This operation can be described as perfect, the Seawolf's mines were only the beginning after destroying a regiment of the Italian Army, and the 500 mines of various types deployed near Sicily in one go were time bombs, and the devil knows when they would be encountered. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info The ship then rushed out of the Strait of Messina and headed out of the Mediterranean, intending to intercept the ships bound for Italy.

After leaving Taranto Bay, the Swordfish separated from the Castle and sailed north into the Adriatic Sea. After the minelaying is completed, he will enter the ports of Austria-Hungary in the guise of neutral merchant ships for supply and maintenance, and wait for the opportunity to go out again, although Austria-Hungary has expressed neutrality, but the actual attitude is well understood.

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

"The Italian fleet will soon return, and in order to prevent them from blocking the exit of the Navy with mines, I hope that the Turkish naval artillery and minelaying ships will move quickly." After meeting General Shevkai, Scheer made his own request, but now the Turkish Navy has limited mines, and its ability to deploy mines is even more limited, so it can only 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 is a little difficult to prevent the other side from attacking and laying mines.

As for the K decoy ship, the British were far more interested in it than the Italians, and the British did not expect that the Germans would have such a power test ship, with a speed of more than 24 knots, and what a terrible thing it would be to assemble the experimental power on the battleship. The dutiful Captain Wells follows all the way to gather more information. But with the speed advantage of up to 4 knots on the opposite side, the K decoy boat quickly disappeared from the view of the British!

"That is to say, in just one day today, the German fleet has lost us more than a dozen ships of various kinds, two battleships worth 1.8 million pounds sterling have been destroyed, and more than 4,000 people have been killed or wounded, is that true?" When the Italian Prime Minister sent the report of the damage to Umberto I, looking at those dazzling figures, the king of Italy was completely outraged!

"We did not expect that the Germans would send a fleet, and even more so that they would pass through the Strait of Messina, and we fell into a ...... mindset." The Prime Minister explained with trepidation.

"The British could recognize the bait at a glance. The German fleet also came to Italy, so why can't we tell the difference between this battleship? Why is there no mine laying in the Strait of Messina? These are things that shouldn't happen, and Abu Qilu must be fully responsible! The enraged king did not want to listen to these explanations.

"I want to know now where the German battleships in Turkish skins are now! When will the navy pull them out and kill them! ”

"Killed? We don't even know how many ships this German fleet has! How to kill? The prime minister was a little confused from time to time, but as an old fritter who had been in the political arena for many years, he still made up a general situation based on intelligence and his own assumptions.

"The Germans should have two battleships, one of which is the Prince Albert, the No. 3 ship of the Mainz-class armored cruiser, which has already entered the Dardanelles, and it is impossible for our fleet to enter the strait for pursuit. But our fleet has succeeded in blocking them, and this battleship is unlikely to do us any more harm. ”

"As for the other warship, it went to the Sicilian region to lay mines in addition to the attack on the port of Taranto, and now our fleet is looking for it, but unfortunately it has not found its target, and it may have left the eastern Mediterranean." The prime minister thought for a moment and said.

That's right, until now the Italians have not figured out how many German warships were involved in this operation, and the Seawolf was very successful in concealment, after all, except for a few mines dropped in a place where he was unaware, the others were no different from a merchant ship! And after the evacuation from the Strait of Messina, they lost their whereabouts, and at this time the mines deployed in the Adriatic Sea had not yet achieved results, and the Italians naturally did not expect that the Swordfish had already run here!

"Well, let the navy keep an eye on this warship, and at the same time strengthen the protection of the transport lines, we are only a few steps away from North Africa, I do not believe that the navy that we have spent a lot of lira to build will be so useless! Order the Army, get rid of the Turks as soon as possible, we don't have so much time and money to waste in a wasteland in North Africa! Umberto I said.

You can say that Italy is not strong, or you can say that the army's combat effectiveness is a coffee table, but you will not directly abandon your son and admit defeat because of a fiasco! Although the damage was large, it was not fatal, and for Italy it was just a casual bump. If you want to make the Italians soft, I'm afraid that something like this will happen ten or eight more times.......

"I knew it would be the end, the Italians have too much appetite, but they don't have a good set of teeth!" The Kaiser put down the papers in his hand and said to his close ministers with a smile.

"The fleet built up by the Italians for decades has proven to be a paper tiger, and it is not known whether their land forces have improved substantially compared to 5 years ago. If not, then the value of this ally is really average, and if we go to war with France, we might even have to send troops to protect them! Count Schlieffen on the side chimed in.

"Well, these things are inconsequential little things. Let's get down to business, Ruprecht and Princess Mary are about to get married? If I'm not mistaken, there's still about a week. The Kaiser changed his words and said.

"That's right. Prince Heinrich will join me at this wedding as a representative of Prussia. Kalipme on the side said.

"Well, this time you have to bring Prussian goodwill, but at the same time show the control of the Empire, not to Bavaria, but to Austria-Hungary. I now somewhat agree with Bismarck's theory that a strong country cannot be kidnapped by its allies! The Kaiser said with some displeasure.

The Kaiser has been a little annoyed with Austria-Hungary recently, not only because he sees this marriage as a temptation for Austria-Hungary to influence Germany's internal affairs, but also because the Austrian Emperor did not agree to act with Germany against Italy. The Kaiser was very dissatisfied!

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