The summer night breeze blows through the streets of Berlin, bringing a rare coolness to the heat.

Fang Yan slowly pushed open the window of the study, overlooking the city that was gradually entering sleep from a high place, under the bright moonlight, the lights were faint, the long street was quiet, and the few shops were as lonely as the stars in the dark sky, and they looked particularly bleak and bleak against the quiet background of the surroundings. As the Ruhr crisis continues to ferment, the lives of the German people have long been struggling in the midst of devastating inflation; Even Berlin, the capital of Germany, was frozen in extreme depression by this nationwide wave.

Is this the heart of Germany, which just a decade ago was one of the twin stars of the world?

The cool night breeze swept through Fang Yan's face and hair, and the slender palms hidden behind the window were already clenched into fists; A flame of pain and unwillingness burned in the bottom of his heart, so much so that a faint twitch appeared in Fang Yan's heart. Forty years of struggle came to naught, and the hard work of two generations was in vain. Although he is not a soul raised in this land, after nearly 5 years of integration and getting along, he still clearly feels the unforgettable pain that circulates in this country. At this moment, its western territories and people are still struggling under the brutal trampling and ravages of the victorious powers, and I wonder how many of the civilizational riches that the German people have worked so hard to create have been swallowed up by the barbaric bandits who plundered all over the world!

Fang Yan took a deep breath, his bright eyes full of determination and determination. Now the only one who has the ability to change all this is himself as a traverser - although the Austrian corporal has a talent like a god and a demon, he cannot grasp a glimmer of vitality under the oppression of the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain because of the limitations of the times in which he lives. Compared with this responsibility and mission, the soft and rich life that has always been within reach of Fang Yan is no longer attractive at all; Even if he has to face many difficulties, he will rise head-on and smash all the obstacles in front of him!

As soon as he thought of this, Fang Yan's spirit also became invigorated. He withdrew his gaze from the window, turned to his desk, and sat down quietly. The wooden bookshelf to his right was now lined up on three floors with a total of nearly 100 books of various kinds, and most of them had obvious margins, apparently read by the owner of the book many times. Seeing this familiar scene, the corners of Fang Yan's mouth couldn't help but show a slight emotional and confident smile. In the past four years, Fang Yan has not slackened in order to improve his professional quality, and these books on machinery and equipment and ship construction are like the most loyal old friends, accompanying him through thousands of bleak nights in the sky, so that his soul has been constantly enriched and developed.

However, this time, Fang Yan did not take out the books he needed to read from the shelves. He took out a drawing sheet of white paper from a drawer and spread it out on the table, then took out a box containing the tools needed for engineering drawing, such as rulers, pens, compasses, etc. After a while, like a real designer, he began to busily draw on the vast blank paper; And with the continuous swing of the clock on the wall, a slender and mighty battleship has been sketched by him.

A few hours earlier, Fang Yan boasted about Haikou in front of Mussolini's close friend Ciano Sr., saying that his shipyard had made a decisive breakthrough in ship design, and that it was enough to achieve an overwhelming advantage over other competitors within the framework of the same tonnage. With his reputation as Brom-Foss, he has already managed to attract the attention of the elder Ziano, and if nothing else, he will inevitably make contact with his shipyard soon.

However, the designers of Brom-Foss did not have the same strength that Fang Yan assured the old Chiano. Although the shipyard of this plane retained all the technical team with the assistance of North American funds, and even included the talents of other shipyards in the process of enterprise merger, this only successfully continued the normal development line of wartime, but did not make any decisive breakthrough. In fact, the mainstream consciousness of German shipbuilding designers was already behind the times in the later stages of the war: whether it was the Iron Tortoise of the United States that adopted the design of the key protective armor box, or the inclined main armor adopted by the British on the Hood, they were much higher than their German counterparts who still clinged to the comprehensive protection system of the former dreadnought era at a time when the armor-piercing ability of artillery shells had been greatly improved. If these guys are allowed to design warships for the Italians, it is impossible for the latter to look down on them, and Fang Yan's overall plan will also fall through the cracks, and it will directly affect the future Mediterranean Sea and the overall combat situation!

