Chapter 575 The New History of China in the First Sino-Japanese Dynasty China in the Eyes of the Germans

In June 1902, a large German delegation arrived thousands of miles away in China, either through people-to-people exchanges or non-governmental organization visits, and these Germans had the special task of trying to find out whether the new country was qualified as an ally of the German Reich and whether it was worthy of the Reich. They will systematically assess the form of industry, agriculture, the organization of the regime, the strength of the military, etc., under various names, in order to provide information to the decision-makers in Berlin.

After all, the current China is not the China of later generations, and the degree of communication with the world is still very low, except for the diplomats and technicians of various countries, no one has come to China as a tourist destination country, so a little flow of personnel will attract the attention of the Chinese intelligence department, especially those Germans who themselves have a military background.

And for these people...... Xu Jie already has some understanding of their purpose, on the one hand, because Germany's relations with China have warmed up sharply in the recent period, not only sharing the war games of the German General Staff, but also developing long-range artillery combat methods with the Huaxia Navy. It also opened the door to economic and technological exports, which were unprecedented in scope, and all this could be seen as Germany looking for new allies. On the other hand, the German ambassador had privately mentioned that he would like to hold a high-level meeting between the two countries at an appropriate time, if he could. And these people are undoubtedly the ......... who play the front station.

For the current Chinese Republic, there are not many Germans who are not interested in the technical and military spheres. Many basic industries and important projects were built with the help of the Germans, even if there were some British or Italian projects, but the Germans still have a deep understanding of the current industrial capacity and level of China. The level of technology is not very strong. However, there are a lot of them, and this is entirely due to the intervention of huge private capital, although the ratio of output to consumption is very low, but in a certain period of time, this kind of extensive production can indeed greatly increase the strength of the country.

What really interests the Germans is the specialized division of labor and the convergence of the industrial chain in the Chinese Republic. Each industrial zone is assigned to specialized industrial production according to the regional situation, and the entire industrial zone is equipped with sufficient auxiliary factories, and a complete industrial chain is concentrated as much as possible in a small area. Reduced shipping costs and various expenses. This close-knit, government-directed, functional industrial zone has allowed Huaxia, which has a low level of technology, to maintain a high level of output.

In the micro field, Russian industrial engineers were amazed by the new assembly line production, and the factory in West China would have a complex mechanical manufacturing process. Dismantling into hundreds, or even thousands, is a very easy job to complete. As long as the workers can complete a certain installation action in the shortest time, then they can be competent. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. The Germans also understood this, and the result was that even uneducated people could work in factories with surprisingly ......... secrecy.

Another area of interest is the use of a large number of stamping parts. In an arsenal in China, German engineers picked up machine gun parts one by one and examined them carefully, there were no traces left by the work of metal cutting machine tools at all, and a huge part of the parts was even iron sheets that had been machined by impact machining, and some iron pieces and tubes were assembled together. It was a submachine gun or a machine gun, which was absolutely intolerable in the eyes of the Germans who pursued precision. But then, when they saw the consumption of materials and man-hours under the new production mode, they all closed their mouths one by one, the cost fell by 25%, and the demand for metal fell by half, although it is not very refined, but the efficiency is too high! …。

For the assembly line and stamping processing, Xu Jie let the Germans see, the fundamental reason is that this management principle can not be hidden, it will not be long before the Americans will adopt assembly line management, and stamping processing can not be kept secret, experienced people pick up a part, look at it for a few minutes to know the processing method, people go back to the test can come to a conclusion. Rather than this, it is better to let the Germans take a rough look, anyway, the core of assembly line production is management and division of labor, which will take a long time to get the best results, as for stamping parts? The Germans will use it in World War II at the latest, but Xu Jie has advanced this time, after all, Huaxia still relies on Germany to weaken Britain, France and Russia!. …。

An analysis of the current state of society in Germany reveals that an extremely high nationalist sentiment is spreading throughout the country, thanks to the great emancipation of the people after the overthrow of the decaying Qing Dynasty...... All kinds of shackles disappeared overnight, and the huge construction gave everyone who wanted to work a chance, and the problems of overproduction, which often appeared in European countries, did not exist in Huaxia at all, because Huaxia is still very far from a truly powerful country! The huge domestic demand can ensure that his economy will grow at a high speed for a long time. Under the coercive effect of the government, the interests of factory owners are limited to a certain range, and the transfer payment of social wealth is transferred to ordinary people as much as possible, so that more people can enjoy the benefits of economic growth, prevent social unrest, and increase development stamina!

