When the moon rose, the fleet on the sea was covered with a milky white holy light. The sea surface where the typhoon had long passed was calm and the subtle waves slapped the hull of the Qinghe like a mother coaxing her to sleep. This battleship seized to the Japanese Navy was repaired and renovated at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai for a year and a half, and was finally named the name of a treasure ship of the Zheng He fleet of the Western fleet 600 years ago in the debate between the various departments.

This kind of harmonious and unmursive name disappointed the navy and the vast number of passionate young people. Moreover, from this ship, it can be imagined that the subsequent naming of battleships will be as light as it is. Huikang, Changning, Anji, Qingyuan..., all these names will come out. Unlike the passionate young people, Major General Liu Guanxiong, the commander of the fleet who moved to the new home, did not care about the names confirmed above. His son, the cooper's son, can now become the commander of the navy, and the flagship under his feet is not inferior to any of the great powers. It is also considered to be satisfied that some Fujian national curses are deliberately prohibited. You must know that the new dynasty navy is a righteous army and a civilized army. How can the vulgar terms such as "you" appear on the warship?

"Ziying, this is a dog-killing, and the lighthouse over there is flashing." The Chief of Staff Zheng Zuyi, who was standing on the bridge with Major General Liu Guanxiong, stood on the bridge and looked at the moon. The Qinghe was on the left side of the ocean fleet and had just passed the Taiwan Strait. Because the fleet was so large, the escort warships were very close to the Taiwan side. Both sides of the strait were Fujian people, and most of the surface ships of the Fuxing Army Navy were also Fujian people. Local people drove out some wooden ships and frequently crossed the guard line of the Japanese destroyer and rushed to the fleet. However, these hand-rowed boats could not keep up with the speed of the fleet at all. They could only stop and waved their hands and watched the entire fleet go south.

Whenever he saw this, Liu Guanxiong was extremely excited. With his shallow historical knowledge, he could easily compare his escort transport fleet to the European war and Zheng He's voyage to the West. He believed that there would be such a thing in history in the future: "In the autumn of the sixth year of Shenwu, the navy's acting admiral Liu was summoned by King Min to the country to assist the British and French alliance in the war. At that time, the ships were full of the sea and the flags covered the sky...

"It should be something like Zhu Jie." Liu Guanxiong laughed after saying that. He looked at the merchant fleet not far from the right side of the bridge. He said, "They don't know that the people transported this time were all Russians, and these people were not necessarily under the command of our army?"

"How could they know?" Zheng Zuyi shook his head, and he also looked at the merchant fleet full of containers. It was time to eat. The hustle and bustle of the day disappeared, and the Russians who had been in trouble for a day finally stopped.

For Russian soldiers, when others participated in the war, they enjoyed the blessing of the prisoners of war camps. The Chinese did not abuse other than letting them open up land and farm. Although meat cannot be eaten frequently, they often have wine, but they have to buy it with their own labor points. Now it is rumored that Russia is going to withdraw from the war, and it is actually going to travel thousands of miles to fight in Europe. This makes some people very dissatisfied. So even though the officers forced the soldiers to board the ship, many of them still dragged it. After getting on the ship, they started to make noise, and knocked the container room, which is what the Russians called the iron house, was shocking.

In the eyes of these Russians, the rectangular iron houses are nearly six meters long, two or three meters wide, and two or three meters high. Only the opposite door side was a window opened. There were five high and low beds in the box, one horizontally and two vertically. Because it was early autumn, there were no other supplies except mats and wooden sleepers. A 6,000-ton merchant ship that originally contained 300 boxes, in order to leave a gap between the container and the container, only 200 container rooms were installed. Except for the forty used in kitchen warehouses and officers' accommodation, the remaining 160 were all filled with people.

Although this accommodation is much better than when it was transferred from Europe to the Far East a few years ago, whenever I think of this ship heading to the European battlefield, some soldiers who hate the prisoner-of-war camps but expect the war, and some soldiers who miss the prisoner-of-war camps but hate the war, all knock on the iron boxes maniaclysm, especially those who boarded the ship from ports along the Yangtze River. However, for those who boarded the ship in the Northeast and North Korea, these people were only manic for two or three days. When they were tired of knocking, the world would be peaceful.

"Report!" After receiving the signal of the dog beating lighthouse, the signal officer came to the bridge to report to Liu Guanxiong. "The military and civilians wish our army a smooth journey and a great victory in Western Europe."

