Unbeknownst to Hiroshi Honda, a team of Japanese naval officers witnessed the battle almost entirely from less than five hundred meters away from them.

While the 2nd Brigade of the 109th Wing and the 1st Squadron of the 116th Engineer Wing were fighting bloodily, those Japanese naval officers were also engaged in another form of "fighting", trying to appease the anger of the "friendly people".

Immediately after the assassination, three warships of the German naval task force were also put into combat readiness, and the two Type 1936 destroyers even turned their twin 150-mm turrets in the bow and pointed in the direction of the Bund Nanjing Road.

Fortunately, Colonel Davidson informed the fleet of the situation on the shore in time, and the task force was relieved of the first level of combat readiness, but the reaction of the German Navy at that time really frightened the Ministry of Works and the British consul into a cold sweat.

The Ministry of Industry hurriedly sent the supplies and various gifts that had been prepared long ago to the German warship in a motorized traffic boat to appease the German naval officers and men who were in a state of anger.

By this time, the news of the assassination of Field Marshal Brünnberg had spread throughout the fleet, and the German sailors, full of indignation at the trampling of the dignity of the country, unanimously asked the fleet commander to put pressure on the concession side to arrest and severely punish the murderers as soon as possible, and the dignity of the Greater German Reich could not be violated in any way.

It took an hour for the Prinz Eugen to carefully turn the bow of the ship in the Bund channel with the help of two tugboats of the Ministry of Industry, so that in the event of an emergency, the heavy cruiser could immediately start and go down the river and protrude beyond the Wusong Pass.

The two destroyers, which were smaller in size, turned their heads easily, and they anchored next to the [Prince Eugen] one after the other, and firmly protected the heavy patrol in the middle.

The pacification measures of the British seem to have played some role, and perhaps the sailors received the news that Marshal Bloomberg's life was not in danger, and the mood of the officers and men of the German naval fleet began to calm down, but there were still many officers and men who were haunted by what had happened to the marshal.

Fleet Commander von Murray. Admiral Hertz felt the need to calm down the officers and men, and although he was personally very dissatisfied with the events of the noon, as a commander, in addition to leading his subordinates to victory, he also had the responsibility to maintain the order and safety of the entire group.

In order to relax his subordinates as quickly as possible, the task force received additional supplies for all officers and men at lunch, with each soldier receiving half a liter of stout and each officer receiving a large glass of French brandy.

Feng. Colonel Hertz also promised that when the situation improved, he would arrange for the officers and men to be stationed ashore as soon as possible, and that the idle personnel would be able to spend the night ashore in addition to the necessary duty personnel.

This is the most important news for the sailors, who have been famous for Shanghai for a long time and have long been looking forward to seeing this legendary magical city. So as the commander's announcement ended, the cheers of the sailors immediately sounded in the various cabins on the ship.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon of the 13th, the German task force welcomed the first guests to board the ship. Vice Admiral Tanimoto Mataro, commander of the First Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and Admiral Nobuichi Ichinose, chief of staff of the fleet, together with several staff members of the headquarters and the chief officers of the naval ships stationed in Shanghai, took the Izumo motorized transport boat to the [Prince Eugen] for a friendly visit and visit.

As Germany's most advanced heavy cruiser, the "Prince Eugen" represents the highest level of German naval shipbuilding technology, and the arrival of this cutting-edge warship in the Far East will certainly arouse the attention and curiosity of the Japanese Navy.

These Japanese naval officers had a dual task: one was to get in touch with the German navy and test the Germans' tone by the way, and the second was to spy on the German navy's intelligence and observe the German navy's training and technical level.

The opportunity for Japanese naval officers to see the German warship up close was a very valuable one, and they wanted to estimate the true combat strength of the German Navy from this ship, which was of great significance for the future formulation of naval strategy.

The Prinz Eugen is the latest modification of the Admiral Hipper class, and it is said that Germany is preparing to build a batch of heavy cruisers on her basis, and the parent Prinz Eugen is also an important model for assessing the future strength of the German Navy.

The heavy cruiser "Prince Eugen" with a full load displacement of 19,000 and 50 tons, with a maximum speed of 33.5 knots, was equipped with eight 203 mm main guns, 12 105 mm secondary guns, 12 37 mm guns, eight 20 mm guns, and four triple 533 mm torpedo tubes.

Perhaps in some indicators, she may not be as good as the Japanese Navy's two latest first-class cruisers, but when it comes to the comprehensive combat performance of the battleship, the [Prince Eugen] is far behind the Japanese heavy cruisers.

This warship embodies the most advanced war technology of the German Navy, and also represents the most advanced level of shipbuilding in Europe at that time. To tell the truth, with the technology possessed by the British Royal Navy, it is definitely possible to build a more powerful heavy patrol than the Prince Eugen, but with the current national strength of the British Empire, it is no longer able to undertake this project alone.

It can also be said that at present, apart from Germany, there is no country in Europe that can independently build a heavy patrol of this level.

Britain is now relying on material and financial assistance from Germany and France to slowly restore the strength of the Royal Navy. The salvage work of the British battleships that sank outside the port of Dunkirk is in full swing, because the sinking time of these ships is less than half a year, and the sea water in the sunken area is shallow, so the overall difficulty of salvaging is not very great, and the only obstacle now is the bad weather conditions in the autumn and winter in the strait, which seriously affects the progress of the salvage project.

Even after successful salvage, these damaged warships have to undergo a series of evaluations to confirm whether they are still worth repairing. However, looking at the meaning of the British Royal Navy, it seems that it is not ready to give up any possibility.

For example, the capsized battlecruiser "Hood", after underwater exploration, the Royal Navy was surprised to find that the damage to this warship was much lighter than expected, and the main damage suffered by [Hood] came from several heavy concrete destruction bombs that fell vertically, and from the wreckage, the side armor belts on both sides of the battleship were still intact. The Royal Navy is full of affection for this glorious battleship, and they seem ready to salvage her at all costs as well.

Of course, this series of projects is still top secret, not to mention the Japanese side, even in the German Navy, which is the most secret document, and only a few personnel of the Navy General Command have the right to know.

Christian. Feng. Colonel Hertz was clearly not in the know, and he had to serve as commander of the Separate Fleet and gain work experience in the Ship Base Command before he could qualify for the inner command circle of the Navy.

Feng. Colonel Hertz didn't particularly care about his career, he enjoyed his current job, driving the most advanced heavy cruises around the world, and he couldn't think of a more exciting job.

At this time, the captain of the Navy led a guard of honor of sailors, standing in front of the boarding ramp, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese Navy visitors. When Mataro Tanimoto, dressed in a navy blue navy uniform, stepped onto the deck of the "Prince Eugen", the sailors on duty sounded their sharp naval whistles to salute the senior officers who boarded the ship.

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