"General, the fleet has half an hour to enter the Strait of Dover. In accordance with the prior agreement, our Government has informed France of the passage of our fleet through the English Channel, through the Swiss Government, and has hinted that it will only pass and that no action will be taken. The British also gave routine notice, and in theory there would be no hostilities. An officer reported to Pol.

"Then let's start, the speed of the fleet should not be too high, the fog is a little heavy tonight, we can't pass through the entire English Channel in one night, since we have to take a picture after all, then don't be too anxious." Admiral Pol said after a moment's consideration.

At about 7 o'clock in the evening, 5 battleships, 3 armored cruisers and 6 high-speed supply ships of the German fleet began to pass through the strait, and the entire fleet sailed at a speed of 15 knots. Although there was some fog, the French could still spot this powerful fleet that was moving fast in the night.

In fact, the weather conditions in the evening were better than the Germans expected, and in the second half of the night, when the whole fleet had entered the middle of the English Channel, the fog had already dissipated, and it coincided with the full moon tonight, and the visibility was better, and at this time, the French battleships, which had been ordered to be friendly in the English Channel, finally spotted the German fleet running wildly in the night.

Neither side used light control, so they spotted each other from a distance. In the light of the moon, the fleet commander of the cruiser detachment of the French Mediterranean Fleet. La Perel was using a telescope to observe the German fleet in the distance.

"The size of the German fleet is not large, they only sent a total of 8 warships, which is already all their possessions, of which only 5 are battleships, and the last 6 are just transport ships for the fleet to supply." The officer next to him explained. There was a tone of contempt in his words.

"Hehe, it's only 8 ships, that's really light. A German armored cruiser almost destroyed one of our detachments! With only 8 warships, if there is a decisive battle in the fleet, I am afraid that our French Navy will not be an opponent! People's 10,000-ton armored cruisers have the name of cruisers, which can stabilize the existence of any of our first-class battleships! ”

La Perel said with a wry smile that a French detachment was planted in Africa, but the vast majority of the personnel in the French Navy did not know the specific situation, although they knew that the Charlemagne had been heavily damaged, but the specific reason was because of a mine. And it is not said that it touched the mines of the Germans or the mines of the Portuguese. As for the other two battleships damaged in the battle, they were deliberately ignored.

That is to say, except for a few high-level people, the vast majority of the French Navy did not realize the strength of the German Navy, they just thought that something had happened in Africa, which led to tension between the two sides, and they did not know that the two sides had already PK!

On the one hand, this is to stabilize the morale of the military, and on the other hand, the French government really does not want to compete with Germany, so it deliberately covers up the real idea of the conflict. If the time really comes for the two sides to solve the problem with a knife, even if the British are on the side of France, the French are not 30% sure!

The Russians are preparing to open a film with Japan in the Far East, and as long as they do not enter Paris, it is estimated that the Russians will not make any big moves. And the British? The British Navy may still be in its prime, but the Army. Well, even the French colonial troops thought it was okay to despise the British! This kind of war, which you know at a glance that you will lose, is willing to fight!

"It's small, but it's very powerful! Compared with the French and Russian navies, these late-developing naval powers with technological superiority are indeed terrifying! While the French were judging the fleet in front of them, the British on the other side of the Channel also appeared in the field of vision of both sides. However, unlike the case of two or three French kittens, the British Channel Fleet touched almost half of the battleships! Among them, there are 4 Dignity-class battleships alone! And then a whole bunch of protective cruisers! The total number of warships has reached 15!

"What do you mean by the British?!" Truth be told, when the much larger British fleet appeared in the sights of the German fleet. The passage of the German fleet through the English Channel had already been informed by the Foreign Office to the British, and the British expressed their understanding, but in the end, such a hand came.

"The British fleet on the opposite side is like a jailer escorting prisoners! And the prisoners are us! Admiral Ball said angrily. If before, the huge and arrogant British fleet was only a superficial impression in his heart, then this time, he really felt threatened! The size of the British was just a detachment, which put a lot of pressure on the elite German task force, although in a real fight, the old Dignity and the protective cruiser were not their own opponents. But this pressure on tonnage and quantity made the admiral very unhappy!

"It's just a bunch of old stuff that should be swept into the garbage heap, and the fleet in front of you doesn't need to care, what really needs to be cared about is Britain's investment in the navy and their innovations! We're only a temporary winner, and we have a slight technical advantage, but it's not insurmountable. The prince said.

"If we are fighting for numbers, we will never be able to compete with the British, but if we can always stand at the forefront of the times, we can still get the opportunity to compete with the British fleet through technological superiority, and for the arrogant British Navy, I think we should fight back!" The prince's words revealed a strong fighting spirit!

"Order the fleet to speed up and get rid of them!" Moments later, the order from the flagship was quickly transmitted throughout the fleet.

"Brothers, work hard, get rid of the British!" With the order, more coal was added to the boiler, and when the combustion condition of the boiler reached a certain level, the fuel injector of the kerosene mixed boiler also began to spray the preheated fuel, and the high-temperature and high-pressure steam was continuously fed into the steam engine from the power pack through the pipeline, and after a period of acceleration, the speed of the entire fleet increased to 20 knots!

With the billowing smoke sent by the fleet, I felt the slight vibration of the battleship, and the bow of the flying scissors like a long knife cut through the rough sea, and rushed forward quickly. The final speed is up to 20 knots! Not only did 5 battleships succeed in reaching it, but even those transports did it! The entire fleet shook off the watchers behind with an unstoppable momentum like an angry dragon that overturned the river and the sea!

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