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The wind is howling and the waves are continuous.

The night in the North Sea is lonely and cold, and the Skagerrak Strait is still not visible. The destroyer S23 continued to signal "We're still there" despite the danger, leaving only one turret and thousands of tons of water in its hull, and the Sedlitz sailed in the darkness like a bloodied, wounded, staggering beast.

Inside the ship's body tilting to the left, Bingwen wrapped his veil and worked with the soldiers to save the pump, which has become the key to the survival of the Seydlitz, if it can't ensure the drainage of the water, let alone return to Germany, I am afraid that I will not even see the shadow of the strait. No one knows how long it took, the diesel engine finally let out a rhythmic roar, and the smoke blackened the faces of the soldiers, but it also made everyone clench their fists excitedly, and the presence of the pumping machine meant that the hull of the ship could finally be barely kept in a balanced state for a long time, and it also meant that the Seydlitz could continue sailing with this attitude of ten degrees of tilt on the deck. As long as we can sail, there is hope.

Bingwen said goodbye to the engine room and walked up to the deck, everything in his eyes was tilted. The Seydlitz was left in darkness when the lighting system was completely damaged, but the hazy moonlight through the porthole still allowed people to see all around. The hallways were littered with water and oil, and corpses were carried out of the cabins, blood and shredded flesh splattered all over the steel bodies, and urine buckets, clothes, and miscellaneous items were everywhere. Several medics were bandaging wounded soldiers, and the ship's chaplain was trying to heal the wounds on the soldiers' minds, and the murky air was filled with scorching and smoke from the explosion.

After stepping onto the deck, he couldn't help but take a deep breath like everyone else, and the fresh air with the mist could make everyone understand how happy it was to be alive.

Four hours ago, the world's largest naval battle finally ended! For him, who has seen all of this firsthand and seen the whole process throughout, the lessons may take years, if not decades, to fully absorb. He vividly remembered that when the Seydlitz lost two turrets, four Queen-class ships came out of the dense smoke of the 392 chapter, and the De Fringel completed the lore of the Queen Mary! Perhaps the loss of two battleships in a row angered the British, and 32 terrible 381-mm guns opened fire in a rage, but fortunately General Hipper decisively launched a torpedo attack. Only then did the fleet escape. But this caused serious damage to the Seydlitz, as a torpedo fired by a British destroyer also hit the hull amidships, but fortunately the British torpedo charge was not large, and the thick armor and tight watertight compartment blocked the continuous explosions.

Even if the injuries are severe. The Sedlitz was still lucky enough to meet Admiral Scheer, and when Betty crashed into the arms of the Ocean Fleet with the remaining four Queen-class battleships and four battlecruisers, it was baptized by a full 24 battleships, 6 cruisers, and 31 destroyers! In particular, the two Bavaria-class battleships that had just been commissioned for a short time, with their unparalleled 381 mm / L45 naval guns and armor-piercing shells far superior to those of the British, sent the Tiger battlecruiser to the bottom of the sea in an instant!

The Indefatigable, Queen Mary and Tiger! The proud British Empire has been dealt a head-on blow! And because of the communication problems between the British battlecruisers and the battleships, the four Queen-class battleships that did not notice that the battlecruisers had retreated were also baptized by artillery fire, and two of them were severely damaged! If the war ends here. ** Then Germany could even return to the port of Kiel to receive the applause of the whole country with the proud record of sinking three main battlecruisers and wounding two queens. But the victory paralyzed the eyes, and when the four queens turned to flee, General Scheer ordered the pursuit and prepared to forcibly eat the four queen-class with numerical superiority, but did not expect to fall into the trap of 24 British capital ships as well.

A heart-wrenching battle broke out in an instant! The three British 10,000-ton cruisers lined up next to the queue held out in less than a few minutes before they were completely sunk. The rigid and cog-like German Navy challenged the former Seven Seas overlord with artillery fire over and over again, and the British were not to be outdone in order to maintain their pride, and in this terrible encounter, General Schell fought and retreated, and finally sank the Invincible battlecruiser and the Avant-garde in the St. Vincent class again before disengaged!

