On 1 July 1910, Arthur left the port of London aboard the battleship Australasia, to the debut of many British citizens.

It can be seen from the expressions of the British people who bid farewell to Arthur that many British people are very reluctant to Arthur, after all, Arthur is also a member of the Victorian era.

Boarding the battleship, from those angles that the British people could not see, Arthur's mood was actually very good.

After several days of hard work by Arthur and hundreds of thousands of pounds of money, he finally obtained the consent of the British cabinet government, and the British government made the St. Vincent-class battleships a condition of this aid, and provided them to Australasia permanently for a fee.

Of course, the conditions provided were information on the Australasian Monarch-class battleships, as well as below-market purchase prices in the grain and meat trade.

But this is not too much of a loss for Arthur, after all, this can be exchanged for all the information of a more powerful battleship, which is completely a profitable deal.

Moreover, at Arthur's request and earnings, George V agreed to provide Australasia with the technology to build St. Vincent-class battleships, including the 50 times diameter 305 mm gun that Arthur loved.

Although they are both 305 mm guns, the difference between 45 times the diameter and 50 times the diameter can be described as a world of difference.

Although these specific techniques will not be slowly taught to Australasia by those British experts after the British aid arrives.

But unsurprisingly, within a few years, these techniques could be mastered by Australasia.

In other words, Arthur was confident that within a year, with the help of British specialists, he would be able to build the St. Vincent-class battleships on his own.

Within two to three years, Australasia will be able to master the ability to build St. Vincent-class battleships independently, once again raising Australasia's shipbuilding capabilities by one level.

I have to say that Arthur's close relationship with the British royal family, coupled with Arthur's good reputation and status in the hearts of the British people, and Queen Victoria's extreme love for Arthur, allowed Arthur to obtain a powerful battleship such as the St. Vincent-class battleship, which the British Empire is currently building vigorously.

Each of these conditions greatly reduced the chances of Australasia acquiring the St. Vincent-class battleships.

This also has to sigh the truth that it is good to enjoy the shade with his back against a big tree, and the battleships that Arthur got from Britain may be advanced warships that other countries cannot build with the strength of the whole country.

The St. Vincent-class battleship was 163.4 meters long, 25.6 meters wide, and had an average draft of 8.5 meters.

Two four-shaft Parsons direct-drive steam turbines and 18 mixed-fired water boilers were used, resulting in an unprecedented 24,500 horsepower.

Of course, these are not the main ones. The first and second in the rear, one in each string and a total of five 305 mm 50 x diameter twin guns, as well as 16 102 mm 50 x diameter single guns, and three 450 mm underwater torpedo tubes, are the real reasons for the fear of the St. Vincent-class battleships.

In terms of firepower, the St. Vincent-class battleships were the most firepower of all battleships built in 1910, surpassing the Delaware-class battleships under construction in the United States, the Monarch-class battleships under construction in Germany, and the Helgelland-class battleships.

Whether it is a Delaware-class battleship or a Monarch-class battleship and a Helgrand-class battleship, they are currently the strongest battleships being built by other powers except for the British Empire.

The St. Vincent-class battleships were able to surpass these three types of battleships, and their powerful performance and scientific research capabilities of the British Empire naturally went without saying.

Of course, the reason why it is only compared with the three dreadnoughts of the United States, Germany and Australasia is entirely because the progress of the dreadnoughts of other powers is extremely slow, and there is no need to compare them at all.

Even apart from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Australasia, the only great power country with dreadnoughts is Russia at present, which is enough to see how backward other countries are in the development of dreadnoughts.

After leaving the British Empire, Arthur did not choose to return directly to Australasia, but instead reversed course and headed for Germany.

After all, the relationship between Germany and Russia and Australasia is not bad, and since this time I have come to Europe, it is naturally necessary to move around more.

Of course, Arthur did not choose to share the drawing technology of the St. Vincent-class battleships with Germany.

After all, it was obtained from the British, and the way to obtain it was more or less dependent on the relationship with the British.

If the British knew that Arthur had shared the blueprints and technology of the St. Vincent-class battleships with Germany, it would definitely displease the British.

Arthur still couldn't do this kind of thing to the detriment of himself and others, but it was still okay to mention the importance of large-caliber artillery to Wilhelm II.

As early as London for Edward VII's funeral, Wilhelm II invited Arthur to Germany for a visit.

Arthur agreed at the time, but it must have been after his visit to England.

