On April 7, 3983, the Imperial Chinese Navy assembled at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Ezo and pledged to encircle and suppress the Viking Regiment.

Under the blue sky, colorful flags fluttered.

Today is not only the day of the Imperial Chinese Navy's encirclement and suppression of pirates, but also the day when the newest and most powerful Dreadnought-class battleship of the Chinese Empire participated in actual combat for the first time after entering service.

The twelve Dreadnought-class battleships, which have been under construction since February 3980, have now all completed sea trials and are officially in service with the Imperial Chinese Navy combat sequence.

With the completion and commissioning of the Chinese Imperial Dreadnought-class battleships, the world's navies entered the dreadnought era in advance, and the main warships of the European and American navies were all obsolete overnight, and they were far behind the Chinese Imperial Navy, and since then they have lagged behind the Chinese Imperial Navy for a whole generation.

The dreadnought-class battleships were given the "none" number within the Imperial Chinese Navy, which were dreadnoughts [BB-10], invincible ships [BB-11], invincible ships [BB-12], incomparable ships [BB-13], unrivaled ships [BB-14], infinity ships [BB-15], worthy ships [BB-16], worryless ships [BB-17], worryless ships [BB-18], flawless ships [BB-19], no regrets ships [BB-20], infinity ships [BB-21], and endless ships [ BB-22】。

The first dreadnought battleship built in 3980 was given the Dreadnought by the Imperial Chinese Navy with the port number BB-10. In accordance with the practice of the Imperial Chinese Navy, this test ship was incorporated into the Jiangnan Naval Ship Academy for teaching purposes.

This approach of the Imperial Chinese Navy is the envy of the navies of all countries in the world, you must know that they have not yet entered service with dreadnought battleships, and the previous battleships were called pre-dreadnought, and in front of dreadnought battleships, they became obsolete in an instant. However, the Chinese Empire commissioned twelve dreadnought battleships in one go, which was completely a direct crushing of the navies of Europe and the United States.

They are also jealous of the naval academies of all countries in the world, which can only use sail warships to train cadets, but the Imperial Chinese Naval Naval Academy is willing to use the latest and strongest dreadnought battleships for the cadets to learn, which makes the naval cadets of all countries very jealous.

However, although these thirteen dreadnought-class battleships are all given the same class and the same name, they should actually belong to two classes.

The biggest difference is the caliber of the main gun on board. The first battleship to be completed and tested was equipped with four triple 305 mm 50 x diameter guns, but during the construction of the next twelve battleships, due to the pressure of the 343 mm guns of Britain, the United States and Japan, it was finally modified and replaced with 305 mm guns and replaced with four triple 330 mm 45 x diameter guns.

In fact, the Chinese Imperial Navy has already numbered the Dreadnought as a separate Dreadnought-class battleship, and there is only one, and it is still a battleship that does not participate in the war. Twelve later battleships, listed as battleships of the Invincible class. But the European and American powers were accustomed to calling these new battleships of the Chinese Empire Dreadnought-class battleships, so the Imperial Chinese Navy did not bother to explain.

In addition, at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, there are 24 Chunyue-class heavy cruisers, 24 Fu-class light cruisers, 24 Great Egret-class anti-submarine destroyers, 24 Carp-class submarines, 72 frigates, and dozens of supply ships, hospital ships, and tugboats.

Among them, the Great Egret-class anti-submarine destroyer fought with the fleet for the first time, and was named the Great Egret, which is intended to indicate the anti-submarine function of the destroyer of this class, if the submarine is compared to a fish, then the anti-submarine destroyer is a seabird, and the Great Egret is the existence of the strongest fishing ability among the seabirds.

In addition, the Hsiungfeng-class battleships and Zhongning-class armored cruisers, these battleships built ten years ago, and even the older Dingyuan-class ironclad ships and Haiqi-class dome-class cruisers, are now old, with aging equipment and high maintenance costs.

This time, the Imperial Chinese Navy almost exhausted its main force, with more than 200 warships, which was definitely the largest sortie in the history of the Imperial Chinese Navy so far.

With such a large scale, just to encircle and suppress the Viking group is a bit of a fuss.

But if you know that there are three princes of the dynasty who went to sea with the fleet this time, then there will be no fuss.

The eldest prince Li Jiacheng, the second prince Li Yifeng, the third prince Li Lianjie, the three princes have just turned eighteen years old now, and they are about to be canonized as princes.

