. "Did you really decide to go to the United States? I don't know much about that country. Is this trip safe?"

Lisa, standing behind Chen Tian, ​​seemed a little worried. Since Chen Tian told her that they would visit the United States soon and attend an important meeting, she seemed to have been thinking about this all day long. Perhaps in her impression, the United States is not a special one.

As Chen Tian expected, things quickly progressed after his talks with the US ambassador. Washington responded positively on the third day alone, and the Wilson administration expressed its strong agreement with Germany's proposal to "conclude an international naval agreement." After that, the diplomatic departments of both sides quickly gave this idea a chance to be realized with rare high efficiency. Under the joint lobbying of both sides, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia, Turkey, and Japan successively agreed to participate in the international naval meeting. In addition to the sponsors of Germany and the United States, the six countries will send special delegations to Washington, the capital of the US.

"Don't worry! Matthew will properly arrange our itinerary, and the US government will cooperate with us with all our strength!" Chen Tian had to comfort the woman's concerns. In fact, she was more worried that she would be assassinated like William II. Some ministers who held similar concerns were also some ministers, especially Prime Minister Bateman. He believed that it would be enough to go to the Washington Naval Conference. It was necessary to discuss a naval agreement that the emperor of the German Empire would go for a trip in person.

Chen Tian felt that there was no need to answer these confusions one by one. Moreover, his trip was absolutely supported by Tirpitz and Bilo. Marshal Bilo even repeatedly asked to personally go and see the situation of the US Army. However, Chen Tian considered that the journey was long and Tirpitz and Bilo could ensure the stability of the country when he left, so he politely declined the old coach's volunteer.

"Okay then! I'm going to pick my mother up to the palace to live for a while, and help take care of Sasha and Andres!" Lisa did not continue to stick to her senses. After all, the man in front of her was not a rash person.

Hearing this, Chen Tian remembered that he had not seen his father-in-law and mother-in-law for a long time. After he decided to take Lisa to the United States, he took his mother, Prince Heidrich, to the palace, but forgot the Pascals who lived in Hamburg.

"Well, I think my mother will be happy. She and Mrs. Pascal always have a lot to talk about! By the way, General Pascal, he is in good health recently!"

"It's pretty good. I just feel bored to stay at home after retirement. I either fiddled with the map or went hunting in the suburbs all day. It seemed like I would rust when I stopped!" Lisa said in a angrily tone.

Chen Tian turned around and looked at the first lady of the German Empire. She has indeed matured a lot over the past decade, but she has not finished doing anything or shouldn't do anything.

"Ah, the soldiers of the Empire are like this. I want to wait until I get old!" Chen Tian said with a rare smile on his face. Before he knew it, his smile had been much less than before in the past year.

Lisa looked helpless, but her face was filled with an autumn smile. "Ah. Do you soldiers want to sleep with a rifle all day?"

"This is not necessarily!" Chen Tian pretended to be serious and thought, "The artillery should like to sleep on the cannons, and the sailors just lie on the deck to sleep. The pilot might have dreamed of flying in the air!"

"Oh, we German women are so pitiful!" Lisa was completely helpless, but she was not depressed or atmospheric. After a while, she turned around and made preparations before departure.

On November 17, 1915, the third day after Chen Tian's 33rd birthday, a brand new warship set sail amid people's cheers in the northwest Germany. Although it failed to catch up with the previous war, the Deflinger-class battlecruiser "Luzov" was still in service as scheduled. The reason why this warship was named "Luzov" was to commemorate an excellent Prussian cavalry general, Baron Adolf Ludwig William von Luzov. Just like its name. "Luzov" has an innate glory, not only because it is the latest and best battleship cruiser in the German Navy, not only because it embodies the essence of the German shipbuilding industry, but because its first long voyage was responsible for carrying the German Empire emperor, which was an unprecedented glory for any German warship!

This time, four other ships were voyages from America with the Luzov. They were the cruiser Stuttgart, equipped with a 206mm main gun, with a displacement of 6,200 tons, a 152mm main gun and an anti-submarine equipment site, with a displacement of 4,900 tons, a auxiliary cruiser Ryant, and a 3,300 tons, a new medical ship "Huber", which has first-class medical equipment.

The German Navy has long regarded Britain, which is separated by a sea, as its main imaginary target. But what Tirpitz created was actually a veritable "ocean fleet". With a 10-knot cruise and speed, the Nassau class has a 9,400 nautical miles, the Caesar class and the King class are 8,000 nautical miles, only the Helgolan class is slightly less, but it reaches 5,500 nautical miles. In contrast, the George V class in the UK has a stadium of only slightly more than 4,000 nautical miles, the Giant class is 6,100 nautical miles, and the Queen Elizabeth class has a design stadium of 8,600 nautical miles, but they have been damaged on the ship before they have been in service. Among the current main battleships in the United States, except for the latest New York class, which has a 9,600 nautical miles cruising, the Florida class and Delaware class are less than 7,000 nautical miles.

