Somewhere in the southeastern part of the North Sea when the German reconnaissance fleet shelled Grimsby. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Carrying a young and muscular body, the finely crafted deerskin boots made a powerful "pop" sound in the shady passage of the ship's cabin. In the eyes of others, this is a very handsome young man, he has a square face with hard lines, deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, wide lips, and blue eyes full of electricity; His expression is serious but not stiff, his eyes are confident but not arrogant, and his short blond-brown hair is soft against his wheat-colored skin, setting off a masculine and steady temperament; He was of noble birth, gifted and intelligent, and his graceful demeanor fascinated thousands of people of the opposite sex, but he did not indulge in the glitz of drunkenness. He is a talented and visionary designer, recognized as a top designer in the field of ships, and his concise and effective shipbuilding style is in a class of its own; He was tenacious and enterprising, and he joined the army in the royal tradition, earning the respect and recognition of his colleagues in the Navy for his down-to-earth performance......

Despite these dazzling halos, he always showed people with a simple, humble, cordial and friendly image. A short-brimmed military hat, a blue-and-black double-breasted uniform, and a white shirt with a black bow tie, this outfit has no extra ornaments except for the royal blue Iron Cross on the chest. When he met his colleague who stood up and saluted, he slowed down his steps and raised his hand to the height of his eyebrows gracefully and calmly.

The long passage was like a time tunnel, and the scenes of the two time and space flashed through this young man's mind like a slide. He is a ship engineer deeply influenced by oriental culture, talented, diligent and dedicated, his humble background made him a stepping stone for others to rise in the era of fighting for his father, and an accident, he traveled through time and space to become Prince Joachim of the Second German Empire. Being a royal family gave him an honor that he had never enjoyed in his previous life, and it also gave him the opportunity to stretch his talents to the fullest, and with one exquisite ship design after another, he became the "Hohenzollern genius" admired by everyone. Too many flowers and applause made him gradually realize that the top ship designer is far from the peak that can be reached in this life, and there is a broader stage in the surging tide of history.

On the new road of life, Natsuki, an oriental youth from the 21st century, a noble German prince in the eyes of others, has harvested a precious friendship that depends on each other for blessings and misfortunes, and a pure love that transcends borders and is proud of the world. When the conflict between the rising powers and the hegemonic powers is inevitable, as a German royal nobleman, chief of operations staff of the High Seas Fleet, and a staunch volitorist, Natsuki must not accept that his ambitious life has become the sunset journey of the last royal family, and he believes that he has the ability and opportunity to change the suffocating historical outcome, change the unfortunate fate of this rising country, and use decisive military means and covert political skills to break through the off-the-counter control and behind-the-scenes game of the world situation by super financial interest groups.

For this day, Natsuki has been preparing for too long, those days and nights of burying himself in the sea of books, those painstaking designs, those sweats of tempering himself, those careful layout efforts, all the efforts have been melted into today's pride. He strode with his head held high and had no distractions, even if he was about to face the British Royal Navy, which had dominated the ocean for hundreds of years and had the highest strength in the world, he did not hesitate or flinch in his heart!

The dimly lit passage to the bridge had come to an end, and the world outside the hatch was as bright as heaven. Natsuki stopped here, took out a golden pocket watch from his breast pocket, pressed the button, the case opened, and on the reverse side was a well-cut girl's head, her thick eyebrows were heroic, her nose was delicate, her lips were outward, her shallow smile was fresh and moving, and her ladylike wavy curls set off her charming temperament. This is certainly a girl with a delicate face, but what really awakens his silent heart is her firmness and persistence in love, and her extraordinary courage to disobey the will of the family.

Looking at the photo in the case, Natsuki's cold and firm eyes revealed infinite tenderness, but there was a trace of hesitation in this tenderness. He put away his pocket watch, took a light breath, and stepped through the hatch with his right foot. When the vision adapts to the change of light, a majestic and beautiful picture is presented in front of you:

The mighty and majestic warships formed a huge fleet without ending the end, the waves at the stern made the sea roll and boil, the black smoke spewed from the chimneys covered the sky and the sun, the towering masts formed a magnificent steel forest, the fluttering black vulture cross flag showed the rebelliousness of Germany, the sharp ramming bow showed the courageous character, and the solemn shield-shaped emblem condensed the spirit of loyalty and honor. They are the essence of machinery in the era of great industry, the full display of top-level metallurgical forging skills, and the fanatical practice of the doctrine of giant ships and cannons; They embody the wisdom and strength of this nation, are the firm steps of the land-based country towards the sea, and carry the pursuit of the dream of 67 million Germans to become a strong country......

Natsuki used to dream about such a shocking scene, but now his dream has come true, and the German High Seas Fleet, composed of nearly 100 ships, is sailing to the depths of the North Sea according to his will. With Britain declaring war on Germany, the smoke of world war was already raging. Most were still basking in the shock of the upheaval of the war, and the British were still assembling their proud fleet, and no one could have expected the German navy to come out of the air while the situation on land was still uncertain.

