After receiving feedback from the northwest, it took the fastest time to complete the preparations, hoping that the operation would officially begin, and the German army's mobility was certain before World War I, especially when the European continent was covered with war clouds, from top to bottom, almost in a short period of time, the work of personnel transfer was done, and the Admiralty, which had been mobilized, let this task be assigned at a graded rate at an incredible speed, and the personnel transfer and preparation work were carried out in an orderly manner.

But in front of Tirpitz is the commander of this detachment that may be the most powerful sub-fleet of the German High Seas Fleet in the future, 9 capital ships, and they are all cutting-edge, super dreadnought level, not to mention the strength of the air phase, even if it is Orion, because of the appearance of armor, power, and 15-inch naval guns, it has become extremely powerful, I am afraid it is comparable to the Bavarian class, so it is obviously a fleet one level higher than the main fleet, and even has the speed of battle cruises. But the perverted battleship with the firepower and armor protection level of a battleship, the fleet with the strongest maneuverability and even the natural killer of the battle cruiser, will surely become a sharp knife for the high seas fleet, and such a fleet commander must choose an excellent one.

Initially, there were 4 candidates with Tirpitz, and after careful consideration, Tirpitz excluded the other three, selected the most satisfactory candidate, and finally gave the position of commander to Reinhardt? Scheer. At present, Scheer is the head of the General Affairs of the Admiralty, and is considered the staunchest supporter of Tirpitz, of course, in the Admiralty can only be regarded as one of the important figures, the current commander of the High Seas Fleet is Holdendorff, and the chief of staff is Hugo? Feng? Bohr.

Scheer is exactly fifty years old this year. He is a naval officer in the prime of life, and has a deep study of naval warfare. At the time of being a submarine commander, a battleship captain. He was originally going to seek the position of chief of staff of the High Seas Fleet, but he was sent by Tirpitz to the Far East to receive a batch of warships, which more or less surprised him, but out of obedience to Tirpitz, he did not say anything and voluntarily obeyed the order.

Scher's table xiàn. Tirpitz was very satisfied, and now only Wilhelm II, the chief of staff of the army, Moltke Jr., and the Reich Chancellor knew about the size of the warships, and he did not want to expand the news, and Scheer's cousin was very satisfactory to him, and he asked Scheer to contact Vice Admiral Spee, most of their officers and some professional naval soldiers. Will go to the Far East with Spee. 、

In this way, Scheer took with him the officers who had been stuffed under his command, most of whom he had heard of, and even seen, the more cutting-edge officers and captains of the navy. Although they are not capital ships, they are also a group of relatively backbone personnel, such a large number. There are at least 20 people who can be captains, and there are so many ships in the Far East. Especially some who have served as the deputy captain of a battleship and the captain of a heavy ship, only a battleship can fulfill their duties?

Spee's fleet. After receiving the order, they set off quickly, Scheer and they disguised themselves as sailors, secretly boarded the ship, they were a little confused in their hearts, where were they going, and what was it that greeted them next? Later, Scheer even wrote in his memoirs that this journey of less than 2 months was simply mental torture, and he even wondered all the time on the road whether he had offended someone and was assigned, and that reason was simply unbelievable.

Similar to Scheer and others, there were many ordinary sailors and officers, who were not qualified to go to the return fleet of the East Asian Fleet, and they were all in batches, coming down from the original battleships, especially some former dreadnoughts and armored cruisers, almost the whole ship came down, and the rest were some reservists and temporary pilots, so that these battleships could barely move.

These former capital ships, but can not become the most important force of the navy, some chicken ribs, they have not been built for a long time, the rapid development of the arms race and the level of science and technology, so that their warships quickly fall behind, their greater expectations in their hearts, perhaps just faster to reload to the new ship, one after another cutting-edge battleships into service, for any sailor, to be able to stand on the battleship, the most powerful human beings, above the weapon, is the ultimate pursuit of a sailor.

Most of the sailors still had a lot of doubts in their minds, but the German navy soldiers, who emphasized discipline, obeyed the order, assembled according to the order, and entered Basra with a redress and a batch of the Baghdad railway.

Large-scale troop movements, even if they are carried out in secret, but under the premise that the number increases to a certain extent, it is easy to be discovered, not to mention, the Baghdad railway, because of the strategic relationship, is still concerned by the British, fortunately, it is already in the later stage, and the British intelligence service only found that there may be 3000-4000 German soldiers, through the Guò Berlin to Istanbul railway, into the territory of Turkey, the intention is unknown.

