On the morning of the third day of the first month of the first month of the first year of the Great A.D.

Emperor Zhu Jingyuan of the Ming Dynasty took his entourage and boarded his own special royal train.

Cross the Yangtze River to Zhoushan Military Port to participate in tomorrow's ship parade.

The personnel of the Ming side who participated in the parade took another train at the same time.

Representatives of the Tessie countries were also arranged to travel by train.

Although you can get to Zhoushan by boat in a day, it is not as fast as the train after all.

From Yingtianfu New Town to Zhoushan County, Ningbo, the land route is slightly closer than the sea route.

It takes 20 hours for a river boat to go to an offshore vessel.

Even if the train travels at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, it only takes eight hours to arrive.

The key is that the train is safer.

For Zhu Jingyuan, if you can take a train, you don't take a boat, and if you can take a boat, you don't take a plane.

On the evening of the third day of the first lunar month, all the personnel arrived at the Zhoushan Military Port.

After Zhu Jingyuan arrived at his residence, he first met with Chen Huacheng and Guan Tianpei, who were in charge of organizing the naval parade.

Listen to their report on the readiness of the parade.

On the whole, everything is going well, and nothing has gone wrong so far.

The royal family, officials, and generals of the Taixi countries also greeted the middle-level generals of their own navy who stayed in the military port.

These generals and crews who were directly responsible for the control of their warships had to participate in the parade according to the requirements of the Ming Dynasty, and they also had to participate in simple rehearsals.

Correspondingly, in the process, they also basically understood the general scale of this parade.

Now they also immediately reported it to their sovereigns and governors.

Two super battleships of more than 80,000 tons.

Eight large battleships of more than 60,000 tons.

Sixteen medium-sized battleships of more than 40,000 tons.

Four 60,000-ton aircraft carriers.

Sixteen 40,000-ton aircraft carriers.

There are a total of 46 capital ships, with a total tonnage of more than 2.2 million tons, which is almost equivalent to the total tonnage of the capital ships of the major countries in Taixi.

In addition, nearly 200 cruisers will participate in the parade, and the total tonnage is also almost equal to that of all the major Tessie countries combined.

Destroyers and submarines will not participate in this parade at all......

However, a total of more than 2,000 carrier-based aircraft of various types will take part in the parade......

The generals on the ships of the navies of various countries were a little excited when they talked about these data, they had never participated in a fleet of this size.

The kings, top nobles, and navy and army generals of the Taixi countries were all stunned when they heard this.

But the data is so true.

Because these warships are right in front of their eyes.

The residences of the personnel of the Taixi countries were arranged on the opposite side of the military port mooring, and most of the warships in the military port could be directly seen.

At this time, the situation in the military port is that the giant capital ships can be lined up, and the 10,000-ton cruisers are all stacked.

Even the capital ship does not have the opportunity to occupy an entire berth on its own.

Usually two battleships were placed side by side, tethered to the trestle by fixed cables.

The cruiser was even more numerous together.

Nelson stood in his room, looking out at the military port through the window, muttering to himself:

"There are almost more warships, aircraft carriers, and carrier-based aircraft in this military port than all the countries in the entire Europa continent......"

Wellesley sighed and echoed:

"And this is definitely not all the warships of the Ming Dynasty......"

Nelson didn't speak, just sighed and shook his head, continuing to observe the battleship in the dock.

Nelson's mindset has completely changed now.

At the end of the World War, Nelson was arrogant and thought that the major naval powers of Taixi combined would be able to compete with the Ming Navy.

Among the major naval nations of Tessie, the largest and strongest fleet was the British.

The navy of Britain alone has a certain threat to the Ming Navy.

Especially in the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Qin Sea, the British Navy was even able to gain certain advantages by virtue of its geographical advantages.

When Nelson was planning and designing the dreadnought, he thought he had found an opportunity to overtake in corners with his unique design concept.

With that kind of brand-new warship, it directly surpassed the Ming Navy.

It turned out to be a clear failure.

In the course of the armistice negotiations of the world war, the situation had already taken a turn for the worse.

Da Ming took out a stronger and more powerful artillery, and Da Ming also showed a stronger and more powerful foundation to continue fighting.

After the end of the armistice negotiations, in just a few years, the gap between the navies of the Taixi countries and the Ming navy changed from evenly matched to difficult to resist.

Da Ming also completed the perfect battleship he envisioned.

The key is to quickly complete the construction and start large-scale mass production at a speed far beyond that of the Taixi countries.