Compared with battleships, German battlecruisers, from von der Tann class to Deferglin class, basically sacrificed a certain range of endurance in exchange for high speed. This latest "Luzov" is no exception. It can sail up to 5,600 nautical miles at a cruise speed of 14 knots. Despite this, the ships accompanying the fleet did not include coal-added ships. This is because in addition to its superior endurance, the German Navy has another advantage in the world - although not as many as the British.

Overseas colonies and coal-plugging stations, but thanks to the excellent capabilities of the Navy General Staff, Germany has long divided the oceans of the world into a series of areas, each of which is supervised by a German quartermaster. This official has the right to order all ships in this area to travel anywhere German warships may meet with them. He has the right to requisition German banks and commercial banks for the needs of warships. In this way, German navy ships can replenish fuel in almost all oceans around the world.

In the next two weeks, this fleet led by the "Luzov" will cross the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and eventually arrive in Washington, USA. It is necessary to travel on a new warship with a displacement of 31,200 tons and a maximum speed of 26.5 knots. Needless to mention Chen Tian and Lisa, even the accompanying Navy Chief of Staff Marshal Hugo von Boer and other members of the naval delegation felt very at ease.

Because of this special voyage, the Navy made a lot of careful arrangements for this new and even paint-flavored warship in advance. The German Emperor and his wife and servants occupied the most comfortable cabins, and the officers and officials accompanied him were properly arranged. Chen Tian naturally praised the hard work of the Navy. Now, there are nearly 1,300 people on the "Luzov" together with officers and sailors. Together with the other 4 ships, the total number of the entire fleet exceeds 3,000, including twenty-five of the best chefs and medical staff equivalent to a medium-sized field hospital.

The weather in November has started to cool down. Chen Tian, ​​who was wearing a windbreaker, visited the warship enthusiastically under the support of Captain Feng and Dalwick, leaving the footsteps of the young emperor from the deck to the emptying of the machine gun battle. Finally, Chen Tian was still standing in the open air defense observation room for a while. Looking down, this was a solid and powerful warship. The waves were split flat by the huge bow and retreated along the hull. The center of the bow deck are two huge stacked turrets. The four best large caliber cannons of the German Navy at present ——The 50-dial 305mm caliber main gun held its head up and looked at the sea in front of the left. Like the traditional German warship, the bridge of this warship is not high, and behind the bridge are two huge chimneys nearly 30 meters apart. At this time, the warship was advancing at a cruising speed of 14 knots. But the smoke coming out of the chimney was not as thick as other German warships, because the "Luzov" and its other two sister ships used mixed oil and coal combustion power, and 14 boilers can provide this huge warship with sufficient power of 63,000 horsepower.

On this warship, the other two main turrets are arranged in the center line at the rear, which is also a popular design model for navies in various countries around the world - the front and rear firepower is as strong, and all main guns can fire at the side of the ship at the same time. Faced with this situation, Chen Tian sometimes thinks of the main gun arrangement on the German Third Reich warship in another world. The arrangement of weak in front and strong in the back is really helpless. Fortunately, the same situation will not happen again in this world.

"Your Majesty, it's windy here. Be careful of catching a cold!"

Fon, Marshal Boer, the head of the German delegation who attended the Washington Naval Conference, carefully reminded the emperor. At this time, winter had quietly arrived. Perhaps the weather was still warm in the distant Pacific Ocean, but for this fleet that had just left Germany and sailed on the North Sea, the oncoming wind was cold.

"Oh, I got it!"

Chen Tian was not disgusted with the advice of his subordinates. He knew that although he was in his prime, he could not show off because of this. If he unfortunately caught a cold at this time, although he would not cancel the trip, it would cause many inconvenience to his subsequent actions. This time, veterans such as Tirpitz, Bilo, and Hindenburg were not accompanied, and even his confidant general Matthew stayed in Berlin, so Chen Tian was somewhat dull. Boer was also a navy veteran and respected Chen Tian, ​​but did not have much personal relationship.

After taking another look at the comfortable blue sky and the sea of ​​similar colors, Chen Tian turned around and began to walk down the steps, and glanced at the ships following the "Luzov". In comparison, their bodies were much weaker. The medical ship "Hubai" that was painted white was eye-catching. The slender and simple hull, the typical bow of the sailing era and the auxiliary sail on the masts all seemed out of place with the steel warships around them.

After that, Chen Tian returned to his room. The woman who was not interested in anything related to the warship, his queen, was sitting in a comfortable chair next to the porthole and reading "Red and Black".