Admiral Li Weijun, commander of the Imperial Chinese Navy, served as the examiner of the three princes, and since Chen Shaoyi voluntarily resigned, Li Weiguo finally came out of the way and sat in the position of commander of the fleet.

Of course, Li Weijun is also a royal relative, Li Weiguo's cousin, according to his seniority, he is the royal uncle of the three princes, if he is replaced by someone else as an examiner, he may not be able to suppress the three princes.

"Your Royal Highness, three princes, before you go, I'll tell you about the rules."

Li Weijun took out a document and read it out loud.

"The three royal highnesses will each lead and command a battleship, and I have battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, anti-submarine destroyers, frigates, and submarines to choose from. In this expedition, the three princes must sink at least one pirate ship to complete the mission. If the task is not completed, the title of Prince will not be granted for the time being. ”

"Battleships, of course! The cannon of the giant ship can blow up the pirate ship with one shot, and it is the safest! ”

The eldest prince immediately made his choice.

Li Weijun didn't say anything, turned to the second prince, and asked, "The eldest prince has already made a choice, what about the second prince?" ”

The second prince glanced at the eldest prince, then at the third prince, and then replied: "I haven't thought about it yet, you can ask the third brother first!" ”

Li Weijun smiled slightly, still silent, turned to the three princes and asked, "Which one do the three princes choose?" ”

The biological mother of the third prince is Su Sanniang, the queen of the West Palace, who has been influenced by Su Sanniang since childhood, has practiced martial arts since childhood, and has a good understanding of military affairs.

He made his choice without even thinking about it.

"I choose anti-submarine destroyers!"

Li Weijun nodded, so he asked the second prince in turn.

"The second prince has thought about it?"

"If you think about it, I will also choose an anti-submarine destroyer!"

The second prince smiled, obviously he was very shrewd, he knew about marching and fighting, and he still learned a lot from the third prince, after all, the third prince had his mother's genetics! I think the military aspect will not be too bad!

Burst!

The eldest prince suddenly rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I said the second child, you are really good at calculating, the shrewdness of the second emperor has really been inherited to you!" ”

The second emperor is referring to Shen Ziyan, the queen of the East Palace, who was born as a businessman and is the most shrewd. And the biological mother of the eldest prince is Fu Shanxiang, the queen of the main palace.

"Of course, the eldest brother and the third brother have to come on, my IQ is the highest here, haha!"

The second prince laughed unabashedly, and was immediately stared at by the eldest prince and the third prince.

Because the relationship between the queens of the three palaces is the best, their children are also very close to each other, more like brothers of the same mother.

Li Weijun then said: "Since you have made a good choice, then I will assign you a position." ”

"The eldest prince went to serve on the battleship Third Fleet Mushuang, temporarily served as the acting captain of the Wushuang, and followed the main force of the fleet!"

"The second prince will serve on the Heron, the second detachment of the anti-submarine destroyer fleet, and temporarily serve as the acting captain of the Heron, and you will serve as an advance fleet and go to the waters of the Marshall Islands to carry out missions!"

"The third prince went to serve on the Tiger Heron of the Third Detachment of the Anti-submarine Destroyer Fleet, temporarily serving as the acting captain of the Tiger Heron, and you also served as an advance fleet to carry out missions in the waters of the East Solomon Islands!"

"Did you hear it all?"

The three princes were stunned for a moment, especially the second prince, and immediately asked, "Then why don't I act together with the third brother?" ”

Li Weijun smiled: "Of course we don't act together anymore!" Separate yourselves and act separately! ”

The second prince was dumbfounded, Nima didn't act together, so how could he learn from the third prince!

The eldest prince immediately patted the left shoulder of the second prince, and deliberately squeezed and said, "Second brother, this time I miscalculated!" ”

The third prince also saw the same, patted the second prince's right shoulder, and gloated: "Second brother, don't worry, you are the smartest!" ”

The second prince was speechless.

Li Weijun then called the herald, took the three princes to change into captains' uniforms, and then sent them to their respective posts.

Of course, Li Weijun had to secretly tell his subordinates not only to ensure the authenticity of the assessment results, but also to ensure the personal safety of the three princes.

These are three hot potatoes, if something happens, it will be a big thing that will break the sky, and you have to be careful.

