The showy German Emperor was busy for the past two days, and he personally rushed to Wilhelmshaven to attend the triumphal ceremony to greet the Empire's maritime heroes.

It was indeed a big victory, the loss ratio of the capital ships of both sides was 6:2, the number of casualties on both sides was 2153:7293, the German coast was in sight, Admiral Schell ordered the ships to slow down, and the battleships that were scarred and covered in gunpowder smoke slowly sailed into the jasper anchorage one by one.

Navy officers and sailors in dark blue winter uniforms lined up on the deck and on both sides of the ship, and the ships anchored in the harbor signaled "welcome triumph", and the rescue boats had already departed, towing the damaged ships back to the harbor in need. On the pier, the crowd was crowded, and the sound of flowers and cheers was drowned out for a while.

The next morning, the damaged "Luzo", "Seydlitz" and "von. Morality. The "Tann" also finally returned to the port of Lübeck. These warships were the pride of the German shipbuilding industry, and despite their devastated appearance, they all stubbornly floated to the water, and the heavily flooded "Luzo" had to rely on the help of a large floating dock to be towed back to the North Sea Shipyard.

Nevertheless, people were pleasantly surprised by the miraculous survival of these German battleships, and the German Emperor did not hesitate to praise the bravery and fearlessness of the officers and men on board, and also called them the "unsinkable battleships" of the German Empire!

Then, under the deliberate exaggerated propaganda of these "unsinkable ships", the stories of these "unsinkable ships" soon spread throughout Germany and Austria-Hungary, and people were proud that their country had such tenacious warships, and they were even more confident in winning the war.

Heldon was also dragged by the German Emperor to participate in various commendations and ribbon ceremonies, and also awarded the Austro-Hungarian Medals to the officers and soldiers of the "Radetzky" and "Grand Duke Franz". Willenic was promoted to admiral and transferred back home to serve as Chief of the Naval Staff, where he was succeeded by Rear Admiral Strenz. The two Austro-Hungarian battleships performed well at the Battle of Skagerrak, and together they sank the British Royal Navy's battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary, and these honors were well deserved.

The Germans are celebrating, the British are reflecting, and the Americans are watching from across the ocean.

After the Battle of Skagerrak, the Germans let go of their fear of the British and began to plan to send warships frequently in the waters of the Atlantic to inflict a greater blow on the British maritime transport.

On land, the Anglo-French forces launched two campaigns on the Western Front, and the Russians also attempted to recover Moldavia, both in vain. The battlefield fell silent for a while.

The island of Fehmarn in northern Germany is a beautiful island with a beautiful climate and picturesque lakes and craggy cliffs, and is one of Germany's most famous migratory bird habitats. Fehmarn is also the sunniest region in Germany and one of the wellness destinations. And because it is not far from the Kiel Navy, the Sanatorium for the German Navy is also located here.

Although the German High Seas Fleet did not achieve a sea victory like Trafalgar at the Battle of Skagerrak, it shattered the myth of invincibility established by the British Royal Navy for 300 years and pulled the British down from the altar. The German Navy's courage in challenging the British Empire's maritime supremacy and its tactical victories in naval battles made the German naval officers and men, who had not done much since the start of the war, suddenly become the pride of the Chinese people, and with them came various honors and various forms of awards. Eight officers of the Chinese Observer Group who went to sea with the "Grand Duke Franz" and participated in the battle were also awarded the Distinguished Service Medal of Germany and Austria. Captain Lee Kuo-kyu, who was wounded in the naval battle, was awarded a Knight of the Holy Cross of the Third Class by the Austro-Hungarian Navy for officers who fought bravely.

The German shipyards were now particularly tense and busy, with the docks filled with ships wounded in the naval battle, and in the Battle of Skagerrak, almost all the capital ships involved in the battle were damaged, half of them damaged, and the German capital ships would hardly be visible on the sea for months to come.

The situation of the British was no better than that of the Germans.

Wounded in the leg, Captain Lee was sent to the naval sanatorium on Fehmarn Island for rehabilitation and treatment, while the rest of the Chinese officers spent most of their time at the North Sea Shipyard in Lübeck to visit and learn the Germans' shipbuilding techniques.

"This is the essence of the navy of a great power, and there are seven large shipyards of this size in the whole of Germany, which has created the glory of the German navy." Walking in the rattling Beihai shipyard, Wang Chongwen couldn't help but sigh that the German Navy did not rise suddenly for no reason, and behind them was a huge industrial and manufacturing capacity, which created today's powerful German fleet.

"When I was studying in Japan, reflecting on the outcome of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, I kept wondering if we should have focused more on shipbuilding than rushing to build a seemingly powerful fleet." Shen Honglie nodded and said, "The results I saw today have strengthened my mind. ”

The Beihai Shipyard is full of tower cranes, has several large 50,000-ton docks, and is now filled with large warships under repair, sparks are flying on the hull, and new construction technologies such as gas welding, gas cutting and electric welding have begun to be widely applied to shipbuilding, and these are never seen by their naval officers in China.

The Beihai shipyard is huge, it can build four large ships of more than 20,000 tons at the same time, and the huge processing capacity of many heavy equipment is simply unimaginable in China.

"There can be no strong navy without a strong shipbuilding industry." Lieutenant Colonel Shen Jingchen walked down the ramp of the "Radetzky" and told them that his profession was engineering and construction, and that he had been studying at the North Sea Shipyard and had not participated in the Battle of Skagerrak, so he had always been a little worried about it.

"Old Shen, when will such a huge warship be built in China." Wang Chongwen said.

"Build, in fact, there is the ability to build it in China now." Shen Jingchen said, "It's just that everything has to be bought from abroad and then returned to the domestic shipyard for assembly." But in order to really make it yourself, or the crown prince of Austria-Hungary is right, it needs thirty years of peaceful development. ”

"How long does it take?" Wang Chongwen frowned and said.

"Look, you are now guilty of what the Austro-Hungarian crown prince said about the Chinese, lack of patience, and rush to achieve results." Shen Jingchen said, "I thought about what he said carefully, and it really makes sense. We are too eager to catch up with the great powers, and we are more likely to make mistakes, which in turn slows down our progress towards becoming a strong country. ”

"Let's go, let's go and see the two new ships that are about to be built, how they look like the 'Radetzky'. Shen Honglie pointed to the two large warships that were being outfitted at the dock.

"Those were the two battleships that the Greeks had ordered, and they were originally designed on the basis of the 'Radetzky', and of course they all looked similar." Shen Jingchen said, "However, it seems that the Germans have already bought them. After saying that, he said a few words to the Austrian military attache who accompanied them, and the military attaché hesitated for a moment, and quickly turned and walked towards the office area of the shipyard.

"He said he wanted to ask for instructions." Shen Jingchen said, "However, it shouldn't be a big problem, the Austrian crown prince is really good to us, and almost all our requests have been met." ”

It was true, and soon the military attache who accompanied them returned, saying that they could visit the two warships.

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