The 2nd battle cruiser detachment of the German Navy, which had not only six battle cruisers, but also four light cruisers and six destroyers. The strength of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is already very good. With the strength of the German Navy's battle cruisers, as long as they did not encounter the main forces of the British Navy, there would be almost no danger.

What's more, the 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment also included three 'D-Fringer-class' battlecruisers, and the performance of this class of battlecruisers had long been tested in actual combat. Its 50 times caliber 380 mm main gun has extremely strong armor-piercing ability. None of the capital ships of the British Navy in active service could resist it.

On the battleship 'De Fringel', the flagship of the 2nd battle cruiser detachment, Vice Admiral Spee had a serious face. Although, this mission was not a difficult task at all for the 2nd Battle Cruiser Detachment led by him. However, attacking the ports and shipyards of a big city will inevitably cause many innocent casualties, which makes him feel a sense of guilt. As a nobleman of the German Empire, this still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"I did this for the sake of the German Empire, for the Empire to win the war. Also, blame the British! They are already in this war, and they have no chance of winning. But they still insisted on not surrendering and wanted to carry the war on. That's why we have to take this approach. All this was caused by the British themselves. If they want to blame, blame their government! Lieutenant General Spee thought secretly in his heart. After thinking of this, his heart felt a little better.

People are like this many times, as long as they find a reason, they will no longer be afraid of the condemnation of conscience.

The 2nd Battle Cruiser Detachment of the German Navy headed straight for Edinburgh. And at the moment, the British simply don't know anything about it. The main force of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet was huddled in Scapa Bay, and except for a small number of light warships for reconnaissance, the rest of the warships were hiding in the harbor and did not dare to go out of the harbor to fight. They all seemed to realize that if they went to sea to fight a big war with the German navy, they would definitely lose.

Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland and the largest city in the north of England. It is not only the political and economic center of the British North, but also the industrial center. The chemical industry and shipyards, very developed. Large shipyards here even had the ability to build battleships. However, for the sake of safety, the British Navy generally placed the construction of battleships in the shipyards in the south. The defense in the south is undoubtedly better than in the north.

On the evening of the 20th, the workers of the Edinburgh port area were off work. Major shipyards continue to work overtime. Of course, they built not warships, but merchant ships. Under the attack of German submarines and broken fleets, the losses of British merchant ships were very large. In order to restore Britain's maritime capacity, they had to build a large number of merchant ships. This situation changed only after the blockade of the German Navy was completely completed, and in order to conserve resources for the construction of warships. The major shipyards can no longer get new orders for merchant ships, they only need to produce existing orders. Of course, this means that many shipyard workers will lose their jobs as a result.

It's just that now the whole of Britain, because of the blockade of the German navy, has caused their industrial products to be shipped out at all. As a result, many factories have stopped production, and many other workers have lost their jobs, except for those related to the military industry. These people live entirely on government handouts. Of course, the British Army also took the opportunity to recruit a large number of young men into the army. The problem of insufficient soldiers has been greatly solved. In the case of not having enough to eat, many people are naturally willing to join the army that they despised before.

"Damn, this battle has been going on for more than half a year, when will it end! I don't want to live such a hard life anymore. "A shipyard worker, after work, received bread and cursed as he walked home.

In the UK now, prices are skyrocketing, and the pound is worthless. The wages of the workers were paid directly in bread. Of course, the workers are also happy to accept this kind of wages in kind. There is already a shortage of food in the market, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

"Alright, Jack, stop complaining. We still have a job, and our family can live on because of this. It's much better than the beggars who starved to death on the streets. An older worker said.

Indeed, the economy in Britain is very bad right now, and many workers are unemployed and have no way to find work, which makes many people become beggars. In the case that everyone has nothing to eat, naturally there will be no kind people to give them alms. As a result, many British cities starve to death every day. In a big city like Edinburgh, more than a hundred people starve to death every day.

Hearing this, Jack couldn't help but nod. Indeed, although their lives were a little harder, they did not starve to death, and they were relatively lucky compared to the corpses that were transported out by the corpse truck every morning.

"May God bless the British Empire and win this damned war soon!" Jack prayed.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, an earth-shattering explosion rang out. Jack and the others couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, the sound of dense explosions continued to sound.

"It's coming from the direction of the port." Jack's face couldn't help but change,

"Quick, let's go see what's going on."

They came to a high ground with a view of the harbor and witnessed a catastrophe unfolding.

On the sea, several huge warships, like small hills, were firing at Edinburgh. Huge shells exploded in the harbor, fires clashed, and smoke and dust soared into the sky.

The buildings in the harbor were destroyed one after another. Countless people are fleeing for their lives.

"Oh God! Our shipyards were hit. ”

"Damn the Germans, our shipyard is nothing more than a shipyard that produces civilian merchant ships, and they don't let it go either?" Jack yelled.

If the shipyard is destroyed, it means that they will lose their jobs immediately. Their lives will immediately become unsettled, and they will even follow in the footsteps of beggars who have starved to death.

The faces of the people who worked in the shipyard like Jack turned pale.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Explosions kept coming, German battleships were firing fiercely, and the port of Edinburgh was turning into ruins at a speed visible to the naked eye.