I Became a Captain of the British Empire

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Next to the Imperial Palace, the reception room of the Prime Minister’s official residence.

Upon opening the door and entering, an old dignitary rises from his seat. The ambassador who came earlier looks back at us.

“Nice to meet you. Prime Minister.”

“Everyone did a great job coming a long way.”

“no. Isn’t that right nearby? Ah, the foreign minister… ?”

“It seems like it will be difficult for me to attend because I am sick. I’m sorry. Can we proceed on our own?”

“I see. I wish you good health.”

While formal greetings were being exchanged, I sneakily examined the Prime Minister’s face.

Reich Chancellor Otto Wels.

In actual history, he is known as the representative of the Social Democratic Party and the person who gave a speech against Hitler’s enabling law. Did you even assume the prime ministership here? I got out

However, it doesn’t seem to be that strong. The office was too monotonous to be the prime minister of an empire. There are not as many papers on the desk as I thought, and most of all, I rarely come and go. Is it just a puppet?

“Your Excellency Prime Minister. You said you wanted to see the evidence of the control of the sea that we talked about earlier, right?”

“Ah, did you come by yourself?”

The prime minister laughs. Soon our eyes met and I coughed.

“I made an example of this. You must have had a hard time coming this far.”

“no. Aren’t you on your way soon?”

“hahahaha. Still, I didn’t expect you to come this soon… .”

He looks visibly bewildered for some reason. Didn’t you think that the main character of the rumor would come directly? At that time, the ambassador and the warden, who were looking back at each other, glanced at me.

Noticing it, he started introducing himself to the Prime Minister.

“Samuel D. Lewis, Commander of the Royal Navy’s battlecruiser Repulse, and Commanding Task Force.”

“Hey, this is nice.”

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Prime Minister looking at me with an interesting face. However, he soon tilts his head.

“By the way, I heard that he is the commander of the flotilla, but the rank listed in the official document is colonel.”

“As we already had Major General Robinson as our No. 1 player, we had to make adjustments inevitably. It is difficult to have two generals as the presiding military officer. We ask for your understanding.”

The prime minister vomits clearing his throat in embarrassment. There is also an uncomfortable feeling.

But I couldn’t help it.

It seems that it is difficult to appoint an outsider of diplomacy like me as a representative military officer.

“Well, I understand, but it’s a pity. I didn’t even have to excuse myself like this.”

“sorry. I think we may have been too rude.”

“no. I still wanted to meet you in person.”

The Prime Minister immediately smiled brightly and said.

“Our military officers are also interested in you.”

The prime minister pointing to me and talking.

I was slightly embarrassed. I looked at the ambassador’s attention and made up an appropriate answer.

“I have only established a small major, but it is an undeserved honor.”

carnivorous speech. After this, the ambassador and the first mu were able to take a step back for a while and breathe.

Also, this kind of thing doesn’t fit.

Anyway, is the name known that far? It seems that the upper management really worked hard to promote it. It’s me who gets frustrated in a place like this.

“If Admiral Hipper had corrected himself a little, I would have met him once… Oh my, this sounds useless.”

“no. Lewis 2mu would have liked it if he had met him.”

What are they talking about with each other? Come to think of it, is Admiral Hipper still alive?

“Now that he is in Hamburg, it is difficult to call him. You’ve been retired for quite a while now. Anyway, he is also a person who has a good understanding of battlecruisers.”

“Yes, there is no one in the Royal Navy who does not know that name.”

Franz von Hipper.

An admiral who led German battlecruisers during the Great War and Beatty’s rival. this is a bit disappointing He is a person I want to meet at least once, leaving enemies and allies behind.

The Prime Minister looked at me and said,

“I hope you are comfortable while you are here. There are many things to see in Germany.”

“Yes, thank you.”

It’s true anyway. It looks like he’s dragging it around whenever he talks about this, but he should definitely recuperate. Otherwise, I’ll get angry and can’t stand it.

After that, it was all about politics. It’s not a full-fledged story as I stopped by to say hello yet.

“First of all, as you can see, Mr. Prime Minister, our Royal Navy has unwavering control over the Atlantic Ocean. I was able to come this way because the situation on the front of the second class Lewis you are watching now has been sorted out.”

