It is Kokang and Changchun

　"Eugen, I'm done. Please sit here. It's rare for a heavy cruiser to take the initiative to eat at the same table with an expel cruiser."

　Z1 smiled confidently and welcomed Prince Eugen to take his seat in a warm tone.

　Eugen felt that Z1's reaction was a bit excessive, so she gently comforted Z1:

　"Z1, don't be nervous. I'm not here to steal your food. As the eldest sister, if you finish eating first and leave like this, what will happen to your younger sister? I can just pull a stool over and sit down, but you'll have to make room for me."

　After a lot of trouble, Eugen was finally able to keep Z1 and have dinner at the same table with him.

　"Narvik (Z23), I've been having a series of dreams lately that might interest you, but also about increased oil pressure."

　Eugen took two bites of his buttered bread and chatted with Z23.

　This piqued Z23's curiosity. "Oh? What was that dream?"

　Eugen looked around at the Z-Drivers and looked a little worried. "I'm not sure if this is a good place to talk..."

　Z23 waved his hand and solemnly assured, "Senior Eugen, don't worry. There are absolutely no enemies at this table."

　Z23 originally had another half sentence in the middle of her sentence - "(Everyone at this table) may not be 100% gay, but..." But she cut it off before she said it.

　Of course, this is not a distrust directed at Eugen, but refers to the fact that among the Z-Drive sisters sitting together, some sisters, although generally leaning to the left, still retain some old ideas in certain aspects.

　"It's a dream about Germany. It feels so real..." Seeing Z23's assurance, Eugen began his own story.

　Z23: "That sounds interesting. What is it about?"

　"All sorts of things, about German politics and society."

　"Interesting. Could it be that East Germany has been liberated and all of Germany has been unified? Even Königsberg is coming back?" Z23's eyes were full of anticipation as he took a sip of coffee.

　"No, on the contrary, Germany is divided..." Eugen stated the facts in his dream with a slight tremor.

　After hearing these words, Z23's freshly ground coffee in his mouth suddenly became tasteless, like chewing wax.

　After she reluctantly swallowed her coffee, an expression of great difficulty was on her face as she hurriedly asked, "Is it splitting into the GDR and the FRG like during the Cold War?"

　"No, it's more serious than that. It's a three-way confrontation - divided into West Germany, South Germany, and East Germany..." A drop of sweat ran down Eugen's forehead.

　“…” There was no trace of a smile on Z23’s face anymore, only gloom and dark lines remained.

　Seeing this, Eugen decided to slam on the brakes to prevent the Z23 from going berserk. "Well... I'd better not say that."

　"Senior Eugen, I'm fine. It was just a dream... I don't take it seriously, please continue." Z23 forced a smile and insisted that Eugen finish telling the story of the dream.

　"East Germany should still be red, right?" Z23 Buchan guessed the worst about the situation in Germany in Eugen's dream.

　"On the contrary... in East Germany... the monarchy has been restored."

　"Crack!" The coffee cup in Z23's hand was crushed to pieces, and the warm coffee spilled all over Z23's left glove and dripped onto the floor tiles.

　"Sister..." Z18 took out the tissues she had brought with her and wiped the coffee and porcelain cup crumbs on the floor while comforting her.

　"Don't be so angry, this isn't true."

　Z21, who was standing next to him, took off the Prussian military caps on his head and the head of Z22's sister.

　.

　Yes, Z23 knew it wasn't real, it was just one of Eugen's long, continuous dreams. But for some reason, Z23 couldn't explain why she was so angry, as it was clearly just an illusion.

　You know, when she first saw those fat federal soldiers who had no iron-blooded spirit, although she was angry, she was not as angry as she was today.

　"Senior, let me ask you in detail, who is the East German emperor? Is he one of those Arschloch (bastards) descendants of the Hohenzollern family?" Z23 suppressed his anger and asked slowly.

　(Note: Arschloch is the most derogatory word in German.)

　"No, the emperor is Tirpitz, the Beizhai." Prince Eugen took a bite of sausage and said briefly.

　"Scheie, how is that possible...Senior Eugen, please describe your dream from beginning to end. The more detailed the better."

　Z23's lips trembled, hoping that Eugen could explain in detail the ins and outs of that bizarre dream.

　Eugen sighed, recounting the bizarre dream, thanks to Z23's strong emotional management skills.

　"In general, the Germany in my dream begins in the 16-year timeline. Tirpitz is resurrected at the sinking site in Norway, and then returns to Germany after untold hardships. Seeing that refugees are becoming the masters of Germany, he is very dissatisfied and begins political activities.

　Soon after, other sisters who had served in the war navy were resurrected one after another as ship girls and returned to their homeland."

　"Wait a moment." Z23 paused Eugen's commentary and asked, "Did you dream about yourself?"

