Szczecin is 126 kilometers away from Berlin, and there is a railway from Berlin to East Prussia. Since the 12th century, the city has become one of the most important and powerful harbors on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is also the birthplace of the female Tsar Catherine II.

Since this is an important harbor, the shipbuilding industry must be very developed, but the most famous of them is Volkeng Shipyard.

The factory is located on the banks of the Oder River. The factory area is 100 hectares. The shipyard has nine large and small docks. The most eye-catching one is the Dock No. 3 and 4. What is being built here is the Saxony Improvement Class and the second ship.

On this day, Liu Buchan got up early. After exercising, he happened to see Wei Han who came with him.

"Brother Ji Qian, I got up so early."

Wei Han, who was stopped by Liu Buchan, looked at the sweat stains on his shirt and said with a smile. "I am not early, but you Zixiang is still early. You have practiced all this."

"There is no way, this is all a habit. If you don't practice for a day, you feel uncomfortable all over."

The two chatted for a while and then they dispersed. After washing up, they started a new day of work.

That's right, the two of them are responsible for receiving the two calm ships. Liu Buchan is responsible for leading the selected naval officers and soldiers to be familiar with these two warships, while Wei Han is responsible for supervising the construction of the warships.

So they need to go to Volkeng Shipyard to watch every day, and dare not relax at all.

When the two of them felt that the Volkeng Shipyard was in trouble today, they found that the atmosphere in the shipyard was very wrong. The workers in the shipyard were busy cleaning and not many people started working.

Both of them knew some German, and immediately pulled a person in charge to ask, "What's going on?"

"A big shot is here to inspect today."

The news received from the shipyard staff did not make them care much. They had seen great German figures before, and remember that when they came, they were also received by the German Deputy Minister of the Navy.

But not long after, they knew how naive they were. Several carriages arrived at the shipyard accompanied by guards. As the head of the shipyard, Magu Gilbert immediately brought the people to meet him.

"I have met His Highness the Emperor Changsun and His Majesty Carlo."

The emperor and the eldest grandson and the king came, which surprised the two.

That's right, this is William II and Carlo. After getting off the carriage, they talked with Mr. Gilbert for a while. Carlo saw two eastern holes standing beside him, so he pointed at them and asked, "Is this the Qing Dynasty representative?"

"Yes, His Majesty King Carlo, they are Liu Hewei, the representative of the Qing Dynasty's factory."

"Can we invite them over? We are going to visit the warships they built. How can this be done without the owner's consent?"

"Of course there is no problem."

So Liu Buchan and Wei Han saw Gilbert, the head of the shipyard, waved their hands and shouted loudly to them. "Liu, Wei, please come here."

The two people who were called inexplicably, when they heard an Italian king and the emperor Changsun plan to look at the warships they built for them, they both opened their eyes wide and couldn't believe it, but Liu Buchan still responded quickly. He immediately replied. "Of course there is no problem. It is a great honor for our country to allow the two to visit the warships."

Although Liu Buchan spoke German, everyone still understood it, so Carlo replied, "Thank you for your permission."

So after joining the two Qing representatives, the group walked towards the No. 34 dock.

"This is the Saxony Improved Class No. 1 and No. 2 ships we built for the Qing Dynasty. The hull of the No. 1 ship has been completed and ready to be launched for installation. The hull of the No. 2 ship has also been built for 85%, and it is expected to be launched in three months."

When he arrived at the dock, Gilbert introduced the recent situation of the two warships to the two distinguished guests.

Looking at the two unfinished warships, Carlo asked, "Can we go up and take a look?"

After looking at Liu Buchan and Wei Han, Gilbert immediately replied, "Of course."

So the group boarded the Dingyuan Ship, which was about to be launched, and stood on the unpainted deck. Gilbert continued to introduce his performance to the two of them diligently.

"The ship's standard displacement is 7,220 tons, full load displacement is 7,670 tons, and uses a three-cylinder reciprocating steam engine. It is propelled by double propellers and is equipped with eight boilers. The main gun is 4 305mm breech gun produced by Krupp, and the secondary gun is 2 Krupp's 150mm breech gun..."

Then Gilbert introduced the fish, speedboats, and armor-equipped information of warships. Not expensive. Although Gilbert said it was a scattered person, this cannot change the fact that it was a second-class iron armored ship. Among them, the main gun design of the two ships was very unreasonable. Its equipment was equipped with 305 guns, all installed on the fore deck. Although it adopts a left-right staggered design, it does not meet the needs of future naval warfare at all.

This will reduce the accuracy of firepower in the back. If an enemy surrounds the rear, this class of warships will be difficult to deal with. Of course, this is also the case with Carlo from the perspective of later generations. In this era, it is normal for designers to not have experienced large-scale naval battles of ironclad ships.

"Your country's warship construction technology is no less than our country at all. I believe that in the future, we will see the German fleet dominate the ocean."

William II, who came with him, certainly knew that Carlo said this to him, but just listen to this praise, he would not take it seriously. You should know that Italy has built a first-class armored ship of tens of thousands of tons, while Germany does not have that ability at present.

"Carlo, you're over-the-top. The strength of the German Navy is still not able to do this."

When Carlo's conversation with William II, others could not interfere with it, so they could only act as a background board. Of course, there were two more Chinese figures on the background board.

Of course, Carlo and William II came to Volkeng Shipyard. It was impossible for them to leave after seeing the calm two ships. More or less, they still had to see other ones. So the hardworking Excellency Gilbert took the two to other places in the shipyard.

As for Liu Buchan and Wei Han, they naturally didn't follow him.

Looking at the group who were leaving, Liu Buchan always felt something was wrong, so he asked Wei Han. "Ji Qian, why did you think the eldest grandson of the German Emperor took the Italian king to come and see the calming ships?"

Wei Han, who didn't think of any reason, opened his mouth and suggested to him. "Zixiang, how do I know this? Why don't you report it to Lord Zhongtang?"

"Mr. Zhongtang is so busy, how dare you work for the old master in this small matter?"

Liu Buchan shook his head like a ding-bomb drum, so he would not report this matter. Maybe this is because someone else's interest is coming, so he just takes a look?
Chapter completed!