After the wedding, Qin Tian and Princess Gondlinde began their honeymoon from Berlin all the way south, through the Kingdom of Bavaria, to Switzerland. www.biquge.info Although the Alps in this season are not as beautiful as in winter, they have a different flavor.

Half a month later, Qin Tian and Princess Gondlinde returned to Berlin. It's not that Qin Tian doesn't want to play outside for a while longer, it's that he's too busy. In addition, the current international situation is becoming more and more tense, and the war is on the verge of breaking out, which makes Qin Tian have to focus more on official affairs.

Although, Qin Tian remembered that there were still a few years before the outbreak of the war. However, what he was not sure was whether the war would break out in that period after he had already changed history. Therefore, Qin Tian had a sense of crisis, and he hoped that the German Empire could make as full preparations as possible before the outbreak of the war, so as to be able to change the outcome of the war.

"Honey, tomorrow I'm going to the Deutsche Shipyard, where I'll be for about two days." Qin Tian looked at his parents and children apologetically. They had just been married, and he was going on a business trip, which was really undeserved.

"It's okay, honey, go about your business!" Princess Gondelin was very generous. She knew that with Qin Tian's identity and status, she had too many things to do, and it was impossible to accompany her all day long. To be able to have such an excellent husband as Qin Tian, Princess Gondelinde is already very satisfied. After all, it's better to marry a talented crown prince than to marry a gentleman, right? What's more, she is very likely to become the Empress of the Empire in the future, which is undoubtedly every woman's dream.

Qin Tian and Marshal Count Tirpitz took a special train to the German shipyard. Although on the way, Marshal Count Tirpitz kept using Qin Tian's words, wanting to know what Qin Tian's so-called secret weapon was, but Qin Tian's tone was very tight, and he didn't say a word on this issue, which made Marshal Count Tirpitz very dissatisfied, but he was helpless.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now the strength of the Imperial Navy is growing rapidly. However, the British were also building warships like crazy. The gap between us and the British has not been able to widen. A trace of worry flashed in the eyes of Marshal Count Tirpitz.

Qin Tian nodded: "Your Excellency, it is simply unrealistic to compare the speed of building ships with the British, or the number of capital ships with them. The only thing we can do is to overwhelm the British in single-ship performance. In this way, we will be able to defeat them and win in future naval battles. ”

"That's true, but if the British have too much advantage in the number of capital ships, our chances of winning won't be too great." In the opinion of Marshal Count Tirpitz, the superiority in quality was very important. But again, numerical superiority is indispensable. In many cases, quantitative changes will cause qualitative changes.

"Well, so we need to prepare some secret weapons for the navy to increase the combat power of the navy as much as possible." Qin Tian said.

Qin Tian knew that the German Navy could not have more capital ships than the British Navy. Therefore, he could only weaken the British Navy in other ways. For example, using submarines or aircraft carriers to attack the capital ships of the British Navy further weakens the strength of the British Navy. In this case, in the event of a decisive battle at sea, the pressure on the German navy will be much reduced.

Marshal Count Tirpitz nodded, and he couldn't help but look forward to the secret weapon in Qin Tian's mouth.

The current German Navy already has a two-class capital ship and a first-class battle cruiser. The 'Nassau-class' battleships, the 'Wichelsbach-class' battleships, the first-class 'Blucher-class' battlecruisers were put into service, and the 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers and the 'Caesar-class' battlecruisers were all under construction. In particular, the Moltke-class battlecruisers have completed most of their construction and are expected to be ready for service by next year. And the 'Caesar-class' battleships will also be put into service on a large scale from the end of next year to the beginning of the next year. This will greatly enhance the strength of the German Navy.

"Your Highness, do you have an idea for the construction plan of the next level of capital ships?" Marshal Count Tirpitz asked.

Through the construction of successive classes of capital ships, no one in the navy has raised any objections to Qin Tian's design. Even the experts of the Naval Technical Committee, one by one, did not talk nonsense.

Qin Tian thought for a moment, then nodded: "The next level of capital ships, my idea is to further increase the displacement of the battleship, so as to carry a larger caliber of main guns and have thicker armor." ”

"Larger caliber guns?" The Caesar-class battleships and the Wicchersbach-class battleships and the Moltke-class battlecruisers all have 343 mm guns, so could it be that the next class of capital ships will be equipped with 380 mm guns? Marshal Count Tirpitz asked.

Marshal Count Tirpitz knew that Qin Tian had always had a soft spot for improving the caliber of the main guns of the capital ships. Otherwise, the caliber of the main guns of the capital ships of the German Navy would not have been raised to 343 mm. I'm afraid that at this time, the caliber of the main ships of the German Navy is still 280 mm or 305 mm.

"Well, 380 mm guns, that's inevitable. At my request, Krupp has been working on this for a long time. It is expected that a breakthrough should be made next year. Our next-class capital ship can start construction next year. In this case, there is also time to come. Qin Tian said.

Marshal Count Tirpitz nodded, and of course he would not have any objection to this. The stronger the navy, the more comfortable he will be as a naval minister.

Qin Tian is also secretly thinking, starting from the next level of capital ships to build capital ships equipped with 380 mm guns, in this way, if the war still breaks out in 1914, the German Navy will have a first-class capital ship equipped with 380 mm guns. Even the capital ships of the second stage, equipped with 380 mm guns, will not be in service for a long time. And the British Navy, I am afraid that by that time there will be no capital ships equipped with 381 mm guns at all. By that time, the German Navy would have an even greater advantage.

After the special train arrived at the German shipyard, Marshal Count Tirpitz walked directly to the slipway, and he couldn't wait to see what the secret weapon in Qin Tian's mouth was.

It's just that after seeing the true face of Lushan, Marshal Count Tirpitz couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"Your Highness, isn't this a submarine? Is this your secret weapon? Marshal Count Tirpitz couldn't laugh or cry.