.When talking about his impression of England summer, Chen Tian felt that there was only one word that was the most appropriate, that is sunshine!

Indeed, the temperature in England may not be very high in summer, but the sun must be very abundant, especially in a resort like the Isle of Wight for holidays and summer vacations.

Sitting in the Osborne House of Queen Victoria's summer palace, enjoying the beautiful summer scenery, blowing the cool sea breeze, and then a glass of ice cream iced sauna. The feeling is so refreshing!

"Dear Your Majesty, isn't this much cooler than Berlin?" Ruprecht, who had a mustache, now King Robert I of Britain, was lying leisurely on his rattan-woven bedding chair in a loose silk robe.

Chen Tian, ​​who was also dressed but had a mane, closed his eyes comfortably, "Oh, how great it would be to spend the whole summer here! The summer in Berlin is not only hot, but also boring! No wonder the nobles and rich people in Berlin run to the North Sea as soon as the summer comes!"

"Ha, the summer in Berlin is hot enough! By the way, does Your Majesty still remember this time of the old and old years?"

Ruprecht also closed his eyes gently, as if he was savoring the surging time.

"Of course I remember! In July that year, the situation began to become tense. At that time, we had to wear a full military uniform every day for pre-war preparations. After the war started, we had to wear neatly to the front line in the sunshine! Think about the scorching sun of the roasted people, think about the back that was soaked in sweat and then dried up, oh, that was really a difficult journey!"

Chen Tianmo, who was still closed his eyes, sighed softly. Although it was such an evocative military life, it was gone forever as the years passed.

"Yes, after the mobilization began, we all had to go to the assembly point with full arms to board the train. There was still some wind when the train started. Once it stopped, the air was filled with a strong smell of sweat! Not long after, we arrived in Lorraine. We built fortifications day after day and waited for the French to attack. When the French started attacking, we slowly retreated according to the plan. Later, my staff and I really felt it was unbearable to bear this situation, so I called the General Command and hoped that they would allow our troops to fight back. But the Chief of Staff at the time, Moltke, refused to agree at first, but I argued with him on the phone for three days. At least he agreed to launch a limited counterattack against the French army! Humph, where can we care about the finite infinite when the war started. We finally beat the French back!"

Ruprecht always talked about the battle on the French border. Indeed, that battle hit the French army hard and made him famous.

Chen Tian continued, "Little Moltke... Haha, I almost forgot this person if you don't say it! Do you still remember the meeting of the commander before the war? Every time I had to argue with him, it became almost unchanging routine! He insisted that the Eastern Front I was responsible for was not stable enough, and that two to three corps forces were to be distributed from the Western Front to support me. I told him that as long as I was on guard and not taking it lightly, the Russians would not want to move forward in my territory! After the Battle of East Prussia, I asked to lead the army into Poland. I could restrain the Russian army from the side and create a chance for counterattack for the Austro-Hungarian coalition. Little Moltke disagreed again, saying that the Eastern Front would not seek a big victory, but would not make any mistakes! I really don't understand why he was so different from his uncle!"

"At that time, we were both excited and surprised when we heard the news of the Eastern Front victory. We never expected that your army defeated the Russian army several times its own with 200,000 troops, and stabilized the battle situation on the Eastern Front in one fell swoop! I think Nicholas II must have hated you so much!" Ruprecht said jokingly.

"Well, I think so too!" After that, Chen Tian and Ruprecht laughed together.

It was Ruprecht who stopped first, and he suddenly said with some loss: "Hey, I wonder when we will have a chance to fight together again?"

Chen Tian turned his head to look at him, and then said with great certainty: "If one day the situation requires it, we will still stand together to fight the enemy!"

Rupresitt nodded and asked after a while: "Does His Majesty go to inspect the Scottish Mercenary Company in a few days?"

"So your Majesty is going to walk with me?" Chen Tian asked him with a smile.

Ruprecht replied with a smile: "I want to go. I don't really want to go!"