I stood behind the backs of the three and just watched, but I seemed to know roughly what was going on.

It is to appeal that an important person like me is relaxed enough to be left behind. In fact, the situation has improved a lot since the commissioning of the Invincible class.

“We, the German Reich, express our deepest regrets for the recent conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean. I hope that the dispute will end well as soon as possible.”

“thank you. However, I would like to inform you that he needs the cooperation of the German Empire.”

“We always do our best for peace.”

sluggish conversation. Looking at it, it is a clear situation between A and B. This side wants the opponent’s move, and the opponent asks what they can do for you.

Unexpectedly, our side was urgent.

Well, France is openly shunning Britain, but Germany and Japan are the only ones to borrow foreign hands. Japan is still looking at liver like a fox.

After all, am I in a position to lend a hand like this?

Somehow, a bitter smile came out.

“We thought we should ask our home country additionally about that… .”

In the end, it seems that there is no solution here. After a brief conversation, we got up from our seats.

But my mission started from then. On the way out of the mission, a soldier hurriedly approached the ambassador and whispered to him.

“Wait a minute.”

Having said that, the ambassador hurriedly ran to the Prime Minister’s residence.

Looks like something is missing.

Waiting impatiently in front of the car, the ambassador returned while wiping cold sweat.

“What happened?”

“This is a very difficult situation. I was going to shine only the face… .”

The ambassador, who frowned uncomfortably as if he had chewed sh*t, looked at me and said.

“The Kaiser wants to see you.”

* * *

What should I say? I seem to be meeting a lot of people today. It’s only natural that I came here as the presiding officer.

Still, I didn’t expect such undeserved treatment.

“I’m sorry for making you take an uncomfortable step as soon as I arrived. Please, I really wanted to meet you.”

All kinds of fancy furniture. A solemn portrait hung on the wall. A gorgeous window that lets sunlight into the room as it is.

And an old man sitting in a chair enjoying all of this.

Kaiser, Wilhelm II.

“Brigadier General Lewis.”

“First of all, I am a colonel… .”

A throbbing chest as if it would stop at any moment. Cold sweat seems to flow in front of my eyes. I barely caught my breath and looked at Kaiser with a forced smile.

Kaiser receives a cup from an attendant and takes a sip. He points at me with the hand holding the glass and says.

“Sit comfortably.”

“no. How could you behave like that in front of His Majesty… .”

Would you like to sit comfortably? I’m going crazy because I’m nervous.

Furious, my true heart almost came out.

be patient The opponent is the king of one country.

As if he knew my feelings, he continued talking with a meaningless smile.

“It was an interesting performance. Sweeping the East Coast with two battlecruisers and an aircraft carrier. It’s ideal fleet management. I was very impressed.”

Nodding, I lowered my head and recalled the words of the ambassador.

“It is an honor to praise you so much.”

He told me to please the Kaiser as much as possible. Of course. On the other side, it’s a solid cap.

Fortunately, his and my interests coincide to some extent. He was a person who was interested in and supported the Navy.

“If there were talented people like you in our Great Sea Fleet, the outcome of the war might have been different.”

“I don’t know what to do with you standing up so high. It’s really overrated.”

The last words were sincere.

It wasn’t that the Great Sea Fleet lacked talent. Tirpitz and Hipper would be very angry if they heard such a story. Kaiser probably doesn’t know that either. It must have been said as a joke.

Kaiser took a sip of tea, and I followed suit. He then turned around the teacup he had set down and then casually threw a comment.

“You’ve been paying attention to aircraft carriers, can you tell me why?”

Is this part of your interest? I guess so. It’s a bit of an early idea in this era.

“Because an aircraft carrier is a ship with great potential.”

“potential power? Do you believe that airplanes can replace warships?”

A face that is half interested and half suspicious.

I calmly continued my answer.

“Replacement is impossible. You cannot cross the sea without a boat.”

The appearance of aircraft carriers does not mean that surface combat ships such as destroyers have become obsolete. Rather, each ship type is solidifying an organic cooperation system with each other as it goes into modern times. Even in this era, when aircraft carriers have just passed their infancy, there is nothing much different.

“But it will definitely be a factor that can never be ignored.”

