Yang Yuanzhao finally terminated the trip to the Ruhr, the Ruhr saw a little hastily, in the Ruhr, Yang Yuanzhao saw the whole picture of the industrial area of a big country, every time he saw him, there would be a new feeling, Yang Yuanzhao even felt that he should take time, a month, half a year, or even a year to look at it, but the tight time made him unable to do it.

The layout of the industrial zone, if the design is not good, will make the industrial zone unable to play the maximum effect, which will produce a certain waste, but can make up for it, after all, the all-in-one machine Yang Yuanzhao two together, representing a larger productivity, China's population advantage and machine qì combined, even if the efficiency of the first point, the total amount, but very huge.

The opportunity for 14-inch guns, there may only be such a once, and it is the only opportunity to see most of the British battleships, and I have seen the German battleships, although the performance is good, and the combat effectiveness is quite strong, and the future battle of Jutland, these battleships have also proved their strength with actual combat.

But no matter which kind of conclusion, it is certain that Germany is at a disadvantage, especially the battleships, the strongest battleships, can only be equipped with 12-inch guns, but Britain has been able to popularize 13-inch, even 13.5-inch guns as early as a few years ago, and in the later period, it was comprehensively upgraded to 14-inch guns, for battleships, the difference of 10 mm is quite huge, not to mention the difference of 2 inches and 50 mm.

Originally, Kiel's 15-day itinerary was compressed to 7 days, and after reading it in a glimpse, of course, Germany's industrial products, not to mention all, at least ** Cheng has been drawn down by Yang Yuanzhao with drawings, and the rest are all stubble things. Yang Yuanzhao believes that the northwest and the all-in-one machine itself are powerful, even if there are problems. It's not too important, just give up. There was an even more tempting fruit waiting for him to pick.

Back in Berlin, the negotiation team has basically reached the end, on the basis of 600 million, the negotiation team did not let go of much, which made Germany slightly disappointed, but this is not only 600 million, manpower and material resources and finished railway effect, which is for Germany, in such a tense situation. Maybe two or three or six hundred million will not be exchanged.

Seeing Crown Prince William again, when Yang Yuanzhao bluntly said that he was going to Germany, Prince William's expression immediately sank, but fortunately, there was an experienced official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next to him, who quickly diverted the topic, and then asked through their respective channels.

Yang Yuanzhao bluntly put forward the British conditions, which made the German Foreign Office a little embarrassed, I don't know why Yang Yuanzhao was so interested in warships and was able to visit the British High Seas Fleet. But it was a condition that made it difficult for Yang Yuanzhao to refuse, Germany, as a hostile country, even if it exhausted the strength of the intelligence department, only temporarily understood the name of the High Seas Fleet. The number of capital ships, some detailed indicators are not.

Yang Yuanzhao made a very vague guarantee that he would sign some orders with the UK. But there will be more benefits from the British, such as the size of the High Seas Fleet. Detailed performance, and it is even possible to get detailed information about the British 13.5-inch gun. These can be shared with Germany in the Northwest, but there is a premise, that is, the support for the Qingdao shipyard must be stronger, and the number of designers and professionals must ensure that the Qingdao shipyard can run smoothly and produce enough quality warships, at least battle cruisers, or even battleships.

Both of these are capital ships, whether they are battle cruisers or battleships, they are the capital ships of Britain and Germany, and the evaluation of the naval strength of the two countries will not evaluate other subsidiary warships, but only the number of battleships and battle cruisers, which can be seen the important position of these two.

Artillery, has always been a problem that German battleships could not solve, although from 45 times the diameter of the gun, increased to 50 times, but the 12-inch gun is 12 inches after all, and even in the fleet, there are some 11 inches, if all are replaced with 13 inches, or even 13.5 inches, I believe that the performance of the new generation of battleships in the future will definitely satisfy Germany.

Yang Yuanzhao painted a big pie, but he didn't need to pay anything from Germany, at most, after getting it, he sent a considerable number of technicians to the Far East, although it would have a slight impact on the German capital ship plan, but the impact would not be big, the Far East was just a shipyard, and there were not many personnel needed, and the northwest proved with its own strength that the work in the hands of their technicians was worthy of recognition.

In this way, Yang Yuanzhao reached a rather strange agreement with the German side, that is, if Yang Yuanzhao can obtain artillery materials of more than 13 inches and 45 times the diameter, the number of senior technical personnel supported by Germany in Qingdao Shipyard will be increased by 10 times on the original basis, and special workers will be sent to help Qingdao Shipyard to form the ability to produce battleships, the first battleship can be jointly designed in the northwest of Germany, and the requirements can be inclined to the northwest, and the standard of the battleship will meet the German standard. It was necessary to join the sequence of the German Navy.

