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The East China Government's visit to the Ottoman Turkish Empire tour is not limited to Qingdao and surrounding areas, but also to Shanghai, Tianjin and other regions.

These places are the cities closest to modernization in the East China Government. In terms of urban planning, industrial development, economic level, etc., they basically reach the average level of modern cities in this era, and also represent the highest construction achievements of the East China Government. Of course, what is shown to foreigners is of course the best side of the East China Government.

The entire visit lasted 10 days, and the contents were also very rich, including factories, ports, marinas, schools, libraries, memorials, places of interest, etc. This visit has a very deep impression on the members of the Ottoman Turkish Empire Tour. This is not how modern and developed the scenes I saw. The establishment of the East China Government has not been ten years since its establishment. Even a place like Shanghai and Tianjin with a certain modern city foundation is only a small range. Therefore, it is already good that the entire city can reach the average level of modernization in this era, and it is impossible to get there.

In fact, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is adjacent to Europe and has many interactions with each other. The few people in the visiting delegation have visited European countries and have seen what modern cities, factories, ports and terminals look like. There is nothing surprising about the East China Government. However, these achievements of the East China Government have basically been achieved in the past 10 years, so it is not simple.

The national conditions of the Ottoman Turkish Empire are quite similar to those of China. They both have a long history and were once glorious in history. The territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire spans three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, with a territory of more than 5.3 million square kilometers. It reaches the Strait of Gibraltar in the west, the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf in the east, Austria and Slovenia in the north, and Sudan and Yemen in the south. Turkey, Iraq and Kuway in the Middle East in the old time and space

Texas, Syria and Lebanon, Israel, the Henchia region of Saudi Arabia, and western Yemen; Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslav Union in Europe, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Hungary, Moldova, Crimea and nearby areas in southern Ukraine; Egypt in Africa, northern Sudan, northern Libya, northern Algeria, Tunisia, etc. were all territories of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

However, after entering modern times, the Ottoman Turkish Empire gradually weakened like the Qing Empire and was frequently invaded by European countries. Egypt and Sudan in Africa were occupied by Britain, Algeria and Tunisia were occupied by France; Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and others in Europe were either independent of the Ottoman Turkish Empire or occupied by other European countries; after the Bosnia crisis, Bosnia and Herzegovina were lost, and compared with their heyday, the territory shrank by nearly one-third.

Although some of the Asian territories are still basically complete, they are actually in danger. On the one hand, the Zion forces advocated the establishment of a country in the Middle East; on the other hand, the Arabs, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Turkmen, etc. in the Middle East are also ready to break away from the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and establish a country independently. In fact, this is because Britain, France, Germany and other countries still need the Ottoman Turkish Empire to block Russia from entering the Mediterranean, so they show mercy and did not inspire the independence of all ethnic groups in the Middle East, allowing the Ottoman Turkish Empire to maintain a certain strength. Otherwise, with the current strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, it is impossible to stabilize the situation in the Middle East.

Of course, just like China, at this time, in the Ottoman Turkish Empire, there were also a group of knowledgeable people seeking a way to save the country. Because they were adjacent to Europe, many Turks had experience traveling to Europe for investigation and were well aware of European society, economy, politics, and military development. Therefore, there was not much trouble in choosing the way to save the country, and they basically agreed that they should learn from Europe's experience.

After the Young Turkish Party's coup, it also changed the Ottoman Turkish Empire system into a constitutional monarchy according to European countries. Now that the coup has ended, the domestic situation has stabilized. The next step is to start reforming and strengthening the society, economy, politics, military and other aspects.

As China, which has a similar national conditions to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, has not only achieved great military achievements in the East China Government less than 10 years since its establishment, but also achieved great results in economic development. It is also not inferior to the big cities in Qingdao, Shanghai and Tianjin. It is not inferior to those in Europe. It should be noted that just 10 years ago, China was still a country on the verge of destruction. At that time, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and occupied Beijing. The Queen Mother and the Emperor fled to Xi'an. It can be said that anyone could bully China.

Even if China can undergo such great changes and achieve so many achievements in a short period of time, the Ottoman Turkish Empire can do it. When the talks between the two sides held, the leaders of the East China Government also expressed similarly, and also stated that the experience of the East China Government can be used for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to learn from and learn from, and will do their best to help the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Although this is just a polite statement, it also inspired the members of the visiting delegation.