　Eugen shook his head in denial. "No, the perspective of this entire dream wasn't mine. To put it in simpler terms... it's like watching a movie."

　"I understand. Please continue, Senior."

　"Well, then she went on to give a public speech that sounded like a parody of the movie 'The Return of the Führer'.

　Afterward, she used various media outlets to promote her political views, which resonated with many people. She later held concerts to attract fans and maintain close ties with the AfD, ultimately helping the party become the second-largest party in parliament.

　This move panicked the then-ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which introduced various restrictive measures to clamp down on the AfD. However, this backfired, exacerbating tensions and leading to a military coup in Germany.

　Z23 asked, "Who was the leader of the military coup? Tirpitz?"

　Eugen replied: "Tirpitz is only the second in command, Friedrich is the first."

　"Oh, as expected, whenever there's a restoration of the monarchy, there will inevitably be people who collude with members of the former royal family."

　After saying that, Z23 took a big bite of the bread, as if he was eating the flesh of the feudal remnant monarchists.

　"But I don't understand. Tirpitz only played the role of Bismarck (Chancellor). How did he become the emperor?"

　"That's exactly what I was saying," Eugen continued. "It was the people and the AfD who crowned Tirpitz. Friedrich made a mistake and inadvertently called ordinary people pariahs. Someone dug him up and stripped him of his crown at the coronation ceremony.

　Still, Tirpitz certainly sacrificed a great deal throughout the political struggle. When the Bundeswehr's cruise missiles bombed the coronation ceremony, she saved the lives of many people present. Thanks to Tirpitz, no one was killed or injured. After being rescued, they all expressed their wish for Tirpitz to become emperor.

　Z23 felt he'd missed something important, so he quickly added, "In your dream, did the AfD and Tirpitz propose any social or economic positions?"

　So Eugen told Z23 all the ideas he could recall from his dream.

　"This is typical right-wing populism, which is exactly the same as Hitler's. Although some specific ideas are different, the core is similar." Z23 made the final decision in a concise and concise manner.

　"What's this so-called people's emperor...do you think this is Iron Man 4?"

　Z23, full of disgust, finished all the food on the plate.

　Eugen thought about her dream carefully, without saying a word. After a long while, she suddenly asked Z23:

　"Narvik, if, I mean if, if my dream ever comes true, what will you do?"

　"A decision? As for me, even if I turn into scrap metal, I will overthrow Tirpitz and seal the monarchy in the coffin of history once again!" Z23 was determined.

　Z23 passionately and righteously declared, "In modern society, people don't need any monarchs!"

　At this moment, a lazy, painful, and extremely reluctant howl came from outside the cafeteria window next to Z23 and Eugen's table.

　"Sister, let me sleep a little longer~ How can I train without enough sleep..."

　Then came a majestic voice: "Tirpitz! Shipgirls need far less sleep than humans, don't try to find excuses to be lazy! Go train!"

　"If you don't let me sleep... then, then let me paint for two hours... is that not okay with me going?" The lazy voice sounded again.

　"Shut up! If you draw any more of Ship R and Ship B, I'll fuck you. I'll confiscate as many as you draw! I won't return them! There's no room for negotiation on this training!"

　……

　Not far from the window, Bismarck was dragging Tirpitz, whose eyes were not yet fully open, step by step.

　He dragged her to the training ground.

　Z23 turned back, and after finishing watching the scene outside the window that appeared every now and then, he felt a lot more at ease. He smiled at Eugen:

　"I think... Eugen-senpai, your worry that that dream might come true might be unnecessary."

　Chapter 116 Pre-War Discussion

　"We're going to fight again. You won't break your promise this time, right?"

　Deepsea is in the base camp in Australia, and Deepsea Yamato is looking at a group of Deepsea with dissatisfaction.

　A deep sea patiently explained to Yamato:

　"When we attacked Australia, how could we have known that the Australian army was so vulnerable? There was really no need for you to personally participate in that situation."

　"But I really want to try to bombard the city with super-gravity artillery!" Fukamiya Musashi complained dissatisfiedly.

　"...If you had used the supergravity cannon to blast the city from the start, then after we took Australia, even if all our intelligence sisters were supercomputers, they wouldn't have been able to hide it from the start."

　"Yes, I support No. 8's opinion. If humans saw that their opponents possessed weapons of mass destruction that far surpassed their own technological level, I'm afraid the whole world would go into a tizzy.

　If the five permanent members were to leave before we had fully established ourselves, we would only lose more miserably than in the previous world."

　Another Shenhai seconded the proposal, wanting Musashi to change his mind about Showa.

　"Do we have a role in this round of Indonesian countries?" Yamato asked with his arms folded.

　"Yes, absolutely," Deep Sea No. 8 assured the Yamato-class sisters. "Your mission is to completely annihilate the US Navy's Seventh Fleet once the battle begins."