Chen Tian turned his gaze back to the front, "The weather is so hot, so it must be very sunny when you go! But I think the weather cannot be a reason for us to be lazy, so let's go and take a look to see your new fleet!"

Ruprecht smiled again, "Ha, my new fleet is not yours?"

"To be precise, it's our fleet!" Chen Tian said seriously.

A week later. Scotland Glasger.

After nearly two years of restorative construction and renovation and expansion, nearly 20 shipyards on the banks of the Clyde have become shipbuilding bases for Scottish mercenaries. The busy scenes of various shipbuilding areas have somehow seen the shadow of Scottish shipbuilding industry in the pre-war heyday. In dry docks, ships of all sizes are under intense construction, and hundreds of workers are working hard on their posts in the scorching sun.

When they visited the port area, Chen Tian and Ruprecht were both wearing casual clothes and large sun hats. Although many followers followed, basically no one would realize how important the two of them were.

"That's right, our 'Traveler' was where our 'Traveler' was modified!" The speaker was leaning on a crutch and looked unfavorable. In fact, he was the general manager of the mercenary company and Lord Hubert, who had a close friend between the German Emperor and the King of England.

Looking in the direction Hubert pointed, Chen Tian saw the super-large ship platform where there was no sign of the "traveler". Instead, it was replaced by a new ship with a keel that had not been laid not long ago and had not yet formed a contour.

"Well, I saw that 'ship' during the exercise, it was really good!" What Chen Tian said was naturally the heavy aircraft carrier that was later renamed the "Kemal". Although the armor of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship may not be better than that of the German battleship, it is more than enough as the hull of an aircraft carrier.

"Lord, what are you building now? Are you a warship?" Ruprecht pointed to the No. 1 ship station and asked Hubert.

"Your Majesty, what is under construction is a transport ship, but it is very different from ordinary transport ships!" Hubert briefly introduced that although this is the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Britain, this shipbuilding base is directly controlled by the Supreme Commander and the Admiralty of Germany, so the construction content does not need to be reported to the British government. It is not surprising that Ruprecht, as the King of Britain, would ask such questions.

Chen Tian knew that Hubert would not say these situations without his approval. So he personally answered Ruprecht's question, "To be precise, it is a super-large landing ship specially used to carry military supplies! The biggest difference between it and ordinary transport ships is that it will be closer to the warship in appearance, and important parts are protected by thick armor. For example, the armor and lightning protection compartment at the waterline position can withstand the attack of ordinary torpedoes, and the speed is much faster than ordinary transport ships. One to two squads of seaplanes can be carried on the deck."

"What a great guy!" Ruprecht praised on the spot.

Chen Tian said: "The cost is higher than that of ordinary transport ships, and the budget cost is 1.5 million European marks. I'm right, Lord!"

Hubert followed closely behind the two monarchs who walked side by side, "It's the land, two of your majesties! 1.5 million European marks, that is, 12 million imperial marks in the past!"

"call out……"

Ruprecht whistled to show his surprise. He found that in the past two years, both the German Emperor and the German government have been much more casual in terms of funds. It seems that the huge victory of the war has indeed made the empire profitable. Over time, this income has been reflected more and more in government funds and finances. Although the 1.5 million European Mark is only one-quarter of the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, this so-called super-large landing ship is not a battleship after all. You must know that the powerful power, armor and military power of the Dauntless battleship are exchanged for a large amount of money. The funds required to build a transport ship with the same tonnage are only about half of the landing ship.

Hubert explained to his two majesties as he walked: "There are currently 52 ships here, of which 1, 2, 3, 7, and 11 ships can be used to build large ships including battleships in the mainland, and the rest of the ships Taichung have suitable for the construction of medium-sized warships and large civilian ships. The remaining 32 ships can only build light ships and small and medium-sized cargo ships!"

"It seems that they have started construction, right?" Ruprecht squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. Looking around, the blue flashes emitted from welding could be seen almost everywhere.

Huber's head is called yes.

"Then the shipbuilding volume is very large!" Ruprecht said again.

Hubert nodded, but then told him in a tactful tone, "In fact, even if these docks operate at full capacity, the shipbuilding volume was only one-tenth of that of Britain before the war!"

