In the intelligence department of the Chinese Empire in Germany, the royal industry and various chaebols contributed to the fire. In order to break through the oppression of religious theocracy in the medieval era, knowledgeable people from Western European countries expressed their yearning for freedom and human rights by sing praises to China. All kinds of books that carefully prepared satirize Europe were once again stir-fried.

More than a hundred years ago, Voltaire's "Orphan of China" adapted from "The Orphan of Zhao" was reprinted in Germany, and was hyped by China in reference to later hype techniques, which became popular in Germany and even further sparked Chinese craze throughout Europe. The middle class, caught off guard by the dazzling victory of the East, European and American businessmen who were eager to find opportunities in the East, adventurers who were ready to try their luck in the East, read everything about China eagerly.[]

As Voltaire said in his book:

"Enough of Greece and Rome,

They have all fallen out of favor,

The great roc spreads its wings,

Flying to the source of light,

Find new ethics.

To the land of Eastern China,

Bravely grasp the virtues of Confucianism,

Bring it into Great Britain.”

The story of Frederick the Great, under the influence of his teacher Wolf, envied China, built a Chinese tea pavilion in Wuyou Palace, and even wrote a letter-style novel "Reports from Europe by the Chinese Emperor's Envoy Feixihu," the greatest emperor in German history said through the mouth of "Chinese envoys": "The biggest difference between Europe and our way of thinking is that they can easily use their imagination, that is, they mistakenly believe that it is the power of reason, and we are honored to be your slaves, unswervingly follow ancient traditions and wisdom."

Emperor William II also secretly contributed to this. Not only for the need to promote Sino-German cooperation, this emperor, who has always envied Frederick the Great and regarded the imperial power as the essence of the German spirit, hoped to use this wave to exaggerate the power of "Eastern Enlightenment", and then consolidate and strengthen his own power and suppress the ready-going Social Democratic Party and democratic and free forces.

The German business community is staring at the huge market in the East with great enthusiasm.

They have shouted a louder slogan "East East", proposing to replace swords and plows with machine tools and engineers' drawings, and open up a "invisible empire in the political and economic sense" for Germany in the East.

In this way, driven by the power of each aspect, the two empires of the East and the West gradually approached, which seemed to make the whole world hear the "trembling steps of giants."

The huge fleet of Russian gold, German equipment and engineering and technical personnel has arrived in China along with the Far East fleet stationed at Sasebo Naval Base.

When the German Far East Fleet and the "Crown Prince's Formation" formed a temporary formation and conducted joint maritime exercises with the Chinese fleet, the German Navy was deeply impressed by the huge power shown by China's Guangzhou-class and Cheetah-class, and was even more eager for new warships that were being constructed quickly on China's ship platform.

According to the plan, within ten years, the German Far East Fleet will "mainly use six new battleships and six new battlecruisers, with a total displacement of no less than 240,000 tons." In addition, Germany also plans to deploy a standing army of 24,000 people in Sasebo to build the fleet's repair stations, special steel mills and dry docks, naval military supplies factories, gun repair stations, etc.

Based on Sasebo's original Japanese coastal defense fortifications, rigorous German engineers planned a larger fortress building and immediately began to purchase various steel bars, cement and construction machinery from nearby China. They also placed a massive order at the construction of the Huade Artillery Factory, preparing to build Sasebo into an "Oriental Kiel".

In the name of "strengthening the cooperation of the two countries' fleets", a large number of active-duty naval officers sent by Germany and outstanding cadets from the Naval Academy joined the Tianjin Naval Ship Academy, in fact, hoping to further study naval tactical theory to make up for the shortcomings of Germany's naval combat experience.

Among them, one of them was the name of Xu Fan and Zheng Yu: Erich = Captain Raider, who had just graduated from the Berlin Naval Academy in 1qc. This time, as a backbone officer of the Far East Fleet, he joined the Tianjin Naval Ship Academy to study "Naval Tactics".

Xu Fan had a bad impression of this naval marshal of the Third Reich in another time and space, but he couldn't say he valued it much. However, Zheng Yu took it seriously and specially arranged a special person to conduct a comprehensive analysis of it.

In the army, Germany also invested heavily, sending a huge team of more than 2,400 people in one go, from ordinary sergeants to senior officers, and even a 16 or 17-year-old army seedling, some came to learn motorcycle combat equipment driving and maintenance, some learned aviation technology and tactics, and all kinds of students.

The generous Emperor William II waved his checkbook and paid huge training fees to China, and paid full payment for all the living needs.

After arriving in China, these Germans went to their destinations. Some joined the army middle schools and universities, some entered professional military academies, and some started to intern with the team after the theoretical study was completed.

The list of the De** official was reviewed several times by Zheng Yu and Xu Fan, and basically all the historical figures who had impression of them were selected.

Fritz = Erich = Von Manstein, 18 years old, just graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. He was originally scheduled to enter Baoding Army University to study synthetic tactical command. Zheng Yu waved his pen and transferred to the Tactical Command Department of the Imperial Army University for observation nearby.

