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    Wang Yuze stayed in Tianjin for a total of one week. During this period, he inspected the warship design of the Naval Warship Design Institute, the construction progress of the "Baiqi-class" battlecruiser, and gave a speech to students at the Naval Academy.  A total of four 'Baiqi-class' battlecruisers have been built, with the first ship 'Baiqi' making the fastest progress. The outfitting has been completed and sea trials will begin in a few days.  It is expected to begin service in a few months.

    Wang Yuze has great hopes for the ¡®Baiqi-class¡¯ battlecruiser.  Of course, this does not mean that we hope that the 'Baiqi-class' battlecruisers can play a big role in future naval battles, but whether the 'Baiqi-class' battlecruisers can draw the world's major powers into the construction war.  Get in the midst of the cruiser craze.  When all countries spend precious resources building battlecruisers, they will be easily sunk by the Chinese Navy's fast battleships during naval battles.  China can easily gain the advantage in naval warfare.

    When I returned to Beijing, it was already the end of October.  After that, Wang Yuze inspected the army and air force.  The army's Imperial Guards did not participate in the last war. Their main role was to defend the capital.  He will not fight unless absolutely necessary.  In addition, Wang Yuze's request for the Imperial Guards was to find out a set of mechanized combat tactics.  Therefore, a large number of tanks and trucks were equipped to experimental units for tactical exercises.  At the same time, the design bureau is also designing newer tanks that can be used in actual combat.  At least, the failure rate must be reduced. Don't go to the battlefield and half of the tanks are damaged before the fighting begins. What a waste!  In addition, while basically realizing the integration of mules and horses, each army group of the Army will also increase the number of trucks.  At least it is much better for the artillery units of each group army to use trucks to tow artillery and transport artillery shells than to use mules and horses.

    However, due to the large-scale use of cars, the navy's warships have also been gradually converted into fuel-fired boilers, which has caused China's consumption of oil to rise rapidly.  By now, it has become the world's largest oil importer.  As for domestic oil fields, except for Shengli Oilfield and Yumen Oilfield in Gansu, which have already started production, the remaining oil fields are still difficult to exploit due to technical reasons.  A large amount of oil is imported from abroad, mainly the United States.  Oil in the Nanyang region is also being explored.  Now the United States is forced to export oil to China under pressure from China.  But if a war breaks out between the two sides again, will the United States continue to export oil to China?  Therefore, being self-sufficient in oil is the most important thing.  Wang Yuze has already set his sights on the Middle East.  However, this is still British territory.  Under Wang Yuze's instruction, the Military Intelligence Bureau has begun to contact Arabs in the Middle East.  If it can drive away the British and then gain the right to exploit oil in the Middle East, China will be able to solve its dilemma on the fuel issue and lay the foundation for China to become a world hegemon.  Didn¡¯t the United States in later generations rely on the dollar and oil to become the world¡¯s hegemon?

    As for the Air Force, the J-2 fighter jets have been produced, and their performance is slightly better than the J-1 fighter jets.  However, it still did not reach Wang Yuze's expected goal.  The Air Force is still purchasing a dozen or so aircraft on a small scale for training. At the same time, it requires the research institute to design better and more powerful fighters.  However, it may take several years to achieve Wang Yuze's goal.  In particular, it is simply impossible for fighter planes to board ships and become the main force in naval battles in a short period of time.  According to conservative estimates, it will take about ten years.  Fortunately, Wang Yuze is still under thirty years old, so he still has enough time to wait!

    Under the guidance of Wang Yuze, China's army, navy and air force are all developing in the right direction and gradually widening the gap with other countries.  These are the guarantees for China to defeat other powerful countries in future wars and become a world hegemon.

    "Your Majesty, Mr. Lucas, the German Ambassador to China, would like to see you!" Wu Hao, the captain of the guard, reported to Wang Yuze.

