Lee Hayden also gave the Germans a few gifts, 10 Elia 1914 tanks and 10 Graf-Steft armored cars, which made the brother-in-law emperor amazed.

Lee Hayden believes that with the German stubborn spirit and the special ability to make simple things complicated, these things will soon become some killing weapons with sophisticated manufacturing, excellent performance, but extremely complex manufacturing processes and inconsistent with economic laws. This is not what he wants, but there are many places to learn from and learn in terms of technology.

During his time in Germany, he had the honor to discuss the situation of Lieutenant General of Grave, Spey and the German Far East Fleet he led. Lieutenant General Spey now gained fame due to his great victory in the Battle of Coronel and became a thorn in the British people's side.

"I have ordered Lieutenant General Spee to lead the Far East Fleet back to the country," said Tirpitz.

"According to the news I have received, the British have sent six battle cruisers to hunt General Spee's fleet all over the world." Lee Haydn said, and he could only make up a lie, "Two powerful British battle patrols were in the Falkland Islands, two in Cape Town, and the other two went to the Caribbean Sea to prevent General Spee from entering the Atlantic Ocean through the Panama Canal."

"Is the news reliable?" Heinrich seemed a little nervous after hearing the news.

"Very reliable. This information was provided by my old spies in that area for a long time. They have never made any mistakes over the years." Lee Hayden said. "General Spee is in a very dangerous situation at present."

"It's true." Tirpitz was staring at the map and pondering.

"I had some ideas after getting this information." Li Haidn saw the two people interested and continued: "First, order General Spee to lead the fleet into a port of a neutral country and disarm. After all, more than 3,000 naval officers and sailors who have experienced combat are very valuable and cannot be cultivated in a short while. Those warships are not as valuable as these personnel. Another idea is to let General Spee enter the Ottoman port in the Persian Gulf, even if it cannot play any role, it can restrain some of the British troops."

"Well, this matter requires careful planning by the General Staff of the Navy." Tirpitz replied, from his heart he was more inclined to the second suggestion made by Lee Haydn, but the British would soon occupy these Turkish ports.

Another problem is the three Greek and Argentinian battleships ordered by the Argentines that had been launched in the North Sea shipyard. After the war began, Leheiden ordered the construction of these three warships to continue. Now it is time to discuss their way out and the time. As for the current situation, they will definitely not be able to return to Greece or Argentina.

The German navy wanted to buy them, but Lee Hayden had no objection. His original intention was to strengthen the strength of the German fleet. The two Greek ships were fine. The money was borrowed from the Vienna City Credit Bank. The Germans only had to promise to repay the loan for Greece. The problem was that on the Argentina side, Germany needed to refund the other party the one million pounds they had paid.

After returning from Germany, Lee Haydn first arrived in Salzburg and then went to Linz.

The industrial area centered on Linz is one of the most developed mechanical manufacturing and metal processing centers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was originally famous for the manufacturing of steam locomotives and textile machinery, and it is also one of the earliest regions in the world to manufacture automobiles and tractors. After nearly two decades of merger and reorganization, more than 50 automobile and tractor manufacturers that appeared in Linz since 18.95 have now merged into two famous automobile and tractor manufacturing companies: Imperial Elia Standard Automobile Company and Graf Steft Automobile Manufacturing Company.

Since Lee Haydn owns shares in both automobile companies, these two competing companies still have some cooperative relationships. It is strange that Lee Haydn does not want to merge these two companies. In his opinion, only competition can develop faster.

Unlike the shortages of capital suffered by automobile companies that have been growing slowly in the free development in the early stages, the development of the two Austrian automobile manufacturers and the Maybach-Daimler company in Stuttgart is smooth sailing. With the support of large funds from Lee Haydn, there are obvious shadows of planned economic investment methods in these three automobiles, engines and tractor manufacturers. This investment method makes these three companies a big step ahead of all their peers in the world in the early stages of their inception. As for the future development, it is a matter of operation and operation. Lee Haydn can only provide some suggestions to the company's managers for reference.

At least now, these two Austrian companies and Daimler companies are at the forefront of the world in terms of technical level, production scale and production capacity.

In a heavily guarded closed test site not far from Linz, a group of weird-style chain-rail armored vehicles are undergoing secret maneuvering and off-road performance tests. After 30 prototypes of Elia 1914 tanks were manufactured, Lee Haydn provided some modifications based on later experience.

Due to the current technical level, the Elia 1914 tank cannot achieve the ideal appearance in his mind. The riveted body and rotating turret look extremely ugly from the outside. There is only a 37mm flat-fire cannon with a 35-times caliber tube that was specially lengthened according to Lee Hayden's requirements. It seems to look quite pleasing.

The 30 cm wide track is half the image in Lee Haydn's mind. It is 4.2 meters long, 2.1 meters wide and 1.76 meters high, which is far worse than the image of the steel giant in Lee Haydn's memory. It looks similar to the Chery QQ car with a travel bag on the roof.

The 7.8 tons weight is also unsatisfactory, but there is no way. Steyr's 100-horsepower V8 diesel engine is already one of the best engines in the world. Although Islea can provide a 120-horsepower gasoline engine, Lee Haydn prefers a sturdy and durable diesel engine, and the diesel engine can provide nearly 30% of the torque output higher than the gasoline engine.

This is particularly important when encountering complex terrain.

The performance of tank guns, turrets and juxtaposed machine guns is unquestionable. Isleia has enough experience in making small-caliber artillery for naval patrol boats and destroyers. The turrets have been structurally borrowed from warship turrets and are reliable enough. The problem is suspension and walking systems, and their reliability is enough to be worrying and feel broken.

In theory, the Elia 1914 can run 25 kilometers per hour on flat hard ground, but in fact, it is the limit to reach 22 kilometers. Most of the time it can only run 15 miles. The amount of oil carried in the fuel tank can allow the engine to run for 6 hours, but most tanks cannot travel more than 100 kilometers at a time. After driving 6 or 70 kilometers in a row, it will have to stop due to various mechanical failures.

Elia Standard Automobile engineers warn that after every 50 kilometers of continuous travel, the Elia 1914 tank has to stop and rest for a while so that its vulnerable heating parts will last longer. This is the reality, engineers are working hard to improve its walking and suspension systems, but there will never be any big breakthroughs.

Lee Hayden accepted the status quo helplessly. Although this thing is far from his expectations, if used properly, it can still have a good effect on the battlefield.

The problem is that this thing has a bit harsh requirements for terrain and transportation, and the already chaotic imperial logistics system is under even greater pressure.

He decided to carry out a major rectification of the empire's railway system, learn from Germany's methods, and be taken over and dispatched by the military in an all-round way. This would touch the interests of some people.
Chapter completed!