With a bouquet of pure white roses in his hand, Maynz strode into the largest military port of the Royal Navy in Europe, ignoring the surprised gazes of the people in Sun Never Sets and the sound of countless reporters chasing him.
The reporters knew the rules very well. The moment the colonel stepped into the largest military port of the Royal Navy, they all raised their cameras and snapped non-stop photos of this historic scene. The next day, this photo appeared in all the major newspapers!
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Ignoring the reporters, after entering the military port, he began to observe carefully.
Scapa Bay was much larger than what Mayinz had imagined. The military port was located in the northernmost part of the Sugoland region, in the semi-enclosed waters of the Orkney Islands. It was surrounded by the main island of the archipelago, Hoy Island, South Ronalsay Island, and a few other small islands. It was a good natural bay, about 24 kilometers long, 13 kilometers wide, and an area of 130 square kilometers.
The natural conditions of this area were excellent. The sea in the middle was very wide, and three outer islands and one main island surrounded the bay, leaving only three narrow exits.
The Royal Navy only needed to build a coastal defense fort at the three exits of the straits in the east, west, and south, and then set up some obstacles to prevent the enemy from invading. Therefore, it was very difficult to launch a sneak attack here.
It was for this reason that there had never been a sneak attack here. The only exception was during World War II, the German submarine U-47, under the leadership of its ace captain, had overcome all difficulties and dangers to sneak in here and attack the Royal Navy anchored here. This attack caused a lot of damage to the Royal Navy. The new battleship Royal Oak was sunk in this sneak attack!
After taking a few casual glances and remembering the topography of Scapa Flow, he lost interest in it.
The Royal Fleet's local fleet was not in the port today, so they could not get much information. He only remembered the distribution of the docks, the layout of the warehouses, and the arrangement of the fleet's supporting facilities in the military port before he withdrew his gaze.
After all, there were more than a dozen police officers and soldiers watching him. If he were to look around brazenly, these people would probably chase him out immediately!
This time, the theme of Scapa Bay was to let the public visit the sunken High Seas Fleet, so everyone was quickly led to the area where the High Seas Fleet sank.
As soon as they arrived, they were attracted by a huge warship. This warship was once the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, the Battleship Baden. When it sank, it was rescued by the British, so half of it could still be seen. The other half was under the sea.
Other than the lucky Baden, all the other battleships were buried in the sea!
Thinking of this, Maynz's mood became a little heavy, and his expression became solemn.
Although the German navy did not perform too well in the First World War, their final outcome was not much better than the army. The army could at least preserve the size of 100,000 people, while the navy simply lost a single ship and sank!
The colonel took a deep breath and threw down the bouquet of white roses in his hand. He closed his eyes and maintained a posture of mourning.
As expected, this scene was naturally captured by the reporters who followed. At this moment, a large number of reporters also captured this scene. Together with the photo of Colonel Mayinz stepping into Scapa Flow, these two photos would be on the front page tomorrow!
However, the reporters were a little puzzled. Wasn't the German colonel's silence a little too long?
Wasn't this kind of thing enough?
Why did they need to mourn for so long?
What they didn't know was that the reason why Colonel Maynz didn't move was because he was attracted by the mission reward he had just received!
"Is this the complete set of design drawings for the Bismarck-class battleship?”
Seeing the design drawings piled up like a small mountain, Colonel Mayinz was obviously shocked.
The design of a naval warship was a very complicated matter. A large warship might have thousands of cabins inside, and each cabin needed to be drawn. Therefore, the design of a complete warship might be several tons high. The blueprint given by the system was already simplified, so it was not too much!
Alright, Mayinz accepted the system's explanation. After all, these blueprints weren't for him to see, but for the designers. It didn't matter how much, but the more detailed, the better!
The system notification stated that the Bismarck-class battleship faced some problems at the beginning of its design. For example, the German artillery was not good enough, so they could only install two turrets and could not install the mainstream triple turrets, which greatly affected the firepower of the entire battleship. Moreover, the main cannon's caliber was only 381mm, which was naturally an advantage against a battlecruiser like the Hood. However, if they were to face the main force warships of the US, the Aihua class or the Yamato class battleships, they would have a huge advantage. Therefore, should the host make changes to these problems?
Just as Maynz was exclaiming about the many blueprints, the system's words pulled him back to reality.
"Hmm? Can these things be improved?"
Hearing the system's words, Mayinz was a little surprised.
Of course, it could be modified. In fact, not only warships could be modified, but other weapons such as planes, tanks, machine guns, and even rifles could also be modified. However, this would require the host to pay a certain processing fee!
Alright, no wonder the system reminded him out of goodwill. It turned out that it wanted to charge a fee!
However, it was actually a good thing to spend money to get things done. After all, it could improve the equipment level of the army and equip the army with better and more advanced weapons. This was of great significance to the future Third Reich. After all, they did not have the hundreds of years of accumulation of the United Kingdom and the United States. If they wanted to build a navy, they had to start from scratch. Therefore, the number of warships of the German army was definitely not comparable to the United Kingdom and the United States.
Since they couldn't compare in terms of quantity, they could only consider quality!
However, the Bismarck-class battleships were already so powerful with so many flaws. If all these flaws were corrected, how powerful would the Bismarck-class battleships be?
He couldn't wait to see the day the improved Bismarck-class battleship was launched!
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