Chapter 1 The Prince of Germany
Potsdam, located on the banks of the Havre River, is only 27 km from Berlin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's a small town with beautiful scenery. The German royal family, where a royal palace was built. The Kaiser lives here for more than half of the year.
A teenager, sitting by the Havre River, looked at the quietly flowing river, and said nothing.
This young man's name is Qin Tian. Of course, this is the name of his last life. Now, he's called Oscar. This is undoubtedly a name that makes Qin Tian speechless, because he will always be associated with that movie award in the United States. Fortunately, even movies are just getting started now, just like a toddler, naturally there will be no film awards with many names in later generations.
Why did he become an Oscar, or that he would travel to this world, Qin Tian didn't know. He just clearly remembered that when he came to this world, it was as if his soul had merged into the body of this boy called Oscar, and it had only been a year. Moreover, it is not the twenty-first century, but the beginning of the twentieth century. That is, now he lives more than a hundred years ago.
In another time and space, Qin Tian had a very wealthy family. Both parents are successful businessmen, which makes them busy with business all day long, almost becoming trapeze. Naturally, there wasn't much time to take care of Qin Tian.
And Qin Tian did not do evil just because he was rich like other rich second generations, but became a complete otaku and a military enthusiast.
Qin Tian is keen to collect military historical materials, weapons and equipment of various countries, and even various military history relics and weapon models, aircraft cannons, tanks and warships, everything.
For Germany, Qin Tian was particularly interested. In his view, Germany is undoubtedly a very tragic country. The people of this country, industrious, rigorous, rigid, as if they were machines. However, their strength cannot be denied. In the two wars of the first half of the twentieth century, they were outnumbered, almost defeating a strong enemy and becoming the world hegemon. However, each time it fell short.
Qin Tian even guessed that if in World War I, Germany defeated Britain and France and other countries and dominated the European continent. So, will the history of the world after that be different from the history he knew?
It's just that there is no way to repeat history, let alone make assumptions.
However, it was as if God had played a joke on him. When Qin Tian spent a lot of money to get a large Iron Cross from Germany, and when he opened the package excitedly, a dazzling light flashed. After a period of dizziness, Qin Tian found that he had become another person.
The current Qin Tian has a prominent identity. He was Prince Oscar, the fifth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of the Second German Empire. It's just that Qin Tian, who is familiar with the fate of the Second Empire, is not satisfied with this identity.
Once the Second Reich fell, these princes of the German imperial family would hardly end well.
In another time and space, Prince Oscar lived to be sixty years old before dying. But almost all of them are just living in the world. This kind of life is not what Qin Tian wants to live.
"What to do? It's 1904 now. The war is only ten years away. Could it be that the fate of Germany's defeat in the war was really irreversible? Qin Tian muttered.
Now he deeply feels a kind of helplessness and anxiety.
Although, Germany's industrial output has surpassed that of Britain and has become an industrial power second only to the United States. Moreover, in the field of high technology, especially in military science and technology, Germany has thrown off the United States several streets.
The current United States is not the Uncle Sam of later generations, at most it can be regarded as a Sam boy. Although it has been very successful in industry, there is still a big gap compared to Europe. Europe is now the center of the world.
But Britain controlled the largest number of colonies in the world and had one of the most powerful navies in the world. Compared to the UK, Germany has a huge disadvantage in many respects.
First of all, although Germany has a developed industry, it is relatively lacking in all kinds of minerals except coal. The sales market of various industrial products is heavily dependent on overseas markets. Once the war broke out, the German Navy could not break the blockade of the British Navy. German industrial goods could not be sold abroad, and at the same time, various natural resources could not be obtained by sea. There is undoubtedly only one final result, that is, being dragged to death. It can be said that the main reason why Germany was defeated in two world wars is undoubtedly the main reason.
Secondly, Germany, located in the middle of Europe, is strategically located. The traffic can be described as extending in all directions. But at the same time, it also put Germany in a situation where a strong enemy was looking around. Britain and France to the west and Russia to the east were all enemies of Germany. Although Austria-Hungary existed as an ally, Austria-Hungary had only the name of a world power, but in fact it was vulnerable. Their performance in the war can be described as garbage. Such an ally will not only fail to help Germany, but will drag it down. The so-called is not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates. When the enemy and the enemy's allies are all god-like opponents, and their own allies are like pig-like teammates, no matter how strong Germany is, it can only be beaten to death!
Although, now Germany, has begun to build a strong navy. The ambitious Wilhelm II was even more eager to build a powerful fleet capable of defeating the British Navy. But because of the enemy all around, Germany had to have a strong army. Therefore, it is impossible for Germany to devote all its financial resources to the construction of its navy. As a result, the gap between the German Navy and the British Navy not only did not narrow, but became wider. When Germany began to build battleships on a large scale, the British arrogantly pointed out that when Germany launched one battleship, they would launch two, and always maintained an overwhelming advantage over the German navy.
"Damn, no matter how you look at Germany, it's a sure death! Could it be that he, a German prince, will still end up stealing his life and surviving for a lifetime? Qin Tian thought helplessly.
Although, it has been a year since he was reborn as Prince Oscar. For this world, it is already very familiar. But Qin Tian didn't feel the happiness of being a prince at all, but fell into endless crises and worries. This also makes him more and more silent in the eyes of others.