"If our intelligence is correct, only two of the Italian battleship formations are missing, and the rest of the battleships should be off the coast of Africa and on Italian proper. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info," an officer said, pointing to the markers on the map.

The Italian Navy can now use only 8 battleships of more than 10,000 tons, of which only 3 are really worthy of a war, the old Italian-class battleships were commissioned in the eighties of the last century, and the 17-inch L26 guns on the ship seem to be very powerful, but in this era it is undoubtedly just a large burning stick, and the rate of fire of a shot in half an hour can not hit any target at all, not to mention facing the Prince Albert armored cruiser, even the previous generation of Munich-class armored cruisers can hang these old goods.

The three Lauria class battleships were no less impressive, they were commissioned in the late 80s and early 90s, used the same guns as the Italian-class, and lacked a large number of rapid-fire guns. It can almost be seen as a copy of the Italian class. The actual combat effectiveness is also scum to a certain extent.

The only ones that could be used were the three Umberto-class battleships, which, although they were dome battleships, had four 13.5-inch L30 guns, eight 6-inch guns, and 12 4.7-inch guns. If nothing else, it's very good purely in terms of projection! In the last encounter, a 13.5-inch shell from the battleship Umberto hit the bow turret of the Prince Albert, breaking a 10-inch gun and damaging the gun's hydraulic transmission system due to the violent impact.

It doesn't matter if the artillery is broken, it will be a cannon barrel to be transported by land from the country, but the hydraulic equipment of the turret is broken, it is a big problem, and the turret needs to be removed and repaired with a crane, but Turkey naturally does not have this condition, so now, there are only 7 guns that can be used by the Prince Albert...... And after this encounter, Scheer also put away the contempt in his heart, after all, even if the 13.5-inch gun hits an iron ball, the weight of the shell is still there.......

The Italian fleet autonomous single ship can not be compared with the Prince Albert, since the last time Scher seized the opportunity to cleanly destroy the honest ironclad ship Italy in less than half an hour, the Italian Navy has always fought in groups, either everyone blocked the gate of the Aegean Sea together, or everyone went back to rest collectively. Although these battleships are outdated, the numerical advantage of the people is too obvious!

The Turks took the advice of the Germans, and they adopted a strategy of offensive mine-laying, which was not limited to the western entrance of the Dardanelles, but gradually extended beyond the Aegean. Although the Aegean Sea is relatively small, it also has more than 210,000 square kilometers, which is larger than a Hebei Province. With the help of mine arrays, Scheer opened several safe passages leading directly to the Mediterranean Sea.

Relying on its excellent single-ship performance and high speed, although the Prince Albert has achieved relatively limited results, at least there is no problem in self-protection. Although the battleship was not fully maintained due to long-term operations, the combat effectiveness of the battleship continued to decline, because there was no sufficiently large dock and perfect infrastructure, and the various barnacles attached to the bottom of the Prince Albert and the lack of maintenance of the boiler caused the ship's speed to drop by about 2 knots. Even so, however, the Italian Navy was unable to catch up with the Prince Albert. So there is no threat for the time being, but the situation changed a few weeks ago, and the Italians bought a new warship from the British!

"Where's the Agile?" Scheer asked.

"The last return seems to be in Sicily for maintenance, and the battleship has just arrived in Italy, and it will take them a while to adjust and adapt." An officer next to him said.

"In other words, this time, we will theoretically not meet the capital ships of the Italians in our sorties?" Scheer muttered to himself. From the point of view of intelligence, the entire Western Mediterranean can be described as a smooth road, but as an old fritter, he knows very well that the safer the environment, the more murderous it hides! The current situation is so good for Scheer that Scheer can't believe it. But at this time, it seemed that there was no better option for Scheer, and the Italians once again increased their forces, with 150,000 Italian troops in North Africa! The Turkish defenders in North Africa were under tremendous pressure. And how the navy does not act at this time will be a huge blow to the reputation of the newly formed provisional governments of Germany and Turkey!

"Even if your warship just goes around the Mediterranean!" General Shevkai personally came to the German garrison and said in an almost pleading tone.

"I'm 80% sure it's a trap, but it's a political battle. Win or lose the actual engagement, as long as we get out! In desperation, Sher agreed to General Shevkai's request and wrote this statement in his diary.

With 12 minutes of caution, Scheer commanded his warships to sail out of the Aegean Sea along the opened waterway under the cover of several torpedo boats, and as soon as the Italian fleet withdrew, Scheer came out, in fact, to make a time difference. "I'm afraid the Italians wouldn't have thought I'd come out so quickly, would they?" When the battleship entered the Mediterranean, Scheer looked at the calm sea and said.

"If the Germans come out, our main fleet will cover the mine-laying formations to go to the southern exit of the Aegean Sea first, and establish a blockade line with mines, while the battleships Agile under the command of General Jericho and the cruiser Pisana will search for opponents in the western Mediterranean. In this case, if the Germans could not return to their nest in the Dardanelles, then there were only two options, one was to break through from the Western Mediterranean and return to Germany. Another option is Beirut. "At the same time, the Duke of Abqilu was deploying this trap at the headquarters of the Italian fleet in Taranto.

"Either way, it means that the warship will say goodbye to this war once and for all, and in the Mediterranean, no one will give it shelter and supplies. He can only meet Germany, and after all, this is a Turkish battleship, and if it does not leave within three days, then it can only be disarmed. And if we enter Beirut, without the support of a strong mainland-based battery and the protection of mines, we can take him by storming. Major General Jericho, who was sitting in the second seat, nodded and said.

This time, the British made a bloody decision, and as the Germans did, they sent some British officers directly to participate in the combat operations in the name of volunteers, otherwise it would have taken the Italians quite a long time to master the new warship. And Scheer's original plan to take advantage of the run-in period after the Italians took over the battleship was also in vain. But neither the Italians nor the British expected that Scheer's dispatch this time was a bit early!

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