"Okay, I know, let's go down." Liu Guanxiong turned his back to the signal officer and asked him to go down without looking back. Along the way, as long as he could send a message, he would wish the fleet this way. Sending troops to Europe to assist in the war is a major event that has not been in thousands of years. As soon as this news came out, the first thing was that coastal provinces and overseas Chinese were excited. Everyone believed that if this battle was fought well, China would become a strong Asian leader. Therefore, it would be difficult to buy bonds to participate in the war. With the view of the ocean fleet, the fleet would also spare no effort to send flags and lights to the fleet.

"Just wait for the transport ships from Guangdong to return to the team, and the fleet will be in one place." Liu Guanxiong said.

"A telegram came to Guangzhou just now, and everything was ready there." Zheng Zuyi said. "We are still too few big ports, otherwise these more than 100 ships would not be divided from south to north."

To load 200,000 people, more than 130 standard ships of 6,000 tons are required; and to sail in formation, these ships must start from the Northeast and North Korea, using all ports along the Yangtze River, so that merchant ships can form formations when entering the South China Sea. Only such a large formation can centrally escort and reduce losses when attacked by wolves from German submarines. Therefore, every time a coastal port connected by railways, several merchant ships will return to the team.

"No one expected that the fleet would be so large." Liu Guanxiong shook his head, "This is a one million tons of merchant ship. Some countries do not have so many ships in total. However, the General Staff still has a way. With the ports along the coast and rivers, all of these one million tons of merchant ships were arranged. More than one hundred ships entered the Mediterranean, and there were more than fifty frigates, which was to see whether the German submarines were powerful or the frigate was powerful."

"Of course we are amazing." Zheng Zuyi smiled, "The navies of Britain, France, Japan and Italy are all here to escort, and there are not too many German submarines in the Mediterranean. How can they..."

"This is hard to say." Liu Guanxiong thought of the briefing given by the General Staff, and was very worried. "If you don't say anything else, just say that the German submarine is sinking at the bottom of the water and throwing a few long-kiss torpedoes. The torpedo detector will automatically follow the sound to find the target."

"But didn't the General Staff say that this weapon caused interference because Germany increased its range and speed, and eventually failed." Zheng Zuyi also read the briefing, but unlike Liu Guanxiong, all he remembered was the optimistic part.

"The Germans are not that stupid. They will definitely actively look for the reasons after they go back." Liu Guanxiong thought of his dangerous trip to the Mediterranean. He shook his head again and said, "This can only depend on how Tian Shijie and others are doing."

When Liu Guanxiong was thinking about Tian Shijie, Colonel Tian Shijie was sitting on the cruiser of the French Navy Jules Mishle and heading towards the Otranto Strait at the heel of Italy. This is the only one that the Allies blocked German and Austrian submarines and the most important anti-submarine line. It is different from the British Royal Navy, which blocked the entire North Sea. The Royal Navy was unable to lock this important defense line, and there were still many submarines passing through the gaps in the anti-submarine net and conducting unscrupulous unlimited submarine warfare throughout the Mediterranean.

"The anti-submarine net is made of light steel, with some mines hanging on it. After the tugboat is towed to a suitable location, it will stop. There are more than 20 such tugboats in the entire strait. They have formed a 100-kilometer anti-submarine net. In addition, when the weather is good, the aircraft will patrol to ensure that those submarines who want to take advantage of loopholes are discovered." Rear Admiral Juni, the commander of the French cruiser fleet, elegantly introduced to the Chinese the efforts made by the Allies to block the strait. However, after the introduction, he changed the subject and said helplessly: "But unfortunately, the depth of the strait is more than 1,000 meters, and a 100-kilometer anti-submarine net is not enough to block the entire strait. There are still many German submarines that will slip out of the gaps in the anti-submarine net."

"Can we go further?" asked Colonel Tian Shijie. There was nowhere to reach the Otranto Strait, nor to the west of Bryn, where the anti-submarine network was arranged. In the telescope, Colonel Tian Shijie could not see anything except an ocean, and there was no shadow of those tugboats that towed the anti-submarine network. However, at this time, the Mishley cruiser under his feet no longer wanted to move forward. The servo was making irregular high-speed z-shaped routes, and was trying its best to avoid the submarine.

"No, no, the front is too dangerous." Major General Juni said with lingering fear, "We cannot get close to the strait. Two years ago, the Gampire cruiser was sunk by a German submarine here, so the Admiralty Department prohibits any ship from approaching the Adriatic Sea. If you really want to see the anti-submarine network, you can log in from Italy and go to the west of Brin."

