Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Lin Shangzhou asked Bode to wait outside with his uncle, and he pushed open the door of the bar and walked in alone.

He pushed the door open and entered. What caught his eye was a group of men sitting in groups of three or five in the bar drinking. They all wore white vests and occasionally uttered a few foul words during their conversation. The gramophone in the bar played popular music to entertain them.

These guys are more like a group of older socialites who get together to drink than pilots.

Seeing them like this, Lin Shangzhou felt a little disappointed. In his mind, pilots have always been a symbol of pride and arrogance, and their appearance has nothing to do with arrogance.

However, Lin Shangzhou could understand why they became like this. If he were in such a hopeless unit where the end was in sight, he would also become negative and lazy.

He walked a few steps into the bar, and none of the pilots noticed him. In order to attract attention, Lin Shangzhou went to the phonograph, turned it off and clapped his hands at the pilots.

After the music disappeared, the only sounds left in the bar were the pilots chatting and clinking glasses. The person who noticed the music disappeared immediately looked at the phonograph and found Lin Shangzhou standing next to it. A look of confusion appeared on his face.

Then, after the crisp applause, the pilots stopped talking and looked at Lin Shangzhou. They were all wondering who this man was. Some of them stood up in a bad temper and asked him why he turned off the phonograph and disturbed them from drinking.

Lin Shangzhou walked forward a few steps and looked at the group of pilots with his head held high. He found a familiar face among them - Goering.

However, Goering here has a normal body shape and is a handsome man, unlike in OTL where he becomes a fat guy.

Lin Shangzhou remembered that the reason he became fat was because he was shot after the "Beer Hall Putsch", followed by obesity caused by morphine addiction. If there was no "Beer Hall Putsch" in this world, Goering would not have the chance to be shot.

"You must be the elite members of the flying unit..."

Lin Shangzhou was halfway through his words when he suddenly narrowed his eyes and observed everyone carefully. After looking at the pilots, Lin Shangzhou frowned and mocked, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk, but you don't look like an elite force at all. Instead, you look like a group of hooligans who got together to drink."

"What the hell-"

Goering jumped up and glared at Lin Shangzhou. If his companions had not stopped him, he would have run to Lin Shangzhou and punched him in the face.

The pilot, who didn't seem to have drunk much, advised: "Göring, don't be impulsive. We don't know who he is yet. The person who can come to the airport and enter the bar must be someone extraordinary. Don't be impulsive."

Although Goering became very irritable and angry under the influence of alcohol, he still thought about what his companions said, put down his fists, looked at Lin Shangzhou angrily, broke free from his companions and walked quickly towards Lin Shangzhou.

He walked straight to Lin Shangzhou. Goering, who was a few inches taller than Lin Shangzhou, raised his head proudly and looked at Lin Shangzhou with disdain in his eyes.

Lin Shangzhou used the same attitude towards Goering, who was almost close to him, and his eyes were full of contempt for Goering. He said, "In the stories I heard, the elite of the flying corps should be the proud Iron Cross Eagles that flew freely in the sky with Captain 'Red Baron' Richthofen in their fighter planes to defeat the magic corps..."

Then he changed the subject and said sarcastically, "But the way you look now is that you are more like free-range chickens living in a small farmyard and clucking in the chicken coop than the Iron Cross Eagle of Germany."

As soon as these words were spoken, the pilots' emotions were instantly ignited. Even the man who had previously stopped Goering from acting impulsively was instantly filled with dissatisfaction with Lin Shangzhou.

The pilots angrily refuted Lin Shangzhou, but this time Goering, who was standing in front of Lin Shangzhou, did not react so much. He was even angrier than before, but his companions' words and the performance of the man in front of him told him: this man's identity was not ordinary.

If they really beat this guy, their momentary pleasure would be rewarded with consequences that they could hardly bear.

Lin Shangzhou tilted his head and looked at the angry pilots, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there anything wrong with what I said? Aren't your current behaviors just like crowing?"

"If it is really an eagle, it should be soaring in the blue sky. Even if the eagle is temporarily frustrated and cannot fly freely, it will comb its feathers in the nest and be ready to fly into the sky again at any time."

