Chapter 1117: 1118 aircraft carrier is very expensive
Chapter 1117 1118 Aircraft carriers are expensive
Everyone’s idea is actually very simple. There are only two ways to solve the pain point of the Tang Empire’s landing fleet attack. The first way is to solve the defense of coastal areas. The second way is to build a navy capable of fighting.
Tang's arms exports hit the pain points of these countries, so how could they not be excited? This is equivalent to saying that someone brought a pillow to me when I was sleepy. I imagine that it smells like giving someone timely help.
From the perspective of the envoys from these countries, the Tang State also very much hoped to dispel the hostility and concerns of various countries and maintain a peaceful trade environment.
It would obviously be detrimental to the Datang Empire if the whole world was to be fearful and wary of the Tang Empire, affecting the relations between countries.
As for strengthening the defense of coastal areas, everyone is actually already doing this: within fifteen days after the new weapons of the Tang Empire appeared, various countries in the Eastern Continent made certain adjustments and deployments.
The first is the Ice Empire. The dwarves built a new fort in Everwinter Port, and Ice Cold I also signed an order to build 4,000 bunkers and hundreds of kilometers of trenches in areas suitable for landing.
At the same time, the production of anti-aircraft guns in the Ice Empire was raised to an unprecedented level. The dwarves even proposed the concept of dual-purpose high-level and flat-fire guns, requiring all anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns to have a certain level of flat-firing capabilities.
In other words...the Ice Empire began to pay more attention to the development of anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns under the premise that it could not guarantee its air supremacy.
The Lions Empire is also working hard to strengthen the coastal defense near Bunas. After building forts, they also built dozens of kilometers of defense lines nearby.
In addition, the Dorn Empire and the Gobel Empire also signed orders and ordered the construction of coastal defenses. During this month, everyone has been working hard to dig trenches and build bunkers, as if they want to turn their coastline into a fortress.
However, all of this is passive defense. Not only the investment is too high, the results are also very limited. What can really prevent the Tang Army from landing on the coast is a powerful naval fleet!
As for how to build a powerful navy... doesn't it depend on the technology of the Tang Empire? Look, haven't they agreed to sell a series of advanced weapons to reassure everyone?
In the eyes of these laymen, isn’t a powerful navy nothing more than new technologies and battleships? As long as the Tang State is willing to sell, they can just pay to buy it.
For various countries, the greatest threats are nothing more than the new weapon aircraft carrier that allows the Tang Navy to have maritime air supremacy, and the underwater assassin submarines that appeared a few years ago.
As for anti-ship missiles... Tang Guo promised to lift the ban on sales within two years. This is another good news for countries around the world.
Submarines are actually a good thing that everyone wants to get. As long as you have this thing, you can attack the waterway and attack the enemy's main battleship. It can be said that it is the ultimate weapon with small power.
Naturally, the Tang Empire will not charge as cheaply as those outdated fighter jets: the price of a submarine is about 70 million gold coins. This price does not sound expensive, but the same reason remains: the supporting facilities and training costs are expensive. ah!
In total, a submarine costs hundreds of millions of gold coins on average, but everyone is not stupid either. They all try to buy one, study it, and then learn how to make it themselves.
After all these years, everyone’s investment in submarine research and development has still yielded certain benefits: the only restriction on submarine technology in various countries is the lack of key technical ideas.
As long as you buy a submarine, look at it carefully and learn from it, it shouldn't be difficult to make a bunch of usable submarines if you can't make a particularly good submarine yourself.
In the eyes of navies of various countries, aircraft carriers are even simpler: this thing is just a matter of thinking. In the early years, no one thought that aircraft could be put on warships to take off and land.
Now that the Tang Empire has developed it, other countries think that they can build an aircraft carrier as long as they build a big ship and then create a large flat deck.
What should I do with the detailed technologies on the aircraft carrier that I don’t understand? Easy to handle! Wouldn't it be enough to buy an aircraft carrier from the Tang Empire and copy it?
That’s right, it’s plagiarism! Wouldn't it be enough to buy an aircraft carrier from the Tang State and come back to study it yourself? Then make the modifications and build similar aircraft carriers by yourself, just to increase the number?
After all, although making it yourself is a bit worse, the price is much cheaper. And you can modify it yourself to make it more suitable for your own use, so why not do it.
In any case, whether an aircraft carrier is useful or not depends mostly on the level of the carrier-based aircraft. Wouldn't it be enough to just buy some aircraft that the Tang Empire itself said were comparable to their own carrier-based aircraft?