On 3 July, Arthur successfully arrived in Germany and had a five-day friendly exchange with Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Arthur also visited the famous Kluber factory in Germany, as well as the German shipyards and army, and gave a very high evaluation.

After all kinds of events, the Germans finally began to pay attention to the caliber of naval guns and focused on research and development.

After visiting the Kluper factory, Arthur learned that the Germans had already begun research on the 50-fold diameter 305 mm gun, and had achieved certain results.

If nothing else, the Germans should be equipped with 50 times the diameter of the 305 mm guns on the next class of dreadnoughts, which is a little behind the British, but still ahead of the other powers.

Of course, during these few days, Arthur also visited the Ruhr industrial region in Germany. The Ruhr industrial area is by far one of the largest industrial areas in the world and the heart of German industry.

Up to now, the Ruhr industrial zone has an annual output of 100 million tons of coal, 1 million tons of coke, 10 million tons of steel and 100 million kWh of electricity, and is the heart of German industry.

From the point of view of industrial layout, the design of the Ruhr industrial zone is relatively reasonable. Most of the industrial and mineral products in the industrial zone can basically be processed and consumed locally, avoiding unnecessary export volumes.

Although the two world wars had a huge impact on the region, even in the 70s of the 20th century, the Ruhr area still produced 120 million tons of coal, accounting for 80% of Germany's total production at that time, and 20 million tons of steel per year, accounting for 70% of Germany's total production at that time. It also has nearly 10 billion cubic meters of coke oven gas and nearly 1 million tons of tar.

The development of the Ruhr industrial area is based not only on abundant coal resources, but also on excellent water transport conditions.

Together with a large number of railways and roads, as well as extensive canals, the Ruhr industrial area is very convenient and complete, which is a prerequisite for the development of the industrial area.

The construction of the Leonora industrial site in Australasia is partly borrowed from the Ruhr industrial area. Arthur's idea was also to build the Leonora Industrial Base into the Ruhr region of Australasia.

Arthur was very envious of the Ruhr area in Germany, and even made up his mind to build the Leonora industrial base.

To this end, Arthur did not hesitate to personally request Wilhelm II to hire relevant German experts to help Australasia with the construction of the Leonora industrial base.

Arthur's demands are not high, and if the Leonora industrial base can achieve one-tenth of the current output in the Ruhr area within ten years, it will meet Arthur's inner expectations and goals.

For Arthur's request, Wilhelm II smiled and nodded, and agreed without much thought.

This kind of request is very common for the development of the country, not to mention the very good relations between Australasia and Germany, Wilhelm II naturally has no idea of refusing.

It is worth mentioning that Wilhelm II also proudly invited Arthur to visit the German airship factory, to be precise, the Zeppelin factory.

After Australasia's airships became famous all over the world, Britain and Germany paid much more attention to airships.

Australasia's rigid airships were originally learned from Germany, and it was very easy for Germany to surpass Australasia.

The current Led Zeppelin has been developed for several generations, and it is no longer the LZ-1 airship that Arthur formed before the aviation laboratory.

After a brief introduction by Wilhelm II, Arthur learned that Zeppelin's airship had been developed to the fifth generation.

Because of the government's attention this time, the development progress of the Zeppelin is much faster than in history, and the current performance of the LZ-5 airship is much more advanced than the AU-2 airship in Australasia.

The LZ-5 airship is somewhat larger than the Australasian airship, and the load also reaches a terrifying 17 tons.

You know, even if the aviation laboratory has done a lot of research on the airship, the load of the AU-2 airship is only 11 tons.

The Germans were able to lift the load of the airship to 17 tons, which is not a small lift.

The LZ-5 airship is also relatively fast, with an average speed of 42 km/h and a maximum speed of 45 km/h.

Arthur inquired about the stability of the airship, and the results obtained were very stable. The Germans organized hundreds of experiments for the airship, and there have been no accidents so far, which is enough to prove the stability of the airship.

At present, the LZ-5 airship, which has improved its load, speed and stability, has indeed become very practical and useful, even if it is only used as a means of transport, it can definitely play some vital roles.

William II was convinced of Australasia's statement at that time that airships carried bombs from the air, and even organized a team of airships to train the accuracy of aerial bombardment, and even the scale was not small, with dozens of airships and hundreds of people.

Arthur could only smile awkwardly at this, and he couldn't say bluntly that the practicality of the airship was not as good as that of the airplane, and the plane could kill the airship indiscriminately in the air!

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