Lieutenant Fedor = Feng Boke, 26 years old, graduated from the Potsdam Military Academy and joined the Tactical Command Department of the Chinese Army University as a backbone officer of the Far East Corps to study.

Carl = Rudolph = Gerder = Feng = Captain Longderstedt, thirty-one years old, just graduated from the Berlin Military Academy and was approved by Zheng Yu to enter the Battle Command Department of the Chinese Army University for further study.

Seeing these star-shining names in the history of World War II, Zheng Yu also had an impulse: to be included in his command.

However, he also knew that for these people with strong national pride and dedication, they could use various means to increase their favorability for China, but it was difficult for them to betray their motherland.

But Zheng Yu is a tough person after all, and he knows that his hopes are slim, but he still has to work hard, even if it is just laying more foundations for long-term cooperation between China and Germany in the future. Under his arrangement, these German officials were warmly treated in China. He also deliberately set his sight on Manstein, who has not been married yet, and secretly arranged for the Bureau of Investigation to see if he can do some work and let the unmarried German officials marry a Chinese wife" to "deepen the cooperative relationship between the two parties."

After inspecting the China Team, the German Army revised the German Army's military reform plan and finally determined that motorization and synthesis should be used as the idea of ​​building an army.

According to a comprehensive discussion between the German General Staff and the delegation to visit China, the German Army will "format ten motorized infantry divisions and mobilize thirty-six infantry divisions within five years, and add automobile battalions to transport supplies within its organization, and at the same time transform artillery and improve maneuverability." In addition, the German Army will "format four floating wings and six air wings to establish air superiority over Britain and France."

According to this spirit, Germany further increased its original arms orders and proposed to China to "guid the construction of a motorcycle combat equipment production line and provide drawings" to develop Germany's domestic production capacity as soon as possible.

Under Germany's massive orders, the huge production capacity established by the China-** industrial system before and after the war was not wasted.

German engineers made many suggestions and opinions on Chinese products with the unique rigor of the German nation. Based on this, China further improved the production line and improved the output and process level.

Based on the information feedback from the combat troops and the results of the tests from Germany, China has redesigned the latest Nanfeng Triple C military card, improved the suspension system of the vehicle, and improved the driving and riding environment. In terms of the tank, according to the suggestions of the Germans, the new type of fighting dog m (export type) strengthened the top protection to target the "enemy fortress firepower". Zheng Yu knew that the Germans' improvement was targeting the fortress groups in Belgium and France, but he was unintentionally stating it.

In a telegram sent back to the German General Staff, Rudendolf proposed: "·······The essence of the Chinese Army is to combine maneuver power and firepower to achieve the matching of combat maneuver and battlefield firepower, so as to achieve efficient use on the basis of firepower strengthening, and then multiplying effect...···To quickly resolve the land war against Britain and France, the German Imperial Army needs to start from both mobility and firepower, and improve the army organization based on the new equipment characteristics to adapt to high-motor-power combat..."

He further wrote: "········ From the experience of the Asian War, attacks on fortified areas and complex trench garrison areas require new weapons, especially heavy artillery and armored vehicles... In response to these situations, the Sliffen plan needs to be adjusted, and more attention should be paid to the mobility of the troops, as well as the logistics needs after strengthening firepower and mobility... The German Army needs to solve the problem of maintaining logistics supply and troop mobility in combat away from coherent railway lines, and requires more high-performance trucks..."

In terms of artillery, the twelve-inch train cannon developed by the Chinese army aroused great interest from the Germans.

After conducting on-site inspections of the Lushun Fortress and Ryukyu offensive and defensive battles, the German National Affairs Inspection Team proposed to the German General Staff that "it is necessary to develop a giant cannon that is sufficient to destroy the fortifications of the strong fortifications, with a power and range of 28o mortar cannon that is more powerful and fired than the Japanese."

After repeated investigations and comparisons, the Germans believed that two types of giant cannons were needed:

One is a heavy mortar that can be disassembled into several parts and maneuvered through the highway to follow the vanguard's troops quickly;

Another way is to use railway lines to maneuver, powerful large-caliber long-body tube heavy artillery to attack enemy deep targets at a long distance.

Taking into account China's experience in load-carrying cars and train guns, the German Emperor appointed Krupp to jointly develop these two giant cannons with China.

The plan finally finalized by artillery engineers from both countries. The first type of road mortar uses a 406 mm caliber body tube, which is carried and towed by a giant truck specially developed by China. The shell head weighs one ton and can have a range of more than fifteen kilometers. It is imitated with the armor-piercing shells of the Chinese military naval gun, and a delayed fuse is adopted. Before launching, a concrete base needs to be poured first and the gun body is installed in place with steel rails.

The second type of railway cannon was decided to be lengthened on the basis of the Chinese military cannon with fourteen inches, and adopt more high-bridge pressure-resistant gun steel and processing technology to install more launching drugs to increase the range.

In other "small caliber artillery", the Germans highly praised China's mortars of various calibers, believing that this is an "effective weapon for trench operations" and can greatly make up for the "blind spots of infantry firepower", and decided to further increase the procurement volume and add the number of production licenses.

