Engage in a low gear, press the accelerator pedal lightly, and turn the steering wheel with both hands, just like driving a manual transmission car. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The boy should be very satisfied with his own design, and he steers this ever-increasing speedboat with a confident expression. At this time, there were hundreds of ships moored in the port of Kiel, all of which were freshly washed and inspected in the most glamorous manner. The roar of the speedboats made the sailors lining up on the decks of the ships look around, and this curiosity is especially evident in the visiting foreign ships - the Royal Navy, the Russian Baltic Fleet, the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Belgian Navy, the Royal Swedish Navy, the Royal Norwegian Navy and the Royal Danish Navy have all been invited to send ships as a tradition of the Kiel Naval Harbour Festival.

National strength determines international status, and the armed forces are a prominent means to show national strength, the British Empire, which dominates the seas, is at its peak, in the past ten years, the world has seen the powerful force of the empire on many important occasions, and has also been shocked by those top warships. The Monarchy, the Majesty, and the Fearful, the British relied on their industrial prowess to maintain superiority at sea, and their dual superiority in quality and quantity gave them ample confidence to establish the "two great powers" (i.e., the British navy was more powerful than the ships of any two naval powers combined).

As the speedboat passed by the berth of the British fleet, the boy glanced indifferently at these steel warships, destined to become adversaries in the future. Painted in the signature lead grey, the hull resembles a sturdy seawall, with straight chimneys and large vents lining the amidships, and weapons and rigging fill every inch of deck space.

If the luxury cruise ships that sail across the oceans are well-dressed and elegantly behaved, then the warships used for combat are samurai with crude shapes and reckless movements, and the two give a very different sensory impression. For more than 100 years, the British Empire has been knocking on the doors of backward countries with warships and cannons, and ships laden with merchants and goods to plunder in savage and cunning ways, and this wealth has filled the treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, enabling the sea power empire to invest more money in the construction of warships. And so on, and the British Navy has always maintained a powerful fleet that stands out from other countries.

In terms of these ships alone, the two Crecy-class armored cruisers are only classified as second-class ships in the Royal Navy, but their displacement and main gun caliber are comparable to those of Germany's latest main battleships, and their main engine horsepower is 50% higher than the latter, and their defense and survivability have also been greatly improved compared with the previous large cruisers. If this is true for second-class ships, what should be the strength of the British capital ships, which are larger, more powerful, more heavily armored, and more expensive?

The boatman was dismissive of the majestic momentum displayed by the Cressie-class armored cruisers "Cressie" and "Aboukir". In his heart, the armored cruisers built by the British with a lot of money are still paper tigers that are strong on the outside, and one torpedo is enough to send them to the bottom of the sea. In the First World War of the old time and space, the fledgling German U-boat once set an astonishing record of sinking three 10,000-ton battleships in a row in one hour, and those three unlucky battleships were the British's Cressy class!

Before the speed gear reached its peak, the speed of the speedboat easily surpassed that of most warships of this period, and the streamlined hull began to jump on the water, looking like a magical white flying fish from a distance. Passing the last British warship, the young man's vision suddenly opened up to four Caesars. The Frederick III class and the three Brandenburg classes were docked at the piers on both sides of the main platform, plus the three Wichelsbach classes in front of the viewing platform, and the ten German battleships with red backgrounds and white bodies were majestic and majestic, and the thick hulls gave people a sense of solidity and durability.

With the national industry that flourished after the reunification of Germany, supplemented by rigorous and meticulous national character and superb metallurgical machinery skills, the German navy was belatedly starting to make efforts in the future, and these capital ships with near-first-class performance fully demonstrated the ambition and strength of the German nation to the sea, and in the Germania shipyard in Kiel, the more powerful Braunschweig-class battleships were already in the outfitting stage, and the latest German-class battleships had also begun construction - this was an era of advocating the cannons of giant ships. It was also an era of rapid technological change, with the first-class warships of a decade ago now relegated to the last stage, and the designers of the ships were able to let their imaginations run wild on the drawing board, and the new ships continued to break the existing records. Although the total tonnage of the German Navy at this time was only one-third of that of the British Royal Navy, the expanding and improving German shipbuilding industry gave it immeasurable potential, and the rebellious imperial rulers were able to set their sights on the vast and rich oceans and pursue the ignorant dream of sea power in a land power country......

