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"Your Majesty, is there anything important about me being so anxious to visit Germany this time? What did the Reich need to agree with Germany? After Xiong Wu received Wang Yuze's order, he rushed to the palace that night.

"Ambassador Lucas conveyed the intention that the German side needs us to provide 'Zhonghua-class' battleships, and I agreed. This time you go to Germany, and one of the things is to give them the drawings of the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships. What we need is German technology in heavy machine building. High-precision lathes, milling machines, etc., are indispensable in our industrial development. In addition, there is the technology of new armor steel from Krupp, the technology of new naval guns and internal combustion engines, and so on. If you can, swap them all back! Wang Yuze said.

Xiong Wu was dumbfounded, when he came, Wang Yuze made too many requests! Although the design drawings of the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships are very valuable, they are not enough to exchange for so many things! Besides, these things are also the most important industrial crystallization of Germany, even if the German Navy needs the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships, I am afraid it will not be willing to exchange so many things.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Germans won't agree to our request!" Xiong Wu said.

"I know, but we're going to try to get some good stuff, and we can even buy it with money! As long as the German side is willing to sell! Wang Yuze said. China's five-year plan is still underway, but in the process, it has exposed China's weakness in science and technology. Germany, on the other hand, is China's only way to compensate for these weaknesses.

"Your Majesty, these things are the most precious things of the Germans, I'm afraid they won't sell them to us lightly!" Xiong Wu shook his head and said.

"I am sure that the Germans will sell it to us." Wang Yuze said with a smile.

"Oh? Is there any way to do this? Xiong Wuhu asked suspiciously.

"You know, Germany is trying to catch up with the British Navy, and the appearance of our 'Zhonghua-class' battleships is an opportunity for them. However, the UK, with its strong technological base, will soon catch up. At that time, it will not be so easy for the German Navy to narrow the gap with the British Navy. Even, the German Navy built one battleship, and the British Navy could build two with sufficient funds. In this way, the German Navy will never have a chance to defeat the British Navy! Wang Yuze said.

Xiong Wu nodded, he was also very clear about the dispute between Britain and Germany. Kaiser Wilhelm II was undoubtedly also an ambitious emperor. It's just that Germany is in a much worse environment than China. Surrounded by strong enemies, the mouth of the sea is facing the world's largest naval power, the United Kingdom. It is very difficult for Germany to make a difference.

"Then we can offer to help Germany build battleships, and Germany itself to build some warships, and we can help Germany build some of them, and if war starts, return to Germany. In this way, Germany will not be much worse than Britain in the battleships of the Navy. If a war breaks out between the two countries, it will be difficult to determine the outcome of the future! Wang Yuze said with a smile. He knew that if the Chinese side proposed this proposal, it would be difficult for the Germans to refuse. The fact that the Chinese Navy was able to build epoch-making 'Zhonghua-class' battleships also represents China's strength in shipbuilding. And this will also make the interests of China and Germany more closely tied. For China, there are also very big benefits. A strong Germany to resist Britain could ease the pressure on China. At the same time, it can also be exchanged for what China needs. It will also provide more development funds for China's booming shipbuilding industry.

"There is some feasibility in this approach. However, Your Majesty, we have to be a little more vigilant. If it is not within my people, their hearts will be different! Although the Germans are now close to us, we are the countries of the East after all. If the other Western powers offered enough conditions for Germany to join in, we would be in danger. Xiong Wu said.

"For now, there are deep contradictions between Germany and Great Britain and they are not going to come together. At least not for a short time. Reich and Germany, our interests coincide. Because of the development of industry, Germany needed a vast colony. The same is true of empires. And the most important colonies in the world are in the hands of Britain and France. If Germany wanted to seize these colonies, it was not enough to rely on its own strength. The empire still has a domestic market of almost half a billion, but what about Germany? They can only look overseas. Therefore, Germany needed the Reich even more. In this way, at least until we defeat the old powers such as Britain and France, we will not turn our faces. Of course, once we have won the final victory, there will definitely be conflicts, even wars, between the Reich and Germany in order to compete for more interests. And when the time comes, the strength of the Reich will not necessarily lose to Germany. Wang Yuze said.

