The two battleships were renamed the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, while the two auxiliary cruisers were named the Seahawk and the Seagull. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe two merchant ships will choose to fly the American flag and go to sea with the two battleships before the official start of the war.

In fact, just like this, it is not easy to rely on these 4 ships to successfully complete the ocean-going combat mission, Su Xiong's fleet can choose to anchor in very few ports, and the goal of this combat mission also requires the German fleet to hide itself as much as possible, not to say that the North Sea can be killed, some transport ships occasionally encountered on the ocean are simply the difference between shrimp and whales compared with the target of this operation, and the German fleet cannot expose itself at all.

And this mission is still slightly not enough to rely solely on 2 battleships and 2 auxiliary cruisers, so the German Navy also arranged other ships for Suxiong, these ships were originally distributed around the world merchant ships, when the pace of war has been getting closer and closer, some of the merchant ships went to the United States after receiving the order of the German Navy, here, the Americans will renovate these merchant ships, strengthen the watertight, increase the number of artillery, after some efforts, The Americans had finally helped the Germans get three auxiliary cruisers before the war, and an American merchant ship had already departed to send 800 German naval officers and sailors to Boston.

Named after the Sturgeon, Nautilus, and Swordfish, the three auxiliary cruisers ranged from 5,000 to 8,000 tons, were armed with at least eight or more 105mm guns, and had redesigned hull holds to accommodate more supplies and ammunition. These boats also have high speed requirements, with the slowest of the three ships being able to run more than 16 knots.

"That is, our first mission will be completed by 2 battleships and 5 auxiliary cruisers? What kind of goal is this that requires us to concentrate such a sea force? Su Xiong said with some confusion after listening to General Pol's arrangement.

"The rest is in the plan, go back and read it for yourself. In addition, this is only a combat force, we will also arrange camouflage supply ships for you to replenish various supplies, in short, you must remember what your first goal is, and do not be distracted by other things. Admiral Pol said.

At the same time as the fleet was being prepared, diplomatic cover had also been launched, first of all, the German government said that it would never let its friends suffer, and the two warships built for Argentina had been outfitted and could be handed over after the Argentine personnel became familiar with the two new warships.

But secretly, the German government has begun to negotiate with the Argentines through the US government, and without the cooperation of the Argentines, it is impossible to play this play well, and the transfer of the battleship is a cumbersome process, not that if you hang the Argentine flag, people will think that you are an Argentine ship. As long as the Argentines find that the situation is not right, as long as they reveal the information that the Germans do not want to hand over the ships to the British embassy in Argentina, then the British will definitely be vigilant, and it is not difficult for the prepared British Grand Fleet to block two German warships in the North Sea.

So why did Argentina believe the Germans, and why did it risk offending the British to play this cover? Naturally, it's because of the radish and the stick! Turnips naturally needless to say, that is, money and industry, Germany's assets in Argentina can fully repay these two battleships, from an economic point of view, Argentina only earns and does not lose, and from a political point of view, the Americans are obviously on the side of the Germans, if it is peacetime, the Argentines may still hesitate, but now? Hehe.

Although the prestige of the American plane has been greatly reduced due to the defeat of the Philippine War, as the head snake of the Americas, its influence on South America is still quite large. The British are very strong, but it was peacetime, and in wartime, the fleets of the British Empire, which had been all over the world, were gathered on the mainland, so how could the British bother to trouble Argentina for this matter?

Besides, what if something happens? Argentina was also a victim, and it was deceived by the Germans, anyway, it was all the pot of the Germans, and the British couldn't find an excuse, and even if they had an excuse, they didn't have that effort, right? As for why did the Americans help Germany? As long as he still wants the entire colony of the German Far East, then he must find ways to make Germany win, and it is not possible to directly enter the war to help Germany, but it is also possible to provide some help from other quarters.

On March 20, 1912, Germany publicly stated that it would hand over two completed super-dreadnoughts to Argentina, and on March 24, 1912, at the Kiel military port of the German Navy, the two battleships were officially "handed over" to the Argentine Navy, and thousands of Argentine officers and men boarded the two ships.

He was extremely indignant at the comments made by some people in certain countries that Germany was going to detain the two warships, and at the same time said that the two warships would leave Germany by 29 March. The U.S. government then said that the two warships would go to the U.S. for resupply and then go straight back to Argentina. Under the guarantee of the two major powers, the ownership of the two warships to Argentina is almost a sure thing in the eyes of outsiders.

Subsequently, the Argentine government also reconfirmed the news, and sent a note to the British and French governments, hoping that when the two warships returned home, the two governments would not "embarras" them, after all, this is the property of Argentina and not the Germans.

At the same time as the smoke bombs were flying all over the sky, the preparation for the departure of the German fleet also entered the final moment, and the personnel were transferred directly from Su Xiong's hands, all of them were old acquaintances, Su Xiong was very handy to use, the Scharnhorst-class battleships and the Helgoland-class battleships were almost in the same vein, the only difference was that the former had more aviation equipment and could carry 4 seaplanes.

The original plan was to leave before March 29, but in fact it was absolutely impossible to be so late, the German General Staff had told the Navy that the war would start in early April, so on March 26, the two battleships secretly left the naval port of Kiel under the cover of night.

And the two auxiliary cruisers of the Sea Eagle and the Seagull set off as early as 1 day ago, they were civilian ships and they were flying the American flag, and the British would not have noticed, because these two ships were slow, so they went first, and then met the sea area and waited for the two battleships. As a result, the most tragic battle in the history of the world's navy to break diplomatic relations at sea has finally begun!

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