Qin Zheng thought about it and said: "German Prince Heinrich will visit Qingdao at the end of this month and will further discuss cooperation matters with us. We can take this opportunity to test the attitude of the Germans, and then consider submitting the shipbuilding plan to the House of Commons. In addition, during this period, the Navy Command must also make preparations. After submitting the shipbuilding plan to the House of Commons, we must conduct on-site inquiries, which will also be related to whether the shipbuilding plan can be passed."

After a pause, Qin Zheng said, "By the way, I didn't ask a small question just now, that is, what military technology we still have to exchange with Germany, and can lower the price during the transaction, or sell this technology to Germany to fill a little deficit. Of course, the premise is that Germany cannot make a qualitative leap in military technology."

Huang Zhe said: "We have considered this. There are two main technologies that can be used to exchange with Germany. In terms of the navy, one is the comprehensive fire control platform of warships, and the other is the dreadnought technology. Although both technologies are breakthrough technologies, they will not take long to popularize the world. Dreadnought was officially put into service in 1907 in the old time and space, and the integrated fire control platform began to mature in 1911. To put it bluntly, even if it is given to Germany, it will not be possible to maintain an advantage for a few years. However, we believe that with the conservative character of the Germans, and we just instilled the concept of a second-class main gun in the Germans last year, it is probably difficult to make the Germans accept the concept of full-heavy artillery of the dreadnought at once. Relatively speaking, it should be easier to accept the integrated fire control platform."

The comprehensive fire control platform of this era is actually a mechanical computer used to calculate the distance, orientation, speed, along time, advance quantity, ballistics and other related data of warships in naval battles to improve the accuracy of gunfire of warships.

With the development of artillery technology, the range is getting farther and farther, the combat distance of warships is also constantly expanding. In addition, warships in combat are all moving. Therefore, the traditional sightseeing shops cannot adapt to the maritime battle of this era by aiming optical equipment. If the combat distance between the two sides exceeds 10 kilometers, it takes about 15-20 seconds for shells to fly at this distance, while the speed of general battleships is around 18 knots, which can move 150-200 meters during this period, and the cruiser is faster. Therefore, when shooting, a certain delay or advance factor must be considered.

In addition, the movement of warships is not a uniformly velocity straight line, but almost irregular movement. Moreover, the enemy ship is moving, and the ship is moving. Therefore, it is a very complex calculation to predict the delay or advance amount, which is impossible for manpower to complete. The comprehensive fire control platform that calculates these data is born. In this era, there are mainly two types of comprehensive fire control platforms. One is the Dreyer integrated fire control platform designed by British Navy Captain Radell in 1911, which was later widely used by the British Navy; the other is the Plain integrated fire control platform (also translated as Poem integrated fire control platform), designed by the British Prain, which is mainly used for export. Of course, other countries such as Germany and France also have their own comprehensive fire control platforms, but they are not as famous as these two.

Of course, in the era of mechanical computers, the accuracy of all fire control platforms is actually not high, but it is better to have one than not. Therefore, during World War I, navies of various countries widely used comprehensive fire control platforms on warships. This technology will definitely arouse Germany's interest.

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "Although I also think Germany is a good partner for us to complete the shipbuilding plan, we cannot put all the treasures on Germany. We should still follow the process of fair bidding. First, it is conducive to our efforts to lower the price; second, it can be explained in the House of Commons. After all, we are now a formal political entity. Apart from the lack of a country, there is basically no difference in other aspects. Therefore, everything must be standardized and normal processes. Third, it is also to avoid the impression that we are getting too close to Germany. We can strengthen cooperation with Germany, but we cannot only cooperate with Germany alone, and we cannot establish a similar alliance with Germany."

Qin Zheng also nodded and said, "This is completely worthy of it, I agree."

After nearly half a year, Prince Heinrich from Germany visited Qingdao again. On the surface, it was the last batch of mechanical equipment that was escorted to the last agreement reached between the East China government and Germany. In addition, the last time the crosser transferred the technology of mortars to Germany, the two sides agreed to produce samples in the Qingdao arsenal, and now 16 sample cannons of three calibers have been produced. Prince Heinrich came to Qingdao this time and also had the responsibility to accept these sample cannons.

