Due to the extremely tense situation in Europe now, war may break out at any time, and it is impossible for the German General Staff to slowly study the tactical details of trench defense, even if East China has successful experience in this regard, and has also experienced the test of actual combat, it is naturally better to directly approach the relevant technology from East China, of course, economic issues are not a problem considered by the General Staff.

As a representative of the Continental Armyism, the German General Staff attaches great importance to the firepower of the army, otherwise it would not have introduced mortar technology from East China as early as possible, and it can be said that the armored train technology is almost tailored for the German Army, because Germany's railway transportation is extremely developed. In fact, even without the intervention of East China, in a few years Germany will develop its own armored train and large-caliber artillery technology, in the first world war of the old time and space, Germany conquered the Liege fortress of the Great Berta cannon, and the shelling of Paris William cannon (also called Paris cannon) are the products of these technologies.

However, at this time, these technologies have not yet begun to be developed, or they are only in the stage of conception and creativity, and even if there is mature technology in East China, the German General Staff is more inclined to introduce it directly.

On the whole, the exchanges between the two sides of the army were very pleasant, and there was a lot of consensus, and the German General Staff benefited a lot from this exchange, and also promoted the conditions for Germany to require the introduction of military technology from East China in the trade negotiations between the two sides.

The process of naval exchanges between the two sides is more complicated, and the depth of exchanges is also greater.

In the war between East China and the Far East, there are four main points in the summary of naval warfare, the first two points are basically the same as the army, and the third point is the importance of sea supremacy. Although in the Far East War, it was the Army that decided the outcome of the war, the role of the Navy was by no means optional, on the contrary, it was extremely important, and it can be said that without the Navy, the Army alone would not have been able to achieve victory in the Far East War.

The contribution of the KPA Navy to the Far East War was not only reflected in the fact that at the beginning of the war, it successfully annihilated the naval forces of Japan and Russia in the Battle of Tsushima, so that it had a firm grip on sea supremacy throughout the war, or in the final moment of the war, in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, it completely destroyed the expeditionary fleet, thus completely extinguishing the attempt of Japan and Russia to turn the tide of the war with the help of the expeditionary fleet, and achieve a decision to withdraw from the war at a relatively low cost.

However, during the entire war, the People's Army and Navy successfully cut off the Japanese army's maritime supply line, so that after the Japanese army entered the war in East China, due to the lack of backup and supplementation, it basically did not do much, thus greatly reducing the pressure on the army, so that the army could use most of its energy to deal with the Russian army, even if it was a two-front operation, but it did not fall into the unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the belly; in the later stage of the war, in order to force Japan to accept East China The navy also took measures to blockade Japan's coastal areas and intercept Japanese merchant ships, which dealt a serious blow to Japan's people's livelihood and economy, and assisted the marines in landing operations, successfully burning the flames of war to the Japanese mainland, causing heavy losses to Japan.

The fourth is the revelation of the war in the Far East. China must take the road of equal emphasis on land and sea, although in the short term, East China will be biased towards the army, Bi Jing to complete the great cause of national reunification, but in the long run, the proportion of the navy will be stronger than the army, this is because after the completion of the national reunification in East China, among the land neighbors, only Russia, a strong opponent, and at sea is facing competition from Japan, Britain, France, the United States and other countries, China can not give up its maritime interests, so to build a strong navy, has also become an inevitable option.

The German Navy is obviously not as satisfied with the summary of East China ** as the army, Tirpitz frowned, and said: "Isn't there a summary of the tactics of naval warfare, the performance of warships, and the technology of artillery in East China?"

Chen Xiaojiang, a naval representative of the visiting delegation, said: "Of course, there are, but whether it is tactics or not, the performance of warships is a matter of detail, and they must be subordinated to the navy's grand strategy and serve the navy's strategy. ”

Tirpitz listened and fell silent.

Whether Germany needs to build a strong navy is a matter of opinion, and both sides can find a lot of reasons for themselves, but the lack of a clear strategic plan for Germany's naval construction is a fact that is not denied by all sides. Tirpitz had courage and ambition, as well as firm will and drive, but his lack of innovation ability and strategic vision, coupled with the lack of experience and background of the German Navy itself, obviously lacked a clear understanding of the strategic planning of naval construction.

