Maria held her mother's hand tightly, her palms covered with sweat.

Queen Mary comforted: "Dear Mary, don't worry, Alfred will definitely come, this is an international event, he will not mess around." ”

"But Mom ......"

"There is a voice in my heart that wants Alfred never to come, and even wants his ship to sink in the Aegean Sea......"

"Oh my God!"

Queen Mary hurriedly covered her mouth, "Don't say such things, Mary, this is Satan's whisper, you must have read too much Ming literature......"

"Maybe you're right."

Maria lowered her head, "I'm just an ordinary Russian princess, and I shouldn't expect such beautiful feelings as in the book......"

"It's almost time!"

While the mother and daughter were talking softly, the Patriarch put the gold pocket watch in his pocket, then stood up and said to Alexander II, "Your Majesty, the best time to begin the baptism is soon, let's hurry up and prepare." ”

Alexander II looked down at the empty position of the British representation and furrowed his brows.

Are the British really not coming?

Just don't give me face?

Should I condemn them?

What tone should I use?

If the words are too heavy, will they surprise AIA?

In just a few seconds, a thousand thoughts crossed Alexander II's mind.

But at this moment, the British ambassador suddenly put down the cream pudding and took out a monocular wrapped in silk cloth from his pocket.

He stretched his binoculars and looked at the western sky.

Sky?

Alexander II was stunned, and then involuntarily raised his head.

As if it was an infectious disease, it spread ten, ten to hundred, and soon the tens of thousands of guests in the entire square raised their heads.

Soon, people with better eyesight noticed that in the western sky, there seemed to be a few small black dots that were squirming and enlarging little by little.

"It's an airship! It's an airship! ”

General Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev, who was once known as the "conqueror of West Asia", suddenly screamed hysterically.

Then, almost in a second, one rolled over and fell to the ground, and then the two rolled over, embarrassed, but extremely efficient, under the table.

Because the area where he was a Russian general was not far from the area where the Tsar was located, he rolled under the skirt of Julia, the sister of Empress Maria, the prince of Battenberg.

"Oh God, you stinky rascal, what are you doing!"

Julia covered her skirt and screamed, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

Mikhail shouted from under his skirt: "It's too late to explain, everyone hide, this is Mingren's airship, only Mingren's airship can fly so high, so fast!" Tons of bombs will fall in no time! Hide, everyone! I've seen this kind of thing countless times in Central Asia! ”

Seeing that Mikhail's words were about to cause widespread panic, the British ambassador burst out laughing: "Don't worry, this is not the Ming people's airship, this is our British Empire's airship!" ”

The British ambassador proudly announced: "We, the British Empire, have developed airships with no less performance than those of the Ming Kingdom, and have been fully practiced and installed in the Imperial Navy and Army.

Today, our Prince Alfred will arrive over Constantinople in the airship of the Duke of Saxony as a special airborne of the 1st Royal Naval Air Force of the British Empire, and will parachute to his wedding!

Who would dare to say that we British people don't know how to be romantic?

This is the greatest romance of our prince! ”

·

The British ambassador's words were a breath of relief.

It is worthy of the British Empire, it is the prosperity of science and technology!

Speaking of which, between the enthronement ceremony and the wedding ceremony, it seems that there is also a grand military parade.

What is the point of the gray cattle walking in goose steps, where can it compare to the British lord's airship?

Soon, in the expectant eyes of everyone, the three airships grew bigger little by little.

Sure enough, on their aluminum skeletons, huge rice flags were painted.

"This is indeed an Englishman's airship."

The envoy of the French Third Republic said sourly to the ministers of the small countries next to him, "But they use French technology!" ”

Indeed, when it comes to airship development, the French are the pioneers, and the British are the technology that they buy from them.

But so what?

13 The territory was occupied by the Germans, and the French, who had long cedered the industrial area of Alsace-Lorraine, simply did not have the industrial strength to refine so much aluminum for the formation of airship units.

Although the UK suffered a major collapse of aluminum-related stocks a few years ago, the collapse itself shows that the production capacity of aluminum in the UK and overseas colonies has reached a certain scale.

In the past two years, the British military department has gritted the crown of its teeth and formulated the Portsmouth plan at the Portsmouth sub-secret base.

This plan was also the main culprit that forced the elder Churchill to over-issue currency.

And its core is to use aluminum, a new material, to develop a series of new weapons that cross the era, so as to establish the superiority of fighting against Ming and Germany in one fell swoop.

Among them, aluminum airships and aluminum high-speed battleships are the two most critical projects.

And today, it was supposed to be the moment when the Russian Tsar summoned the countries of the world to witness the most glorious page in the history of the Russian Empire.

But the British said that this is also the best stage to show the powerful military science of the British Empire to friends all over the world and maintain the supreme glory of the British Empire!

This show of strength was also approved by Queen Victoria herself.

Queen Mary feels angry with Victoria, and Queen Victoria feels angry with your Mary!

It is your honor for my prince of the British Empire to take your princess.

He even had to place the wedding outside of England, and even pressed himself over the selection of the officiating priest.

Victoria's petty tricks annoyed Victoria.

So she decided to take this opportunity to show what it means to be the world's largest country.

When his British army, young and promising son, descended on the earth from above in a parachute like a god in Greek mythology, these uninformed Slavic buns will bow down one by one!

Anyway, Victoria herself saw her son skydive for the first time, and she was really scared.

In fact, Victoria prefers this smart and vigorous second son to the stupid eldest son.

Parachuting is such a dangerous thing, and she is reluctant to let her son participate.

Anyway, Alfred has been an adventurous character since he was a child, and even completed a round-the-world voyage.

However, Victoria has already made an agreement with him that she will get married after this dance and never jump again.

Looks like everything is foolproof!