Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Moreover, there is no need for troublesome infrastructure such as airports. The magic troops can take off anytime and anywhere, which is obviously more convenient and faster than airplanes.

Although the bombing mission was initially exclusive to bombers, the magic forces later took on this mission as well, using their special explosives and high-explosive grenades to bomb enemy targets.

Lin Shangzhou does not think that these two types of explosives can be more powerful than high-quality aerial bombs, but unfortunately, the more powerful aerial bombs only appeared under the premise of military needs. The military does not attach importance to aircraft, so naturally there will be no more powerful aerial bombs.

In addition to performance issues, another major reason is human nature.

The magic forces will not sit idly by and watch airplanes develop and eventually replace their position. Therefore, since airplanes appeared earlier and the magic forces have a stronger voice in the army, they will naturally squeeze out the living space of the flying forces.

Volbeck told Lin Shangzhou that the normal maximum flying altitude of the magic force was between two and three thousand meters, while the German bombers were flying at an altitude of about five thousand meters at the time. This meant that the magic force itself had no need to steal the bombers' work, but they still did so, an act that could almost be described as rogue.

This is enough to show how much the magic troops squeeze out the flying troops.

The fact that Germany does not attach importance to its air force shows that other countries in the world have similar attitudes towards their air forces, none of which take it very seriously.

They didn't take it seriously, but Lin Shangzhou knew the importance of the Air Force, so after finding out from Volbeck where the flying unit was stationed, he decided to take time to go there after meeting with the German aircraft designer.

On the one hand, he wanted to meet the Red Baron, and on the other hand, he wanted to win over this group of neglected pilots to his side.

If you want to develop aircraft, you need aircraft designers and even more so excellent pilots.

After learning what he wanted to know, he said goodbye to Forbeck and returned to the newspaper. After returning to the newspaper, Lin Shangzhou gave Bauman a list and asked him to check the people and companies on the list.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know much about German aircraft manufacturers and designers during World War I and before the 1930s. He only knew a few famous ones, such as Junkers, Messerschmitt, and Henschel.

And Bauman did not disappoint Lin Shangzhou. Two days later, he brought him the result he wanted.

On April 18th, Bowman put all the information he found on Lin Shangzhou's desk. Lin Shangzhou learned from the information Bowman found that after the war, Junkers had planned to design and produce civilian aircraft and hoped to put them into the civilian field, but later due to funding problems, the research was interrupted. Junkers also had to change direction and focus on machinery and engine production.

Of the remaining two companies, Messerschmitt was not found, but Bowman found Lin Shangzhou the Bavarian Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, which had produced aircraft for Prussia and Bavaria for a short period of time before and during the war. Of course, the factory is not called this name now, as it has switched to furniture production and motorcycle manufacturing.

As for Messerschmitt, from the information found by Bowman, it was known that Messerschmitt was working in this company.

In its early days, Henschel was engaged in aircraft production, but later interrupted its research due to financial problems. Like Junkers, it changed direction to produce mechanical products, while Henschel himself was in his own company.

After learning the news, Lin Shangzhou wanted to find them immediately. Unfortunately, none of these three companies had their headquarters in Berlin. Junkers was in Dessau, the Bavarian one was in Augsburg, and Henschel was in Warnemünde.

Lin Shangzhou hoped to meet all three of them at once, but now he can only meet them one by one.

After some consideration, Lin Shangzhou decided to ask Alexandrine to do him this favor. He wanted Alexandrine to invite three aircraft designers, Junkers, Messerschmitt and Henschel, to come to Berlin. He had already thought of the reason: His Majesty the Honorable German Emperor envied his sister very much for being able to fly freely in the sky, so he became interested in tools like airplanes.

The reason was reasonable and Alexandrine would not refuse, but Lin Shangzhou was hesitant because Cecilia was a member of the magic force.

He didn't know what Cecilia thought of the flying corps, or whether she would exclude it.

After repeated consideration, Lin Shangzhou decided to try his luck. If it went well, he would ask Alexandrine to do him a favor, and he would invite the three designers to Berlin in the name of the emperor as the emperor's adviser.

But if progress is hindered, Lin Shangzhou will have to meet them one by one.