After hearing these words, the pilots shut their mouths one after another. They were unable to refute them. Just as the stranger said, even if the eagle could not spread its wings and soar, it would comb its feathers and be ready to fly into the sky again at any time.

But they don't maintain their planes or practice their flying skills. Instead, they just give up on themselves in the bar. Even if they really have the opportunity to fly into the sky again in the future, it will be difficult for them to soar high.

Even the arrogant Goering was speechless in the face of Lin Shangzhou's words, but he still said to Lin Shangzhou in a bad tone: "What does our situation have to do with you? If you come here just to provoke us, then you'd better leave."

"The current situation of the flying unit cannot be changed by provoking us. Get out of here before I change my mind and punch you in the face!"

"Oh?"

Lin Shangzhou raised his head slightly and looked directly into Goering's eyes. He raised his eyebrows and said provocatively, "Do you know who I am?"

A pilot shouted at Lin Shangzhou with disdain: "We don't care who you are. Do you have the right to criticize us?"

In their eyes, the only one who could discipline them was their commander, "Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen, and people with higher positions than him. Who the hell was this Chinese man who came out of nowhere?

Lin Shangzhou walked aside, smiled at the pilots and said, "I am Fritz Hipper, the advisor to Her Majesty Alexandrine, and Her Majesty is here today to inspect your situation."

Upon hearing this, the pilots all showed expressions as if they had seen a ghost. They knew that His Majesty's advisor was a Chinese, but the Chinese person was not the point. The point was that His Majesty was here to inspect their work?

They didn't receive any relevant news?

Several pilots keenly noticed that this was their chance to change the status quo. They were delighted, but then they thought of how miserable they were now. If Her Majesty saw them in this state, wouldn't she be extremely disappointed?

"Heh, you said your Majesty would go to the magic army and we would believe you, but you came to see us? Don't be ridiculous."

Goering came to Lin Shangzhou again with disdain and said that in his opinion, it was impossible for the honorable German Emperor to come to inspect the situation of their group of abandoned pilots. She should go to the magic force, not to mention that the emperor's sister was a member of the Storm Commando.

Facing Goering who was so convinced of his own ideas, Lin Shangzhou's eyes rolled and an idea popped into his mind. He suppressed the urge to smile and said to Green: "What if His Majesty really comes? Should we take a gamble on this?"

"Ha, let's bet."

After that, Goering turned to face the pilots and said loudly: "If His Majesty had not come here today, I would not let this gentleman do anything too extreme. He should get out of the airport immediately."

"Pay attention, I said 'get out' of the airport. Mr. 'Advisor', you must get out on the ground. Is this request not too much?"

"Of course not too much."

Lin Shangzhou nodded nonchalantly.

Then Goering said again: "If His Majesty comes to the airport to inspect us as this 'advisor' said."

"Then I, Hermann Wilhelm Goering, will change my last name to Meyer from today!"

After Goering said this, the pilots widened their eyes. They had never expected Goering to bet like this. Then, before they could react, they heard Manfred's voice coming from outside the bar:

"Goering, you really have to change your last name to Meyer today."

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Chapter 216 A free soul should fly in the sky

Manfred opened the door and walked in, followed by Bode.

When the pilots saw their commander coming in and thought about what he had just said, they were so shocked that they couldn't react for a while.

Manfred came to Goering's side amid the dazed gazes of the crowd, held back his smile, patted his shoulder and said, "Hello, Mr. Hermann Meyer."

Goering looked at Manfred in disbelief. If he said that, didn't it mean that His Majesty had really come?

Now his mind was no longer drunk, and the effect of alcohol disappeared instantly. Goering looked at Lin Shangzhou, then at Manfred, and asked in disbelief: "Captain, Your Majesty... is she really here?"

Manfred nodded and replied, "Well, Her Majesty Alexandrine is now waiting to see you in my office, and this Mr. Hipper is indeed Her Majesty's advisor."

Goering turned his neck stiffly and looked at Lin Shangzhou, who gave him a kind smile, which seemed very dazzling to him.