At this time, Nelson still thought that he could not compete with the Ming in terms of numbers, so he would gain an advantage in the tonnage of a single ship.

There is a threat to the Ming Navy.

As a result, this goal has undoubtedly failed.

The battleship with an advantage in tonnage that he envisioned was also smaller than the mass-produced battleship of the Ming Dynasty, but it became a garbage battleship that could be easily suppressed.

At that time, the goal of the British Navy finally changed from threatening the Ming Navy to maintaining its position on the Taixi Continent.

But at the same time, Nelson still believed that the combined navies of all the countries of Tessie still had a chance to fight with the Ming.

The British Navy, which has the most experience in naval warfare, is certainly still the core of this combined fleet.

Once such a combined fleet appears, he will still be the leader of such a fleet.

But in recent years, the countries of Europa have taken a turn for the worse, and civil war may even break out at any time.

Nelson no longer expects that kind of combined fleet.

Now, looking at the fleet of the Daming homeland military port, Nelson began to feel that even if the navies of the Taixi countries could really unite, it would be difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Daming Navy.

In terms of quantity, it may be able to barely align it, but the gap in the size and combat capability of a single ship is too great.

Residence of the representative of the State of Prussia.

A battleship left behind in Prussia, the lieutenant commander and vice-captain, who was in charge of the ship's affairs, explained to his own king about the situation in the navy.

After listening to the introduction, King Wilhelm III of Prussia almost subconsciously asked:

"This shouldn't be all the capital ships and cruisers of the Ming Dynasty, right?"

The lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant immediately rightly added:

"Of course not all, according to those Ming Navy soldiers, there are more capital ships.

"The battleships that have already entered service will participate, but some of the aircraft carriers will remain overseas.

"Only about half of the cruisers will participate in the parade, and they will take other destroyers on overseas cruises.

"And I heard them say that this time is actually not appropriate, there are at least eight 80,000-ton super warships in Daming's shipyard.

"There are at least eight capital ships of the 60,000-ton and 40,000-ton classes, as well as many more cruisers under construction......

"After three years, all these warships will be commissioned, and the size of the Ming navy will swell again......"

When William III heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide:

"Sixteen capital ships in the shipyard? Eight of them are of the 80,000-ton class? ”

Wilhelm III's second son, Zhu Jingyuan's first German emperor in his previous life, and now Prince Wilhelm reminded his father to explain:

"Since the signing of the Europa Naval Treaty, Daming has always maintained the pace of starting construction of eight capital ships per year to cope with the shipbuilding plans of Europa countries.

"However, in the past two years, the shipbuilding of Europa countries has stopped one after another, and the speed of shipbuilding of the Ming Dynasty has slowed down a little......

"The construction period of capital ships is three years, and now there are only sixteen capital ships in the shipyard instead of 24, which means that the speed has slowed down."

William III actually knew this information, and it was basically public information.

But when faced with such an intuitive face, William III still couldn't help but lose some of his temper.

The Europa Naval Treaty stipulated that each Tessie country could only build 320,000-ton capital ships, that is, eight 40,000-ton high-speed battleships.

Daming's side...... However, eight ships are built every year, and the tonnage is even larger, with an average of 60,000 tons each.

Although the treaty stipulates that all countries are given the same share, except for the major countries of Britain, France, Spain, Prussia, and Lu, other countries simply cannot afford to use up the share of 320,000 tons of capital ships.

Da Ming is able to build a capital ship of major countries in Taixi every year, and there is still a lot of margin.

In the past few years, the number of warships and the size of a single ship in the Ming Navy have surpassed all countries in the entire Taixi Continent.

William III looked at his son, consulted and confirmed:

"William, you have followed the Ming Emperor for many years, and you should be the one who knows the Ming Emperor the most among us Prussians.

"According to your understanding, the Ming Emperor has such a powerful power, why didn't he use force to directly annex the remaining independent countries?"

Prince William shrugged his shoulders a little awkwardly:

"According to my understanding, His Majesty the Emperor's purpose should be very simple, that is, he wants to surrender without a fight.

"Through repression, guidance, and infiltration at various levels such as economy, politics, and culture, the countries of Europa are slowly losing their independence.

"In the end, I had to de facto integrate into the Ming market, or join the Ming Empire Federation more directly and openly, and become an internal vassal state."

"In fact, His Majesty the Emperor has been doing this all these years, and the world situation in these years has also been in line with His Majesty's expectations.

"The problems that have arisen within the countries of Cessio Europa are also expected by His Majesty the Emperor.

