German Eagle: Steel and Magic

Chapter 21 The Frankish Conflict
"You're in a daze. You're missing some girl." Fama teased Carl with a smile.

"No, don't talk nonsense, destroy my innocence." Carl was a little embarrassed, but denied it.

"Haha! It seems to be right, but you are dating a girl now. It is impolite to think about another girl at this moment." Like a big sister, Fama hung up with her right hand Carl's nose.

"Which little girl is it, Maltida? I've heard a lot of rumors about you and her recently. Little Karl has been tempted so early." Fama showed a gossiping look.

"How could it be? I'm still a few years behind her, so how could it be true?" Karl explained, but whoever is so careless, an eight-year-old boy will not let it go, what kind of German ruthless person.

And even if Karl has a girl he likes, it's impossible for him to be from the Parisian Academy, where the youngest girl is twice his age.

"Oh? Is that the girl I met in my hometown?" Fama continued to ask jokingly.

"The girls in our village can't even tell the difference between Palin and Burger. Do you think I will fall in love with them?" Carl complained angrily, and the only people in his hometown who he could feel good about were the pastor and Hof.

"Look at what you said. When I was your age, I couldn't tell the difference between Parsons and Hamburg." Fama said, spreading his hands, and it made sense. Carlton was at a loss for words, so he had to smile awkwardly.

Maybe girls are very interested in love gossip, and the two started chatting on this topic without knowing it. Fama told Carl the gossip he had inquired about.

"Wait, for my age, falling in love must be a long time away."

Karl looked at Fama seriously, and continued: "But dear sister Fama, if you don't find a man to marry at your age, I'm afraid it will become more and more difficult in the future."

"Uh...Actually, I have thought about it, but there is no suitable person around me."

This time it was Fama's turn to sigh. As a girl who looks good and works, or is in good condition, under normal circumstances, she doesn't worry about suitors.

But now most of the people around me are soldiers, and most of the instructors at the Parisino Military Academy are married. Even Fama thought about an outrageous teacher-student relationship, but the age difference is too much .

All of a sudden, Fama became confused, and Fama began to be in a daze.

Karl also found that there was something wrong with what he said, so he immediately told Gustaliv's heroic deeds to divert Fama's attention.For example, how he relentlessly pursued Matilda or something.Only then did the atmosphere ease up, and the meal was happily finished.

There was still a certain amount of time after the meal, and the two decided to go shopping for a while.

Heidelberg is indeed a well-known big city. There are too many places worth visiting. Magnificent churches, statues of celebrities, charming Neckar River, mysterious ancient castles, if you want to visit all the places of interest in Heidelberg, I am afraid you need a Week.

Walking and walking, I found a lot of passers-by in front of me. It seems that something happened, and there is a tavern next to it. Is there a fight?
"Let's go ahead and have a look, we have a bad feeling."

Carl's complexion turned bad in an instant, it was a kind of sixth sense in the dark.Fama also followed along.

Walking over quickly, the crowd was not in a commotion, they were all quietly listening to the radio, thinking what a big deal it would be, but Fama's complexion also turned bad.

"Just yesterday, our freighter Albatross was detained by the Frankish Navy on the northern high seas.

They seized the ship, crew and cargo on unwarranted charges. This is a serious provocation to the German Empire!
I have sent a note to Ambassador Frank this morning, expressing my indignation at their actions and asking them to unconditionally release the crew and return the freighter and cargo..."

A middle-aged man was holding a radio in his arms, and a man's voice came from it. It was Leo von Caprivi, the current Prime Minister of the German Empire.

He was talking about the major events that happened just now in a serious tone, and as the speech deepened, Karl gradually understood that this was a dispute with the Frankish Republic, or friction is more correct.

It was the evening of last night, and the freighter Deutsche Albatross sailing on the high seas was seized by the Frankish navy, and no reasonable reason was given afterwards.They uploaded and searched without authorization, and detained all the crew members and seized the cargo, including the freighter.

After learning the news, the navy of the German Empire quickly went to the sea area where the incident occurred. Beihai Hangjian and Frank's naval fleet happened to meet together, and the smell of gunpowder was immediately full.

Karl knew something about the cause of the incident. It was nothing more than a colony in Africa. Recently, there was a little friction between the troops of the two parties. The scale was very small, but most of them made both parties angry.

Unlike Frank facing the Atlantic Ocean, Germany's geographical location determines that his fleet must enter and exit through the narrow waterway in the North Sea, and the exit of this waterway has always been under the monitoring of the Kingdom of England, and the Kingdom of England and the Frank Republic are currently Being in a state of alliance, confronting the alliance of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the two sides have been at constant friction, and this seizure incident has pushed this friction to a climax.

"I am afraid that the navy of the empire will withdraw. The fleets of the Franks and the English are in an absolute advantage. If there is a real exchange of fire, I am afraid that the losses of the empire will be heavy. Once the northern fleet is wiped out, the entire northern coast will be directly exposed. Under the guns of the Frankish fleet, the empire will definitely suffer in this matter."

Little Carl muttered in a low voice, but someone could still hear him, which made the people around cast angry glances.

Although these people are just ordinary people, they also have patriotism. When they were humiliated by the motherland, they would naturally be very angry when they heard such depressing words.

But when they saw Karl wearing a military uniform and carrying the rank of trainee non-commissioned officer, they were stunned, because in their hearts, soldiers should be loyal to the motherland.

"Don't worry, everyone. The navy is back, and our army is still there." Carl saluted everyone, then pulled Fama, turned and left.

"Hey, that one just now, is that a student from the Parisino Sergeant Academy?"

"Looking at the military uniform and school badge, it is indeed a student of the Parisino Sergeant Academy, but how could it be a child?"

"My nephew is studying there, and I heard that an eight-year-old child did study there this year."

"My God, I'm going to stare at a child."

"It's okay, it's just a stare. I almost smashed the wine bottle in my hand just now."

(End of this chapter)