The pilots also realized what had happened at this time. Besides being shocked, they felt more gloating. If Goering changed his last name to Meyer today, Hermann Goering would probably not be able to hold his head up in the future.

"I—uh—"

Goering didn't know what to say. The more he looked at the Chinese man beside him, the angrier he became. But he couldn't do anything about him. He was the emperor's advisor. If he hit him, it would be a disrespect to the emperor.

What's more, his current predicament was caused by himself. If he chose to regret it, he would be laughed at for the rest of his life. But for Goering, changing his last name to Meyer would also make him be laughed at for the rest of his life.

If he didn't admit it, he would be laughed at. If he admitted it, he would be laughed at even more. Goering was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do. He regretted making a bet with Lin Shangzhou in a fit of anger.

Looking at Goering who was in a dilemma, Lin Shangzhou said, "Mr. Goering, let's cancel the bet just now."

"Ok?"

Goering was delighted, but on the surface he looked at Lin Shangzhou with confusion and asked, "Mr. Hipper, are you saying that the bet just now is void?"

The pilots looked at the two of them with the intention of watching a show, and some of them knew why Lin Shangzhou said that.

"That's right, let's cancel the bet just now."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, then looked at the pilots and explained: "After all, I am His Majesty's advisor. I came here with His Majesty, so of course I know whether His Majesty is here or not. This is too unfair to Mr. Goering. How can an unfair bet count?"

"Captain Richthofen, isn't that right?"

Manfred nodded, and together with Lin Shangzhou, gave Goering this way out.

For Goering, changing his surname must be a difficult thing to accept. In the OTL, he did not really change his name. Lin Shangzhou will still need Goering to help him train batches of pilots in the future. It would not be worth it if he had a bad relationship with him.

The "Meyer" joke is just a retelling of history today, and the due step must be given.

Goering heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. If Lin Shangzhou hadn't given him this way out, he would have been in a difficult situation. He lowered his head, which had been raised a little, and said to Lin Shangzhou: "Then, as Mr. Hipper said, let's cancel the bet just now. I have no objection to this."

Seeing that the bet was officially void, the pilots who were watching the fun couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but they didn't show it.

After the conflict between Lin Shangzhou and Goering was resolved, Manfred shouted at the pilots in the bar with a fierce look on his face: "What are you looking at! Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me just say that His Majesty is coming?!"

"Do you want His Majesty to see you in such a state? To make His Majesty think that the so-called imperial eagles are actually a group of free-range chickens?!"

The pilots shook their heads hastily.

"If you don't want to, then hurry back to the dormitory and clean yourself up! Show your best form and gather in front of the office building in half an hour... in an hour. Those who are late will run 20 laps around the track."

All the pilots disappeared in an instant before Manfred finished speaking, including Goering.

Lin Shangzhou also left the bar with Richtofen and Bode and returned to the office building to wait for the pilots to arrive.

About half an hour later, Lin Shangzhou, who was sitting in the car, saw a team of pilots in gray military uniforms running towards this side. They were led by Goering. The team was very orderly and finally stopped in front of the office building.

Seeing them coming, Lin Shangzhou stretched out his hand and gestured "OK" to Cecilia who was standing by the railing on the third floor. After seeing this, Cecilia turned around and walked into Manfred's office, brought her sister out and walked down the stairs.

When Marseille heard the noise outside, he opened the door and went out. He lay down beside the guardrail and looked at the team below. When he saw the neatly arranged pilots, his eyes widened in surprise. Are these the group of listless uncles he usually sees?

Manfred looked at his players with satisfaction. Lin Shangzhou got out of the car and came to him. Looking at this group of handsome old men, he joked to Manfred: "Captain Richthofen, if you walk out of the airport and onto the streets of Berlin, I'm afraid there will be countless girls handing you flowers."

Manfred smiled when he heard this, and the pilots also showed confident smiles. Maybe they were not valued, but they were very confident in their appearance.

"But most of you are probably married, and marriage doesn't allow for third parties."

Lin Shangzhou added with a chuckle.

When Bode heard Lin Shangzhou say this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. How dare you say that?

