"What, the supply ship Brijander has been sunk! It's not that the German fleet is preparing to enter the Indian Ocean, why did it go to the South Pacific again! In the Prime Minister's Office in London, Prime Minister Asquith threw the telegram to the Admiral Secretary Churchill with a calm face, and after Churchill glanced at it, he immediately put it to Lord Fisher, who was sitting next to him.

Fisher obviously had a plan for the activities of this Spee fleet, and immediately got up and reported to the Prime Minister who was looking unkind at the moment, "Your Excellency, Sir Duster has led the battle patrol fleet to the South Pacific, and our strength in this sea area is enough to annihilate the German fleet, but it will obviously take some time...... Moreover, we all privately believe that the Chinese seem to be secretly helping the Germans! ”

"Chinese...... It will definitely help the Germans, just as the United States has already joined our camp, there is no doubt about that...... The problem is that we cannot force the Chinese into the camp of the Germans on the Far East Pacific issue, and if that happens, in the Far East we will simply not be able to stop the ground offensive launched by the Chinese from the north and east of India! We also have to consider whether Chinese will land in Australia or even Africa...... They have too much population and military potential! Prime Minister Asquith frowned, slapped the table hard, and came to a conclusion that surprised Fisher.

Churchill apparently immediately understood Prime Minister Asquith's intentions, and the Spee fleet had become a major problem for China to test the naval strength of the Royal Navy and the Allied powers, and if it could not provide a deterrent result, it would be more difficult for Britain to reach a further European war agreement with the emerging military power in the Far East.

He gently patted Fisher's shoulder, then turned his head and asked: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I suggest communicating with the US government as soon as possible, and wait for the US Pacific Second Fleet to arrive in the South Pacific, and then launch an encirclement and suppression of the Spee's fleet, which will ensure that the Chinese will not make dangerous actions!" But my concern is whether the Speese fleet will re-enter the Indian Ocean, or into the now warring colony of Cochinchina...... Most likely, the Chinese will release water on such issues! ”

Prime Minister Asquith was quick to make a decision, but the veteran British politician was quite right in assessing China's power. However, there was a deviation in the assessment of the Spee fleet and the old man Spee......

"This old Shi Tou has a few brushes, and he is still playful...... Not to be underestimated! He had such a bold plan! Report the news to the command and Beijing immediately! "In the Hawaii military port, Liu Hetu, commander of the battleship Chang'an and commander of the Hawaiian squadron, stood in front of the charts. While clicking on the chart and pointing to the marks of the British and American fleets and the Spee fleet on the chart, he said with emotion to Shi Biao, the chief of staff of the fleet who was reading the telegram.

Shi Biao, chief of staff of Major General Shi, is also a veteran of Nanyang, but this soldier, who has risen from a gunslinger officer to the position of a senior officer, finally chose a fleet staff officer. Instead of the battleship commander, who apparently also found a stage for him to play, he took out a measuring ruler and sketched it on the chart, and then said with certainty: "It should be difficult for the British and Americans to predict the movements of the Spee's fleet, which is enough to cause a great panic throughout the United States of America, but ...... I'm afraid that if Spee does not pass through our defense zone, it will be difficult for him to evade the interception of the two US detachments! ”

This inference made Liu Hetu obviously not satisfied, and immediately asked: "We help to fight the outpost, and we can't get the Germans to return to the South Taiping?" ”

"It's hard. And the British and Yankees are not stupid, I'm afraid they will be in big trouble! Shi Biao drew several fleet search circles on the chart, and the Spee fleet had now left the American and British fleets far away and arrived at the sea area 300 kilometers west of the French Polynesian island northwest of New Zealand, and the Germans did not attack this small colony this time, apparently to hide their whereabouts.

Shi Biao frowned, earlier Spee's fleet sailed all the way from the Indian Ocean to the South Pacific, and hid near the Samoan Islands to rest, and also relied on the Chinese Navy to provide timely information, and even the Germans sank several British and American merchant ships on the way. Holding prisoners, and at the same time using a large number of night voyages, avoided the eyes and ears of various countries!

However, this method can only work when Britain and the United States are not aware of the direction of the Speese fleet, otherwise the other side will search in the same sea area. It will be found that a large number of Chinese fleets are also doing the same thing, which will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble...... This is a problem that the South China Military Region Command has repeatedly stressed to avoid...... After all, China has not yet announced its entry into the war, and it is absolutely not allowed to be diplomatically passive because of these small details.

