Tirpitz is a man with great courage, firm will and firm actions, but his innovation ability is insufficient. Although he is determined to build a strong navy for Germany, due to Germany's disadvantages in warship design, Germany can only use Britain as a reference for specific actions. The advantage of doing this is that it can avoid detours and reduce waste of resources. However, the disadvantage is that it will always be one step behind Britain. It is impossible to catch up with Britain unless it is a different approach.

Moreover, Tirpitz has been in the position of the Navy Minister for 10 years. Although Tirpitz has achieved remarkable achievements in these 10 years, he has successfully brought the German Navy from just a near-shore defensive force to the top five in the world. But Tirpitz also realized that his original idea was a bit simple. First, Britain could concentrate the national strength to develop the navy, but Germany had to develop the navy at the same time. In this way, Germany fell behind from the beginning in the competition; secondly, the German Navy's geographical location was too poor, with only the North Sea, the sea outlet, which was easily blocked by Britain during the war. Although Tirpitz also proposed a theory of risk fleets, it was a bit thin based on this theory alone; and the navy's technological innovation was too fast. The USS Defence battleship launched by the UK made all the previous battleships obsolete, and also made Tirpitz feel somewhat unable to do so.

Although these did not affect Tirpitz's determination, at this time, he really hoped to get some valuable suggestions to determine how the German navy should go in the future. However, in the old time and space, of course, no one gave Tirpitz a useful suggestion. Therefore, Tirpitz could only rely on his own exploration and continue to move along the theory of the risk fleet.

But in this time and space, Tirpitz is obviously much luckier because of the existence of East China. Germany and East China have had deep cooperation, and now East China has proved that their navy is not worse than Britain. So we should strengthen cooperation with East China and use the power of East China to accelerate the development of the German navy. Therefore, Tirpitz agreed with William II's proposal to form an alliance with East China.

After receiving the support of Tirpitz, William II was naturally happy, so he immediately negotiated with Prime Minister Biluo, intending to send Hualuo to visit East China ** and sign an alliance treaty with East China ** during this negotiation.

However, after all, Tirpitz is a soldier and it is relatively simple to consider things. William II was accustomed to the sudden idea. On a whim, Bilo's thinking on the alliance with East China was much more comprehensive. Although Bilo does not have the outstanding knowledge and clever skills of Biloh, after all, after decades of politics, it is more profound than William II and Tirpitz. To be honest, Biloh is not optimistic about the emperor's alliance proposal. The reason is very simple. Alliances are the result of demands between each other. Between Germany and East China, it is obvious that Germany has a demand for East China, because Germany needs East China to restrain Russia. But does East China need Germany?

In Biluo's view, it cannot be said that East China does not need Germany, but East China's demand for Germany is smaller than Germany's demand for East China. After all, East China has defeated the five countries of Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands on its own. This shows that even without Germany, East China will be able to protect itself. Of course, it cannot be said that this alliance will not be reached, but Germany must take out enough chips to make East China feel that this alliance is valuable, rather than just helping Germany to restrain Russia. Of course, Germany does not have such chips, but it is difficult to say whether the emperor is willing to take it out.

Of course, Bi Luo also knew that such words could not be said directly to the emperor. Although William II did not have the awareness of "I am the country", his self-feeling was quite good. Bi Luo obviously had not forgotten the lesson of the prime minister who directly pointed out that the emperor was wrong, because he came to power because he benefited from it. Therefore, even if he persuaded each other, he had to be more tactful or changed the angle. The Bi Jing alliance is a big event for any country, and it will take repeated negotiations to determine that the contract cannot be signed without 2 or 3 years. Then the negotiation can be completed this time, and I don’t know the attitude and conditions of East China ** towards this alliance.

Sure enough, after hearing what Bi Luo said, William II's feverish mind calmed down, and he felt that although his ideas were good, they were really too hasty, and it was not so easy to negotiate an alliance.

Seeing that the emperor calmed down, Bi Luo took the opportunity to suggest that a minister with status and weight should be sent to Qingdao this time to propose an alliance with East China **, see what the East China ** has to respond and conditions, and then make a resolution.