The addition of the three princes greatly boosted the morale of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

But for Li Weijun, he hopes to end the assessment quickly, send the three princes away quickly, and stay for one more day, so that he will be a little more worried.

On the bridge of the battleship Invincible, the flagship of the fleet, Li Weijun picked up the telephone and took a deep breath.

"Attention ships, I'm Li Weijun, now listen to my orders and prepare to set sail!"

Doodoo ......

The whistle sounded, and the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy slowly sailed away from the dock, and the military band on the shore quickly played "The Dawn of Heroes" to see off the Imperial Navy.

At the same time, in the waters near Pearl Harbor, on a fishing boat, several American spies pretending to be fishermen also learned that the Imperial Chinese Navy had dispatched to suppress pirates.

"Quickly inform the base camp of the news that the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy is pouring out!"

"By the way, tell them that the three princes of the Chinese Empire are also in the fleet!"

"The identities of these three princes are very noble, they are the eldest sons of the three queens of the Chinese Empire, if they can be killed, or they can be captured, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to the Chinese Empire!"

"Understood!"

The fishing boat departed, and a few hours later, an encrypted telegram was secretly sent from Honolulu to the White House.

At the same time, the Telecommunications Section of the Intelligence Station of the Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D. in Honolulu.

"Report, Director, just intercepted a secret telegram!"

"Crack it quickly!"

"Yes!"

An hour later, the contents of the telegram were cracked by cryptographic experts from S.H.I.E.L.D., and then sent back to the Forbidden City, the headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Cheng Kun took the information and hurriedly asked to see Li Weiguo.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Li Weiguo laughed instead.

"The big fish is about to take the bait!"

Cheng Kun was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, you won't deliberately send the three princes to the battlefield and deliberately lure the pirates!" ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "If we just send the navy to encircle and suppress the pirates, the pirates will hide, and in the vast sea, it is more than enough to hide a hundred pirate ships." Our fleet is pouring out, and the cost is huge and cannot last, so the extermination of pirates must be done quickly. ”

Cheng Kun immediately understood Li Weiguo's intentions, but he was worried: "Those three princes are afraid that they are in danger, and the ministers will send people to protect them secretly." ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Don't interfere with your people, the three children are adults, it's time for them to experience and experience." As the princes of the empire, they were born with a golden key in their mouths, and they were superior to others. But they also have to pay for it, that is, they have lost their freedom, and they have to sacrifice everything for the empire and the royal family all the time in their lives, and they must understand this truth. ”

Cheng Kun was stunned for a moment, and then said with emotion: "Your Majesty still sees the problem far and thoroughly!" ”

"Okay, do more with less sycophants!"

Li Weiguo smiled, and then said with a straight face: "The Viking Regiment is just a move for the British to jump over the wall, this time the main force of our navy is exhausted, on the one hand, it is to exterminate the pirates, and more importantly, it is to have a sufficient excuse to prepare for war." ”

Cheng Kun was taken aback, and listened to Li Weiguo's tone, this is preparing for war against Britain.

"Your Majesty, have you decided?"

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Of course!" Otherwise it won't tell you! The reason why I told you in advance is to ask your intelligence department to make all preparations before the war. ”

Cheng Kun immediately replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, China S.H.I.E.L.D. will always be the vanguard army, and we will definitely fight beautifully in the first battle!" ”

Before the start of any war, the intelligence war precedes the start of the war, and to a large extent determines the outcome of the war.

In the previous five Sino-British wars, the British were the first to provoke, because at that time the British were strong and the Chinese Empire was weak. But now it's different, the Chinese Empire has really risen, and this time, it will be the Chinese Empire that will take the initiative to provoke a war!

At the same time, the leader of the Viking Regiment, Lieutenant General James, also went into action.

When he learned that the Chinese Imperial Navy was dispatching, he naturally wanted to avoid the edge for the time being, but when he learned that the three heavyweight princes of the Chinese Empire were also on the expedition and were assigned to command a warship alone, the news immediately moved him.

"It's just three teenagers, they don't have any actual combat experience, they are easily impulsive, as long as they plan carefully, it's not impossible to pull out their teeth!"

Thinking of this, James immediately convened a meeting to prepare to hunt down the three princes of the Chinese Empire.

As a result, a hunting and counter-hunting operation quietly began. (To be continued.) )