Chapter 221: Playing with Fire and Asking for a Monthly Pass) First issue and then modify
On May 10th, on the ship heading to France, Kay stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the American soldiers behind him who were chatting and spanking on the deck, but felt a little emotional in his heart. He must have witnessed the United States' journey to the world.
Who could have imagined that in a few decades, these country bumpkins would become the most powerful military in the world?
In this era, the US military is actually very looked down upon. The center of the world is Europe, and the strongest military is also in Europe. What's more, Europe has been fighting brutal wars for several years, but what about the United States? They have never experienced any decent war.
The war with Spain will not be recognized by Europe. It is at most a small-scale armed conflict. What is there to show off between two rookies pecking each other? In fact, if you don’t pay special attention to international news, no one in Europe will know about it.
The United States and Spain were at war.
A group of rookies, only suitable for carrying ammunition.
This is the evaluation of the American soldiers by the accompanying British soldiers. The physical fitness of the American soldiers is good, but their tactical literacy and command ability are appalling. Their commanders, in particular, all look like remnants of the Napoleonic era, and their tactical thinking is extremely outdated. The British
I once thought they were still stuck in the era of infantry phalanxes where they lined up to be shot.
"Sir, it's tea time." Ah Fu came to Kai with a few guardians. They were holding things needed for afternoon tea, such as parasols and armchairs.
Kai was helpless. He didn't like the British aristocracy very much. He didn't like black tea either, let alone those sweet snacks. These foreigners seemed to particularly prefer sweetness and even put sugar in their tea. This pair liked to drink clear tea.
For Kai, it was simply torture. He would rather drink plain water than black tea with a bunch of messy things added to it.
"I don't think it's necessary to be so exaggerated. We are still at war, right?" Doing this on a troop ship is completely inconsistent with the tradition of the people's soldiers. The hard-working, simple and simple style of work is no longer needed.
Ah Fu just nodded with a smile, and then went about setting the dishes for Kai... It was just for afternoon tea, was there any need to arrange the dishes? Like his grandfather, he always believed that Kai's noble status must always maintain the aristocratic appearance.
Style!
This thing is not for Kai to enjoy at all, but for others to see. Most of the so-called aristocratic style is just for showing off.
This does not depend on Kai's will at all. Otherwise, they would be derelict in their stewardship.
"Okay, put less sugar and milk, and don't add any other messy things." British people like to add some messy things to black tea, such as adding cinnamon, cloves, pepper, cardamom and other spices. Anyway, according to Kai
Come on, those things are for cooking, not for drinking tea.
After a while, the captain of the battleship also came, and he also came to enjoy afternoon tea. In this era, all senior naval admirals were of noble origin. This is a British tradition.
There are many factors causing this situation, the most important of which is that the navy is a high-tech branch. This requires a lot of professional knowledge. It is no exaggeration to say that a ship commander must be familiar with astronomy and geography. Before World War I,
Education is still an extremely expensive thing. Training a naval officer requires a lot of resources. In this regard, the nobility has an advantage.
The name of this captain is Manfred de Hault, a baron. He has served in the navy for more than forty years and is about to retire now, but like almost all old sailors, they are not very good at it.
They are willing to leave their posts and would rather be with the waves than on land. Perhaps this is the romance of the navy.
"Good day, Your Highness the Duke." Captain Manfred greeted Kai very politely. Then he sat down very naturally, and the guardian on the side also served him black tea very naturally.
The old captain is a well-informed person and very cheerful. He especially likes to chat with others. Although he has no idea about Kai’s identity at all, he still chats happily with Kai. Today is no exception.
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Today's chat is still about the damn war in front of us.
Although they chatted happily, this does not mean that their views are the same. On the contrary, their views are very different. For example, Manfred has always believed that this war was the fault of the Germans, and they should
Stay honestly within the rules set by the British Empire instead of rashly provoking war and plunging the world into war.
But Kai's view was very different. He pointed out bitterly that this war was not so much the fault of the Germans as it was a mistake made by the British and the Germans together.
The British took away all the territory in the world that could be colonized, and did not give any chance to new countries in the future. Forget it, why did the Germans launch a war? Didn't the British have any leverage at all?
After the rise of the Germans, the British did not relax their pursuit of Germany at all. Britain formed an alliance with France and Russia. What did Germany think?
When the Germans saw this, they thought, Damn it, I'm being attacked from two sides! Is this a joke? Germany would take the initiative to launch a war, probably because of the fear of its own safety.
As a Chinese, does Kai know what Britain, the bastard, has done? And that colonial system is even more nonsense! Is Britain really worth being proud of by exploiting the world to feed them? If it weren't for Germany, the First World War wouldn't be possible.
It broke out between the colonies and Britain.
The patriotic Manfred disagreed with this. In Manfred's view, the colonial system was definitely a superior system. It brought the light of civilization to all barren lands and spread the brilliance of democracy and freedom.
Arrived all over the world.
You must be familiar with this rhetoric. In later generations, the lighthouse countries always used this formula.
How about saying that the Corrupt State and the Lighthouse State are of the same origin?
It’s all this kind of rhetoric, and it’s all being plundered by the whole world.
Manfred was not lying, but he really thought so. Before World War I, the British all thought so. Manfred just wondered why Kai was so disdainful of the pride of the British Empire when he was obviously the Duke of the British Empire.
Take a look.
However, Manfred did not feel any disgust towards Kai because of this. Because in his opinion, what kind of person a person is is not to be judged by what he says, but by what he does. As a soldier, he is actually very good at it.
Look down on those politicians in London.
Is there any point in shouting slogans? Often those who shout slogans are not those who are at the forefront. Kai may not be happy with the war in front of him, but he actually went to the battlefield. Isn't this enough?
Manfred was right to think so, but to say that Kai was doing it for Britain would be a bit of a stretch.
If it hadn't been for the news from the British government that Ludendorff actually used vampires to directly participate in the war! Kai would not have bothered to intervene.
That's right, it was the vampires who breached the Fortress of Verdun! To be precise, they were the mutant vampires!
Controlling mutated vampires has always been a unique skill of the New Party vampires, but now Ludendorff actually has this technology. Is there any need to guess what happened in the process?
What is even more unacceptable is that according to intelligence, those mutated vampires were created by Ludendorff.
He transformed some ordinary people into vampires, and then let them use poison gas to mutate! Finally, he used the mysterious power of the new vampires to control them and appear on the battlefield!
In Kai's view, this is no longer a war. It is anti-humanity!
Kay had no position in the war between the Central Powers and the Entente. If the British won, Kay would have no problem with it. It was acceptable for the Germans to win, since they couldn't destroy the world anyway. But what Ludendorff did... was playing with fire!