So, everyone is asking about the price of an aircraft carrier, as well as some performance indicators and prices of aircraft carriers.
"The price of an aircraft carrier is 190 million gold coins... This price is really too expensive." A special envoy turned green when he heard the price. This time he brought 200 million in funds, and the result... **** It was almost enough to buy a boat and go back.
Of course, this statement is definitely an exaggeration, but the actual situation is almost the same: Do you only buy one aircraft carrier? Are there not enough carrier-based fighter jets?
But when it comes to carrier-based fighter jets, things are troublesome: the Tang Empire sells many types of aircraft for various countries to choose from, and of course the performance of these aircraft is also different. If you want good ones, there are indeed them, including pirates used by the Tang Empire itself, and a mess of various American carrier-based aircraft.
If you want to talk about average, there is also a Zero fighter to choose from: However, because the performance of the Mirage Air Force is so bad, no one is really interested in this option.
The rest are very unique: Do you want a 97 carrier-based attack aircraft? Do you want 99 ships to explode? Do you want the sea to spit fire? Do you want a sea hurricane?
If you have no money and still want a good torpedo machine...then should you consider a cheap Swordfish attack plane? Although it's a little worse, but...it's better than nothing, right?
After hearing the price, envoys from other countries also began to consider the possibility of designing aircraft carriers at home. The price was so expensive that they thought they could try it themselves.
The special envoy of the Ice Empire also felt that nearly 200 million was too expensive, so he had to seriously consider whether to buy two such aircraft carriers.
You know, if 400 million, or even 600 million, were thrown on the battlefield, they might be able to win the entire war against the Yangmu Empire.
The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire also felt that he was hasty, just kidding... What kind of warship can be sold for nearly 200 million gold coins? Before, they might not even spend 15 million gold coins to build a battleship themselves.
Of course, the Tang Empire was indeed preparing to make a fortune from the price of aircraft carriers and submarines, but only those who have experienced it know how terrifying the various technological breakthroughs in these two weapons are.
"It doesn't matter! Our price is here, you can seriously consider it when you go back. Because we are selling aircraft carriers for our own use, there is no way to provide spot goods. Even if you buy it now, our delivery will have to wait until next year." Harry He said to everyone with a smile.
Seeing that the Tang Dynasty started to play "hungry marketing" again, just like the ironclad ships of the year, they were only sold second-hand and delivered next year, everyone began to study the procurement of submarines.
Everyone can’t figure out how to use this thing with torpedoes, so you should buy it anyway. Take it home for reference, and do your own research...it’s still very necessary.
So everyone began to study 70 million submarines: although it was expensive to die, everyone's enthusiasm has not weakened.
“We plan to purchase three ships!” The envoy from the Yangmu Empire gritted his teeth and held out three fingers. They are at war with the Ice Empire. If they can quickly form a submarine combat capability and blockade the Ice Empire's ports, they may be able to force the other side to sue for peace.
The Dorne Empire also hopes to purchase two submarines, and the Lions Empire also hopes to purchase two submarines to "build underwater power."
Looking at this number, Harry knew that they all planned to go back and study it themselves and buy two gadgets for reference.
But Harry didn’t point it out: If the technology of submarines could be learned at will, then a certain frog would have built his own submarine force long ago. Do we still have to wait decades?
In fact, apart from the shipyards built with the help of the Tang Empire, it was all nonsense to produce submarines. Let alone letting them build submarines, they may not even be able to find qualified steel materials and welders.
The more modern high-tech weapons and equipment are, the more they test a country’s comprehensive industrial level. If a certain link is not good, then don’t even think about building a similar finished product!
Aren't these countries now a link? They are not good at every aspect! It is said that it is really difficult for them to build submarines, and it may be a bit difficult for them to drive submarines: if you look at the submarine accident rate of the third brother, you will know what is going on.
So Harry just let these people play their own tricks. Anyway, things would come back to him in the end, and the Tang Empire would not lose a penny of the money it should earn!
"Anything is fine! But three ships is the minimum standard. If it is any less, we will not promise to help you build supporting facilities and train personnel." Harry gave a standard.
So everyone followed suit and immediately adjusted their number of two ships to the minimum standard of three.
The deal was quickly concluded, including "advanced fighter jets" at favorable prices and "submarines", weapons of naval warfare.
(End of this chapter)