In June 1902, a large German delegation arrived thousands of miles away in China, either through people-to-people exchanges or non-governmental organization visits, and these Germans had the special task of trying to find out whether the new country was qualified as an ally of the German Reich and whether it was worthy of the Reich. They will systematically assess the form of industry, agriculture, the organization of the regime, the strength of the military, etc., under various names, in order to provide information to the decision-makers in Berlin.

After all, the current China is not the China of later generations, and the degree of communication with the world is still very low, and in addition to the diplomats and technical personnel of various countries, no one has regarded the current China as a tourist destination country, so a little flow of personnel will attract the attention of the Chinese intelligence department, especially those Germans who themselves have a military background.

As for these people, Xu Jie already has some understanding of their purpose, on the one hand, because Germany's relations with China have warmed up sharply in the recent period, not only sharing the war games of the German General Staff, but also developing long-distance artillery tactics with the Chinese Navy. It also opened the door to economic and technological exports, which were unprecedented in scope, and all this could be seen as Germany looking for new allies. On the other hand, the German ambassador had privately mentioned that he would like to hold a high-level meeting between the two countries at an appropriate time, if he could. And these people are undoubtedly the ones who are at the front.

For the current Chinese Republic, there are not many Germans interested in the technical and military fields. Many basic industries and important projects were built with the help of the Germans, even if there were some British or Italian projects, but the Germans still have a deep understanding of the current industrial capacity and level of China. The level of technology is not very strong, but the number is very large, which is entirely thanks to the intervention of huge private capital, although the output and consumption ratio is very low, but in a certain period of time, this extensive production can indeed greatly increase the country's strength.

What really interests the Germans is the specialized division of labor and the convergence of the industrial chain in the Chinese Republic. Each industrial zone is assigned to specialized industrial production according to the regional situation, and the entire industrial zone is equipped with sufficient auxiliary factories, and a complete industrial chain is concentrated as much as possible in a small area. Reduced shipping costs and various expenses. This kind of close-knit, government-guided functional industrial zone has allowed Huaxia, which has a low level of technology, to maintain a high output.

In the micro field, Russian industrial engineers were amazed by the new assembly line production, and the factory in West China would have a complex mechanical manufacturing process. Dismantling into hundreds, or even thousands, is a very easy job to complete. As long as the workers can complete a certain installation action in the shortest time, then they can be competent. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and the Germans understand this, and the result is that even uneducated people can work in factories with surprising secrecy.

Another area of interest is the use of a large number of stamping parts. In an arsenal in China, German engineers picked up machine gun parts one by one and examined them carefully, there were no traces left by the work of metal cutting machine tools at all, and a huge part of the parts was even iron sheets that had been machined by impact machining, and some iron pieces and tubes were assembled together. It was a submachine gun or a machine gun, which was absolutely intolerable in the eyes of the Germans who pursued precision. But then, when they saw the consumption of materials and man-hours under the new production mode, they all closed their mouths one by one, the cost fell by 25%, and the demand for metal fell by half, although it is not very refined, but the efficiency is too high!

For the assembly line and stamping processing, Xu Jie let the Germans see, the fundamental reason is that this management principle can not be hidden, it will not be long before the Americans will adopt assembly line management, and stamping processing can not be kept secret, experienced people pick up a part, look at it for a few minutes can know the processing method, people go back to try the test can come to a conclusion. Rather than this, it is better to let the Germans take a rough look, anyway, the core of assembly line production is management and division of labor, which will take a long time to get the best results, as for stamping parts? The Germans will use it in World War II at the latest, but Xu Jie has advanced this time a little, after all, Huaxia still relies on Germany to weaken Britain, France and Russia!

After analyzing the current situation of society, the Germans found that on a national scale, an extremely high nationalist sentiment was spreading, thanks to the great liberation of the people after the overthrow of the decaying Qing Dynasty, all kinds of shackles disappeared overnight, and the huge construction gave everyone who wanted to work a chance, and the problems of overproduction that often appeared in European countries did not exist in Huaxia at all, because Huaxia is still very far from a truly powerful country! The huge domestic demand can ensure that his economy will grow at a high speed for a long time. Under the coercive effect of the government, the interests of factory owners are limited to a certain range, and the transfer payment of social wealth is transferred to ordinary people as much as possible, so that more people can enjoy the benefits of economic growth, prevent social unrest, and increase development stamina!