It would be much better to spend some time than to make Cecilia hate him.

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Chapter 211 Indifferent Attitude

At nine o'clock in the morning on April 20th, in the open space in front of the Worry-Free Palace, Lin Shangzhou opened the door of the car and got out of the car with a nervous mood, even though he had asked Alexandrine and Cecilia about their current situation in advance and learned that her emotions were normal and she didn't show any reaction when she knew he was coming to the Worry-Free Palace.

But Lin Shangzhou was still a little nervous, because the next thing he was going to talk to Alexandrine about was the development of the flying unit. Cecilia was the captain of the Storm Commando and an elite member of the magic force. It would be troublesome if she also excluded the flying unit.

Lin Shangzhou stood beside the car for a while, then walked up the stairs. He walked into the palace as if he was returning to his own home, and then went straight to Alexandrine's office. Walking in the corridor, Lin Shangzhou saw Lol mopping the floor in front of him, so he walked up to her and greeted her.

Lol turned around following the sound, and when she saw Lin Shangzhou, she was delighted at first, but then she held the mop, looked at Lin Shangzhou with dissatisfaction with a drooping face.

Lin Shangzhou was a little confused, then he realized that he had stepped on the ground that Luoer had just mopped, so he hurriedly walked forward a few steps to the place that was not mopped and apologized to Luoer, and the little girl's expression returned to normal.

Then, a dozen seconds later, Lin Shangzhou arrived at Alexandrine's office door. He knocked on the door, and after hearing Alexandrine's permission from inside, he opened the door and walked in.

When he opened the door, he saw Alexandrine, Cecilia and Letitia in the room. Looking around, he did not see Noah.

After walking into the office and greeting the three people, he naturally sat on the sofa, and then asked Letitia: "Letitia, where is Noya? Isn't it usually you who is the official maid and Noya is the working maid?"

Letitia, who was reading a document, put it down and said to Lin Shangzhou, "Aunt Elena has something to do with Nuoya, so she is not here for the time being."

"That's it..."

Lin Shangzhou nodded slowly, then he looked at Alexandrine and Cecilia and told them his thoughts.

After telling them his thoughts, Lin Shangzhou turned his gaze to Cecilia, which made Cecilia, who was drinking tea, a little confused. She put down her teacup and looked at Lin Shangzhou sitting opposite her and asked, "Fritts, why are you looking at me all the time?"

"Didn't my sister agree?"

"You don't have any problem with that?"

“Why should I have an opinion?”

Cecilia asked back, and then she showed a look of sudden enlightenment and said to Lin Shangzhou: "Do you think I will exclude the flying unit like Albert did?"

Lin Shangzhou nodded in agreement. He no longer had the worries he had before. Cecilia's behavior showed that she did not exclude the flying unit.

Cecilia rolled her eyes at him and pouted, "Don't think I'm so narrow-minded, okay? I'm a member of the magic troop, but I'm not like Albert and some people who exclude the flying troop. I don't care how they develop."

After hearing this, Lin Shangzhou's worries disappeared completely. Now he could develop the aircraft without any worries. The next thing he had to decide was whether to let the three designers come to meet him first or go to meet the "Red Baron" and others from the flying unit first.

"The flying corps? The ones that fly the planes?"

Alexandrine asked this question out of the blue. Cecilia and Lin Shangzhou nodded to her. After her question was answered, Alexandrine became very interested in airplanes. She stood up, supported her hands on the table, and said to Lin Shangzhou excitedly, "Fritts, I want to go see the airplanes."

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Chapter 212

"Alexandrine, do you want to go to the flying troop's base as well?"

Lin Shangzhou asked, and Alexandrine nodded vigorously and said, "Just like the reason you just thought for me, sometimes I really envy Leah for being able to fly freely in the sky. Now that I have this opportunity, I will naturally go to see them. I don't ask to sit on the plane, but it is enough to see them flying in the sky."

"Well... well..."

Lin Shangzhou was thinking about this matter. The emperor took the initiative to inspect the flying unit. This matter might cause a sensation in the German military. The emperor's attitude could directly affect the development of the military, just like William II.

