Prime Minister Arturas was tempted to ask Ernst about the purpose of his eagerness to train the new army, but he knew very well that Ernst would not say, so he could only bury his doubts in the depths of his mind and wait for the answer.

Poland still had minor frictions with the Soviet Union, and even if Poland had compromised to cede most of Belarus and Ukraine, Prime Minister Arturas would actually be able to guess some clues based on the current situation in Eastern Europe, East Prussia and Poland, which were the future goals of the Kingdom of Lithuania.

Before Christmas 1920, Ernst went to Klaipeda, and his main purpose was to see his own navy. The Czech principality had no sea, while the Russian Empire had several ports in Vladivostok, but the distance was too far away to actually play a strategic role.

Klaipeda had a very high status in Ernst's heart, even higher than Vilnius, after all, the Czech principality had 10 or 20 cities like Vilnius, but none of them were Klaipąda.

Aircraft carriers are an opportunity for the Navy of the Czech principality, and at this time it is useless to desperately build as many battleships as possible, because the future is the world of the Air Force or aircraft carriers. The importance of the Air Force has been recognized, and in the future a real aircraft carrier will inevitably be the main object of the naval power.

In 1910, the battleship was used as an aircraft carrier, but it could accommodate too few fighters, and it was only in 1917, four years ago, that countries began to really pay attention to this matter, and it was in that year that the construction of Britain's first real aircraft carrier began.

Klaipeda is a large port, but it is blocked in the Baltic Sea, and cannot sail the Baltic Sea like the British, and if Denmark is interested in targeting the Kingdom of Lithuania, no warship can sail the Baltic Sea. This is not a joke, the Baltic Sea is not a big outlet to the sea, as long as it is properly arranged, it is a very easy thing to block the sea. Of course, it is not impossible, but the premise is that the Danish islands of Funen and Zealand can be occupied.

Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, is on the island of Sealand, and there is practically no difference between the occupation of Zealand and the occupation of Denmark, and the ancestor of the European royal family, Nternst, cannot afford to provoke, knowing that although Denmark is not a standing member of the International Royal Assembly, the family has considerable influence. Of course, no matter how much Ernst said that his heart for building aircraft carriers has not changed, there may be opportunities in the future? If this opportunity is not seized now, Ernst will regret it in the future.

The Kingdom of Lithuania actually already has the technology to build aircraft carriers, but the cost of construction and maintenance is too great for the Kingdom of Lithuania to afford. Ernst came up with a good idea of building large cargo ships that could be easily retrofitted and could now be converted into aircraft carriers at any time during the war of transport services.

This idea was also learned from Japan and the United States during World War II, and the United States was better off at the height of the naval war in World War II, but Japan basically converted most of its domestic warships and cargo ships that met the standards into aircraft carriers. The role of an aircraft carrier is to carry bombers and fighters, so it is barely qualified.

Because Ernst's naval plans needed to be kept secret, the engineers and directors of the shipyard were puzzled, why did the cabinet order not build battleships, but such strange-looking cargo ships? But they are all people who know the rules, they don't ask and just follow the orders honestly.

Ernst did not understand naval affairs, and only stayed in Klaipeda for three days before leaving, but during these three days Ernst met with more than a dozen naval officers and generals, the exact content of which is unknown, but one thing is clear that the officers and generals were very happy and excited.

The navy of the Kingdom of Lithuania is only playing the role of soy sauce, after all, they don't have a few warships, and patrolling the sea is the only thing they can do. These naval officers, including officers, were left behind by the Russian Empire, and with the fall of the Russian Empire, they remained in the Kingdom of Lithuania with peace of mind.

The Czech principality has always attached great importance to military affairs, so the status of the soldiers is very high, and the salary and armament are also more or less, although the Kingdom of Lithuania is a role that is not valued in the past, but Ernst became the king of the Kingdom of Lithuania and also had the promise of receiving them, even if their warships will not increase in the short term, but the treatment will definitely increase a lot.

The army of the Kingdom of Lithuania is a typical representative, although the whole country is now in the process of reorganization, and now there are only 5 left in the army of the Kingdom of Lithuania, but their salary is quite high and their combat effectiveness has increased by more than one grade. Naturally, the improvement of combat effectiveness in such a short period of time is not the credit of training, but the improvement of armaments.