Chen Tian also read that book. He read the Chinese version at that time. Although it was a classic, it might not be recognized by everyone. Just like this well-equipped battle cruiser, in Lisa's eyes, it was just a "terrible, cold and huge war machine."

"The weather is very good today. You really can't go on the deck to take a walk?" Chen Tian still asked this question even though he knew he would get a negative answer.

Sure enough, Lisa rejected the proposal very firmly.

"Oh no, I don't want to smell the bad smell coming out of the chimney!"

A little boring, Chen Tian walked to the other side of the room, where there was a door-shaped passage, which was the study specially prepared for him. Before leaving, Chen Tian had arranged everything, and Prime Minister Bateman was fully responsible for internal affairs, Stratseman was responsible for diplomacy, Tirpitz and Bilo were staring at the army. General Matthew controlled Berlin, and even the right to inherit the throne of the Empire had been announced - William Andres was the first heir, and if an accident occurred, the 4-year-old crown prince would rule the country with the assistance of Prince Heidrich. Therefore, his ornate and sophisticated mahogany desk was not piled with documents waiting to be reviewed as usual. Now only very important documents that need to be decided by him will be sent.

For the first time since ascending the throne, Chen Tian was so idle that he was a little overwhelmed. The world seemed to have entered an era of complete peace.

"Forget it, let's call everyone to study the upcoming international naval meeting!" Chen Tian himself suggested, but he quickly denied himself. Because they will stay on the ship for two weeks next time. In addition, the Navy Staff had already prepared the required information before boarding the ship, so time was very abundant! In addition, when visiting the battleship just now, Chen Tian had noticed that some people were tired. They might be taking a nap at this time.

After reviewing the only few documents, Chen Tian hoped to find some fun in the newspapers. Jonalet prepared for him the latest issue of the Berlin Daily and several publications within the Navy, one called "Voyage" and the other was "Sailing", and the last one Chen Tian thought the name was very good, called "Age of Empire". The layout of these newspapers and magazines was as dull as most of the publications of this era, but the content was still a good deal. Some talked about various navigational knowledge, and some talked about naval wars in ancient and modern times.

Chen Tian flipped through this until the servant invited him to have a meal. At 12 o'clock noon, about 4 hours after leaving Wilhelmshaven, a fleet on duty on the North Sea temporarily joined the escort team. They were the Rhineland, the Posen battleship of the first squadron of the High Seas Fleet, as well as several other cruisers and destroyers. After the end of the Battle of Britain, the German Navy announced the lifting of the blockade of the British Navy and sent some ships to the Pascal Flo and Portland military ports in the United Kingdom stipulated in the German-British Peace Treaty. In addition, the Navy also retained certain guard ships in the North Sea, the northern waters of Scotland, the Irish Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and rented two good ports from the Irish as warship berths and supply bases.

"Your Majesty, the battleships of Rhineland and Posen have sent a signal. All the officers and soldiers of the Navy pay tribute to you!" The captain of the "Luzov" and the commander of this fleet, Major General Dalwick, happily reported to Chentian.

Chen Tian looked at the sea outside the porthole, and the two warships were sailing not far behind.

"Oh, tell them for me that each of them is good, and I am proud of them! I hope they can keep the bravery and loyalty of the Navy and wish them a happy mood!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Needless to say, those simple naval officers and soldiers will definitely be excited about the emperor's praise. The "Rhineland" and "Posen" are both Nassau-class battleships. As the first-class dreadnoughts of the German Navy, their displacement is only two-thirds of that of the "Luzov". The four warships of the same class were launched from 1909 to 1910, equipped with 12 280 mm and 45-diameter Krupp skl/45 guns, and the speed is 20 knots. In addition to the endurance, they cannot compare with their descendants in terms of firepower and navigation performance. Therefore, these four battleships are currently used for the warning and defense of the local offshore and the North Sea.

"Now there should be no hostile ships in the North Sea, such as the submarines sent by the British government in exile?" Chen Tian's inadvertent sentence shocked the naval generals here. The war had ended for more than three months, and the North Sea had fallen into the complete control of the German Navy a long time ago. However, even so, no one could 100% sure whether the enemy's submarines would enter the North Sea. After Robert I's British government signed a truce treaty with Germany, the British government in exile in Canada refused to admit this and claimed that it would continue to fight against Germany and its allies until it recovered the British government and defeated the Allies.

Before Marshal Boer spoke, almost everyone here looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this! Our ships equipped with sonar equipment and deep-water bombs patrol the North Sea every day. Look, there are 4-5 such auxiliary cruisers and destroyers in the guard fleet that just came to escort, plus Shanghai Military Airlines airships and aircraft. It is not easy for any hostile submarine to operate in the North Sea! Since March this year, our German warships and merchant ships have not been attacked by any situation in the North Sea area!"

"Don't be nervous, I'm just kidding!"
Chapter completed!