Restart Spain Chapter 72

The cooperation between the UK and Spain has not been concealed.

Almost the day after the two sides reached an agreement, the three battleships "Queen Isabella", "Knight Cid" and "Warrior" had officially left the port of Barcelona.

After the launch of the warship, the intelligence departments of various countries have focused on the deployment of intelligence personnel in this area.

It can be said that every move of the port is under the eyes of this group of people, and the number of three ships dispatched at one time ran straight to the east, and almost everyone guessed the destination.

This made the Tsar's Black Sea Fleet panic for a while. The British fleet in the Black Sea had already overwhelmed them, and this time three more behemoths were added.

As the British left, the French neighbors followed.

The French have never stopped wanting to pull England off their horses, but because the land is still surrounded, they have no way to concentrate all their forces on the navy.

But even so, France is still more than 10,000 people, and its naval strength exceeds the third and fourth largest.

"Your Majesty Alfonso, I think you should also know the purpose of this visit. This time, on behalf of the French, we formally request your country to purchase ships."

It is impossible to directly purchase technology and drawings, but this time, the French government has made the possibility of paying a certain price.

Of course, this decision was unacceptable to the proud French. The French navy was no match for the British, and the army was no match for Germany, but the French were never convinced.

"This is a product not for sale in our country. I believe that Mr. Decaz is understandable. Our navy is currently lacking main battleships."

Almost half of the main battleships were sold to the Ottomans, and the five "Castile class" ships were the only five battleships at present.

"Our country's sincerity is very good. We are willing to pay 25 million francs to buy a Castile-class."

25 million francs is equivalent to 1 million pounds, which is just a small amount of money for the French.

In 1870, the indemnity paid by France to Germany had already reached 5 billion francs. The rich and powerful French paid off this huge sum in just two years.

Bismarck's meticulously designed plan to suppress France's 20-year plan was directly broken.

The public bonds issued by the French private sector can almost be described as snapping up. While paying off the reparations, they quickly recovered their vitality and competed with Germany again.

This also indirectly caused the continuous crisis between Germany and France during this period of time.

"This is not for sale in our country. Although the relationship between our two countries is very close, our people will not agree to sell our main battleship."

Alfonso was unmoved. This price can only be said to be average, and it is impossible to impress the Spanish government.

"We can also buy the old-fashioned 30,000-ton warships from your country."

Decaz smiled slightly and made another offer directly.

Alfonso was silent, looking up at Decass, who was smiling slightly, suddenly envious of these evil capitalists.

Unlike poor Spain, the way the French are waving banknotes is really dazzling.

"This is really not for sale in our country.."

"28 million francs apiece, we are determined to get it."

Decaz took a sip of tea and directly interrupted Alfonso's words, as if Spain would not stop until he let go.

"40 million francs for a Castile-class, 15 million francs for an old-fashioned warship, we'll agree."

Alfonso didn't continue to tell lies that were not for sale, and directly started bargaining with Decaz.

All Spaniards also knew in their hearts that no matter how powerful the 5 Front Dreadnoughts were, they would not be able to play any role in the face of the mighty British or French fleets.

Besides, if you don't have one ship, you can still put the gadgets of the US Navy in the port and can't get out, and you can build new ships with the money you get. Why not do it? Alfonso thought so.

"This price has exceeded our expectations. We can bid up to 45 million francs to buy the entire fleet. This is the most sincere figure that our country can come up with."

Decaz waved his hand and started to bargain.

"Looking at the traditional friendship with the French, we can reduce the price to 57 million francs, which is already the best price. You must know that the cost of the Castile class is not low."

"48 million"

"55 million"

"50000000"

"Your Excellency Decaz, we can actually consider another transaction method."

Alfonso waved his hand helplessly. In fact, the price of 50 million francs is already very high, but for the next action, a condition must be added.

"We hope that your country will support us on the Moroccan issue and support our Morocco policy."

Decaz was so frightened that he put down the water glass. Although the French in this period had not penetrated Northwest Africa very widely, they were still vigilant about every competition.

You must know that Algeria and Tunisia are regarded by the French as the back garden of their home.

And once Morocco falls into Spain's hands, it's hard not to threaten their backyard.

Although Morocco in this era is still regarded as the traditional sphere of influence of the Spanish.

Before Decaze could speak, Alfonso spoke again:

"In exchange, Spain supports all future French actions against Algeria~www.mtlnovel.com~Tunisia and Libya, and any actions we do against Moroccans also need the support of the French."

"We need to go back and discuss this."

Decaze spoke cautiously. Alfonso's words were equivalent to direct division of North Africa between the two countries.

As for another power in the Mediterranean with enough power to speak, the Italians were directly excluded by Alfonso, which can be said to be in line with the French mind.

France and Italy have been arguing constantly because of their southeastern territories, and they sing opposites to France in international affairs.

And if the territory of North Africa is divided up by Spain and France, it can be said that the expansion path of the Italians is completely blocked.

After all, you can't let the Italians drive a boat to Egypt to confront the Mediterranean Fleet.

In this matter, in addition to the attitude of the Italians, the attitude of the British must also be a big problem. The expansion of the French will definitely be opposed by the British, and the support of the Spaniards alone is obviously not enough.

"No problem, Your Excellency Decaz, if your country can agree to our plan, our country will sell this fleet of 45,000 tons at a price of 50 million francs."

50 million francs equals £2 million, 2.6 million match towers.

Alfonso is only seeking the support of the French. No matter how bad it is, he can't make the French stand on the opposite side, and the British who keep Gibraltar are bound to not react too violently.

And once the two countries do not object, Spain's military operations in the back will hardly encounter foreign resistance.

As for the Central and Eastern European countries, these traditional army powers, their voices are limited and obviously cannot create a big enough image for Spain.

Chapter end