Romanian Eagle

When Eder put aside his worries about the Romanian economy, a telegram from as far away as the United States turned his attention to the American continent.

The telegram only stated that former New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt had won the election and was about to become the 32nd President of the United States.

After more than three years of the Great Depression, the American people have experienced pain, fear and despair. They couldn't bear it any longer for President Hoover when the Democratic candidate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, appeared in front of the crowd. One is Hoover, who let him down, and the other is Roosevelt, who did a good job in New York, and the result is clearly in front of everyone.

Seeing this telegram, Edel felt heavy pressure on it. The two-legged president is a politically gifted president who will change America's current policy of isolation and focus Americans abroad. As for Roosevelt's New Deal, which is talked about with great interest, in Edel's view, it is just a postponement of economic problems, which is of course much better than a free economy regulated by the market itself. However, it still does not completely solve the problem, but delays more problems.

It can be seen from the economic growth of the United States that it was not until 1940 that the American economy fully recovered to the level before the Great Depression, and at this time the European continent was already in full swing. It can be said responsibly that the American economy was saved by World War II. Although Edel knew this, there was nothing he could do to change it. As for the assassination of Roosevelt, he did not consider it at all. You must know that the Roosevelt family is an American political family. From the fact that Roosevelt followed his father to meet the then President Grover Cleveland when he was 5 years old. America's status.

And without Roosevelt, there is also Li Sifu, the US economy has reached this stage, and domestic capitalists and politicians will also lead the United States to join the war. And when a strange president appears, it makes Edel even more difficult to figure out. Although this is known as the greatest president of the United States in the 20th century, as long as everyone has weaknesses, only God can avoid it.

Since the United States chose Roosevelt as historically, Edel at least does not have to worry about the deviation of history. This is definitely good news for him. However, before that, Romania needs to start preparing for the issue of combat readiness.

Seven years before the outbreak of World War II, does Edel need to be in such a hurry?

The answer is yes.

Now Romania must prepare for the start of World War II, and new equipment for sea, land and air needs to be developed. Moreover, the development time of these weapons has also been extended with the indicators of new equipment. Let’s just say that the three tanks requested by General Hoffman are still in the drawing stage, and not even one of the actual tanks has been completed, because if you want to build this tank, you must develop a new diesel engine, new Main guns and other equipment, these need to be solved by technicians one by one.

At present, there is a troublesome thing for him, that is, Lieutenant Admiral Lomodan, the Minister of the Navy, is visiting again.

I saw that Admiral Lomodan came to Edel with a new document.

"Your Majesty, this is a newly developed battleship by the navy. We will temporarily name it the H-type battleship. This is the drawing and performance of the battleship. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

Edel took the drawing and opened it, and saw the whole picture of the H-type battleship after it was completed. The words of the new-type H-type battleship were also marked on the top of the drawing.

This battleship is different from the previous Mircha. First of all, the 406-caliber main gun selected by the Navy this time is larger than the Mircha.

And the modification uses the same long forecastle as the Michal. However, unlike the Michal, the H-type battleship is more compact, and the two flues behind the long forecastle are merged into one, which is more in line with Edel's impression of later battleships. The fort still uses the layout of the first two and the last one, and is equipped with a triple-mounted 406-caliber 50-times naval gun developed by the Navy for it. In order to let Edel see the power of this naval gun clearly, Lomodan also specially gave its data.

This 406 caliber 50 times naval gun,

Three types of shells have been set up, namely armor-piercing shells, grenades, and anti-personnel shells. Among them, the armor-piercing projectile weighs 1,085 kilograms, has a built-in ****** of 18 kilograms, and has a muzzle velocity of 772 meters per second. The range (30 degrees elevation angle) is 338 kilometers, the maximum range is 43 kilometers, the rate of fire is 2 minutes, and the pitch range is minus 2 degrees to plus 45 degrees.

Armor penetration (versus vertical homogeneous steel armor), 785mm at muzzle, 543mm at 10,000m, 452mm at 18,000m, and 381mm at 25,000m. The propellant pack is 6 silk pharmaceutical packs, usually with a charge of 341 kg, and the life of the inner barrel of the artillery is 260 rounds.

Since the pre-researched artillery data of the H-type battleship is so high, its protection will also be amazing. The main armor belt reaches 400 mm (maximum); the deck is 220 mm (three layers); the front of the main turret is 410 mm, the top is 240 mm, the gun base is 380-320 mm; the conning tower is 400-260 mm. With a total armor weight of 16,466 tons, it is currently the most armored warship known.

The power to drive this sea monster is also composed of 8 high-pressure heavy oil boilers and 4 steam turbines, with a stable maximum output horsepower of 160,000 horsepower and a limit output horsepower of 1.73 million horsepower.

In addition, other weapons of the H-type battleship are also quite good, 12 double-mounted 105mm 45-caliber high-level dual-purpose guns, 24 double-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and 18 20mm quadruple-mounted anti-aircraft guns. Its anti-air firepower can be described as contempt for the world.

For this reason, the standard displacement of the h-type reaches 41,870 tons, the full-load displacement reaches 48,510 tons, and the maximum speed is 305 knots.

The last H-type reached 246 meters in length and 357 meters in width, making it an uncompromising super battleship.

Seeing the data of this battleship, Edel couldn't help but ask. "Have you ever thought about the cost of this battleship?"

Hearing Edel's question, Admiral Lomodan, who had been waiting, said quickly. "We have already calculated that the cost of a bun should be around 2.2 billion lei."

This cost surprised Edel for a moment. This is the most expensive battleship at present. The Nagato in Japan is only 43 million yen, and the cost of the Hood is only 6.02 million pounds. Although this is the cost of the late World War I, it is too much higher in conversion.

Seeing Edel's expression, Lieutenant General Lomodan was nervous and hurriedly explained. "Because many technologies need to be newly developed, such as radar, new seaplanes, as well as power, artillery, etc., which cost money."

In fact, Admiral Lomodan didn't say a word. This cost was discounted. The actual cost calculated by the Navy was 2.4 billion lei. Lomodan didn't dare to report the cost, so he concealed part of it. cost. After the construction of the battleship is almost complete, I will inform Edel of the actual situation. At that time, the government will not be able to wait for the warships to be half built.

Edel, who didn't know that he was trapped, felt that the cost was a little bit, but thinking of the approaching war in the future, he gritted his teeth and said. "This plan will allow Romania to maintain its dominant position in the Black Sea. You can build it according to this plan."

After sending off the happy Lomodan, Edel has to worry about convincing the government.