From the return of the British military port, Yang Yuanzhao's hands, at least 137 more, the total number of drawings of various types of warships, the total number of classified drawings, I am afraid that more than 5,000, especially battleships and battle cruisers, the performance indicators of various drawings are also obviously different, not to mention the drawings, and the scores in all aspects are also quite high.

Last night, Yang Yuanzhao took the time to look through the drawings of these warships in the all-in-one machine, and found that compared with the prototype Lion-class, the strength of the King Kong is much worse, not only in terms of armor, power and naval guns, but also in the overall performance of the entire battleship, which is the focus of the difference.

It was this comparison that made Yang Yuanzhao change his mind, visiting the Royal Navy, on the surface, the most immediate, the biggest gain is in the naval guns, but he knows very well that the naval guns are just superficial gains, and the really outstanding gains also fall on the overall drawings, from this drawing, you can feel the British design battleship concept, which is a real secret that the British have never kept secret, even the Americans have not taught, even during World War II, The shipbuilding level of the United States is not the first in the world, and all of them are Pacific navies that have been built with industrial production capacity and money.

Yang Yuanzhao has the strongest battleship in Germany at present, and also has the strongest battleship in Britain, compared with the two, in terms of protection and anti-sinking performance, Germany occupies an absolute advantage, throwing off the British battleship, but in terms of firepower projection, in the stability of the battleship, in terms of speed, and even the overall rating of the battleship, Britain is far ahead, and the century-old British Navy is really not joking. Finish the battleship at this point, complete the explosion of Germany.

Now the Northwest. Not to mention the ability to build ships, I don't know how many streets are missing. Perhaps these materials are being handed over to Germany selectively and conditionally, so as to further enhance Germany's strength and strengthen the relationship between the two sides.

Yang Yuanzhao knows very well that if China wants to catch up with the world powers in the field of shipbuilding, which is a major relation, I am afraid that the only one that can rely on is Germany. The rise of Japan was caused by the British, and the Northwest was inserted, not to mention impossible, even if it was possible, the Northwest was able to follow the footsteps of Britain for decades like Japan, that is, it fell into something like the King Kong, and it was also thanks to the First World War that weakened Britain. Let Japan pick up the cheap and rise, from a debtor country to a creditor country, really as Britain envisioned. After a quick victory over Germany and a partition of Germany's interests, Britain would not have much to lose. Even if you give Japan some sweetness, Japan is still under the control of the British.

The First World War changed a lot. Europe is not without long wars, the Hundred Years' War is an example. However, the First World War was the first complete industrial revolution, the super war between the alliance of two modern countries, 4 years of time spent more than the previous Hundred Years War, I don't know how much higher, in one fell swoop weakened all the powers except the United States and Japan, destroyed 2 empires, the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary, and the rise of a red power Soviet Union, which can be said to have a heavy impact on the whole world.

With the help of the needs of the Germans, the arms race is underway, Wilhelm II likes battleships and cannons, and the later Bavarian class, which has not yet matured 15-inch guns, replaces the 13.5-inch in the design, which is the purpose, but unfortunately the barrel is unqualified, not only the performance is weak, but the caliber multiple is also much worse, only 40 times, weaker than the 42 of the Queen Elizabeth class.

Take the drawings to Germany, Germany can eat 13.5 inches now, I'm afraid in the field of naval guns, save 2 years, how big the difference is in the middle, anyone knows how big the difference is, and the trustworthy Germany will also fulfill the previous monthly decision to help the northwest build Qingdao Shipyard, so that Qingdao Shipyard has the ability to produce battleships.

For the potential and wisdom of the Chinese, Yang Yuanzhao has never doubted the country, as long as he takes advantage of this opportunity, when the northwest trains its own ship-building engineers with the help of Germany, it is the time for the rise of the Chinese navy.

This time, the drawings obtained from Britain and Germany, from dreadnoughts, and even former dreadnoughts, from steam engines to steam turbines, this series of drawing changes, as if the development of Britain and Germany, battleship dreadnoughts, broke open in front of these cutting-edge designers, these are all on a certain course, solid foundation of the Northwest Navy, it is by virtue of the excellence in power and materials, coupled with these drawings, so that the Northwest Navy in just a few years, has made great progress.

