Jochen, who returned to school after the holidays, threw himself back into the library wars, and he left the outside world behind. So he didn't know about his black pit...... Ahem...... HK's products were an instant hit. After the merger of the three factories, according to Jochen's instructions, the management and R&D departments were separated, and then a piece of real estate was purchased not far from the factory area, where the headquarters of HK was formed, which will be responsible for the management of all branches of HK in the future, product sales, and new product research and development. The three factories were renamed the HK Arms Factory, the HK Armament Factory and the HK Tool Factory respectively.

With the completion of the trial production of HK Company's products and submitted to the Army for trial. The German infantry immediately fell in love with these easy-to-use and high-performance products. These products soon attracted the attention of Alfred Graf von Waldzer (Note 2), then Quartermaster General of the General Staff of the Second German Reich, who had already begun to perform the General Staff for the elderly Chief of the General Staff Moltke Sr. (Note 1). Waldze, nicknamed "Fox", was naturally able to recognize the value of these equipment, and immediately asked the entire army to change their outfits. And it is different from obstructing the military spending of the Navy in every way. The Reichstag, controlled by Bismarck, had always been generous with the army.

After Waldze's introduction, Bismarck also recognized the hidden strength growth that this non-weapon army equipment could bring. So the Imperial Diet followed the resolution of the Lì Tong Guò. At the end of 1884, an order was signed by Crown Prince Frederick to begin bulk purchases. The products are named the Type 1884 Multi-Purpose Sapper Shovel, Type 1884 Multi-purpose Water Bottle, Type 1884 Individual Carrying Equipment, Type 1884 Night Battle Backpack, Type 1884 Military Belt and Type 1884 Wooden Handle Hand Grenade.

Since the German Army had 490,000 regular troops at this time (Note 3), it would certainly not be possible for HK alone to receive such a large number of orders. Eventually, state-owned factories in Prussia and Bavaria, as well as some private contractors, took a portion of the profits for each product they produced and gave it to HK as royalties.

This equipment was first delivered to the 15th and 16th armies in Alsace-Lorraine, followed by the armies of Prussia, Bavaria, and Saxony. With the successive delivery of equipment, the response within the army has been good. And the army boss also lamented that His Royal Highness the Emperor was finally willing to put part of his talent into the army after the Gew.81 rifle. Yochen has always only focused on naval technology, and he also went to school at the Naval Academy, which makes these old stubborns quite complaining. And now it's time to bet on their mouths. For a period of time, the War Department, like the Admiralty of the year, praised His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince for his talent.

As for the zipper, although the sample has been made at this time, on the one hand, the process is not perfect, and it is a bit laborious to use, and HK is making adjustments internally. On the other hand, His Royal Highness did not instruct what these zippers were used for, so he was not in a hurry.

On December 14, 1883, as in history, the French attacked the Shanxi region of northern Vietnam (Note 3), and the Sino-French War broke out. Fortunately, however, the two ships of Dingzhen had returned to Dagukou on October 4, 1883, so there was no need to worry about the outbreak of war, and the French robbed the road halfway. On November 8, Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, together with Zhou Fu of Tianjin Customs, went to Dagu to receive warships, and the second ship of Dingzhen joined the Beiyang Naval Division. Liu Buyun served as the Dingyuan pipe belt, and Lin Tai once served as the Zhenyuan pipe belt.

And the war that took place in the Far East also attracted the attention of Europe, of course, after all, it was a distant war, so in addition to the close attention of the heads of government, for ordinary people, it was just an after-dinner conversation.

June 9, 1885. With the signing of the Sino-French New Covenant, the war in the Far East, which lasted for one and a half years, finally came to an end. Of course, none of this has anything to do with Germany, which is far away in Europe. However, this war in the Far East touched the nerves of the Germans and made the Germans rejoice, and the two Dingyuan-class ironclad ships built by the German Volkeng shipyard later became the optimus pillars of the Qing Navy!

On August 23, 1884, the Battle of Majiang broke out as scheduled, and the Fujian Navy Division was annihilated. Since then, the French navy has gained absolute control of the waters south of the Qing Dynasty.

