Romanian Eagle

"Minister Lomodan, you are still so flamboyant."

When Lomodan appeared in front of him, Eder couldn't help complaining when he looked at the much-aged Minister of the Navy in front of him. Of course, it wasn't that he was dissatisfied with the old general, but that Lomodan's performance was too good, so he couldn't bear to be too tired.

If it weren't for the fact that Japan's withdrawal from the naval treaty was too important, he would not have recruited it to Sofia. But he couldn't go away, he had to let him come.

In the face of Edel's concern, Lomodan still thanked him. "Thank you for Your Majesty's concern, but I'm fine, I eat well and sleep well. I don't know what Your Majesty called me for?"

After seeing that Admiral Lomodan quickly turned the topic to work, Edel also put aside his concern and said seriously. "I wonder what you think of Japan's withdrawal from the Naval Treaty?"

As the Minister of the Navy, Lomodan would of course be unaware of this major event.

I saw him frowning. "We're going to have a hard time, and the Japanese are using us as a shield, saying that it would be a huge mistake for us not to join this naval treaty."

Facing the old general's words, Edel also sighed. "Yeah, if we don't join, we will be targeted by Britain and France."

Listening to Edel's words, Lomodan couldn't help asking. "Then, Your Majesty, do we still need to insist on negotiating conditions?"

Edel also knew what Lomodan said. Negotiations for Romania's accession to the Naval Treaty have been ongoing, but have been stuck on capital ship tonnage and caliber.

According to Romania's requirements, the tonnage of the Romanian Navy should not be lower than that of Italy and France, and it should also reach a share of 175,000 tons, and the tonnage of the aircraft carrier and the tonnage of other warships should be on par with it.

If Romania's requirements are followed, Romania will leap to become a member of the world's navy, and its lack of colonies will make the Romanian navy a deterrent.

And if it really wants to meet such a requirement, Romania can also build 2 battleships, three aircraft carriers, and several other small battleships (the battleships that exceed the standard are all claimed to have a standard displacement of 35,000 tons).

In the face of the Romanian lion's opening, both Britain and France expressed opposition, especially France's reaction was the most intense. Because Italy's shipbuilding behavior has already aroused dissatisfaction with France, and if its quasi-ally Romania has also gained so much tonnage, how can France have influence in the Mediterranean at all.

The tonnage given by Britain and France is that Romania can only reach 145,000 tons of capital ship tonnage, and aircraft carriers and other warships give their share in this proportion.

According to France's conditions, Romania is of course unwilling, and for this reason, they argue with the force that Romania needs to guard against the Soviet Union and needs so many tonnages.

The British and French retorted that this tonnage share was enough for Romania to suppress the Soviet navy. And allowing Romania to build four battleships is not enough to suppress the Soviet Union. Romania argued that the Soviet Union was preparing to expand its navy, and Romania needed to suppress it numerically.

In fact, due to the rapid growth of the Romanian navy, the Soviet Admiralty did submit a plan in 1933 to expand its navy to deal with the Romanian threat. In this plan, the Soviet Navy will build six 406-caliber battleships with a displacement of 35,000 tons and eight 28,000-ton battlecruisers.

Such a huge shipbuilding plan not only surprised Comrade Kind Father, but also the Romanian Navy.

For this reason, Lomodan strongly urged Romania to start construction of the fourth battleship to deal with the possible threat of the Soviet Union.

However, its request was Eder to wait for the Soviet Union to start construction, and Romania to follow up. Eder also does not know whether the Soviet Union will be stimulated by Romania to vigorously develop the navy.

However, according to its domestic backward naval facilities and actual design capabilities, when the Soviet Union began to build battleships, Romania would have time to follow up. Romania's construction and design capabilities for more than a decade are sufficient to deal with possible maritime threats from the Soviet Union.

But in the face of Britain and France, Romania naturally changed its face. As if the Soviet Navy plan was about to start, Romania must have enough battleships to face the crisis that emerges.

Therefore, the negotiations between the two parties are stuck here and cannot move, and neither of them intends to make concessions. And Edel is happy to delay time, and naturally he will not be impatient.

But now from the words of Admiral Lomodan, Edel seemed to smell something new, so he couldn't help asking. "What's wrong?"

Facing Edel's inquiry, Lomodan told the reason. "The attitude of the Italian side has changed, and they are now inclined to let us agree to the terms of the UK and France."

Hearing Lomodan's words, Edel couldn't help complaining. "These Italians..."

There is no way for Italy now, and the Ethiopian war is in full swing. The performance of the Italian army really lived up to Edel's expectations, and there is no good news yet. The angry leader Mussolini didn't know how many times he lost his temper in his prime minister's office, but it was useless to lose his temper. The Italian Army just didn't give him a face.

And the current war has made Italy want to ask Britain and France, so at this time, it can only make concessions to Britain and France in other places. Unfortunately, negotiations on the Romanian Navy were included.

In the face of the change in Italy's attitude, Romania was a little bit blind in it. Because Romania had the support of Italy before, it had no fear in the negotiation, and the attitude of Britain and France alone could not make Romania yield.

As for now, Romania needs to cheer up.

And thinking that the treaty is not far away, Edel couldn't help but ask Lomodan's opinion. "What do you think of it?"

Edel's question made Admiral Lomodan know that his Majesty's attitude was loose. "Your Majesty, I think we can fight for it, if not, we will accept it."

Fighting again is just rhetoric. How could Britain and France agree to it after insisting on it for so long? Acceptance is the correct statement.

"That's fine, do as you wish."

Faced with this situation, Edel naturally followed the professional's opinion. Although Eder could not wait for Romania to rush to build a wave of warships before World War II, but considering the actual situation in Romania, he can only plan carefully. The landlord's house has no food surplus.

There are so many places where Romania needs to spend money at present, and the naval construction of ships can only be built before the war. As for the wealthy and prosperous practices of the United States, Edel can be envious, but cannot be learned.

After a while of conversation, Eder adjusted his mind and said the main purpose of letting him come this time. "Your Excellency, this time I came to you mainly to ask, when do you plan to start the construction of the aircraft carrier drawings prepared last time?"