The new car received quite a good response at the Munich fair, and even on the same day someone came to ask if it was possible to buy such a car. Such a grand occasion can already foresee a bright future for future car sales. The mass production and sales of automobiles can not only bring a lot of wealth to Jochen again and promote the development of gasoline engine technology, but more importantly, make gasoline begin to become a necessity of people's lives.

At this time, the use of petroleum products was not widespread, and the production of various fuel oils was extremely low, and the price was extremely low. The advent of automobiles will promote the consumption of gasoline, and a revolution in oil consumption will be vigorously launched, and the Cameroon oil field has allowed Jochen to have a small scale of oil exploration and exploitation enterprises, in contact with Jochen himself remembered some of the world's famous oil producing areas, when the demand and price of gasoline began to soar, get these oil producing areas and then full of oil wells, the prototype of a huge oil empire is in front of you. It's exciting to think about. At present, the oil exploitation in the Gulf of Guinea in Cameroon has basically entered the orbit, and only needs to further expand production capacity, and related supporting facilities are also under construction, with the oil field as the center, a series of factories such as extraction, refining and storage are being built in an orderly manner. Not only that, the port of Douala is an important strategic support point for the future German Navy in West Africa, and it is imperative to build a naval oil depot.

In addition to gasoline, the demand for rubber, which is also one of the most important parts of automobiles, is expected to rise sharply. Fortunately, Cameroon, which is controlled by Germany, will be one of the important producers of rubber in the future, and German New Guinea, which is far away in the Pacific Ocean, is also a rubber producer, so there is really no need to worry about raw materials.

Therefore, the most urgent task now is to immediately increase the production capacity of BMW, not to mention the more expensive models, the production capacity of the cheap version of the car must be at least more than 10,000 per year, and Germany itself cannot digest it without other countries.

Jochen revealed a little bit of his plan to the Daimler trio, even if it was only a glimpse of the scales, it was still very shocking that the Daimler trio were also eager to try, Benz patted his chest and promised that the cheap version of the car would appear on the market within six months, Daimler promised to expand the factory production capacity to meet the standard of 10,000 vehicles per year within one year, and Maybach said that the inline 6-cylinder engine was handed over to him. Yochen then proposed the 4S store model, of course, at this time in the form of factory direct sales, and it is obviously unrealistic for BMW to talk about the form of franchise. Not only to provide first-class products, but also to provide first-class services, BMW's core purpose is "your choice for success, no matter when and where". Therefore, how can the 4S store, which includes vehicle sales (Sale), spare parts (Sparepart), after-sales service (Service), and information feedback (Survey), be let go of the high-end atmosphere and high-grade, low-key luxury and connotation business model? This novel and satisfying consumer psychology of sales opened the eyes of the three technologists who only cared about technology, and immediately said that they would start to prepare for this. Moreover, the four of them also began to name the new car, and BMW began to divide the car into different series according to different needs. In the spirit of going his own way and making others have no way out, Jochen continued to have a bad taste, and the low-end models were called BMW-Volkswagen (Volkswagen) because they faced the most consumers, while the mid-range models were named after Benz, that is, BMW-Benz, and the high-end models were named after Daimler, the company's second largest shareholder, BMW-Daimler, and the name of Maybach was used to name sports cars. For this engine specialist who loves a lot of power, there's nothing better for him than a sports car that needs top horsepower. Although BMW does not have a sports car as a model now, Jochen knows that with the development of automobiles, people's pursuit of speed will become higher and higher, and the development of racing will make sports cars with strong power become the darling of speed, and the official debut of Porsche's two-seater sports car Lohner-Porsche in 1900 caused a huge sensation, Jochen believes that Maybach can do better.

At the end of his trip to Munich, Jochen wanted to care about how to develop rubber cultivation in Cameroon, but before that, Jochen was pulled by the Admiralty again.

With the 1888 Navy plan and the first payment of £380,000 for the sale of three ships to the Japanese Navy, the Admiralty now had considerable resources and the design and construction of the new ships was in full swing. Due to the slow development accuracy of large-caliber rapid-fire guns and surface carburized hardened armor, Muntz was very cautious and did not choose to continue to build the Elector-class first-class ironclad ships, preferring to wait first and let the new ships have new technology available. But the cruiser could have been built first. German designers have come up with a number of design proposals, and most of them still prefer a design that is further improved on the basis of the Erin class. However, Muntz is quite sensitive to new technology, and feels that if Krupp's 150-tube cannon is successfully developed, the 210 Erin-class cannons may not have an advantage, but when most people want to install a larger caliber, Muntz seems a little hesitant, so he hopes that His Royal Highness, who has an "extraordinary talent" in building ships, can express his opinion.