In October 1884, the French army attacked Keelung, but due to the blockage of the landing, a naval blockade of Taiwan was imposed on October 23. And this time, with the Dingzhen Second Ship in hand, the Beiyang Naval Division decided to rush to the aid of Keelung. The fleet composed of the absolute main forces of the four Beiyang Naval Divisions, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Chaoyong, and Yangwei, engaged the fleet led by Vice Admiral Coubert (Note 5), the commander of the French Far East Navy, outside the port of Keelung. The two ships of Dingzhen were attacked by the French army, but the two ships were hit one after another, but none of them penetrated the armor. Although the 305-mm guns of Dingzhen did not hit the French ships in the battle, the two ships with a total of 8 150-mm breech-loading guns achieved good results, and the Dingyuan sank the French gunboats Wildcat and Viper, and the Zhenyuan hit the iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruiser Diget Truan with more 150mm shells, causing it heavy damage. Although the 305-mm gun did not hit, the huge splash of two near-misses next to the armored cruiser Bayard scared the French fleet enough. The 254 mm guns of the Chaoyong hit the wooden-hulled cruiser Fellers, causing it to lose speed, and the French subsequently sank it to prevent it from being captured by the Qing army. The Yangwei used a 120-mm secondary gun to sink the minecraft Dula. Seeing that the situation was not good, Guba then led the French fleet to retreat, and the siege of Taiwan was solved, which is known as the Battle of Keelung.

On December 4, 1884, the "Jiashen Incident" occurred in Korea, and the Qing government dispatched Deng Shichang to lead two ships, Chaoyong and Yangwei, to Mashanpo, North Korea, to quell the Korean coup d'état and defend against Japan. Since the Battle of Keelung had just passed, the arrival of the two ships Chaoyong and Yangwei, which had won a great victory, immediately deterred the Japanese Navy and did not dare to attack it directly.

On February 13, 1885, Guba, who learned that the Nanyang Naval Division had come to support from Shanghai, decided to find a place to return, believing that Chaoyong and Yangwei were far away in Korea, and that the Dingzhen Second Ship was slow and had no friendly ships to escort it, so it would definitely not dare to go out of the port to fight. He then led the fleet north to intercept the fleet consisting of five warships, Kaiji, Nanchen, Nanrui, Chengqing, and Yuyuan, but was unable to accompany the Digai Truan because he was too seriously injured. The two sides met in the waters of Dachen, Zhejiang. Affected by the Keelung victory, the Nanyang Naval Division bravely engaged the French army, but the French Navy had armored cruisers Baya, Lagarisonia, and Triumph, and the wooden-hulled cruisers Volda and Destan were all numbered, as well as the gunboat Yishibi and pole mineboats. The gap between the two sides was obvious, the two ships Chengqing and Yuyuan were sunk in the battle, the Nanrui was seriously injured and fell behind and was sunk after being caught up by the French, and Kaiji and Nanchen escaped with minor injuries. At this time, the Dingzhen No. 2 ship, which departed from Keelung, rushed to the rescue at full speed, and even ran out of a high speed of 16.2 knots during the voyage. Unexpectedly, the French fleet, which was so quickly rushed to the aid of the Beiyang Naval Division, was forced to respond to the battle. At this time, the officers and men of Beiyang, who were full of confidence in the huge ship under their feet, still looked calm and played well in the face of the superior enemy. The Dingyuan's main gun hit the Triumph twice, and the Triumph immediately lost its combat effectiveness and withdrew from the battle. The Zhenyuan's main gun hit the French flagship Baya, killing the fleet commander Kubert instantly. The French fleet, which had lost its command, fell into disarray, and the Zhenyuan then inflicted heavy damage on the Yishibi with secondary guns, and the Yishibi was later forced to sink due to its injuries. The French troops, who had lost their will to fight, immediately withdrew. The Beiyang Naval Division did not follow the attack, and the old Volda was caught up by the Qing army, and was besieged by two ships in Dingzhen and sunk, known as the Battle of Dachen in history. After the battle, the French Far East Fleet was severely damaged, the Baya, Triumph, and Digue-Truon were seriously damaged, and the only ships available to the French army were the armored cruiser Lagasnia, the wood-hulled cruiser Desdan, and the pole mineboat. Although the 2nd ship was hit by the French 239-mm main gun many times, it suffered minor damage and its combat strength was not damaged.

