The Lilinthal successfully completed its maiden flight, flying in the air for 10 minutes, flying a distance of 15 kilometers, and landing smoothly after climbing, circling and other flight maneuvers.

The next day, June 28, 1900, German newspapers began to report on the successful flight of the Lilinthal, which was the first successful flight in human history of a powerful, manned, continuous, stable and maneuverable heavier-than-air vehicle, announcing that Germany had once again achieved remarkable results in the field of aviation.

However, despite the hype of the German newspapers, the small thing like the airplane still failed to attract the attention of some people, because just three days ago, the German Army's airship conducted its first ground bombing test. The test airship purchased by the Army carried out two bombing raids, dropping 100 40-kilogram bombs from an altitude of 600 meters, followed by 20 bombs of 200 kilograms at an altitude of 800 meters.

The result of the real yàn was very satisfactory to the German Army, because it was a hovering bomb, although there were some problems in aiming, although the airship was affected by the wind in the air and had a certain displacement, but on the whole, the hit accuracy was acceptable.

And the bombing effect is even better, the army's main force now 150 mm 40 times the diameter cannon fires a high-explosive shell is 40 kilograms, an airship can throw 100 things of the same weight at a time, and the charge coefficient is higher, the resulting successive explosions make the army feel the effect of divisional artillery coverage.

The power of 200 kg of bombs is even more shocking to the army, now the German Army has more than 200 mm artillery but are fortress guns, unable to maneuver, now there is a platform that can move "at high speed" can drop 20 240 mm artillery bombs at one time is even more ecstatic to the army.

The results of the test prompted the Army to urge Zeppelin's research team to come up with airships that could be left empty for more than 24 hours, and expressed their willingness to order eight airships to form a detachment of airships.

The Germans did not hide this test, and invited military attachés from various countries to visit it, and the result of the visit was that the British immediately stepped up the research work on the airship they bought, and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to imitate it. The French, for their part, have increased their investment in research into their airship technology.

Such an outcome is not bad for Jochen. The fewer people and the later they discover the practical value of the aircraft, the better it will be for them. So on the one hand, Jochen asked Lilienthal's team to continue to improve the performance of the aircraft, and on the other hand, he asked them to keep the technical secret.

With BMW's higher-performance engines designed and manufactured, and SNRI's wind tunnel where aerodynamic tests can be conducted, the support from Lilienthal's research team is far beyond that of the pioneers of flight in history. The detail and meticulousness of the various real numbers obtained are also valuable information that other countries could not obtain in early aviation research, and naturally cannot be leaked in the slightest.

Naturally, Lilinthal agreed, and said that he was ready to start building a second aircraft for a more comprehensive study of flight performance. In this regard, Yochen said to let it go, money is not a problem.

In addition, it is required to build a new aircraft not only to improve flight performance, it is also important to facilitate the pilot's control, in order to accelerate the practical application of the aircraft, Jochen began to install experts in front of Lilinthal, what flight attitude gauge, airspeed gauge, altimeter, fuel gauge and other instruments that can help pilots understand the flight status were put forward by Jochen, and Lilinthal was stunned again.

After receiving a promise that Lilinthal would study the instruments and install them on the plane, Jochen left the Aeronautical Technology Room satisfied.

"Nicky wrote a letter to your father expressing his dissatisfaction with our help in the construction of warships by Japan?" Yochen asked, looking surprised.

"See for yourself." Frederick III also smiled helplessly. He handed over the envelope with the Tsar's Mark of Fire Paint.

Jochen took the envelope, took out the letter and quickly read the contents, the previous content was just Lara's homely routine, as the younger Nicholas II humbly expressed his greetings to his father, and wished Frederick III good health, and then asked Frederick III to convey his greetings to Queen Victoria.

Then he mentioned the issue of Germany helping Japan build ships, saying that on the Far East issue, Japan's yellow-skinned monkeys came to find fault with the Russian Empire, and Germany was a friend of Russia. The Tsar and the Kaiser were relatives, how could they help those yellow-skinned monkeys in Japan against Russia?

It is no wonder that Nicholas II did not react when Germany helped the Japanese build 4 armored cruisers. Now it's just two more ships being built, and the reaction is so big.

Three months ago, Russia had reached a secret agreement with North Korea to lease the Masanpo naval base in Seoul, which caused protests from the Japanese government. In fact, the Japanese themselves do not attach great importance to this place in Korea, and in the eyes of the Japanese, it is a poor place where birds do not.

North Korea's first-class officials go out, not to mention cars, eight sedan chairs, not even double sedan chairs, just take a wheelbarrow, that is, the little daughter-in-law in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty to return to her parents' house is a treatment. The Japanese are too lazy to run such a backwooded country. In their view, North Korea was just a springboard into the Qing state.

But in any case, Korea was recognized by the whole world as Japan's sphere of influence after the First Sino-Japanese War, and you Russians have already annoyed the Japanese by forcibly occupying Port Arthur, and now they are still forcibly occupying Masanpo? Do you think of the Japanese Empire?

