Chapter 445: lost heavily

This operation can be perfectly described. The Seawolf’s mines were only the beginning after annihilating a regiment of the Italian army. The 500 mines deployed near Sicily in one breath are time bombs. Know when you will run into it. Then the ship dashed out of the Strait of Messina and sailed out of the Mediterranean, preparing to intercept the warship heading for Italy.

After leaving the Taranto Bay, the Swordfish separated from She, and sent his troops northward into the Adriatic Sea. After completing the mine-laying, he will enter the port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the disguise of a neutral merchant ship for supply and maintenance, and wait for an opportunity to be dispatched again. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire expressed neutrality, everyone knows the actual attitude.

As for the armored cruiser Prince Albert of Scheer, he successfully entered the Dardanelles and sailed to Istanbul with the help of Turkish pilots.

"The Italian fleet will return soon. In order to prevent them from blocking naval exports with mines, I hope that the Turkish naval artillery and mine-laying ships can act quickly." After meeting General Shefquet, Scheer made his request. But now The Turkish Navy’s mines are limited, and the ability to deploy mines is even more limited. It can barely form a not very thick defensive minefield outside the western exit of the strait, which can barely organize a siege by the Italians, but it’s a little bit to prevent the enemy’s offensive mines. difficult.

As for the decoy ship K, the British are far more interested in it than the Italians. The British did not expect the Germans to have such a power test ship with a speed of more than 24 knots. If this is the experimental power What a terrible thing it would be to be assembled on a battleship. The conscientious Captain Wells followed all the way to gather more information. But with the speed advantage of up to 4 knots on the opposite side, the decoy boat K quickly disappeared from the British sight!

"In other words, in just one day today, the German fleet has lost more than ten ships of various kinds, two battleships worth 1.8 million pounds were destroyed, more than 4,000 casualties, is it true?" When the Italian Prime Minister delivered the loss report to Umberto I, looking at the dazzling figures, the Italian king was completely angry!

"We did not expect that the Germans would send a fleet, let alone that they would pass through the Strait of Messina. We are stuck in a mind-set..." the Prime Minister explained in fear.

"The British can recognize the decoy at a glance. The German fleet has also been to Italy. Why can't we tell the battleship? Why is there no mine in the Strait of Messina? These are things that shouldn't happen, and Abu Qilu must lose everything. Responsibility!" The king in anger was not willing to listen to these explanations.

"I want to know where the German warships in Turkish skins are now! When can the navy pick them out and kill them!"

"Beat it? We don't even know how many ships this German fleet has! How to kill it?" The leader was quite confused for a while, but as an old fried dough stick who has been in politics for many years, he still used intelligence and his own ideas. Gave a rough picture.

"The Germans should have two warships, one of which is the No. 3 ship Prince Albert of the Mainz-class armored cruiser. This warship has entered the Dardanelles, and it is impossible for our fleet to enter the strait to recover. But our fleet has successfully blocked them, and this warship can no longer cause us any harm."

"As for the other warship, it went to Sicily to mine the area outside the Taranto port. Now our fleet is looking for it, but unfortunately it did not find the target. It may have left the Eastern Mediterranean." The Prime Minister thought. I thought about it.

That’s right, until now the Italians didn’t want to understand how many German warships took part in this operation. Seawolf was very successful in hiding. After all, apart from dropping a few mines in places where he didn’t even know it, The others are no different from a merchant ship! After evacuating from the Strait of Messina, he lost his track even more. At this time, the mines deployed in the Adriatic Sea had not yet achieved results. Naturally, the Italians did not expect that the Swordfish had already arrived here!

"Well, let the navy keep an eye on this warship, and at the same time strengthen the protection of the transportation line. We are only a few steps from North Africa. I don't believe that the navy that we spent a lot of lira will be so useless! Order the army, Solve the Turks as soon as possible, we don't have so much time and money to waste in a barren land in North Africa!" Umberto I said.

You can say that Italy's strength is not good, you can also say that the army's combat strength is a coffee table, but you don't have to give up your son and give in because of a fiasco! Although the loss this time was great, it was not fatal. For Italy, it was just a bump. If you want Italians to be subdued, I am afraid that things like this will happen ten times eight times...

"I knew it would be the result. The Italians have too much appetite, but they don't have a good pair of teeth!" The Kaiser put down the documents in hand and smiled to his neighbors.

"The fleet established by the Italians for decades has proved to be a paper tiger. I don’t know if their army has substantially improved compared to five years ago~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If not, then the value of this ally It's really ordinary. If we go to war with France, we might have to send troops to protect them!" Earl Schlieffen on the side agreed.

"Well, these things were originally trivial things. Let's talk about business now. Ruprecht and Princess Mary will get married soon? If I remember correctly, there is about a week left." De Huang Huafeng turned and said.

"That's it. Prince Heinrich will join me in this wedding as the representative of Prussia." Calypume said on the side.

"Well, this time you have to bring Prussian goodwill, but at the same time show the control of the empire. This is not for Bavaria, but for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I now agree with Bismarck's theory a little bit. Powerful nations cannot be kidnapped by allies. !" The German emperor said rather uncomfortably.

The German emperor has been a little angry with Austria-Hungary recently, not only because he saw this marriage as a test for Austria-Hungary to influence Germany’s internal affairs, but also because the Austrian emperor did not agree to work with Germany against Italy. The conditions are to be met as much as possible, but this time, why did Austria-Hungary refuse so simply? The Kaiser was very dissatisfied!

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