"That is to say...... Spee also saw the operation as a major adventure! Liu Hetu stood at the window and said thoughtfully, then turned around and gestured back and forth in front of the chart for a while, "No matter what, let the 23 destroyer team help Germany look at the wind first." At least don't let the Yankees notice! ”

When the Ministry of Military Affairs in Beijing received a telegram from the Hawaiian Squadron and learned that the Spee fleet had changed its plan to launch an attack on the coast of Australia because of an unexpected interception in the direction of New Zealand, and turned to the west coast of the United States to prepare for a big fight, Xu Shoushan was obviously also very surprised, and the original plan was that the Spee fleet would break diplomatic relations in New Zealand to attract a part of the American and British fleets, and then carry out a medium-scale ambush off the coast of Australia in an effort to annihilate a part of the Allied fleet.

Of course, Beijing has obviously never pinned its strategy on the German squadron, and for the strategy of China as a whole, dragging down the maritime power of the United States and Britain in the Far East and making it impossible for the United States to calmly join the European war sequence is the most important result.

Spee's fleet was clearly heading in this direction, but abandoning the immediate objective in favor of attacking the weaker West Coast of the United States, while a clever move, also brought great risks, with a range of more than 6,000 kilometers from New Zealand to the West Coast, which was almost beyond the single maximum range of most German warships...... Of course, this can be done by capturing coal carriers, freeport supplies.

An even greater risk lies in the fact that long-range radio communications have long been militarized with today's widespread radio equipment, which means that in the event of an encounter with a hostile warship on the way, the Germans' plans are likely to be leaked......

"What's the matter if it's leaked?" Xue Chao, who is participating in the reorganization of the new army in the Ministry of Military Affairs, gave an answer that Xu Shoushan also recognized, "The Yankees' fleet has gone to help Australia, and there is no fleet on the west coast except for the thunder, and the time to react to them is very limited, and the most that can be done is to strengthen the vigilance...... But this can stop the 13.5-inch cannon barrel from exerting its might! ”

Xu Shoushan actually admires Xue Chao's big mouth, this thing can see the main point, the use value of the Shi Pei fleet is only that they can expand the military conflict in the Far East, and China's involvement in the European war is actually a matter of time, but as the top military general who formulates the entire grand strategy, he wants to make this decision, in fact, it is still very difficult, once he participates in the war, the loss of warships and armaments is secondary, but the whole country will be under tremendous pressure, how many soldiers will spill blood on the battlefield, That's where he made the hard choice.

Just as he was discussing with a group of senior officers and staff officers how to deal with the new changes in the Pacific, Qin Kai walked in surrounded by more than a dozen officers, which immediately caused a small commotion, but fortunately, Qin Kai first signaled that there was no need to salute and continued the topic, which made the discussion focus on the Pacific Ocean again.

After the German ** regiment joined the French Cochinchina War, thanks to the rebellion of the South Vietnamese rebel army and the French servant army, in the past two months, the remaining French ** team was almost suppressed at a rapid speed in the coastal city of La Chagan, less than 50 kilometers south of Long Chuan.

After the Germans almost completely controlled the French Cochinchina, they had begun to reorganize the South Vietnamese servant army and the rebel army, continued to march to the Kingdom of Cambodia, and with the support of the Cambodian rebels, they began to attack the towns controlled by the French ** team on a large scale, and the development of the war was almost a copy of Cochinchina, and the French were being defeated one by one.

The defeat of the French is attracting great attention from the British, you know, once the Kingdom of Cambodia is free from French rule, it means that this Far East army controlled by the Germans will be able to attack part of the British-controlled Burmese territory through Cambodia and transit through Thailand, and at that time, Britain will have to face the terrible situation of a jungle war with Germany...... Behind this terrible situation stood a powerful Chinese empire in the Far East.

Of course, the reason why Qin Kai can come to the Ministry of Military Affairs today is naturally the North American offensive that the Spee fleet is about to detonate, according to the intelligence compiled by the Intelligence Department and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the entire West Coast of the United States, except for the San Diego military base in California, it is estimated that other coastal cities will encounter a fatal baptism of shells, the only question is how many shells did the old man Speeze bring...... And this problem is actually very easy to solve, it just depends on whether Lu Han is willing to send some points.

However, once the Americans are hurt, I am afraid that the entire Pacific Ocean will be turned into a pot of hot oil, and the Speese fleet will be the cold water poured into it, and the United States will be put in a hot pan to fry the object, what kind of violent reaction will be made, I am afraid Qin Kai is not easy to predict! And this ...... It is precisely the direction of transformation that Qin Kai and the Beijing government are most willing to accept...... In any case, China, which has the initiative and decision-making power at that time, will be the big winner! (To be continued.) )