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West Africa, a German colony of Liberia, with the capital of the port of Monrovia. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tirpitz led a German fleet and personally escorted the Reich Minister of Defense, General Schriefen, to inspect the local German defense.

The Governor of Liberia, Lieutenant General Perrault, led local officials and troops to personally greet him at the port.

Many citizens of the German Empire who emigrated to Liberia exclaimed and took pictures when they saw the majestic warships of the German Imperial Navy fleet.

After disembarking from the battleship, Schriefen and Tirpitz received the salute and cheers of the local German people, but their expressions were ugly, they wanted to laugh but were not in the mood, but they could not cry and mourn.

This is because the fleet has been deliberately harassed by the Imperial Chinese Navy one after another, and it has almost missed its guns several times.

If it weren't for Shi Lifen's profound deeds and resolute refusal not to get mad, I am afraid that the Sino-German war would have started.

But this kind of forbearance is not something that Shi Li is happy with, he is so depressed.

But Governor Perrault didn't feel it, and licked his face to greet him, and he couldn't stop talking left and right. Schriefen came all the way from Berlin and constantly received reports about Liberia, and he already knew that this Governor Perrault was a wine bag and rice bag, which had slackened the German army's combat readiness in Liberia over the years.

If it weren't for Gu Nianpero being an old hero of the German Empire, Schriefen would have shot the other party at the first sight.

"Please bear with me a little longer, and we must not be angry at Governor Perrault in front of the German people who welcome us, which would undermine the majesty of the Reich."

Hearing Tirpitz's persuasion in his ear, Schliefen couldn't help but press down again.

"I'm tired, go back and rest immediately!"

There was nothing to say all the way, Perrault saw that Shi Lifen's face was wrong, and finally smelled something, and immediately sweated.

He quietly leaned over to Tirpitz and whispered, "General Tirpitz, can you help me!" ”

Seeing Perrault take the initiative to talk, Tirpitz was also unhappy, he also hated waste, especially in the military field. However, before leaving, Hitler specifically explained that this Perrault was also the target of wooing. Although Perrault is old and has limited ability, he has a wide circle of friends, after all, he is the founding minister of the German Empire, and many connections need him to help Hitler maintain it, so Tirpitz had to nod and agree and try to help.

As soon as he entered the Governor's Palace, Shi Lifen could no longer hold back his anger.

"Perrault, what have you done all these years? Look at the soldiers outside, all of them are yellow and thin, and then look at those equipment, the military expenses allocated to you every year are tens of millions of marks, and you are used on dogs! ”

The entire hall was like a ten-magnitude earthquake, and only the roar of Shi Lifen remained.

Perrault was so frightened that his legs weakened, he knelt on the ground, peed his pants in an instant, and kept asking for forgiveness from Shi Lifen.

Shi Lifen was already in a bad mood, and he was trying to find a punching bag, and in order to boost the morale of the German army, he wanted to make an example of the chickens.

Seeing that Schriefen was murderous and constantly brewing, Tirpitz also saw the excitement and immediately stood up to intercede.

"Honorable General Schrisen, allow me to intercede on behalf of Governor Perrault. Governor Perrault is indeed guilty of a heinous crime and should be shot, but now is not a good time to punish Governor Perrault, now that the Chinese Empire is constantly active in Walvis Bay Harbor, and it is about to invade German Southwest Africa militarily, if Governor Perrault is shot at this time, it will cause chaos and create an opportunity for the Chinese Imperial Army to attack. ”

Although he was very dissatisfied with Tirpitz's intercession with Governor Perrault, Schrietget had to admit that Tirpitz's analysis had some truth.

At the moment of the great enemy, it is a bit of an inopportune time to kill the biggest governor just after he arrives.

"What good advice do you have? I must send this Perot to a court-martial! ”

Shi Lifen asked angrily.

Perrault hurriedly looked at Tirpitz, full of pity.

Tirpitz then proposed: "Perrault is an old minister of the empire after all, there is no merit and hard work, killing him will make people feel cold, it is better to let him bear the guilt and make meritorious service, this time Liberia is in crisis, war is about to break out, Governor Perrault must be useful." ”

Schria Fen then fell into thought.