　"Can we finally go on a killing spree?" Yamato laughed wildly and excitedly. "I've been watching these bastards run wild on the territory of the Great Japanese Empire for a long time. Finally, I can settle all my grudges, both old and new!"

　Musashi rubbed his hands in agreement. "That's right, when the time comes, the cries of those young soldiers crying out for their parents will be so beautiful~ Hahaha..."

　A conservative figure present at the meeting, Shen Hai, gestured to speak and warned, "But, sisters, think carefully. If we go to war with Indonesia, we won't be able to hide it from the whole world."

　"Given the shortcomings of our navy and air force, it always feels a bit dangerous, especially when the European and American warships are deployed. There is a high probability that we will be finished." Another conservative, Shenhai, also thinks so.

　Deep Sea No. 1 held her forehead slightly. She was the equivalent of a prime minister in the deep sea; as for the "emperor," that was, needless to say, the Admiralty Code.

　In addition to managing all aspects of the deep sea every day, she also has to reconcile the conflicts between radicals and conservatives.

　Now seeing that the conservatives were trying their best to stop it, she couldn't help but play the role of peacemaker again.

　"Ahem, I've thought a lot about this. It's definitely going to be exposed, but why does it have to be revealed as Shen Hai?"

　A question mark popped up in the heads of everyone present, and everyone looked at Deep Sea No. 1, not understanding what No. 1 meant.

　"Mr. No. 1, you can make your words more clearly." No. 8 Deep Sea suggested that No. 1 express himself clearly.

　No. 1 expressed her thoughts one by one.

　"First, as we all know, doesn't this world have cultural products and related concepts about ship spirits and the so-called 'deep sea'?

　I have taken the time to learn about a lot of related things, from "Arpeggio of Blue Steel" to "Kantai Collection", from "Warship Girls" to "Azur Lane", I have some understanding of them.

　I have also read a lot of related fan fiction on various novel websites, for example, the Hedgehog Cat Novel Website on Donghuang is simply a holy place for this kind of culture.

　(PS: In this world, maybe one of the Hedgehog Cat book friends might be the Deep Sea (funny))

　But I find that the deep sea in these works only seems to be active in the ocean, and never fights on land. At most, it harasses and destroys coastal areas in the near-shore waters, and then leaves after the destruction.

　This setting seems to have become the default perception for those who enjoy this type of culture. Humans are conditioned by inertia, and generally don't question established beliefs. For example, the current human ship spirit research teams often use the settings in these cultural products as a reference.

　But we are different from those in novels, anime and games. We can not only dive to the bottom of the sea to catch anglerfish, but also go deep inland to kill brown bears.

　Secondly, in these human works about the deep sea, while the image of the deep sea is somewhat different from our own, there are more similarities. So if we start fighting, we will indeed be exposed and can't hide it.

　However, we can change our image and conceal the whereabouts of our naval forces as much as possible, so that the possibility of being suspected of deep sea warfare will be greatly reduced.

　Otherwise, according to the inertia of thinking I just mentioned, once there is a high probability of it being a deep sea, humans will probably directly send in the ship spirits. With our current naval and air power, it will be difficult to withstand it."

　"Uh... Mr. No. 1, please wait a moment, I have a question."

　"Number 6, you say."

　"I roughly understand your idea, but only a few of us sisters can do this. This ability is exclusive to intelligence-type sisters." Deep Sea No. 6 reminded Deep Sea No. 1 of a fact that she might have overlooked.

　"Changing your image doesn't necessarily mean changing your facial features. I'm talking about cross-dressing."

　No. 1 Shen Hai pointed to his ACG-style and sexy black tights. This is Shen Hai's signature

　Quasi-uniform.

　"At least the frontline combat troops need to change into human-style combat uniforms. If possible, it would be best to add a helmet."

　No. 5, who is in charge of logistics and production, complained:

　"Number One, so all of this was part of your plan? I was wondering why you asked me to produce so many human-style combat uniforms and related equipment two months ago..."

　No. 7 Deep Sea, who was in charge of weapons and equipment research, also suddenly realized it.

　"Tsk, I've been wondering about this for a long time. You told me back then that the appearance of newly produced fighter planes, mass-produced warships, and individual weapons should also be designed in a human style, removing the shimmering patterns. So that's how it is..."

　As he spoke, Deep Sea No. 7 glanced at the deep-sea vanguards standing guard at the door of the conference room. The weapons in their hands were basically the same in appearance as real Lee-Enfield rifles.

　No. 8 Deep Sea conjured up a mental image of what individual soldier equipment would look like, and half-jokingly said, "No. 1, are you planning to turn us combat-type sisters into tactical humanoids or Iron-Blooded Crafts?... Do I suspect you've been playing Young Front too much?"