Even with a super result of 8 to 0 (including three 10,000-ton armored cruisers), the German ocean fleet was equally wounded. The Seydlitz lost two turrets again in this round of fighting, and finally had to be the first to evacuate. The fog and smoke saved both sides, and due to poor visibility, they had to be thrown into the destroyer strangulation again, in which the Lütsov was torpedoed and no one knew if they would be able to hold out until Kiel (the old battleships Lützov and Poramenia had sunk during the retreat). And the Seydlitz, which was the first to break out of the battle circle, had been separated from the main force because of the ubiquitous British destroyers and submarines, and there was only the S23 destroyer that rescued the sailors to catch up.

And yet now it's gone! The darkness made the sea extremely dangerous, and for the nearly 100 seriously wounded on the destroyer's deck who were in urgent need of rescue, Captain Hakan ordered it to leave first.

"We're even more lonely." Captain Hakan, who had experienced the Great Battle of Hubei with Yang Qiu, came to Bingwen's side. He was originally handsome, but now he is very embarrassed, his left arm is wrapped in a splint, his forehead is wrapped in a thick cotton yarn like Bingwen, a bloody cut has been opened at the corner of his right eye, and he can still see the knocked out front teeth when he speaks. But he still optimistically handed over a Cuban cigar: "I heard that those American cowboys like to take a puff after winning, and they call the cigar at this time a victory cigar." ”

Bingwen also lit one after hearing this, but the spicy smell of tobacco made him cough again and again. "It turns out that you are the same as Yang. None of them smoke. Hakan laughed, as if he had forgotten all the unpleasantness.

"Captain, how are we going back?" Bingwen couldn't bear the worry in his heart, because he ran too far, it would take at least five days to return to Kiel Harbour in the current state of the Seydlitz, and five days was enough to change a lot of things! The British Navy, having suffered heavy losses, would never let a battleship that had already been seen in the water go back, so there must have been a long line of destroyers and cruisers along the way. Hakan also knew his life was hanging by a thread. But he blinked optimistically: "I know we're in trouble, but we shouldn't lose faith at any time!" In fact, if it weren't for the problem with the British shells, we might have been buried at sea, so what luxury is there to live so long? ”

Hakan got up and patted him on the shoulder and returned to the bridge, the officers had already lit candles and waited for orders, and when his eyes wandered around the chart, he then drew a pen and calculated the route map and pointed to the Norwegian coast: "To the east, south along the Norwegian coast, at least we have a chance to run aground." ”

"But."

Bingwen looked at the new route in surprise and before he could speak, the first mate of navigation had already shook his head: "Captain." Here are the mine belts laid out by the British! ”

He was right, in order to completely block the German Navy's sea lanes, Britain not only laid mines along the German coastline, but also extended mine belts to the vicinity of Norway. The entire mine belt consists of hundreds of thousands of mines! Due to the many valleys and deep bays off the coast of Norway, the British mine defense was more severe, and even submarines did not dare to take this road, and the wounded and unable to maneuver the Seydlitz was not. Before everyone could finish thinking about it, Hakan said firmly: "I firmly believe that there must be a way home here!" ”

No one knows why he is so confident, but this new route has made Bingwen's eyes shine. If we can really open up this new route. Does this mean that the most important breakthrough road in the "Rhineland" plan has been opened? From here, head north into the North Atlantic icebergs, then cross the Arctic Ocean route to the Canadian coast, and from there bypass the main forces of the North Sea and embark on the way home?! When his heart was pounding, and he couldn't hold back his excitement and looked at the route map as if it was about to be firmly engraved in his brain, the Sedlitz began to tremble slightly under his feet, and the bow tilted slightly to the east.

*******

"Kunming-Bangkok railway?"

In Hua Hin, on the west coast of Siam, in the palace of King Rama VI, built for his love of hunting, the king of Siam in his thirties wears military uniform. Wearing a short knife studded with precious stones at his waist, it seems that through such careful preparation, he wants to tell the visitor that Siam is a powerful and independent country. But it's a pity that Yang Qiu, who is younger than him, ignores this kind of dress. Holding up the green tea specially brewed for his arrival, a hint of banter flashed at the corner of his mouth.

No matter how powerful the dress is, can a small country become a big country?

However, even if he hates an anti-Chinese pioneer like him, from an objective standpoint, he must admit that he is a qualified and wise monarch. He knew that the country was weak and the people were poor, so he used his identity to deliberately get close to the children of European royals, and also used the method of hunting to gather many children of European royal families every year to win some promises and assistance for himself and the country. Siam has flourished under his leadership over the years, but this is not a reason for him to follow the European exclusion of Chinese!

