African Nationhood

There is also a shipyard in Hamburg called Blohm-Voss Shipyard. This factory is the real old shipyard in Hamburg.

During World War I and World War II, many ships and submarines were built here for Germany. The famous "Bismarck" battleship was built in this shipyard.

It was a pity that they did not accept the visit of the South China delegation. Shi Jinyong negotiated with Sir Otto von Denet, the State Secretary of the German Federation, who came to contact them, and only received permission for an inspection visit to the Falcon Shipyard.

It is certain that Shi Jinyong is not satisfied with the result, but there is nothing he can do about it.

In addition, Shi Jinyong brought the team here and wanted to make a deal with the Germans. Regarding battleships, Nanhua wanted to purchase battleship construction technology from Germany.

Although Nanhua has received many aid projects from the UK, it still takes time to digest them.

In addition, the British did not open the core secrets of building warships to Nanhua, such as high-carbon permeable armor, the construction and design of naval guns, the design of hulls and marine power plants, etc.

The South China Navy is currently in urgent need of high-speed cruisers to enrich the number of ships in the three major fleets. Three battleships serving as flagships already meet the needs of self-protection.

The Germans have not yet finally agreed to Nanhua's request, so Nanhua decided to offer patrol-class submarine technology in exchange.

At this stage, submarine research in various countries around the world has stalled because the problem of gasoline volatilization in gasoline internal combustion engines cannot be solved.

When Nanhua took out the patrol-class submarine, it quite released the secret of the diesel engine. This new internal combustion engine will definitely be approved by the German military.

It's just that at present, the two sides are still in the contact stage and cannot show their trump cards from the beginning.

Negotiations at this level by Shi Jinyong will not affect the visit and inspection trip of the people below.

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It was definitely a worthwhile trip to the Falcon Shipyard. The workers here were skilled and very efficient. Among those who accompanied the inspection were Li Shigang, an engineer from the Nanhua Shipyard, and others.

They, engineers trained in South China, were surprised to see that the Germans were already proficient in building giant warships of 10,000 tons in a newly built factory.

The current limit of what Nanhua Shipyard can build is barely able to build a 10,000-ton cargo ship. It is simply impossible to build a large battleship.

However, Chairman Shi did not issue any unrealistic orders to Nanhua Shipyard.

He only asked Nanhua Shipyard to master the ability to build fast cruisers as soon as possible, but there was no requirement for giant battleships.

The most important thing for this inspection trip to Germany is to learn how the Germans train workers, the factory’s employment system, and software engineering such as the evaluation system for skilled workers.

As the saying goes, "stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade." After bringing these things back, Nanhua can take their essence and discard their dross.

The official German guides were very talkative, and they learned a lot from the translation of the team leader.

After the group finished their visit, the German guide took them to have a staff meal in the canteen of the shipyard.

After eating the staff meal, the group left the shipyard and returned to the hotel in Hamburg.

In the evening, the members of the inspection team were notified to gather in the team leader's room. The team leader had important things to inform them.

The leader's room is very large. This is not because the leader has a privilege, but because the leader has to rest with other members, so the room here is larger than that of the group members.

"Come on, everyone, please find a place to sit. Today we visited a large shipyard in Germany. What do you think?"

Wang Xiaohai hid in the crowd and complained in a low voice: "The scene is very big, but the rules are not small."

Everyone in the room heard Wang Xiaohai's words. Although everyone did not speak, they all felt the same. After all, they all had some status in Nanhua.

But when I arrived in German land, I still had to abide by their rules, which made me feel a little angry.

The team leader immediately nodded and said: "Yes, if people are strong, they will naturally have strong rules.

Only when we build Nanhua well can we set our own rules and let these foreigners abide by our rules in the future. Do you think it's okay? "

Everyone nodded and answered unanimously: "Okay."

The team leader nodded, "Okay, let me get down to business. We are going to visit other places tomorrow.

During the visit, everyone should see and think more. When the visit is over, Vice Premier Shi will hold a meeting to test everyone.