    "Oh? Please come quickly!" Wang Yuze said.  The relationship between China and Germany has always been relatively close.  Lucas, the German ambassador to China, also has a very good relationship with Wang Yuze's father, Wang Xiao. Lucas has helped a lot in China's development process.  Therefore, Wang Yuze also respected this uncle very much.  However, in recent times, the relationship between China and Germany seems to have gradually cooled down.  Although the technical exchanges between the two countries are still continuing, Germany has more and more reservations about China.  Chinese shipyards are building four improved versions of the 'China Class' battleships for the German Navy, the 'Nassau Class' battleships produced in accordance with German standards.  At the same time, the powerful combat power of the Chinese Navy's 'Qin-class' battleships also made Germany very interested.  Germany not only took away the drawings from China, but also asked China to continue building four "Qin-class" battleships for Germany, which the Germans called the "Helgoland-class".?Lightship.  However, the price offered by China for the 'Qin-class' battleships is three hundred and fifty pounds per ship.  In this case, the money China owes Germany for naval shipbuilding is no longer enough.  China proposed that Germany use new technology in exchange, but Germany would rather pay cash than exchange technology.

    This change in Germany has made China¡¯s top leaders wary.  You know, in the last war, without the restraint of Germany, Britain and France would not have been defeated so easily.  And if there is a gap between Germany and China, this will definitely not be a good thing for China.  Although China is getting stronger and stronger, Wang Yuze is not yet arrogant enough to compete with the entire Western world with the power of one country.  Perhaps, we will have this strength in twenty years.  But now, doing so is simply courting death.

    Therefore, Germany, as an ally, is very important to China.  At least at this stage, China cannot live without this ally.  As for why Germany has undergone such changes, Wang Yuze is also very clear.  China made huge profits from the last war, which made Kaiser Wilhelm II jealous.  The Germans have always hoped to use their swords to open up a broader living space for the Germans.  But Germany, located in the center of Europe, is suppressed by enemies on all sides.  In addition, the time for Germany's unification was relatively short. After Germany began to become stronger, the world had already been divided among various countries.  Germany could only occupy some small islands in the Pacific and a few colonies in Africa.  Not even a fraction of that of Britain and France.  China is also a rising star, and even its conditions at that time were much worse than those of Germany. Apart from its huge population, it had almost no advantages.  But now, China has become one of the world's top powers, with the largest territorial area in the world.  How can this make William II not jealous?

    Soon, the German Ambassador to China Lucas entered Wang Yuze's study under the leadership of the captain of the bodyguard Wu Hao.

    "See your majesty!" Even though he was Wang Yuze's elder, Lucas still saluted Wang Yuze respectfully.

    "Uncle Lucas, please take a seat!" Wang Yuze greeted enthusiastically.  Soon a female officer brought tea.  After that, except Wu Hao, the captain of the guard, no one else stayed in the study.

    ¡°Uncle Lucas, what¡¯s the matter with your visit this time?¡± Wang Yuze asked.  Because of the problems in the relationship between the two countries, Lucas has come to the palace less and less recently, usually only when there is something to do.

    "Your Majesty, I came to see you this time because I have something to discuss with you." Lucas said with a serious face.

    "Please tell me!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Our navy is very interested in your country's submarines. Although our country has done a lot of research on submarines, there is still a certain distance before they can be put into actual combat. Therefore, we hope that your country can give us the design drawings of the submarines.  , it¡¯s best to give us a submarine as a reference!¡± Lucas said.  Although the German Navy is already working hard to build battleships, China is also building battleships for Germany.  But Germany still has no confidence in challenging Britain.  China's submarines stole the show in this battle, which undoubtedly pointed out another path for Germany.  Building a large number of low-cost submarines and using them to sink expensive battleships is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal.

    Wang Yuze couldn't help but frowned. Submarines were one of the Chinese Navy's future trump cards. It seemed unwilling to give them to the Germans like this.  However, Germany has helped China a lot, and China cannot be ungrateful.

    "Uncle Lucas, we have spent a lot of energy and money on researching submarines. It is impossible to transfer it to Germany for free!" Wang Yuze said.

    ¡°So, what price do we need to pay?¡± asked Lukas, the German ambassador to China.  He had already guessed that China would not transfer a weapon like a submarine to Germany so easily.

    "Let's do this! Use several German chemical technologies and two sets of the latest German machine tools, boring machines and milling machines in exchange!" Wang Yuze said.  Germany's advanced technology has always been coveted by Wang Yuze.  Even though China is slowly developing now, it will still take a lot of time to catch up with Germany.  If relevant technologies can be obtained from Germany, this will undoubtedly greatly reduce China's research and development time and further shorten the gap between China and the world's advanced levels.

    "Okay, but we need a submarine as a reference!" Lucas said.

    "No problem!" Wang Yuze agreed immediately.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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