Back in London, the person in charge of the negotiation is still deducting the number little by little, but the total amount has risen, more than 70 million on the second-hand ship acquisition, and some of it. Almost 230 million, is the acquisition of some shipbuilding equipment, materials, and accessories, etc., this is a huge investment, when about 300 million contracts signed, the attitude of the British, and before there has been a significant change, in addition to the production of the Iron Duke and George V class docks, Yang Yuanzhao has not been able to enter, other docks that have produced dreadnoughts and former dreadnoughts, he can go to see, as for the Queen Elizabeth class, this is top secret in the UK, people who know except for the high-level, that is, the personnel of the shipyard, those shipyards, have long been guarded airtight.

Yang Yuanzhao is only asking for the basics now, the real super dreadnought, it is not of much use to him, he carefully observed these shipyards, the generosity of the British, gave him an opportunity to understand the British shipbuilding industry from another aspect, and copy the British shipyards and shipyards.

Compared with the gourd painting scoop, at most you can only get enough equipment, and you can't completely copy a shipyard, but this is enough, the British shipyard is equivalent to directly in front of him, tell him, what the shipyard needs, what needs to be arranged, as for experience, with something, is it difficult to explore the next step?

After staying in Britain for 20 days, Yang Yuanzhao stopped unsatisfied, most of the factories and dockyards have been seen, the most powerful George V and the Iron Duke are not possible to get anything for the time being, and there are enough things from the UK, and then they will go to Germany and deal with the rest of the things, without the help of the German side, Qingdao Shipyard will always be an empty shelf, and now the northwest does not even have the original foundation, only by consolidating these can we go further.

There are several aspects back to Germany, first of all, we must implement the equipment and personnel of Qingdao shipyard, on the other hand, Yang Yuanzhao also needs to see the German submarine, for the weak country, the submarine is a natural weapon, especially in this, the naval power, has not noticed the effectiveness of the submarine, at this time the price paid is not large, and can even participate in the construction and research of the submarine, together with Germany, this knowledge is thoroughly understood.

The world in the 20th century has been divided into different levels, there are pioneers in all aspects, chasing behind, it is unlikely to get the opportunity to surpass, and therefore, Yang Yuanzhao attaches great importance to automobiles, airplanes, and even submarines, these fields, everyone is the same starting line, attention and non-attention, completely different, plus there is an all-in-one machine against the sky and Yang Yuanzhao's vision.

In this way, Yang Yuanzhao hurriedly came to the British Peninsula, and left in a hurry, leaving some of the personnel to continue to discuss. You can sign an order of about 150 million, so that the British order reaches 450 million, although it is not as good as Germany, but it can be regarded as can, this batch of things, most of them are machine equipment and raw materials, as well as a large number of old merchant ships, these can be practiced for Jiangnan Shipyard and Qingdao Shipyard, the transformation of these 20-year-old ships, for the shipyard that is still under construction, is the best opportunity, not difficult, but can allow personnel to gradually familiarize themselves with the work of the shipyard.

Under the good circumstances, Yang Yuanzhao was leaving, which made the British side slightly surprised, and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to inquire in person, of course, in this case, Yang Yuanzhao is the absolute God of Wealth, and it is impossible for anyone to question him, why didn't he say hello and leave, but vaguely mentioned that no one was treating him slowly.

Of course, Yang Yuanzhao definitely said no, but there are some things that need to be dealt with on the German side, and the negotiations with Britain here are also continuing, and he is more interested in leaving a large part of the attaché to continue to negotiate, and only signed an order of 50 million US dollars.

Yang Yuanzhao did not give up cooperation with the UK, and the cumulative orders signed reached 350 million US dollars, especially the 50 million just signed, which are the kind with relatively high profits, with these 50 million, even the British battleships can be restarted, and the UK has not said much.

The same is by ferry, this time it is a German ferry, slowly leaving the Thames estuary, the busy Thames River, the strong local fleet, the huge power of naval guns, so that Yang Yuanzhao's heart is surging, this is a century of the ocean, but also an era of naval warfare, it is a pity that China in the past 100 years, has taken a detour, and can not even participate in this passionate era, but China's maritime road, start from today, the address of Qingdao shipyard has been drawn, The construction team in the northwest is under intense construction, with the experience of the Jiangnan shipyard, they started construction faster, all the docks below 15,000 tons directly started, waiting for the machine to be ready, you can enter production, as for more than 15,000 tons, you need German personnel to personally go over to direct the construction.

It was already December 1912, 1913 was coming, there was only less than a year and a half, the time in the northwest was getting more and more urgent, we must hurry, now the industrial capacity of the northwest is enough, there are more such a batch of machines, the industrial level will be stronger, it is time to enter the ocean, not only to have ocean-going freighters, but also to have warships to protect the ocean-going fleet. (To be continued......) R1292