Kaiser Wilhelm II has been in a very good mood recently, Germany's performance on the European continent, so that he is very satisfied, especially now, conquered the old enemy France's capital Paris, the whole of France is under the German iron cavalry, this is his grandfather's glory, once again a breakthrough, Germany's most glorious time, is the victory of the Franco-Prussian War, that was in 1870, when he was just a young crown prince, and now, the Franco-Prussian War has not achieved the glory he achieved, After the capture of the capital of France, the statue of Victory of the Louvre Three Jewels, the statue of Venus and the smile of the Mona Lisa have become the objects of his death, and have been lying in his private palace, and tens of millions of treasures have been sold to China, and the huge amount of money of more than 300 million pounds will become a huge shot in the arm and enhance the overall strength of Germany.

Now, the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Navy, and the Minister of War are competing for this fund, although a huge part of the funds will be turned into commodities and bought back from China, but Chinese products have become an important part of Germany, and high-quality and low-cost products are almost all over Germany, and how to choose is the problem. Both the Admiralty and the War Department have put forward requirements, the Army is preparing to expand by 200 divisions, and the Navy is preparing to add five Fantasy-class, so that Germany can surpass Britain in terms of capital ships and achieve a certain numerical advantage.

The contradiction between the navy and the army is natural, and the focus of the competition is all kinds of resources, and in the middle, the army has the absolute upper hand, and first, Paris is overcome by the efforts of the army. At most, with a little help from the airship troops, there is not much to do with the navy. Besides, in times of war. All aspects need to spend money, even domestic livelihood problems are no exception, the navy is already huge enough, even if it can't be cowered, there are huge costs, far above the army.

In fact, Wilhelm II and the German top brass knew very well that when Germany really wanted to dominate the world in the future, the navy would never be indispensable, and the navy must be strengthened. However, the issue of time is the key point, and from the army's point of view, concentrate on improving the strength of the army, strive to use a fairly fast time to completely defeat France, win the victory in the European war, and then on the premise of integrating European resources, go all out to develop the navy, and strive to compete with Britain at sea. The emphasis of the Navy is exactly the opposite. The army has already achieved considerable superiority, and for some time to come, it can be put aside for a while and maintain military pressure on the Entente. Make every effort to develop the navy, strive to break the British blockade of Germany, and break out of the Baltic and North Seas.

Two methods. It can be said that each has its own merits, but the individual butt sits differently. The opinions that came out were completely different, but unfortunately the navy did not have any results. The army has achieved a great success in conquering Paris, compared with the two, even Wilhelm II, who regarded the navy as his own son, had to lean towards the army, the plan of 200 divisions, approved 160, and then the total number of land forces in the whole of Germany will increase to between 4.5 million and 5 million, and part of the funds are to support the airship force, with the help of German technicians, 5% of the sunken airships have been repaired, At present, the number of airships in the airship force has reached an astonishing number of 900, and although there will be no more airships in the future, the configuration of the airships themselves will be greatly increased, which will make the airships reborn and increase the number of airship troops and the allocation of funds.

Scheer's telegram, it was in this situation that he came to Berlin, Germany, Tirpitz was actually troubled by this matter, this time the dispute over armament costs, to put it bluntly, was the army and navy showed strength, and the Juncker-dominated army had an obvious upper hand, which made him feel a slight sense of crisis, if it went on like this, the army made greater contributions, then the navy really has no place to stand.

It's a pity that now Scheer's task force has been training in East Asia, and its combat effectiveness is generally there, but even if he is added, the number of capital ships is still a little worse than that of the British, and the key question is whether the British have concealed it, and if they don't conceal it, this battle may still be able to fight a dozen.

Scheer's telegram, at this point in time, reached Tirpitz's side, and I heard it for the first time, and there is such a thing, without a battle line, you can also fight the same as a battle line, Scheer is unknown, but as a supporter and founder of the High Seas Fleet, they immediately understood the important role of this thing, there is such a technology in the world, which is almost a concentration of artillery on the battle line and the flexibility of dispersion and evasion, one ship may not be able to be used as two. With it, even in the case of an absolute disadvantage in the high seas fleet, as long as there is time and strategic depth, this special fleet can be sent to the bottom of the sea one by one, and it will not suffer too much loss on its own.