Originally, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Lithuania used the backward rifles of the Soviet Union, but now they use automatic submachine guns and automatic rifles of the Czech principality. Needless to say, large-caliber artillery, and it is unbelievable that mortars and machine guns have been popularized to platoons, especially small-caliber light mortars, basically one in a squad. The weight of the small thing is not large, and the overall weight is only 30 kilograms, and if a squad takes less than some other things, it is not a problem to carry a dozen shells.

When these weapons were delivered to the soldiers, they were already dumbfounded, this is the real tyrant, this is the real war! It can be said that if the 50,000 army of the Kingdom of Lithuania is really trained, they can even directly defeat Poland, which is the kind of capture that the other side will collapse at the touch of a button.

What was the reason for the military strength of the Czech principality? Now it is clear to them that most of the estimates are on this armament! It's all money, is it supported by the Czech principality? First of all, the economy of the Czech Principality has reached the level of a first-class power, the second is that the Czech Principality does not support many soldiers, and the third is because of science and technology.

The Czech principality was 20 or 30 years ahead of other countries in military technology, and they saved more on materials than other countries could have imagined, especially some mixed metals, some of which were cheap man-made crafts. It is a pity that the USSR could not move yet, otherwise the Czech principality would have been able to use a large amount of metal resources at any time.

The military industry of the Czech principality was not actually the most developed, and the real developed place was the Russian Empire, where there were countless ore resources and the same technology as the Czech principality. It's just that the economy there is really poor, otherwise the new Russian Empire will be a much more powerful country than the Czech principality. At this time, the weapons in the arsenal of the Russian Empire were basically capable of arming 1 million troops, and they were armed according to the standards of the current Royal Czech Army.

The AK series is now the main army weapon of the Czech principality, simple, rough, strong, useful, inexpensive, perhaps less accurate, less stable, but this is the favorite of poor countries, the Russian Empire sold a lot to East Asia, and the market is very hot.

The situation in Turkey is not very good now, the factions in the country are chaotic, and it is only a matter of time before they move towards a republic. This was not good news for Ernst, but he couldn't do anything about it there, after all, because of his status as a defeated country, he didn't have much say in Europe, even though the Czech principality had become the boss of Eastern Europe.

In 1920, Ernst spent Christmas in Lithuania, the streets of Vilnius were very bright, a large number of citizens cleaned the front of the door, and the Christmas tree was moved out and placed on the door with some small gifts, which made the neighbors very excited.

Maria and Charles also came to Vilnius, where Christmas is an important holiday in the West, just like the Spring Festival in East Asia, in which Maria and Charles naturally had to be with Ernst. Rosa didn't come with her because she had to be with her mother, after all, Jessica needed someone to accompany her on such an important holiday.

Maria gained a lot by marrying Ernst, she gained a noble status, a high position, countless wealth and power, but she also lost her romantic, free, and exclusive heart.

If she is married to an ordinary nobleman, then that nobleman is likely to stay with her for the rest of her life, after all, there are not too many such things as keeping mistresses among nobles, especially when the woman's family is relatively strong. But she was married to Ernst, a man who could be called the king of Eastern Europe, and she was destined to be silently behind her, on one side, and not in parallel.

Ernst and Maria's Christmas was naturally not as lively as that of ordinary families, with quiet dinners, quiet reading, and quiet sleeping, and perhaps that's all there was to it. Ernst saw Maria hearing the laughter and envious gazes of the servants below, but he could only ignore it, because his position did not allow it.

Romance can be given to mistresses, because they can't see the side of their king, but in the presence of Maria, Ernst will always be steady and sensible. Because it was terrible to get used to it, and once Ernst and Mary were free, it would be difficult for them to retract their ease and casualness, even in official settings.

Ernst was lying on the bed reading a book, while Maria next to her was open and didn't know what to think, and there was something different in the quiet bedroom.

"Ernst ......"

"Huh?"

"Lithuanian ...... Ichiliangda is a very capable person. ”

Ernst was slightly stunned, he knew very well that what Maria wanted to say was not this sentence, but in an instant he probably guessed the sentence or that question that Maria wanted to say but didn't say, Ernst didn't want to answer for the time being, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's Tian Yiliang, and the surname of East Asia is put in front." ”

"Sorry! Forget every time. ”

Maria smiled a little embarrassedly, Ernst had explained this kind of thing many times, but each time Maria would habitually forget and call each other in her habitual terms.