The Royal William Dockyard in the spring is still so deserted. A small number of shipyard employees are still employed, and they are still working hard to maintain the facilities and equipment in the factory. But today, a group of people from Black Press have come to this shipyard.

Among them were officials of the German government, representatives of the Entente powers, and several foreign officers in dark blue naval uniforms. Led by Fred, the shipyard's director, they inspected the entire shipyard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the dock we are currently in is the largest dock No. 3 in the shipyard and the latest in our technology. It is 250 meters long and 45 meters wide, and is equipped with a large gantry crane capable of lifting 240 tons, and can build a giant ship of 50,000 tons, which is also the pride of our shipyard. ”

Fred explained the shipyard's facilities to several officers in navy uniforms in front of him. Several naval personnel listened to his explanations and exchanged ideas with each other from time to time. It's just that he never responded to Fred's words, and he was used to it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's go to the plate factory next, where can we find our latest plate machine. These machines were installed only 15 years ago, when they were prepared to take on the Mackensen-class battlecruisers, and who knows that the name of our shipyard was not in the order at all. ”

Several naval officers were stunned when they heard Fred talk about the Mackensen-class battle patrol, but then they covered it up.

"Then lead the way."

The leading naval officer immediately picked up Fred's words and asked the other party to lead the way. Then the group followed Director Fred to every corner of the shipyard, and at the same time personally inspected the shipyard equipment.

Patrolling the shipyard with great fanfare will definitely not hide from the shipyard employees. The Bern group saw these people walking around the workshop.

As soon as these people left, Charelle said to her colleagues, "It's here, I'm not lying to you." These people definitely came to see the shipyard, and it is estimated that it is not far from demolition. ”

Hearing Charol's words, a shadow hung over the hearts of every worker present. They are in silent mourning for this shipyard, but also for their own fate.

When Bern heard Charlotte's words, he said: "Don't say Charlotte, everyone has worked in the shipyard for many years, and no one feels good in their hearts. We do the work at hand, and God can only arrange the rest. ”

Bern's words made everyone's hearts even heavier, and they felt that they lacked strength to work. In fact, the same is true in Bern, where the current situation in the country is really losing jobs, and I don't know where to find it.

The voices of Bern and others are also the hearts of the current shipyard employees, and they are a large group of people who suddenly came to the shipyard. Everyone has a shadow in their hearts, but they also know that there is no way for them and others to prevent the possibility of the shipyard being sold, but they are still mourning for themselves and the shipyard.

In fact, they were right, these naval officers were from Romania. When the Romanian side learned that the Royal Shipyard of William was to be sold as royal property, Eder, as king, immediately thought of the Romanian navy. Eder still feels a little guilty about the navy, which has been left out in the cold. So after learning the news, immediately asked the Admiralty to organize personnel to go and inspect the shipyard facilities.

Lieutenant Admiral Lomodan, the Minister of the Admiralty, who received the good news, drew up a list of personnel together with Rear Admiral Nestacu, who had returned to Bucharest overnight. It is completely the elite officers of the navy who have been transferred to complete this task. Because they knew that if they really moved this shipyard to Romania, the good days of the navy were coming.

The reason is very simple, the relocation of a large shipyard with tens of thousands of people to build battleships can greatly improve the strength of the navy. If it weren't for the development of the navy, would it be necessary for His Majesty to let them check it out? This is a bald man with lice on his head, a clear thing.

Therefore, Colonel Jacob, director of the Naval Armament Division, Lieutenant Colonel Mirel of the Naval Design Division, and a number of the best technical talents in the navy were put into the list by them.

Today's inspection was also carried out by several people in charge, and the results were very satisfactory to them. Most of the shipyard's facilities are well preserved, especially the core equipment is carefully maintained.

"Today we looked at the shipyard and it was pretty good. I heard from Director Fred that many of the facilities at this shipyard have only been purchased in the past few years. ”

Colonel Jacob sat on the couch and spoke to his colleagues about his feelings about the day.

"Yes, the shipyards that Germany is going to dismantle are much more advanced than ours. This makes us feel a huge gap with the maritime powers. ”

From this one shipyard, Lieutenant Commander Mirel saw the huge gap in the Romanian Navy.

"The gap will gradually decrease. From this shipyard, Romania will also have the manufacturing capacity of warships of more than 10,000 tons? ”

Colonel Jacob's words made Lieutenant Colonel Mirel think of a possibility. "Could it be that Your Majesty has finally taken the navy seriously?"

"I didn't say it, but I heard from the minister and the commander that the good days of the Navy may be coming."

"If that's the case, then hopefully a few more large shipyards will be demolished. In this way, our Romanian shipbuilding capacity will skyrocket. ”

"Listening to the chief of the guard beside His Majesty, this may not be big."

"Why?"

"The other shipyards are private, and it's not that easy to dismantle."

In fact, the discussion between the two is correct. The Entente were very happy to sell German shipyards, especially the British, who were eager to sell all German shipyards. The threat of the High Seas Fleet to the British Empire was well seen by these gentlemen.

However, most of Germany's shipyards are privately owned, so they have nowhere to go. But just because you can't dismantle these shipyards doesn't mean you can't find other ways to restrain them. Because of the fines imposed for helping Germany build warships for the war, and the damage to the German economy caused by the Versailles reparations, these shipyards are currently having a hard time.

The Royal William Shipyard, the royal property, did not need to be polite, and when Romania expressed its desire to move the shipyard home, the British and French quickly agreed. At the same time, for the purpose of wooing Romania, the Royal William Shipyard was sold at a low price. In a word, as long as Romania wants German equipment, then dismantle. The two countries were eager to dismantle all the German equipment and sell it for money to compensate for their losses.

In this case, Romania's work in Germany is going very well. If it weren't for the lack of money, and considering the rise of Germany in the future, he would have wanted to pack all this equipment back.

According to later statistics, in 1920 alone, Romania shipped back equipment from Germany worth 20 billion marks. And this money did not fall into the hands of the German government, and was pocketed by Britain and France as reparations. This caused the German people to be angry with both Britain and France, and also made the Weimar government quite difficult. Because the workers were dissatisfied (no work), the peasants were dissatisfied (most of them were offset against the reparations), the capitalists were dissatisfied (the economy was depressed and they could not make money), the soldiers were dissatisfied (because they signed the Treaty of Versailles), and the scholars were dissatisfied (the punishment after the defeat was too heavy). It can be said that the people at all levels in Germany are not satisfied with the Weimar government, but this government is recognized by Britain and France, so no matter how angry they are, they can't do anything.

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