Compared to the deceased Imperial battleships, Eric seems to have a special feeling for the battleship Goeben, not only for its legend, but also for its ultimate fate.

There are many coincidences in history, during the First World War, Ottoman Turkey, which has always maintained strong support for Germany, is still of great help to the German Confederation, especially the mineral raw materials needed in the development of the German Confederation, such as chrome ore, etc.

An important geopolitical state at the junction of Eurasia, Mohammed VI was the sultan of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the supreme ruler of the country. From his active participation in the First World War to the post-war "Berlin Peace Treaty", Mohammed VI stood firmly behind the German Confederation until today's economic transformation, which impressed Eric Adrian. Unlike the Austro-Hungarian Empire before its disintegration, Ottoman Turkey made more use of local resistance and counterattacks in the eastern theater, dispersed a large number of Tsarist Russian troops, and made great contributions to Germany's smooth settlement of the eastern war and its all-out response to the western war.

Eric touches the ship's decrepit structure and worries about the plight of the scarcity of natural resources. He had to turn his hope again to Ottoman Turkey, which was rich in oil and had an astonishing amount of tungsten place, which was also an indispensable resource for the construction of the German Union's navy.

Tungsten placer is a rare metal, and it is also one of the alloy raw materials currently used in Germany in large quantities, because of the uneven distribution of geographical elements, the amount of mining in Germany is extremely scarce, or even negligible. Before the First World War, the German Empire relied on imported tungsten placer ore to maintain the domestic supply of the military industry, and now the federal states need this element in large quantities. "Your Excellency, please remember that we must not allow the tragedy of German history to repeat itself, but that we must go all over the world at all costs to obtain the raw materials we need to build a strong naval, army, and air force, and, of course, a wide range of civilian equipment, as the basic policy of the German Confederation at present," said Erick to the accompanying Minister of Defense Brauchitsch. ”

Brauchitsch was also deeply touched by this, and replied: "We will remember the instruction of Mr. President, with the mass production and sale of the foreign trade type German Type III tank, the plan of the German Type IIIA tank has also accelerated the research and development process, and gradually entered mass production after being rolled off the assembly line before the German and Polish military exercises, but the development of the German Type IIIA tank has also encountered the same dilemma, that is, the supply of raw materials is not smooth. No other military-industrial product can escape this reality, and in the design process, especially when it comes to production, Germany will encounter a very embarrassing problem, that is, the lack of raw materials. Therefore, Mr. Miller's diplomatic efforts have not stopped. ”

Prior to this, although the Austro-Hungarian Empire was spared the brutal disintegration of the Entente with the help of the German Confederation, the actual situation was not optimistic, and the national family under its rule had been surging and extremely unstable, and became the key and inevitable to the direct division of the Czech Republic. In addition, because they could not see the political future of their country, the armed forces of the government were waiting for an opportunity to start an uprising, tearing down flags and rioting, and repeatedly engaged in fierce confrontations with government forces, based on which the Austro-Hungarian Empire irreversibly disappeared. Many of Eric's cooperation with Austria-Hungary had to be readjusted again.

The situation in Ottoman Turkey was quite different, although the rebellion was also rampant in the country, but due to the close ties between Mohammed VI and the German Confederation, especially the strong support of President Erik, a large number of rebel forces were completely suppressed, while at the same time ensuring peace and tranquility throughout the border.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire encompassed Istanbul and its surrounding areas in the Balkans, the Caucasus in the east, including Afghanistan, and bordered the British colony of India, and south to Egypt and the entire Arabian Peninsula south of the Mediterranean.

In order to meet the needs of the German Confederation, Eric planned to help Turkey extract a large amount of oil while using pipelines to transport oil to Germany. This incomparably long pipeline will pass through Ottoman Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria and other countries, and will be a significant stroke in the history of oil extraction.

During the narrator's and Hipper's commentary, Eric and his entourage of high-ranking government officials returned to the docks, at which point all the ships in port sounded their whistles at the same time to salute the president and the accompanying officials. Eric turned his head and waved his hands to greet the officers and men of the garrison, and wished all the officers and men of the Navy from the bottom of his heart peace and happiness.

After lunch, Brauchitsch chaired a symposium attended by Eric in the conference room of the Harbor Marina Guest House, and after listening to Navy Commander Franz von Hipper's talk about the construction process of the new warship, Brauchitsch once again put forward higher requirements and replanned the grand blueprint for naval construction.

President Eric Adrian concluded by speaking: "Generals present here, you are the mainstay of Germany, and it is up to all of us, including me, to see what the future international environment of Germany will be and whether the country will be able to maintain long-term peace and stability. The era of the German Empire has passed, and although that period of history is difficult to look back on, this does not mean that our ancestors were nothing, they at least gave us a glimpse of the German national spirit. It is now a time of peace, but it is an indisputable fact that war can happen at any time, so we must always be ready to fight, polish our swords, and build our fortress! Always ready to fight. Today I had the honor to learn in detail about our Navy and the equipment of the Navy, however, I could not be happy, because we are still lagging behind, such a situation is very unfavorable for us, and now, I order, our Navy must reach at least three basic fleets, that is, the North Sea Fleet, the Baltic Fleet and the High Seas Fleet. After completing these three basic fleets, we also need to build a long-distance fleet to make the German navy everywhere and invincible! ”

The audience burst into warm applause, and President Eric Adrian waved his hands and motioned for everyone to continue listening to him: "The great German Confederation is like a huge machine, without which no part can be done, we must achieve great integration, fight the battle, form a whole, industry, agriculture, science and technology, commerce, education, medical care, etc., work together to build our motherland into a first-class world power...... Surface ships represent the image of the country, and we must gradually complete the work of replacing the old with the new, and we must not stop and actively surpass! ”

After the meeting, Eric communicated with Hippert on the issue of developing submarines, and asked him to immediately withdraw Karl Dönitz from the front-line combat sequence and focus on the difficulties of submarine design and manufacturing. We will strive to submit satisfactory answers to the Ministry of National Defense as soon as possible.