Therefore, Fang Yan did not have the group of designers who wanted to count on his own shipyard at all. From the moment he made his promise in front of the elder Chiano, he decided that he would complete the plan on his own. After four years of hard work, Fang Yan has accumulated a wealth of knowledge in the field of ship design, and even if he is now allowed to enter the design department of the shipyard to take up a key position, all he lacks is some experience in process details. At this moment, drawing a general design map is no longer difficult for Fang Yan now, he only needs to express his design concept from later generations. As for the detailed construction drawings specific to each cabin, it is natural that there will be professionals in charge of this part to supplement and complete.

Worried that the old Chiano would come to the door in the near future, Fang Yan's entire plan formulation process did not delay or slack in the slightest: the division of the core compartment, the weight distribution of the battleship, the armor calculation, and the speed estimation...... The whole process was completed in one go, and even Fang Yan himself felt a little unbelievable surprise for his accumulation. By the next morning, he had completed the main work, including the drawings, and although there were still quite a few details to be examined, the crucial core essence was still vivid.

"Whew." Fang Yan breathed a long sigh of relief and moved his already stiff limb joints. Hours of drawing work had exhausted him mentally and physically, but the joy of accomplishment in his heart could not be concealed. He rolled the drawing on the table into a box, pushed the door and walked out of his room; Facing the old waiter who was cleaning in the living room, Fang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Phoenix, I'm going back to Hamburg now, and I'll be back in a few days." Could you please tell your father on the phone and ask him to stay in the shipyard for a while this afternoon. ”

"I see. Little Jonas, you have to be careful all the way on the road. Phoenix's calm voice came from behind him. Fang Yan nodded, and then left the rental house. Standing on a sunny but sparsely populated street, he was greeted by the tall building of Berlin train station.

Although now the whole of Germany is suffering from the catastrophe of the collapse of the mark, the national economy has fallen into a state of collapse; But the intercity train from Berlin to Hamburg is still running in an orderly manner. In addition to the punctuality that runs through the blood of this nation, the more important reason is that Hamburg is the main window for German overseas trade, and the large number of goods that need to be handled every day makes it impossible for its connection with the capital Berlin to become weaker. After only ten minutes, Fang Yan sat in the window seat of a carriage, accompanied by the whistling of the head of the steam engine, according to which the 260-kilometer port of Hamburg was only less than an afternoon's journey.

As the twilight melted gold, the familiar sight of Hamburg train station appeared before his eyes. Countless hungry coachmen and laborers who were just trying to earn a dinner had already gathered on both sides of the station, and when they saw a group of travelers walking out of the station, they cast their eyes full of longing and eagerness on them. Seeing that this was simply the scene of ten hungry monks surrounding a poor farmer, Fang Yan was gloomy and bitter, but the thoughts in his heart were a little firmer; He clutched the wooden box containing the drawings in his arms, boarded a rickshaw and headed straight for the shipyard on the banks of the Elbe.

The clouds are scattered, the sunset is like blood, and on the banks of the Elbe River, a majestic and continuous shipbuilding base is bathed in the brilliant sunset afterglow, which is particularly magnificent and dazzling. At this time, it was the end of work at the Brom-Forss shipyard, and Fang Yan, who was sitting on the rickshaw, clearly saw a large black crowd rushing out of the gate like a galloping horse; They all carry bulging sacks on their backs, and their running speed is reminiscent of the 100-meter race at the Olympics. After a while, the large grain store just a street away was surrounded by these workers, as if the revolution had come again in November 1918; After a while, people began to burrow out of the crowd with small bags of potatoes, flour and other food, and their bulging burlap bags had completely dried up.

Today, all factories and enterprises in Germany have implemented a daily wage system, and some even have to pay wages twice a day; Because if they don't, the wages they receive at the beginning of the month will only be able to afford bread crumbs at the end of the month. And in their home, which one doesn't have three or five debt collectors waiting to be fed? In fact, in order to buy daily necessities before the price of the store rises, they must go straight to the store at full speed after receiving their salary every day; In this case, they have already become an out-and-out "Shi" Light Clan!