"Hey, these shameless old guys really sold me!"

The fortress of Monrovia, where Admiral Schrien, who was presiding over the reconstruction, suddenly received an urgent telegram from the Berlin base camp. After learning of the conclusion of negotiations between the German Empire and the Chinese Empire, the German Empire had legally transferred German Southwest Africa to the Chinese Empire as compensation for the overall situation.

In this way, the German Empire has legally lost its domination over German Southwest Africa, but in order to gain valuable strategic respite, the Berlin base camp must contain the military strength and strategic focus of the Chinese Empire as much as possible on the issue of German Southwest Africa, so Schliefen can only put on the title of treason, stay alone in German Southwest Africa, lead the German soldiers here to resist, and delay the time for the Chinese Imperial Army to occupy German Southwest Africa.

The feeling of being sold made Shi Lifen very uncomfortable, but he was originally a man who took care of his family's small family, so he finally chose to accept it.

"Pass on my order that the Chinese Imperial Army is about to launch a war of aggression against our Liberia, and everyone should be prepared for war and complete the construction of their respective fortifications as soon as possible. Notify the patrol battalion, strengthen patrols and vigilance, and be sure to warn in time once the enemy is discovered. ”

Governor Perrault and Tirpitz were ordered to meet Schrifen, and they were also informed, even before Schrifen knew about it.

"Tirpitz, you go with the fleet!"

Schrie said straight to the point, he did not think that the dozen or so warships that Tirpitz was currently bringing were capable of fighting the African task force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, after learning the fact that the German Imperial High Seas Fleet could not be involved in the African battlefield at all, Schriefen felt that Tirpitz was useless, and it was better to leave hope for the German Imperial Navy, after all, Tirpitz was still the commander-in-chief of the German Imperial High Seas Fleet.

"I refuse your orders, and I am determined to lead this fleet to fight to the end, even if the battleship is sunk, let the sailors go ashore, and kill the enemy like army artillery."

Tirpitz's firm answer immediately shocked Schrijfen and Governor Perrault next to him.

Everyone knows that staying is basically a dead end, because since the German Empire legally transferred German Southwest Africa to the Chinese Empire, then it is impossible for the German Empire to start a full-scale war with the Chinese Empire, and it is even more impossible to send reinforcements to help, at least nominally, it is impossible to do so, so as not to give the Chinese Empire an excuse to be furious.

However, what Governor Schriefen and Governor Perrault said did not know was that Tirpitz was also cursing Hitler in his heart at the moment.

Because it's not that Tirpitz doesn't want to leave, it's that he can't leave because he has a special mission.

If it weren't for the special assignment given to him by Hitler, Tirpitz wouldn't have been willing to spend even a second more in this damn Monrovia. The last time two super battleships of the Chinese Empire broke into Monrovia Bay to engage Tirpitz's fleet, Tirpitz was blown up and fell into the sea, drank dozens of pounds of seawater, and almost died there, which left a psychological shadow on Tirpitz and made him have nightmares to this day.

Schrifen stared at Tirpitz for a long time, not seeing anything in the other's eyes.

Of course, how could the fox-like Tirpitz let Schriefen see the flaws at this time!

Shi Li nodded and said, "Very good!" Tirpitz, I underestimated you! I apologize for the prejudice against you before! ”

Tirpitz replied solemnly: "For Germany!" ”

"For Germany!"

Governor Perrault also shouted, but when he saw the murderous eyes of Shi Lifen, he immediately shuddered with fright.

Fortunately, although Shi Lifen was unhappy with Governor Perrault, the big war was imminent, and in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he did not plan to clean up the other party.

"I called you two here to ask, seeing that the Chinese Empire is about to invade us on a large scale, do you have any good countermeasures?"

Since Tirpitz did not leave, Schrifen did not force the other party and directly began to discuss countermeasures.

Tirpitz then said: "I still suggest that you abandon the fortress of Monrovia, shrink your forces inland, and rely on the dense forest areas and mountainous terrain in the interior to fight the Chinese Imperial Army for a long time. ”

Schliefen frowned, he and Tirpitz had contradicted Tirpitz more than once about this controversy, and their views differed.

