The Black Sea is a beautiful ocean, but also the inland sea of Europe, a long time ago, was part of the Mediterranean, at that time, the Mediterranean, not what it is now, was a huge ocean, but slowly, with the movement of the earth's crust, began to shrink, the Black Sea has become an inland sea, with rainfall and the injection of a large number of rivers around, the surface salinity of the Black Sea is decreasing, it is one of the lowest salinity seas in the world, and the scenery has always been outstanding.

On the Black Sea coast, the original port city of Constanta, welcomed a large number of Chinese, they began to work as soon as they came, took out a variety of measuring instruments, began to measure the port, they came to build the port, Germany chose the most difficult road, all the way over, in order to completely occupy Baku, the landing operation became dominant, there must be enough ships, this ship, including not only warships, but also transport ships.

At this moment, the German high seas fleet is definitely impossible to come, they also have to be in the North Sea, and the Entente fleet, after the loss of Italy, the biggest problem is that the Mediterranean allies are also weak, there are no Italian dreadnoughts, only Turkey's 2 ships, lonely, can only retreat in the strait, but has a huge pressure on Russia, at this time, the Russian fleet, do not dare to leave the Kerch Strait, the Black Sea is much calmer, as long as there are a certain number of ships to escort, To ensure the safety of the fleet, it will take a maximum of two or three days to complete the landing.

The reason why I found the Chinese, in the middle, is also related to Scheer, when Scheer was in the first war in Southeast Asia, he saw the shallow water heavy gunboats in the northwest, only a few thousand tons of battleships, but with twin 15-inch guns, so the water holding capacity is very shallow. Battleships that cannot fight in the case of Gao Haiqing are really suitable for inland river and landing operations, and the Black Sea, which is the inland sea of Europe, is simply a godsend, and if you want to land and fight, use battleships. The danger is relatively large, but shallow water heavy gunboats are the most suitable.

Because the 3B railway is still severed, they can't transport this, and now it's through, the construction of the northern line has further increased the capacity of the 3B railway, and some key weapons can also be transported through the 3B railway, at most a batch of imports. Anyway, the German demand for 15-inch guns is also very high, and the new Bavarian class, on the premise that Krupp's artillery is not up to standard, directly purchased Chinese artillery.

As long as there is a fleet of gunboats, small destroyers, submarines, plus 5 shallow heavy gunboats, anywhere in the Black Sea can be broken through by this fleet. The shallow water heavy gunboats used twin 15-inch guns, and 10 guns were enough to destroy the port cities on the Black Sea coast, which were not well defended. Prepare a batch of troop carriers. Germany would be able to attack Georgia directly, and then Transcaucasia and Baku, and take the richest and richest place in Russia into its pocket.

A port requires a lot of work. In order to ensure quality, at least 300,000 workers, at the request of the German side, arrived in Constanta, making this once Russian border port. It has become much more lively, a limited number of Germans, in the sea of Chinese, not at all inconspicuous, so that this small city far away in the hinterland of Europe, has become a sea of Chinese.

A few years ago, the Chinese still learned from Germany and learned about the design of the port from the Germans, but it was only a long time before the Chinese came out of the blue and received the construction project of this port from their teacher.

China has a natural advantage in industrial production and construction, the previous railway and large reservoirs, canal projects, it can be seen that China's construction speed, at least more than 10 times that of Germany, if in peacetime, such efficiency, will make the cost unbearable, but in the era of war, these are acceptable, as long as it is put into use as soon as possible, the production of qualified things, and even many components are produced from elsewhere, here is just an assembly workshop, The use of electric welding in China's shipbuilding has completely changed the pattern of the world's ships, and now, it has been applied here.

In just one month, at least 120 shipyards will be put into operation, a total of 600 slipways, will continue to produce 800-1000 tons of landing ships, as long as three months of preparation, Germany can launch an attack on the other side of the Black Sea. It was already May, and three months later, it was only August, and according to the speed estimates, there would be at least 2,000 landing ships of more than 800 tons, which was very important for Germany to attack the other side of the Black Sea, so as to maximize the strategic intent of 1915.