Rama VI also looked closely at this man, who was more famous than himself and had one of the strongest armies in Asia, with indescribable shock and regret in his heart. He regretted that he regarded the Chinese as Jews and published them openly in his book, especially when the news of the victory in Qingdao spread around the world. After the defeat of the Japanese and the complete retreat from the Chinese country, he was even more restless, so he immediately ordered all the books to be withdrawn, but it was still too late to read it.

Revenge has come before you know it!

Rama VI smiled and poured tea for Yang Qiu, and there was nothing unusual on his round face. He clasped his hands together and smiled: "Your Excellency the Honorable Vice President, I don't think it's time to build this railway, and my country doesn't have the funds to complete such a big project. ”

"It doesn't matter. We can provide funding, and of course if you need it, I can recommend to our Congress a certain amount of loans to help you better manage the country. Yang Qiu pressed forward step by step, and there was a faint indifference in his eyes. Gu Weijun next to him was a little scared of this kind of look, he found that this man was really terrible, but because of a book that was anti-Chinese, he tried to use the railway plan and loans to press the other party under his feet and couldn't turn over!

Of course, Rama VI was not reconciled, and said with a little anger: "Your Excellency, Siam has always believed in friendship with China and an independent foreign policy, so we have our own plans for railway construction. ”

"That's a shame." Yang Qiu unexpectedly temporarily withdrew the railway plan, and said lightly: "I also hope that His Royal Highness can keep in mind today's words, and friendship with neighbors is a national policy that our government has adhered to for a long time!" Of course, if someone deliberately sets off an anti-Chinese ** and tries to achieve an ulterior conspiracy under the cover of the great powers, then I would also like to remind him that China is no longer the China country of five years ago, and we not only have a million army waiting for the whole country, but also will soon have a strong navy to protect our country's overseas interests! After he finished speaking, he got up and bowed down with Siamese etiquette, and deliberately dropped a sentence before walking out of the meeting room: "It is a pity that I originally planned to provide your country with a loan worth 30 million yuan for the joint development of the southeast peninsula. But thank you for your hospitality, and I hope you have the opportunity to visit our country. ”

Rama VI naturally did not dare to accept this kind of loan with serious political tendencies, so he looked at Yang Qiu's back and the color of the vulture in his eyes became more and more intense.

After leaving the palace, Gu Weijun caught up and said with some concern: "Vice President, will this destroy the friendship between the two countries?" ”

"Sabotage?" Yang Qiu stopped and laughed: "Shaochuan must remember that if you want to become a big country, you must first have a big heart!" Compared with Siam, our country is still a big country no matter how bad its family background is, and it has not yet reached the point of groveling to the usurper! I don't want to push him, but I need to set the tone for the future of relations between the two countries! Either he thinks carefully about how to handle the relationship between the two countries in the future, or I don't mind finding a descendant of Zheng Xin to expose the events of the past. Gu Weijun, who had just noticed that he was terrible to his enemies, found out again that he still had a cunning mind! Zheng Xin's descendants? Those who have died a long time ago can't die anymore! It's also up to him to figure it out, but if the person the Republic of China insists on finding is a descendant of Zheng Xin, I'm afraid Rama VI will also have a headache, right?

Just as the two were walking and chatting about how to deal with the relationship between the Republic of China and Siam in the future, Cai Gongshi rushed over with a telegram, almost knocking down the guards, and shouted urgently without waiting for the side: "Vice President, war report!" It's a war report from Germany! Germany has just announced that five days ago their navy had seriously damaged the British fleet 60 nautical miles north of the Skagerrak Strait, sinking eight British 10,000-ton warships! ”

Eight?! Although Yang Qiu knew that the German navy with two Bavaria-class ships had been added to the upper level, he still didn't expect to achieve such brilliant results, but it was a pity that Germany was trapped in resources, so no matter how big the results were, they still couldn't get rid of the fate of Scapa Bay, so he only wanted to know one thing: "Did the Seydlitz and Bingwen return to their home port?" ”

"Cedritz? It seems like. Cai Gongshi looked at the telegram and said: "I came back, but the telegram said that the damage had been very serious, and the sailors had suffered extremely heavy casualties, and Bingwen and they had no news." ”…… (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )！！！