On September 7, 1927, more than 100 warships from all over the world gathered in the North Sea to participate in the grand celebration to celebrate the birth of the predecessor of the German Imperial Navy, the Kingdom of Prussia Navy.

For this celebration, the capital ships of the German Atlantic Fleet, Pacific Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet, North Sea Fleet, and Baltic Fleet all sailed back to their homeland, and 15 German battleships, 8 battle cruisers, 5 heavy aircraft carriers, and 8 medium aircraft carriers appeared in front of the world, which gave dignitaries, generals, and military enthusiasts from various countries a chance to feast their eyes.

As a loyal ally of Germany, Turkey sent its best three battleships, the Kingdom of Britain with one battleship and five heavy cruisers, the Irish Navy, the Spanish Navy, and the Italian Navy each sent one battleship and one heavy cruiser, in addition to one Mexican battlecruiser, two Chilean battleships and one aircraft carrier, one light cruiser from the United States, one heavy cruiser from Brazil, and one light cruiser from Argentina came to Germany as reference ships.

Up to this time, although Japan used 1/3 of the navy, 7 army divisions and a large number of fighters to defeat the main force of the Australian and New Zealand coalition forces, but the war in Oceania was not over, the Australian and New Zealand governments and the determination of the military and people to resist were unusually strong with the support of Britain and other countries, and they did not have air supremacy and sea supremacy, and they fought guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army in the vast mountainous areas of Australia. At present, the Japanese military department is still considering continuing to increase troops to Australia, but in order to show off its naval strength, this time it still sent a powerful visiting fleet consisting of two battleships, one battle cruiser, one aircraft carrier, and 22 frigates of the First Fleet, and Germany was only the first stop of this fleet's visit to Europe. They then had to go to Britain, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and eventually from Southeast Asia to the Australian front.

Among the visiting ships from various countries, the last thing that attracts attention may be the Russian battleship "Nicholas I" that sailed from St. Petersburg, which is the first new battleship built by the Russian Navy after the accession to the throne of the Russian Empress Diana I, the old "Nicholas I" is an armored battleship with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons, and was captured after being heavily damaged in the Russo-Japanese naval battle, and the new ship has a displacement of 28,000 tons, although it is not as good as the German and Japanese battleships. But it was already the largest battleship in the history of the Russian Navy, equipped with three 3-pack 343 mm naval guns, and the knapsack No. 2 turret gun muzzle was facing backwards, a layout unique to the Russian Navy.

As the Empress of Russia, one of the few Russian battleships in the Baltic Sea, the "Nicholas I" attracted more than just the eye, a team of special "photographers" took pictures of the battleship from all angles, and these photos will in the future become a powerful basis for bomber pilots to identify it from the air.

In the autumn of 1927, the "Barbarossa" was only a secret of the German ** team, but all signs showed that the Germans were preparing for war against Russia. Before the deterioration of diplomacy between the two countries. There is still some time left for the Russian government. With such a purpose, Diana I, the place of this trip, was particularly active, and one felt a decent affinity.

Eleven years later. Chen Tian once again saw this Russian Iron Empress, who was widely praised by the world, maybe this woman carried too many of his feelings, Chen Tian only felt sadness and resentment surging into his heart, after winter and spring, it was time to make a conclusion, and now, he couldn't write all this on his face obviously.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are becoming more and more heroic! Oh, I seem to see His Majesty Emperor Joseph Franz in his youth. You have many godlikenesses, and you are full of strength, wisdom and ambition! ”

Chen Tian carefully looked at the noble lady in front of him who spoke fluent German, the 42-year-old Linda had a few traces of age in the corners of her eyes, but her delicate skin and small face were still full of youthful vitality, and the fragrance on her body was very attractive, but it was no longer the natural and fresh body fragrance of the year! Today, she wears a beige dress, a milky white shawl dotted with round pearls, and an equally delicate and luxurious lady's top hat on her head.