Since that day, the Allies heard the plan to attack the Austro-Hungarian-Pola military port submitted by Lieutenant General Lin Wenqian, the navies of various countries have expressed that they would fully cooperate with the plan. The British even hoped that the plan could be used in the Atlantic Ocean, but this was rejected by Colonel Tian Shijie because the technical problems could not be solved. It was said that it was full cooperation, but this was also based on the background of the Chinese navy coming forward and they retreated. Now the French dare not even approach the strait, which was really scared by German submarines.

"God General, my purpose here is to thoroughly observe the anti-submarine network and the Adriatic Sea. If this ship is afraid of submarines and dare not move forward, then I can only ask you to stop the ship. I will take our submarine to the west of Brin." Colonel Tian Shijie looked at the French, hoping to use the provocation to make him rise. After all, this is just outside the Strait of Otranto, and he can't see anything and understand it.

But the French were indeed scared by German submarines. After Tian Shijie translated the words, Major General Juni said: "Then we can't stop the ship here, stopping the ship here will definitely provoke German submarines. We should go to Malta, or near the waters of Malta, where is the safe place."

In order to prevent the attack of German submarines, the Mishle cruiser has been maintaining high speed since his departure. After approaching the Adriatic Sea, its speed even soared to twenty-four nautical miles. At this high speed, the submarines that he had followed had long disappeared. Helplessly, Tian Shijie had to agree to Major General Juni's plan. He said to Ouyang Lin beside him: "Contact the submarine immediately and see where they are."

On the Ionian Sea near the Italian Shoe Recess, a submarine detachment led by Captain Ouyangge was sailing near the bay of Catancharo. After departing from the Port of Toulon, this swinging submarine squad often made the merchant ships who saw it turn and flee along the way, while those who thought they had discovered German submarines came at high speed. However, they did not go far, and when they were careful, they were hung behind the dragon flag on the short bridge of the submarine. They all set off a few salutes, sent a few flags and said politely goodbye.

Now, the small sailboat in the bay suddenly saw the submarine running like a mouse when he saw a cat. However, these small boats could not row fast. The crew not only raised their hands to the submarine, but also many people jumped out of the deck. Seeing this scene, Captain Ouyang Ge's face was regretful, but his heart was extremely sweet, as if the submarine had turned into a battleship.

"Sir. Colonel Tian called me and asked me about my specific location, saying that I would meet with us and then board the ship." The deputy captain took out the telegram he had just arrived from the cabin below and handed it to Ouyang Ge while reciting.

"Hehe, I said that these foreigners dare not enter the Adriatic Sea. We have to go to reconnaissance." Ouyang Ge seemed to be in control of everything. He guessed what Colonel Tian Shijie was going to do without reading the telegram.

"You know reconnaissance!" Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Wenrui, who was on the bridge, blamed. "We are too close to the Adriatic Sea, which may arouse the Germans' suspicion. The intelligence says that the Mediterranean commander of the German submarine force is Waldemarkophamel, who is difficult to deal with. Once he is suspected, the subsequent things will be difficult to do."

"Kofamel?" After Ouyang Ge learned about the plan to attack Port Pola, he had been applying for the order himself to be executed. However, thinking of the German officers who were friends whom he trained with, and now everyone is facing each other. I feel a little reluctant. "How could he be here? He used to drink with us."

"The German submarine force expanded very quickly during wartime and suffered a lot of damage. Although Kofamel was young, he had a deep understanding of the submarines, which was also the reason why the Mediterranean submarines were repeatedly suppressed." Zhou Wenrui said, "To be honest, I thought the plan was 90% sure, but I heard that Kofamel was in charge of Bola, and this 90% of the confidence was instantly reduced by 30%.

Zhou Wenrui's words made Ouyang Ge scared. Just as he was familiar with the Germans, the Germans were also familiar with him. This means that as long as he had any place that was contrary to normal circumstances, the Germans would suspect that this was not a good thing.

Captain Ouyangge's concern continued until he arrived at the West Port of Brin, which was the forefront of the Allies' reconnaissance of the Austro-Hungarian fleet in the Adriatic and the starting point port on the west side of the anti-submarine network. However, the destruction and blockade operations launched by the Austro-Hungarian fleet in the past few months made the anti-submarine network mess and the tugboats sank a lot. If it weren't for the Chinese fleet coming, this place would never have recovered so quickly. But even so, the ships and airships at the blockade were patrolled only during the day and at night, it was completely dark. Only geniuses knew how many German and Austrian submarines passed by here.

The commander of the Adriatic reconnaissance fleet, the Italian Rear Admiral Alfredo Acton, did not treat Tian Shijie coldly as a colonel. He solemnly brought the military band to welcome the Chinese people coming from afar on the dock. He also visited the U49 submarine with great interest. Then, he used the luxurious horse-drawn carriage waiting at the dock to send Tian Shijie and others to the happiest place in the west city of Bolin.

