After the welcome banquet was completed, that night, Zhang Wei and his group took Prince Heinrich's special train to Berlin, the capital of Germany, to prepare to deal with the reception of William II the next day.

The place where we met was Berlin City Palace, which was also the full name of the German Empire's palace: Hohenzollern Dynasty City Palace. Of course, in the old time and space, this palace had been destroyed by artillery fire from World War II. Only in this era can we see this prosperous palace building that symbolizes the Second German Empire. Zhang Wei was also quite moved, but unfortunately he could not take out his camera to take pictures on such occasions.

At this time, a guard of honor formed by the Royal Guard was arranged at the gate of the palace to welcome Zhang Wei and his group. When Prince Heinrich saw it, he felt relieved because he knew that his royal brother had always been moody and was known for his various unreliable ideas, and he always looked down on people of other races, for fear that this meeting would make a joke. Heinrich has always been responsible for direct contact with overseas Chinese, and is the clearest about the cooperation between overseas Chinese and Germany, and is well aware of the importance of these cooperations to Germany, and there is no conflict of interest between the two sides. If some unreliable behavior of the emperor disrupted the cooperation between the two sides, it would be a pity. Now it seems that the emperor is not out of line.

In fact, William II is also very clear about the cooperation between the East China government and Germany. No matter how dislikes yellow people, he also knows that at this time, he cannot have a rigorous relationship with overseas Chinese, so he will not be too casual.

Of course, this is just a general meeting and there is no substantive content to be discussed. Firstly, the project to be discussed has long been discussed, so there is no need to talk about it now; secondly, if we really talk about the cooperation between the two governments, Zhang Wei's level is too low, he is a major general who is qualified to negotiate government-level cooperation with the head of state. Therefore, this meeting is a completely polite, mainly for Germany to release goodwill. After all, Germany is on a relatively weak side in cooperation with the Chinese overseas. Germany cannot find other alternative countries, and the machinery and equipment imported by the East China government from Germany can provide it. Although William II is still an authoritarian monarch, he can still distinguish national interests and personal emotions.

The meeting was held in a very friendly atmosphere. Both sides were all good, and everyone was happy. William II also specially prepared a military parade to show Zhang Wei and others the style of Prussian marching. Zhang Wei also took the opportunity to praise the German Army's military strength, which also made William II quite happy. In fact, Zhang Wei was not a complete compliment, because the combat effectiveness of the German Army was fully proved in the old time and space, and it was supported by a large number of German troops in China. If other factors were excluded and only looked at their performance on the battlefield, Zhang Wei also admired the German army very much.

At noon, William II held a banquet in the palace to entertain Zhang Wei and others, so that the reception would end perfectly. Only then did Prince Heinrich feel completely at ease. It was indeed not easy to be able to keep the emperor's brother in normal condition for such a long time.

After the trip to Berlin, Zhang Wei and others returned to the Hamburg military camp and held a party with the German Navy the next day. The soldiers from both sides communicated with each other and held some friendly sports competitions. The superior physical fitness of German soldiers in this regard is reflected. In contrast, the Asian race has inherent physical disadvantages, and the soldiers did not join the army for a long time, and they did not have enough training and nutrition. Therefore, German soldiers have obvious advantages in track and field or swimming, and almost won all the competitions.

However, in the final football match, the People's Army won with a clear advantage of 4:2. It turned out that after a football match between Shanghai and the British Navy, the Time Travelers also vigorously promoted the football in the People's Army, because football can not only exercise the body, but also enhance team consciousness, cooperation spirit, and tactical literacy. It is a comprehensive sports event, so it has quickly become popular in the People's Army. In addition, there are many football enthusiasts among the Time Travelers who have a certain understanding of the skills and tactics of football. Although it was an amateur level in the old time and space, it was definitely a master level in this era, and the Football Level of the People's Army was naturally improved rapidly.

Football is also the favorite sports event of the German army. However, in the eyes of the time travelers, the football level of the German soldiers is similar to that of the United Kingdom. They basically adopt a 28 or 37 formation, completely abandon the midfield, and directly take a high ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and then the German soldiers in the frontcourt rely on physical strength and strength to compete. In the eyes of the time travelers, such tactics are basically at the level of elementary school students.

Although the soldiers of the People's Army are not as physically as their opponents, their tactical qualities are several streets higher than those of Germany. Therefore, although the German soldiers are tall and powerful, the People's Army relies on overall tactical cooperation to fight against each other. The result is not only a victory in the game, but also has a very obvious advantage in the scene. The German Navy also lost nothing to say. Of course, this was a friendly match, and both sides didn't care much about the outcome of winning or losing. Moreover, Germany had won a lot before. After the game, the soldiers of both sides hugged each other and went to drink.