"Our colonial strongholds are all along the coast and near several large rivers, if we give up, we will lose our population and food supplies, do you let us have hundreds of thousands of German troops hunt rabbits and eat wild vegetables in the mountains?"

Hearing Schrien's words, without waiting for Tirpitz to answer, Governor Perrault next to him smiled and said, "That's also a very good delicacy, and ordinary people can't eat it!" ”

Perrault's joke was not funny at all, though, and soon came to the glaring of Schrieden and Tirpitz.

"You go on, I'm out on patrol!"

Governor Perrault felt a little cold and offered to patrol.

Schriefen knew very well about Perrault's level, even if he was a little bit of a young man, but it was all the old imperial calendar, which worked during the war of unification of the German Empire, but now in the face of the war with the Chinese Empire, he is too backward.

Seeing Perrault leaving, Tirpitz said: "General, if I were you, don't stick to the coastline, because you will face a full-scale artillery attack from the Imperial Chinese Army, Navy, and Air Force." As you can see, just the two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy have already made our fortress of Monrovia miserable. If the Chinese Empire's army, navy, and air force attack Monrovia at the same time, the heavy army group you have deployed here will be torn to pieces by the powerful firepower of the Chinese Empire's army, navy, and air force, and perhaps we will not be able to hold out for a few days before all the troops are wiped out. If you withdraw heavy forces into the mountains, then at least we will not have to face a powerful fire strike from the Imperial Chinese Navy. ”

Shi Lifen was very entangled, he didn't think about the joint attack of the army, navy and air force of the Chinese Empire, those two super battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy still made him feel uneasy, if the day of war came, under the fire of hundreds of warships, thousands of fighters in the air, under the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of Chinese Imperial Army artillery, even Shi Lifen himself did not dare to guarantee whether he could hold it.

"If I withdraw the main forces from the coastline, what will happen to the fleet you brought?"

Tirpitz smiled slightly and said, "Those warships have their mission, and on the day of the war, I will give the Chinese Imperial Army an unforgettable gift." ”

Shi Lifen asked rhetorically, "What gift?" ”

Tirpitz smiled mysteriously, shook his head, and said, "Please forgive me, I can't reveal it to you now!" ”

Schriefen was very unhappy, as an old fox, he immediately guessed that Tirpitz deliberately stayed, probably not out of his own will, but under the secret command of Hitler or higher.

"You'd better not get me into trouble!"

Hearing Schrieden's warning, Tirpitz was just laughing and did not respond.

"Report, the Coast Patrol reports that the Imperial Chinese Navy has set off from Roberts Harbor, and the target is our Monrovia Bay, and there are thousands of warships."

"Report, on the other side of the Bomi River, a large-scale mobilization of the Imperial Chinese Army has been discovered, and it seems that it is about to attack in a big way!"

"Report, aerial reconnaissance aircraft have found a large number of fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force, which are flying in the direction of Monrovia, the number is unknown, but at least more than five hundred!"

A series of reports instantly made Shi Lifen nervous, he never expected that the Chinese Imperial Army would organize an attack so quickly.

"Immediately order all fighters to rise into the air!"

"Order the Tubmanburg Air Wing to come quickly for reinforcements!"

Schrie stood up directly, and he realized that the first battle was probably not the bay, but a threat from the air.

At this moment, in the entire German Southwest African colonies, there are 1,000 German Fokker E3 fighters, which are deployed in Monrovia, Tubmanburg and Banga, of which Banga is deep inland, in the rear, about 200 fighters; Monrovia, facing the sea, has 300 fighters deployed, and Fort Dobermanburg faces the Bomi River, focusing on defending against the Imperial Chinese Army, which is regarded as the main battlefield, so 500 fighters are deployed.

Whether or not it can block the attack of the Chinese Imperial Air Force is related to the ownership of air supremacy in the future, and Shi Lifen does not dare to be careless.

"I don't know which side the main attack direction of the Chinese Imperial Army is this time, what do you think?"

Seeing Shi Lifen asking, Tirpitz thought for a while and said: "Judging by the previous tactical thinking of the Chinese Empire's Shence Army, their main attack direction should be at sea, heading straight for Monrovia, after all, our main force is also in Monrovia, and a large number of war resources are also here, and the Chinese Empire will not want to fight a protracted war with us, so it will be eager to destroy our main force." ”

Schriep nodded, agreeing with Tirpitz's point of view, and immediately ordered all the troops around Monrovia to be deployed and enter positions to block the landing of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the beach.