Alexandrine's grandfather, William II, was an emperor who attached great importance to the navy. With his strong support, Germany developed the second best navy in the world - a second best navy in the world that was timid and dared not go to war.

There is only one naval battle of Jutland worth mentioning. For the rest of the time, the British Navy was blockaded in the port and could not go out to fight. In this way, a navy that cost a lot of money to build and destroyed the relationship between Britain and Germany, the world's second largest navy, ended up with a tragic ending of sinking itself.

Of course, that is an OTL matter. In this world, after some of the British Navy was divided up by the British Union, the German Navy can be said to be the undisputed number one in the world.

Alexandrine wanted to inspect the flying corps, and given her reasons for going there, others had reason to believe that His Majesty would support the flying corps next.

For Lin Shangzhou, this is a matter of both advantages and disadvantages. Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. With the emperor's support, he can more easily help German aircraft designers obtain funding to design and build aircraft, and better develop the flying force.

As for the possible protests from the magic troop, they can be ignored. After all, Alexandrine herself can't fly, so she wants to see people using machines to soar in the sky. It is impossible for the magic troop to deny the emperor's little wish, right?

"Fritts, I want to go there and take a look~"

Seeing that Lin Shangzhou was reluctant to hit her, Alexandrine rarely pouted and acted coquettishly towards Lin Shangzhou. It was obvious that she could make the decision on her own, but now she wanted to ask Lin Shangzhou's opinion, which was enough to show how important he was in Alexandrine's heart.

Letitia and Cecilia both looked at Alexandrine who was acting coquettishly towards Lin Shangzhou with strange expressions, especially Cecilia. In her impression, her sister had hardly ever behaved like this since her family passed away and she became the emperor. But today, she was acting coquettishly towards Lin Shangzhou...

"Um……"

Cecilia looked at Lin Shangzhou meaningfully and said nothing more.

"Uh--okay, let's go together then."

Lin Shangzhou was choked by Alexandrine's sudden coquettish behavior. After a while, he recovered and nodded.

He himself had no objection to letting Alexandrine go to the flying unit's base, but this unexpected event made him a little overwhelmed.

Seeing Lin Shangzhou nod, Alexandrine's face was filled with a happy smile. She pushed the documents on the table aside and pretended to say something. Cecilia saw that her sister put aside her work and was eager to go to the flying unit's base, so she coughed lightly and said, "Sister, let's go in the afternoon. The flying unit's base is far from the city by car, and it takes a while to drive there. You should deal with your work in the morning."

When Alexandrine saw her sister asking her to continue working, she curled her lips, nodded, sat down, took the document that had just been put aside, and continued to work.

Lin Shangzhou looked at Cecilia, she shrugged and continued to drink her tea. Lin Shangzhou smiled and said nothing. He picked up the teapot and teacup on the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

We'll go to the flying troop's base in the afternoon. Let's stay in Wuyou Palace before going there.

After sitting in Alexandrine's office for a while, Lin Shangzhou got up and left the office. He walked out of the palace, stood on the steps and looked down. He saw Bode talking and laughing with the maid named Kallen.

Seeing this scene, and since neither of them noticed him, Lin Shangzhou did not go any further, but sat on the steps, watching the two people below with interest.

A few seconds later, Bode, who was chatting with Kallen, keenly felt a strange gaze. He looked up and saw Lin Shangzhou sitting on the steps, his face immediately froze. Kallen, who was sitting opposite him, was puzzled by Bode's behavior. She followed his gaze and was a little surprised when she saw Lin Shangzhou, but not as intensely as Bode's reaction.

She also waved and greeted Lin Shangzhou.

Seeing that the two had discovered him, Lin Shangzhou stopped sitting on the steps and stood up and walked downstairs. As he went down, Kallen also left Bode and walked towards the garden.

Bode looked at Lin Shangzhou who was walking towards him with a nervous mood. This was considered as slacking off during working hours. He thought he would inevitably be scolded, so he had prepared himself mentally in advance.

Although based on his understanding of Lin Shangzhou, he would not blame himself.

Lin Shangzhou came to Bode and put his hand on his shoulder with a smile, then looked at Karen who had already walked into the garden and said to him: "Is this the first time you talk to Karen?"

