Chapter 181: Get cheaper for the Germans

"Mr. Ferro, congratulations." Scar bent down on his face and stared up at Vito's aggressive gaze: "Dzemeri, from Switzerland, wish you and your family, don--"

The ceremony was not luxurious, nor was it long, but it marked the beginning of a history, with Vito and his family officially announcing the establishment of an order, Sicily having its own order.

After establishing a business deal with Vito with a box of British pistol freight bills for two thousand pounds, Messerchmitt got security guarantees in Italy. Vito's family will give Messerchmitt a way out. As a secret agent, Messerchmitt naturally has the consciousness to find a way out for himself. As a loyal Italian, Vito can give him this sense of security. He did not reveal his identity, which may make Vito doubt his purpose. Simply seeking protection will reassure this don. Of course, a large amount of money will definitely be exchanged for more than this empty guarantee. The Italian turmoil of Messerchmitt can get news as soon as possible.

The situation in front of Italy is very good. Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north are friends of the Italian king. France, another huge neighbor in the north, has shown signs of improvement in relations recently. It is sponsoring the Italian military operations on the west coast of the Red Sea with the British in this world. Since the legion commanded by General Ballatier landed in Ethiopia, the province of Casara, the country in the Horn of Africa, has launched an unstoppable military operation.

The entire province has been basically cleared for a while. The next goal is to march towards Addis Ababa after consolidating the occupied areas and destroy the backward feudal dynasty. According to a mysterious theory, Italy with superior political systems defeated Ethiopia with backward political systems and was easier than turning over the pie on the plate. As it seems, the situation of the war is proving this theory that seems to be forever correct, great and glorious. Therefore, Italy looks good.

Leaving Sicily, Messchmitt's next stop was London, where a couple were anxious about their cute young son. The damn French kidnapper obviously didn't want money. Although he had top achievements in his career, William White was obviously not a person famous for his wealth. The conditions offered by the other party clearly proved this: Sorry, Mr. White, I'm sorry for disturbing your happy weekend. I really hope Johnny will return to your couple as soon as possible. This child is so cute and I enjoyed the life with him. Of course, if you are willing to work with me, I will be happy to give up this enjoyment. Your loyal chef, Pierre.

For such a very tactful note, the smart William could obviously see the threat behind it. After a difficult week, William finally surrendered. He reached a compromise with Pierre and knew his request - what he wanted was the drawings of the battleship he was responsible for.

After the fierce ideological struggle, William surrendered. But he was wondering how the French knew about this process of confidentiality. First of all, the Germans used more thoughts in naval affairs, and the French were more arrogant about their shipbuilding skills. If the chef was a German, it would be easier to understand. It would be ridiculous to say that a Frenchman was instructed by the German Navy to do this. In addition, he was only a very small-scale person who knew that Armstrong was directly hired into the Maritime Department. In the eyes of the outside world, he was still a more valued designer of Armstrong.

William was puzzled and found that the Frenchman was particularly greedy. He originally thought that he could use a three-view of the hull drawn by memory and some key structural drawings to send the other party over, so that the conscience condemnation caused by betraying the country could be smaller. However, he did not expect that the guy was in detail and everything was detailed. Moreover, the other party seemed to have a certain background in the shipbuilding industry and would ask some key questions, which made William dare not even tamper with the data.

Finally, the ant moved the mountains for six weeks. Every weekend, his wife came to spend the weekends. On Sunday night, he saw them away from the carriage of the Admiralty, and also took away some simple pictures that William drew from memory overnight. Just one and a half months later, Messerchmitt came to Pustus. He was born in the navy and finally saw the complete drawing. Compared with the simple drawings he gave to the emperor of the Far East as an advancement step, this thick stack of detailed drawings could be put into actual production after simple digestion.

In other words, countries in the world with sufficient industrialization today can basically be in sync with the latest naval battleships of the British Empire at this moment. If the investment is solid enough, it can completely build this giant ship before the British to put it into actual combat!