"Before the war...that was the most powerful time when Britain was! Is it really going to decline if a country is overwhelmed?" Ruprecht said thoughtfully, and his breath exhaled from his nostrils became a little heavy.

At this time, Chen Tian stretched out his right hand and patted his cousin and King of Britain on the shoulder. "This is a historical necessity. No country can maintain its strength for thousands of years!"

Ruprechite nodded, and the group drove along the Clyde River to continue to walk downward. About half an hour later, the vision ahead suddenly widened a lot. After flashing past the last building that could block the view, a ship mooring area of ​​about 20 hectares downstream of the shipbuilding area was presented to everyone.

"Two Your Majesties, these are just built warships, and they are expected to be officially formed in two months!"

Before Hubert finished introducing it, Ruprecht walked forward impatiently. Because he saw the masts of the twenty warships next to the docks, his British Kingdom flag was flying on the top of the masts of the twenty warships - a blue-bottom, red cross and white slashes. This was the flag of Great Britain after James VI was aiming at unifying England and Scotland in 1606, that is, the combination of the St. George's white-bottom red cross flag and the St. Andrew's blue-bottom white cross flag of Scotland. The difference from the previous British flag is that there is no red slash representing Ireland (St. Patrick's flag).

While Ruprecht was still surprised, Chen Tian walked to him, looked straight ahead, and said, "Your Majesty, that's our fleet!"

"Our fleet!" Ruprecht repeated this sentence softly. Before that, he only knew that there was such a fleet that nominally belonged to the Kingdom of Britain, and that the fleet currently has 5 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 6 minesweepers, but this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes, and it gave him a very strong shock at first sight.

The 20 British flags with red cross-white slashes on the blue bottom fluttered high in the wind. Although the momentum of these ships could not be compared with the former British fleet, the British king deeply felt their existence, their power and their loyalty.

In the setting sun, Chentian and Ruprecht stood side by side, and the shadow behind them seemed very long.

"Do they all have names?" Ruprecht thought of this important question for a while.

"bn-1,bn-2 all the way to bn-20!" Chen Tian turned his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, they are all waiting for you to name it!"

Ruprecht turned his face to Chen Tian, ​​and there was a slight fluctuation under his calm eyes.

Chen Tian made a gesture of invitation, and the group immediately walked towards the dock.

The entire dock was surrounded by high barbed wire, and the only passage was closely guarded by a large group of soldiers carrying live ammunition. The area of ​​the dock and dock was not very large, but the guardhouses, searchlights, and barracks were all available. Sailors wearing white military uniforms and unraveled military caps could be seen everywhere in the area within the barbed wire.

At this time, Ruprecht truly realized what Chen Tian said about "come out for more" and was worried that the underground resistance organization would be unfavorable to him, so he stayed in the palace in London for a long time, and even rarely went to England. Scotland only came once in 1916.

Since Chen Tian and his party were wearing casual clothes, the guards on duty did not allow them to enter at the beginning. It was not until the commander here came out to see Hubert that the gate of the port area slowly opened.

Not long after, the radio in the port area rang, and the commander announced the order that everyone would gather next to the warship in German. For a moment, the officers and sailors, who were originally in groups of three or three, ran towards the dock, and more than 2,000 soldiers were quickly neatly arranged on the dock next to their warships.

"You two majesties, these people are volunteer soldiers recruited from Austria, Croatia, Slavonia and other places. All of them served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Now the Austro-Hungarian Empire no longer exists, and the above-mentioned areas are also included in the territory of the German Empire, so we don't have to worry about their loyalty." Hubert whispered.

Looking at the trained officers and soldiers and brand new ships, Chentian and Ruprecht were quite satisfied. It won’t take long for the fleet to patrol the North Sea and Atlantic regions to relieve the burden on the German navy. When necessary, they will also go to North American waters to fight the British government's fleet in exile, and the St. James' Naval Flag and St. George's Cross Navy Flag will also meet on the battlefield.
Chapter completed!