The construction of this port, itself the Germans are not ready to hand over to the Chinese, after carefully inquiring about domestic engineers and design, found that within 3 months, to complete all this, it is simply impossible, the design of the port and dock, it will take at least 3 months, then production will also take 3 months, 6 months later, it is already November in Europe, the Black Sea is a little closer to the south, will not be like northern Russia, completely frozen, but also not suitable for war.

It may be in one year, the end of the war, but it will drag on until the second year, which Germany absolutely can't accept, late will change, as long as Germany continues to invest in the port, it is almost inevitable, it is possible to be discovered by the Entente, Germany knows that Baku has so many benefits, the Entente is the same, Baku supplies more than 80% of the oil to the whole of Europe, this is not a joke, he is a huge source of wealth for Russia, if it falls, Russia may not completely collapse, But a significant reduction in cash and income is a certainty.

Quick decision, this is the goal set before, so for the construction of the port, there is a professional index, this index is set quite high, even as high as the German design team and construction team, no team can take over the project, but to China, China immediately agreed.

Of course, Germany cannot rely only on verbal words to completely hand over such an important task related to Germany's future to the Chinese, after all, the German research institute has almost rejected this plan, and the fastest speed will take 6 months, and the Chinese can complete it in 3 months.

China really came out, first of all, the size of the Chinese special cement and engineering team, can compress the production process of the dock to 1 month, and even for the main body of the port can be a little back, to ensure normal use within 3 months, the main thing is to build the dock, after there is a dock, you can build a ship.

The uniqueness of the battleship, so that most of the large warships, can not be transported from the land, if you want to transfer the warship, it must be in the place where there is water, the ocean, the canal can be, the Black Sea Strait is controlled in the hands of Turkey, the German warship can enter the Black Sea, but unless there is no way, Germany will not choose so, the reason is very simple, the Mediterranean Sea is too small, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar at both ends, and controlled by the British, once taking advantage of its unpreparedness, it can be rushed into the Mediterranean.

But what can you do by rushing in, it's easy to get in, it's not easy to get out, the German side, so easily, has gained the advantage over the Allied countries in the fleet, and will not let go so easily, it is conceivable that the character of the British, knowing that there is a fleet into the Mediterranean, either enter the Mediterranean, encircle and suppress these fleets, or seal the Strait of Gibraltar to the death, in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to seek a decisive battle with the high seas fleet, no matter which of the above possibilities, for Germany, is unacceptable, Shipbuilding became the only way to do it.

In the construction of the port, the Chinese found another way and came up with a practical solution, but it is not impossible, for Germany, this is not traditional, but suitable for the current situation, did not raise a lot of objections, directly agreed to the Chinese's plan. But then, the German designers raised the issue of warships, if you want to ensure the quality of warships, you must take a long time, otherwise, it will not be a warship, it will be a coffin of death, this is to transport hundreds of thousands of troops, to the opposite side of the Black Sea, if the security cannot be solved, it is a joke with the lives of the German army.

This is also the key issue in the contract, the dock can be solved in 1 month, enough to accommodate a fleet of 300,000 people, escort warships, and even those shallow water heavy gunboats, need to be completed in 2 months, this is not a general hard index, this is different from the dock, can be tricked, must be solved little by little, this is also the biggest problem that plagues the entire construction plan.

This point, China actually successfully solved, for no other reason, this dock, the Chinese do not have it as a place of production, to put it bluntly, a large number of accessories, are back in China to produce, and then transported over, the huge 3B railway, can accommodate such a huge transportation operation, welding and computer-aided design of the sectional construction method, enough to control no more than 6,000 tons of warships, in 2 months.

All of them are mature, and the warships that have been tested do not need all kinds of adjustments, and the maritime work has been reduced to a minimum, and even the personnel are transferred of the same type, so that the grafting can be completed seamlessly, and the maximum effect of these ships can be brought into play, and time can be saved as much as possible.

China has proposed a new method of manufacturing ships, Germany, without the help of computers, but from this segmented construction method, got a certain inspiration, although not in the production of warships, completely used, but began to integrate into shipbuilding, to a certain extent, improve the efficiency of shipbuilding, this may be China's alternative technology expansion. (To be continued.) )