"According to His Majesty's theory, as long as the imperial court allows the uncontrolled development of commerce, the current result will eventually occur.

"The best way for the most difficult countries to get out of this predicament is to fully adopt the system and ask for help directly from Daming.

"Once it becomes a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, all the current problems will be solved."

When William III heard this, he muttered a little:

"What do you mean is that the Ming Emperor pursued the pursuit of surrendering without a fight, that is, the pursuit of not using the means of war.

"So as long as other countries don't surrender and don't take the initiative to use force against the Ming, then the Ming won't start a war against other countries?

"But more importantly, when the two countries in the middle of the war, the weaker side chooses to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, how will the Ming Dynasty choose?

"Will you take this opportunity and directly join the war between the original two countries as the suzerainty of the defector?"

Gnaisenau listened to William III's question, and looked at Prince William together with great curiosity, waiting for the prince's answer to this question.

Prince William's expression was a little strange, and there was a faint hint of disgust in the accident:

"At this moment, I realized again that His Majesty Father, who had been living in the country, really couldn't think out of the European style.

"Just as His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty said at the Cape of the Western Ocean, the Europa people will regard the tolerance and goodwill of the Ming Dynasty as weakness.

"He will regard the goal and position of not using war means as much as possible as a prerequisite and opportunity for him to act recklessly.

"His Majesty the Ming Emperor does have the idea of surrendering without a fight, but this is not his guarantee to anyone."

William III and several core officials around him were visibly stunned.

Then they subconsciously enter a state of brief reflection.

However, this state of affairs did not last long, and Gneisenau already had a new idea:

"It's really hard for us to think outside the European way.

"But there's nothing wrong with that kind of thinking, but it's not really strategic.

"The Ming Dynasty, as the most civilized nation and state, has the ideal of hoping to solve problems through peaceful means.

"This ideal is indeed very noble.

"But the reality is that this ideal imposes a degree of restraint on their behavior.

"Others don't limit them, and they don't have to limit themselves because of the environment, but they take the initiative to limit themselves.

"Unilateral restrictions on them, no restrictions on others.

"This is our chance!

"It's a chance for all other less civilized countries!

"Since the Ming Dynasty is reasonable, since it pursues not to use the means of war to solve problems, it will definitely give other countries a reminder, persuasion and warning.

"Other countries just need to stop when the warnings of the Ming Dynasty become more and more severe to the extreme.

"There should be no direct punishment......

"There may even be an opportunity to talk about conditions and incentives......"

To these analyses of Gneisenau, Wilhelm III listened with frequent nods.

Prince William next to him was confused, and subconsciously said a Ming Ya saying:

"Am I a barbarian?"

William III was slightly stunned when he heard these four words, and Gneisenau next to him said with a smile:

"We are indeed barbarians, so we have to live according to the rules of barbarians."

This time Prince William was also stunned:

"Just because we are barbarians, shouldn't we actively learn the civilized system, learn the civilized way of thinking and decision-making?"

Gneisenau listened and wanted to laugh but also was a little worried:

"Your Royal Highness, we are barbarians, not only because our system is different from that of the Ming Dynasty, but more importantly, we are Europa.

"We are different from the Ming people in terms of image.

"Even if we learn the system and culture of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming people look at our image, they will think that we are barbarians.

"Our position and geographical environment in the world are also completely different from those of Daming.

"Our country is surrounded by barbarians, beasts that choose people to eat, and pure civilization cannot give us the strength to overcome danger.

"Unless we can be as strong as the Ming Dynasty, we will have the opportunity to consider more civilized practices.

"Mercy and grace, civility and order, are the preserve of the strong......"

Prince William was silent after hearing this.

The whole person fell into a kind of confusion in thinking.

Prince Wilhelm felt that Gneisenau was telling the truth, and that the status and circumstances and ethnic groups of Prussia were indeed in this state.

But at the same time, I felt that Gneisenau's statement was not quite right.

I just don't know how to argue it.

The point is that if you directly admit that you are a barbarian, and if you survive and deal with the situation according to the barbarian standards, you really have nothing to say.

In other countries, there are also various discussions.

Almost all of them were unusually shocked by the scale of the Ming Parade.

There were a lot of people and the British, at a glance, and again felt the despair at the naval level.

And then many people, like the Prussians, worried and considered and discussed the future situation in the world.

In such an atmosphere, the time slowly came to the morning of the fourth day of the first month of the first year of the A.D.

The world's largest naval parade in the history of the world by total tonnage began.