On the other end of the phone, whether it was Crown Prince William or the Secretary of the Navy, they were extremely surprised, they didn't expect that Yang Yuanzhao might really get the drawings of the 13.5-inch gun, and after confirming it repeatedly, they decided to rush over immediately.

The Germans are rigid, rigorous, and fixed character, resulting in the pursuit of the Germans in machinery, and gradually from an ordinary European country, gradually becoming a world-class power, in the machinery, the Germans have full self-confidence, but in this world, there are people stronger than Germany in naval artillery, that is only Britain.

In battleships, in the field of naval artillery, the Germans have always been the object of pursuit, even the United States, which has learned from the British, has no way to reach the height of the British for the time being, as long as this 13.5-inch drawing is true, then it must have been obtained from the British.

The key to the battleship lies in the naval gun, a qualified and powerful naval gun, the power of the battleship is greatly improved, in the super dreadnought class, Britain has taken a step ahead, Reaching the 13.5-inch naval gun, Germany, there is no way to solve the caliber of more than 12 inches, and even the so-called 50 times the caliber of the final compromise is also said to outsiders, it seems to be more high-end than the British 45 times the caliber, but really, all the naval gun designers know that the performance is a grade worse than the British one.

It was precisely because it was impossible to solve the problem of naval guns, and the German capital ships, as a last resort, could only choose the solution of large ships pulling small guns, with more dense artillery fire, the King class increased the secondary guns, the main guns were 10, more than Orion's 9. It seems that the projection power at the same time is stronger, but for the battleship, the armor is getting thicker and thicker, 10 rounds of 12-inch guns, and 9 rounds of 13.5-inch guns. The difference between these is well known to artillery experts.

If it is a ground target or an unprotected target, there is not much difference between 10 doors and 12 inches and 9 doors 13.5 inches, and even 10 doors are a little more powerful. The range of attack is large, but for the battleship, it has sufficient armor protection, unless it does not break through the armor belt, or all break through the armor belt. It's still the same, but if 12 inches can't break through the armor belt, and 13.5 inches can break through the armor belt, then it's fun, and 13.5 inches can abuse 12 inches to the extreme.

Of course, this is rare, but it is undeniable that Germany has fallen behind in the comparison of battleships. The most critical of these is the naval guns, now. A possible opportunity to get drawings of the 13.5-inch artillery was in front of them, how could the experts not be excited, Germany was different from the Northwest, he did not have to copy it, as long as he found a suitable idea from the middle, combined with British artillery. The problems that plagued their large-caliber artillery no longer existed.

Crown Prince Wilhelm is closer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It only took 15 minutes to arrive, and the first thing I said when I entered the conference room was to ask, "Is it true?" ”

The foreign minister pouted to the side. Motioning to the crown prince to pay attention to the arguing experts, he said: "It's just a drawing!" ”

"They really got it, how did they get it?" From the excited expressions of several experts, Crown Prince William has already understood that this drawing may be true, what the hell is going on, how Yang Yuanzhao obtained the vital artillery information of the United Kingdom, this is the top secret information of the United Kingdom, and it is almost impossible to leak it.

Almost instantly, Crown Prince William thought of what he had forgotten, and what he had forgotten from the information about Yang Yuanzhao, his origin was unknown, and it seemed that he came from a mysterious organization, and that organization's intelligence gathering ability was particularly powerful. This year, Yang Yuanzhao's mention of Germany made Germany discover in advance that Britain was going all out to prepare, which made Germany also start secret war preparations, and the German intelligence services that were staring at Britain did not gain anything, but were known by a regional regime in the Far East, which is the biggest funny.

In the intelligence department, this matter has been studied all the time, trying to find out what the Northwest has relied on to achieve this, and since the Northwest can know the news of the British, what about the German side? The intelligence department, which has been made known by the Northwest, even keeps an eye on Harpy to see if Harpy is a spy buried in Germany in the Northwest.

However, in the end, there was no result, and the investigation of Harpy, and even some offices in Germany, the United States, and the Northwest has ruled out this suspicion, and they are doing an investigation, but it is just an ordinary business investigation or a scientific research investigation, and they basically do not do it for military and sensitive intelligence investigations. Such a question has always lingered in the hearts of the intelligence department, could it be that outside their field of vision, there is such a mysterious organization that secretly monitors the world.