At this time, many small countries also issued military ordering requirements for China. Due to the outstanding performance of Chinese weapons in this Asian War, and also because of German decision to purchase some of China's arms, Chinese weapons suddenly became a hot commodity in the field of world military trade.

Not only Turkey, Romania, the newly independent Finland, Poland and Lithuania issued various orders, North Africa's Ethiopia, which was coveted by the great powers, Argentina Chile in the Americas, Mexico under the rule of the dictator Dias, Brazil, which had just been oppressed by Britain and was forced to cede land, was defeated in the "Dutch War" more than a decade ago, Bolivia, which lost its important seaport, and Paraguay, which had been quarrel with Bolivia, sent order contracts or inquiries.

From tanks, airships and aircraft to heavy artillery, mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and even warships, these countries want to.

Many small independent countries have strongly resonated with the victory of the Chinese, believing that it was "the victory of people of color over white colonialism". King Menelik II, the only independent indigenous country in Africa, sent a delegation to visit China, proposing to establish a "special relationship between China and Ethiopia" and requesting China to help Ethiopia comprehensively reform its military system and establish a modern army and navy.

According to Zheng Yu's instructions, China's military-industrial system will give priority to meeting export orders, while some countries that are eager to expand their strength will recommend purchasing guns and cannons used in the war and give discounts.

This strategy is based on the consensus of China: the Asian War will trigger a new round of military revolutions around the world. If China wants to maintain its advantage in military strength, it must continue to improve its weapon level, improve its tactics and organizational organization. Based on the time when the outbreak of future world-class wars, the Chinese team's large-scale dressing and modification time has been postponed, so that it can replace more advanced and complete equipment on a large scale against the background of a stronger economic foundation in the future.

Stimulated by massive orders, Zheng Yu had a new idea: Weapons Expo.

Taking advantage of this wave of Chinese weapons, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce coordinated by several major military-industrial groups in the Empire jointly hosted the first "Guangzhou National Defense Expo" to promote and display various domestic military-industrial products. The first ordering meeting was frequently reported, and in just two weeks, China received orders of up to 160 million yuan.

This still deducts many numbers after orders involving cutting-edge weapons.

For "cut-edge weapons" such as fighting dog light war vehicles, new heavy artillery, heavy airships and aircraft, China has to take strict control to prevent the leakage of national defense secrets. Taking tanks as an example, in addition to Germany, only limited supply has been made to Turkey and Finland. However, in this way, many of China's weapons have become more famous internationally. Restricted exports have further increased the mystery of these weapons, raised their value, and made more countries covetous.

Later, the National Defense Expo became bigger and bigger, and gradually manufacturers from other countries participated in the exhibition, and eventually became one of the world's top national defense industry expos. Of course, this is all a story.

In order to meet the rapidly expanding industrial orders, the Chinese industry has issued a large number of machine tool orders at home and abroad. Due to the limited domestic production capacity, long supply time abroad and high prices, in desperation, the Chinese industry has put forward technical requirements for new cutting props: it can meet the needs of higher speed cutting, stronger hardness and better heat resistance.

The performance of the original high-speed steel cutting tools has been excavated within the scope of traditional metallographic and alloy materials in the Chinese metallurgy industry, and no good solution can be come up for the time being. The chromium tungsten alloy steel cutting tools used in China are similar to those displayed in the United States in 1900 in history, and their performance is difficult to improve in a short period of time. However, Emperor Zheng Yu himself proposed a new concept: Since carburizing treatment can improve the strength of ship armor, and tungsten wire has been proven to be one of the best high-temperature resistant and oxidative materials after wick material tests, and the hardness is also very high, why not carbonize tungsten to further improve its performance?

The proposal of this idea immediately shocked the top circle in China's metallurgical world.

This idea itself is not difficult to understand, but the problem is that years of professional division of labor has made most people lack understanding and keenness of new progress in other industries. Now that the idea has been proposed, experts will immediately hold an argumentation meeting, and finally believe that it is "feasible in principle", and then launched an experiment.

Although the preliminary test was not successful, it can be seen from the test data that this path is generally correct in the direction. Zheng Yu immediately met with Prince William, who was conducting a military investigation, and proposed to "China and Germany jointly develop tungsten carbide cutting knives" to improve the metal cutting efficiency of machine tools.

After repeated inspections, the German-** Workers delegation determined that it was "feasible" and immediately reported to the country.

This report also caused a sensation in the German industry. With the letters from several major industrial giants and experts, German Emperor William II included this development as the top secret of Germany and immediately decided to set up a R&D team in China to conduct research in a synchronous manner with China to "swap progress."

Other powerful countries in the world are observing and analyzing in this craze with different moods.

On August 25, the Sino-Germany Defensive Alliance Treaty between China and Germany was officially concluded and announced, and a sensation broke out in the Western world.

French radical nationalist newspaper Le Paris Echo immediately published the front page headline: "The Eastern Empire and the Western Empire - glorious or destruction?" The story remains to be continued.
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