"Oh. Your Majesty has won the award, I haven't seen it for many years, and His Majesty's face is still as beautiful as it was back then, as if the years have not passed at all, which is really enviable! ”

Linda smiled lightly at Chen Tian's completely polite compliments, "Your Majesty's compliment is really intoxicating!" I remember that Your Majesty's birthday is approaching, and I have prepared a small gift, and I hope that Your Majesty will not be disgusted by its simplicity! ”

The attendant dressed in a classical Russian chamberlain costume walked up to the two of them with a small wooden lacquer box, from the outside, this box is indeed nothing special, even if it is carved with exquisite ornaments and gold-inlaid buckles, its price is probably no more than 10 euromarks, presumably the content inside is the point.

"I beg your majesty to open it when you go back!" Linda said with a smile.

"Oh? All right! Chen Tian took the box and handed it to his attendant.

When the two didn't know what to say, Prince Fushimi Palace Hiroko and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi, who came to congratulate on behalf of the Japanese royal family and government, came, Fushimi Palace has been to Germany many times since the South American War, and Chentian is a familiar face, and he can speak a little more openly, he saw Chentian and Linda standing face to face, so he said a piece of Japanese with a fluttering eyebrow, and the translator then conveyed his original intention:

"Two Majesties stand together, one is comparable to Alexander the Great, and the other is comparable to Catherine the Great, how do you think it is a match made in heaven!"

Listening to Fushiminomiya's messy metaphor, Tatsumi couldn't help but laugh a little, but thinking about the meaning behind this sentence, he further realized the fact that Russia and Japan were colluding - if nothing else, Fushimi Palace came as a "nursery" this time.

Make peace? Marriage? Chen Tian laughed at the vulgar imagination of the two people in front of him in his heart, if peace can be understood as the willingness of the Russians to submit, but the marriage is to make the two strong together, not that the strong side is dragged back by the weak party, with the current situation of Russia, neither willing to make peace. and does not have the conditions for marriage, saying it will only become a joke for others. The only thing that can make people reverie is that Chentian and Linda are unmarried and unmarried, but no one will suspect that there are other intimate people in their bedrooms, and the secrets of the palace are always desirable but difficult to obtain.

"It's been a long time, His Royal Highness Prince Fushiminomiya!" Chen Tian shook hands with the other party and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince came with such a powerful fleet this time, didn't he want to dominate the guests?" ”

After listening to the translator's translation. Fushimi Palace bowed again and again, "Your Majesty, don't misunderstand, this palace is here to proclaim the determination of the country to defend peace at the will of the emperor, and it is definitely not a show of force!" In the Pacific Ocean and in the Americas, the country's fleet also has a friendly party with the inhabitants of various countries, and this is absolutely not a fake! ”

"Oh, it's just a joke, Your Royal Highness doesn't have to mind so much! This is the head of the new cabinet of your government. Tatsuten said and turned his gaze to the one behind Fushimi Palace, after the Wakami cabinet resigned due to the economic crisis and financial problems. Yoshiichi Tanaka formed a government as an opposition party with the support of political veteran Saionji Konobo. Although he was an opposition party, Tanaka Yoshiichi's status as the leader of the Choshu domain should not be underestimated.

"Yes, this is Yoshiichi Tanaka, the country's current cabinet leader and foreign minister!"

After the official introduction of Fushimi Palace. Tanaka said with a respectful face: "Tanaka Yoshiichi's name can be known to His Majesty, and I am really scared!" ”

Tatsuten snorted coldly in his heart, for the Germans, this Tanaka Yoshiichi is not a famous figure, but as a descendant of Tatsuten, Tanaka's daimyo means that Japan has embarked on a full-scale route of aggression against China - Tanaka has nothing to praise in domestic affairs, but diplomatically it has made the Japanese government move from coordinated diplomacy to tough diplomacy, the prime minister came to power in April, when the war in Oceania had just broken out, and since then Tanaka has not only supported the army to repeatedly increase troops to Australia. It is more active in planning the annexation of China's three eastern provinces.

"I've heard of the name for a long time!"

There were a lot of unhappiness in his heart, but Chen Tian's face was still the plain and indifferent of the emperor, and then he shook hands with Tanaka arrogantly. Japan's ambitions are obviously not just one Tanaka can control the land, even if Tanaka is killed, there will be a second Tanaka to lead that evil war of aggression in the future, and the source of all evil lies in the never-ending ** of the people.

Isn't his own "Barbarossa" also a criminal war of aggression for the Russians? Chen Tian smiled bitterly in his heart.