In terms of education and culture, the Chinese Republic is still very enlightened, and after the old shackles have disappeared, various cultures and currents of thought have emerged one after another, which can be seen as the emotional release of a long-suppressed country. The new Chinese government attaches great importance to the development of education, and among the various government expenditures, in addition to military construction and various engineering expenditures, education funds rank third, and many projects are also educational projects, and if they are included, the proportion of education funds will reach about 9 percent! This ratio is already a bit incredible for Huaxia, which is always ready for war and needs to develop industry rapidly in a short period of time.

In addition to government investment, the Chinese government also encourages the private sector to set up education, and these non-governmental colleges and universities are mainly based on various technical schools to cultivate professional skills, and after a relatively short period of training, they can work in factories, which on the one hand supplements the shortage of professional and technical workers, and on the other hand, it is also of great help to improve the quality of the population. In terms of culture, China is now a melting pot, with all classes trying to find their place in this great change unseen in a thousand years, and because there are a large number of overseas Chinese returning to China, the culture is more diverse. The attitude of the Chinese government is that as long as it does not crisis the operation of social policies and as long as it is conducive to the development of the country, it will not interfere too much.

The Germans did not know much about the organizational form of the Chinese government, but from all aspects the Germans could feel that the Chinese government was in a balance of multi-party forces, and it was said that the most powerful force before the founding of China should be regarded as the Beiyang system, but the system itself was composed of several forces, Li Hongzhang's Zhili system, and Liu Mingchuan's Fujian, Zhejiang, and Taiwan, as well as the military strength of the Beiyang Naval Division and the Beiyang New Army, which rose in the First Sino-Japanese War, although messy, but under the leadership of Xu Jie, When there is a common goal, there is little bickering between the parties.

Moreover, in the past ten years, all factions have changed to a greater or lesser extent, the old people have left, and the new young Zhuang faction may have different backgrounds, but they are all the same on the issue of developing the country and revitalizing the nation, and this constitutes the basis of the belief of the Chinese government! And in this country, a spirit of high spirits can be seen everywhere.

As for the Chinese army, the Germans had 12 points of confidence, not only because the army of the Far East was equipped with weapons no less than the European army powers, nor because of the glorious deeds of victory over Japan and Russia, for Germany, the former was only the material basis of an army, although indispensable, but it was only one of the decisive factors. The equipment of the German Army and the French Army is actually not much different, but the combat effectiveness is much worse. And as for the latter, is the Japanese Army strong? The Germans don't think so, as for the Russian Army. After gradually recognizing the essence of the Russian Army, the Germans found that the former European steamrollers were dying, and the backward military organization and weak industry of the Russians were no longer enough to support the continued upgrading of the Russian Army.

What really makes the Germans feel admired by the Chinese army is a kind of sensitivity to military changes! Of course, all this stems from the current Prime Minister of the Chinese Republic Xu Jie, this almost miraculous acuity began to show as early as 1889, when all countries in the world are equipped with a large number of various dome cruisers, Xu Jie has begun to build armored cruisers, the Beiyang Navy even directly skipped this historical stage, directly from the light armored cruisers, to develop their own navy, when the First Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Japanese dome cruiser formation with an advantage in tonnage was suppressed by only 3 light armored cruisers, And after the three heavy ships were in place, they cleanly eliminated the opponent's main force in the form of a decisive battle, and laid the victory in one sentence.

Subsequently, whether it was a Dante-class battleship or a current dreadnought, all of them led the trend of the world's navy. In particular, the appearance of dreadnought battleships and fast warships made the old ships obsolete overnight, and the Huaxia Republic took the lead and gained the first opportunity, and Germany did not waste too much money on the old warships.

As for the army, the Chinese Army is boldly equipped with automatic weapons represented by machine guns and mortars-based curved support firepower, this combination greatly increases the combat effectiveness in the case of scarcity of heavy artillery, and the new commando team is to greatly reduce the casualties when breaking through the opponent's defense line, and now after putting forward a new mechanized combat theory, the German Army has to admit that this is the best way to quickly defeat the Russians, and it is also a way to hold the defensive line at the lowest cost, and the position is not terrible to be broken through, As long as the gap can be closed as soon as possible. So on the whole, the German Empire still attaches great importance to the military strength of China, maybe the scale is not large, but its development direction is correct, and the efficiency is extremely high!

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