The pilots didn't pay attention to Lin Shangzhou's second sentence, and they didn't know anything about Lin Shangzhou.

Manfred keenly heard the footsteps coming down the stairs behind him, and his expression changed immediately. Seeing the change in the captain's expression, the pilots also stopped smiling, lined up solemnly, and waited for the emperor to arrive.

A few seconds later, Alexandrine and Cecilia came down the stairs. When the German Emperor saw the pilots standing in front of him, he immediately became interested in them. He trotted up to them and stood with Lin Shangzhou, looking at Goering and others curiously.

The pilots felt something unreal when they saw Alexandrine and Cecilia. They knew Cecilia, the "Silver-haired Valkyrie". This girl with distinctive silver hair was a star figure in the German army. Cecilia was very famous in the German army for her strong strength, noble status and beautiful appearance.

She is still the dream lover of many young people who have just joined the army and don't know anything about her.

Of course, every young man who joined the German army for this reason heard his dreams shattered when he learned Cecilia's age.

There was a slight change in their eyes when they saw Alexandrine. Although they had seen what the Queen looked like in the newspapers, they were still surprised when they saw her in person.

"Are they the pilots?"

Alexandrine looked up and asked Lin Shangzhou, who nodded. Then Manfred came to Alexandrine and introduced her respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is a member of the Richthofen Squadron, the First Squadron of the German Imperial Air Force."

When talking about the name of the squadron he led, Manfred couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, and the members of the squadron also raised their heads proudly.

Then, under Manfred's command, the members of the corps saluted Alexandrine respectfully and in unison.

After they saluted, Lin patted Alexandrine on the back and whispered to him, "Say something encouraging to everyone."

Alexandrine took a step forward upon hearing this, and while waiting for the flying troop to arrive, she asked Cecilia more about the flying troop.

After learning more about the flying corps, Alexandrine had a feeling that these members of the flying corps were like birds in a cage, just like herself before.

It’s just that I am the canary and they are eagles with bound wings.

Then Alexandrine said loudly to the pilots: "I am very happy to see the heroes of the flying unit, and I am also very happy to see that everyone's spirits are so high."

"Before coming here, I heard that the members of the flying corps were giving up on themselves and were totally unworthy of the title of 'heroes' at the time. However, I did not believe those rumors. I believed that you were not the kind of people who gave up on yourself. Now, the facts tell me that those rumors are not credible at all. You standing in front of me tell me that even if the eagles of the German Empire have their wings bound, they will still comb their feathers when they can only look up at the sky, and be ready to fly high at any time."

Alexandrine's words made many pilots extremely excited. Honor was what they valued most, and the emperor's commendation, even if it was just verbal encouragement, was a great honor.

"So, let me see how the eagle of the empire soars in the blue sky."

After saying this, Alexandrine looked at the pilots expectantly, and the pilots were also eager to show off their skills in front of the emperor.

In order to bring the best viewing experience to Alexandrine, Manfred decided to take part in the battle himself. In terms of flying skills, he claimed to be second to none in the entire squadron, or in the whole of Germany.

Then Manfred came to Alexandrine and said to her: "Your Majesty, I will demonstrate flying skills to you together with Lieutenant Hermann Goering."

After that, he looked at Goering, ready to ask him to go to the hangar together. At this time, Lin Shangzhou said to him: "Captain Richthofen, I have something else to discuss with you, so could you please find another outstanding pilot to demonstrate flying skills for His Majesty?"

After a moment's hesitation, Manfred agreed. He found another skilled pilot, Wilhelm Reinhardt, to fly the plane with Goering to demonstrate his skills to Alexandrine.

After the order was given, Reinhard and Goering set off for the hangar. Alexandrine expressed her desire to watch the plane take off up close, so shortly after the two of them arrived at the hangar, Richthofen drove Lin Shangzhou, Alexandrine and Cecilia to the hangar.

As for Bode and the remaining pilots, they could only walk there.

When Marseille saw them walking towards the hangar, he quickly ran downstairs and followed them.

Because Lin Shangzhou and his three companions drove there, they could see Reinhardt and Goering running behind them when they got out of the car.