The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, 1789 has passed.

In that year, thanks to Bismarck's efforts, the kingdoms and principalities within the Second Empire were settled peacefully.

All the local powers were handed over, and from this moment on, the empire truly became a unified country.

Immediately after the abolition of all the kingdoms, Andrews ordered the first census of the population and economy of the Second Empire.

The purpose of this census was to find out the true strength of the empire and prepare for future wars.

Thanks to the joint efforts of tens of thousands of workers, the census was successfully completed.

After careful investigation, accurate data on the population and economy of the Second Empire were found.

By the end of 1789, the Second Reich had a population of 48.92 million people and a GDP of 21.5 billion marks, or about $4.5 billion.

In terms of population size, the Second Empire is still the second most populous country in Europe.

In terms of economic power, they have surpassed Gaul and jumped to second place in Europe and third in the world, behind Sunset and Eagle Sauce.

However, compared to the top two, they are still far behind.

It is very difficult to catch up with them in a short period of time.

26 The good news, however, was that the economy of the Second Empire was growing very quickly.

In 1789, their economy grew at 12 percent.

At this rate, every seven years, their GDP can double.

If the First World War of the world still broke out in 1914.

Then their GDP will reach more than 40 billion by then!

This number will be 100 percent higher than the sun never sets.

There is even a possibility that it will surpass the eagle sauce in North America!

Of course, the premise is that they can continue to grow at this rate.

However, in this regard, Anlu can be described as full of confidence.

He still has a lot of things to come up with!

There are a lot of good things in the system mall, and I was worried that a large number of them would be used in a short period of time to arouse the vigilance of people who never set.

So he didn't reveal his details, but it was no problem to take out one or two pieces a year.

Moreover, as Andrews gradually completed the layout of the automobile industry and shipbuilding industry.

When these two industries are developed, they will also become the economic growth engines of the Second Empire.

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After ascertaining the size of the population and the size of the economy, Andrews looked back at the military development of the empire during the year.

After the end of the Second Franco-German War, the threat of the Second Reich from the west was greatly reduced.

Considering that Gaul had been largely crippled in the war, it could not threaten the security of the empire in a short period of time.

So Andrews boldly disarmed the army, eliminating a large number of civilian personnel from the generals.

Cut out some of the less important units and keep only the most elite and combat-ready units.

After the disarmament, the strength of the German army was reduced from 650,000 to 450,000.

Although in terms of size, they have decreased by 200,000 people, but in terms of actual combat effectiveness.

The combat effectiveness of the German army not only did not decrease, but on the contrary was further strengthened.

The reason for this is the amount of money saved after disarmament.

Andrews put all of them into the development and procurement of new weapons.

As a result, the remaining German troops were all reequipped and equipped with the latest smokeless powder rifles in the Reich.

In addition to this, a large number of machine guns began to be equipped with troops.

The appearance of these machine guns multiplied the firepower of the German army.

Although the number of people has decreased, the intensity of their firepower on the battlefield has increased several times.

If the Gauls dared to provoke them without knowing whether they were alive or dead, the Germans would use the machine guns in their hands to teach the Gauls how to behave!

On the naval side, however, their size has been strengthened.

The strength of the navy has increased to 35,000 from 23,000 a year ago.

That's an increase of 12,000!

Although it seems that the increase in numbers is not large, all of these people are prepared as technical backbones and reserve officers. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

With this talent pool, once the empire's navy needs to expand.

can rely on them as the skeleton, use the old to lead the new, and complete the expansion of the army in a short period of time.

In addition to the increase in numbers, the Navy received 5 Brandenburg-class battleships in the year.

This battleship was cheap to build, but it was very good at performance.

With their words, the coastal defense of the empire was safe enough to be guaranteed. []

Although the sun does not set at present, it is still no problem to deal with Gaul and bully Dan Sell.

Moreover, these five battleships were just excessive.

For the time being, it will be used for training by the navy, and when the war really breaks out in the future.

Andrews will replace them with newer, bigger, better ships.

In addition to the traditional army and navy, near the end of the year.

The Second Reich has quietly established a new type of armed force, the Air Force!

This should be the first air force of this era!

The size of this air force is not large, there are only a few dozen people at the moment, and there is only an empty shelf.

And because the pilot-made aircraft has not yet been test-flown yet, they don't even have a single plane now.

Currently training with a hot air balloon.

Airplanes have greater requirements for industry.

The material of the fuselage must not only be light enough, but also structurally strong enough.

And in order for the aircraft to fly successfully, the engine must also have a lot of power.

So in a short period of 530, the Air Force is expected to fly fighter jets and defend the airspace of the Empire.

This is a bit unrealistic, and compared to the aircraft, the technical threshold for another equipment is much lower.

That's it – an airship!

The airship is a bit bulky compared to an airplane.

But in the early days, the performance advantage of airships was actually quite large.

For one, it is large and can carry a lot of soldiers and equipment.

Therefore, as long as it is developed, it will immediately have the ability to fight in real combat.

Second, its internal space is relatively large, and the size of the engine is very limited.

This allows it to carry the kind of bulky high-power engine, which can completely solve its own power problems.

More importantly, airships are the wrong direction of development for the Air Force.

And Andrews, as a traverser, knows this very well.

However, the other countries of this era did not know this, so Andrews planned to use the airship to mislead them.

Let them think that airships are the future of the Air Force, and then follow the Second Reich to desperately develop airships!

After they had invested huge energy and financial resources in the airship, the Second Reich suddenly took out the plane!

They lost at the starting line

When the time comes, after figuring out that you have been deceived, all countries in the world will be afraid that they will vomit blood in anger!.