At the same time, Schliefen also ordered the direction of Tubmanburg to be vigilant to prevent a sneak attack by the Chinese Imperial Army on the other side of the Bomi River.

An hour later, about 600 fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force flew over Monrovia, including 400 F17 fighters from the Air Force, another 200 F18 carrier-based fighters, and eight aircraft carriers from the Imperial Chinese Navy.

At this moment, nearly 600 German Fokker E3 fighters also took off over Monrovia, including the German Monrovia Air Force and German fighters who rushed to reinforce from the direction of Tubmanburg.

This was the largest air battle ever fought between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, and it was also the first time that the air forces of the two countries tested each other's strength, including testing the combat performance of the fighters of the two countries and the quality of the training of their fighter pilots.

Both the pilots of the German Imperial Air Force and the pilots of the Chinese Imperial Air Force are well-trained and excellent pilots, and even pilots with actual combat experience, and the pilots can be directly traced back to the ace air combat pilots during the World War.

It can be said that both the Chinese Empire and the German Empire actually wanted to save face, and in this first round of air battles, they sent their own country's most elite pilots and the most advanced fighters to show off their prestige.

The total number of fighters on both sides is basically equal, and the fight is all about the performance of the fighters and the skills of the pilots.

However, in terms of fighter performance, due to the lack of funds and technology in the German Empire, the Fokker E3 fighter lagged behind the F17\18 fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force in terms of performance.

The difference between the two is reflected in the fact that the speed of the F17\18 fighter has exceeded 220 kilometers per hour, while the maximum level flight speed of the Fokker E3 is only 180 kilometers per hour, a difference of 40 kilometers per hour, which is 11 meters per second when converted into seconds.

What is the concept of these eleven meters?

That is to say, when the technical level of the pilots of the two sides is the same, and the opponent's fighter is locked at the same time, if the pilot of the Chinese army does not need to calculate the flight advance of the enemy aircraft when firing, then the German pilot needs to calculate the advance of the opponent's fighter, and this advance amount is 11 meters away.

If we use a popular analogy, the fast Chinese Imperial fighter hits a fixed target, while the slow German Imperial fighter hits a moving target with a moving distance of 11 meters per second.

This is the shooting advantage of the fighter at high speed, without considering the technical ability of the pilot, it is obvious that the German Fokker E3 suffers a great loss in speed.

In terms of firepower, the F17\18 fighter is equipped with two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns with 1,200 rounds of ammunition, while the Fokker E3 fighter is equipped with only one 12.7 mm heavy machine gun with 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

In theory, although the firepower of the German Fokker E3 fighter is weaker, it is better to be more durable, and it takes a long time to fight two thousand rounds of ammunition with a heavy machine gun. The F17\18 fighters of the Imperial Air Force of China had two heavy machine guns firing at the same time, and the fire was fierce, and it was easier and more likely to hit the enemy aircraft and shoot it down than one heavy machine gun.

However, in actual combat, the contest between fighters is mostly a confrontation of flight technology, and the time to lock on to the enemy plane and open fire is very short, only a few seconds, and the victory will be decided. Therefore, on the contrary, the fierce F17\18 fighter has an advantage over the Fokker E3.

If you have to say that the German Fokker E3 fighter has sufficient ammunition and can fight for a long time and has a greater advantage, then the pilots of the F17\18 fighters of the Chinese Empire can run out of bullets and run.

This is the tactics specially formulated by the fighter designers of the Chinese Empire for the F17\18 fighter against the German Fokker E3 fighter, which has undergone rigorous theoretical tests.

Now in the skies over Monrovia, the Imperial Air Force of China has brought this tactic into full play.

Da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!

The sound of heavy machine gun fire in the air was incessant, and the pilots of the Imperial Chinese Air Force continued to shoot down the German Fokker E3 fighters by virtue of the speed and firepower superiority of the F17\18 fighters.

On the ground, Schliefen watched as the German fighters were shot down one after another, dragging a long tail of black smoke to crash to the ground, and every explosion shook the balls.