"The Republic of China actually built warships for the British? It can't be, right? Looking at the information sent in front of him, Hipper said in surprise, not to mention the potential contradictions between Britain and China in the South Seas, even if the Huaxia Navy wants to sell it to the British, the proud British will buy it. Of course, if this kind of face problem is not related to the future Anglo-German naval battle, Hippert will not bother to pay attention to it, but the problem is now related! Not long ago, the German Admiralty was celebrating Fisher's abandonment of the design idea of the Dreadnought, but I didn't expect someone to make a small move in private!

In the eyes of the German Admiralty, compared with the British Dreadnought, their own Nassau-class (the German version of Longxing) is actually not superior in firepower and protection, but is inferior in terms of power system. In terms of fire control and walking, it may be stronger than the Longxing, after all, it is a duplex. And when the British planned to build ships with larger guns and faster ships with larger guns at the same tonnage as the Dreadnought, the Germans could already conclude that these ships were nothing more than a bunch of crispy skins! That is, the crispy dumplings commonly known in China!

But now, the British actually don't know what is going on, and they have begun to purchase warships from Huaxia, which not only makes people feel chatty, but also makes the German Navy feel a sense of crisis! "Since we've come up with a design that's advanced enough, it's a good idea to follow the advanced." Tirpitz once said this about German ship design, historically. There was no shortage of Germans who followed in the footsteps of those who came first. And this time, the German Navy is also engaged in its own warships according to the design ideas of China. So for the performance of these warships, the Germans still rated it very highly.

In addition to the purely technical aspects, the Germans are more concerned about whether the diplomatic weather vane of the Chinese government has changed. At this time, the Huaxia Republic had become completely bigger. In the Far East, at least, it was already the undisputed hegemon, and neither the mighty British Empire, nor the Russian Bear, nor the American Yankees could challenge his authority in the Far East, which meant that Germany had too few means to restrain China. Even if people break the contract, what can Germany do to China? Isn't it a dry stare? Huaxia has borne more than half of Germany's supply of strategic materials, if it really takes refuge in Britain. The future of war in Germany is worrying.

However, it turned out that the Germans' fears seemed unfounded. At least for now. The Minister of the Republic of China to Germany first expressed that the Republic of China would continue the various commercial and technical agreements reached between the two countries. At the same time, not long after this incident, Xu Jie signed a new cooperation plan with the German Minister in China, and the whole plan was expanded to a wider extent. It even includes the cooperative management plan of some rubber plantations in Nanyang, although it cannot be controlled, but at least it can ensure a stable source, which makes the Germans feel a lot more at ease.

"What the Republic of China needs is money." At the end of a meeting. Tirpitz said to the two generals. For the construction of warships for the Germans in China. Tirpitz was not surprised, and even if he were Xu Jie from a bystander's point of view, he would choose to do so. Since the Republic of China agreed to use the newly built battleships to offset the losses of the two Scharnhorst-class pocket battlecruisers, then it will definitely be done, this is beyond doubt, and if a strong country even regrets this little thing, it will be too cheap. In general, the state should also be credible.

But. It's one thing not to regret it, it's another thing to start building it for you! And Tirpitz knew it. The cost of the warships built for Germany and Turkey was as high as 5 million pounds, and the two Scharnhorst were worth about half at most, after all, the two pocket battleships were not new. Even if the profits are discarded, the Huaxia Navy will have to advance millions of pounds for this ship, but for the Huaxia Navy, which has not even started construction of its own new ship, there is so much spare money to help the Germans first! No, Yan Boxun pulled Yang Yonglin out of the country to negotiate with the British, which shows that the funds of the Huaxia Navy are not abundant now!

So, in the case of the British opening the way with the pounds, the Chinese Republic naturally said that it could build warships for the British. So under the deliberate impetus of the British Navy and the government, it seemed logical that Australia and New Zealand chose Huaxia as the builder, and it was normal to push it down according to this idea, in Tirpitz's opinion, there was no fuss, and Hipper's shock made him feel a little funny.

If Tirpitz's reaction was a little optimistic, and Hipper's reaction was a bit excessive, then Scheer's reaction can be described as appropriate, on the one hand, he believes that this time to give the British man-made warships will not affect the future political direction of China, and on this point he agrees with Tirpitz's view, this is just a normal business. There's no need to make a fuss. But at the same time, Schell believes that this trend must be reversed, because he can be sure that the deal has strong support from the British Navy's top brass, otherwise the two Dominions of Australia and New Zealand will never buy the Chinese ship. This shows that some people in the British Navy have realized the inadequacy of their warships, and now they are working to change the situation, which is definitely not good news for Germany! In terms of funding, Germany is no match for the UK.

