The hull size, displacement, power, speed, and armor protection of the second design scheme are basically the same as those of the first scheme, except that the shipboard weapons have been greatly changed. Of course, some changes have been made to the internal structure, after all, the ship's weapons are different, so the structure of the ship's hull and the cabin will also change.

First of all, the main gun is equipped with a total of 6 twin 305 mm main guns, 2 at the end and 2 at the end, arranged in a knapsack structure along the central axis of the hull, and a twin 305 mm main gun is also set up on the left and right sides of the middle of the warship, and the auxiliary guns are changed to 12 twin 120 mm guns, all of which are arranged along the side of the warship, and the other weapons and artillery configurations remain unchanged.

On the whole, the first design scheme mainly focuses on the balance of firepower, and the firepower of the main gun, secondary gun, and auxiliary artillery is clearly hierarchical, and there is no obvious weak link; while the second design scheme focuses on the firepower of the main gun, and the warship can concentrate 8 main guns at the end and at the end, and the side fire can reach 10 main guns, so the firepower of the main gun is more intense, but the firepower of the secondary gun is weakened.

The Type II dreadnoughts under construction in the United Kingdom, the Bellerophon-class and the St. Vincent class are equipped with 5 twin-mounted 305mm main guns, 6 bow and stern firepower, and 8 side firepower, but the gap in secondary gun firepower is large, the secondary guns of the Bellerophon class are 16 102 mm guns, while the St. Vincent class is 20 102 mm guns.

Although the concept of dreadnoughts was indeed first proposed by the British, the British also lacked sufficient experience in this kind of full-firepower warship, so it only focused on the configuration of the main gun, and ignored the secondary gun and auxiliary artillery. Of course, according to British theory, the capital ship only needs to ensure the firepower of the main gun, and the secondary guns are only based on self-defense to strike at the first boat of close attack, not to hit the enemy warship, and the auxiliary firepower of the fleet is provided by the escort cruisers, after all, the British Navy has a lot of money, and the warships have their own responsibilities, and it is not required to achieve a variety of functions on a warship.

In terms of speed, the power of the Bellerophon class and the St. Vincent class is slightly stronger, the Bellerophon class is 23,000 horsepower, and the St. Vincent class is 24,500 horsepower, but the design speed is only 21 knots, and the two schemes provided by East China ** in the case of power only 22,000 horsepower, the design speed can reach 22-23 knots, mainly due to the optimized design of the transmission device and ship type, which reduces the drag and power loss, and thus improves the speed.

In terms of defense, the two design schemes provided by East China ** are better than the two types of dreadnoughts being built by the United Kingdom in terms of armor thickness and coverage area, and the quality of Germany's Krupp armor is the best among the armor of various countries, so the defense is significantly better than that of British warships. This also shows the usual thinking of German warships, which attaches importance to defense.

In contrast, the two designs offered by East China are only inferior to British warships in terms of range, with the Bellerophon class having a range of 5,720 nautical miles/10 knots, the St. Vincent class having a range of 6,900 nautical miles/10 knots, and the East China ** design scheme being only 4,000-4,500 nautical miles/12 knots. However, Germany is different from the United Kingdom, there are not so many overseas interests to be maintained, so the main task of the German Navy is to defeat the British Navy, the combat environment is mainly in the North Sea region, the range for the German Navy, the significance is not very large, the two design schemes provided by East China ** are also fully taken into account, so in terms of trade-offs, the high range was finally abandoned, and the tonnage was saved, which was used to strengthen defense and firepower.

East China**, represented by Huang Zhe, handed over the scheme of the design of the two warships to the representative of the German side, Rear Admiral Reinhardt Schell. After reading these two schemes, Schell is very satisfied, because from a comprehensive comparison, the tonnage of the two design schemes provided by East China ** is basically the same as that of the British Bellerophon-class and St. Vincent-class warships, but they are better in terms of firepower, speed, and defense, but the range is worse. However, Scheer believes that range is not the most important thing, so sacrificing the range of a warship in favor of the advantages of firepower, speed, and defense is a very cost-effective exchange.

It's just that the design of these two warships is very good, and Scheer feels that it is difficult to distinguish between the two, so he doesn't know how to choose for a while, and he can't help but hesitate.

Huang Zhe also saw Scheer's hesitation, so he suggested to Scheer that both plans could be adopted, and 4 ships could be built according to each plan to form a formation, because Britain is building 3 Bolerophon-class and St. Vincent-class dreadnoughts each, which can ensure that in the next 2-3 years, Germany can overwhelm Britain in the performance of its main warships.

