The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

The man who came to procure weapons was Akjor Pasha, a confidant of the Ottoman Sultan.

To deal with such people, the method of sugar-coated cannonballs is undoubtedly the best.

So, Andrews specially sent someone to entertain him with good food and drink, and gave him a kickback, which made Akyol's smiling eyes narrow.

After buying Akyol, the Second Reich took the opportunity to sell the Ottomans the ironclad ships produced by the Second Reich.

After looking at the blueprints provided by the shipyards of the Second Empire, and visiting several large shipyards of the Second Empire.

Akyol immediately packed the ticket and said that he would urge the Sultan to purchase naval warships from the Second Empire when he returned, and Andrews was not very skeptical of his promise.

After all, if the deal is done, he will get another kickback.

Who is going to have trouble with money?

So Akyol has plenty of motivation to make this happen!

The trick worked, and as soon as Akyol reported the incident to the Ottoman sultan, the sultan was immediately tempted.

Being able to get customized services from the Second Empire is something that many countries can't think of.

Moreover, the Ottoman navy, which had just been reimbursed by the Black Sea Fleet in previous battles, was now in the stage of reconstruction, so there was a large shortage of warships for them.

Considering the weak industrial strength of the Ottomans, they could not build these large ironclad ships themselves, so they could only purchase them from outside.

In the past, they chose to buy from the hands of the people who never set the sun, but the people who never set the sun often increased the price to pit them.

Often, the price at which the sun never sets on the warships sold to other countries is more than 50% cheaper than the price sold to the Ottomans, which gives the Ottomans a feeling that they have been wronged and slaughtered by others.

Therefore, in the hearts of the Ottomans, they were already dissatisfied with the practice that the sun did not set.

At this time, the Second Empire expressed its willingness to provide them with new warships, and even a completely new type of warship could be customized according to their requirements, and the price was more fair than the sun never set.

It's hard to find such a good thing with a lantern!

The Sultan immediately agreed.

When the war was over and the Ottomans held Constantinople, they would send people to the Second Empire to negotiate follow-up cooperation and procurement.

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After taking care of the Ottomans, Andrews set his sights on the Far East.

The volume of the Ottomans is relatively small, and the number of warships purchased will not be very large.

There are two countries in the Far East that have a greater demand for naval warships, one is the newly rising Wa State, and the other is the Qing court, the overlord of the Far East.

However, the situation of this era is quite different from history, and the Qing court is still in its heyday and has not been invaded by Western powers.

Therefore, until they had seen the strength of the ships and guns of the Western powers, they were not very interested in purchasing arms.

However, the footbasin is different, with the expansion of the woolly bear in the Far East, coupled with the black ship incident caused by the Eagle Sauce people's fleet killing Edo Bay outside the footbasin capital.

This series of external crises makes the footbasin people feel a huge external threat.

Because the Wa Kingdom is an island nation, their main threat comes from the sea.

In this case, if there is a strong navy, it can effectively protect their safety.

Therefore, the Japanese people have a huge demand for ironclad ships, but now the Japanese are in a civil war.

The Shogunate faction is fighting against the shogunate, and when the war between the two sides is over, the Japanese people will probably send people to Europe to purchase new ironclad ships from European countries!

The country was relatively small and economically poor, and even if they did, they couldn't buy much.

However, the geographical location of the Wa Kingdom was very special, and they were right next door to the Qing court.

Once the Japanese began to purchase warships, the Qing court would definitely feel a great threat.

After all, having an ironclad ship at your doorstep is completely different from having an ironclad ship in Europe thousands of miles away. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Therefore, selling warships to them will not only earn money from the Japanese people, but also from the Qing court.

As long as the Qing court felt threatened, they were bound to strengthen their navy in order to prevent aggression and attacks from the sea.

At this time, the Qing court did not have the industrial strength, so they could not build large ironclad ships themselves, so they could only purchase them externally.

If you can get this order from the Qing court, it will be enough for the shipyards of the empire to eat for many years!

Thinking of this, Andrews was also interested in designing a new ironclad ship........ []

Although he himself is not optimistic about ironclads, it is still quite good to use this thing to make money.

As a military enthusiast, Andrews is very familiar with the development of ironclad ships in this era.

Since the birth of ironclads more than 30 years ago, until now, the development of ironclad ships has basically come to an end.

The ironclad ships of this era are characterized by heavy armor, 2-4 large-caliber main guns, the main guns are mainly concentrated on the bow and stern sides, and they are basically single-barreled guns.

Compared to the battleships of later generations, the number of main guns of ironclad ships in this era was much smaller, which caused their attack power to drop a lot.

Moreover, because the ironclad ships are very heavy, they do not sail fast, and they can only exert their power when they encounter the same bulky enemy ironclads.

But if you encounter a cruiser with a relatively light tonnage and a relatively fast speed, it will be difficult for the ironclad to catch up with the speed of the other party, so you can only stare dryly.

In view of this, in a few years, the countries of the world will enter the era of pre-dreadnoughts.

The rotatable multi-barreled turret began to replace the single-barreled gun, with a greater range, longer range and greater power.

The tonnage of ironclad ships in this era will rise even further, reaching 15,000 tons, and the number of 4.1 main guns will also increase from 2-4 to more than 4.

Among them, the most typical representatives are the Sovereign-class and Majesty-class battleships on which the sun never sets.

Before the dreadnought, a multi-turret, all-heavy artillery battleship of a unified caliber, the pre-dreadnought was basically the last afterglow of the ironclad era.

Because the sun never sets at this time, this kind of warship is also being developed, so the construction of this kind of warship on the imperial side will not reveal their core technology.

Moreover, after construction, the launch of new warships before the sun never sets, can also show the Second Empire's outstanding vision in the development of naval warships.

This has a great effect on establishing the reputation of the Second Empire's naval masterpieces.

Therefore, Andrews, after thinking about it for a while, decided to build this kind of former dreadnought!