If you have nothing to answer and cannot answer Vice Premier Shi's question, then Vice Premier Shi will ask you what you are doing here.

Can you understand what I mean? "As soon as these words came out, everyone was confused. Is there still an exam after the visit?

Most of them are half-way monks, so what kind of exams will they take?

How to do this?
After the team leader made the announcement, he asked everyone to go back and think about how to deal with the exam in the future.

Wang Xiaohai, who was still ready to make a move, no longer dared to talk nonsense about going out to play. He went to other people's rooms to ask for countermeasures.

But everyone was at a loss and didn't know how to deal with it.

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The next day they set off towards the Ruhr Industrial Area. Along the way, the German guide introduced the advantages of the Ruhr Industrial Area, and someone had already started secretly taking notes.

It has an advantageous geographical location, at the center of Central and Western Europe and Southern and Northern Europe, and is an important thoroughfare for water and land transportation.

“In addition, there are abundant coal and iron ore resources here, forming two major industrial series: coal mining-coking-power generation-iron-making-steel-making-steel processing-machine manufacturing and coal mining-coking-coal chemical industry.

The coal and steel industries are the most significant products of the Ruhr Industrial Area and have long been the largest production base in the German Federation.

The machinery manufacturing industry and chemical industry are also key development sectors in the district. The chemical industry originated from coal chemistry and produces a variety of basic chemical products as well as fertilizers, dyes, pharmaceuticals, etc. "

Most of the members couldn't remember these words, so they could only ask the German guide to say them over and over again, memorizing them bit by bit.

Invisibly, they remembered a lot of knowledge points and deepened their impressions.

During their visit to the Ruhr area, they learned that this place is rich in coal, which is why it has created an industrial cluster model with smelting as the core and supporting the development of other industries.

At the same time, the members of the inspection team also realized that various factories are interdependent and achieve each other, and how powerful the synergy will be after forming an industrial cluster.

In addition, members of the inspection team also saw the application scenarios of thermal power generation and large-scale electrification here.

Based on the developed water and land transportation here, members of the inspection team have vaguely realized the important role of location transportation factors in industrialization.

Although the Ruhr Industrial Area does not have many mineral resources, the Germans can develop into a cluster with a complete industrial chain through its convenient and developed transportation network.

This trip to the Ruhr Industrial Area opened the eyes of the members of the delegation, and they finally realized what a large industrialized urban agglomeration is.

Although the weather environment here is not very good, the people here live a prosperous and peaceful life.

This kind of life is what the people of South China need, and everyone has also seen the benefits of developing clustered industries.

These things cannot be learned from books, and many people are not aware of them.

Everyone watched and learned while walking, and everyone gained a lot.

Even Wang Xiaohai, who had been scolding him all the time, started to become fashionable, talking about the newly learned words such as location advantage and water-land linkage all day long.

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After visiting the Ruhr Industrial Area, they headed towards the city of Stuart. This time they were going to visit the Mercedes-Benz automobile factory.

This is a factory owned by Huangshi Fund, so there are no restrictions on the Nanhua delegation.

Karl Benz and the Muller brothers warmly received the South China delegation.

Among the delegation were engineers from Nanhua Automobile Factory. They had come here for internships before. When they arrived, they used their half-landlord status to introduce the assembly lines and industrial supporting factories here to the members of the delegation.

After visiting for a few days, everyone had an in-depth understanding of the automobile industry.

At the same time, everyone also learned new knowledge through visits and inspections, such as the advantages of the entire industrial chain layout. Stuttgart’s location advantage is only convenient transportation, and it does not have much coal and iron resource advantages.

But it has still developed into a center for the automobile industry, which is a new idea for establishing industrial clusters.

Everyone combined their respective findings, and slowly they discovered that these findings together could be used as a complete paper.

The team leader expressed joy at the results obtained by the members of the inspection team and praised them for not having come in vain this time and for really learning new knowledge. (End of chapter)