On May 10th, on the ship heading to France. Kai 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 bumpkin soldiers would become the most powerful army in the world?
In this era, the US military is actually very looked down upon. The center of the world in this era is Europe, and the strongest military is also in Europe. What's more, Europe has been fighting a brutal war for several years, but what about the United States? The war with Spain will not be recognized by Europe. It will be a small-scale armed conflict at most. What's there to show off about two rookies pecking each other? In fact, no one would know that the United States and Spain were at war unless they paid special attention to international news.
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 simply terrible. Their commanders, in particular, all look like remnants of the Napoleonic era, and their tactical thinking is extremely outdated. The British once thought they were still in the era of infantry phalanxes lining up to be shot.
"Master, it's tea time." Ah Fu came to Kai with a few guardians. They held 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, let alone those sweet snacks. These foreigners seem to have a particular preference for sweetness, and even put sugar in their tea. This is simply torture for Kai, who likes to drink clear tea. He and Qingshui don't like black tea with a bunch of messy things added to it.
"I don't think there's any need to be so exaggerated. We're still at war, right?" Doing this on a troop ship is completely inconsistent with the tradition of the people's soldiers. There is no need for a hard-working, plain and simple style of work.
Ah Fu just nodded with a smile, and then went about setting the plate for Kai... We were just having afternoon tea, was there any need to arrange the plate? Like his grandfather, he always believed that with his noble status, he must maintain a noble demeanor at all times! 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 show. This does not depend on Kai's will at all. Otherwise, they would be derelict in their duties as housekeepers.
"Okay, put less sugar and milk, and add other messy things." British people and black tea like to add some messy things, such as cinnamon, cloves, pepper, cardamom and other spices, anyway. In Kai's mind, that's cooking, not drinking tea. So he was very disgusted.
After a while, the captain of the battleship came to Kai and enjoyed afternoon tea together. In this era, all senior naval officers were from noble families. This is a British tradition, and it is the only British tradition in the world.
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 familiar with astronomy and geography is a must. Before World War I, education was still an extremely expensive affair. It takes a lot of resources to train a naval officer. In this respect the nobility had the upper hand.
(In fact, the same is true for the British Army, but it is not as exaggerated as the Navy. Before World War I, the British aristocracy was quite powerful)
The captain's name was Manfred de Hault, a baron. He has served in the Navy for more than forty years and is now about to retire, but like almost all old sailors, they are reluctant to leave their posts. They would rather be with the waves than on land. Maybe this is the romance of the navy.
"Good day, Your Highness the Duke." Captain Manfred greeted Kai very politely. Then he sat down at the table 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 likes to chat with others. Although he didn't know Kai's identity at all, he still had a great time chatting with Kai. Today is no exception.
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. They should honestly stay within the rules set by the British Empire instead of rashly provoking a 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, leaving no chance for new countries in the future. Forget it, why did the Germans launch a war? Didn't the British have any clues?
After the rise of the Germans, the British did not relax their pursuit of Germany at all. What would Germany think of Britain's alliance with France and Russia?
The Germans looked at it and thought, Damn it, I'm being attacked from two sides! Is this still a joke?
As a Chinese, does Kai know what the British bastard has done? And that colonial system is even more nonsense! Is Britain really something to be proud of by exploiting the whole world to fatten it? If it weren't for Germany, World War I might have broken out between the colonies and Britain.
The patriotic Manfred disagreed. 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 glory of democracy and freedom throughout 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 Country and the Lighthouse Country are of the same origin.
It’s all this rhetoric, and it’s all being plundered by the whole world.
Manfred wasn't lying, he really thought so. In fact, before World War I, the British thought so. Manfred just wondered why Kai, who was obviously the Duke of the British Empire, was so dismissive of the pride of the British Empire.
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 actually looked down on the politicians in London.
No matter how good the slogan is, is it useless? Often those who shout slogans are not the first ones to charge. Kai might 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 weren't for the news from the British government that Ludendorff actually used vampires to directly participate in the war!
Yes, it was the vampires who breached the Fortress of Verdun! To be precise, those mutated 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 those mutated vampires were created by Ludendorff.
He transformed some ordinary people into vampires and then let them use poison gas to mutate! Finally, use the mysterious power of the new vampires to control them and appear on the battlefield!
From Kai's point of view, this is no longer a war. But against humanity!
Kay had no position in the war between the Central Powers and the Entente. The British won, and Kai had nothing to be unhappy about. It's acceptable for the Germans to win, since they can't destroy the world anyway. But what Ludendorff did...that was playing with fire!
