"The maximum speed is 25 knots, and the pressure ventilation reaches 26.5 knots, which is a very amazing high speed."

"Yes, not only are the speed, maneuverability, operability, and airworthiness, it is also very good. This is indeed a warship with excellent performance, and our German Navy will soon have such a warship."

Tirpitz nodded and said, "It seems that we have chosen the right choice for cooperation with overseas Chinese?"

Scher said: "I think this is indeed a correct choice. Through my contact with them in the past few days, the understanding and application of the naval and naval technology of overseas Chinese have many things worth learning and reference. Therefore, cooperation with overseas Chinese can indeed quickly improve the technical level of our navy." After a pause, Scher said: "And I think that our cooperation with overseas Chinese should not be limited to naval technology, but should expand the scope of cooperation and form military exchanges."

It turned out that after the trial voyage was completed, Scher immediately came to Tirpitz and reported to him the results of today's trial voyage. After receiving the results, Tirpitz was very happy that not only Germany would build this type of warship, but also on William II, there was an explanation. Although Tirpitz convinced the emperor to temporarily stop the construction of the new warship and entrust overseas Chinese to redesign the new warship, Tirpitz also knew that the emperor's character had always been capricious and lacked patience, so he had to do something that would make the emperor patiently wait. During this trial voyage, the superior performance of the two warships was enough to make the emperor patient.

As for Scher's proposal to conduct extensive military exchanges with overseas Chinese, Tirpitz had long thought of it because he had first contact and exchanged with overseas Chinese and had seen the superior performance of overseas Chinese warships. Although Tirpitz did not have a systematic exchange with overseas Chinese on naval construction, training, tactics, development planning, etc., in daily conversations, Tirpitz could still feel that overseas Chinese did have a very profound research and understanding of the navy. Of course, an army that can design and build superior warships will never be inferior to other aspects of the navy.

As the head of the German Navy, Tirpitz naturally knew that the development of the German Navy started late, not only lacked experience in warship design, but also needed to explore the construction, training, tactics, development planning, etc. Therefore, if you can conduct extensive communication with overseas Chinese and learn the experience of the navy from overseas Chinese, it is of course beneficial to the development of the German Navy. Moreover, based on the contact between Tirpitz and overseas Chinese, the other party seems to have such an intention, even if you use your own experience to exchange for German construction technology.

But Tirpitz was also very clear that it was not the time to make this request, and the biggest obstacle was the emperor. Although the emperor acted very normal and rational when he met the representatives of overseas Chinese this time, and gave overseas Chinese high courtesy, Tirpitz was very clear that the emperor looked down on Asians in his bones. The famous European "* Theory" was proposed by William II. Although William II proposed the * Theory, which was aimed at Japan that fought against the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, not overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese were also yellow people. Therefore, the emperor could accept overseas Chinese help to design warships. After all, it was built in a German shipyard, but it was definitely difficult for the emperor to ask overseas Chinese for advice on naval construction.

Tirpitz was silent for a while before saying, "Major, are you interested in going to China?"

Sher was stunned and said, "China?"

Tirpitz nodded and said, "We entrusted overseas Chinese to re-talk about the Charles Sharenhorst-class armored cruisers. Of course, we have to send professional and technical personnel to China to evaluate, receive and inspect the drawings. I want to hand over this task to you. After the last sea test, overseas Chinese will drive warships back to China. You can set off with their warships. After you come back from China, the Samoa-class protective cruisers we built should also be launched, and you are the captain of one of them. The Samoa-class protective cruisers will be listed as second-class cruisers in our naval sequence. According to convention, those who serve as second-class cruisers should be rank lieutenant colonel, so after you return from China, you will be promoted to lieutenant colonel."

After a pause, Tirpitang said: "On the road, you can get familiar with the operation of this warship, and communicate well with overseas Chinese to understand how they plan to use this warship. After arriving in China, you must communicate more with overseas Chinese naval seniors and learn about their advantages. Do you understand?"

Schell frowned and said, "General, what should I communicate with overseas Chinese?"

Tirpitz smiled on his face and said, "No matter what, as long as it is a private communication, do you understand?"

Scher didn't care much about his promotion, and he was expected to be the commander of the cruiser, because he was one of the most promising young officers in the German army. Even if he stayed in Germany, he would be promoted at most a year. He would naturally be the captain of a cruiser. However, Scher did not expect that Tirpitz would send him to China and also communicate more with overseas Chinese.

