After solving the naval gun, a subsystem that was extremely important in the development of the German Navy, Qingying suddenly found that Germany in 1906 seemed to have nothing to do urgently.

Politically, the core of the empire, led by Zabilo, is firmly in control of the situation in the Diet, and the will of the center has never been able to be passed with such rapid and effective support as it is today. With the increasing trade surplus of Germany in the world market, the achievements of the electrical industrial revolution led by technological innovation are being concentrated in this ancient land of Central Europe. The influx of wealth from abroad has led to a rapid growth of the German national economy under the constraints of the straitjacket of the gold standard. The booming economy greatly eased the contradictions between the bourgeois democrats and the traditional Junkers, and achieved a benchmark consensus on the "great Germany" in the wave of nationalism that the Reich government had stood. Under the leadership of Hohenzollern in Prussia, the states also enjoyed the vital benefits of imperial unity and social development, and their loyalty and trust in the centralized center grew day by day. Coupled with the enlightened autocracy of Kaiser Wilhelm, who was sympathetic to the workers' movement, the whole of Germany was politically stable; Although liberals occasionally prevailed in the parliamentary political system, the claims put forward were well within the acceptable limits of the empire.

Economically, Germany's development has attracted the attention of the world. The annexation of the Philippines, the opening of the mite clearing market and the strategic historical opportunity of Russia's eastward expansion have greatly improved Germany's access to cheap raw materials. Scientific and technological innovations also endowed the Central European empire with strong productivity and outstanding competitiveness, and the sophisticated goods it produced quickly squeezed out the share of Britain and France in the international market, and were widely purchased by capitalists who naturally sought to maximize profits. and applied to every region of their industry. It is obviously impossible to count on these capitalists to be "patriotic". They only recognize money, not the extreme greed of people. It is the main theme of the current era of capital, in which social Darwinism prevails. The British Parsons steam turbine mounted on the German battleship, the German Krupp hardened armor widely used by the British battleship, and the two agile battleships that were almost sold to Russia by the Armstrong shipyard all show that this is a commodity world where money is paramount, and there is no discipline or the interests of the motherland!

For nearly a century, Europe's traditional industrial powers, especially Britain, had pursued a policy of free trade without tariff barriers. However, this is definitely not their charity and charity in their hearts, but the sinister intentions that contain ulterior motives. At that time, Britain had already taken the lead in industrialization, and they were known as the "factories of the world", and they had an outstanding productivity that other countries that still used handicraft workshops to produce goods could not match. And so it goes. In the case of peaceful competition without tariff barriers, it is clear that British goods will have an absolute advantage in the competitiveness of all indicators. And if any country dares to impose trade barriers and only seek to export without "opening its doors" to British goods, the Anglo-Saxon bandits will use their violent machinery created by the modern industrial revolution, including the Royal Navy, to force the country to sign an alliance that allows British goods to flow into plunder. In the wars between the late Qing Dynasty and the British, the "treaty ports" that were most widely prescribed to be opened are the most direct manifestation of this situation. The influx of British goods, in the so-called "peaceful competition" of free trade, quickly overwhelmed the fragile primitive economies of the backward countries; In the frenzied exploitation of the local people, it has grabbed countless rich wealth for the British Isles.

With its industrial revolution one step ahead, Britain gained superior commodity competitiveness as well as a powerful machine of violence. The two fused and promoted each other, forming the prosperous core of the empire on which the sun never sets. And yet to this day. The situation has undergone a radical upheaval.

With the vigorous development of the second industrial revolution led by chemistry and electricity, the furnace of reunified Germany began to erupt with earth-shattering thunder and thunder. Britain's seemingly unassailable supremacy was caught up by Germany at an astonishing rate, and at the end of the 19th century, the latter's industrial output and technological content surpassed that of Britain in an even better way. As a result, German goods became the preferred object of choice for the world's capitalists, who were more competitive than those of England. The London elite, worried about Britain's economic prospects, either accused the British textile factories of using cheap and high-quality chemical dyes synthesized by German robbers to produce cloth, or angrily accused the domestic heavy industry enterprises of cutting parts by importing precision machine tools made by German criminals, thereby depriving the British toiling masses of jobs.

