Spee's fleet, heading towards Qingdao, on the Longhai Railway, belonging to Yang Yuanzhao's special train is running rapidly, at this time China, after several years of development, under the continuous efforts of the northwest, the railway mileage is a new high year after year, the northwest is of course the most important, at present, the northwest mainly controls several provinces, the railway mileage has reached an amazing mileage, can no longer be described by density, almost every line, there is one, or even several railways connected, in the northwest, Railways have become the best way for ordinary people to travel.

This Longhai line, but also a key project in 1912, directly on the 3 lines, two passenger lines, freight as a supplement, a freight line, so that its carrying capacity reached the highest, especially the construction of Qingdao shipyard, almost 10 million tons of materials, on this road, from the northwest to Qingdao, even 2 months ago, the capital ship is the most important, 50 twin-packed, 15-inch naval gun battery, also transported to Qingdao by railway, but divided into different parts, It needs to be assembled after arriving in Qingdao.

The arrival of Scheer made Yang Yuanzhao more excited, the current Scheer is only a figure in the Admiralty who cannot be ranked in the top five, but he is in World War I, the core of the German Navy, in the Battle of Jutland, it is also his decisiveness that allows the High Seas Fleet to get out of the dilemma of annihilation of the whole army, although it created the later Survival Zài Fleet, but it is better to save Zài than not to save Zài, once the High Seas Fleet is completely annihilated, even if it hits 890% of the strength of the British fleet, the remaining British fleet. It will still put Germany in absolute passivity, and even rely on the Baltic Sea to directly attack the German mainland. That would make it even worse.

A strong fleet needs a strong man to control, and Schell is currently the most suitable one in the German Admiralty, of course, there is another, that is Vice Admiral Spee. If he becomes the commander of this fleet, it should not be bad.

It was already September 1913, just before the outbreak of World War I. In less than a year, Yang Yuanzhao has understood after careful investigation, especially through various analyses by the General Staff. The inevitability of the outbreak of World War I. It is impossible to really wait until August 1914, when the Sarajevo incident broke out, and neither Britain nor Germany could wait so long, and this dragged on, at most half a year, at least three months, a war between the Entente and the Central Powers. It's bound to explode.

Yang Yuanzhao's wings have flapped big enough. The entire history of China, changed beyond recognition by him, originally, the second revolution that should have broken out in 1913 did not break out at all, Yuan Shikai, who took the position of the president, and even peeked at the emperor's throne, honestly stayed where, before he had to deal with the northwest, this tyrant would not move at all, and the revolutionary party was also accumulating strength, Song Jiaoren still reorganized the League and established the Kuomintang, but the general election was held in the northwest, and the two sides were tearing each other apart, and it was not formed, and the Kuomintang also woke up, Relying on this so-called democracy, there is no way to get rights at all, the strength of the northwest is an example, they are also constantly expanding their strength, as the weakest of the three, they are afraid that any one of them will attack and destroy them.

From 1911 to 1913, in just two years, in addition to the northwest of the Beiyang region and the Jiangnan region, the gross national product rose by 4 times and 6 times respectively, and the government income also increased by 7 times and 8 times, both forces were quite rich, and they bought arms in the northwest, Beiyang expanded to 920,000 troops, and the Kuomintang expanded to 1.5 million, close to the huge force of 100 divisions.

The strength of the two sides has increased, but it is no longer in Yang Yuanzhao's eyes, his heart, under a certain Cheng dù, is also occupied by the next war, although it is said that now the entire northwest has been converted to military supplies, and the civilian ones are not only supplying the whole of China, but also crazy outward expansion, and the export ears are constantly increasing, it can be said that economically, China and the northwest have no problems.

However, in terms of military and statehood, how to strengthen Germany has become a question that must be considered. World War I is the only hope for China's rise, perhaps, this is China, and even the northwest, the last time of peace, to recover the territory, to recover the rights, the First World War is an important node, Japan can rely on the First World War, from a debtor country, a leap to a creditor country, the First World War is a watershed, before the First World War, Japan's finances, stretched, but after the First World War, Japan can even wave the yen, carry out some diplomatic actions, this is a huge difference.

With the variable of Baotou, Germany is much stronger than in World War I, but its partner in World War I was a pig-like teammate, and in World War I, almost the entire Germany used its own strength, the opponent was the whole of Europe, and the last United States, which was the fundamental reason why World War I was fought for 4 years.