Because of the existing dock conditions, the full load displacement had to be limited. If it weren't for this, William White would have even designed a larger one. Despite this, the full load displacement of this battleship still reached 22,500 tons. Due to the analysis of various problems arising from the long-range unified gun aiming command system that occurred in the Far East Sea Battle, it was found that under the unified gun aiming command, the main gun of the same caliber exerted the most lethality, which is also the reason why the two ships of Dingyuan Zhenyuan caused the greatest killing effect in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-18 Jin-Jinqing Naval Battle. The eight 305mm giant cannons of these two ships played a decisive role. Under the unified gun aiming command, the salvo aiming at the target was enough to have the most critical impact on the results of the naval battle.

In comparison, secondary guns have become secondary. The reason why the British navy can maintain its prosperity for a long time is based on every detailed data collection and analysis, verification and improvement of design. The one-sided naval battle in the Far East has brought several valuable experience to William White: First, the status of the large-caliber main gun will be greatly improved under the command of unified gun aiming. Second, the starting distance of naval battle will be increased even more after solving the gun aiming problem. Third, in order to obtain the enemy

The greater killing effect of the square hull and the personnel on the ship. The main gun uses shell types mainly armor-breaking eggs and blasting bombs as supplements. Fourth, the speed must be strengthened. In the Far East naval battle, if the main battleship like Dingyuan Zhenyuan is faster, it will always be able to maintain a favorable position to attack the enemy, and the enemy will be even more desperate. If there are powerful and fast battleships in the Japanese Combined Fleet, it can break through the constraints of poor hitting effects at long distances and attack the opponents close to them. Then the result of the naval battle is hard to say.

Under such considerations, William White and the experts of the Admiralty devoted their wisdom to design such a new type of battleship made of all steel. In order to obtain perfect power, the hull was expanded. Twenty positive gas boilers were equipped with six steam turbine units on the hull with a high displacement, and the output horsepower reached 20,000 horsepower, thus allowing the battleship to obtain a theoretical high speed of up to 20.5 knots. The coal reserve in the coal warehouse ensured that the battleship could sail at ten knots.

It has a range of 6,000 nautical miles. In terms of armor, it is somewhat weaker than in the past due to its focus on attacks. The thickest armor is only 305 mm. For the imagined long-distance naval battle, such armor is enough with high speed. For the consideration of modern naval battles, the design of the underwater corner of the bow of the ship that attempts to hit the enemy ship for the last attempt to hit and sink the enemy ship was also cancelled. This is the end of an era. The past samurai duel-style naval battle thinking was completely abandoned.

The most exciting design is reflected in the firepower equipment. The entire ship consists of two triple-mounted units, two second-mounted units, a total of ten 305mm main guns, and the head of the ship is six gates and four gates at the stern. Yes, you are not mistaken, it is all firepower. In other words, this type of battleship does not have any near-defense artillery fire. In the design, this task is entirely carried out by other ships in the formation. Of course, when it was finally submitted to the Imperial Navy Department for review, the Third Minister of the Navy Department, and John, the former director of the Pusmouth Navy Shipyard, who was responsible for the shipbuilding mission this time.

Abbasnott.

Rear Admiral Fisher suggested adding some secondary guns to prevent attacks similar to the large-scale torpedo boat tactics proposed by the French five or six years ago.

"Hi William—" Major General Fisher, who looked a little funny, walked towards William White, who was red with short hair and was stunned with his eyes. He patted his shoulder intimately and joked: "I heard they say you are like this every Monday, it seems to be because of your wife-" Fisher spread his hands around in a meaningful tone and said, "Did that beautiful lady just leave? Why didn't you notify me earlier?"

"Hahahaha--" A burst of laughter broke the embarrassment of the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Major General drew out a cigar and cut it and handed it to William White, who was a little embarrassed, and said, "It's just a joke, young gentleman, you are envious. Of course, it's because of your intelligence and talent to contribute to the Navy, not because of your beautiful wife--" After the kind joke, Major General Fisher lit the lighter and said to William Wynn, who was flattered, said: "Let's start the ceremony--" and the two went side by side to the center of the ceremony.

