Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yin amfani da goyon bayan siyasa don fadada jiragen ruwa da ya samu a Ostiryia da Hungary tun lokacin da ya shiga ofis, da kuma tsoron Austrian na yaki da Italiya game da rikicin Bosnia
a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, Montecuccoli ya tsara sabon wasiƙa ga Sarkin sarakuna Franz Joseph I a watan Janairun 1909 yana ba da shawarar fadada rundunar sojan ruwan Austro-Hungary da ke kunshe da manyan jiragen ruwa 16, masu sintiri 12, masu hallaka 24, jiragen ruwa 72 na jirgin ruwa, da jiragen ruwa 12. Wannan takardun da aka yi amfani da shi ya kasance wani gyare-gyaren gyare-gyare na shirinsa na 1905, ko da yake canje-canje masu mahimmanci sun hada da karin jiragen ruwa guda hudu da suka wuce tare da maye gurbin a cikin kaya wanda daga bisani ya zama s da kuma jiragen ruwa guda uku da aka tsara bayan "Admiral Spaun", wanda ke kusa da kammalawa. Wadannan jiragen ruwa guda uku za su kasance da kowane wuri.