However, several senior German officers present saw the clues. In the old time and space, the strong combat effectiveness of the German army did not lie in the advanced weapons and the individual combat effectiveness of soldiers, but in the German army's organization, discipline and tactical literacy. This was fully reflected in the German football teams in the old time and space. Among the world's strong teams, the German football team was not the best skilled, strongest, and there were not many players in the natural talent, but it was recognized as the best team with the best organization, discipline and tactical literacy.

Although the German Navy was having sex with the People's Army, the foundation of tactical literacy was implanted into the genes of every German soldier. Of course, they could see that the overseas Chinese football teams had obvious tactical styles in running on the court, which could even be said to be in line with the principles of war. This also shows that the overseas Chinese army is at least an army with considerable organization, discipline and tactical literacy. It is by no means a ramming crowd. It is by no means accidental to achieve victory over the Eight-Nation Alliance. Therefore, there is no sense that there is more respect for the People's Army.

The military friendship ended, and the social activities of the ship-receiving working group in Germany came to an end, and all the personnel were almost recovered, so it was time to do the job.

At this time, the two warships were still undergoing maintenance and commissioning in the shipyard. They could not go to sea for trial sailing in the near future, so they could only board the ship to learn and operate in the berthing state. Moreover, the soldiers were familiar with the structural layout of the cabin on the model ship in Qingdao. The main learning was the operation of various machines and weapons on the ship. In the quiet state, there was no need to go to the Kiel Shipyard again. Just study at the Brom-Foss Shipyard in Hamburg. After all, the structure of the two warships is exactly the same, and this is convenient for travel. It is only about 90 kilometers from Hamburg to Kiel, and it takes about 3 hours to go.

So on the next day, all the pick-up personnel went to the Brom-Foss Shipyard, and under the arrangement of the shipyard, they began to learn how to operate the warship.

At this time, the German Navy's evaluation results of the two plans of the Crossman were also released. The final choice was the first plan, namely the firepower enhanced version of the Qingdao-type protective cruiser, rather than the armored version.

The German Navy's assessment is quite rigorous, and it also agrees with the positioning of German maritime power for the crossing. At present, Germany does not have many overseas interests, so the main function of protecting cruisers is to perform missions that break the way, rather than escort and defend the colonies. Therefore, the enhanced firepower version is completely sufficient. The armored version is somewhat insufficient and more than the lower one. It is just to perform missions that break the way, and the function is somewhat overwhelming. If it is to assist the main ship to participate in the maritime decisive battle and strive to seize the power of the sea, It seems to be unscrupulous. Ten thousand tons of armored cruisers are the first choice. After all, the 7,000-ton armored cruisers are suitable for second-class naval countries like Italy and have a small and medium-sized naval interests; or a small and medium-sized naval country like Argentina, which can shoulder versatility, escort, and defend territorial waters, and even participate in naval combat. For Germany's strong national strength and determined to build a naval that can match the United Kingdom, there is no such armored cruiser.

So the German Navy immediately made a decision to choose the Fire Enhanced Edition and build four ships in batches. The first ship was named the Samoa, so it was called the Samoa class protective cruiser. The other three ships were New Guinea, Mariana, and East Africa. These names are currently overseas colonies of Germany and are also one of the future tasks of this type of warship to protect and capture these colonies. This turned out to be the mission of the Queen Victoria Louis-class protective cruiser, but the four Queen-class protective cruisers were criticized into the Far East Fleet and were completely wiped out by the crossers. This is also one of the reasons why Germany wanted to build a large protective cruiser again.

In addition, the German Navy also decided to entrust the crosser to design a 1,000-ton armored cruiser. Germany has now built a total of 4 armored cruisers in three levels, namely Earl Bismarck, Prince Heinrich, and Prince Albert-class, and is building two Lun-class ships. However, the German Navy is not very satisfied with the design of these four armored cruisers. The main reason is that it lacks design experience and is not accurate in positioning the navy, and it is not balanced well. The relationship between firepower, defense and speed is not good.

In fact, among the several types of warships built in Germany in the early days, they all suffered from some unreasonable design or inaccurate positioning. This is also the price that mainland countries must pay to move towards maritime countries. After all, it takes time to accumulate experience. Later, Germany simply imitated the design of British warships to solve the design problems of warships, but this also caused German warships to always be one step slower than British warships. However, in this time and space, the emergence of time and space gave Germany the opportunity to overtake on a curve.

I forgot to write annotations in the previous chapter, and add it to this chapter:
Chapter completed!