Tirpitz also knew this weakness of his own, so he adopted a strategy of following and running in the old time and space, keeping an eye on Britain, and Germany built warships whatever warships Britain built; Britain built dreadnoughts, and Germany also built dreadnoughts; Britain built battlecruisers, and Germany immediately followed suit; and only attached importance to the construction of battleships, battlecruisers, armored cruisers, and other capital warships, while despising auxiliary warships such as light cruisers and destroyers.

As to whether these warships were needed by Germany, and what Germany intended to do with them, Tirpitz did not have a clear answer other than "the same kind of warships to be used against the British."

The role of the British Navy is first of all to strike at the enemy's fleet and obtain sea supremacy, so it builds battleships, and because of the huge number of British battleships, it attaches great importance to firepower and speed in terms of performance, and the defense of turrets and headquarters in defense is greater than that of the waterline; and the British Navy also has to protect its own maritime lifeline. The task of safeguarding overseas interests was to build battle cruisers, which were used to deal with armored cruisers that broke diplomatic relations with enemy countries and protect the lifeline at sea, and at the same time built a large number of auxiliary warships such as cruisers and destroyers with low prices although their performance was not outstanding, so as to ensure the safety of Britain's overseas interests.

It can be said that Britain's naval strategy is extremely clear, and the construction of warships and the selection and application of tactics are all closely related to the naval strategy. In contrast, Germany's naval development strategy can only be described as blind.

At present, the scale of the German navy is not small, the navies of Russia and France have been severely damaged in the war in the Far East, and the US navy is still in the beginning of development, and the German navy is now basically sitting on the second side, second only to Britain, but Tirpitz is becoming more and more confused, because he cannot explain why Germany is developing its navy? This goal is really too ambitious, and Tirpitz knows very well that it will be basically impossible to achieve it in his lifetime; after all, while Germany needs to maintain a strong army while developing its navy, Britain only needs to go all out to develop its navy; protect Germany's maritime lifeline? Germany has no such thing as a maritime lifeline; and safeguard Germany's overseas interests? With the current size of the German navy, it is already sufficient, so does Germany need to continue to develop its navy?

In fact, at the beginning of Tirpitz's tenure, he also put forward a theory of a risk fleet, that is: the German navy does not have to have a scale that exceeds the superiority of the British navy, but only needs to reach two-thirds of its strength, so that even if the British fleet can defeat the German navy, the losses suffered are so great that it will not be able to resist the challenges of France, Russia, the United States, Japan and other countries in the next time, and thus may lose its maritime supremacy. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the British will not dare to take the risk of challenging Germany easily, but can only compromise with Germany and recognize Germany's maritime power and world influence.

Theoretically, there is indeed some truth in the theory of this risk fleet, and as a tactic, it is also quite feasible, but it is obviously a great mistake to regard the theory of the risk fleet as a grand strategy for the development of the German navy.

First of all, can the German navy reach two-thirds of the strength of the British navy? In the old time, although the German navy was eventually built into a second navy after the British navy, its size was less than 60 percent of the British navy.

More importantly, the theory of the risk fleet is to place the possibility of success entirely on the enemy's cowardice, that is, to choose compromise because the enemy will not dare to go to war with him for fear of excessive losses. It has to be said that this theory is too subjective and ignores the possible reaction of Britain, what if Britain is not afraid of losses, or what if Britain thinks that such losses are within its own tolerance? Under such circumstances, does Germany dare to risk being defeated by the British navy and start a war with Britain? At the same time, does Britain have any other strategy against Germany? These factors Tirpitz did not take into account, and could not have taken them into account. Therefore, this is more like a political manipulation and even a gamble than a military strategy, and the shortcomings are more prominent than the advantages.

In fact, Britain did have other tactics to deal with Germany, so it gave up the tradition of glorious isolation strategically, and chose to form an alliance with France and Russia to join forces against Germany, while in terms of naval tactics, it adopted blockade tactics and used the disadvantages of the German navy's geographical environment to blockade the German navy in the North Sea. In fact, the British strategy was successful, because Germany was equally afraid of its own navy being severely damaged, which is why during the First World War, the German navy, despite its powerful fleet, was largely confined to its harbors, doing almost nothing.

So after the day's exchange, Tirpitz entered the palace overnight to see Wilhelm II, and the two negotiated for most of the night. On the second day, when the exchange continued, the naval team of Tirpitz's official visiting delegation proposed that East China draw up a plan for Germany's naval development strategy.