In fact, the idea of asking East China to formulate a strategic plan for the development of the navy for Germany was born in Tirpitz's mind after the end of the Far East War, because at this time, the development of the German navy was already difficult to ride a tiger, not only the emperor and the people would not allow the German navy to retreat, but even Tirpitz himself did not want the German naval development to give up halfway, but if the German naval development did not have a reasonable and perfect strategic plan, it was not a way to blindly develop like this.

Of course, Tirpitz did not have a way to formulate a reasonable and perfect strategic plan for the development of Germany's navy, and at this time, East China ** almost completely defeated the expeditionary fleet dominated by the British fleet in the Far East War, showing a naval strength that far exceeded everyone's expectations, Tirpitz also moved his mind, but first, the relationship between Germany and East China ** had not yet reached this step at that time, and helping a country to formulate a strategic plan for naval development must be an ally-level relationship, although Germany and East China ** at that time The relationship is also good, and the two sides have relatively in-depth cooperation in military technology, but there is still a considerable gap from the relationship at the level of allies; secondly, it is also Tirpitz's face, as the head of the German navy, Tirpitz is deeply trusted by the emperor, but he needs others to help formulate the strategic plan for the development of Germany's navy, which makes Tirpitz embarrassed.

But at this time, Britain launched an epoch-making dreadnought, and as soon as it was launched, it immediately started to build two subsequent ship types, so when Germany visited East China last year, it commissioned East China to design two types of dreadnoughts, the Nassau-class and Helgoland-class, which can be regarded as being able to cope with the past, and Britain is actually building the so-called ideal cruiser, which makes Tirpitz feel a little powerless. Because it really can't cope with the various British warships.

Until the military exchanges with East China, Chen Xiaojiang's naval tactics and warship performance were all for the navy's strategic service, and only when the navy's strategic direction was first determined could we talk about the navy's tactics and the performance of warships. Tirpitz felt quite enlightened and knew that he had finally found the bottleneck in the development of the German Navy. It was imperative to develop a sound strategic plan for the development of the German navy. Therefore, Tirpitz also disregarded his own face, and met with the Kaiser to persuade Wilhelm II to ask East China to help Germany formulate a strategic plan for naval development.

After listening to Tirpitz's suggestion, at first Wilhelm II also felt that he couldn't get over the face, dignified Germany, the first in the industrial world, the second in the economic world, and has the strongest army force in Europe, and actually asked East China to help formulate a strategic plan for the development of the navy, which is too embarrassing to say. But then Tirpitz admitted frankly that his own capabilities are limited, and if Germany wants to really build a strong navy, it can only ask East China to help formulate a strategic plan for naval development, otherwise the German navy can only develop blindly. And now the relationship between East China ** and Germany is not strong enough, although it is not an alliance, but it is not much worse, so it is not a shame to ask for help from East China**, and Wilhelm II is also silent.

Wilhelm II has a special preference for the navy, it can be said that Germany wants to develop the navy, completely relying on the strong promotion of Wilhelm II, from Wilhelm II's heart, of course, is to hope that the German Navy is as strong as possible, these years in Tirpitz's painstaking management, the German Navy from a coastal defense navy gorgeous transformation into the world's second largest and ocean-going combat capabilities of a powerful naval force, but compared with the United Kingdom, there is still a distance out of reach, Wilhelm II also knows that Tirpitz did his best, after all, catching up with the British Navy with a hundred years of accumulation, is not something that can be completed in a short time。

But now that the situation in Europe is becoming increasingly tense and the threat of war is getting closer and closer, although Germany has made a lot of preparations for this future war, it also needs the German navy to play its due role in this war. Although Wilhelm II was not a soldier, as a German monarch, he certainly knew the importance of formulating a strategy, and he did not even have a clear strategic plan, so what could he talk about to achieve victory! Therefore, Wilhelm II thought twice and after Tirpitz's repeated persuasion, he finally accepted Tirpitz's suggestion.

However, although the German side decided to put down its position and ask East China to help formulate a strategic plan for the development of the navy, the naval team of the visiting delegation did not have the right to accept this condition, and even Xu Jichao, the head of the visiting delegation, did not have this qualification, so the naval team immediately reported to China and asked for instructions from home.