The French, who had just received the news of the great victory in the Battle of Majiang and thought that the war against the Qing State would be won immediately, were slapped in the face by Keelung's fiasco before their excitement had passed. On land, the French attacked Liangshan, the Qing defenders retreated without a fight, and the French burned Zhennan Pass. The French, who were about to make a "heavy breakthrough" on land and were about to settle a decisive battle, did not wait a few days to get the news that the Far Eastern Fleet had lost its combat effectiveness, and that they had also lost their own fleet commander. Then, the French Army, which was originally thought to be taking Nanguan as if it was a bag to get something, was beaten by Feng Zicai, a 67-year-old veteran.

After the two wars, the defeat of France in the Sino-French War was decided, and the Qing State won an unstoppable victory on land and sea. France was shaken and Prime Minister Jules François Camille Ferry was forced to step down. And there is a lot of propaganda in France that it will send the world's second naval expedition to "crush those yellow-skinned monkeys". However, at this time, France's finances, which were already overpriced by the Sino-French war, naturally could not support this kind of brainless mention.

However, the Qing government actively sued for peace with a great victory, and finally signed a "Sino-French New Treaty" that was actually similar to the defeated treaty, the only difference from the treaty was that the two treaty ports on the Vietnamese border were opened, and now it has become one, only Bao Sheng, and Lang Son does not appear in the treaty.

Of course, this is not what the Germans care about, but it is reasonable to occasionally scold a few words "If you lose, you have to make money, why can't Lao Tzu touch such a good thing". The Germans only cared about two things: first, the damn French were deflated, the Far Eastern Fleet was beaten and lost its armor, if it weren't for the fact that there was still one armored cruiser left that was quite combat-effective, otherwise the French Far Eastern Fleet would really be despised by anyone, and the more important commander of the Far Eastern Fleet was blown to pieces, which was really happy. Second, the ironclad ship built by himself was very powerful, and all the results were achieved by the second ship of Dingzhen, and it was the French who he hated the most, so he couldn't be more excited. Moreover, the German battleship Tongguò war has been strongly tested, which is a golden sign that cannot be found even with lanterns. In this regard, the Admiralty and the shipyards in Germany began to look forward to the continuous arrival of orders.

Moreover, this distant war also began to have a certain impact on the thinking of the German Navy. The young cadets at the Kiel Naval Academy are constantly discussing the two naval battles and pursuing the idea of a decisive battle with the capital ship. Jochen is happy to see this. After all, in the future, the Germans will have to fight the British's capital ships at their doorstep, and it would not be good if these naval cadets, who would become the backbone of the naval force in the future, were influenced by the new school of French naval forces that was now in vogue.

Note 1: Helmut Karl Bernhardt von Moltke. Known as Moltke the Elder, he was known as the Three Masters of the Reich along with Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck and Albrecht von Rohn, and was also the founder of the General Staff of the Second German Reich. Helmut Johannes Ludwig von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff at the beginning of World War I, was his nephew.

Note 2: It is the commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Waldesee, in fact, his surname should be Waldze, and Waldesy is a unique translation of modern China.

Note 3: The number here is calculated using the average value, in 1874 the German Army regular army was 420,000, and in 1893 it was 550,000, so it is calculated here to be about 49. Actually, there must be something problematic. In fact, in 1886 there was a German expansion of more than 10 percent. However, the author really can't find any information here. Everyone's forgiveness. Incidentally, although the growth of the army may not seem to be modest, it is actually the mobilization capacity that has increased significantly, from 1.3 million in 1872 to 3.4 million in 1893.

Note 4: It is now Shanxi City, which is under the jurisdiction of Hanoi Municipality

Note 5: Like Wadsey, Guba is also a translation unique to modern China, and there is another translation as Colbe, which is the result of translating French according to English pronunciation

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