Chapter 67: We don't want to be captured
The transaction between the two sides was quickly completed. After a group of Germans and Japanese captives boarded the American warship, Prince Ruprecht really did not dare to stay, and immediately led the armored cruiser Mainz to gallop south! At this time, whether it was House or Ingenor, the two real commanders were seriously injured and unable to take charge. They were sent to the American ship to be transported to Tianjin for medical treatment. Ruprecht became the real commander on this battleship. Dominate.
"What if we encounter a Japanese ship?" Earl Spey asked.
"If the scale is small, kill them!" His Royal Highness said without hesitation.
"Will this expand the situation further, after all, what we did before can be regarded as a self-defense counterattack, and if we attack again afterwards..." Hipper said with some worry.
"The British will help us with the mud. As for the Japanese? The harder you beat them! The more honest they are! The winner will never be blamed!"
At this time, the thought of His Royal Highness finally came through. Regardless of the outcome of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he had settled a matter of mind, and the reputation of the Mainz armored cruiser and the Bavarian Ship Design Bureau could be considered? No way, the prince is so promising, thinking about money and crazy!
And just as the Mainz was accelerating southward, she ran into an unexpected guy, and a slender cruiser followed behind her! From the outside, it seems to be the British first-class cruiser, and in the present Far East, the prince can be sure that this warship should be an Edgar-class protective cruiser. Not to mention, although the firepower and protection of this cargo are all rubbish, but the speed is really not to say, I couldn't get rid of it when I drove at a high speed of 19 knots!
"The other party just followed without any action?" Ruprecht asked.
"That's it, they have been keeping a distance of about 3 nautical miles." Hipper said. "But they tried to contact us and want to talk to you."
"Talk to me?" His Royal Highness sneered, "Replied to them that we are performing combat missions and hope that the British Navy will uphold the principle of neutrality. If there is inappropriate behavior, we will maintain the right to appeal!"
Why should a cruiser captain talk to himself? What can he guarantee? Doing so is a waste of time! With this time, it’s better to be busy with business affairs. For example, um, destroy the Japanese transport ship in front of you?
The fast-moving armored cruiser Mainz found a Japanese transport ship and several gunboats shortly after it went south. From the appearance, it was about 2,000 tons with a deep draft. It should be transporting something. The several gunboats beside it are not worth mentioning.
"Raise the battle flag and send them to hell!" Ruprecht ordered. Whether it is prestige or military rank, he is the true owner of this warship. No one dares to refute his orders, and he will not refute it! When it said that once an accident happened, the officers and soldiers who had just held back the evil fire and couldn't vent it wished to tear the broiler into pieces!
"Osa, it's a German warship! They rushed to us!" On the transport ship Awamaru, a Japanese army Shao Zuo pointed at the murderous cruiser Mainz in the distance!
"How could this happen?" Under the cover of several gunboats, Awamaru was supposed to transport an artillery brigade to Incheon. According to the Japanese thoughts, the Qing state would never do anything first. The **** fleet was just a cutscene, and they could not think of it. The Japanese navy faced the Germans by mistake, and after being beaten up, the angry Germans just found themselves!
One of the gunboats went up and sent out a signal to indicate the identity and inquiries. And Ruprecht naturally didn't bother to talk nonsense with them! Battle flags and shells are the answer! Ever since, the Japanese Army was pitted once by the Japanese Navy! The gunboat that went up to inquire had just revealed that it was a Japanese battleship, and was covered by dense rapid-fire artillery shells. In just a few minutes, it turned into ashes in the sky with a loud noise!
"Are the Germans crazy? Did they reach some kind of agreement with the Qing country?" Nozu Michigan faced this almost mortal situation and had no rules. There were three gunboats and one transport ship, plus one tonnage. Big! This is still a shame!
The 75MM on the gunboat and the old-fashioned push cannon fought back in vain, but for Mainz, this little guy didn’t have to bother at all and took the matter away. The two gunboats instantly turned into a rain of bullets. Give extra large firecrackers too!
"Raise the white flag! Let's surrender!" Nozu Michiru suddenly ordered, now that only recognition is the only chance to survive, he is not a battleship, should the opponent be merciful?
"Stop the shelling! Save shells! Use torpedoes to solve them!" Ruprecht looked at the Awamaru horn in the distance with a sneer! In order to avoid all possible troubles and political disadvantages, the prince's method is completely short and quick! What are you doing with cannonballs? Give them a chance to surrender? It is impossible for the prince to take this slow ship to the south. If he directly hits the sinking battleship with the white flag raised, he will probably get diplomatic pressure~www.wuxiaspot.com~ so he must kill him before the opponent surrenders. !
Mainz quickly approached to a position only a few hundred meters away from the opponent. When the Japanese hurriedly prepared to raise the white flag, two torpedoes decided their final destiny!
"I'm going! This is an ammunition ship!" A huge fireball skyrocketed from the sea, and this 3,000-ton boat was completely blown to pieces by torpedo detonated ammunition! The flying debris and flames directly impacted the armored cruiser Mainz 700 meters away. Although it did not cause much damage to the hull, the hot air and turbulent shock waves still made people feel the explosion!
"The Germans seem to be really angry!" The British cruiser tracking in the distance witnessed this brief and cruel massacre. The Edgar captain, Major Williams, put away the telescope in his hand.
"Are we saving the drowning man?" asked an officer next to him.
"There should be no living people. We immediately went south to Qingdao, where there is a telegraph room, and we need to report this matter immediately." Williams is also clear about the ins and outs of this incident. Although Japan is the younger brother of the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom is obviously Can't directly confront Germany and Russia because of this! Lost and not committed! I'm just a small person, so let's leave these matters to the top for decision!
So Edgar gave up tracking Mainz and turned to the Liaodong Peninsula, while Mainz went south in the starry night and rushed to Shanghai to join the main fleet led by Tirpitz. Although the firefight caused by an accident is over, its consequences have begun to ferment. As time goes by, when the senior leaders of various countries learn about this, a storm is about to sweep the world!
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