Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy.
However, this does not mean that Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy will be able to dominate Mediterranean Sea. In addition to German Navy, Ottoman Turkish Empire Navy also has three Capital Ships ships. Although not as good as Austro-Hungarian Empire, it still has a certain sense of presence. Ottoman Turkish Empire does not have the ability to build Capital Ships by itself, but if they are willing to spend money, they can order more Capital Ships from Germany. In this auction, Ottoman Turkish Empire was not able to do so, but he was completely capable of doing so.
These are all external forces. After German Navy has more aircraft carriers, dispatching an aircraft carrier battle group to the Mediterranean Sea can quickly offset Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's Capital Ships numerical advantage.