September 20, 1888, Admiralty, Office of the Minister

At this time, Jochen was wearing the uniform of a naval major, and according to the strict relationship between superiors and subordinates, he first saluted Minister Muntz, and His Excellency stood up warmly to greet him, beckoned Jochen to sit down, and asked Jochen what he wanted to drink, Jochen was not polite, and asked for a cup of coffee with milk, Munts immediately instructed the secretary to prepare, and then said straight to the point: "Your Highness, these are the information on the cruiser that the Navy plans to build next, I hope to hear your opinion." Then he handed over a brown paper bag with the mark of the Imperial Navy's Black Hawk mark, and Joechen knew that it was a sketch of the cruiser's design and the basic number, and judging from the thickness of the hand, there should be more than one design in it.

Opening the bag, taking out the paper inside, and laying it flat on the table, Jochen found that there were a total of 6 designs, and Muntz explained on the side: "Your Highness, these 6 designs are derived from our two cruisers, the Erin class and the Corolla class, which are three ideas: enhanced firepower, enhanced speed and balance, and most people are currently inclined to the design of enhanced firepower based on the Erin class. ”

Jochen looked at the structural sketch carefully, and his mind came to an understanding. The bun jiàn was rearranged and put into a bunjiàn bag. This move surprised Muntz greatly: "Your Highness, are you done reading this?" ”

"Yes, there's no need to look any further."

As soon as these words came out, Muntz's face changed a little, and of course he understood the meaning of these words: "Your Highness, are you not satisfied?" ”

Jochen shook his head, not speaking as he was wondering how to explain the words to Muntz. This made Muntz even more nervous, and then explained: "The design of the enhanced firepower based on the Erin class, the tonnage is enlarged to 5,300 tons, and it is equipped with 4 210 naval guns and 12 150 naval guns while maintaining the same dome armor and speed, although the speed has not been improved, but the endurance has risen to 4,000 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots, which is quite a good design." ”

Indeed, as Muntz said, the 5300-ton hull equipped with 4 210 naval guns and 12 150 naval guns can also reach a speed of 18 knots, the ship before 1890 can definitely be regarded as a superior design, due to the large platform caused by Jochen, after the change of design ideas with strong firepower, the German naval designers can not let go of their hands and feet on the hull platform and waste the displacement of the problem is gone, the 2650 tons drawn by Wilhelm II in history, With a speed of 19.5 knots, 8 120-mm guns and 8 50-mm guns, and an armor thickness of 25-50 mm, this kind of cruiser that was absolutely achievable in Britain would not have appeared as a result of the joke that the German designers, accustomed to wasting displacement, called "a lead duck that sinks when entering the water". However, although these designers did correct their thinking and fully revealed the Germans' racial talent for being able to maximize the performance of machinery, it is clear that these guys still did not click on the technology tree of innovation. The design of the new cruiser may look beautiful at the moment, but it will soon face the embarrassment of backward design ideas.

And the British obviously did a better job of this, and after the Germans built the classic protective cruisers of the Irene class, they only thought about enlarging on its base, and then increasing their firepower, increasing their speed, and strengthening their dome. However, when the British possessed the equally excellent Mersey-class protective cruisers (Note 1), they quickly pointed out the line of Auckland-class armored cruisers on their basis. What is a shame is that in history, the Germans pointed out that the line of armored cruisers was built for the Beiyang Naval Division, but it used the immature armor belt design used by the early armored cruisers, and the reason was that because the Germans did not have a mature dome armor design idea, the reinforced armor belt made up for the dome armor. The Germans really came into contact with more sophisticated armored cruisers only after the British helped the Japanese build the Asama-class armored cruisers, and built the Yakumo in the Japanese Navy's 66th Fleet, for which it is said that the British even provided the Germans with design drawings. And what is even more embarrassing is that even after the construction of the Yakumo, the Germans still did not learn the design of the armored cruiser, and the armored cruiser Marquis Bismarck built by themselves was still a belt structure, and they did not understand the essence of the armored cruiser at all, from Jingyuan to Bismarck, the design idea of the warship with a difference of 13 years was actually the same, and the Germans were dirty. So Jochen couldn't agree with the design in front of him, why build this thing, it's clearly written on it, the estimated construction cost is 9 million marks, equivalent to 450,000 pounds, what's the use of building it? Getting beaten by a cheaper Orlando class?

Picking up the cup, he took a small sip, and the mellow of the coffee spread on the tip of his tongue, making Jochen's mind come alive. Putting down the cup, Jochen said lightly: "Your Excellency, forget about the protective cruisers, these things are not needed by the Empire, and the protective cruisers will soon become obsolete scum." It's hard to waste a precious budget on these things. ”

Note 1: Correcting a mistake in Chapter 33 of the spectacular parade, the text says that the cost of the Mersey class is 210,000 pounds, which is extremely cheap, and a mistake is made here, the British generally quote the hull price, that is to say, 210,000 pounds is the cost of the hull, and the power and weapons and other systems are not counted. But even so, the total price should be about 300,000 pounds, which is still cheaper than the Erin class.

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