As the commander of this landing operation, Roddick not only personally participated in the maiden voyage, but also recorded a detailed report, in his report, that is, it was written in detail that the disadvantages of shallow water heavy gunboats, after the completion of the landing operation in the Black Sea, there was no good application method, which was somewhat like a one-time creation, some wasted, but in this operation, he put forward a high evaluation of the shallow water heavy gunboats, and even mentioned that as long as the shallow water heavy gunboats can reach the other end of the Black Sea smoothly, Then the entire battle plan is guaranteed.

15-inch cannons, and it is on the ship, the imbalance between land and sea, resulting in the disadvantage of the battleship attacking the port, in fact, it can't be completely said that, the key is unbalanced, a battleship representing a strategic height, any damage is unacceptable, but for a shallow water heavy gunboat, this thing is really cheap, the cost is only one-tenth of that of an ordinary battleship, the expensive is only the battery and armor, and the rest, even if it is an excellent power system in the northwest, is just a patchwork, use the cheapest one, Of course, the cost is greatly reduced.

200,000 pounds, 1 million US dollars, such a cost, a larger destroyer, will exceed this offer, but the support of shallow water heavy gunboats for the army, far from destroyers can compare with the United States, even if 8 are built, less than the cost of a battleship, but have the power of 16 battleship main guns, although 8 are 13.5 mm guns, some slightly insufficient, but the northwest side of the pipe body ratio, but this battleship, both range, or power, is enough to satisfy the German side.

Maybe that's the extreme. The absolute offensive strength of the shallow water heavy gunboats and the weak defense made a German naval officer like Roddick. It's a bit unpleasant, but in all fairness. This battleship is really suitable for this operation of theirs, as long as Baku is taken, let alone 2 million pounds, even if it is 20 million, or even more, what does it matter?

The price of crude oil in this era is still hovering at the level of a few dollars per barrel, although the price is low, but the production of Baku is large. The reserves are large, and the gradual decline of 1.2 billion tons has been produced in history, which is still in the era when the secondary oil recovery and tertiary oil recovery technology have not developed, that is to say, the oil field has no industrial flow, and then it is mothballed, you can imagine how huge the reserves were at that time. Even if at the current price, the oil does not exceed $30 per ton, but the annual output only needs to exceed 1 million tons. It is tens of millions of dollars in annual income, and as for 10 million tons, it is not impossible to have a world-class oil field like Baku. With an annual output of 50 million tons, no problem.

In fact, China is more confident than Germany, and this is also the fundamental reason why China has the right to support Germany and take Baku. The question of a long history is in the era of Yang Yuanzhao. Baku has fallen since 1950. Baku is not the focus of Russia's oil production, but he knows that the Ural oil field, known as the second Baku, is one of the 10 largest oil fields in the world in the future, with an annual output of 100 million tons.

If Germany takes Baku, and then with the help of China's oil production technology, will be born how strong production, although China has not developed several large oil fields he knows, but in Shaanxi Yan'an Oilfield technical research and transformation, has not stopped, the highest drilling depth, can reach an astonishing 4500 meters, which has been the drilling depth of the vast majority of later oil fields, as for some of the newer oil production equipment, but also in the point has been mentioned, gradual progress, has far exceeded this era, he believes, As long as Germany is willing to hand over Baku to them, there is no problem at all in increasing production by more than 3 times, or even 5 times, in the face of China's exploration and oil production technology.

When Roddick's report was sent to the Army General Staff Headquarters, which was working on a plan for an attack on the other side of the Black Sea, for the Russian cities along the Black Sea coast for the past few months, had been the focus of the intelligence investigation, and it was necessary to find out how many defenses there were, how many land batteries, what artillery batteries were used, and even further, how many troops were in the cities, and even whether the coast was suitable for landing. These findings form data that can be used to decide which direction to attack.

In fact, waiting a few more months is also very beneficial, Germany further knows what is happening in the Far East, China is already approaching Yekaterinburg, that place, even Germany knows, it is one of the wartime companion capitals prepared by Russia, it is the most developed city near Siberia, not only has a huge and stable defense system, even industry and agriculture can solve a lot, China can still hit the city, just because of the problem of casualties did not directly attack, but everyone knows that after a long time, the Chinese take it, There should be no problem.

