Chapter 323: The dragon goes to sea-English Channel

"General, the fleet will enter the Strait of Dover in half an hour. According to the prior agreement, the Chinese government has notified France through the Swiss government about the passage of our fleet through the English Channel. Action. The British also made a routine notification, and theoretically there will be no hostility." An officer reported to Bolhui.

"Then let's start, the speed of the fleet should not be too high. The fog is a bit heavy tonight. We cannot pass the entire English Channel overnight. Since we are going to meet each other after all, we don't need to worry too much." Admiral Ball considered. Said after a while.

At around 7 o'clock in the evening, five battleships, three armored cruisers, and six high-speed supply ships of the German fleet began to pass through the strait. The entire fleet sailed at a speed of 15 knots. To ensure safety, the fleet did not carry out light control. Although it was a little foggy, the French could still find this powerful fleet that was advancing fast in the dark.

In fact, the weather at night was better than the Germans expected. In the second half of the night, when the entire fleet entered the middle section of the English Channel, the fog had dissipated, and it happened to be the full moon tonight, and visibility was better. , The French warships ordered to make friendship in the English Channel finally discovered the German fleet running wild at night.

Neither party used the light control, so they found each other at a long distance. Under the shining of the moonlight, the fleet commander of the French Mediterranean Fleet Cruiser Squadron, De La Perel, is using a telescope to observe the German fleet in the distance.

"The German fleet is not large. They only dispatched 8 warships. These are all their possessions. Only 5 of them are battleships. The remaining 6 are just transport ships for the fleet to provide supplies." The officer explained. There was a slight tone of contempt in the words.

"Hehe, there are only 8 ships. This is really light. A German armored cruiser almost destroyed one of our squadrons! With only 8 warships, if the fleet battles, I am afraid that our French navy is not an opponent. People’s ten thousand tons armored cruiser bears the name of the cruiser, which can stabilize the existence of any of our first-tier battleships!"

La Perrell smiled bitterly, a French squadron was planted in Africa, but most of the French navy personnel did not know the specifics. Although they knew that Charlemagne was hit hard, the specific reason was that it was hit. mine. And it didn't say whether it touched a German mine or a Portuguese mine.... As for the other two battleships that were damaged by the battle, they were deliberately ignored.

In other words, with the exception of a few high-level people, most people in the French Navy did not realize the strength of the German Navy. They just thought that something happened in Africa, which caused tensions between the two sides. They did not know that the two sides had already pk !

On the one hand, it is to stabilize the military's mind. On the other hand, the French government really does not want to pk with Germany, so it deliberately concealed its true intentions of conflict. If it is time for both sides to solve the problem with a knife, even if the British are on the side of France, the French will not be 30% sure!

The Russians are preparing to start filming with Japan in the Far East. As long as they do not break into Paris, it is estimated that the Russians will not have any big moves. And the British? The British navy may still be young, but the army... Well, even the French colonial forces thought they could despise the British! Only the ghosts are willing to fight this kind of war where you know you will lose at a glance!

"Although it is small in scale, it is very powerful! Compared with the French and Russian navies, these late-coming naval powers with technological superiority are indeed terrifying!" Just when the French made a comment on the fleet in front of them , The British across the strait also appeared in the vision of both sides. But unlike the two or three French kittens, the British Channel Fleet touched almost half of the warships! Among them, there are 4 Dignity-class battleships! Also followed by a lot of protective cruisers! The total number of warships has reached 15!

"What do the British mean?!" To be honest, when the larger British fleet appeared in the sight of the German fleet. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the British about the passage of the German fleet through the English Channel, and the British also expressed their understanding, but in the end, it came.

"The British fleet on the opposite side is like a jailer escorting prisoners! And the prisoners are us!" Admiral Ball said angrily. If before, the size and arrogance of the British fleet was just a superficial impression in his mind, then this time, he really felt threatened! The size of the British is just a squadron, which makes the elite German task force feel a lot of pressure. Although it is really fighting, the old Dignity and the protective cruiser are not their opponents. But this pressure on tonnage and quantity made the Admiral very unhappy!

"It's just a bunch of old things that should be swept into the garbage dump. You don't need to care about the fleet in front of you. What really needs to be cared about is the British investment in the navy and their innovation! We just won temporarily and have some technological advantages. , But this is not insurmountable." The prince said.

"If it is to fight for quantity, we will never be able to compare with the United Kingdom, but if we can always stand at the forefront of the times, it is still possible to obtain the opportunity to compete with the British fleet through technical advantages, and for the arrogant Britain Navy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I think we should fight back!" The prince's words revealed a strong fighting spirit!

"Order the fleet to speed up, throw them away!" Moments later, the order from the flagship was quickly transmitted to the entire fleet.

"Brothers, work harder, get rid of the British!" With the order, more coal was added to the boiler, and when the boiler's combustion status reached a certain level, the fuel injector of the kerosene mixed-burning boiler The preheated fuel oil was also injected. High-temperature and high-pressure steam was continuously input from the power unit to the steam engine through the pipeline. After a period of acceleration, the speed of the entire fleet increased to 20 knots!

Along with the billowing smoke sent by the fleet, feeling the slight vibration of the battleship, the flying shears like a long knife cut across the rough sea and rushed forward quickly. The final speed is as high as 20 knots! Not only did the 5 battleships successfully reach it, even the transport ships also reached it! The entire fleet shook off the monitors behind with an unstoppable momentum like an angry dragon overwhelming!

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