Chapter 601： Mircea in service

While the army was busy summing up the war with the Soviet Union, a grand ceremony was also unfolding at the naval base in Varna, Romania.

In the military port, a sea monster is quietly squatting in the military port. The flags of the kingdom and the navy were hung on it, and the sailors on the warship held their heads up and were proud of being able to serve on this warship.

On the dock, the band is playing the military song of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Romodan, brought a group of high-ranking naval officers aboard this warship.

At the invitation of Captain Midraphael, Admiral Lomodan gave a speech to the thousands of officers and soldiers on the ship.

"After five years of construction, outfitting, and sea trials, Mircea is finally in service. The service of this battleship also marks Romania's ability to build battleships independently, and it also gives us the ability to compete with other navies. This is a small step in the development of the Romanian Navy, but it is a big step in Romania’s shipbuilding industry. During the construction of the Mircea, our shipbuilding capabilities have gone from being able to build warships of tens of thousands of tons to battleships of tens of thousands of tons.

And this is not the culmination of our navy, but this is just a new beginning, the first step for the Romanian navy to move from a regional navy to the world. The small Black Sea cannot contain our Romanian navy. In the near future, our Romanian warships will sail freely in the Mediterranean, and we will inevitably be seen in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. "

Admiral Lomodan's words made the naval officers and soldiers present applaud. Only with the growth of the navy can more naval officers and soldiers see hope. Every officer who joins the navy, who does not want to have its presence in the oceans of the world like Britain and France. At present, the Romanian navy can only rotate in the Black Sea. The naval officers and soldiers dream of breaking through the restrictions of the Black Sea Strait and appearing in the Mediterranean and even the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

However, this is currently unrealistic for Romania, and its strength does not allow the navy to do so. That's why they were happy that Admiral Romodan had said what was in his heart, because it meant that the high-ranking navy thought the same way.

After retreating, Admiral Romodan asked Colonel Midraphael, the first captain around him. "How about the sea trial of this warship, how about the operation of the officers and soldiers?"

Colonel Midraphael, who is the captain, wanted to ask you if you knew it a long time ago, but considering that it's very impolite to ask the superior in public, so I had to say it again. "The current sea trials are in good condition. As for the operations of the officers and soldiers, they can be carried out in full swing, but these officers and soldiers have kept in mind the equipment they need to manage, and I believe they will be initially combat effective after a few practice sessions."

Colonel Midraffa's answer caused Romodan to stop, and he looked at Captain Midraffa with a calm expression. "Do you feel that I urge you to be anxious?"

Faced with Lomodan, Midraffel didn't know how to speak. Because he did feel the urgency of the minister, he was ordered to serve in the sea trial without finishing some small projects. Now asking himself this again, which gave Midraffa some bad associations. Do you need to use the navy for which country you want to do? And how many countries can allow Romanbia to use the navy?

Romodan saw Midraffa with a wonderful expression, how could he not know that the captain wanted to be crooked. Had to say the answer. "The new battleship construction plan we submitted was rejected by His Majesty."

"Ah, it was rejected again."

It's no wonder that Midrafell would say this, because the Navy had submitted several plans to build battleships before that, but they had all been rejected. This is not to prevent construction, but that the new battleship designed cannot satisfy His Majesty. Because of this, Dieter Rams, chief ship designer of the Navy, was about to buckle all his little hair.

"Yes, it was dismissed again this time."

Romodan looked at the energetic officers and soldiers in front of him, and said to Midraphael next to him. "Now that I know why, I'm so urging the Mircha to become combat effective."

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will definitely speed up the progress so that the warship can become combat effective as soon as possible. It's just that the ammunition consumption and living materials need..."

Hearing Midraphael's assurance, Romodan patted him on the shoulder and said. "The Navy is fully cooperating with you at this point. The ammunition and living materials used for training are sufficient. You only need to let the officers and soldiers form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and then you can get back the face of the Navy.

There is no way, although Admiral Lomodan has the sole power of the navy, he also needs to bear the huge responsibility. However, several consecutive construction plans were rejected, which greatly lost the confidence of the navy. Putting the Mircha into service this time is not a move to enhance the confidence of the navy.

And Lomodan probably also found out some of His Majesty's requirements after being rejected for several consecutive plans. It seems that the plan of continuing to use the 380 gun as the main gun cannot be used all the time. Next time, we will try to build a 406 caliber warship plan, and the speed needs to be further improved. However, in this case, its shipbuilding funding will need to rise steadily, and it is doubtful whether it will pass by then.

Lomodan put what he wanted to the bottom of his heart. Today is a big day for the Navy. You can't let this kind of thing disturb everyone's happy mood.

As the king of Romania, Edel did not participate in the Mircea service this time. This abnormal behavior made many people wonder. In fact, there is nothing to doubt, mainly because Edel doesn't want to go, it's that simple.

Because he knew that he was going to serve on the Mircea Secretary of the Navy Lomodan would inevitably sell his battleship construction plan. For the current Edel, the new battleship has not yet made up his mind.

That's right, the real situation that made Romodan puzzled was that Edel himself didn't make up his mind. Because Edel did not know how to choose the next level of Romanian new battleship, whether to continue to build the enhanced version of the 380 caliber, or to expand the caliber to build a new 406 caliber battleship.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the new 406 caliber battleship is naturally more outstanding, and its combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the 380. However, if you do this, the construction cost will inevitably be much higher, which makes Edel hesitate.

There is no way the current fiscal situation of the Romanian government every year. Although it looks good because of the additional issuance of a lot of banknotes, the financial situation is still tight. Starting to build battleships is a major event, and for Romania, it is the limit to build up to 2-3 battleships in the future, because the navy needs to build other ships.

And Edel also wants Romania to build an aircraft carrier, which will further squeeze the cost of shipbuilding, so at present, before he has made up his mind, Minister Lomodan’s plan may not be passed.