"Do you think our baby will be a boy or a girl?"

"Of course it's a boy, I can't stop in my stomach like you, oops, you're kicking me again!"

"But our little Sasha wasn't the same kicking and fussing when she was in your belly, but now she's a little lady!"

Tatsuten put his ear to Lisa's stomach and smiled childlikely.

In the distant fields of gold, it is another harvest season, and our Prince of East Prussia is about to reap his second fruit.

Sasha is the first child of Chentian and Lisa, and when Sasha came to earth two years ago, the whole of Königsberg was partying all night for their little princess, but it was not long before everyone began to hope for the birth of a future heir to East Prussia.

"Your Highness, the Black Storm Legion has been reorganized, Major Ahrens invites you to go and review!"

"Oh! Got it! I'll be over in a moment! Chen Tian reluctantly left his little baby.

"That legion is the same black legion you talked about last time?" Lisa looked up at him.

"Well, that's them!"

Two months ago, the Imperial Palace in Berlin.

"Your Majesty, here is the report on the establishment of 5 large tractor factories in Frankfurt, Leipzig, Göttingen, Bremen, Brandenburg! In addition, the construction of the Prussian Panzer Academy on the southern outskirts of Königsberg has begun, and it is expected to open in half a year! ”

In Wilhelm II's study, Chen Tian was making a report to the emperor.

"Hmmm! Very good! For the power of the armored forces, I greatly appreciate! I would like to form such a unit in my Guards as well, and I am going to hand over the Second Corps of the Guards to you for training, how long will it take you? ”

A corps of the Guards is equivalent to a half army of ordinary troops, and Chen Tian feels that it will take a long time to get them enough equipment, and the emperor really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks. But since he has spoken, he can't refuse, and it is best to make some small requests "by the way".

"Your Majesty, please give me a year, and I will train a real steel army! Also, I have a great proposal that I hope you will approve! ”

"Oh? Go ahead! Seeing that he agreed so happily, the emperor was in a good mood.

However, Chen Tian did not go straight to the point all at once.

"As far as I know, the Japanese have been coveting our bases in Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay!"

"What? They dare! Do they think we are incompetent Russians? We have spent a lot of effort and built a lot of fortifications in Qingdao, and they don't want to take Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay from us! In fact, the emperor also knew that the British, the Japanese and even the Americans coveted that good Far Eastern port.

"Your Majesty, the fortifications there are still very reassuring, but the only thing I'm worried about is that we don't have enough troops there, and our garrison there is only a few thousand!" Chen Tian has been in Qingdao for nearly a year, and in his opinion, the quality of Qingdao forts and fortresses is still very good, but thousands of people seem to be a bit small for a huge defensive area.

"I also know this, but not many soldiers are willing to go there, and the soldiers who go there are very serious homesickness, and the additional soldiers need to increase the logistics supply, alas......" The emperor's tone was also a little helpless, there was still a large fleet there, and some materials still needed to be transported from the country.

"You don't have to worry about weapons and food, the arms factory there is enough to supply a division of troops, and food can be bought from the Chinese government and the people at any time, as for the troops, we might as well establish a foreign legion!"

"Foreign Legion? You say Chinese? I think they are too bad to join the great German army! The emperor shook his head in distrust, it seems that his impression of the Chinese army was not very good, to be precise, the combat effectiveness of the Qing government army. In fact, at this time, the Qing Dynasty had been overthrown, and the revolution led by Sun was sweeping the ancient land of China, but in fact, Chentian did not intend to use the Chinese as cannon fodder for the Germans.

"Your Majesty, I don't mean to recruit Chinese, but to form a foreign legion from Africans."

"Black Africans?"

"Yes, hard-working, tenacious black Africans!"

At this time, there were already black policemen and a small number of black soldiers in the German colonies in Africa, so it was not surprising that blacks were recruited as soldiers.

"Tell me about your plans!" The emperor did not object to this proposal.

"We can recruit thousands of black soldiers from German East Africa to form a Foreign Legion and send them to the Far East to assist us in our defense, where there is a high probability that in the event of a war there will also be aggression by the enemy, especially the Japanese, who I can almost conclude will reach for Jiaozhou Bay." Chentian chose German East Africa because of its vast territory, with a population of 7.65 million and a huge arsenal of soldiers.

"Is that reliable? I mean, those blacks don't run away on the battlefield! ”

"Your Majesty, the blacks are still very brave, as long as we train them enough, their combat effectiveness will not be much worse than our great German soldiers!" Chen Tian felt that the bravery of African soldiers was better than that of European soldiers, but their cultural quality was too poor.

"Well, I agree! But now the army can't allocate funds to support your corps, so you can do it yourself! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The black soldier was well fed, and a satisfied smile appeared on Chentian's face.

Later, with the assistance of the Governor General of German East Africa, Chentian sent people to recruit 5,000 able-bodied blacks from there. Some of these blacks were bought by African patriarchs, and those who volunteered to join sold themselves to the Foreign Legion, so that their families would receive an objective amount of money.

When Chen Tian arrived at the playground, the Foreign Legion had been reorganized, and its 5,000 men had been organized into four infantry regiments and two artillery battalions, and they were using the standard equipment of the German Army. As far as the eye could see, there was black skin under a gray military uniform and a pointed helmet, a scene that had never been seen before. At this time, Chen Tian couldn't help but feel a little proud, this scene made him feel that he was changing history.

In fact, reorganization is not as easy as it seems. Few officers were willing to command these sweaty blacks, and language was a serious problem. Only one officer stood up bravely, and he was Major Ahrens, the commander of the current Foreign Legion, who proposed that black soldiers who could speak German be the middle and lower officers of the unit, and that the instructors in charge of training be drawn from the military academy and the Chentian Guards. At present, these black soldiers have only been reorganized, and they will undergo training in Germany for half a year before they will be stationed in Qingdao.

Major Ahrens, a 29-year-old native of East Prussia, studied at the Königsberg Cadet Military Academy and then at the Higher Military Academy in Berlin. After graduating from the Higher Officer School, he joined the Emperor's Guards as a regimental staff officer, but he was never brought to good use, and four years later he returned to the East Prussian Corps, where he served as battalion commander, deputy regimental commander and deputy commander of the 1st Corps, and remained in the position of deputy regimental commander for three years. When Tatsuten recruited a Foreign Legion commander within the Legion, he signed up, in his words, "I desire to command a strong force." Despite his belligerence, Ahrens' tactical style is steady, so Chen Tian felt that he was very suitable to lead this foreign army to Qingdao.

The hand-to-hand combat between these strong black soldiers and the short Japanese must be very beautiful! Thinking of this, Chen Tian nodded with satisfaction. He did not make any agitatory remarks to these black friends, who did not know German, but asked the interpreter to tell them that after ten years of service in the army, they would be able to become German citizens.

By this time, Korea had been annexed by Japan, and the Goryeo royal family had ceased to exist. The 22-year-old last princess, Lee Hyun-woon, is taking 35 other Korean youths who are determined to restore the country to undergo rigorous military command training at the Königsberg Military Academy, and their Goryeo blade and the Goryeo people are still fiercely resisting the Japanese invaders.

Three months later, Chentian's second child, a white and chubby boy, the heir of East Prussia, Andres. William, in a heavy snowfall.