Xiong Wu nodded, and then said: "I know, this time I will go to Germany, and I will try my best to exchange for some good things!" ”

"Also, there is the most important point. Now we have basically established the date of war against Japan, which is at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. The Imperial Navy defeated the Japanese Navy, and that was no problem at all. However, we must guard against the entry of the British into the war. If the British send the main force of the navy to Asia, we will not be able to resist it. Therefore, if Britain declares war on us, the Germans must do their utmost to hold back the main force of the British navy for us, and prevent them from sending too many navies to Asia. Wang Yuze said solemnly.

Xiong Wu frowned: "I'm afraid the Germans would prefer us to fight to the death with the British!" It will be very difficult for them to contain the main force of the British Navy! ”

"They'll agree. If we were to lose, Germany would have to face the tremendous pressure of the British on its own. The Kaiser must have been very clear about this. More or less, they will hold back a part of the British Navy for us. In this way, we will have the possibility of winning the next battle. As long as we can win this war, then our international environment will be greatly changed. In the whole of East Asia and even in Asia, there will be no one who will be our opponent anymore! Wang Yuze said. The ensuing war was one of the most severe tests facing China, and it was directly related to whether China would go to glory or decline. And what Wang Yuze is worried about now is the navy. Although the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships, as well as the next 'Qin-class' battleships, may be able to enter service. But there are only eight of them. The British Navy, on the other hand, had dozens of battleships. If the British Navy has no scruples about sending its main forces eastward, China will face great pressure.

"I will talk to the German side, I believe they know the truth of cold lips and teeth!" Xiong Wu said. He felt that this visit to Germany was a heavy responsibility. The exchange of advanced industrial technology with the design drawings of the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships with Germany was nothing more than a façade. What the Chinese side really needs is to agree with the German side in a future war. At the very least, it would provide some support to China in the war, so that China would be able to defeat the Pacific Alliance's attack. Only then will China be able to achieve a real rise.

On the morning of 5 July, Admiral Xiong Wu, chief of the Chinese General Staff, set out from Tianjin and sailed for Germany aboard the light cruiser Leshan. Because the time was very tight, Xiong Wu had to rush back as much as possible after visiting Germany to make pre-war military preparations. Therefore, along the way, the light cruiser "Leshan" sailed at a speed of knots. From Tianjin to Hamburg, the voyage of more than 20,000 kilometers took only one month to arrive.

On the morning of 4 July, after Xiong Wu arrived in Hamburg, he was personally welcomed by German Admiralty Tirpitz. They then took a train to the German Imperial Palace in Potsdam. Kaiser Wilhelm II had prepared a court banquet to welcome Xiong Wu's visit.

"Dear Chief of Staff Xiong, welcome!" Tirpitz said to Xiong Wu with a smile on his face. The reason why he came to pick up Xiong Wu in person was naturally because he had revisited the design drawings of the 'Zhonghua-class' battleship. After this period of research, they became more and more convinced that the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships had played a huge role.

"It's an honor to be in Germany!" Xiong Wu said.

"Please, Chief of Staff Xiong. We go to Potsdam. Tirpitz said enthusiastically.

"Okay!" Xiong Wu nodded, and under the guidance of Tirpitz and his entourage, boarded the train from Hamburg to Potsdam.

Along the way, through the window of the train, Xiong Wu felt the gap between China and Germany. Outside the car window, you can see tall smoking chimneys and huge factory buildings, all of which are indicative of the country's strong industrial strength. Compared to China, it is far worse. Although in China more and more factories are under construction or have already been put into production. But there is still a long way to go before Germany catches up with Germany in terms of industrial strength.

"Chief of Staff Xiong, the scenery in Germany is good, right?" Tirpitz walked over with an interpreter.

"I'm more interested in the factories than the beautiful scenery." Xiong Wu said.

"Of course, I can understand that. Germany's industrial power is the strongest in all of Europe! Tirpitz said proudly. After the reunification of Germany, it took the second industrial ** ride, and the industry has developed rapidly, and now, Britain has been faintly left behind. And France, the traditional power on the European continent, has long been left behind. All this shows the strength of Germany.

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