"In addition to submarines, there may be another area that we need to focus on." Fang Yan glanced at Rudolph with some weakness and added in a low voice. In recent years, Rudolph has been working hard to fulfill Fang Yan's various wishes; Although the strength of the family has also been rapidly expanded, Fang Yan still has a lot of regret in his heart for the situation that he has been the shopkeeper every time.

Rudolph looked at the young son in front of him with some vigilance, and said, "Jonas, do you have any ideas?" I have to remind you that if it is as troublesome as the oil extraction in Libya, it will be difficult for me to help you in a short period of time. You must know that now the family's industry has been spread quite large: I not only have to run this shipyard that is not what it used to be, but also take care of the management and construction of the local car factory and the Libyan oil field, Ziano guy is not reassuring at all, if I don't carry out strict control, I don't know how many benefits will be quietly swallowed into his belly! In addition, the proceeds of your Uncle Walter's fraud in North America will require a lot of effort on my part to transfer them to my account in Switzerland. If it weren't for your brother Freya helping me with the affairs of the shipyard, I would still be working in my study. ”

Fang Yan coughed and said, "This is not my personal idea, but also the will of Vice Admiral Raeder, the current commander of the Baltic Sea Theater. In the previous training, I had the opportunity to have an exchange with him, and he believed that in the future, the aviation will play an important role in determining the outcome of naval battles, and hoped that shipyards and enterprises with conditions would be able to carry out research on naval military aircraft. I think that since we have all opened automobile factories, we should also be able to get involved in aircraft that use internal combustion engines. ”

Seeing Rudolph's slightly discolored face, Fang Yan hurriedly added: "But this time, we are mainly research-oriented, and we don't need to invest in large-scale factories for batch construction. In fact, this violation of the Versailles Treaty could only be done secretly on Soviet soil; Admiral Raeder just hopes that when the Navy breaks through the treaty restrictions in the future, domestic manufacturers will be able to provide mature and reliable products to the Navy in the first time. ”

"General Raeder? Is that the same person you sent back half a month ago and asked the shipyard to hand over a design drawing to him? Rudolph's mind turned, and he asked. Fang Yan nodded and said, "This general has always paid a lot of attention to our shipyard because of his early service experience; The rapid development of the shipyard in recent years undoubtedly attracted his attention, so he proposed this intention to me during the meeting. In fact, Raeder did not put forward these wishes to Fang Yan during that meeting, and Fang Yan is now just pulling the other party's banner as a tiger skin, so that his idea of making technical reserves in the field of naval aviation in advance can be implemented.

To a certain extent, the importance of this technical reserve in aviation technology is even higher than that of Fang Yan's previous opening in the field of traditional ship design; It was one of the most critical pre-war preparations in the field of improving the combat effectiveness of the future German Navy after the exploitation of Libyan oil. Cruisers and battleships in the new era are destined to be overshadowed by the light of aircraft carriers, and the destruction of Yamato Musashi and the counterattack prince are all the most typical cases of the victory of the air force over the traditional gunboats.

Although Germany is currently limited by the Treaty of Versailles, it cannot blatantly engage in military aircraft, but this does not prevent Fang Yan from moving the test site to the territory of the Soviet Union, far away from Emperor Shangao, to continue to develop relevant science and technology. Due to the patent fee given by the Italian Navy for shipbuilding, Fang Yan has become an absolute tyrant with his knowledge, and this research fund is not an unbearable figure for him. And as long as he is guided by a traverser, the German engineers who have been following the right technology tree will definitely be able to give him satisfactory rewards in the future.

As for the premise that the Soviets, as landlords, would demand that the research results be shared with the Germans, Fang Yan never had the slightest worry from the beginning. For one, the current course of history is still under his control, which means that the Desu honeymoon will come to an end in the early 30s with Hitler's rule; When the technicians withdrew to Germany, there was nothing left that would have been useful in the '40s, six or seven years later. Second, even if some Soviet engineers had grown rapidly during their work with their German counterparts and had become truly independent elites who were not inferior to their former mentors, the bearded Comrade Joseph Stalin, a loyal friend of the German people, would have taken the initiative to help Fang Yan get rid of these troubles.