And it's not just the North Korean problem. Although there is no Russian invasion and occupation of the three northeastern provinces, the construction of the Eastern Railway is nearing completion, and the Russians have begun to accept the opportunity of the Qing government to open up the exploration and exploitation of minerals and the construction of factories, and the Japanese are still anxious.

In this hurry, the Japanese protested, strongly opposing the Russians' lease of Mashanpo, of course this opposition to the Russians will not take it seriously, it is even more impossible to spit out Mashanpo, Mashanpo is a better military port than Lushun in the eyes of the Russians, perhaps economically the Russians attach more importance to the three northeastern provinces, but strategically, Korea is the ultimate goal of the Russians.

Therefore, the struggle between Japan and Russia is, in the final analysis, North Korea.

Seeing that the Russians were not birds, the sense of urgency of the Japanese came up again, and a war with the Russians was no better than a war with the Qing Dynasty, and if a war with the Qing State was lost, they would lose, and the Qing people were all good-tempered. I won't do anything to us in Japan, it's a big deal to pretend to be a grandson for a few years. If the war with Russia is lost, what can these barbaric hairy people do? Don't think about it, it's scary to think about it.

So what to do? Armament reinforcement is the only way. Isn't this 66 fleet still unfinished? Hurry up, hurry up and buy a boat.

Because the French robbed Keelung in this time and space, the Japanese naturally did not buy warships from the French when they were unhappy. Now the Japanese are buying battleships from the British. Buy armored cruisers from Germany, and then, out of political considerations, to ease the contradictions in the Pacific Ocean, it was decided to buy protective cruisers from the United States.

Historically, in addition to the fact that the Japanese bought one armored cruiser from Germany and one from France, the main ships of the other 66th Fleets were all purchased from Britain, but now because all the armored cruisers have to be purchased from Germany, the Japanese still have a strong tendency to learn from Britain after all, so they decided to buy the first batch of ships and lean more towards Britain.

So the first batch of plans for the 66th Fleet was to purchase 3 Shikishima-class battleships from Britain in 1896. 2 Asama-class armored cruisers were purchased from Germany, and 2 Chitose-class protective cruisers were purchased from the United States.

Subsequently, in 1898, the battleship Mikasa was ordered from the United Kingdom, two additional Asama-class armored cruisers were added to Germany, and by the way, six destroyers of the Lei-class and the Shinonome-class were purchased in a fashionable manner.

In this way, although Mikasa's funds were sufficient, Saigo, who was not forced to do so, was ready to play a game of embezzlement of the budget and violation of the Constitution, and when the parliament was held accountable, he dragged the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Navy, Shikiri Kayama, and the Minister of the Navy, Yamamoto Gonbei, to the Imperial Palace Nijubashi to apologize. The farce of exchanging three lives for a boat (although none of these three guys have ever died in history).

However, the 66th Fleet became the 64th Fleet. Originally, the money taken by Jiawu was a lot less, but now that there is no Xinchou Treaty, the Japanese who have not made a penny have found out. The 66th fleet still has two less armored cruisers, but there is really no money left, what to do?

In addition, the Russians made such a fuss, and the Japanese decided to take out a loan from Germany in a hurry, after all, loans are often linked to arms sales, and if you take out a loan in Britain, the British will not let you buy German ships. So the Japanese opened their mouth to Germany for a loan to order two Asama-class improved armored cruisers, two Akatsuki-class destroyers, and two Baiyun-class destroyers.

It's a bastard to have money and not make money. Naturally, the German side also readily agreed, so Maozi's side blew up, and you actually lent money to my enemy to build a warship?!

And then there was the letter from Nicholas II.

After reading the content of the letter, Jochen couldn't help but laugh, and Nicholas II's letter naturally did not directly say that Germany should not build ships for the Japanese, but this is the meaning between the lines.

Do you blame me for this kind of thing? We are doing business in a fair way. Is it easy to make some gold marks? Now the sale of warships is just a business, and the British have an enmity against you, and now they are still building destroyers for you.

Putting the letter back in the envelope and returning it to Frederick III, Jochen spread his hands: "How can we be blamed for such a thing?" Nicky would rather order two rags from France and the United States than from us, and now he is blocking us from building warships for Japan?

Besides, we have built 4 armored cruisers for the Japanese before, and we haven't seen such a big reaction from him, so don't you think it's too late to say it now? I guess it's because I'm not having a good time with the Japanese, so I came to have a seizure, right? If you are not reconciled and place an order with us, as long as you pay out the gold mark, we will not be unable to build a ship that is much stronger than that given to the Japanese. Jochen said with an impatient look on his face.

"A naval officer came to St. Petersburg, saying that he had come to inspect our shipyard and conveyed his intention to carry out naval technical cooperation with our country. Frederick III said with a smile.

"Of course! Ah, do your will, Father. Jochen's face changed immediately. (To be continued......)

PS: Today I promised a friend to give a chapter push, and the group friend who persuaded me to write a book also opened a pit himself, and wrote it in the Qin Dynasty

There is more one person who has more discipline than me, and he can guarantee more than 2 a day

The title of the book is called "The Blood of Qin", and the author: Living in a life of memory

The book is not fat, but with his update speed than me, it will not take too long to fatten and kill again, and interested friends can go to the cheers