As the battleship started, a Swiss man named Dezemeri waited on the mail ship to the European continent and left London. His suitcase was holding the drawings of the newly started battleship. As for Jean.

Mr. Pierre, who seemed to have only taken his little master on a pleasant trip, returned to his post without being noticeable, and of course, he had enough to protect himself, and a document signed by William White was his handle to protect himself - in the Swiss suitcase.

The suitcase soon traveled to Europe, traveled through France and Belgium to Berlin, and the embassy's diplomatic postal route delivered the message back to Beijing. At this time, the battleship had just started construction for more than two weeks. Of course, I would pay the reward. After paying the extra 250,000 pounds of extra funding, Xu Jingcheng, the envoy to Germany, got the suitcase.

Faced with Xu Jingcheng's telegram request from him to send a member to send his country, I hesitated for a day or two, and it took time to send it back. It is absolutely impossible to start construction now with domestic industrial strength and international influence. If the current industrial strength leaves the British and Germans, there is no shipyard and talent that can build large warships, as well as industrial strength. The shipyards in Jiangnan and Fujian are building auxiliary ships of battleships with the help of the British and Germans, and there are not enough ships to complete the construction of such a large ship.

It seemed that only Germans were cheap, so I instructed Xu Jingcheng to contact the Germans on the grounds of preparing for my itinerary to visit Germany, and gave this gift to the Germans as a gift I gave to the emperor in advance. At the same time, I asked Xu Jingcheng to copy a copy of the division and bring it back to China, intending to use it as a textbook for outstanding designers in the future.

From this, I thought of the layout of the shipbuilding industry. The north should establish its own shipyard. After discussing with the navy, I chose a location in Lushun and established my own shipyard here. First, I took advantage of the convenience of the original maintenance dock, and second, it was also the two nearby naval schools - the Naval Military Academy in Tianjin, and the Imperial Naval University in Weihai, which can be used as an internship base.

This year is 1896. In another ten or twenty years, the First World War will break out, which is something that gods cannot stop, and the contradictions have reached an irreconcilable point. For the benefit of the empire, of course, we need to help the Germans, so that they can follow the British and shorten the gap, and thus make the First World War more balanced. This is the result I want to see. It is also the most favorable result for me. Of course, this result will also benefit another country far away from the main battlefield - the United States of America.

The Germans were cheap, and the Americans were not idle either. The bb01 Indiana was completed almost at the end of last year with the Three Saints of Russia at the end of last year. At the same time, the bb02 Massachusetts and the bb03 Oregata are almost completed this year. The bb04 Iowa has been completed, and the Americans are accelerating their preparations. In order to make up for the shortcomings of their overseas colonies, their eyes have been aimed at the front of their homes - the Caribbean Sea, where the current owner is Spanish. In Cuba, 200,000 Spanish troops are stationed here. After looking around the world, the Americans are ready to use his knife.

These four battleships with strong firepower and a caliber of 330 mm were prepared for the poor wooden battleships of the Spanish. Of course, the Americans' targets were not only directed at Spain, they had higher pursuits. Their preparations were getting faster and faster. The launch time of these five battleships was within 3 years. It is expected that the latest bb04 Iowa will be completed in 1897, which is next year, and the war is already very fast.

Time is too late. After the imperial edict was issued, the Navy immediately formed a preparatory bureau and began preparations in Lushun. The construction of this Lushun Naval Shipyard will be completed this year. The relative human resources training plan has also been revised. Tianjin Naval Martial Preparation School has expanded the enrollment scale. Naval University has also offered professional ship design courses through Langweili, and hired teachers from the UK to teach.

This is all without mentioning later. After a big circle of travels by Messerchmitt, he almost returned to the origin. He went south from the Rose Valley in Sofia and passed the strait to Constantinople. Of course, after the Ottoman Turks captured this place, the name was changed to Turkey, and the Turkish Sultan ruled this beautiful ancient city. Of course, after the failure of this century, this rule was gradually showing signs of weakening.