In terms of education and culture, the Chinese Republic is still very enlightened, and after the old shackles have disappeared, various cultures and currents of thought have emerged one after another, which can be seen as the emotional release of a long-suppressed country. The new Chinese government attaches great importance to the development of education, and in all government expenditures, in addition to military construction and various engineering expenditures. Education funding ranks third, and many projects are also education projects, if you include them, the proportion of education funding will reach about 9%! This ratio is already a bit incredible for Huaxia, which is always ready for war and needs to develop industry rapidly in a short period of time..........

In addition to government investment, the Chinese government also encourages private education, and these private colleges and universities are mainly based on various technical schools, cultivating professional skills, and after a relatively short period of training, they can work in factories, which on the one hand supplements the shortage of professional and technical workers, and on the other hand, it is also of great help to improve the quality of the population. In terms of culture, China is now a melting pot, with all classes trying to find their place in this great change unseen in a thousand years, and because there are a large number of overseas Chinese returning to China, the culture is more diverse. The attitude of the Chinese government is that as long as there is no crisis in the operation of social policies. As long as it is conducive to the development of the country, we will not interfere too much, and of course, the necessary guiding role must still be there.

The Germans did not know much about the organizational form of the Chinese government, but from all aspects the Germans could feel that the Chinese government was in a balance of forces, and it was said that the most powerful force before the founding of China should be the Beiyang system, but the system itself was composed of several forces, the Zhili system led by Li Hongzhang, and the Fujian, Zhejiang and Taiwan in charge of Liu Mingchuan, as well as the military forces that rose in the First Sino-Japanese War such as the Beiyang Naval Division and the Beiyang New Army, although chaotic, but under the leadership of Xu Jie, When there is a common goal, there is little ......... between the parties.

Moreover, in the past ten years, all factions have changed to a greater or lesser extent, the old people have left, and the new young Zhuang faction may have different backgrounds, but they are all the same on the issue of developing the country and revitalizing the nation, and this constitutes the basis of the belief of the Chinese government! And in this country, a high-spirited spirit can be seen everywhere. …。

As for the Chinese army, the Germans had 12 points of confidence, not only because the army of the Far East was equipped with weapons no less than the European army powers, nor because of the glorious deeds of victory over Japan and Russia, for Germany, the former was only the material basis of an army, although indispensable, but it was only one of the decisive factors. The equipment of the German Army and the French Army is actually not much different, but the combat effectiveness is much worse. And as for the latter, is the Japanese Army strong? The Germans don't think so, as for the Russian Army. After gradually recognizing the nature of the Russian Army, the Germans found that the former European steamrollers were dying, and that the backward military organization and weak industry of the Russians were no longer sufficient to support the continued renewal of the Russian Army, although the Russians still had a formidable army size...... But taking into account the specifics of the Far East, the too long distances and the large number of enemies made it impossible for the Russians .........to win in the Far East.

What really makes the Germans feel admired by the Chinese army is a kind of sensitivity to military changes! Of course, all this stems from the current Prime Minister of the Chinese Republic, Xu Jie, this almost miraculous acuity began to manifest itself as early as 1889, when all countries in the world were equipped with a large number of various dome cruisers, Xu Jie had already begun to build armored cruisers, and the Beiyang Navy even skipped this historical stage directly, directly starting from light armored cruisers and developing its own navy. When the First Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Japanese dome cruiser formation, which had the advantage in tonnage, was suppressed by only three light armored cruisers, and after the three heavy patrols were in place, they cleanly eliminated the opponent's main force in the form of a decisive battle, and laid the victory in one sentence.

Subsequently, whether it was a Dante-class battleship or a current dreadnought, all of them led the trend of the world's navies. In particular, the appearance of dreadnought battleships and fast warships made the old ships obsolete overnight, and the Huaxia Republic took the lead and gained the first opportunity, and Germany did not waste too much money on the old warships.

As for the army, the Chinese army is boldly equipped with automatic weapons represented by machine guns and mortars. This combination greatly increases the combat effectiveness in the case of the scarcity of heavy artillery, and the new commando formation greatly reduces the casualties when breaking through the opponent's defensive line, and now after putting forward a new mechanized combat theory, the German Army has to admit that this is the best way to quickly defeat the Russians, and it is also a way to hold the defensive line at the lowest cost, and it is not terrible for the position to be broken through, as long as the gap can be closed as soon as possible. So on the whole, the German Empire still attaches great importance to the military power of China, maybe the scale is not large, but its development direction is correct, and the efficiency is extremely high! …。

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