After the visit to Shanghai, the members of the visiting delegation returned to Qingdao. At this time, the two sides had reached an agreement on the trade relations and waited for the senior management to sign. At this time, the military representatives of the visiting delegation made a request to the East China Government, hoping to order several warships from the East China Government.

It turned out that military reform was one of the key points of the reform of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. After all, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is now worried about domestic and foreign troubles and needs to maintain a strong army. However, since its establishment, the Ottoman Turkish Empire has been fighting against Europe. Since its establishment, the main external threat has become Russia in the Northeast. Therefore, the army equipment of the Ottoman Turkish Empire has been established to keep up with the times. And now several arsenals have been built in China. Generally, guns, artillery, shells, bullets, etc. can be basically manufactured by themselves, and can be imported from Germany, France and other countries as a supplement.

In the navy, it relies entirely on imports. The competitive shipbuilding industry is a high-end industrial technology in this era. The industrial level of the Ottoman Turkish Empire is not enough to support the development of the shipbuilding industry. The East China government can develop a modern shipbuilding industry in less than 10 years. On the one hand, it is because the veterans master advanced industrial technology; on the other hand, it uses military technology as an exchange to introduce a complete set of shipbuilding industry technology and equipment from Germany. These two conditions are obviously not available.

However, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf. Therefore, it cannot only develop the army, and the navy is equally important. Previously, the naval construction of the Ottoman Turkish Empire basically relies on Britain, and the warships used by the navy were also imported from Britain. However, the naval strategy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was mainly based on shore defense, and the imported warships were also small and medium-sized shore defense warships.

But now it is ruled by the young Shabaab who launched the coup, and its enterprising spirit is much stronger than the previous Ottoman Turkish Empire. The naval construction is not satisfied with shore defense, but maritime defense. As it is the Bosnian crisis, Russia once again attempts to obtain the Bosphorus Strait and obtain the Black Sea estuary, which also makes the Ottoman Turkish Empire feel that the maritime crisis is approaching. Therefore, there is also some urgent hope to obtain a powerful warship and build a powerful navy.

So the Ottoman Turkish Empire tried to propose to Britain that it wanted to buy battleships and large armored cruisers, but at this time Britain had become a [Four-Nation Alliance] with France, Russia and Japan, and did not take too much favoritism with the Ottoman Turkish Empire, so as not to arouse Russia's dissatisfaction. Therefore, it only bought warships below 6,000 tons for the Ottoman Turkish Empire at the same time, and refused to sell battleships and large armored cruisers.

Since the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the East China Government communicated through Germany, we knew that the East China Government had designed several types of warships for Germany, and there were all kinds of warships. At the same time, in the Far East War, the warships used by the East China Government were also designed by themselves, some were built in Germany, but some were built by themselves. The East China Government relied on these warships to defeat the coalition forces of Britain, France, Russia and the Netherlands in naval battles. This also shows that the warships designed by the East China Government have a very high level and now have the ability to build warships. Therefore, during this visit, we also tested whether the East China Government could build warships for the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

In Qingdao and Shanghai, the visiting delegation visited the shipyard and saw the Mingjian-class battleships and the latter two Mingju-class battleships being built in the shipyard. This also shows that the East China Government has the ability to build battleships and large armored cruisers. Therefore, after returning to Qingdao again, it finally proposed to the East China Government to order warships.

Soon the East China Government replied to the visiting delegation that it could be sold and customized various types of warships according to the requirements of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, but it is necessary to understand the requirements of the Ottoman Turkish Empire for the performance, combat and other aspects of warships, and of course, there are also financial plans.

This time, the naval representatives in the visiting delegation were asked, because before the visiting, the visiting delegation only had a try-and-see mentality. They didn't know whether they could succeed, so they naturally did not do much homework. Moreover, the Ottoman Turkish Empire was not a traditional maritime power, so there was no clear concept of the naval strategy. They only knew that they wanted to build a powerful navy. Now the strongest naval warships are battleships and large armored cruisers, so they naturally had to buy battleships and large armored cruisers, but no one had a clear answer to what kind of battleships and large armored cruisers to buy.
Chapter completed!