After receiving the report of the naval team, the Qingdao side was also a little surprised, because before the visit, no one expected that Germany would make such a request to East China. However, this also shows that the strategic pressure faced by Germany is quite large, and it can only put down its body and ask for help from East China, and it also shows that the naval strength of East China has been recognized by the world, which is the effect of defeating the expeditionary fleet.

The Executive Yuan immediately began consultations and finally decided to help Germany formulate a strategic plan for the development of a navy, but it was necessary to ensure that the naval skills taught to Germany were limited to the scope of this era, so that it would not have much impact on the outcome of the First World War. This is just like the Nassau-class and Helgoland-class dreadnoughts designed by East China for Germany, and the overall strength is of course a great improvement from the two types of warships in the old time and space, and even surpasses the same type of warships built by the British, but it is still the level of this era, and it has not reached the qualitative leap of dreadnoughts. At most, Germany can support it for a while longer.

Five days later, the naval team received a reply from China and set a scope for helping Germany develop a strategic plan for naval development, so the naval team informed the German Navy and resumed the exchange talks. At this time, the exchange of troops had ended, and the army team was visiting the training and military exercises of the German army.

So the members of the navy on both sides sat down again, and Tirpitz was the first to say: " Now the situation in Europe is clear to everyone, the Entente bloc against Germany has been formed, the threat of war is imminent, maybe it will break out tonight, and once the war breaks out, the opponent of the German Navy is the most powerful British Navy, frankly I do not think that the strength of the German Navy can defeat the British Navy, but before the war happens, Germany still has time to prepare, but in terms of navy, Germany is still a novice, and still lacks enough experience, so I hope to ask friends in the East for help to formulate a strategic plan for the development of the navy for Germany。 ”

Chen Xiaojun nodded and said: "As a friend of Germany, we will do our best to help Germany, although our suggestions may not be suitable for Germany's national secret, at least it can serve as a reference for our friends." I won't say much nonsense, let's get to the point, in a possible war in the future, we believe that Germany will win the war, mainly relying on the war on land, and the purpose of the navy is mainly to provide support and assistance to the army, which is very similar to the war in the Far East, so it does not mean that the navy has no role, if the tactics are used properly, the navy can also play a major role in this war. It is only by determining the main and secondary wars of the war that we can formulate a correct strategic and tactical plan. ”

Tirpitz nodded and said, "I agree. ”

Chen Xiaojun continued: "In a possible war in the future, we believe that the German navy will have three main tasks: one is to protect Germany's coastal defense coast and prevent the British navy from having the opportunity to land on the German coast; second, to engage in a decisive naval battle with the British navy and strive to defeat the British navy and then cut off British support for France; and third, to carry out a broken engagement and strike at Britain's sea transportation lines, so that Britain will suffer huge material losses and be unable to support the war. The first point is that the strength of the current scale of the German Navy can basically be achieved, and there is no need to elaborate on it, so the German naval development strategy should mainly revolve around the latter two points. Colonel Huang Zhe will explain in detail how to formulate Germany's naval development strategy around the last two points. ”

Huang Zhe stood up, saluted everyone, opened his notebook, and said: "Let's start with the second point, judging from the current size and development trend of the German and British navies, in the foreseeable time, it is almost impossible for the scale of the German navy to catch up with the British, and at most it can only reach 70% of the size of the British navy, and if it can reach about 60% of the size of the British navy, it is a very good result." However, with such a balance of strength, it is quite difficult to completely defeat the British Navy, and even if it can win one or two local naval battles and sink a few British warships, it will be difficult to change the contrast between strength and weakness. ”

Scherdao: "According to the Colonel, it is impossible for the German Navy to defeat the British Navy?"

Huang Zhedao: "Of course not, the comparison of the strength of the German and British navies is an objective fact, only a correct understanding of this fact, can formulate corresponding strategies and tactics to achieve the goal of defeating the strong with the weak, as long as the tactics are used properly, the German navy is not without a chance, even if it cannot completely defeat the British navy, but inflict heavy damage on the British navy, it can still be done." ”

Scheer said: "What kind of tactic?"

Huang Zhe glanced at Scheer and said, "General Scheer, I think the German Navy should also consider the issue of fighting with the British Navy, I want to know what the German Navy has to consider in this regard!"

Scheer hesitated for a moment, looked at Tirpitz again, and saw that he did not stop him, so he said: "Because the gap between our strength and the British Navy is indeed too great, it is not advisable to directly engage in a decisive battle at sea with the British Navy. ”