As long as Fang Yan left some "evidence" such as Cao Cao's wiping of Han Sui, the all-pervasive Cheka would kill all these "spies" who had "iron evidence of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country" in the future purge, so as to invite credit to their supreme monarch. Although this was extremely cruel to these Soviet engineers, Fang Yan, who was the master of each other, could only express sympathy, and if they really wanted to hate, they should also hate the cruel and murderous "loving father".

Rudolph breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If it's just technical research, then there is no problem." I can recruit some engineers and have Freya build a research institute near the Leningrad shipyard; This kind of project to do things for the army is indeed my obligation within my ability. Seeing the happy smile of the young man in front of him, the expression on Rudolph's face softened. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't talk about these things that can never be done." After spending almost half a year in the barracks, you must be exhausted, right? ”

Fang Yan's heart was filled with a feeling of starting point, everything in the past few months passed by his eyes like a marquee; There is no doubt that it is accompanied by pain, sweat, and fatigue, but these are unconsciously turned into nutrients for his own growth, so that his life has bloomed more brilliantly after experiencing the tempering of wind and frost. In addition, he also gained a deep friendship with famous military cadets in the common training and crawling, which made his life extremely fulfilling. In the face of Rudolph's concern, Fang Yan only gave his short but clear answer with a smile: "Physical fatigue is inevitable, but if I could choose it again now, then I would still choose to take today's path." ”

Rudolph smiled with relief, and there was a faint feeling of time flying in his expression; The young son in front of him has grown up, and he is no longer the immature child who needs to worry about him all day. He paused, then spoke again: "It's hard to get through to the end of training, so you can rest at home for a few days." That girl of yours, Sylvia, will come to see you the day after tomorrow, and I hope you will keep the word I told you. ”

Peaceful times always passed very quickly, and soon, Fang Yan was on his way to Kiel again. Although he still hasn't taken the last step with Sylvia, he has been fully satisfied in the lingering affection beyond that. Recalling the girl's delicate and beautiful red glow, Fang Yan's heart was full of love for her; He had made a pact with Sylvia that he would be betrothed to her two and a half years after he had completed his officer training and she had grown up.

When he arrived in Kiel, Fang Yan found that what awaited him this time was a four-month internship training, during which the cadets needed to become fully familiar with the various professional operations of the Navy in order to lay a solid foundation for the day-to-day career of an officer. The instructors impart a lot of information, including routine maintenance, equipment repair, communication and liaison, foreign cooperation and other matters of the procedural rules, as well as the powers and responsibilities of various departments in the navy; If you don't dive into it, you will inevitably be dizzy and confused by the current navy, a complex ensemble that is greatly limited in size but still has a complete internal structure. However, this is no difficulty for Fang Yan, who has always had the patience to delve into all kinds of difficult professional knowledge before; After less than half a month of adaptation, he has become more comfortable and has constantly imprinted in his heart the various priorities of the navy as a collective.

The grass grows and the warbler flies, the ice melts and the snow melts, and during the period when Fang Yan is constantly enriching his business skills, a far-reaching change has also occurred in Germany. In February 1925, Albert, the first president of the Weimar Republic, finally died of illness in office after several years of gnashing of teeth and hatred by domestic right-wingers; According to a minister who did not want to be named, Albert died of illness because of the shame he felt last year when he was indicted for treason by right-wingers, which led to his three-month imprisonment as the current president. When the news broke, the entire German right-wing forces were jubilant, and they even held various celebrations for it, while the Weimar government remained as silent as ever.

Due to Albert's sudden death, the presidential election, which was originally scheduled to start in June, was brought forward to that month. However, in the fragile political system of Weimar Germany, there is no leader of the current party who can be recognized by the right-wing groups and the military in the country and respected by the liberal groups and parties. In order to prevent Germany from being controlled by politicians who believed in Western democratic values, Tirpitz, the father of the Ocean Fleet, who was still active in the post-war German political arena as a parliamentarian, personally visited Field Marshal Hindenburg, who had long since retired and lived in seclusion, and asked him to enter the political arena to participate in this presidential campaign. Eventually, Tirpitz succeeded in convincing Hindenburg to return to the mountain, and the latter immediately announced that he would run for the presidency for the sake of the German people.

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