In addition to the British Navy and the German Navy, which sent more than half of their strength to join the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, the other five countries also tried their best to send good strength to join the joint expeditionary fleet according to the situation of their respective navies.

The French Navy sent 6 Dreadnought-class and 6 Provence-class dreadnought battleships, as well as 6 Republic-class all-steel battleships, 6 Liberty-class all-steel battleships, and 4 Danton-class all-steel battleships, for a total of 12 dreadnought battleships and 16 all-steel battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet.

The French also sent 4 ironclad battleships, 10 large fast armored cruisers, 24 fast protection cruisers, 24 destroyers, 36 torpedo boats and 8 submarines, bringing the total displacement of the fleet sent by the French Navy to 820,000 tons.

The Russian Navy sent 4 Russian-class dreadnought battleships and 2 Valdo-class dreadnought battleships, 3 Peresvet-class all-steel battleships and 3 Borodino-class all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 12 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 20 torpedo boats to join the joint expeditionary fleet, with a total displacement of 280,000 tons.

The Italian Navy sent 4 Dante-class dreadnought battleships, 2 Queen Elena-class all-steel battleships and 8 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, 6 large fast armored cruisers, 14 fast protection cruisers, 14 destroyers, and 16 torpedo boats to join this joint expeditionary fleet, with a total displacement of 310,000 tons.

The Austro-Hungarian Navy sent 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships and 2 Austrian-class dreadnought battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 6 fast protection cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 10 torpedo boats to join this joint expeditionary fleet, with a total displacement of more than 140,000 tons.

The navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire sent 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers, and 8 torpedo boats to join the joint expeditionary fleet, with a total displacement of nearly 90,000 tons.

In this way, the entire combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers has more than 1,000 warships, including 72 dreadnought battleships and 72 all-steel battleships. With a total displacement of more than 5.44 million tons, it is definitely an exceptionally powerful fleet.

In addition to the more than 1,000 large and small warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, the navies of the seven countries also have nearly 400 supply ships with a displacement ranging from more than 1,000 tons to tens of thousands of tons, which are used to transport all kinds of supplies necessary for warships on long-distance expeditions.

With a combined expeditionary fleet of this size, it would be impossible to dock all the ships in the port of Herakrion here in Crete, Greece. Therefore, the entire outside the port of Herakrion was occupied by a dense crowd of warships and supply ships, standing on the pier of the port of Herakrion, as far as the eye could see, except for the ship or the ship, almost obscuring the sea in sight.

In the bridge of the British Navy's Giant-class dreadnought battleship Giant, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, heard the British naval fleet commander Bridget sigh at the strength of this joint expeditionary fleet, and said with deep thought: "The number of dreadnought battleships that our seven countries have joined this joint expeditionary fleet has reached 72, plus 72 all-steel battleships. We should now be the largest fleet the world has ever assembled. ”

François, the commander of the French naval fleet, said with some excitement: "This time there is finally a chance to take revenge, I have been waiting for this day for a long time!" ”

François once led a powerful French fleet, together with the Russian fleet, expeditions to the waters of Asia, but that time also made the airship that came out of the sky, the Russian and French fleets that blew up the Russian and French fleets called ecstasy, and the Russian and French fleets with no air defense finally did not escape the combined attack of sea and air under Lin Daxin. The whole army was destroyed.

A few years ago, François led France's reconstituted powerful fleet to join the Eight-Power Alliance's Joint Expeditionary Fleet. As a result, they encountered dreadnought battleships that came out of nowhere, so that the last very powerful Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet was defeated by the Northeast Navy, and François led the French fleet without one out of ten.

François's resentment towards Lin Daxin and his navy was much deeper than that of several other commanders who had participated in the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, after all, this was the third time he was preparing to lead the French fleet on an expedition to Asia, and he was facing one enemy.

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rustit, then said with an excited face: "This time, we must completely defeat the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire." Wash away the shame from me! I've been waiting for this day for a long time! ”

Rusdit was the only commander who was captured by the Northeast Navy among several commanders who participated in the naval battle a few years ago, although the warships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were very weak at that time, and the main warships that joined the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy were only 1 all-steel battleship and 2 ironclad battleships, and Rusdit was also after the 3 capital ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were sunk one after another. The situation of the whole naval battle could not be reversed, he led 10 small warships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy to surrender to the Northeast Navy, but Rustit always believed that this surrender to the Northeast Navy was the most humiliating thing in his military career, and this time he could once again become the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy to join the joint expeditionary fleet, and it was also his request to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz. Joseph I fought so hard to get it.

