At dawn on May 30, the sky over the Black Sea turned white, and the sound of war on the sea dissipated with the dawn.

Glancing at the Italian battleship docked next to the lifeboat, Major Kurbsky looked down again at Vice Admiral Okgabriski, who was still unconscious in his arms.

I knew that this was the case, and I should have left the vice admiral on the battleship "Paris Commune" and let him sink into the sea with the battleship, which was the most honorable way for a naval officer to die.

But now, he and the lieutenant general are going to be prisoners of the Italians, no, they would rather die than be captured, especially the lieutenant general.

Major Kurbsky made up his mind, reached his right waist with his right hand, pulled out the pistol in the holster, opened the safety to load the bullet, and then pointed the pistol at Lieutenant General Okgabrisky's head.

The lieutenant general should be grateful for his decision, and he will soon accompany the lieutenant general to meet the heroic spirits who died in battle.

"What are you going to do? Do you want to kill us? Stop it. ”

The officer, sitting to the right of Major Kurbsky, grabbed his right arm with both hands, raised his right arm and pointed the muzzle of the pistol at the sky.

Another sailor rushed up and snatched the pistol from the major's hand.

The officer glared at Major Kurbsky and said, "The guns and muzzles of the Italians are pointed at us, and if you shoot at this time, they will misunderstand and kill the whole ship." ”

As he spoke, the lifeboat had rowed to the Italian battleship, and the sailors began to climb up the rope ladder one after another.

"If you want to be martyred, you can commit suicide in a prisoner of war camp, it's not too late then, not now."

After the officer finished speaking, he got up and walked towards the rope ladder.

Looking up at the Italians staring at the lifeboat on the side of the ship, Major Kurbsky threw his head up and shouted: "Someone is unconscious, I need help." ”

About fifteen minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel Russo received a report.

"What? We caught a lieutenant general, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet. uh······ Our luck was fantastic. ”

While Lieutenant Commander Russo was excited about the capture of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a FI-382 helicopter flew over the battleship "Bismarck" and slowly landed on the aft deck of the battleship.

Chen Dao was the first to jump off the plane and walked towards Major General Ohm and the others, who greeted him on the deck.

After shaking hands and greeting each other, the group walked into the conference room on the battleship "Bismarck".

After listening to Rear Admiral Ohm's report, Chen Dao learned that this battle can be said to have completely destroyed the main force of the Black Sea Fleet.

The battleship "Paris Commune", the heavy cruisers "Red Caucasus" and "Molotov", the light cruiser "Red Crimea", as well as seven destroyers, were sunk,

In addition, the 1st aircraft carrier formation of the German Navy captured a heavy cruiser "Voroshilov", as well as two destroyers, only all three battleships were seriously damaged.

The German 1st Aircraft Carrier Formation paid the price of serious damage to the battleship "Tirpitz" and the sinking of three destroyers.

Chen Daomo nodded silently, and after listening to Major General Ohm's report, his eyes rolled and said: "We can still accept this price, after all, we can now say that we have truly mastered the sea control of the Black Sea." After the destruction of the Black Sea Fleet, the main force of our fleet can leave the Black Sea and go to support other battlefields. ”

After sighing, Chen Dao hugged his arms and scratched his head first.

"There is one thing I must communicate with you, and that is how much we should give to the Italians, after all, it is they who provide information."

Major General Ohm was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I understand what you mean, how much do you think it is appropriate for us to give them how much battle merit we have?" ”

"In order to strengthen the unity between us, we have to be generous and give them half of the battleship and one destroyer, this is our bottom line.

At the same time, let's publicize the Lieutenant Colonel Russo, is that his name? We are to publicize his wit and, in short, to give the Italians more credit and satisfy their vanity. Don't worry, we just don't overpublicize you, and when you take credit, it should be your credit, and it will not be less at all. ”

After some communication, the two reached a consensus, and soon the helicopter took off again, and less than twenty minutes later flew back to the battleship "Bismarck".

Under the personal leadership of Major General Ohm, Lieutenant Colonel Russo walked into the conference room, saw Chen Dao stunned for a moment, and then respectfully raised his hand to salute Chen Dao.

After a few pleasantries, everyone sat down at the conference table.

Chen Dao smiled and praised Lieutenant Colonel Russo: "This time, you were able to completely annihilate the main force of the Black Sea Fleet and seize control of the Black Sea, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel has made great contributions, and your wit and courage will forever be recorded in the history of human naval warfare." On behalf of the German Navy, I would like to express my honor to have such a comrade-in-arms as you. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Russo said very sincerely: "General Rosen is really polite, if it weren't for the rescue of the fleet led by General Ohm, I and those transport ships would have been lying on the bottom of the Black Sea at this time, and there would be no chance to meet the two generals at all."

Moreover, if it had not been for the fleet under the command of Admiral Ohm that attracted the attention of the Black Sea Fleet, my battleship would not have had a chance to get close to the battleship 'Paris Commune', let alone find an opportunity to sink it. Of course, before the torpedo we fired hit it, he was wounded, and when it was about to sink, your naval guns should have hit his ammunition depot, causing the ammunition to explode and blow it in two, and I personally have a suggestion, the credit for sinking the battleship 'Paris Commune', we are one and a half. ”

After speaking, Lieutenant Colonel Russo swept Chen Dao and Major General Ohm's faces with an inquiring gaze.

The credit for sinking the battleship "Paris Commune" is half and half for one person, this suggestion is acceptable, but after these words came out of the mouth of the Italians, they sounded so awkward, as if the two sides had taken the wrong script.

This sentence should have been uttered by me, a big man, and let Lieutenant Colonel Russo think about it.