"It's just a deal, though. However, the results that can lead to it cannot but arouse our great concern. At least a part of the powerful factions in the Royal Navy are trying to correct their mistakes. This is extremely bad for us. We can't stop the move at home, but at least I think we should stop the Royal Navy from continuing to acquire ships with advanced designs through the Chinese Sea. In his letter to Tirpitz, Schell said that in his opinion it was not too late to make amends, and if the British fast fleet obtained 3 or 4 high-speed warships, then it would be a lot of pressure for the German Navy, after all, in the German Navy's construction plan, all ships with a speed higher than 24 knots were 4 to 6 ships!

And when the report was delivered to Tirpitz, the head of the German Navy couldn't help but smile bitterly. In his heart, he secretly scolded Scheer for being too cunning, and kicked the ball directly to him. Doesn't this guy just want the German government to raise some money and then let Huaxia build a battleship for himself as soon as possible? Then when the orders from Germany and Huaxia filled the slipway, the production capacity of the Huaxia Republic was saturated, and naturally there would be no more orders from the British. The idea is simple and practical, but it takes money!

However, thinking that it was indeed related to the safety of the navy, Tirpitz, after some discussion with Wilhelm II, decided to send a note to Huaxia, the content of which was very simple. That is, Germany said that it could temporarily provide Huaxia with an interest-free loan of up to 2 million pounds, and the requirement was to let Huaxia Republic start construction of two super-dreadnoughts for Turkey and Germany as soon as possible. It was required to be delivered by 1911.

Well, this time it's a triumph of money again. Shortly after the German loan arrived, the Republic of China immediately decided to start construction of two new Super Dreadnoughts for Germany and Turkey. But something went wrong here, and that was when the Chinese government decided to build warships for the British, choosing the Dalian shipyard and the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai. One factory, one by one, this was just a matter of balance, but the result of this was that the warships built for Germany and Turkey could not be concentrated in one shipyard, and in the end, the warships of the two hostile military alliances were almost a few hundred meters apart on the slipways of Shanghai and Dalian! This made all three parties feel very embarrassed.

It is said that during the Iran-Iraq war in history, TG provided equipment and training for two countries at the same time, and even the training classrooms were mixed between the two countries, except that the Iranians went through the front door and the Iraqis went through the back door. But in this plane, the Chinese Republic seems to be doing even better, and the British and Germans actually live in a dormitory building! (There's no way around it, who doesn't have enough hotels in the shipyard?) In addition to the supervising personnel, because many parts are made of British and German products, there are also a large number of technical personnel. ）

I'm afraid it's more than embarrassing to look up and look down between two future enemies, right? However, what the Huaxia government didn't expect was that the British and Germans were okay with each other, at least in daily life, whether there was any situation of spying on each other, no one knew about this, but Yan Boxun knew that these four warships used exactly the same drawings, after all, if the drawings were different, I am afraid that both sides would not be able to explain, and the battleship was on the slipway, and it could be seen almost every day!

"What an irony it is that the same type of battleship, which started construction almost at the same time, belongs to two hostile forces, they are both brothers, but they are already destined to meet sooner or later." A British official in charge of overseeing the manufacturing said. The construction of the two British warships was started in August 1907, while the construction of the German and Turkish warships was started on September 10, 1907, but it was only one month apart, and it is very likely that they were launched at the same time!

But that's just scratching the surface. Except for the almost identical design, the internal parts of the battleship were completely different, and the British naturally used their own boilers and Parsons steam turbines. THE ARTILLERY IS ALSO MADE OF BRITISH 343MM GUNS THAT ARE READY TO BE EQUIPPED ON SUPER-DREADNOUGHTS, AND THE ARMOR IS ALSO VICKERS ARMOR. AND THE GERMANS, NATURALLY, WITH THEIR OWN SMALL WATER-TUBE BOILERS AND BREMEN STEAM TURBINES, AND THE FUTURE 350MM GUN. The armor was Krupp armor. With the same design and different parts, who will be stronger? Britain and Germany, the two industrial powers, are secretly competing in their hearts, in this case, there is no design gap between the two sides, and the combat effectiveness of the real warship will be completely determined by the subsystem, if they can meet in a naval battle, this kind of victory or defeat can best explain the technical level of both sides!

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