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Amid the sound of brisk military music, Kaiser Wilhelm II, dressed in naval uniform, and Empress Victoria walked into the viewing platform, followed by members of the royal family, military and political dignitaries, and foreign dignitaries. The three closest piers to the viewing deck are docked with the majestic battleships of the German Navy, and between the Wicchersbach-class battleships and the Brandenburg-class battleships, there is a nondescript wooden pier with tasseled handrails and bright red carpets leading to the brand-new white yacht "Hohenzollern". As a world-class industrial power, the "dragon boat" should have an atmospheric body and luxurious decoration, but no matter which angle you look at, it can hardly be called "luxury", and its size is not even as good as some passenger ferries. It was only when the speedboat that crossed the harbor came close that its beautiful lines were slightly revealed.

On the speedboat "Thunderbolt", which he designed himself, Prince Joachim took off his fur hat and revealed his short blond-brown hair. As the youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, he was born in the splendor of the heyday of the Second German Empire, and at least enjoyed a carefree life, if not without touching the crown of imperial power. Unlike his brothers, however, Joachim did not want to indulge in the power and wealth of the heavens, and from an early age he was studious and showed an amazing talent for seafaring and shipbuilding. His fingers are dexterous and his piano skills are almost professional; He is an avid sporter and is proficient in equestrian, fencing, football and many other sports. In the eyes of others, he has inexhaustible energy, can do everything he believes to be perfect, what is more commendable is that he is down-to-earth and steady, believes in hard work rather than rhetoric, his profound knowledge makes many highly educated adults sigh inferiorly, so he is known as "the most talented young genius of the Hohenzollern family in a hundred years"!

No one knew that the coincidence of fate had brought a soul from the East from an alternate time and space to replace the tragic prince who would commit suicide due to the fall of the empire (the historical Prince Joachim, despite his charisma, was overwhelmed by the defeat of his military career, the collapse of the imperial power, and his marital problems, and finally committed suicide in 1920 at the age of 30).

After the initial confusion and confusion, this soul with the memories of the previous life gradually woke up: since fate is arranged, why suffer from gains and losses? The ups and downs, joys and sorrows of the past have become a thing of the past, and now life is the reality that you need to face. Lucky background does not mean a successful life, heroic or waste, king or defeat, everything in the hands of the hand, starting from the first step.

Goodbye, Natsuki!

I am Joachim, Prince Joachim of Germany!

On the wharf of the Kiel military port, the first military music stopped, and everyone stood up. In a few moments, drums and trumpets played in unison, accompanied by familiar melodies, and tens of thousands of people in the audience sang "God bless you, wear a crown of victory on your head" (i.e., "Hymn to the Emperor", the unofficial national anthem of the Second German Reich). The sound is far greater than the sound of any church singing carols, and the strong impact is reflected in every face full of respect.

At this point, Natsuki, who has integrated into the role of Joachim, also stands tall and sings loudly like the people around him. For the arrogant Germanic people, there was nothing more to be proud of than to live in such a united, strong, and martial country, and the growing strength of the navy in front of them greatly satisfied their feelings for the Great German. The four-minute chorus transformed the port of Kiel into a sacred German church, a true universal unity, and the unity, fanaticism and expansionist ambitions of the Germans also made the European neighbors, especially the traditional powers, feel threatened. Just two months ago, Britain and France signed the "Anglo-French Agreement" aimed at safeguarding common interests, and with the existing alliance between France and Russia, the situation of the three powers joining forces to contain Germany has begun to take shape.

Britain had a powerful navy unparalleled in the world, Russia had a steamroller-like marine army, and France had a very urgent desire for revenge, and Germany should have felt like a pins and needles for the alliance of these three countries, but the arrogant German emperor was not afraid of the opponent's provocation by relying on the Triple Alliance agreement signed with Austria-Hungary and Italy; Today, the glory of Germany is based on the victory of the three wars of Prussia, Prussia, and Prussia, and the German people of all walks of life are not only not afraid of war, but hope to realize the ambition of a world empire through a greater victory. In this case, the two camps were like trains on the same track, Britain, France, and Russia were the biggest beneficiaries of the feast of partitioning the colonies, they were ahead but slow, and a united Germany, with its booming big industry, was the fast train behind, and unless the two sides were willing to reconcile the conflict at the expense of their respective interests, it was only a matter of time before they collided.

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