Sher is still a simple soldier with not so many twists and turns in his mind. He is a staunch supporter of Tirpitz's naval strategy. He believes that Germany now needs a strong navy to compete for overseas interests. Sher advocates more exchanges with overseas Chinese, which is completely considered from the perspective of naval development. Moreover, through the exchanges with Zhang Wei and others during this period, the other party seems to have a certain kindness towards the German navy, so Sher did not think about other things.

But Tirpitz is different. He was able to climb to the German Navy Minister and was deeply trusted by the German Emperor. Of course, he would not be just a simple soldier. Now Germany needs to enter extensive exchanges with overseas Chinese, but at the official level, it is not possible to advance for the time being. Therefore, he can only find another way and use the technical exchanges between the two sides to allow a few naval officers to communicate with overseas Chinese in private.

Although Tirpitz is not yet regarded as his successor, he is also one of the young officers Tirpitz is optimistic about. He asked Schell to be responsible for the ship reception work group for receiving overseas Chinese, and he also intended to let him contact more overseas Chinese and understand the advantages of overseas Chinese. It seems that Schell did not disappoint Tirpitz, so Tirpitz decided to send Schell to China. On the surface, it was to receive design drawings from overseas Chinese, but in fact he hoped that he could communicate and learn more with overseas Chinese.

In fact, Scher still didn't understand why Tirpitz asked himself to communicate with overseas Chinese in private without starting official official exchanges, but said: "I understand."

Tirpitz nodded and said, "Okay, go back and get ready."

The sea trial ended, and while the warship was inspecting and debugging, the Crossman and Kiel Shipyard and the Bromfoss Shipyard started negotiations on the next batch of shipbuilding contracts.

The shipbuilding contract is still to build two warships in Germany, and one in each of the two shipyards. However, since the construction of armored cruisers this time, both tonnage and firepower will exceed the two protective cruisers currently under trial sailing, so the price will definitely be much higher than the previous batch. In addition, the previous batch of shipbuilding still adopts the model of building the previous batch, which is built in Germany, and the German shipyard provides technical guidance, the main materials, machinery and equipment, and ship-based weapons, and a warship of the same type is also built in Qingdao.

Since there has been a cooperation and both sides are quite satisfied with the cooperation, this time the shipbuilding was no longer tender, but directly negotiated prices with the two shipyards. However, the two warships built this time are not the same, one is 7,000 tons and the other is 10,000 tons, and the construction cost is quite different. Therefore, how to allocate these two warships is also the first problem that needs to be solved.

After three parties' consultation, it was decided that the Brom Fors Shipyard was responsible for building a 7,000-ton armored cruiser. This was because the German Navy had made a decision to build two Samoa-class protective cruisers at the Brom Fors Shipyard, which was the same hull, engine, boiler and ship-based weapons as the 7,000-ton armored cruiser customized by the East China government. Therefore, it is actually equivalent to building three ships at the same time, so that they can be managed, purchased and shipped, thereby reducing construction costs; while the Kiel Shipyard was responsible for building a 1,000-ton armored cruiser. This was because the Kiel Shipyard had rich experience in building a large armored cruiser. At this time, it had built two large armored cruisers for the German Navy, and one was under construction, with the smallest one being nearly 9,000 tons. The crossover was naturally willing to hand over the 10,000-ton armored cruiser to Kiel Shipyard for construction.

In addition, an integrated fire control system will be installed on this ten-ton-ton armored cruiser. It is Kiel Shipyard responsible for cooperating with the East China government to develop and develop the comprehensive fire control system. From this perspective, a ten-ton armored cruiser should also be handed over to Kiel Shipyard for construction.

Now Keel Shipyard has produced 6 sets of samples. In fact, this comprehensive fire control system has complex principles and operations, but there is no difficulty in manufacturing. Even the current technical capabilities of the East China government can also be created. Of course, optical instruments must be excluded. After the manufacturing is made, a large amount of tests are required to obtain a large amount of data to find the correct operation method.

Now three of the six sets of samples have been used for land testing, and the German Navy also decided to remove the Brandenburg-class battleship Wiesenburg to the Kiel Shipyard for sea testing. Brandenburg-class battleship is the first type of battleship built by Germany. Due to its lack of experience, it has many defects in its design. It is now outdated, and three have joined the Far East Fleet. One was sunk, two were captured by the crossers, and only one Wiesenburg was left. It was outdated and it was not a single thread. It was quite useless in the German Navy. It was better to change it to a test ship and it could also exert its residual heat.
Chapter completed!