It's a pity that the intelligence department got the wrong direction, Yang Yuanzhao is not relying on a mysterious organization, but real history, even if it is because of the appearance of his butterfly wings, history has changed a lot, but the inertia is still moving forward, and the Anglo-German contradictions are almost irreconcilable, unless someone replaces Germany's position, so these Yang Yuanzhao can make a clear judgment and give Germany some points.

"Where are the drawings of the ship's guns?" Another big guy pushed open the door and came in, German Field Marshal Tirpitz, Commander-in-Chief of the High Seas Fleet, he came from the Admiralty, a little far away from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he even didn't take a car because he was in a hurry, he rode a horse, and galloped all the way, and when he got here, he was still a little out of breath.

Such a big man, even William didn't dare to offend, and after directly greeting him, he led Tirpitz to the drawings. Unlike Crown Prince William and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tirpitz knew more about warships, and after listening to the analysis of professionals, he also confirmed the authenticity of this drawing, glanced at everyone present, and said: "I'm afraid this will be given to His Excellency the Emperor!" ”

The 13.5-inch naval gun data, as long as the authenticity is confirmed, is not something that one or two people can handle, Tirpitz directly notified the Admiralty Prime Minister and His Excellency the Emperor, and studied the matter together, trying to find a solution, how much price Germany can pay for this.

Tirpitz was the founder of the High Seas Fleet, but Wilhelm II was the pillar of the High Seas Fleet, without his tireless promotion, the High Seas Fleet would not have formed its current scale, in fact, by 1914, in the comparison of battleships, it had reached 20:13 Cheng dù, which was the closest to the British Cheng dù.

It is a pity that the follow-up did not continue to approach because of various relationships, because the war broke out, and it was impossible for Germany to maintain the huge investment of the navy while ensuring the supply of the army, and the army was the survival of the navy.

Once again, because of Yang Yuanzhao's court discussion, it was carried out in the German Imperial Palace, which has been in recent times, I don't know how many times, Wilhelm II was reported before, and now calmly listened to everyone's evaluation, especially the description of artillery experts, this thing, for Germany, is simply extremely important, directly determines the progress and combat effectiveness of the king-level currently under construction, with him, the king-level combat effectiveness will be added to a grade.

You know, in the original design of the King-class, the 330-mm caliber gun was chosen, that is, the 13-inch gun, but unfortunately in history, the problem of the 13-inch gun that had been forgotten has not been solved, and the Krupp company has not come up with a timetable until now, almost 1913, and has not come up with a timetable, and in the end, the 4 King-class ships are still installed 12-inch guns.

Now the opportunity is in front of us, 13.5 inches, equivalent to 343 mm, above the king class, but there is enough margin to install this naval gun, at most it is only a slight adjustment to the turret and the like, which is easy to solve.

Tirpitz, the founder of the High Seas Fleet, the German Navy Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the High Seas Fleet, although he has always insisted on more reasonable artillery, 13.5 is a huge temptation, especially in the case of being able to get it lightly, without painstaking research, saving a lot of money, and directly increasing the combat effectiveness of the king, such a good thing, if Tirpitz still refuses, he is not worthy of being a qualified military commander.

After some court discussions, a resolution was finally reached, and Crown Prince William was responsible for contacting Yang Yuanzhao to find out how many drawings there were in Yang Yuanzhao's hands, and the authenticity of the drawings If it was guaranteed, it could be selectively released and directly supported the shipyard in Qingdao.

The verbal agreement reached between Crown Prince William and Yang Yuanzhao before was too general, China in the Far East was already in tatters, the rise of the Northwest, but what kind of foundation does the Northwest have, to promote the manufacturing capacity of battleships owned by a country from the basis of poverty and whiteness, this is simply a joke, Japan began to explore more than 30 years ago, gritted its teeth, and established a naval base and shipyard It took more than 30 years, to now, it just has the ability to manufacture former dreadnoughts, Later history has proved that it is from the King Kong that it has the production capacity of dreadnoughts, and does the Northwest really have the ability.

To let Germany from the basis of poverty and whiteness, to help the northwest to set up a dock and shipyard with the ability to build battleships, this may pay a very large price, maybe it will require tens of thousands of personnel and hundreds of millions of Deutsche Mark investment, 13.5-inch naval guns are more important, related to the power of the king, but let Germany fully support the northwest, and even affect its own shipbuilding capabilities, this will never be done.

Crown Prince William happily accepted the task, Tirpitz hesitated, and did not say much, and the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister next to him did not say much, in their opinion, this matter is not so easy to do, if William can succeed, add a glorious stroke to his resume, what, left and right is also the icing on the cake, and the boat is pushed down the river. (To be continued) R580