After hearing this, William II also felt that Bi Luo’s suggestion made sense and that it was easy to find candidates. Isn’t Prince Heinrich in Qingdao the same? He is his own younger brother, he was named Prince, and has the rank of admiral, so this amount is naturally enough. Moreover, the prince and many officials from the East China ** have good personal relationships. As the intention to negotiate before the alliance, he is the most suitable person.

However, since it is a formal visit, the procedures and ceremonies cannot be reduced, so corresponding personnel can be drawn in China and brought letters of state and gifts to Qingdao. After meeting with the prince, the prince will make a formal visit. In addition, the prince has been staying in Qingdao for more than a year. The prince's princess has entered the palace several times to express his longing for the prince to the queen, hoping that the prince can return home as soon as possible.

Prince Heinrich's princess is Princess Eleni of Hessen and Rhine. She is William II, Prince Heinrich's aunt cousin, so William II cannot ignore it. Moreover, she let the prince and his wife separate for a long time. William II also felt a little apologized in her heart, but she still cannot return the prince now, but she can let the prince set out with the visiting group to Qingdao to meet the prince.

The princess is not a woman without knowledge. She has received excellent education and training in aristocratic social etiquette. In 1898, the princess visited Qingdao and Beijing with the prince, and also entered the palace to meet Empress Dowager Cixi. Therefore, it is completely feasible for the princess to go to Qingdao as a member of the visiting group and accompany the prince to complete the visit.

So William II immediately began to act, first asking the princess whether she would go to Qingdao again to assist the prince in completing her visit. The princess was not only willing to go to Qingdao again, but also wanted to bring her son. Prince Heinrich and the princess had three sons, and the young one died only when they lived to the age of 4, while the other two sons grew up. The eldest son Wademar was 18 years old and the second son Sijsmond was 12 years old. They were both at the age of being able to participate in social activities with their parents, and the royal family themselves also had the obligation to represent the country.

William II naturally had no objection to this. Letting the prince and his family participate in this visit can also show Germany's importance to the visit and its intention to form an alliance. So he immediately sent a telegram to Prince Heinrich to explain the purpose of the visit and ask whether he agreed to the princess and the two young princes also came to Qingdao with the visiting group.

Prince Heinrich was naturally very happy after receiving the telegram. Bi Jing had not been reunited with his family for more than a year. His longing for the princess and two sons was also increasing. It was also good for the family to be able to reunite in Qingdao. Moreover, the climate in Qingdao is pleasant, and the East China ** is another civilization that is different from that of European countries. It is beneficial to their growth to let the two sons increase their knowledge and broaden their horizons. So he replied to the country and conveyed Germany's visit requirements to the East China **.

The East China ** of course welcomed Prince Heinrich's official visit, so Germany immediately began to prepare for this state visit. At this moment, Russia made a request to Germany, hoping that Germany would come forward to mediate the war between Russia and East China **.

After receiving Russia's request, William II was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night because in his opinion, he finally found the opportunity to break up the Russian-French alliance and bring Russia back to the framework of the Three Emperors Alliance.

Split the Russian-French alliance is the top priority in German diplomacy. Although Germany is also trying to restrain Russia. For example, this time, it is planned to negotiate alliances with East China. It is hoped that Lalong, an ally behind Russia, will restrain Russia and resolve the dilemma of Germany being attacked from both sides. But if it can directly break up the Russian-French alliance, it will naturally be better. After the Bijing alliance, it will hand over Germany's fate to its allies, rather than control it in Germany's own hands. In addition, Russia is too large, has a vast territory and a large population. Even if it fights on both sides, it may not be impossible to resist it. William II and Nicholas II are cousins, and the two had a good relationship when they were young, so William II hopes to form an alliance with his cousin rather than hostile.

However, Germany has never found a good opportunity to break up the Russian-French alliance. More than a year ago, William II signed a Björk Treaty with Nicholas II to jointly deal with Britain, but this treaty was denied by the ministers of both countries. The ministers of Germany believed that this treaty caused Germany to suffer losses, while the ministers of Russia believed that signing such a treaty must be solicited by the consent of an allies France. But how could France agree to signing such a treaty between Russia and Germany, and it ended up being left alone.
Chapter completed!