Lee Haydn did not return to China until the end of June when the battle was decided.

He led a large army to sweep across Romania. The Romanian army, which was hastily mobilized but lacked equipment, was no match for the German and Austrian coalition forces at all. In addition, the active domestic pro-German forces have lost their combat effectiveness.

When the German and Austrian coalition forces entered Romania, the pro-Brittiano-French government led by Bratiano had fallen, and the leader of the pro-Germany forces, Maroresco, became Romanian Prime Minister. In such chaos, King Aparent and his wife fled to Serbia and then went to Britain to take refuge.

Lee Haydn announced the dethrone of Aparent's throne and served as the king of Romania himself.

Although William II was unwilling to say anything about this, he was not easy to say anything.

Austro-Hungary claimed that Romania and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were merged, and Lee Haydn officially crowned the Romanian king in Bucharest, with Marosco as prime minister and Kalp as foreign minister. In order to win over the Romanians, Emperor Franz announced the incorporation of Transylvania into Romania.

The Romanians finally realized their Greater Romanian dream under the banner of the empire.

In Vienna, Lee Haydn and the triumphant generals were once again welcomed by the people as heroes. Lee Haydn seemed to have become the patron saint of the entire empire. Victory of the war was always exchanged for ordinary soldiers with blood, but ordinary people needed a hero that they could admire, and it seemed that only in this way could they ensure their safety.

When Lee Hayden left Vienna and returned to Trieste again, it was already July 27.

From the swampy Western Ukraine to the hot Mediterranean harbor in summer, Li Haidn felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

Under the dazzling sunshine, more than 30 ships of various types are moored in the quiet but heavily guarded military port anchorage. The sudden declaration of war by the Italians still filled the entire port with a tense atmosphere.

On April 26, 1915, Italy formally signed a London agreement with the Allies, stipulating that Italy's participation in the war would not only be paid for the above-mentioned areas, but also include the Istrian Peninsula, Dalmatia, Vorola and several colonies in Africa.

The greedy Italians finally couldn't resist the British victory, and blatantly betrayed the former covenant, and stabbed him in the back.

Facts prove that Condra's fear of the 1.7 million Italian army was redundant. Faced with the attack of 700,000 Italian army, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was deployed on the front line. The Tyrol local shooter division, with only two divisions less than 30,000 troops, actually won a big victory in the Kati Mountains, defeating the attack of nearly 400,000 Italian armies, and staged a wonder in the history of war.

The 8th Army, which was deployed on the second line and was temporarily transferred from various places, was jealous and asked to fight: Brothers, at least we can leave some soup for us!

Li Haydn has decided to draw back three main armies from the Russian front to the southern front, and Bolojevic's 3rd army has retreated to Galicia and started to board the return train. It won't take long before Li Haydn can organize a comprehensive counterattack against Italy.

As for the Serbian front line, they were already crippled and had long since Bulgaria declared war on the Allies. Lee Haydn was too lazy to care about it. He was really not interested in Serbia and Greece, which had no minerals, and was reluctant to use their precious forces in this direction.

It's time for the Navy to move.

The clean and tidy pier of Trieste military port was filled with busy figures of sailors. Those naval patrols wearing dark blue naval uniforms and carrying short rifles made people realize that this was a war period.

Shortly after lunch, under the escort of several military trucks filled with military police, Lee Haydn arrived at the dock from the Navy Headquarters in a Mercedes car with a black wooden car. At this time, a huge battleship was docking at the dock, which had basically completed supply and was preparing to sail. Some sailors and workers were withdrawing the temporary trestle for transporting supplies under the supervision of officers.

Lee Haydn boarded the super battleship named after him, accompanied by Lieutenant General Holtie, the commander of the First Battleship Fleet.

This is not the first time he boarded this giant ship, but every time he sees this new battleship that can be called the world's most powerful, he still feels sincerely proud of its power.

The overall dark gray paint seems to give people a solemn feeling, but the high 10 380mm main guns are enough to make everyone who is enemies feel deeply frightened. Even if the entire warship is quietly anchored on the water, it has a terrifying force that can destroy everything.

After boarding the ship, the first thing the Crown Prince did was to review the sailors on the ship accompanied by Lieutenant General Holtie. The new captain of the "Grand Duke of Istria" and Major General Clemens, who was once his adjutant, was lined up on the deck with all the officers and soldiers of the ship to welcome the arrival of the Crown Prince.

Putting aside personal relationships, Major General Clemens had previously had a compelling record. After the war started, as the commander, he led the armored cruiser "Grand Duke of Frederi" to carry out multiple blockades of Montenegro and Greek ports, and used flexible tactics to escape from the encirclement of three British and French armored cruisers in a maritime battle.

With his calm and steady personality, he is enough to be the commander of a main battleship. Of course, as a flagship, he needs to obey Lieutenant General Holtie's command.

The tall bridge of the "Istria Grand Duke" is more in line with Li Haydn's aesthetic taste from later generations. This warship looks at least slightly lower than the bridge from its appearance, which is much more majestic and powerful. The triple-mounted main turret is the pride of the Imperial Navy. In this world, no one can have so much experience in manufacturing triple-mounted turrets like the Skoda Arsenal. Even the British are unable to develop qualified large-caliber triple-mounted turret mechanisms.

After a brief review ceremony, the "Grand Duke of Istria" sailed towards the channel under the guidance of three tugboats. On the sea, the "Prince Eugen" battleship and two light cruisers, four destroyers, were already waiting there, and they will accompany the newly-in-service main ship for the first sea training.

The "Istria Grand Duke" has just joined the Imperial Navy and some test projects have not been completed. Lee Haydn met some naval engineers he knew on the ship.

After the warship set sail, Lee Haydn began to patrol the entire ship seriously with Lieutenant General Holty. As the world's largest tonnage, the "Istria Grand Duke" is slightly stronger than the "Queen Elizabeth" class that has just been in service in the Royal Navy. The displacement of 33,000 tons makes it have enough to configure armor and power systems, and the power output of 85,000 horsepower also gives it a high speed of 25.5 knots, which is currently the most outstanding.

Unlike other countries in the world, the Austro-Hungarian Navy has never installed torpedo tubes on the main battleships since the Radlitz class. Although the empire has the best and largest torpedo manufacturing company in the world. Due to its large tonnage, the "Istria Grand Duke" has enough space to accommodate more than 1,100 crew members on the ship, and the living space and conditions are much better than the "United Force" class.

Lee Hayden has previously obtained the recent training plan for the "Istria Grand Duke" from the Navy Staff. The top priority of this super battleship that has just been in service for more than a month is to debug equipment, followed by training and running-in between the crew and the equipment.

The warship sailed on the sea and seemed very stable, and it seemed that it could not feel its shaking. Lee Haydn stood on the bridge, illusioning with confidence that the scene when the dreadnoughts of Britain and France, which were only equipped with 305mm main guns, saw this super warship: would they run around and run away, or would they bravely rush up to die?

His confidence comes from strength. At least at present, no one is his opponent in this sea area.
Chapter completed!