In contrast to Lee Hayden's success in the construction of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, he was more obstructive and cold-hearted when he implemented his shipbuilding concept in the German Navy.

Tirpitz was very disgusted with Lee Haydn's constant interference in the construction of the German navy, and could even be said to be jealous. Although that guy was a royal relative or a honorary marshal of the Second Imperial Navy, he was an Austrian after all. A foreigner would interfere with the naval plan of the German Empire at any time, and would always bring out the lay emperor who thought he was very proficient in the navy. All this was indignant.

Moreover, he had to hand over the construction of a "Shankhorst" class armored ship to the Beihai Shipyard under the man's name for construction, which was a reward for the design plan he had tried hard to oppose.

On January 21, 1908, the first battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Radetsky, was completed. Due to the installation of boilers and the strengthening of armor thickness in important parts of the entire area, its speed still reached 26.5 knots. Therefore, when it was finally completed, its displacement increased to 22,300 tons, rather than the 21,000 tons shown by official data, which made this class of warships equipped with 305mm main guns perform much stronger than people expected.

The "Emperor"-class armored cruisers built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy affected the design of the Germans. Shortly after the Austro-Hungarian Navy began to build, the German Navy obtained all the design drawings of this class of "so-called battleships". As an ally with German as the official language, the navies of the two countries were very frequent in terms of technical exchanges. The Austro-Hungarian Empire received many guidance and helpful suggestions from German counterparts during construction and design, and almost obtained all the design drawings of the German warships.

Similarly, Austro-Hungarian naval designers naturally had something to learn from the Germans, but at first, the Austro-Hungarian Empire received more help. But now, the Austro-Hungarian designers were ahead of their German compatriots. Although it felt a bit unpleasant, the naval exchanges were still close, just like a family.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was ahead of its German counterparts in turret design, line optimization of warships and power layout, while the Germans have always been stronger than the Austro-Hungarian Warship designers in terms of structural design, compartment and armor layout.

After obtaining the design drawings of the "Radetsky" class battleship, with the intervention of the German Emperor, Lieutenant General Herlingen, the Director of the German Navy's Equipment Department, immediately decided to redesign the latest "Germany" class battleship according to the design plan of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, but was opposed by Admiral Tirpitz. The careful commander-in-chief of the German Empire's Navy had begun to become very conservative at this time, and tried to exclude it if you were not sure about the use of new technologies.

Lieutenant General Herringen has been sticking to his principles, and the lawsuit between the two came to William II. The German emperor stood on the side of his shipbuilding director after reading the report. Finally, Tirpitz agreed to redesign. Due to his delay, the design of the German-class battleship was pushed back.

After the construction of the British dreadnought, Lee Haydn obtained the rough layout of this class of battleships through his spies in London. The construction of a large warship with a displacement of about 20,000 tons could not be completely confidential. During the exchange of information from the Aude Navy, this information was also placed on Tirpitz's desk.

Tirpitz finally agreed to start construction of a new-class "Germany"-class battleship according to Herlingen's design, but still did not agree to equip the oil-fired boiler.

In fact, his concerns were indeed unnecessary. Li Haidn had already argued with him before. As early as 1903, the Germans established a large low-temperature coal distillation factory to provide raw materials for chemical factories. The low-temperature coal distillation technology was quite mature. The application of this technology ensured that it was enough to provide 2 million to 3 million tons of coal-based oil for the German Empire in the year in the war.

Of course, the production cost of coal-based oil is about twice that of oil, but during the war, who will really care about the cost issue?

Although the German dreadnought was built a little later than the United Kingdom, it was nearly two years earlier than the other time and space. The German Navy did not have to go through a two-year gap period for the construction of the main ship, and its scale would be closer to the level of the British Empire.

Another important project of cooperation between the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the German Second Imperial Navy is submarines and torpedoes. The "White-Head" company headquartered in Fum is the world's earliest torpedo and largest supplier of torpedoes, and the German Navy also has its own advantages in manufacturing torpedoes - the German Empire is the first country in the world to use electric torpedoes, and their achievements in this regard have always been far ahead of other countries.

In addition, Islea Shipyard and the Germania Shipyard, a subsidiary of Krupp, have extensive cooperation in the submarine field. Both shipyards successfully developed the first practical military submarine around 1906. Although this submarine equipped with three torpedo tubes is only more than 240 tons and is also very simple in equipment, it is already a good start.

However, the situations of submarines in the navies of the two countries are different. With the strong support of Lee Hayden, the Austro-Hungarian Navy has equipped about 12 test submarines, while in Germany, due to Tirpitz's obstruction, only four submarines were built. Due to technology sharing, the Germans' technological progress in submarines has always been able to keep up with the pace of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

But all this made Lee Hayden very angry. He kindly helped the Germans strengthen their fleet, but was excluded from the lucrative warship construction project.

He even had the urge to slaughter the old guy.

In this time and space, the competition for the construction of dreadnoughts between England and Germany was a little earlier than in the original history, and it was much more intense. In 1909, five German-class battleships of the German Second Imperial Navy were launched one after another, making the British Empire Navy, who was immersed in the joy of building the "Default" and three "Invincible" battle cruisers, seemed to have suffered a blow. After the British, who were anxious, started the construction of three "Default" improved "Berle Lofen" class construction projects, they added three "St. Vincent" class battleships.

The British still used the main gun layout on the two-class battleships, but the displacement was slightly increased to strengthen protection.

In 1909, after completing four "Radetsky"-class battleships, the Austro-Hungarian Navy adopted a new naval budget to expand its budget and began to build four new battleships. The new battleships adopted the German "Caesar" class hull structure, but the retired General Popel and Major General Rozner, who had just been promoted to the naval shipbuilding director, adopted a bold and radical new design - the warship was equipped with four triple-mounted 330mm main turrets.

The triple main gun was already equipped at the "Radetsky" class, but considering the balance of the hull, only two triple main turrets were equipped. But this time the two designers seemed more radical, and Lee Haydn was a little dissatisfied with this, because although doing so strengthens the firepower, it will inevitably weaken the protection of the hull, but the Grand Duke of Ferdy supports this solution.
Chapter completed!