The cost of an aircraft carrier was extremely expensive, at least 100 million US dollars. After all, it was not made for their own country, and they also needed a matching cruiser and destroyer. The Russian Kening also wanted to customize it from the country.
This would require 300 million USD worth of ore and oil. This was a huge project. Now was not a time of war, nor was it the future. The price of oil was still very cheap. 300 million US dollars was equivalent to 10 billion US dollars worth of oil in the future. Even if a railway was built, it would probably take a year to transport it.
Of course, Rudolph would not want all the oil. He also needed some other precious metals and iron ores.
However, the Russians were not fools. They might not agree.
Although the Soviets wanted to build a strong navy, and they didn't have the ability to build it, the price was also very high. They had to improve domestic transportation.
If the domestic traffic improved, their strategic advantage would not be so obvious.
Rudolph didn't want to get the resources of Russia. Russia had aluminum, mn, mn, iron, and oil that they lacked.
The country was short of money, but they lacked these things even more. Moreover, they needed a large amount of reserves. If they had these reserves, the pressure on the country would not be so great.
Moreover, the Russians had no chance to get an aircraft carrier from other countries. Only the country could have one.
That was why Rudolph asked for an exorbitant price. After all, if the deal was successful, he would make a fortune. If it failed, he would not lose anything.
What he wanted to store the most was still oil, rubber, and precious metals. Not to mention precious metals, natural rubber could only be imported. Moreover, those places were far away, and it was impossible for Germany to occupy them in a short time.
As for synthetic rubber, its current performance was not as good as that of natural rubber. Rudolph had also made progress on the poly-dimple rubber. This synthetic rubber was very close to the various properties of natural rubber, but it also needed oil to decompose these things.
"My friend, we don't have any extra funds to build a railway. If we modify the railway, the railway will have a huge capacity. We won't be able to use this railway to transport other things.”
Tuchachevsky obviously didn't want to build a new railway and renovate it, and they really didn't have the ability to do these things. Otherwise, the farmers would probably starve to death.
"Marshal, I'm afraid you've misunderstood. What I mean is to build a few new lines. If you really have difficulties, we can build this railway, or we can provide the steel needed to build the railway.”
Rudolph said with a smile. The resources needed to start a war were huge, and these strategic reserves had to be carried out, especially when it came to a war of attrition.
Although there was also oil in Romania near the country, Rumania's geographical location was also very close to Russia, and its production was not particularly high. It might not be enough for the country's consumption. Obviously, it was better to directly store the oil in the country.
If this deal was reached, the country could hand over the battle array to the Soviet Union. As for these aircraft carriers, they could keep them for various reasons. When the war broke out, the Soviet Union would have no choice.
After all, if he handed over the battleships to the Russians, the Russians would trust him more, and business would continue.
Anyway, he had made it very clear just now that the shipyard was very busy and needed to queue up.
"Build a dedicated line?"
"I will need to ask Comrade Starling before I can reply to you. You also need to give me a price, including the price of the aircraft carrier required for the railway, and directly count it as the minerals you need.”
Turachevsky couldn't help but frown, but in the end, he decided to kick the ball to Stalin to solve it.
"Alright! No problem!" Rudolph said with a smile.
If this matter was left to Starlyn, it would basically be settled!
Building a railway was not difficult. The most difficult part was the demolition work, but this difficulty was not a problem in Russia. With an order, everyone had to move, and there was almost no compensation...
As expected, the Soviets finally agreed to Rudolph's request, but the proportion of oil in the money he gave was not very high, because he thought of another way to solve the oil problem.
That was the oil of Libya. The back of libya was controlled by Italy, but no one knew that there were rich oil reserves there...
Rudolph sent a team of experts to secretly investigate in the name of opening a factory, trying to find oil in the shortest time possible...
Of course, this was for the future. Now that the aircraft carrier was in the process of being built, it should be prepared for the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft. It would be a bit late to train the aircraft carrier after it was launched. Rudolph specially held a military meeting for this.
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