It is very simple to say, Germany helped the northwest to have the ability to build battleships, and the initial part of the productive forces must help Germany, which is equivalent to saying that Germany's shipbuilding capacity has not only not been compressed, but improved, and the most important thing is that the location of the shipbuilding is in China in the Far East, which is very hidden, and once it is carried out, the East Asian Fleet will have one more battleship, or even two battleships, and the threat to the Entente will be greater.

When the contract was signed, Crown Prince William and the foreign minister didn't care much, they just made a promise, but they didn't expect that this was a change in the agreement, and Yang Yuanzhao was really able to obtain information on the 13.5-inch gun from the United Kingdom, which directly promoted the development of Krupp's large-caliber naval gun, saved a lot of time, and used the 13.5-inch gun in the king class.

These are all later words, in fact, the strongest, or Yang Yuanzhao according to the information obtained from Britain and Germany, plus the help of the all-in-one machine and the guidance of the designer, the construction of that level of battleship, really power, firepower, protection, blended to the extreme, can be said to be the most perfect battleship during the First World War, his appearance, directly changed the maritime contrast between Britain and Germany, almost stirred the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and even the Atlantic, it is simply a nightmare at sea.

From Germany to the UK, where can you go to Hamburg, cross the English Channel, take a boat, it is about a few hours, in the future, this strait is only a few tens of kilometers, and even built an undersea tunnel, trains and cars are connected, and the relationship between Britain and the mainland has become closer.

But in this era when airplanes are just hobbyist toys, to go to Nari, you can only take a boat, this strait will be isolated from a lot of things in the future, at most two years later, this will become a battlefield, the battleship duel between Britain and Germany, will start here, whether it is a German submarine, or a battleship, will make this the most dangerous strait in the world.

Looking at the calm seas, the future belongs to the British High Seas Fleet, which will patrol here, completely suppressing the German Navy to the Baltic Sea, unable to enter the North Sea, threatening the British supply lines, and Germany has no choice but to send submarines, unlimited submarine warfare, almost changing the normal state of maritime operations.

Yang Yuanzhao patted his head, a little regretful, how did he forget the submarine, in the German itinerary, he did not visit the submarine, he forgot, the busy itinerary, plus the unexpected surprise of the scoring system, he spent every day in the busy and copying. As for the German side, it is not deliberately concealed, according to Yang Yuanzhao's understanding, submarines are only a very insignificant part of the German Navy's sequence, and they are not important in the fleet sequence.

That is, in the early days of the First World War, the British suppressed too much, so they had to choose submarine warfare, the submarine level at the beginning, not high at all, just an ordinary level, German submarines, even in the First World War is not the best, diesel engine performance, and battery problems, so that the endurance of the submarine is not strong, to the middle and late stages, after eating the sweetness, the cruiser is made, the submarine can sail away, so that the German submarine can enter the Atlantic Ocean on the British and American routes, Directly threaten the British rear, but also gain access to the Mediterranean, which is inaccessible to warships, to support allies in their operations, and to strike at British sea lines, especially the wealth transported back from India.

It can be said unceremoniously that South Africa and India, both of which almost supported Britain to fight the end of World War I, exceeded $10 billion in direct war costs and several times the indirect costs, which neither Britain nor Germany expected.

Germany's submarines are not outstanding, diesel engines and batteries are the strengths of the northwest, batteries and diesel engines, even if they don't come out of later generations, just by virtue of the outstanding results in the field of materials and engines, Yang Yuanzhao can make Germany have a long-distance submarine that can sail more than 1500 or even 2000 nautical miles in the early stage.

The sea will become a natural cover for the submarine, and under the cover of the sea, the effect of attacking the ship is amazing, and even when the range is sufficient, the supply base and supply fleet are secretly established overseas, and the German submarine can be active in any sea area.

This was extremely crucial to Germany's naval strategy, and perhaps at the beginning of the war, Germany would be able to suppress Britain and control its supply lines, knowing that Britain was only an island country, and it would not be difficult to cut off its ties with the outside world and take it.

Already, there is no way to regret it, so let's talk about it after I go back, Yang Yuanzhao looked at the choppy Beihai, and silently calculated in his heart the harvest of going to the UK, and where to spend the money.

Britain and the northwest, do not have enough friendship, do not spend a certain amount of money, want to visit a sufficient number of warships from the British, this is completely impossible, Britain secretly protects the high seas fleet, not casually open to the outside world, if not Yang Yuanzhao brought the order is too big, and has been actually placed in Germany, the proud British Empire, when will it be so weak. (To be continued......)

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