Among the task forces, there are 9 capital ships, all of which are high-speed battleships, and the speed can already catch up with the opponent's battle cruisers, and compared with the opponent's capital ships, they occupy a certain advantage, do not forcibly occupy the battle line, and can shoot at a distance of 13 kilometers, and the accuracy is more than ordinary indiscriminate shooting, theoretically, as long as a certain distance is maintained, the opponent's ship is the target. With the era of platoon guns, the firing range is 150 meters on one side, and the firing range on the other side is 250 meters, which has almost laid the victory or defeat of both sides, of course, naval warfare is more complicated than land platoon guns, and it is impossible to have such a completely undamaged result, but the gap between the two sides on the surface is smoothed out to a certain extent.

After Tirpitz got Scheer's telegram, he decided to get this aiming system, and now the only thing that makes him difficult to decide is whether to let the Northwest control this system, Scheer's proposal he reads, some constructive, not enough, some things must be solved by the Kaiser, without further ado, it has been planned, in the middle of this year, when Scheer's fleet returns, it will take the initiative to provoke a war, and also make a naval voice, and now, it seems that a booster has been added.

Tirpitz's sudden visit made William II very surprised, he also thought it was a problem with the distribution of military spending before, although the army accounted for the majority, but the salary and training costs for naval personnel were also increased by 30%, and the plan for capital ships was not approved, because the pressure from Congress and the government was too great, but the army's investment would be given at one time, and as long as there was additional income next year, or when the funds for the labor sent to China were in place next year, the navy could also be given 3-4 more capital ships.

Kindly let Tirpitz in, and was about to persuade Tirpitz to say two words, but from the first sentence, Tirpitz came out with a series of words like pouring beans, which was completely different from what he thought, and he was stunned, looking at Tirpitz who was still foaming at the mouth, until after he finished speaking, Tirpitz reminded him: "Your Highness, are you still listening?" ”

"Listen, you mean to say that that sighting system can really change the main combat methods of battleships!"

"That's right!" Tirpitz nodded.

"But this aiming system, which is worth 10,000 dollars, must be in the hands of the Northwest!"

Tirpitz also nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness! ”

"Aren't we going to discuss this issue first, aren't we going to study it first, and whether we Germans can solve it in the end!"

Wilhelm II's statement directly made Tirpitz's eyes shine, this problem is something he has never considered, and if Germany can solve this problem, then there is no need to dwell on it.

The telegram was transmitted several times in succession between Southeast Asia and Germany, and it was not convenient to say anything in the telegram, but it was possible to ask about the general characteristics of this chain of command, with 28 observation points being the focus, responsible for providing data, and then calculating the landing points based on this data, and then, Tirpitz found several mathematicians at the University of Berlin.

The principle of the aiming system is actually a very simple mathematical problem, without mathematicians, there are two or three students of the mathematics department, which can be almost calculated, and the mathematicians quickly gave the results, with the help of 28 points, or even more optical aiming, using a certain accurate ranging instrument, it is possible to accurately calculate the position of the opponent's battleship.

Hearing the mathematician's results, Tirpitz was overjoyed, and immediately asked how to make this system, but the mathematician looked at him with contempt, and soon he figured out the reason, 28 points can accurately reflect the relative position of the opposite side, but it brings a huge scale of computing problems, with mathematicians like them, at least 150, or even more, it is possible to calculate it in 3 minutes, if it is replaced by a bad mental arithmetic ability, the number will be more.

A large number of mathematical terms, Tirpitz did not understand, but he understood the numbers, 150 mathematicians, or the level in front of him, the whole of Germany, that is, two or three hands, replaced by students of the mathematics department, may increase the number by 10 times, with 1500 mathematics students, to calculate such a problem, or in 3 minutes, there is no timeliness at all.

Unwilling to fail, Tirpitz said the approximate data and time of the northwest aiming system, and the mathematician directly denied it, absolutely impossible, unless the northwest has a large number of mathematicians, after getting Tirpitz's negative answer, the mathematician thought for a long time, and finally said slightly unwillingly, maybe the Chinese have mastered a method that can greatly improve computing power, and the computing power may be a thousand or even ten thousand times that of people, otherwise this problem cannot be explained.

Tirpitz wanted to continue to ask, his efforts, only got this result, for simple problems, the mathematician did not want to continue, after giving the basic template, he left, even if it was war time, professors with deep attainments in their respective fields, there were still quite privileges, Tirpitz was not at all easy to do with the admiralty, there was no way, Tirpitz had to reply to the Kaiser's results. (To be continued.) )