As Severa said, the first order from the Kingdom of Spain was sent to Italy 10 days later, and then various shipyards competed for the order. Anyway, Xu Jie and Vittorio's share was definitely in their pockets.

, they are too lazy to take care of it. How to coordinate the distribution of interests among various shipyards is a matter for the Navy Ministry and the Spanish, and it has little to do with them. And under the coordination of Breen, the warship ordered by Spain will be

The **Andozal Shipyard started construction. The Spanish Navy's order was like a pebble thrown into a calm pond. Then procurement personnel from Chile and Argentina began to visit various shipyards and contacted relevant personnel from the **Design Bureau.

The Russian delegation, which had been observing for a long time, also began to negotiate with the Italian Navy Ministry, hoping to purchase the technology of this type of ship. This made the British very worried. The British government began to secretly contact Italian officials, hoping to prevent the Russians from

The ship purchase operation, and Wei Wan expressed that he could provide certain compensation in other aspects. At the same time, under the instruction of the British government and the operation of Anthony Hoskins, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, Fisher boarded the ship in the name of a visit.

Italian land.

"Xu, there is an important cocktail party tonight. You'd better prepare well. I can't let outsiders say that we, the people in the Ship Design Bureau, don't understand the rules." Vittorio reminded.

"You have said it 4 times this afternoon, I understand." Xu Jie said with some annoyance. "By the way, can I not go? You know, I am a technical staff and not suitable for official exchanges.

At the cocktail party." At the end, Xu Jie interjected.

"Xu, you have to go. As an emerging ship designer in Italy, how can you not go? This time many Italian naval leaders and naval personnel from other European countries are participating, which is very helpful for us to enter the international market. Of course

"No one from the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Navy participated." Vittorio said excitedly when he heard that Xu Jie was about to give up the challenge.

In this way, under the persuasion of Vittorio, Julia and others, at 7 o'clock in the evening, Xu Jie and his party entered the venue on time. As a famous Italian designer and a native of Taiwan, Wei Wei

Torrio quickly got along with the friends around him, and as a beautiful woman, Julia was naturally the star of the party. So Xu Jie was soon left alone. He found a secluded place

I sat down, ordered a glass of French Bordeaux red wine, and started to spend the long night.

Before Xu Jie could finish the glass of wine, a tall British man, surrounded by several attendants, came to the opposite side of Xu Jie and sat down, while several attendants stood or sat nearby.

Xu Jie was isolated from others. "Who are you?" Xu Jie asked with some guilt in his heart.

"Hello, respected Mr. Xu Jie." The visitor took off his hat, and a familiar face came into Xu Jie's eyes.

"Are you Fisher?!" Xu Jie's heart skipped a beat. As a navy man, he was quite familiar with this important figure in history. The future boss of the British Admiralty made two classic conclusions.

, one is the victory theory of the 2-level main gun in the pre-dreadnought period. The other is the battle patrol theory. Regarding the latter, everyone should know that from the three BCs in Jutland when firecrackers were lit to the later Hood being prime minister

Instant kill. The disadvantages of placing too much emphasis on firepower and speed discredited Fisher. As for the first theory, it really captured the essence of naval warfare at that time, that is, armor-piercing projectiles without mature caps were ineffective against hardened armor.

, so the best choice in battle is to use the high-rate level 2 main gun to penetrate the opponent's non-key protection areas and burn the enemy ships to make an emergency landing. The X-type fast cruiser designed by Xu Jie is also based on this

Guided by theory.

"Have we met before?" Fisher muttered in his heart, but quickly returned to normal. "Hello, Captain Fisher of the British Royal Navy, serving in the Mediterranean Fleet." Fisher stretched out his right hand.

"Hello, General, what do you do for me?" Xu Jie ignored the shock in his heart and quickly shook hands with Fisher.

"When I heard that your Excellency is a Chinese, I was really shocked. You must know that there are not many people in Europe who can design such an advanced dome-armored cruiser." Fisher complimented.

"Thank you for your compliment. General, why are you here?" Xu Jieyou repeated the question.

"I want to discuss ships and the navy with your Excellency. I hope Mr. Xu will appreciate it." Fisher said with a hateful look at the Russian naval officer who was attending the meeting next to him.

"I'm afraid he wants to persuade me not to sell the warship to the Russians." Xu Jie smiled slightly after seeing Fisher's little move.

"First of all, congratulations on your design of such an advanced warship." Fisher said, raising his cup.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, but I would like to remind you that Mr. Vittorio and I completed this boat together." After saying that, Xu Jie clinked Fisher's glasses and said.

"You must know something about the purpose of my coming here. Our British Navy likes this type of warship very much. If possible, the Royal Navy would like to buy out the technology and production license of this type of warship. Of course, the Italian Navy can produce this type of warship for its own use.

"Fischer said straight to the point.

"I don't think your suggestion will be accepted by the Italian Navy?" The Royal Navy is really domineering. Xu Jie thought in his heart and said something harshly. Xu Jie knew very well that under the pressure of the French and Russian navies,

, no matter how awesome the British Navy is, they would not dare to make any excessive moves against Italy. After all, even the Marquis of Salisbury only dared to propose a two-power plan, that is, the British Royal Navy must be able to fight against the rankings at the same time.

The challenge between the second and third navies was that France was second, Russia was third, and Italy was fourth. No matter how domineering the British navy was, it would not dare to challenge three navies at the same time.

"We can provide a certain amount of compensation, whether it's technology or funding. We can negotiate." At this time, Fisher was far less experienced than when he later became the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet. He was still direct in doing things and did not know how to be roundabout.

"It seems that Fisher has hit a wall with the Italian Navy, otherwise he would not come to me. After all, as long as the Italian government does not agree, he and Vittorio will not be able to provide any help to the Russians no matter how powerful he and Vittorio are.

." Xu Jie couldn't help but secretly feel happy. It seems that a new type of 10-inch naval gun is available.

"You know, if the Italian government decides to sell to certain countries, we have nothing to do. After all, we are just technicians. But if the government does not express its position or a considerable number of people object, we can only operate something." Xu Jie

He hinted faintly.

"As for the Italian government, I think the Royal Navy will do it, but in terms of the design bureau, can Mr. Xu make some commitments? If so, the Royal Navy also wants to purchase related technology." Fisher said thoughtfully.

.

"As long as the Italian government does not make it clear that it will sell this type of warship, the ** design bureau will not sell any technical data to the Russians. After all, the profit from selling technology is very low. And personally, I don't like that very much.

Countries in Eastern Europe." Xu Jie smiled slightly and took a sip of wine and continued: "As for technology transfer, I would like to remind you that even if we transfer the technology of the ** warship, we will never allow it to be used for the Japanese.

This is the most important prerequisite for the production of warships!"

"Well, this is not something I can decide. I think commercial issues should be decided by the British shipyards themselves. However, I will report it to the relevant parties." Fisher paused and said.

"I think the cooperation between the ** Ship Design Bureau and the British Royal Navy will be beneficial to both of us." Xu Jie said with a smile.

"Of course." Fisher was very satisfied. He had completed his mission tonight, and the rest of the time was for enjoyment. But at the same time, he did not forget to send a message to his superior: "Commander Anthony Hoskins."

I will visit ** next week. If it is convenient for you, the Lieutenant General hopes to have dinner with you and Mr. Vittorio."
Chapter completed!