If you are not careful, more than a dozen years of hard work and the hope of a generation may come to naught within a few hours.

With great determination, Natsuki stood on the bridge of the main ship of the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, the "Frederick the Great". He was not alone in the battle - more than 40,000 German naval elites marched into battle like a group of haughty Teutonic knights, with indifference to killing and contempt for death. Although they are not like the British Navy, which can get people's envy and awe everywhere they go, nor are they as full of free imagination as the Americans, and they do not have the freedom of the French and the romance of the Italians, they are the most ideal fighters in both the age of cold weapons and the age of firearms, simple, quiet, obedient, and tenacious.

Now the commander of this high sea fleet, Friedrich. Feng. Admiral Ingnoll was also a standard German soldier, he kept to himself, had neither a far-sighted strategic vision nor a pioneering feat, and he used whatever warships the navy gave him, and rarely made clear demands on the ship-building department. Such a commander may seem mediocre and incompetent, but in fact he knows every warship and every captain under his command well, and his calm and calm style and attitude are as calm and calm as his opponent John. Jericho (Commander of the British Home Fleet during World War I) had unquestionable loyalty to his country and a yearning for honor. Such down-to-earth, focused commanders are often better suited to the brutal war than those with full heads.

(Historically, von.) Ingnoll succeeded Herzendorf as commander of the German High Seas Fleet in 1913, and in early 1915, Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered Von to be relieved as a result of heavy losses suffered by the German cruisers in the Battle of the Dogle Sandbank. Ingnoll held the post by the frail Hugo. Feng. Admiral Pol became commander of the High Seas Fleet, and a year later von. Bol left his post due to illness, and the brave and aggressive Reinhardt. Scheer became commander of the High Seas Fleet. Soon after taking office, Scheer led the High Seas Fleet and engaged in an epic naval battle with the British Home Fleet off Jutland, which resulted in a deadlock between the two sides and the British Navy continuing to blockade the German sea lanes.)

Time passed quietly, and the tension of the battle grew stronger and stronger unconsciously. Listening to the majestic and low roar of the steel giant beast on the sea, and smelling the smell of soothing burnt and salty sea, Natsuki felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. The fate of the fleet, the hopes of the nation, the rise and fall of the nation, everything depends on the coming battle - this is a glorious adventure, and it is a sacred mission. It has been more than 300 years since Britain established its maritime supremacy since the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, during which the Royal Navy defeated the new nations that dared to challenge them, the Dutch, the Danes, and the French, in one thrilling and majestic naval battle after another...... This is not only a triumph of courage and determination, but also a trend of natural selection. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in the face of the rapid rise of Germany, they plunged into the shipbuilding race with the "two-power standard", ensuring the absolute strength advantage of the British Royal Navy.

As soon as the war began, Britain used its home fleet to hold the sea passage to the North Atlantic, and used its alert fleet to block the narrow English Channel, taking advantage of its unique geographical location to put the German Navy in a huge cage and confine the German Navy to a remote corner of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. As time went on, the German ocean-going merchant fleet, which had grown from the time of Bismarck, could only stay in the harbor with nothing to do, and could no longer bring abundant industrial raw materials to this relatively resource-poor country, and Germany's war potential was bound to weaken over time, and eventually collapse in a difficult situation.

As a time-traveler from a hundred years later, Natsuki has a more objective understanding of this period of history. He knows very well that if any emerging country wants to become a real world power, it will inevitably be suppressed and coerced by the traditional hegemonic countries and vested interest groups, and no matter how far-sighted and tolerant it is, it will eventually declare its rise through a battle of blood and fire. Therefore, the "existential theory" was by no means a wise strategy of the German navy, and if they did not break the sea cage of the British, they would be like a tiger stuck in a swamp and a dragon trapped in a shoal, and eventually repeat the mistakes of history. Once Germany was defeated, as the former princes and nobles, although life was not down, lofty ideals and ambitions could only be buried in their hearts for a long time, leaving them full of sighs.

Straightening out these causal contradictions, it is not difficult for Natsuki to find the key point to reverse the situation. The solution to the problem is also full of simple violent aesthetics: sword in hand, heavy armor, and courage, fight your way through the enemy's ranks!

There is no doubt that the reconnaissance fleet commanded by Hipper was the blade of the sword, and the rapid formation of battle cruisers left port before the main force of the High Seas Fleet, and its mission was to shell the port oil storage facilities on the east coast of Britain and lure the main British fleet that was implementing a strategic blockade in northern Scotland to go into battle -- the battle cruiser formation of the British Royal Navy was close to the anchorage point and the speed was fast, while the dreadnought battleship formation was far away and slow, and there was bound to be a time lag between the two to rush to the battlefield.

This time difference will be the key to Natsuki's reversal.

(End of chapter)