"Your Majesty, 'Kaiser-class' Battleship Navy plans to build five of them in total, and please Your Majesty name the other four." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz looked at Wilhelm II with anticipation.
A total of five of the previous 'Helgoland-class' and Battleship were built. Therefore, Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz naturally believes that 'Kaiser-class' Battleship should also build five.
Others have no objections to this. Although, the cost of each Battleship is very high. If five are built at one time, the total cost will probably exceed 300 million Mark. But since the Navy has the ability to build so many, others will certainly not stop it and become villains.
Wilhelm II nodded. "'Kaiser-class' Battleship's first ship 'Caesar' Battleship, the second ship is named 'Frederick the Great', the third ship is named 'Catherine', the fourth ship is named 'King Albert', and the fifth ship is named 'Regent Leopold'!"
Wilhelm II After a little hesitation, he directly named several warships to be built. This makes people wonder whether Wilhelm II has already prepared these names. As soon as the shipbuilding plan is approved, all these names will be revealed.
"Your Majesty is wise, these names are very good!" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz immediately flattered him.
Others, including Oscar, also flattered me continuously. This made Wilhelm II very satisfied, with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, Crown Prince. This time the navy plans to build a total of eight warships in two classes. Which shipyards will build them?" asked Count von Warren, chairman of Naval Technical Committee.
Among the previously built third-level battleships, German Shipyard accounts for the majority. Although it still left a mouthful of soup for other shipyards, there are always shipyards that did not even take a sip of the soup. Although, the small and medium-sized ones in the Navy allocated a lot to them. But in comparison, everyone still hopes to get orders for large warships. After all, orders for large warships are not only highly profitable, but are also a testament to the strength of the shipyard. Shipyards that can build large warships are more confident when competing for private orders.
Wilhelm II did not speak and looked at Oscar. After all, both battleships were designed by Oscar. German Shipyard has a large number of large slipways. These slipways are already quite vacant. Even if all eight battleships of these two levels are eaten, there will be no problem, it will just be a little overstuffed.
Oscar smiled, he knew that Count von Warren represented the interests of many shipyards. Now, German Shipyard has made other shipyards jealous because it has received a large number of orders for large military warships. If all the orders for 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser and 'Kaiser-class' Battleship are taken in one go this time, it will definitely make other shipyards very dissatisfied, and even make German Shipyard the public enemy of the entire industry. Although, Oscar is not afraid of this. But he had no reason to do that. As a Crown Prince, if you still compete with others for profit, it will cause dissatisfaction among many people.
"Regarding the construction of 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser and 'Kaiser-class' Battleship, I personally believe that the first ship 'Moltke' and 'Caesar' should be built in German Shipyard. The navy will decide on the other ships!" Oscar said.
Being able to obtain two of the eight battleships already accounts for a quarter. The other six ships can be built by other shipyards, and they can also share the benefits, allowing them to enjoy the cake brought by the expansion of naval strength. This is also necessary to win the support of this group of people. Germany, after all, is a capitalist country. The owners of the shipyards undoubtedly have great influence. Oscar doesn't want to push these guys against him.
Besides, German Navy cannot be supported by just one shipyard like German Shipyard. It requires the concerted efforts of many shipyards.
In addition, Oscar also plans to build large oil tankers at German Shipyard to accumulate experience for future aircraft carrier construction.
"Well, just follow Crown Prince's advice!" Wilhelm II nodded with satisfaction. Oscar is able to share all these benefits instead of eating alone, which makes Wilhelm II very satisfied. From the perspective of Wilhelm II, Oscar is growing rapidly, becoming more and more like Crown Prince, and even more and more like Monarch.
Count von Warren also breathed a sigh of relief. Oscar did not go it alone, but gave up most of its profits, finally allowing other shipyards to get some orders this time. The order for six large warships can satisfy at least six large shipyards.
"Is this kid really not even twenty years old? Why does he act so sophisticated?" Moltke the Younger murmured in his heart. He felt more and more that Oscar behaved not like a person who was not even twenty years old at all, but like an old fox. This also made him think about whether choosing to go against Oscar was the right thing to do.
And Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz looked at Oscar with eyes full of praise. Originally, he was planning to remind Oscar that he could not eat alone this time. But I didn't expect Oscar to have realized this himself.
"German Empire Having such a Crown Prince is a blessing to the entire empire!" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In fact, Oscar simply looks down on these profits. As German Welfare Lottery Company's business has completed its expansion throughout the European and American world, it can bring huge profits to Oscar every month. In comparison, German Shipyard's profit from building warships is simply not worth mentioning.
The reason why Oscar cares about German Shipyard is entirely because of the huge influence brought by a large shipyard. After all, Battleship in this era can be regarded as the crystallization of technology. A shipyard that can build large-scale Battleship has undoubtedly the best technical strength. Such a shipyard can be regarded as a key enterprise no matter which country it is in.
In addition, Oscar also hopes that German Shipyard can serve as a catfish in Germany's shipbuilding field and inspire other shipyards to develop rapidly. This will undoubtedly be of great help in further improving the strength of German Navy.
It can be seen that in order to develop German Navy's strength and ensure that Germany can win in future wars, Oscar has taken great pains.
Due to Oscar's intentional actions, this time the commissioning ceremony of the 'Nassau' No. Battleship was a joy for both the guests and the host.