When all the ships were gathered on the sea off Wilhelmshaven, the grand parade began on the morning of 15 September, and the host's mighty battlefleet announced the celebration of the German Navy with a deafening sound of cannon. This navy from scratch, from weak to strong step by step, on the way through countless large and small naval battles, many until a hundred years later are still regarded as classics, this navy once faced the test of life and death, to the left is to sink, to the right is brilliant, courage, wisdom and blood let it to its heyday, and will bloom at its peak one after another brilliant flowers.

Next, Chen Tian inspected the visiting ships on his ship "William the Great", and each warship sounded a salute on behalf of high respect when it sailed by, one after another, one team after another, from morning to evening, the honor that could only be enjoyed in the heyday of the British Empire finally became a proof of the strength of another country's navy. On this sea, Chen Tian saw more than half of the world's capital ships, especially those battleships and battle cruisers that will soon retire from the stage of history, which can also be called the last gathering of the era of big ships and big guns.

When a lonely, skinny but freshly painted warship sailed forward, Chen Tian recognized the five-color flag on the mast - red, yellow, blue, white, and black from top to bottom, and in 1927, the Beiyang warlords were recognized by the countries of the world as the legitimate government of China, and Zhang Zuolin's Feng warlords were controlling the political situation in Beijing.

That's the cruiser "Haichen" of the Northeast Chinese Navy!

Just this summer, the Northeast Navy had just annexed the Bohai Fleet and became the most powerful navy in China, and as an independent sovereign state, they sent the cruiser "Haichen" to participate in the centennial celebration of the German Navy. Before the parade, under Chentian's arrangement, the German side not only arranged it in the darkest corner, but also repaired and repainted this warship sold by the country in the last century for free, and when it sailed in front of the German throne ship, the entire warship was already completely renovated.

The people present did not seem to take this small cruiser in their eyes, it has a displacement of only 2950 tons, is equipped with 3 150 mm naval guns and 1 quadruple torpedo tube, and it is also a light cruiser purchased from Germany during the Qing Dynasty in China in the last century, which can be said to be the oldest of the visiting ships. More than 100 sailors on the ship lined up neatly on the fore and aft decks and on both sides, and when the salute was fired, the Emperor of the German Empire, Gianlugi Wilhelm III, gave it a solemn military salute.

Under the inspiration of the Kaiser, the Chinese on the opposite warship also straightened their chests. All the German admirals were saluting them, and the Chinese men who would be forced to scuttle their warships to block the shipping lanes in the face of the Japanese invaders in a few years later were treated with due courtesy in this far away Europe.

This time, the order of the ships of various countries in the parade was arranged according to the name of the country, so Japan (J) was arranged behind China (C), so although the Japanese visiting fleet was strong, it was inspected by the Kaiser after the Chinese Navy, and at this time Japan and China were still in the honeymoon period, so there was no objection. When the battleship "Owari" led by the Japanese fleet appeared in people's sight, no one could but be shocked by the huge body of this battleship that was just completed last year - this battleship with a long bow is 250 meters long, the waterline length is 234 meters, the maximum width is 308 meters, the maximum draft is 97 meters, and the standard displacement is 43,000 tons.

In contrast, the "Kaiser Wilhelm the Great", which was completed last year, is the last battleship built by the German Navy, with a standard displacement of 420,000 tons, and the size is similar to Japan's current "Kii" and "Owari" size, but there are only 4 twin-mounted 406-mm naval guns in terms of firepower, which is slightly inferior to the 5-twin-mounted 410-mm naval guns of the Japanese Kii class, but the "Wilhelm the Great" is not only very strong in defense, but also has a very high degree of modernization, and the Hawkeye I radar equipped on the ship is the first non-experimental radar in Germany. It is possible to detect ships up to 10 km away and aircraft up to 40 km away, and of course, this technology is absolutely secret from the outside world!

It is worth mentioning that the German-American Caribbean Naval War made the navies of all countries in the world, especially the Japanese Navy, see the great power of a new tactic, so the Japanese Navy only completed the construction of the "Kii" and "Owari" ships, which were built to a higher degree at that time, and the last two battleships of this class were rebuilt into heavy aircraft carriers, and the "Awaji" and "Iyu" also became one of the largest aircraft carriers in the world in terms of tonnage.