"General, I am here to learn about the situation of the Adriatic enemy fleet." Faced with the enthusiasm of Italy, Colonel Tian Shijie was a little overwhelmed. As planned, he wanted to communicate with General Acton in the dock command rather than entering the city.

"Curse those French who are afraid of death!" In the carriage, Major General Acton did not hide his disgust for the French. "They did not dare to cross the Strait of Otranto, nor did they dare to come here to face the frontline of Hungary. They would rather send hundreds of warships to escort the Mediterranean than strengthen the patrol fleet that blocked the Strait.

To be honest, we are not worried that the Hungarians will come out in anger and fight against us. Even if they all go out, they are not opponents of the brave and fearless Italian Royal Navy. The only thing we have to worry about is that they send cruisers to destroy the anti-submarine network at night, and because we are insufficient in number of warships, we cannot patrol at night, which will make some brave Hungarians succeed, just as they did in the previous few months.

Dear Colonel Tian, ​​it’s great that you can come! With you here, the French’s fear of German submarines will be transferred to Hungarians and Germans. I really welcome you to come to Xigang in Bryn, which is the front line of the Mediterranean. You will definitely win the supreme honor here, and of course, you will also..." The romantic and suave General Acton blinked his right eye at Colonel Tian Shijie and made a ‘you know’ expression. He continued to smile and said, “…it will also capture the hearts of many beauties. I really envy you. It is said that you Chinese men can take several wives, Lord! How much do you love China?!”

I originally wanted to talk about war. I didn't want to be talked about by Acton and actually talked about women. Colonel Tian Shijie is thirty years old. With the habit of getting married early in the country, his son is already in high school. His energy is now on military affairs, and he doesn't want to go to Europe, but he actually talks about such things with an Italian general.

"General, this..." Tian Shijie really didn't know what to say. "I think you can have a good talk about the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the submarine forces in the Adriatic Sea..."

"No, dear colonel. What we have to do now is to forget the bad war and enjoy the tenderness of the beauty." General Acton smiled, and as he said, he lit his pipe and threw the extinguished matches out of the window. At this time, the carriage had stopped at a certain place in the city. The door of the car was also opened, "Here, dear colonel." General Acton said.

When the carriage came down, it was a wide Western-style street. The houses were made of stone and the roads were also. The waiters in exaggerated Western-style dresses were waiting on one side of the carriage, and they stroked their chests and bowed when they saw the guests, but these were all neglectable. On the corridor of the arcade, a bunch of dressed women were looking at these confusing Chinese naval officers curiously. They were all wearing open-breasted dresses. They wore beautiful straw hats, and the perfume smell on their bodies was so strong that they made people lose their sense of smell. What was even more tempting was that these women chirped and pointed, (26 words were omitted here), making the submarine officers more excited than seeing their torpedo tubes facing the battleship.

After Colonel Tian Shijie got off the car, General Acton got off the car. Behind the car, Ouyang Lin, Zhou Wenrui, Ouyang Ge and other lieutenant-level officers had already gotten off. Seeing so many exotic women looking at him, Ouyang Ge couldn't help but say, "Isn't this the eight alleys?"

Ouyang Ge's false statement attracted the glare of his cousin Ouyang Lin, but after he glared, the two gorgeous women came to General Acton with joy. The Italians kissed the back of their hands very genius, and introduced Tian Shijie beside him in a very exaggerated tone. Under his introduction, a woman in green took the colonel's arm very elegantly, pulled him behind Acton, and walked into the arcade together; and the other officers were also assigned by the women's looting and were pulled into the house one by one.

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‘Ding, ding, ding…’ It was the sound of General Acton knocking on the wine glass that saved Captain Ou. The Italian hand had shrunk from the waist of a charming woman. Seeing that everyone present looked at him, he said, “Gentlemen, warriors, congratulations to you on joining this great war. In this war, only the bad people will not be summoned by the Lord and ascend to heaven. Therefore, for you who are new to arrive, what you will do tonight is not to sink the Hungarian or German warships, but to sink the girls around you with your large torpedo…”

‘Haha…’ The first one to make a fuss were these gorgeous women. They threw fruits and flowers on Acton’s head, making it impossible for him to continue to send a welcome speech. However, for the expeditionary submarine captains present, these words were enough. Captain Ouyang Ge subconsciously glanced at the foreign woman beside him, and a large torpedo suddenly appeared in his heart... (To be continued.) (To be continued...)
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