At this moment, some of them frightened Britain, and the previous Turkish intervention in the second Balkan war is still vivid, if it were not for the first Balkan war, Turkey, which was greatly weakened,

The sudden rise restored the strength of the army, and accepted the invitation of Bulgaria to attack Greece and Serbia, and defeated the combined forces of Greece and Serbia, so that Turkey not only recovered a large amount of occupied territory, but also forced Greece and Serbia into a desperate situation, and Turkey's move made the situation in Europe as bad as it is now.

Now with the joint efforts of all parties, the situation in Europe has stabilized, and there is no new action in the Balkans, which has bought time for Britain, but now Germany has sent so many personnel, especially naval personnel, to Turkey, what is it for, soon, the warships ordered by Turkey in Britain and Germany respectively appeared in the archives of the British intelligence services, this capital ship that is about to be launched is quite strong, if Turkey is to take this as the core, build a modern navy, It would be very terrible, the battleship maneuvering in the hands of the Turkish Navy and the manipulation into the hands of the German Navy was very different.

A capital ship, and a capital ship that could play its full role, appeared in the Mediterranean, which had an incalculable impact on the entire Mediterranean shape of Britain, as well as the balance of power in the Balkans, and Britain protested against Germany's interference in Turkey almost instantly.

The protest of the British frightened the Germans, and also confused Turkey, and thought that their actions were discovered by the British, hoping that the action did not even start, and then collapsed and sank into the sand, which was the worst result, and after careful exploration, it was found that the British found only less than a quarter, and only three or four thousand people, and the purpose was wrong, and it became Turkey that Germany was helping.

Germany itself is greatly wooing Turkey, and now that Britain has changed its gaze and is aiming in the wrong direction, it will be calculated, maybe this time it will become a good thing, and give Germany a good chance, especially since Mulmer has determined that at least 6 battleships have begun the final construction process, not to mention other fleets, just 9 capital ships, it is enough to greatly increase the strength of the German Navy, in this case, some warships will not have much effect. After careful discussion in the Admiralty, Germany decided to sell the Moltke-class battlecruiser Goeben to the Turkish Navy in order to strengthen their navy and form a Dardanelles fleet for activities in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Turkey had sought to improve its naval strength, otherwise it would not have ordered British battleships around 1911, which were battleships with 10 five-seat twin 13.5mm guns, except for a slightly slower speed, they were absolute capital ships, and even in the past history, this year, because Brazil could not afford to pay the final payment, they also included the famous seven-gun turret holy relic, which was equivalent to buying two battleships in full at once. It's a pity that these warships, which were paid in full, were forcibly seized after the outbreak of World War I because of Britain, which also made Turkey join the camp of the Allies with hatred.

Now, the warship, whose real name is Resadih, has not yet been launched, and even the overall project is only 70% complete, and now Turkey has paid less than 1 million pounds. One qiē but all changed, a real capital ship, still in service, and the incomparably powerful battle cruiser landed on the head of Turkey.

Turkey was almost stunned by this pie that fell from the sky, they were all pursuing capital ships, but they did not expect that Germany would hand over the active capital ships to them, and even promised that as long as Germany's new batch of capital ships entered active service, the improved model of the Moltke class Seydlitz type could also be handed over to Turkey, so that Turkey's navy could have 2 capital ships, and re-stand in the position of a naval power, and would not be pressed and beaten by Greece.

Turkey is still very rich, after getting the notice from Germany, there is almost no hesitation, with the front, rushed to Berlin, and signed an agreement with Berlin to buy this Goben, Germany is to divert the attention of the British, fake drama is really done, plus in the Far East to take a lot of advantage, one time to take over a huge fleet, pay only the previous occupation of territory and a small amount of investment, plus Turkey is also worth wooing, even if it is given to the battleship, it is also its own sequence, so in the bidding price, It's not particularly high, this battleship that has just been in service for less than a year, the price is 2.8 million pounds, a little higher than the cost, for a battleship that has only been built for less than a year and is completely the strongest combat power, this price is not high, it is a conscience price.

Turkey was overjoyed when it saw this, paid directly in Berlin, and urged Germany to send the warship to Turkey as soon as possible, and Germany readily agreed, and the two countries issued a declaration in Germany, officially recognizing the deal, and making it public to the whole of Europe. (To be continued......)