At the same time, Huang Zhe also suggested that it is best to stop the construction of the last two of the German class, after all, this type of battleship itself has a strong experimental nature, and the performance and firepower of this type of battleship are lagging behind the two types of dreadnoughts of the Bellerophon class and the St. Vincent class that are being built in the United Kingdom.

Schell agreed with Huang Zhe's suggestion, but after discussion, he believed that the range of these two design schemes was insufficient, and although it had no impact on the German Navy at present, Germany might have overseas interests in the future, or the need for overseas operations, so he hoped to increase the range of one of the design schemes to 5,000 nautical miles. This will allow you to be prepared.

After receiving Germany's opinions, Huang Zhe organized personnel to evaluate the two plans, and finally improved both plans, changing the 12 twin-mounted 150 mm guns in the first plan to 8, and canceling the four twin-mounted 75 mm guns, saving tonnage to increase fuel reserves, although the firepower was weakened, the firepower of the main guns was not reduced, and the configuration of firepower was still neat; the second plan was to cancel all the twin-mounted 120 mm guns, leaving only 100 The Bomi artillery and the 75 mm artillery still continued the principle of maintaining the firepower of the main guns. And in this way, the number of schemes has also changed from 2 to 4.

Scheer was also very satisfied with the two revised plans, of course, the final decision was made to choose which square table, and it was necessary to bring these four plans back to China, and the Admiralty organized personnel to evaluate and study and decide.

As for Germany's request to formulate a strategic plan for the development of the navy, Huang Zhe told Schell that there is no objection to East China in principle, but this work is far more complicated than designing warships, because this is a strategic plan, which requires a comprehensive understanding of the situation of the German navy, as well as Germany's requirements for the navy. East China will organize a delegation to visit Germany at the end of this year or early next year, when the Admiralty will select some personnel to join the delegation to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the German Navy and hold talks with the main responsible persons of the German Navy before formulating a strategic plan for the development of the German Navy.

After listening to this, Schell also admitted that what Huang Zhe said was indeed reasonable, Bi Jing's strategic planning was not a child's play, anyway, now that he had obtained the design plans of 4 warships, at least the German Navy had something to do within this year. So Schell immediately sent a telegram to China, explained in detail the design plan of East China, and asked Germany to immediately stop the construction of the last two warships of the German class.

Two days later, Scheer received a reply from China, which was sent by the Admiralty, first of all, highly praised Scheer's work in China, and agreed with Scheer's suggestion to stop the construction of the last two warships of the German class, but fortunately, these two warships are still in the preparation stage and have not officially started, so the construction is now terminated, and there is no loss, and at the same time it is decided to be in East China ** Choose two of the four plans provided, build four ships each, and name them Nassau-class and Helgoland-class respectively, and then ask Scheer to return to Germany as soon as possible, Bi Jing must determine the construction plan of the next type of capital ship as soon as possible, after all, now Britain has started to build three Bellerophon-class, and in the second half of the year, there will be two more St. Vincent class, Germany also needs to hurry.

In fact, while the naval personnel of East China and Germany were negotiating and negotiating, other negotiations were also going smoothly, after all, the relationship between the two countries had been set, and there was no obstacle to other cooperation. The two sides soon reached a number of agreements, and in terms of trade, both sides lowered each other's tariffs and developed trade-friendly preferential policies to expand trade contacts between the two sides.

However, several technology transfers required by East China need to be negotiated with relevant German companies, but Germany guarantees that it will provide convenience and will not set up obstacles in terms of tariffs.

At the same time, the two sides also agreed that in the next five years, East China will send students to Germany in batches, with a total number of no less than 3,000 students, and the number of the first batch of international students will be set at 500, which will be sent within this year.

Sending students to Germany, although it is a temporary idea of East China, but as soon as this proposal was put forward in the Executive Yuan, it was immediately unanimously agreed in East China, after all, this is an effective way to obtain talents as soon as possible, and Germany is the most developed country in this era of industrial technology and science and technology.

Of course, the details of the club mode of studying abroad, the life management of international students, and the way of learning should be discussed in detail in East China, and at the same time, it is also necessary to negotiate with Germany to achieve perfection as much as possible, and at the same time, let East China obtain as many talents as possible from this action to develop industrialization and modernization, rather than being like the Qing court's retention of children.