The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

After a three-month observation period, Andrews called Anderson Sr. to his office.

The original torpedo boat was nothing more than Andrews's test of old Anderson's ability to test his professional ability to see if he could build what he wanted.

He also tested his political attributes to see if he would voluntarily leak news about the shipyard to others.

The investigation later revealed that Anderson Sr. was not only capable of work, but also very honest and responsible, and did not divulge his work to anyone else, including his family.

This made Andrews let go of his guard and prepare to give him some other tasks on the original basis.

"Boss, are you looking for me?".

Old Anderson walked into Andrews's office and said cautiously.

Although he didn't know Andrews's true identity, he felt a hint of danger from the murderous hussar guards around him.

The person who can have such a fierce guard is definitely not an ordinary person.

Thinking of the kind of speedboat he provided, which was so fast that it was likely to be used for military purposes, the elder Anderson couldn't help but associate Andrews with the military.

For the vast majority of people, the Junker aristocracy is an existence they do not want to provoke and dare not provoke.

So old Anderson was quite apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know what Andrews had told him to do.

"Well, sit down!".

Andrews glanced at him, and said as he rummaged through a large stack of blueprints

"The suggestions you made earlier for improvement are very good and have helped the shipyard a lot, and I heard that your family's financial situation is not very good, so this money is for you!".

Andrews asked people to investigate the background of old Anderson, and knew that he had a seriously ill wife who needed money for treatment, so he didn't beat around the corner, and directly gave money to old Anderson, using this most direct method to buy people's hearts.

If it were someone else, I am afraid that I would resist because of my self-esteem, but old Anderson has suffered a loss of no money, so not only did he not have such a resistance mentality, but he was very grateful for such a considerate behavior of the owner.

"Thank you, thank you!".

The treatment in the shipyard is very good, and the salary is even higher than before, but it costs more money to see a doctor and take medicine, and the family's expenses are still tight and very tight.

At this time, this sum of money is as precious as gold, which greatly alleviates his tight situation.

"You're welcome, what I value is your ability, as long as you can help me do things, money is naturally not a problem, and even your wife's illness may be cured!"

Andrews's understatement not only did not make Anderson Sr. think he was bragging, but he became more and more convinced that the other party was really capable of doing it.

After all, the medical conditions that the nobles had access to were completely different from those of the commoners, and many of the best doctors were only for the nobles and did not receive the commoners.

"Thank you, I don't know if there's anything I need to do?"

Old Anderson was thrilled in his heart, if he could really cure his wife's illness, then he could pay whatever the price.

"Have you ever heard of submarines?".

Andrews took out the design drawings of the submarine he had just found and handed them to old Anderson.

"Well, I've seen it before when the sun never sets!".

"Oh, is the navy where the sun never sets equipped with submarines?".

"Well, yes, there are a few small submarines, they haven't been diving for a long time, they don't seem to be able to run far, and the sun never sets looks like they don't pay much attention. "

Old Anderson recalled that he had only seen these few submarines, after all, submarines were still very expensive to build.

He is not needed in the general civilian field, only the military is a little interested, but the combat capability of submarines does not seem to be very good, so the sun never sets is only a little interested at first, and then it is put aside and ignored.

If the sun never sets really valued this weapon, old Anderson would never have had a chance to meet them anyway.

Andrews took the information provided by old Anderson very seriously.

The submarine was invented very early, and it was applied to the war much earlier than he thought.

As early as during the Eagle Sauce War of Independence, the Eagle Sauce people tried to use submarines to attack the Royal Navy, although they were unsuccessful, but they made people realize the potential of submarines in the war.

Subsequently, during the Eagle Sauce Civil War more than 20 years ago, the Southern Army, which had a weak navy, successfully used a submarine to blow up and sink a frigate of the Northern Army, which made the submarine begin to attract the attention of various countries.

Since then, navies have been developing submarines, but the craze for submarines has not lasted because there are no suitable weapons for them.

However, Andrews knew that all that was about to change, because there was a weapon that was very suitable for submarines, and that was the torpedo!

Twenty years ago, the world's first torpedo, the white-headed torpedo, was developed by Sunset engineer White Head

This torpedo uses compressed air to drive a piston engine to drive a propeller to propulsion, and controls the depth of the torpedo through hydraulic valve manipulation of horizontal rudders, so that the torpedo attacks the target in a straight line.

Although this torpedo still has big drawbacks, such as not being able to control the direction of the torpedo and having a slow speed, only 6 knots.

The firing range is shorter, only 300 meters.

However, its appearance opened a skylight for the submarine, allowing the submarine to obtain a weapon that perfectly matches its own attributes!

With the continuous improvement of torpedoes by various countries, all kinds of shortcomings of torpedoes will be overcome one after another.

This also means that the actual combat capability of submarines will also be greatly improved.

However, few people seem to be aware of this at present, so the development of submarines in various countries is still in the slow lane.

Even the sun never sets on the sea hegemon, who failed to recognize the huge potential of submarines, put them on the shelf.

After all, they themselves are the hegemons of the sea, and the strength of their own surface fleet is unique to the blue star, and they do not need to engage in any crooked ways, it is enough to crush all countries and dominate the world.

However, the Second Empire was not the same as the sun never set.

The Second Empire did not have such a powerful surface fleet, and the large-scale construction of the main warships of the navy would cause the sun to never set.

Therefore, the development of asymmetrical combat weapons such as submarines and torpedo boats is the most effective and most cost-effective way for them to resist the resistance of the Royal Navy!

Of course, at present, the countries do not pay attention to the development of submarines, and this has also created excellent conditions for the Second Reich to catch up with and surpass them.

The Second Empire secretly rushed to develop submarine technology first, and when the war broke out, they suddenly came up with a powerful underwater force, which would definitely be able to shock the enemy's jaws!

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