Bode shook his head and said, "No, I talked to her a few times before."

Lin Shangzhou laughed and patted Bode on the shoulder and said, "Hahaha, I won't ask you any more questions. Just do what you need to do."

"Ah...okay...okay."

"Then Mr. Hipper, are you ready to leave?"

Bode nodded hurriedly and then asked Lin Shangzhou if he was leaving.

"No."

Lin Shangzhou shook his head and told Bode what he was going to do in the afternoon. When he learned that Lin Shangzhou planned to go to the flying troop's base with Alexandrine and Cecilia, Bode felt surprised. Why was His Majesty going to the flying troop?

But he knew that this was not the reason he should ask, and it was enough for him to be a good driver.

Lin Shangzhou leaned against the car and looked up at the sky. He thought he should know more about the flying troop before going to the troop station, so he turned to Bode who was standing beside him and asked, "Bode, do you know anything about the flying troop?"

"this…"

Bode looked embarrassed when he heard this. He hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: "Because my uncle is the current commander of the flying unit, Manfred von Richthofen, I often went there to play before I joined the magic unit, but later... Mr. Hipper, I think you should know."

Lin Shangzhou was very surprised that the energetic young man in front of him was actually related to the Red Baron. He had no impression of the Red Baron's appearance and was not even as familiar with him as Meyer. Moreover, they were uncle and nephew. Even if he was familiar with the Red Baron's appearance, he could not tell that they were related.

As for what Bode said, "I think you should know," Lin Shangzhou also knew what it meant. After all, the magic troop and the flying troop were always at odds. It was normal for the magic troop to have someone like Cecilia who did not exclude the flying troop. However, because of the bad relationship, he did not think that the people in the flying troop would not be hostile to the magic troop.

Lin Shangzhou said to Bode sympathetically, "If going there is a psychological burden for you, you can take a leave in the afternoon. Anyway, Cecilia is here, and she can also act as my bodyguard."

Bode shook his head and said, "No, no, no, that's not necessary. My relationship with my uncle is actually pretty good. He doesn't object to me joining the magic force. After all, we are all contributing to the country, especially since I joined the Storm Commando. This is a great honor."

"My relationship with the few remaining members of the flying unit is not good..."

"This doesn't make the relationship with the members of the flying unit very good..."

Lin Shangzhou nodded slowly, and then he thought of a person - Hermann Mayer... Goering.

Although Goering in kx went to Central Africa in 36 or even 36 years ago, the world has changed a bit. Maybe Goering did not go to Africa. If he did not go to Africa, would he still be in the flying corps?

So Lin Shangzhou asked: "Is there anyone named Meyer among the remaining members of the flying unit..."

"Meyer?"

Bode was stunned. Who is this?

After realizing that he had said the wrong name, Lin Shangzhou felt very embarrassed and quickly corrected himself by saying, "Uh... I remembered it wrong, it should be Goering."

When Bode heard the familiar name, he suddenly realized and said, "Oh, you mean Uncle Goering, he is indeed still in the flying unit."

He had some doubts in his mind about what Lin Shangzhou had mentioned about Goering, but he didn't ask.

Lin Shangzhou was somewhat happy to hear that Goering was still in Germany. Although Meyer was not very good as a general, he was good at training pilots.

In this world, Meyer can concentrate on training and fighting. As for politics and commanding generals, which he is not good at, Lin Shangzhou will not let him get involved in those areas.

Even if he wanted to, it wouldn't be possible.

After that, Lin Shangzhou and Bode chatted about some things, and then he took Bode to the lounge he used in the past. After bringing Bode there, he went to the Kaiser's office.

Next, we will wait until the afternoon to go to the flying unit’s base to meet these talented people who have been abandoned by Germany.

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Chapter 213 Marseille

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Shangzhou and his four companions drove to the location of the flying unit's base. It was nearly an hour later that they were able to see the airport built on the plain. Just as Cecilia said, this was a somewhat long journey.

Alexandrine, who was a little tired from the bumpy ride, immediately regained her spirits after seeing the airport. She leaned against the window and pointed at the airport in the distance and said to Lin Shangzhou, "Liya, that's where the flying corps is stationed, right?"