At this time, there was a sudden burst of exclamations outside.

"Oh my God, there are such huge warships in the world!"

"I thought that the Imperial battleship Bismarck was already the largest battleship in the world, but I didn't expect that there would be a big guy who surpassed the Bismarck battleship."

"Look at the flag on it, it turns out to be the Chinese Empire!"

The dragon flag fluttered in the wind, making all the Germans on the coast who saw it instantly envious and jealous.

Why such a huge ship is not from the German Empire, but the warship of the Chinese Empire, the enemy of the German Empire, is the fundamental reason why these people are so envious, jealous and hateful.

"Pull the alarm! Equip Battle! ”

Seeing that Shi Li gave him a look, Perrault hurriedly understood, and while he was still the governor, he immediately issued a battle order.

For a time, the terrible sound of battle sirens resounded throughout the fortress base of Monrovia.

Hearing this, the German soldiers quickly rushed out of the barracks and into various fortress batteries and coastal fortifications.

"Bastard, it's just two battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that scared you like this?"

Shi Lifen roared instantly, full of speechlessness and embarrassment.

Tirpitz then said: "General Schriefen is angry, although this Perrault is a little too nervous, but it just shows that he is still very crisis-conscious, the empire is now in a critical moment, there are not many people with such a sense of crisis!" ”

Being explained by Tirpitz made Schriefen feel a little reasonable, and the eyes that looked at Perrault were no longer so blindly disgusted, but had a little more appreciation.

"Okay, let him make meritorious deeds! If Liberia can't hold it, I'll shoot him right away! ”

Schrippen finally relented, and Perrault finally survived the line of death.

However, when Schrie went to inspect the various war fortifications, Perrault found a gap and quietly expressed his dissatisfaction with Tirpitz.

"General Tirpitz, we are all doing things for Mr. Hitler, why don't you defend me?"

Perrault was still upset by Tirpitz's words, even though Tirpitz saved his life in the end.

Tirpitz did not defend himself, but whispered: "Don't worry, no matter what Schriefen says, he will not be able to return to Berlin in the end." ”

Perrault was also an old fox, and immediately understood what Tirpitz meant, and immediately laughed wickedly.

At this moment, coming to the commanding heights of the fortress and standing on the watchtower, Shi Lifen stared at the two behemoths in the bay in front of him with a serious face.

In order to show off its strength and flex its muscles against the German Empire, the Imperial Chinese Navy sent two super battleships, the battleship Shihuang the Great and the battleship of the Han Dynasty, to the west coast of Africa and stationed in Roberts Harbor in the Walvis Bay region, only 200 kilometers away from Monrovia.

The Walvis Bay area was originally part of Liberia, but in the early 19th century, the British Empire was the first to occupy the area, but not all of Liberia, allowing the later German Empire to occupy Liberia. As a result, the whole of Liberia was a colony of the German Empire, except for the Walvis Bay area, which was under the control of the Chinese Empire.

The Walvis Bay area is next to Monrovia, both of which are cities bordering the sea, and the land border between the two sides is a Big Horn Mountain and a thin rice river, so when the Chinese Imperial Navy learned that Schliefen had just arrived at Monrovia Port, it immediately sent two Empire-class battleships with the world's largest tonnage and strongest firepower to Monrovia Bay to show off their force, just to slap Schriefen in the face in front of all the Germans there.

At this moment, inside the bridge of the battleship First Emperor, the bridge staff officer was reporting to the captain of the ship, Vice Admiral Lin Yongsheng.

"Report to the captain, I found that the German troops on the opposite side have entered a combat state, whether to continue to advance, please instruct!"

Lin Yongsheng had an excited expression on his face, and through the glass window of the bridge, the mobilization of the German army in the high-powered telescope could be seen at a glance.

"Order all departments to be ready for battle, but no fire is allowed without my order!"

"Yes!"

Orders were quickly sent to all cabins and departments through the ship's telephone system, and soon in the main gun turrets of the battleship the First Emperor, shells ranging from tens of kilograms to hundreds of kilograms were sent into the chambers, especially the twelve main guns.