In addition, in 1911, and even in 1914, China made several shots, all of which made Russia suffer a big loss, even if Russia has the ability to mobilize tens of millions of people, but it is similar to continuous losses, and they have lost a huge amount of blood, not only maintaining a defensive posture in the European part, even on the Black Sea coast, Germany has taken the initiative to provoke, they still have no way to resist, just make up for the rear, to prevent Germany from attacking, they don't realize at all that Germany's purpose is not all Warsaw and Kiev, their eyes have crossed the Black Sea, looked to the other end.

The strong attack power shown by the Chinese made Germany look sideways, although among the high-level, there are also some noises, for example, China is too greedy for land, but the mainstream thinking of Germany does not care, the banner of the Allies has always been borne by Germany, Germany has endured the attack of the whole of Europe, whether it is the Russian battlefield on the Eastern Front, or the Anglo-French coalition on the Western Front, and now the United States, without the help of any helper, making him a little tired, China, which has joined the existence of the Allies, The stronger he is, the more he will help Germany.

Now China is still active in Asia, no matter how greedy he is for the land, at most he stops at the Ural Mountains, if this goal is really achieved, China will inevitably expand at sea, Fantasy class and Orion change, it will bear this ambition of China, it is just a Qingdao shipyard, it has produced so many warships, in the future, the entire coast of China, even Lanfang, is crazy to produce warships, China's battleships will let the world look sideways, and when the time comes, the trouble is the United States.

As long as China formally joins the camp of the Allies and joins the Great War, China will not only promise to contain the power of the entire Entente in Asia, but also promise to confront the United States in the Pacific, drag down the US Navy, and even burn the fire to the United States.

After careful calculation, Germany has set three goals in all the plans, Sochi, Sukhumi and Batumi three cities, Sochi is the closest city to Constanta, almost in the same dimension as Constanta, as long as you bypass the Crimean Peninsula slightly, you can sail directly to the past, it takes the shortest time, but once it is discovered by the Russian army on the Crimean Peninsula, the danger is greater, after all, it is almost attached to the Crimean Peninsula, and it is only separated by a Kerch Strait from the Sea of Azov, where the Russian army is currently concentrated. The middle line is relatively stable, but it has to pass through the deep sea area, and the deepest part of the Black Sea is also above 6,000 meters, and the wind and waves of the deep sea and many uncertainties are the biggest problems. The southern line is the longest distance, but also the safest, almost around the coast belonging to the Turkish side, even after the attack on Batumi, it is the closest to Turkey, it is easy to get supplies, but the sea travel time is longer, it will also make Turkey feel unhappy, after all, the distance between Batumi and Turkey's self-inspection is already quite close.

It is the task of the base camp to decide the battle plan, and what Roddick has to do is to make the shipyard in Constanta as smooth as possible, and the more ships produced in the specified time, the more important it is for the next battle plan.

In fact, the production speed of the Chinese workers is very satisfactory to the landing, one by one the battleships are launched, and about the shallow water heavy gunboats, a series of sea trials have also been carried out, and the personnel under them are seriously preparing, now, everything is ready only to the east wind, as long as the base camp will be the materials, the target location will be determined, when enough warships are received, the next thing, it depends on their performance, Roddick is very confident in this.

Roddick is seriously preparing here, about the end of August, a large number of troops, came to Constanta, now, the war is about to break out, Germany in order to cross the Black Sea, has made comprehensive preparations, but at this moment, Russia has not discovered at all, the focus of Germany's attack is not the Crimean Peninsula, but has become the Black Sea coast in the other direction.

From East Prussia to Warsaw, from Warsaw to Kiev, and then from Kiev to Constanta, this line is full of construction sites, after enjoying the benefits of Chinese construction, Germany also fell in love with this high speed, with the support of the railway, even if it is to transport troops abroad, there is also a logistical supplement, as long as the railway is repaired, the city construction is completed, and the defense line is completed, they have no problem holding the occupied territory at all.

As long as there is a fixed line of defense, after simply building some trenches, it is also a very simple thing to block three or five times the enemy, and this is not an overseas operation, in fact, it is already backed by Germany, as long as the railway is connected, you can have a steady stream of logistics supplies and support, this is the German mainland, it is an internal line of operations. (To be continued.) )