The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Ruhr region, Krupp plant.

The Krupp company, which originally focused on producing weapons for the army, recently suddenly received an order from the Navy.

And the requirements for this order are very high, requiring them to produce for the Navy two large-caliber naval guns with a caliber of up to 280 mm and even 305 mm.

After receiving this order, Krupp attached great importance to it and immediately sent people to contact the navy, wanting to understand the specific requirements of the navy for ordering this batch of artillery.

Including the multiple diameter of the gun, weight, range and other parameters of the gun.

The navy did not hide it, listed all the parameters they needed and informed the Krupp company.

And after knowing these specific parameters, the Krupp people found this task very difficult.

Because with the level of technology in front of them, only ship guns with a multiplier diameter of less than 30 can be produced.

The navy demanded a new naval gun with a 36 times the diameter.

This means that they need to upgrade the existing equipment, otherwise it will be difficult to meet the requirements of the 26 Navy.

In fact, it is also very strange in the hearts of Krupp people, the sun never sets on the current most advanced naval guns is only 26 times the caliber, how can the German naval guns suddenly raise the requirements so much?

However, the cannon of the Krupp company has a great reputation and is very famous all over the world.

So they don't think that what the sun doesn't set can't do, they can't do themselves.

It's just that the biggest difficulty at present is the purchase of new equipment and the funds needed to build new production lines, which is not a small amount of money, and they really can't take it out in a short period of time.

Just when the Krupp people were in trouble, a mysterious consortium from Bolin took the initiative to find the door.

They expressed their willingness to invest in Krupp with their funds, and could also provide them with more advanced production equipment than they could buy on the market.

Naturally, the Krupp people welcomed this, and some people took shares to help them solve the problem of funding, and of course they couldn't ask for it.

However, they didn't believe that the other party proposed to help them solve the problem of production equipment.

If there really was such a device, the sun would have bought it a long time ago, so why is it still stuck at the threshold of 26 times the diameter?

However, when the other party actually delivered the brand new equipment to them, the Krupp people were dumbfounded!

And when they installed the equipment and tried it out, the Krupp people were stunned!

These devices are a groundbreaking and huge improvement in performance compared to the equipment they used before!

Compared to this kind of equipment, the new equipment they had previously fancified was like a pile of broken copper and iron, and it was no longer attractive to them!

This discovery surprised and delighted the Kruppers!

They were happy because with this batch of revolutionary equipment, it was easy for them to fulfill the orders of the Navy.

And what shocked them was the deep background behind this consortium!

Judging from the fact that the other party took out a large amount of cash to buy shares, the other party has very strong funds.

Judging from the fact that the other party can provide these equipment that cannot be bought in the market, the other party has extremely strong technology and production capacity.

Judging from the speed at which the other party can appear in front of them immediately after receiving an order from the military and find them to cooperate, the other party's information is unusually well-informed, and it may have a deep relationship with the navy.

After deducing this, Krupp was both worried and happy.

The worry is that the other party's background is so deep that they may lose their right to speak in the future.

And happily, the other party has such a deep background, and they will have someone to support them in the future!

There is a way to enjoy the shade with the back of the tree, and with the relationship between the other party and the military, Krupp will definitely benefit from it.

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At the same time that Krupp received an investment from the mysterious consortium of Bolin, several other large arms dealers in the Second Reich also received investment from each other.

And this mysterious consortium was actually created by Andrews himself. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Behind the Second Empire's arsenals was the Junker aristocracy, and sooner or later Andrews would attack the Junker nobility.

So, before that, he used this method to gradually control these large arms dealers, and when the time came, he would cut them off from the Junker aristocracy.

In this way, when dealing with the Junker nobles in the future, there will be much less resistance.

Of course, there is another purpose for doing this, that is, to facilitate him to provide these arms dealers with the design drawings and production equipment of various advanced weapons purchased from the system, so that they can avoid many detours and directly gain technological leadership over other countries.

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Just when Andrews was busy inspecting the shipyard and designing new ironclads.

The war between the sun and the woolly bear is at its most intense.

On the land battlefield, after defeating the British army, the Woolly Bear army finally attacked the city of Constantinople.

For this holy place they have coveted for a long time, the hairy bears are hot-eyed.

So, even though their navy had been wiped out by the sunset, their army launched an attack on Constantinople as if it had not been affected at all.

The British and Ottoman armies were struggling to support the attack of the woolly bears, and Constantinople was in danger of being broken at any moment.

In order to alleviate the unfavorable situation of the land war, the native fleet on which the sun never sets entered the Baltic Sea and approached St. Peter's City, an important city of the woolly bear in the Baltic Sea!

The city is the largest port city in the country, 193 cities, and it is also the most populous and industrially developed city.

In short, St. Peter's is extremely important for the stuffy bear!

After facing the Hairy Bear Navy that had swept the coast, Chen soldiers Lujiawan began to storm the fortress of Kronstadt outside St. Peter's city.

Kronstadt was the base of the Baltic Fleet and the western gate of St. Peter's City.

Once this place is broken, the fleet on which the sun never sets can launch a direct artillery bombardment of St. Peter's city.

In order to protect this place, the Russian army has hoarded heavy troops here and put on a posture of sworn resistance.

However, the sun did not set on the sea dominance, and Kronstadt directly blocked the sea connection with St. Peter's City, making it an isolated city.

After cutting them off from St. Peter's City, the British fleet began to lay siege to the fortress.

The fortress was severely short of food and fresh water, and all had to be supplied by land.

Originally, the problem was not obvious when the defenders here were only 2,000 people, but now that the number of bears has increased to 20,000, the speed of consumption will be faster, which has only made the problem even more serious!

In this case, the fall of this fortress is only a matter of time.

And now the only question is whether the castle will fall faster, or will Kronstadt be lost faster?