Outside the battleship, the most conspicuous thing was the four triple 461mm guns, the 2,000-ton giant turret that was two stories high and began to rotate with a huge roar. The 23-meter-long barrel does not reflect in the sun, and the muzzle can easily accommodate an adult inside.

At the same time, the battleship Wu the Great of Han, which was following the battleship Shi Huang the Great, also made a combat maneuver, the main gun shells were loaded, and the muzzle of the guns was aimed at the German fortresses and coastal defense positions more than ten nautical miles away.

Only two super-battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy entered the bay, and the aircraft carriers did not join, not even a frigate.

In the eyes of Schliefen and other German troops on the other side of the river, this behavior of the Imperial Chinese Navy is like Chiguoguo's outfit B, which will be struck by lightning sooner or later.

However, in the minds of the Imperial Chinese Navy, they knew very well what they were doing, and they never fought unprepared battles, which has always been their creed.

And this time such an arrogant invasion of the German military harbor was actually to deliberately provoke and lead the German army to take the lead in firing artillery, so that the Chinese Empire would have an excuse to go to war.

In fact, it was also because the plan could not keep up with the changes that the Chinese Empire originally designed to deliberately provoke the local Liberian guerrillas and let them cross the border to attack the Chinese Imperial garrison, so as to get an excuse to attack German Southwest Africa. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, the Liberian guerrillas abruptly terminated their operations and did not cross the border to attack the Chinese Imperial Army, resulting in the postponement of the war plan that the Chinese Empire had already planned.

As a result, Lin Yongsheng led two of the most powerful super battleships of the Chinese Empire to provoke the matter.

At this moment, Lin Yongsheng wished that the German army would hurry up and couldn't help but fire, and even ordered the main gun muzzle to be aimed at the German position, this is Chiguoguo's war provocation, and if you are a bloody soldier of any country, you will be angry in an instant, and then give the order to attack.

"General Shi Lifen, please give the order to open fire!"

"Yes, if we don't fire any more, we'll be in danger!"

Seeing that the two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy were getting closer and closer, and were being targeted by the pitch-black and huge muzzles of the gate, all the German officers and soldiers were so frightened that their hairs stood upside down and their legs went limp.

You know, it's an eighteen-inch giant naval gun!

A shell weighs 1.5 tons, the diameter of destruction is as high as 500 meters, and the flesh and blood directly blow you into steam and ashes, that kind of horror is difficult for even soldiers with high psychological quality to bear.

"Bastard, what do you know? We can't fire first, or we'll give the Chinese Empire an excuse to attack us! ”

Shi Lifen scolded mercilessly.

"But general, their guns are already aimed at us, and they have entered our territorial waters, and we have the right to defend ourselves and fight back."

These German officers did not understand that it was clearly stated in the Constitution of the German Empire that the baseline of Germany's territorial waters was 12 nautical miles, and once a foreign warship entered this range, it would be a military provocation against the German Empire, and if the guns were aimed at the territory of the German Empire, then the German army could regard it as a war provocation and had the right to defend itself and return fire.

However, this constitution is only valid for those countries whose military strength is lower than that of the German Empire, and for the Chinese Empire, the powerful maritime military power far exceeds that of the German Empire, and if the warships of the Chinese Empire break into the territorial waters of the German Empire and the German Imperial army opens fire, then it may not be the Chinese Imperial Navy that suffers, but the German Imperial military itself.

If I had to sum it up in four words, it would be the law of the jungle.

Schriefen's face darkened, and the anger in his heart was only greater than that of any German around him, but he was calm, he knew what he was here for, and he had to be patient, and first do a good job of the defense of the colony, and then talk about the matter of dignity. Because he knows very well that if there is no strength, there is no dignity.

Tirpitz saw that Schridfen was not as angry as he expected, so he had to give Perrault a look, and the latter understood, so he called a confidant officer and gave a few orders.

The officer quietly departed, and soon came to a coastal fortified battery, where he gave the order to open fire to the officer on combat duty.

A cannon rang out.

The German fortress battery No. 3 opened fire, and shells whizzed towards the battleship the First Emperor.

At that moment, Shi Li was furious.

"Damn, what bastard shot it!"