"What are you talking about?" Kubert asked.

"Meaning let's stop moving forward, they're going to board the ship and check!" Said the co-captain.

"Impossible!" At this time, the chief of staff of the fleet came up from below, "This is an insult to our great motherland, even if we die honorably, we will never surrender!" ”

Bastino glanced at the chief of staff of the fleet, but did not speak, "Do you know how big a gap there is between a cruiser and a battleship?" He slandered himself in his heart.

The Datang warships surrounded it, and there were a total of 12 warships, including 2 battleships, 2 treaty-type heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 4 destroyers. Several East Franconian warships slowed down about 1.5 nautical miles from the coast.

"Now come here!" The deputy captain looked at the Tang warship that was turning 3 nautical miles away.

The Tang warships did stop, but they did not dare to enter the Spanish territorial waters as the East Franks imagined, but Admiral Huo Xunchi was worried that the warships would run aground, and the draft of the "Green Ridge" class increased by nearly 1 meter after refitting, reaching more than 11 meters, which was much larger than the draft of the East Frankish warships.

"We--harbor-suspect-your-ship-have-violated-prohibited-objects-goods, order-order-you-stop-ship-receive-accept-inspect-check!" The Datang battleship intermittently emitted a Morse light signal.

"No-but-can! You-you-this-are-war-fight-do! "Dandong" replied.

The two warships were going back and forth, and neither of them was to be outdone, and the East Franconian fleet was blocked in this bay, and the telegram had been sent, and the whole incident shocked Paris. While the royal palace was urgently discussing countermeasures, the situation in the unknown bay of the Samanid kingdom changed drastically.

Several fires suddenly burst out on the two Datang battleships, and at the same time as the explosion sounded, the four large battleships opened fire on the East Frankish warships at the same time!

Huge columns of water rose around the East Franconian warship, and shannun flew in all directions, clanging on the warship.

"They're attacking us!" Kubert's face turned pale.

"It's war!" "Start firing back!" ”

The East Franconian warships began to return fire with their four 150-mm guns, and began to scurry around the bay, dodging a dense hail of bullets, and the two destroyers simply rushed straight to the coast. The "Dandong" was quickly hit by two shells, and the warship caught fire, but the Datang battleship only used high-explosive shells, although it would not cause fatal damage to the hull, but the destructive power to the superstructure was huge.

In the panic, the speed of the "Dandong" dropped suddenly, and there was a huge grinding sound from the bottom of the ship, and unfortunately it ran aground again.

The battle lasted only about fifteen minutes before it ended.

The destroyer "Ideal" was sunk, the "Holy Grail" was damaged and ran aground on the beach, while the "Danton" also ran aground in the bay and the superstructure was almost completely damaged, and the cruiser "Ocean" and the supply ship "Normandy" raised the white flag of surrender.

Several Tang destroyers were rescuing and capturing the East Franconian officers and men who were evacuating the warships in the bay, and Captain Kubert and Captain Bastino were escorted to the "South Ridge" with pale faces, "I protest! He shouted vigorously.

"The protest was ineffective, you attacked us first. And we just fought back in self-defense. Huo Xunchi said expressionlessly, "Please tell me your identity, sir." ”

The two kept their mouths shut, and neither of them would reveal their identities.

"Okay, let's send them to the cabin and lock them up first, and send people to take turns keeping an eye on them." Huo Xunchi said to the adjutant that the two were taken down, and the interrogation began with the captured sailors.

"We need a couple of salvage boats." The admiral turned to Luo Bingye and said.

"It has been reported to the higher authorities just now, and the higher authorities have asked us to guarantee the safety of these ships, and if the Samanid rebels want to come and seize them, we can move freely." Law Bingye said that freedom of movement means that force can be used without restrictions. Huo Xunchi began to send people to the East Francian ship to inspect it, and only about a few hundred tons of tungsten, antimony, aluminum and other metals were found on the "Normandy", and the ship was mainly used to replenish fuel, and no other materials were found in the hold.

"Keep on your guard!" Huo Xunchi was a little disappointed, and according to the interrogation, he learned that the batch of supplies should be in the cabin of the "Dandong", and the more time dragged on, the more complicated the situation would become. Now he is carrying out an unconventional combat operation, so to speak, a "robbery", and it will not be long before the Samanids will be involved.

The Samanian Civil War itself has attracted a lot of attention.

On the second day, the Datang fleet was bombed by the Dashi "Volunteer Flying Regiment" in the "International Column", but after strengthening the anti-aircraft weapons, the Datang fleet still withstood the attack of the Samani rebel air force, and the losses were not very large. In order to ensure air supremacy, Datang simply sent two aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf for reinforcements.

The warships of East Francia were towed back to the port of Dubai in Datang, and in the holds of the "Dandong" and "Haiyang", a total of about 380 tons of gold and gold coins were found, as well as various foreign currency banknotes with a total value of about 360 million Chinese yuan, with a total value of about 800 million Chinese yuan.

With such a large amount of money, the high-level officials of the Tang Dynasty naturally would not easily return it to the Samanids, but they expressed their willingness to compensate for this amount in the form of weapons assistance.

In addition, Prime Minister Lee Geum-tang granted half of the funds to the Navy for special construction funds.

Prime Minister Clemenceau issued a statement expressing the determination of the East Francian people to wage a resolute struggle against Tang imperialism and hegemonism. But there was no follow-up after that, and the East Franks still did not have the courage to declare war on the Tang Dynasty.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Datang stated that the Datang fleet was forced to defend itself, and provided film materials to prove that it was the East Francian warships that fired first, and in the end everyone argued with each other, and the Datang side agreed to release several East Francian warships and captured personnel, but did not mention the matter of compensation.

After completing the six-month "arms embargo" inspection mission, the battlefleet of the Ninth Fleet was replaced back home, and under the command of Vice Admiral Ho Xun Chi, it went directly to the Guam base, and officially returned to the fleet's combat sequence......

However, the world was not at peace, and within a year, the "independence movement" in the Americas was revived, and several small-scale riots broke out in Transcaucasia and the Don provinces.

Beneath the calm surface, there is still an undercurrent......

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