Of course, after the transfer and installation of this batch of mechanical equipment, Germany and the Crossing World were all over. Although Germany lost Qingdao, the only colony in the Far East and a Far East fleet, the early cooperation still made Germany feel very satisfied. After all, the two sides reached a framework agreement for economic cooperation, and Germany has at least not completely lost the Chinese market. Moreover, Germany has also obtained a large amount of advanced military technology from the Crossing World. Because of its naval technology, the Navy Department has unanimously agreed that these technologies can greatly shorten the gap between Germany and the United Kingdom in naval technology.

Now Germany has basically reached a consensus on the views of time travelers. The country established by this group of overseas Chinese before is indeed a modern and developed civilized society. Science and technology, industrial power, and military industrial technology are not inferior to European countries. However, due to the volcanic eruption, this civilized island country was destroyed. Although the 6,000 surviving overseas Chinese inherited most of the science and technology, it is difficult for them to return to their previous civilization and development in a short period of time. This is also a good opportunity for Germany. Through the technical cooperation between the two sides, we can get as many advanced military technology as possible from overseas Chinese.

In addition to these factors, Germany also hopes to strengthen its influence in the Far East through cooperation with time travelers.

With the rise of Japan, the conflict between Russia and Japan in the Far East is deepening, and the Far East has become the world's largest bargain. Russia has formed an alliance with France, Japan is getting closer and closer to Britain, and the United States has also had its own calculations. In addition, the Qing court and North Korea are also involved. Therefore, the Far East has become a stadium for major countries in the world and a card table for international players to compete.

Among the world's major powers, only Germany originally had no great influence in the Far East. After losing Qingdao, there was no place to gain a foothold in the Far East. Most of the players involved had no interest in cooperating with Germany. Therefore, although this game is lively, it has no share with Germany and can only watch it on the wall. For Germany, which is now the world's number one industry and second largest, this is also a very embarrassing event.

However, the sudden appearance of overseas Chinese and the strong rise has added a player with a large proportion in the Far East card game, which not only makes the complex Far East situation even more complicated and confusing, but also allows Germany to see a glimmer of hope to participate in this card game. After all, Germany and overseas Chinese have cooperated, and the cooperation is quite satisfactory. If we further strengthen cooperation with overseas Chinese, and with the help of overseas Chinese, the German forces will enter the Far East again, and we will also play on the table in this game.

The German Emperor William II, who has always liked fantasy, has a great idea and has come up with a plan to establish a relationship similar to the French-Russian alliance with overseas Chinese and treat overseas Chinese as Germany's agents in the Far East. Although this plan was stopped by Prime Minister Biluo, overseas Chinese are not a formal country after all, and it is too early to talk about alliances, and we must first test the attitudes of overseas Chinese. Therefore, this time Prince Heinrich was also carrying a very important and numerous tasks for visiting Qingdao.

Prince Heinrich set out from the Port of Cologne in Germany in early November 1901 and arrived at Qingdao on January 20, 1902. Of course, he was warmly welcomed by officials from the East China Government headed by Qin Zheng. Although welcoming Prince Heinrich should be the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Qin Zheng’s position should not be in charge of diplomacy anymore, when Prince Heinrich visited Qingdao last time, it was received by Qin Zheng and established a relatively good personal relationship. Moreover, the division of work of the East China Government cannot be so detailed. Therefore, this time, Qin Zheng was asked to come forward to receive Prince Heinrich, after all, he had to discuss shipbuilding with Prince Heinrich.

This time, there were six cargo ships that arrived in Qingdao with Prince Heinrich, of which three were more than 10,000 tons, carrying the last batch of mechanical equipment of the shipyard, arsenal, Sifang Locomotive Factory, power plant, and steel plant.

At this time, the shipyard, arsenal, and Sifang Locomotive Factory have started partial production. After the last batch of mechanical equipment is in place, it will fully achieve the initial design production capacity. The shipyard can build ships of more than 10,000 tons in hardware; while the arsenal cannon can be used to manufacture 155mm caliber artillery. The 155mm caliber artillery in the Army can be regarded as heavy artillery, and in the Navy, it is the secondary gun of battleships and armored cruisers. In addition to building railways, Sifang Locomotive Factory can finally build the locomotive on its own. After the power plant and steel plant are installed and debugged, it can officially start production, which means that the industrialization process of the East China government has finally taken a solid and steady first step.
Chapter completed!