Free trade, which had previously brought Britain a great deal of wealth gains, has now suffered unimaginable losses and consequences under the onslaught of German goods. Although people of insight in Britain want to get out of this embarrassing position of blood transfusion for other countries as soon as possible, the free trade policy has long been entrenched and involves many interests. Britain and Germany are each other's largest trading partners, with a total annual trade volume of hundreds of millions of pounds, which undoubtedly involves the fundamental interests of a large number of British and German companies, and countless workers, traders, parliamentarians, and even politicians of both countries rely on it for their livelihoods. How easy is it for Britain to change it in one fell swoop?

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Militarily, Germany is already the dominant country in Europe. The Russian Baltic Fleet's large-scale crusade to the east, and the French Navy's indulgence in the "sword-wielding" tossing and weakening of itself in the New School of Thought have greatly improved the strategic situation of the German Navy: with 10 former dreadnoughts and 9 fleet decisive armored cruisers, the actual combat strength of the German Navy has become the first in Europe except for Britain. In terms of technology, the Nimmhagen shipyard, which was part of the British industry, was providing the navy with submarine weapons with excellent performance that were almost impossible to solve during the First World War at a rate of one ship per month, and small armored cruisers with superior performance were also rapidly being built in major German shipyards as indispensable weapons in dog fighting and escort. The German main fleet, which had started construction of all-heavy artillery battleships in 1903, had an absolute preemptive advantage over the Royal Navy, which had accumulated hundreds of years of maritime superiority and was therefore instantly wiped out, in the "bold jump" of Fisher's creation of dreadnoughts, forcing the British to follow up with difficulty by squeezing their old capital. With its high debts, the British will inevitably become exhausted in the next 1907, and it will be impossible to maintain the terrifying speed of the army this year. With the first-mover advantage he could create in the naval field as a traverser, Qing Ying even felt that Tirpitz's risk fleet would most likely be successfully implemented: the German High Seas Fleet would be an invincible opponent for the British navy in all respects, and Britain would seek unity in the shadow of fear.

In terms of the army, this Prussian violent machine, which was controlled by the aristocratic officer corps and was already famous in Europe, was strengthened by the equipment brought by the Qing Ying, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly innovated. A large number of light and heavy machine guns imitating the MG-08 and Madsen were produced by the German military industrial complex, and poured into the armies of Prussia and the imperial states like a tide; The new 60mm mortar has triggered a fierce craze in the army, and its lightweight, reliable, and powerful superior performance has been rushed by countless troops. The influx of machine guns and mortars led to a certain change in the operational structure of the entire German Army, and small groups dedicated to their use were created and filled into the corps in the form of separate platoons and companies. Qingying was quite pleased with this phenomenon; If every German infantry battalion had a machine gun company and a mortar company at the time of the war, then it would be able to deal with Yuga no matter what the situation was facing!

In terms of strategy, Qingying has also made great improvements on the basis of history. Through the construction of the Eastern Railway and the introduction of the Ottoman Empire and Italy, two potential allies of Germany, they showed a much more fervent attitude towards the Central Powers than they had historically been. With the construction of the Eastern Railway, Germany not only gained control of the core arteries of the Ottoman Empire, but also used this railway line to trade and plunder, spread its power and influence in various ways, and then gradually control the dying country. As long as this "German India" and Italy can stand on Germany's side, their thorny threat in the Mediterranean will undoubtedly greatly weaken the Entente's war capability and create a more favorable situation for Germany in a frontal war. On the frontal front in Central Europe against Britain, France, and Russia, the postponement of the establishment of the Anglo-French Entente and the great weakening of Russia's war in the Far East gave Germany a broader strategic space than in history: the former discussed and prevaricated the British expeditionary force to aid the mainland more than history, and the latter was a great decline in national strength, and it was difficult to pose any threat to Germany on the Eastern Front.

The only thing that made Qingying feel a little tricky was the land strategy that the Germans would adopt in the next war. Schlieffen, chief of the Army General Staff, always insisted on his plan to annihilate France from the Low Countries, believing that that was the only way out for Germany in a future war. After more than half a year of planning, a detailed battle plan was formulated; Schlieffen carried the document in his hand, and then appeared in front of William with confidence. (To be continued......)