Now how to get it reversed, as if this Italian gave us a lot of credit.

was robbed of his lines by Lieutenant Colonel Russo, and Chen Dao felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

Perhaps, this Lieutenant Colonel Russo is an officer with a high IQ and low emotional intelligence, and lacks some language art to talk to big people.

Forget it, he's an officer, not a politician, so I don't bother with him about such trivial issues.

Chen Dao silently labeled Lieutenant Colonel Russo in his heart, and opened his mouth to say: "That battleship was sunk with your full cooperation, of course, the credit will be half of the credit, and we will not take your due credit." ”

Rear Admiral Ohm followed: "During the battle, I found that the battleship was tilted to the left, and I felt very strange at the time, it turned out that Mr. Lieutenant Colonel did it with a torpedo, and Mr. Lieutenant Colonel was really very bold. I have no problem here, and we are half of the credit for sinking the Paris Commune. ”

Hearing Chen Dao and Major General Ohm's reply, Lieutenant Colonel Russo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even without the last lethal shot of the Germans, the battleship "Paris Commune" would have sunk just by the damage caused by the torpedoes fired by their own battleships, and the Germans would have sunk only a quarter of them at most.

Men, do things from the overall situation!

After all, this Admiral Rosen is the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, and his status is noble, and to give him more face, appropriate concessions are still needed.

Chen Dao continued: "What other heroic acts did Lieutenant Colonel Russo do in battle? Our journalists need promotional materials. I think it won't be long before your name will appear in our newspapers and magazines. ”

"It's not my name, it's our names that appear together in newspapers and magazines." Lieutenant Colonel Russo smiled and said modestly: "As soon as the battle began, I took out the submarine that was following the convoy. ”

Chen Dao and Major General Ohm nodded in unison, this credit belongs to the Italians, and no one can share it.

"I also sank the heavy cruiser 'Molotov'······"

Lieutenant Colonel Russo's next sentence made Chen Dao and Major General Ohm both confused.

Sinking the heavy cruiser 'Molotov'? What's going on?

"After the sinking of the 'Paris Commune', I still had four spare torpedoes on board, which we reloaded and returned to the battlefield to take out the heavy cruiser 'Molotov'. Of course, before that, the heavy cruiser 'Molotov' had already been damaged by Admiral Ohm's fleet, and I personally believe that at least a quarter of the credit should be given to Admiral Ohm. ”

Hearing Lieutenant Colonel Russo's words, the smiles on the faces of Chen Dao and Major General Ohm gradually disappeared.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, are you sure that the 'Molotov' was sunk by you?" Chen Dao asked.

Sensing the change in Chen Dao and Major General Ohm's expressions, Lieutenant Colonel Russo blinked, and an incomparably bright smile suddenly bloomed on his face.

"General Rosen, General Ohm, do you know what I was doing before I came here?"

Chen Dao and Major General Ohm shook their heads together.

"Before I came, I was interrogating the captives. When I attacked the heavy cruiser 'Molotov', some Russians who had escaped from the battleship 'Paris Commune' were floating on the surface in lifeboats, and they witnessed the whole process of the 'Molotov' being hit and sinking. In fact, it was they who told me that the battleship I sank was the heavy cruiser 'Molotov'. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Russo said a lot, but Chen Dao immediately distilled the central idea of Lieutenant Colonel Russo's words by virtue of the language art he had cultivated in the political arena for several years.

I'm sure that "Molotov" was sunk by me, because I have witnesses, and a group of them!

Aren't you afraid that this hateful Italian is going to take away three-quarters of the heavy cruiser "Molotov" with one mouth?

Chen Dao was suddenly in a dilemma, and the Italians insisted that they had sunk the heavy cruiser "Molotov" and that they would take three-quarters of the credit, which had broken through their own bottom line.

It's not easy to bargain with yourself, after all, the other party has witnesses.

At this time, Rear Admiral Ohm suddenly asked, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, which other battleships have you sunk?" ”

"Nope."

Chen Dao and Rear Admiral Ohm's mood had just relaxed, and Lieutenant Colonel Russo raised his eyebrows and continued: "The battleship is gone, but ····· Among my captives were several officers of the command of the Black Sea Fleet, there were adjutant officers of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, and several staff officers. ”

This is all a great achievement, Chen Dao felt a burst of pantothenic acid in his teeth, and at this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Russo's voice continued to penetrate his ears.

"Among the prisoners was the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Okgabrisky, but he was wounded in the head and is being resuscitated in the infirmary."

The words "among the prisoners, Vice Admiral Okgabrisky, commander of the Black Sea Fleet", made Chen Dao fall into a deep state of bewilderment, until a stream of sour water rushed from his stomach to Chen Dao's mouth, and he was pulled back to reality from his state of bewilderment.

The shit luck of this Italian was really good to have captured the entire Black Sea Fleet command.

In a naval battle, the German Navy's 1st Aircraft Carrier Formation, including two Bismarck-class battleships, joined forces with a light cruiser of the Italian Navy to encircle and suppress the Black Sea Fleet.

As a result, an Italian light cruiser sank half of the battleship "Paris Commune", sank three-quarters of the heavy cruiser "Molotov", and miraculously captured the commander of the Black Sea Fleet and his staff.

When this news gets out, will it seem that the German Navy is very incompetent? After all, where there is contrast, there is harm.

This Lieutenant Colonel Russo is a talent!

At least in terms of grabbing heads.

With incomparably heartache, Chen Dao thought for a few seconds and made a decisive decision.

"Since it was you who fired a torpedo that sank the heavy cruiser 'Molotov', the credit for this is yours, and we don't want it. We are allies, don't worry about such a small thing. ”

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After sending Lieutenant Colonel Russo away, Chen Dao said to Major General Ohm: "Don't say anything, I'm also very heartbroken." It's just that as men, we have to focus on the big picture. ”

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