Here, the 32-kilometer-long Bospru Strait divides the continent into Europe and Asia. It is the pride of the Turks and the pride of Istanbul. This city has too much sorrow and too much glory. History leaves pride here and leaves scars. This contradiction unity is just like the confusion of the Turkish people at this moment.

The earliest place was called byzanz. Constantine of the Roman Empire changed his name to Constantinople. The Ottoman came and he changed his name to Istanbul. For tourists, it takes too much time to fully understand this ancient city, because it is impossible for people to visit so many historical sites in the ancient city within two or three days. The Galata Bridge connects the Eurasian continent. The engineering of wood and stone shows the wisdom and strength of the Turkish people.

The Emperor and Justinian the Great used countless manpower and material resources to leave the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in the ancient city, which was also a symbol of Christianity's rule over Asia. With the hundreds of years of sectual conflict between Christianity and Catholicism, which emerged from here, then Orthodox and Roman Catholicism... Then came the emerging Islamic civilization. The Ottoman Emperor changed this church of Jesus Christ into a mosque dedicated to the prophet Allah. The rise of the empire and the struggle of religion left a mark of vicissitudes here.

The city is a maze-like palace group, which is the residence of the sultan, collectively known as Topkap Palace. Now living in it is the irritable sultan, Abdullah.

Hamid II, the Sultan is worried about the empire's bad internal and diplomatic problems.

Needless to say, the two interest groups represented by the Italians and the British are fiercely competing in all aspects of this empire. Turkey's various sovereign rights are being challenged, leaving great trauma and impact on Russia's failed war. This impact has also penetrated into the internal affairs. In the Western Asian part of the empire, the neighboring Chechnya was finally annexed by the huge Tsarist Russia after half a century of war. This is also the only thing worth celebrating in 1895. The Russians did not stop. The Armenians may have been bewitched by the Russians and put forward civil rights requirements to the Sudan. What's more, the Armenians demand independence and establish an independent Armenian country.

The Sultan was furious. At the end of 1995, he ordered his army to cleanse the disobedient Armenians, and there was a reason to do so from a religious point of view: those damn Armenians believed in the Orthodox religion believed by the Russians. "Only the blood of pagans can wash away the stains that those people brought to Allah." Under such a slogan, since 1994, the organized massacre has continued to this day, and it has continued, and the population of the massacre has approached 500,000.

Turkey's national sentiment is growing, and a new word is here, of course, Italy and France are born - nationalism. People need to identify with the nation they are in and mobilize politically as a nation. When a new idea is born, it will create a group of great figures that can only be created by the times, such as those heroes created by the thoughts of the bearded thinker in Germany.

The three Pasha brothers are obviously such big names. When nationalist ideas are gradually sweeping across Europe and Turkey is at the forefront. The three Pasha brothers keenly grasped this ideological trend, and the young Turkish Party came into being. Now the three of them are using the party tool to achieve their goals - to create a "pure Turkey".

They seized the opportunity keenly, and Messchmitt keenly seized them. Although he often felt that there was a prophet in the East when he was wandering on the streets in front of Hagia Sophia. Just as he was instructed to go to St. Petersburg to find that Ulyanov, there was a new guide. The three Pasha brothers, who were very famous among young students, were his new goal.

Of course, they are not real brothers, they are just the same surname Pasha, and the traditional Islamic name called like-minded people as brothers was called such a name. Enville.

Pasha and Gemal.

Pasha radical, Taraat.

Pasha is restrained, Enville.

Pasha was the most popular, and Messchmit found them effortlessly.

Although the member structure is somewhat similar to the Russian trio in the north, the status of these three people is obviously much higher, and the financial support is not necessary for them. Religious beliefs bring people pride. The three Pasha brothers seem to be not so polite to Messerchmit, although he is just a Swiss businessman named Dezemeri, who comes to Istanbul to do business, rather than a British or Italian with ulterior motives.
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