Alexander. Standing on the bridge of the "Red Ural", Orlov looked at the sparkling sea in the afternoon and could not help but breathe a long sigh of relief. The task was so arduous and not easy to accomplish that the Negrin government finally agreed to hand over half of the treasury reserves to the Soviet Union for "safekeeping" under the coercion of Moscow and the Soviet Russian advisory group.

What are the consequences if the task is not completed?

Orlov shuddered at the thought of Zhuyashvili's cold and merciless eyes.

"Comrade Orlov, what should you do if you encounter a German or Austrian fleet?" Captain Kalesh came over and asked.

"There are no problems, Comrade Captain. The reason why the Supreme Council requested the dispatch of warships to carry out this difficult task was because of the fear for the safety of the consignments. Orlov said that this was a secret operation, and now no one in the fleet knows what is being loaded on the warship except him. The Germans would not risk war to intercept us, as was already evident from the fact that we were able to enter the ports of Spain smoothly, and they could only watch from the sidelines, and there was no other way. You know, attacking another country's warship is tantamount to declaring war. ”

"Well, I see what you mean, the imperialists are always some stubborn paper test tigers!" Kalesh said.

"Unknown fleet spotted in front right!" At this time, the shouts of lookouts suddenly came from the speakers.

Suddenly the sirens sounded on the warship, and the crew ran to the deck and rushed to their combat positions.

Kalesh raised his binoculars and looked out into the distance. Under the cloudy sky, several large warships were heading in their direction at high speed, and the bow of the ships stirred white spray.

"It's coming towards us. It was supposed to be the fleet of the Austrians, led by their two 'Mackensen' class battleships. Colonel Kalesh put down his binoculars. Turning to Orlov, he said.

"Impossible, maybe it's a warship from another country?" Orloff said as if comforting himself.

"Comrade Orlov, I am a naval commander, and I have been dealing with pictures of warships of various countries all day long, and I have seen them with my own eyes at sea, please trust the judgment of a naval commander." Karesh handed the telescope to Orlov. The latter took the telescope and carefully looked at the sea in the distance, and by this time the Austro-Hungarian fleet had approached about ten nautical miles. The silhouette of the incoming ship can already be seen clearly.

"That's right, it's a battleship, you're right, comrade captain." Orloff said.

"They are clearly coming at us, Comrade Orlov. Maybe there will be a request to board the ship for a search! Karlesh's last words made Orloff nervous.

"Why?"

"They have declared an arms embargo on Spain and have the right to require any vessel that approaches Spanish territorial waters to be inspected, in line with international practice." Kalesh said.

"No, it must not be agreed that they should be allowed to board the ship! This is the supreme order! Orloff said.

"But we are no match for them at all, and the other side seems to have two battleships and two cruisers, as well as some light cruisers. But which of them is stronger than us. "Maybe we'll have to hide within the line of territorial waters, and then they won't have much to do." ”

"What is the territorial sea line?"

"All turn left! Full speed ahead to the coast! Kalesh ignored Orlov's doubts. The order was given quickly.

The Russian fleet began to turn, heading at full speed towards a wide, shallow bay on the coast. Gradually, the color of the water began to lighten, and because of the sediment on the shore, it took on the color of earth.

"Watch the depth of the water!" Karesh ordered, and at this point he felt a little lighter, so he turned to Orlov and said: "The line of territorial waters means that it is within the territory of Spain, and the International Law of the Sea stipulates that the sea area 3 nautical miles from the coast belongs to the territorial waters of the coastal state, and if an attack is launched here." It was tantamount to violating the sovereignty of Spain. ”

At this time, the deputy captain said: "They have caught up and are sending out a light signal!" ”

"What are you talking about?" Orlov asked.

"It means let's stop moving forward. They're going to board the ship and check it! The deputy captain said.

"Impossible!" At this time, the commissar came up from below, "This is an insult to our great motherland." Even if we die honorably, we will never surrender! ”

Kalesh glanced at the commissar, but did not speak, "Do you know how big the gap is between cruisers and battleships?" He slandered himself in his heart.

The Austro-Hungarian battleships surrounded them, and there were 12 warships in total, including 2 battleships, 2 treaty heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 4 destroyers, except for those 4 destroyers, which enemy warships were stronger than the "Red Urals". Several Russian warships slowed down about 1.5 nautical miles from the coast.

"Now come here!" The deputy captain looked at the Austrian warship that was turning three nautical miles away, as if it were a little provocative.

The Austro-Hungarian warships did stop, but it was not that they did not dare to enter the Spanish territorial waters, as the Russians imagined, but Admiral Yankel was worried that the warship would run aground, and the draft of the "Mackensen" class had increased by nearly 1 meter after refitting, reaching more than 11 meters, which was much larger than the draft of the Russian warships.

"We--harbor-suspect-your-ship-have-violated-prohibited-objects-goods, order-order-you-stop-ship-receive-accept-inspect-check!" The Austro-Hungarian battleship intermittently emitted a Morse code light signal.

"No-but-can! You-you-this-are-war-fight-do! "Red Ural" replied.

The two warships were going back and forth for tat, and neither of them was to be outdone, the Russian fleet was blocked in this bay, the telegram had been sent, and the whole incident shocked Moscow. While the Kremlin was urgently discussing countermeasures, the situation in this unknown bay of Spain changed dramatically.

Several fires suddenly burst out on the two Austro-Hungarian battleships, and at the same time as the explosion was heard, the four large battleships opened fire on the Russian warships at the same time!

A huge column of water rose around the Russian warship, and shamprapnel flew in all directions, clanging on the warship.

"They're attacking us!" Ollov's face turned pale.

"It's war!" "Start firing back!" ”

The Russian warships began to return fire with their four 152-mm guns, and began to scurry around the bay, dodging the dense rain of bullets, and the two destroyers simply rushed straight to the coast. The "Red Ural" was quickly hit by two shells, and the warship caught fire, but the Austro-Hungarian battleship only used high-explosive shells, which did not cause fatal damage to the hull, but caused great damage to the superstructure.

In the panic, the "Red Ural" suddenly dropped in speed, and there was a loud grinding sound at the bottom of the ship, and unfortunately it ran aground again. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! (To be continued) R580