The sudden arms race disrupted the deployment of many people, including Austria.

In fact, the Vienna government also had plans to provoke an arms race, but that was all the past.

Since deciding to implement the Near East Development Plan, Franz has given up that tempting plan, for no other reason, because of poverty.

While building infrastructure and playing arms races, Austria is not something that can be afforded.

It is easy to provoke an arms race, but the key question is how to deal with the aftermath. If such a meaningful activity is just launched, there will be no money in your pocket, which will be embarrassing.

This is not just a matter of face, but more about showing strength to countries around the world. The stronger the strength, the easier it is to find a younger brother in international politics.

Of course, there are occasional exceptions, which may have a counter-effect. How to operate depends on everyone's political skills.

It has to be admitted that the British seized the right opportunity. Now is indeed the best time to subdue France and Austria. After this time, the strategic plans of the two countries are completed and the situation will undergo a shocking reversal.

Even if we cannot suppress the two countries at once, we must also crack down on the arrogance of the two countries and tell the world who is the king of this era.

Putting down the information in his hand, Franz frowned and asked, "Does we have to deal with it?"

Foreign Minister Wesenberg: “Yes, Your Majesty!

The British calculated the time correctly. Now that we retreat, the outside world will think that Austria is afraid of Britain.

The news from the Embassy in Paris has been reported that the French government has decided to face the challenge and may not be long before a new shipbuilding plan will be announced."

It’s not that he doesn’t have the strength to follow up, but Franz is unwilling to do such meaningless consumption.

Well, this is all self-comfort. The truth is that Austria cannot beat the British without affecting domestic economic development.

Even if home searches are rewarded, the three major plans have already consumed.

In the arms race, the biggest problem is not the construction of ships, but the military expenditure in the later stage. Just building ships, the Vienna government can easily break out a hundred battleships.

The problem is that the ship comes out, and the later maintenance costs will be life-threatening.

Let’s put it this way, the construction cost of a new battleship is only more than one million ASCH, and the maintenance cost of five years exceeds the cost of the warship itself.

Perhaps it will take five years. If you train harder, you can surpass it in three years.

This can be calculated. A battleship must be equipped with six or seven hundred officers and soldiers, and the logistics and maintenance personnel are only a lot more than the front-line personnel. The annual military pay expenses alone are a considerable amount.

To ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, daily training is definitely indispensable. You can see that the navy's shells are not cheap. Battleships will fire dozens of ASCH shields at a time. If you use special bullets, hundreds of ASCH shields may be gone.

If the unit of coal burning, which seems inconspicuous, becomes a thousand tons, it is not a small number.

Daily maintenance, equipment maintenance, and replacement of damaged parts are also a considerable expense.

A total of 0,000 yuan is not enough to spend without the funds of hundreds of thousands of Syrians a year.

It’s okay to want to be cheap, just play with the poor navy. Learning the previous practices of the Russians, warships are parked in the port, soldiers train with army training, and military expenses only need one tenth of the normal level.

Franz nodded and ordered to the Navy Secretary: "Castagni, tell me about your shipbuilding plan!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Navy Secretary Castagney: "The British Navy already has 4 King Power Class battleships, and this time it will build 6 new battleships, 10 destroyers, 7 cruisers, and 31 warships of all kinds.

We want to form a deterrent to them, and we must maintain at least 80% of their main ships and 70% of their affiliated warships.

At present, we only have 3 new battleships. The Admiralty plans to build another 5 new battleships, 8 destroyers, 6 cruisers, and a total of 25 other attached warships."

I don’t know when it started, the Austrian Navy began to popularize the “eight-point theory”, namely: having 80% of the tonnage of the Royal Navy, it deterred the British.

You should know that since the great development of the navy, the initial goal of the Austrian Navy was only one-tenth of that of the Royal Navy, and the goal was eight times higher than that in less than thirty years.

It's right to think about it. Who made the tonnage of the Austrian Navy's main battleships approach 70% of the British?

To be precise, it is 65.7%, and rounding it up to 70%. It is not surprising that the family is so rich, so it is not surprising that it advocates the eight-point theory.

Perhaps in the view of the Navy, it is already considered to be a face-saving plan to build a ship by not putting forward a one-to-one plan.

Franz doesn't care about this, just don't know if the British can tolerate it. However, people's bottom lines are constantly being refreshed, and changing countries is no exception.

Compared with the original time and space, the bottom line of the British government is much lower.

This was forced out. As the economic strength of France and Austria increased, their investment in the navy increased. The two strong standards of the Royal Navy were slapped in the face as soon as they came out.

Then the plan was changed, taking the Royal Navy as the parameter to maintain an advantage of 1:0.6 against the world's second naval power.

This ratio is actually just a matter of talking about. After a few years of hard work, the British government had to refresh the bottom line again.

Austria, a third naval power, has 65% tonnage of the Royal Navy, and the French Navy has reached 72% of the Royal Navy.

The pattern of the three major powers of Britain, France and the Austria is actually caused by the Royal Navy's inability to suppress France and the Austria. The London government was forced to accept sharing the remaining world with France and the Austria.

The British government has been doing the suppression, but the problem is that the effect is really not very good, and none of them have been suppressed.

No one is a fool, there is a fisherman on his side, France and Austria tacitly suppressing conflicts, staring at the British with wide eyes.

The British government tried to make trouble several times, but they were discovered. Under the revenge of France and Austria, the British were almost squeezed out of the Mediterranean.

It was uncomfortable at the beginning, but over time, the British government became more adaptable and accepted the reality. After all, 0720.65 was only 1.37, and the two companies could not really unite, so the Royal Navy could barely hold on.

The prerequisite for all this is this proportion and will no longer continue to grow.

If the Austrian Navy tonnage increases to 80% of the Royal Navy and the French Navy follows, the British government will probably be furious.

This is impossible. The current proportion is almost the limit of the British tolerate. Even if they sell their money, the British government will keep the Royal Navy's advantage.

If Austria did not do so much construction, it would naturally not be afraid of competing with the British for financial resources, but it is obviously not possible now.

After hesitating for a while, Franz said slowly: "Just announce this plan, but the construction plan will be extended by 2 years than the British.

If Britain and France increase the number of shipbuilding in the future, we will follow up according to the current proportion, but our shipbuilding progress can be slowed down a little, just build two to three battleships a year.

When necessary, the Admiralty can come up with those big plans to confuse the audience.”

If you lose, you won't lose. Franz has made up his mind to play an arms race with the British by bragging.

Anyway, warships are not built, but they are built later, which will not affect credibility.

After the shipbuilding time is extended, the government's financial pressure will be reduced. As long as the fiscal support is maintained, the arms race will last longer, and it will not be completely unhealthy.

Burning money is also burning together. No matter what, the British made more warships, and naturally they burned more money.

If this former dreadnought can be used until retirement, it will not be a loss.

The problem is that the former dreadnought is too close to the dreadnought. In essence, it is the difference in design concepts. Although the technical difficulty of building a ship has increased, it is not impossible to overcome.

Once the dreadnought is released, the former dreadnought will be eliminated again.

As soon as I finished an exhausted match, I was told that it was only the first half and the second half was about to start. That feeling was absolutely sour.

Perhaps the wealthy British could barely hold on, but the French government was mostly unable to continue to work hard.

Even the increase in investment in the navy will reduce the French's investment in the army, which is very beneficial to Austria's subsequent strategic plan.

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Chapter completed!