After months of tossing and turning, Ruprecht finally set out on his journey again. Make your way to the last leg of the trip – the United States! Originally, the German fleet was planned to consist of four armored cruisers and two supply ships, but now only one battleship and one other supply ship were planned for the Munich.

If in the past this fleet's visit to the United States meant to demonstrate, now, purely in terms of the size of the fleet, it can only be described as a friendly visit, but to Ruprech's special expectation, before the fleet left, Dewey, commander of the US Far East Fleet, came to visit the German fleet. His arrival brought an invitation from the US Department of the Navy!

"Your Royal Highness, I think you are now more fit than me to represent this fleet." After reading the letter sent by the Americans, Tirpitz also felt a little sour in his heart. After all, he is the commander of the fleet, and the rank of admiral that Ruprecht is wearing is just a piece of clothing! And now, it seems that both foreigners and natives value Prince Ruprecht's attitude more!

"Lao Tzu is fighting with his life! Look at the guys who are still lying in the hospital! You know how dangerous it was! Ruprecht said with some disdain.

"Good, good. You are the hero of Germany, and you will make a friendly visit to the US Navy on behalf of the German Navy, and I will take the fleet around the whole of America and then meet you on the east coast of the United States. Tirpitz made a gesture of submission, and of course, he was just joking. Although the Mainz has an absolute advantage over the Japanese fleet, it is indeed a skill to turn the tide of danger in the face of surprise, and His Royal Highness the Prince's foresight and adaptability make him have to admire!

"You are a prophet sometimes, and you can always predict things that no one else can think of." Tirpitz said half-complimentingly, half-seriously.

"What do you want to say? It's not normal to be attentive to nothing! Ruprecht glanced at him.

"Good, good, good. I just wanted to ask, what are you going to do with the Americans? And what do you want from the United States. You are a very purposeful person, you are so active in going to the United States, there must be a purpose, right? Tirpitz voiced his doubts.

"For the sake of the friendly relations between the two countries and for a better future!" Ruprecht said.

"Your statement, like the rhetoric of a diplomat, is full of hypocrisy and cunning." Tirpitz scoffed.

"What I said is true, and I really hope that I will never be an enemy of the United States." Ruprecht gave the other a blank look. "Don't you think it's a very boring thing to be an enemy of the United States?"

"Germany can't even dominate the affairs of Europe, even the colonies in Africa have only grabbed a dime, and Britain in the Pacific can make us very uncomfortable without a navy at all, and you still have to get along with the United States in this situation? Are you afraid that you don't have enough enemies? Haven't eaten enough this time? Ruprecht asked rhetorically.

"But the United States and we are very much in competition in the colonies, in the markets, and in the raw material fields, and the two countries are already enemies in some relations." Tirpitz was stunned for a moment, then said.

"So, everything that competes must be defeated? All the great powers of the world are competing with each other, and Britain is the most powerful empire in the world, and he competes with France, but this does not prevent them from working together against Russia in the Crimea. Can't we just let go of some of our secondary adversaries and concentrate on dealing with the main enemy? Do you have to mock the whole world to be satisfied? Ruprecht said.

What is the most difficult knot to untie as a tragic traverser? It's not a bitter relationship with Britain, France, Russia, and Italy. Rather, it is at odds with the United States, and if the United States does not intervene, then even with the performance of Germany in history, after settling the Eastern Front, there is still hope for a draw between Britain and France. And if the United States joins, then there is no way for Germany in World War I, unless you can mass-produce atomic bombs.

Germany's industrial capacity, population, food and industrial resources are so small that it cannot compete with the whole world even if it is stretched to the limit of the technological level of its time! This is not to say that you can solve it by making tanks and good planes, this is a historical limitation, the mobilization of Germany in World War I was quite thorough, and there was really no way to lose in the end, especially as Ruprecht understood the horror of the United States, and strengthened this idea, 2 World War American industrial horror, and 1 World War industrial horror was equally terrifying! In the 2nd war, Japan helped to pull a part of the hatred, and in the 1st World War, who shared the pressure on Germany?

Some people may say that the United States' entry into the war was inevitable, and that the large amount of loans borrowed from the United States to the Entente alone determined that the United States must side with the United States and Britain, otherwise all these loans would be reduced to waste paper. This statement makes sense, but it is not the decisive factor!

The expansion of the Americans is still very strategic, and the Americas are the basic plate of the United States, and no one can move it, and whoever moves it is in a hurry! Africa, the Americans will never touch. If you go in by yourself, you will be unanimously opposed by the great powers. And the main direction of expansion of the United States is still the Pacific! Both Hawaii and the Philippines are what the United States must get, and the expansion of the United States in the Pacific will directly conflict with Japan. The two sides had a dual hostile relationship in the colonial and Far Eastern markets.

Therefore, Ruprecht has always wanted to intensify the contradictions between the United States and Japan, and try to dilute the contradictions between the United States and Germany, the competition in trade is not irreconcilable, Britain and France, the two capital-exporting countries and colonial powers, can stand together in the end, Ruprecht does not demand much, at least the United States should be neutral. Of course, in order to achieve this, Ruprecht needs to use the conflict between the United States and Japan to bury a dead knot. As for what this dead knot is, Ruprecht has an idea, but there is no perfect plan yet!

As for later generations, it was said that another reason why the United States entered the war was the fear of German unification of the whole of Europe. Thus challenging the United States, this statement is actually debatable, is a country that controls the European continent a threat to the United States? It may feel like there is, but in fact, after the end of World War I, France was the leader of the European continent, and it is not too much to say that Britain and France controlled Europe, right? Does the United States feel threatened? Can Britain and France threaten the United States?

Ruprecht did not have high expectations for Germany in World War I, and as long as he could gain benefits from the Eastern Front, it was acceptable that the Western Front would maintain the status quo before the war began. Slowly digest the fruits of the Eastern Front, and then recuperate. The scene is also the division of Europe, for the United States this result may not be unacceptable, after all, now the default United States is not Ruprecht, their estimation of Germany's strength will certainly not be as accurate as Ruprecht!

Therefore, to sum up, Ruprecht's visit to the United States this time really intends to seek common ground while reserving differences and reduce the degree of hostility between each other, and now that Anglo-German relations have entered a low ebb, Germany really needs the support of other powers, which also creates the possibility for the improvement of US-German relations. With the power of victory, as long as you can put down your body, you can always resolve some of the hostility.

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