With the support of Baotou, coupled with the rubber incident, for the weakening of Britain, a certain amount of dù above, Germany is equivalent to strengthening, but this enhancement, and how long can he support it, a year, or two years, in Yang Yuanzhao's view, if the First World War can be doubled, to 8 years, is the most in line with China's interests, Baotou, can be through the guò war, complete the accumulation of the foundation, from the modernization of 5 provinces, to the modernization of most of China, the changes in this, the funds required, almost an astronomical amount, This money can only be paid out of the proceeds of the war.

If you think about it carefully, during World War I, Germany's army occupied an absolute advantage, but the lack of population resources can be solved by Chinese workers, and the northwest has cultivated a huge number of industrial workers, of course, it is impossible to send them to Germany, which is the essence of the northwest.

However, from the inexperienced people, after the initial training, such as 6 months to 1 year of training, such workers, can already be qualified for most of the German industry, if the support of about 2 million workers in Germany, Germany is equivalent to saving 2 million personnel, this personnel training army, what kind of effect will it have, perhaps, on land, even if the United States intervenes, may not be able to shake the entire German defense line, especially the German army that has been in the late stage of World War I.

The army, such a solution, more important is the navy, the German high seas fleet, a certain number of dù, can be called a huge, almost shocking the world, even trembling fleet, this fleet, in a certain way, but not as good as the British high seas fleet, even if it joins 9 capital ships, it is still a mixed victory, in the naval battle, the probability is very strong, any shell landing, maybe it will affect the course of a war, plus the capital ships he supports, Coupled with the participation of the Bavarian class in the war, it did not necessarily guarantee victory in the Battle of Jutland.

Even if Jutland wins, Britain must have no ability to resist, the English Channel will become their natural bunker, with Britain's shipbuilding ability, at most a year, they can react, and when the time comes, there will be some fighting, in order to avoid the dilemma of the German tactical victory, Britain has completed the dilemma of strategic victory, and must make changes.

The problem of German warships, that is the problem that most military fans in later generations understand, the margin of warships is too much, so that the German warships are basically more than defense, and the attack is insufficient, it is not reflected at all, the advantage of Germany's water pipes, strong protection, so that German warships, in the First World War, rarely sank, even if they were hit by Yanzhòng, they mostly supported the return, but the shield is strong, the spear will be weak, the navy is a very aggressive branch, less aggressive, And how many threats, this is also the fundamental reason why Britain has always blocked Germany in the Baltic Sea.

The German ship, due to the emergence of the northwest, the Nasao class will not be said, too early, Yang Yuanzhao and the northwest will not be affected at all, the king class, because of the emergence of the northwest, not only the protection capacity is about 40% higher than before, but also saves a lot of space, after the power is replaced with an oil-fired boiler, it is more powerful, solving the biggest shortcoming of speed, and the main gun has been increased from 12 inches to 13.5 inches, and the strength has been greatly increased.

And the battleships of Qingdao Shipyard, a total of 9 capital ships, directly entered the German sequence, as long as before the war, complete the sea trials, their power is definitely not small, these ships are balanced offensive and defensive, it can be said that they are currently the top, if they fully play a role, they should be able to have huge support for Germany.

These are enough to ensure that the German High Seas Fleet, in terms of the balance of forces, will not be worse than the British High Seas Fleet, with the basis of competing for high and low in the ocean, this is already the Northwest in just 5 years, the extreme, if you are not satisfied, continue to improve, only to use the secret weapon that Yang Yuanzhao envisioned before

Yang Yuanzhao was also very hesitant before, the use of that thing will make history uncertainty, once leaked, it will be a huge blow to the northwest, even unimaginable, but this time, Tirpitz sent the arrival of Scheer, so that he made up his mind that the Battle of Jutland must let Germany win, and even let Germany maintain considerable strength to suppress the British fleet, and even let Britain escape from the British Isles, and pull the United States into the war earlier, which is the best for the northwest.

When the great powers of the whole world were dragged into World War I, Asia was absolutely empty, and the huge Asia was enough for the northwest to obtain sufficient strategic depth and resources, and the strong production capacity of the northwest, and the navy and army that would eventually gain a foothold would become the protector of this huge territory, as long as there were no problems within China, it was a matter of time before it rose. (To be continued......)