The affairs between countries are full of deceit, far from being as simple as they seem, nor are they black and white.

Under the guidance of the scientific and technological development policy of the Ocean Empire, the vigorous development of AC motor and power station equipment, electronic and electrical appliances industry is changing with each passing day, and various inventions and innovations are emerging one after another, which has become an important industry in the national economy that cannot be ignored and is unique in the world.

Vacuum tube radios, radio stations, washing machines, bread machines, sewing machines, refrigeration equipment and elevators, electric equipment, etc., developed rapidly with the support of scientific and technological policies, and became the new business card of the empire's industrial field.

The Western world, led by Britain, France, the United States and Germany, is mired in war, and it has no time to think about these innocuous inventions, nor does it have enough energy, funds and resources to focus on the electronics and electrical industries, they need more artillery and ammunition, tanks, planes and warships, and the new Zero semi-automatic rifle of the Ocean Empire.

In preparation for the Battle of the Somme, Britain and France and other Allied countries imported 750,000 Zero semi-automatic rifles, 8,200 Type 03 light machine guns, and 5 billion rounds of ammunition from the Ocean Empire.

A total of 180,000 Zero semi-automatic rifles have been delivered, most of them from strategic stockpiles, but the French are already impatient, they are under too much pressure on the Verdun front, and they urgently need to open a new battlefield on the Somme.

This year is the 16th year, and it is also the year of the decisive battle.

Berlin, Germany

In the Hohenzollern court, Kaiser Wilhelm II, dressed in military uniform, stood in front of a large military map and listened to his chief of staff, Fakingham, explain the current war situation.

"The Reich High Command has established sufficient evidence that the British and French have put forward plans for a large-scale counter-attack campaign in the area of the Somme north of Verdun in an attempt to shake the superiority of our troops.

And the British and French did not hide this, they threw the main forces of 11 British divisions under the British Fourth Army in the Somme region, five French divisions, and many more British expeditionary forces in this direction.

The number of troops currently assembled at the Somme exceeds 27 divisions, with the British as the main force, 19 divisions, and this number is still increasing.

On the battlefield of the Eastern Front

The Brusinov Assault Campaign, launched by the Russian army in April, inflicted heavy damage on our Austro-Hungarian allies and the German army on the Eastern Front, and had to be supported by 13 German divisions from the Western Front to prevent a rout on the Eastern Front.

If the Western Front opens up the Battle of the Somme again, it will be a serious balance on the total strength of the Imperial army, and the biggest problem now is that strong German troops are needed on all battlefields, the allies of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire cannot provide sufficient help, the Bulgarian army is too small, and the Imperial side needs further military mobilization to cope with the situation on the Eastern and Western Fronts.

Your Majesty, the Imperial High Command hopes that the Navy will contribute enough to ease the pressure on the Army.

The Ocean Empire is sending millions of tons of war materials to Europe, greatly supporting the world's war effort, and the lack of such an ally with such a strong industrial base that can provide everything needed is the most troublesome part. ”

At the beginning of 1916, when the German Schlieffen plan went bankrupt, Falkingham proposed a defense on the Eastern Front, focusing on the assault on the Verdun salient on the right flank of the French army on the Western Front, and this plan of action was called the "Execution Ground".

The purpose is to attack the military points that France intends to defend to the death, crucify all the forces of the French army, and then wipe them out, force them to surrender, and let France bleed!

The German offensive plan was officially implemented in accordance with the intentions of the Chief of Staff Falkingham. The result was not satisfactory, and after the Germans had gained some early advantage at Verdun, the two sides were locked in a scorching trench battle as the French army continued to reinforce them.

In order to alleviate the pressure on the Verdun front, Tsarist Russia launched an astonishing scale of the Brusinov Assault Battle on the Eastern Front, which has caused more than 1.4 million casualties in Germany, Austria and Russia, which can be called the bloodiest and most brutal battle at present.

For this reason, the chief of staff of the German army, Falkingham, removed 13 German divisions on the Western Front to strengthen the counterattack on the Eastern Front and curb the frenzied offensive momentum of the Tsarist Russian army.

This was precisely what exuded Kaiser Wilhelm II.

What Falkingham did was in the hands of Britain, France, and other countries, and the strategic goal of Tsarist Russia to launch an offensive on the eastern front was also achieved, and it was bound to weaken the intensity of the attack in the Verdun area, which was the last thing Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to see.

Coupled with the imminent Battle of the Somme, Admiral Falkingham, the chief of staff of the German army, was in jeopardy, so he defended himself without a trace in the introduction of the war situation, and pulled the German Navy as a backing.

Kaiser Wilhelm II stood in front of the map with his chest folded, his eyes gloomy, not knowing what he was thinking?

There was silence for a while

He said; "Gentlemen, my ambition is to lead the German Empire to the world, to open up a vast living space for the Germanic peoples, to establish the world's Germany, the world's Berlin, and the land of the Germanic peoples under the sun.

For this, we are willing to endure temporary suffering.

