Chapter 113: Deterrence
Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info With Zhang Lin's order, the sailors began to receive the battleship, in fact, there is no need for so many sailors, a total of about 10,000 sailors, the rest, Zhang Lin arranged for them to go to the security system, to maintain the safety of the harbor, and more than 3,000 people were arranged by Zhang Lin to the supply ship!
In the following days, Zhang Lin kept asking to step up training and master the performance of the battleship! Even though these sailors have undergone training on the Liberty, after all, the situation of each ship is different, and these trainings are necessary!
Just when Zhang Lin stepped up his training, Li Li sent back the news that the Reagan family had secretly transported a batch of "psychedelic dreams", which would arrive in the Brona Empire in Western Oceania a month later, it is said that this is a big deal for the Reagan family, and in Western Ocean, the Reagan family has three strongholds, Zhang Lin decided to pull out these three strongholds first, according to Li Li's intelligence, the route of the Reagan family's merchant ships has been confirmed, Zhang Lin saw in the office that the Reagan family was still transporting drugs, and he was very angry! It was decided to go to the relevant area immediately and uproot all the strongholds of the Reagan family and the Edward family!
After Zhang Lin's order was issued, the wharf in the Storm Strait immediately became lively, all kinds of transportation equipment to supply ammunition and materials to the battleship, this time there were two large supply ships to follow the fleet to go on the expedition together, loaded with a large amount of ammunition, oil, food and fresh water, the fleet's supplies are replenished by these supply ships, this time it is an ocean expedition, so the supply ship is very important!
In fact, if you just go to rob these two families, you don't need battleships at all, you only need a few cruisers and destroyers to do it, in fact, Zhang Lin has other ideas, because the Reims Empire is now losing in foreign wars, and the previous allies have reneged on the alliance and refused to help, lest their strength be lost, Zhang Lin received the favor of William II, and in a sense, the Reims Empire is Zhang Lin's motherland, not to mention that Wilhelm II is Zhang Lin's father-in-law, Zhang Lin must go to support the Reims Empire!
However, this is not a long-term solution, Zhang Lin and Smith discussed this matter before, under Zhang Lin's instructions, Smith sold two Bismarck-class battleships and three Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers to the Reims Empire, but it takes a long time for these warships to be manufactured, and the Reims Empire can't afford to wait, so Zhang Lin means to support the Reims Empire first, and it is best to sneak attack the combined fleet of the Aslan Empire and the Morgan Empire in a battle, and strive to hit their main forces hard, so that the Reims Empire has a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, Otherwise, the situation is very unfavorable to the Reims Empire!
The Reagan family's route passed through the outer waters of the Pirate Alliance, they wanted to bypass the Rattlesnake Strait and go to Xiyang State from another sea area, Zhang Lin decided to ambush them in the sea area where they bypassed the Rattlesnake Strait, first packed up their caravan, and then divided into three ways to attack their strongholds in various regions, and finally the fleet gathered to aid the Reims Empire, this process took about two months, during which the fleet would go to a neutral harbor to replenish living supplies!
However, when leaving the sphere of influence of the Pirate Alliance, Zhang Lin decided to deter the Pirate Alliance first, lest the Pirate Alliance take advantage of the fire to rob!
When leaving the harbor, Zhang Lin asked all the warships to raise the flag of the harbor, and an eagle on the white bottom spread its wings and soared under the light of the sun, which was slightly improved by Zhang Lin according to his previous temperament, symbolizing freedom and hope!
Tirpitz was named Victory, Scharnhorst was named Pioneer, and the two Prinz Eugen-class heavy cruisers were named Sun and Sun!
The expedition was accompanied by five Hope-class destroyers, two Cleveland-class light cruisers, and the remaining battleships escorted merchant ships to and from the harbor without accompanying the fleet!
Zhang Lin led the fleet all the way south and went straight to the port of Rakich, with a clear purpose, that is, to deter the pirate alliance!
Three days later, Zhang Lin led the fleet into the outer waters of the Rakichfei harbor, which was only one hundred and thirty kilometers away from them, in this sea area, there were many pirates, but most of them were a group of destroyers who did not enter the stream, and even patrol gunboats, seeing Zhang Lin's fleet all fled, and some of them were loaded with a short eye, but the battle ended before it began, the capital ships did not fire at all, and the Hope-class destroyers who were scouting on the periphery easily eliminated the pirates!
As Zhang Lin led the fleet to approach further, the Rakich non-harbor was like a big enemy, the air defense alarm sounded, and there was chaos in the harbor, several bigwigs of the pirate alliance looked solemn, and ordered the shore defense artillery If the enemy ship did not fire, it was not allowed to fire first, otherwise there would be no mercy, several bigwigs felt very aggrieved, and the observation tower of the Rakichfei harbor kept sending news that the enemy ship was approaching, which was something that had not happened for many years, and he was bullied to the doorstep!
Zhang Lin wanted this kind of result, and ordered the fleet to slow down, and only use the speed of ten knots to drive twenty kilometers away from the Rakich non-harbor, and all the main guns of all the battleships were pointed at the Rakich non-harbor, and it was as if the war would start without saying a word!
At a distance of twenty kilometers, as long as you stand higher in the harbor, you can see the fleet on the sea, and a big man from the headquarters of the Pirate Alliance said: "It's too much to deceive people!" It's too much of a deception! Order the shore defense artillery to fire! The big guy roared loudly, and the depression in his heart can be imagined!
But his behavior was jointly stopped by several bigwigs: "Don't be impulsive, the enemy just wants to deter us, they won't open fire, once we fire first, we can't afford the consequences, our coastal defense artillery doesn't have such strong firepower to destroy them!" ”
Then several bigwigs quieted down, and their faces turned blue as they watched Zhang Lin's fleet arrogantly slowly pass by the gate of Rakich Harbor!
Zhang Lin also doesn't want to start a war with the Pirate Alliance now, after all, a dog will bite when he is in a hurry, and the other party is not a dog, and it will not do any good to the Storm Strait if he is in a hurry, Zhang Lin's purpose is to make the Pirate Alliance dare not act rashly, and now is not the time to go to war! After all, the background of Storm Harbor is not as good as that of the Pirate Alliance, and it will be Storm Harbor that will suffer at a loss, and Zhang Lin will not do this kind of loss-making business!
In the headquarters of the Pirate Alliance, a big man said to the other big guys with a strange look: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have always advocated the elimination of the forces of the Storm Strait before, but you think that the loss is too big to be cost-effective, and it will affect that person's big event, and now you finally sing the bitter fruit of raising tigers!" ”
"Now is not the time to say cool things, the one who told us not to be distracted and concentrate on preparing for big things, do you dare to disobey that person's order?"
Zhang Lin achieved his goal, ordered the fleet to speed up, and went directly to the predetermined sea area, preparing to meet the merchant ships of the Reagan family, and now, the time has come to collect interest!