This is exactly what I want to say.

“I want to hear the reason, but would it be okay if it wasn’t rude?”

“of course.”

There is not much to say about the basics. Anyway, you’ll find out with time. It’s good if you can buy a good impression with ordinary information.

“Airplanes can perform a variety of operations, including scouting and attacking at distances of hundreds of miles. Operations that require multiple warships can be carried out with a single aircraft carrier.”

In particular, the merit of being able to replace a large number of warships is quite large. Even in a country that staggers with armaments like Germany.

Kaiser nodded in interest.

Soon, his eyes lit up again.

“However, isn’t the amount of bombardment of an aircraft carrier still insignificant? I heard that no ship was sunk by air raids alone in the last year’s battle.”

keen intellect. He is also a nobleman with a deep understanding of the navy.

Seeing me nodding my head calmly, he spurred on his argument.

“In the end, if it only plays an auxiliary role, wouldn’t a fast and cheap light aircraft carrier be more suitable for the battlefield than a huge large aircraft carrier?”

“You are right. But there are some problems with it.”

Having said that, I paused and thought again.

Kaiser blinks.

I looked back at what I said.

damn it! It’s a mistake. that’s a problem Wasn’t it too careless?

He immediately lowered his head and said.

“Sir, excuse me. Your Majesty, this is not my intention… .”

“No, it’s fine. Keep talking.”

“I, a really big excuse… .’

“It’s okay, so keep talking.”

Even so, Kaiser waved his hand as if it didn’t matter.

When I glanced over, I saw a brightly shining face.

Are you interested in the story? different from expected Has your personality deteriorated as you get older? I don’t know what it is, but it’s an opportunity.

He cleared his throat, looked around for a moment, then continued.

“Light aircraft carriers are obviously inexpensive and can be mass-produced quickly. But large aircraft carriers can do things that light aircraft carriers cannot.”

take a deep breath. Buy time to organize the words in your head.

Okay. I just need to tell you the facts I know one by one.

“First of all, it is possible to comfortably store new machines that continue to develop in the future. Even now, many airplane companies are developing new technologies in a rush. A huge space is essential to stably operate an increasingly larger airplane.”

That’s why Japan’s Hosho and America’s Langley quickly became obsolete. If the size is small, the new aircraft cannot be installed. As an aircraft carrier that invests everything in airplanes, its value plummets.

“There is also a large difference in the number of simultaneous launches across a wide deck. A light aircraft carrier can send out at most 15 raid groups at once. But a large carrier can send out more than 30 aircraft with ease.”

The former is difficult to damage even a single battleship, but the latter is different. It’s the basic attack power itself that’s different. If it is a battleship, it is the difference in the caliber of the main gun.

“So, does that mean that building a large aircraft carrier is much more beneficial than a light aircraft carrier in the long run?”

“Yes, the advantage of having a large aircraft carrier is clear when considering the strike power of the fleet, future scalability, and ability to sustain operations.”

When the story was over, Kaiser leaned back on the sofa and stroked his chin as if he was lost in thought.

While he was still, a belated feeling of regret crept in.

Did I tell you too much?

Think again. Opponent is Kaiser. The de facto head of the German Empire. So, he is a man who could become an enemy of England at any time. Maybe it was a transfer act… .

oh sh*t I don’t know. I was flustered, so I tried everything I knew, but it wasn’t a well-organized word in the first place.

Kaiser said when I was fighting the desire to take over my past self.

“That’s an interesting story. Thank you, Colonel Lewis.”

Kaiser nodded lightly. It just seems like a weird theory.

I have to go out at once I don’t even know how interested Kaiser was in maritime aviation. I’m worried that I’ll press my mouth recklessly after a while.

It was a time when the desire to get up from the seat welled up.

Suddenly Kaiser asked me.

“Do you see any reason why we should help Britain fight the Americans?”

what is this all of a sudden

Are you kidding? No, it’s a serious look. really ask me why?

There is no time to think. In front of my eyes, Germany’s supreme leader is pointing at me and asking me questions. It’s not nice to look upset.

“If you ask such a diplomatic question… .”

Quickly and succinctly, I opened my mouth.

“Obviously, I will say yes.”

The die was cast like that.