It is the Russians' purpose to further contact between the two countries. Selling warships to Russia is the purpose of time travelers! The Russians now need to expand their troops, but the local shipyards have limited capabilities. The time travelers want to take this opportunity to attract another customer for themselves.

"Admiral, what do you think of today's test? It is said that this matter is related to whether the Russian Navy imports new German armored cruisers?" Major General Makanov accompanied Admiral Popov to stand on both sides of the ship, looking at the Mainz armored cruiser sailing in the distance and said.

"No matter whether the result of the firepower display is good or bad, we will buy Mainz-class armored cruisers. The only difference is to buy one or two." Admiral Popov looked at Makanov next to him and said: "This is arms procurement. Any arms procurement is the result of political operations. Russia purchases a first-class cruiser, and Germany is willing to sell its best warship. This is a political statement, which shows that Russia and Germany are beginning to get closer, and there is quite a lot of information revealed in it!"

"It's too complicated, but I'm still happy that the Imperial Navy can have such a warship." When talking about politics, Makanov was a little overwhelmed. "But the only drawback is that the tonnage of this warship is a bit small, giving people a feeling of being neither up nor down."

At this moment, the Mainz armored cruiser in the distance suddenly raised the battle flag. In the distance, under the towing of the tugboat, a target ship was also in place. This is an old iron-wood mixed structure old cruiser that is ready to be scrapped. In terms of size, it is about 2,500 tons, which is considered a third-class cruiser. The weapons and power on it have been removed, and it was finally towed to about 2,500 meters from Mainz!

"It's time to start!" On the Royal Yacht Hohenzollern, Prince William issued the order to start. When the signal flag on the Hohenzollern rose, Mainz, the newly-in-service steel giant, issued its first battle cry with its magnificent sound!

"88MM sub-cannon group shooting!" Accompanied by the gun captain's order, the seven 88MM cannons on the side string of the Mainz began to pour bullets into the distance target. One by one, orange photoelectrics flew to the distance target with the shaking of the gun barrel. In just a dozen seconds, the target was surrounded by dense shells, and an elliptical bullet zone enveloped the target ship!

The artillery savage Count Spee began to trim the distance and shooting situation according to the ammunition area. When the 88MM cannons on the upper deck of the warship stopped firing, the 150MM cannons, which were the backbone of the battleship's projection, issued a deafening roar. The seven cannons were excited almost at the same time, and a flame storm blew out from the side string of the warship. After the early correction, this wave of attacks was accurate and fierce. The high-fire 150MM cannons poured tons of ammunition on the target in a very short time.

One after another, the explosion sounded from the target ship. In a few minutes, the battleship's meeting facilities were engulfed by dense bomb rain and fire. After 5 minutes of shooting, the Mainz's sub-cannon stopped roaring.

Two huge main gun turrets quickly turned to the target. A 240KG shell was removed from the ammunition rack at the rear of the turret, and then pushed into the barrel with the help of servo, and then the waist bag. The artillery was locked. After a slight adjustment of the height and low aircraft, a huge fireball flew towards the target with the vibration of the turret!

"One shot in 35 seconds! This fire rate is almost twice that of our 12-inch gun!" Makanov put away the pocket watch in his hand, and his words were full of surprise. Although there were only 2 main guns, relying on the higher fire rate, the Russian battleships with four main guns had no advantage in the rate of fire per unit time.

At this moment, a 280MM shell hit the bow of the target ship. The violent explosion directly blew the hull into pieces. The huge smoke column flew into the air with debris. When the smoke dissipated, the target ship seemed to be gnawed off by an ancient giant beast. A huge gap appeared in the front half of the hull, and a large amount of sea water poured into the inside of the hull, and the entire target ship had a serious head inclination! At this moment, the damage effect of the large-caliber artillery was fully reflected at this moment.

The rest entered garbage time. The target ship failed to last for half an hour during Mainz's intermittent attack. With the last cannon, the target ship sank into the sea with flames and smoke. Then there was a burst of applause and cheers on the royal cruise ship Hohenzollern. Mainz used his actions to prove the strength of the new generation of German armored cruisers. The German naval history also turned a new page!

After the firepower test, the onlookers of the top leaders of Germany and Russia came to an end. The next one was the navigation experiment. Under the neat push of the high temperature and high pressure provided by the water pipe boiler, two three-expanded vertical steam engines drove two propellers to speed on the water surface. In this test, the warship's timing output power exceeded 15% of the designed power, and the peak output power reached 14,000 horsepower! During the next 8 hours of voyage, the warship completely shocked the casual German and Russian officers with an average speed of 21 knots!

"I have never seen a warship with such tonnage run so fast! Not to mention the Nashimonov, it is difficult to do this even if the Rurik is being built!" Major Essen wrote in the report.

"This is really a perfect battleship, powerful fire, super high speed and new armor. Although the tonnage is only 7,500 tons, it is enough to suppress all the cruisers in the world. Even if it is against the battleships, it is OK. If possible, I suggest buying two." Popov said to Makanov next to him.

"Why don't we buy one, then buy the drawings and build it ourselves?" Makanov said with some confusion.

"For two reasons, first, Germany may not be willing to provide drawings. At present, if we are included, at least three other countries have ordered Munich-class armored cruisers. This is their money tree. The Bavarian prince has already expressed his vague idea of ​​not willing to sell the drawings."

"Secondly, according to reliable information, the Bavarian Ship Design Bureau has a more powerful planned warship, but it was stranded due to the budget and demand of the German naval forces. Baron Vittorio Kuniberty, the chief designer of the design bureau, privately stated that if they could, they would be willing to sell this class of armored cruisers to Russia. We have a better choice!" A smile appeared on the corner of General Popov's mouth!

"A bigger and powerful warship? How powerful is it?" Makanov said with a lip silence. After seeing Mainz's excellent performance, he did not think that the new warship could improve much.

"You can see this afternoon! I'm looking forward to it now." Popov said with unfulfilled feelings.
Chapter completed!