The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

"First, sir, I, I can!".

Old Anderson was afraid that he would lose this opportunity, so before Andrews could finish speaking, he opened his mouth before everyone else.

Andrews glanced at old Anderson, nodded slightly, and explained to the people around him.

Soon, old Anderson was taken to a room with a complete set of blueprints for the strangely shaped ship he had just seen.

I had only seen it outside before, and I didn't know much about this newly constructed ship.

And at this moment, after seeing these more detailed and comprehensive drawings, Anderson Sr., with his many years of work experience, immediately realized that this is a speedboat with extremely superior performance!

Andrews saw the reaction in old Anderson's eyes when he saw the drawings, and he knew he could see the merits of these things.

This made him no longer doubt what Anderson Sr. had just said.

"Given you these drawings, how long will it take you to build the ship I want?".

Old Anderson thought for a moment and spoke

"Owner, if this kind of ship is built according to the size requirements on the drawings, it can be built within three months, but IMHO, this structure is difficult to support large ships, I think, the limit tonnage of ships with this structure, I'm afraid it won't exceed 1,000 tons, no matter how big it is, I don't dare to pack a ticket to be able to build it." "

Andrews bowed slightly, and Old Anderson's answer made Andrews's impression of him improve a lot.

The advantages of hydrofoils in high speed are indeed prominent, but the disadvantages are also extremely obvious.

The structure of this kind of ship is very fragile and requires a very strong structure to support the stability of the hydrofoil, which makes it difficult for its tonnage to exceed 1,000 tons, even if it uses special alloy materials of later generations, it is difficult to break through this limitation, let alone these materials with much worse performance today.

The fact that Anderson Sr. was able to judge this from the structure alone is a testament to his vision and ability.

"It doesn't matter, this kind of ship doesn't need to be too big. "

However, Andrews did not have high requirements for hydrofoils, and he was going to use them to build torpedo boats.

"Then I'll be fine on my side!".

Anderson Sr. had a lot of questions, but he didn't ask much.

This made Andrews think a lot more of him!

"Your Highness, wouldn't it be a bit risky to hand over this newly designed ship to this old man?"

Arnold said to Andrews with some concern that since Andrews asked his son to help him, he had seen himself as His Royal Highness's man.

Under this position, he naturally had to think about it a little more, so as not to miss the major affairs of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Although Arnold did not see Andrews's various arrangements very clearly.

But he felt that His Royal Highness would be the emperor in the future, and he must have his own far-reaching considerations when he did things, how could a mortal man like him understand it?

Therefore, Arnold will do his best to do everything that Andrews explains, and eliminate any hidden dangers as much as possible, so as not to cause disadvantage to the crown prince.

Andrews saw what Arnold did in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, so after hearing the other party's words, he patiently explained:

"The use of hydrofoils is relatively limited, and it is a sharp weapon for asymmetric warfare.

It works wonders for the weak, but for the strong, it's like chicken ribs, they have their own large-scale main fleet to control the sea, and they don't need to use this kind of small warship to play sneak attacks.

Therefore, even if the intelligence of such a ship leaks out, it will not be of great help to the people on which the sun never sets.

As for leaking into the hands of other weak countries, that would be fine, I have another way to deal with this weapon!"

Seeing Andrews's confident appearance, Arnold finally put his mind at ease and said that he would do his best to cooperate with the old Anderson's work and not affect the planning and layout of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

......

Three months later, Anderson Sr. completed the construction of the first hydrofoil on time.

After sea trials, the ship ran a speed that stunned everyone on the scene - 45 knots!

Converted into kilometers, the ship has a speed of more than 83 kilometers per hour!

This speed, let alone now, is definitely a very fast speed even in the era of more than a hundred years later.

"Is this really a ship?

Arnold hadn't seen a ship before, but he had never seen a ship running so fast.

And when this ship is sailing at high speed, it doesn't look like it's sailing on the water at all, it's like it's flying on the water!

There are many people who feel the same way as him, which is one of the characteristics of hydrofoils.

......

There was another special person who participated in the sea trials, and he was specially invited by Andrews.

"Major Tirpitz, what do you think of this ship?".

Alfred von Tirpitz, the founder of the High Seas Fleet, was the naval commander of the Second Reich during World War I.

Tirpitz was the representative of the young Zhuang faction within the navy, and it was through the efforts of these people that the Imperial Navy went from a weak navy that needed to rely on the protection of the sun to the second most powerful existence in the world.

However, the High Seas Fleet of the Second Empire was still not strong enough in history, and in their heyday, their strength was only about seventy percent of that of the Royal Navy, so they failed to complete the great cause of challenging the supremacy of the Sunset Sea.

On the contrary, he was blocked in the port and couldn't get out, and after the war, he sank into Scapa Bay, where the sun never sets.

It will cost a lot of money to build a navy of the size of the High Seas Fleet!

If you know that it will be difficult for the high seas fleet to win, it is better to save this money from the beginning and think differently.

And this line of thinking, at the time of the Second World War, was adopted by the Third Reich!

That is - submarines!

Andrews invited Tirpitz because he was one of the first to realize the important role of submarines in future naval warfare.

The submarine force of the Reich was almost founded by him, although the Dönitz of the Third Reich was more famous, but if there was no good foundation laid by Tirpitz, then the Empire's advantage in submarines would never be so great!

"Your Highness, this ship is excellent, and if it were to be used to make a torpedo boat, it would be the deadliest torpedo boat in the world!"

Tirpitz's eyes lit up, and his excitement was palpable.

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