It is precisely because of the common ambition that I can now better understand what the Emperor of the Ocean Empire, Li Fushou, has done, he is indeed a rare Ming monarch, although there are some opportunistic tricks in the process of rising, after all, he succeeded.

The Ocean Empire defeated the Mi people and achieved hegemony in the Pacific region.

Now, Germany is facing the British, the French, and the Russians, who are ten times more ferocious than the Americans, and I have always believed that the strong and excellent Germanic nation will defeat these murderous enemies and win the final victory in the war.

Only the German Empire, which stepped on the bones of its enemies to the throne, was undoubtedly the strongest in the world, and we are now in the midst of this great historical process, fighting for the glory of the empire and the future of the Germanic nations.

He asks each and every one of us to make an effort, Mr. Admiral Reinhardt Scher, do you have anything to say? ”

Kaiser Wilhelm II called the names of the senior admirals, and Admiral Reinhardt Schell came out of the crowd, bent down with one hand to his chest, and said; "Your Majesty, the High Seas Fleet is ready to obey your call."

"Very well, my general, Germany needs the efforts of the High Seas Fleet in this war, just as the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire defeated the more powerful United States Navy, we need a victory to inspire the people."

"As you wish, Your Majesty." Admiral Reinhardt Schell saluted, took a few steps forward, took the place of Chief of Staff of Falkingham, and then took his baton and gestured on the map;

"For more than two years after the start of the war, Britain, by virtue of its naval superiority, imposed a naval blockade on our high seas fleet. Britain's formidable main fleet crouched like a watchdog in the port of Scapaflo, staring at the High Seas Fleet, leaving us trapped in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven for most of the time, unable to change the course of the war.

Your Majesty and gentlemen;

Under heavy pressure, the Imperial Ocean Fleet did not give up its preparations to find fighters and strengthen its own combat effectiveness, preparing for a possible decisive battle at sea.

First, the Ocean Fleet, with a handful of battleships and cruisers, began a series of hit-and-run raids along the British coast, luring part of the British fleet forward.

In order to realize this plan, I spent four months sending battle cruisers, submarines, and "Zeppelin" airships to raid the east coast of Britain on several occasions and carry out mine-laying and reconnaissance operations.

If the situation is favorable, concentrate the main forces of the Ocean Fleet and defeat the British main fleet in a decisive battle.

Secondly, through successful operations, the German Navy obtained the key technology of the radio rangefinder of the Ocean Empire, and successfully copied it in domestic factories.

At present, it has been fully equipped with the main battleships, battle cruisers and main cruisers of the first line of the High Seas Fleet, and under the high-intensity pre-war training, the strength of the Ocean Fleet has grown rapidly.

Preparations are in place in all respects, and we are about to implement a new operational plan.

The plan, carefully crafted by the Admiralty, would lure the main forces of the British Royal Navy into a trap and encircle and annihilate them.

The decoy was a fleet of battlecruisers and light cruisers under the command of Admiral Franz von Hipper, cruising off the coast of Norway.

It is inferred

The British would not send an entire fleet to intercept a limited invading small fleet, and Scheer would personally direct the full force of the High Seas Fleet to follow after fifty miles.

In the event of a British attack, Hipper, the decoy fleet, after a symbolic resistance, turned the rudder and led the pursuers into range of Scheer's Grand Fleet.

This tactic was inspired by the Battle of Hawaii in the Ocean Empire, where they established their comparative advantage by first destroying part of the U.S. Navy's main fleet, which was careless. ”

Speaking of which

Admiral Reinhardt Schell looked confident and said: "This series of military plans is intended to be carried out at any possible time by means of an offensive surprise attack on the British naval forces tasked with monitoring and blockading the German coast. At the same time, minelaying and submarine attacks on the British coast were carried out to achieve the purpose of killing and injuring the British fleet. When the results of such operations have accumulated to the point where the strength of the two navies is equal, all our forces must be ready and assembled, and try to find the fighters that are unfavorable to the enemy and carry out a decisive battle of the fleet, which will restore the glorious victory of the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire. ”

His speech aroused enthusiastic applause from the crowd, and for a time the atmosphere in the court was detonated, and His Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm II was also very excited.

The continuous brilliant achievements of the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire have inspired countless people, especially Kaiser Wilhelm II, who seemed to have seen the shadow of the rise of the German Navy's East Sea Fleet from the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire, and once excitedly raised his hands and shouted;

"God willing, Germany will repeat this glorious victory in the Atlantic, sending the English Armada to the icy seabed, as they did with the Spaniards, the Germans are a better people than the Dons, and we will do it in the end, I have no doubt about it."

Delighted, Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the court tailor to sew a second uniform of the same style as the marshal of Ho, and as a reward for himself, he often wore it for walks in the palace gardens and to receive visiting guests.

As for the uniform of the same style as the field marshal Li Xuanzhu, which he had smashed with his sword, the court tailor quietly made another set and left it in the wardrobe of Kaiser Wilhelm II for later use.

In case His Majesty sees the hunt one day and wants to wear it again.

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