Vladilenovich, commander of the Russian naval fleet, said with a smile on his face: "According to the information we have, the navy of the entire Chinese Empire has a total of 37 dreadnought battleships and more than 60 all-steel battleships, and our joint expeditionary fleet will surely achieve victory this time, and on the battlefield of our Russia, the combined forces of our Entente and Central Powers have gathered millions of elite army troops, and the final winner of this war must be us, there is no doubt about this." ”

The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, and the commander of the Ottoman Imperial Turkish naval fleet, Ismail, both nodded, agreeing with what several commanders had said.

This time, the 7 countries of the Entente and the Allied Powers really took out their blood capital for the Chinese Empire, and it is needless to say that they invested in the Russian battlefield. Just by investing in this joint expeditionary fleet, we can already see the determination of the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers.

Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet, said to the commanders of the fleets of the other six countries at this time: "Now that the fleets of our seven countries have arrived at the port of Herakrion here in Crete, Greece, it is time to set sail to Asia, do you have any opinions?" ”

In fact, Bridget was a little anxious, and he hoped that the combined expeditionary fleet would rush to Asia as soon as possible and defeat the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. Otherwise, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is likely to cooperate with the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire to launch an attack on several British colonies in Asia, relying only on the current British fleet in Asia, and will not be able to resist the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire at all.

François, commander of the French naval fleet, first said: "I agree with Bridget, since our entire joint expeditionary fleet has been assembled, there is no need to stay here here in the port of Herakrion any longer, and it is better to set sail for Asia!" ”

The commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, also nodded and said: "I also agree to set sail immediately and rush to Asia to defeat the myth of the undefeated Royal Navy fleet of the Chinese Empire, so that we can be the Entente and the Central Powers." Gain the initiative in this war and lay the foundation for victory in the final war. ”

The Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, as well as the predecessor Northeast Navy and the Navy Fleet of the Naval Academy, have experienced many sea battles since they were formed by Lin Daxin, and no matter who the opponent is, they have not lost a single defeat, in the hearts of the commanders of the naval fleets of various countries. This combined expeditionary fleet of the Allies and the Allies was the best opportunity to break the undefeated golden body of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Erebet, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, also said next to him: "I think I can also go." It will take almost a month to reach the Strait of Malacca, and the place where we will fight the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is also in the Strait of Malacca, the Andaman Sea, and the Indian Ocean. ”

If the Joint Expeditionary Fleet reaches the seas of Asia. The most likely place to encounter the main force of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is the Strait of Malacca, the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean, because the Chinese Empire seized from the British a few years ago the Keelong Province, which consists of West Malaysia and the three port cities of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, is in this area, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in order to prevent the territory from being attacked by the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. A decisive battle with the Combined Expeditionary Fleet can only be fought before the Combined Expeditionary Fleet approaches the province of Geelong.

Vladilenovich, commander of the Russian naval fleet, Rusdit, commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, and Ismail, commander of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial naval fleet, these three fleet commanders also have no opinion on the immediate departure of the joint expeditionary fleet, anyway, the warships sent by various countries to the joint expeditionary fleet have already arrived in the port of Herakrion here in Crete, Greece, and there will be no other warships coming, so you can set sail at any time, and set sail one day earlier. It can also defeat the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire one day earlier.

Seeing that the other six fleet commanders did not disagree, Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet, nodded and said: "Today is October 21st, then our joint expeditionary fleet will set sail tomorrow, that is, October 22nd, to leave the port of Herakrion and advance towards the Suez Canal." ”

After the Entente and the Central Powers declared war on the Chinese Empire, apart from the Russian battlefield, only the British Asian colonies bordered the territory of the Chinese Empire, and Australia, which belonged to the British Commonwealth, was not far from the territory of the Chinese Empire, and all faced the threat of the Chinese Empire.

Although Australia is already an independent country, Australia, like Canada and New Zealand, belongs to the Commonwealth of Nations, and Britain has stationed fleets and armies in these Commonwealth countries, and after Britain declared war on the Chinese Empire, these Commonwealth countries are also in a state of war with the Chinese Empire automatically in accordance with the treaties of the Commonwealth.

However, at present, the energy of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire is used on the Russian battlefield and the British colonies in Asia, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has not paid attention to the direction of Australia, and the British fleet and army in Australia, as well as Australia's own army and fleet, do not have to worry in a short time, the Chinese Empire has shifted its target to them, after all, the entire Australian army and navy combined, and there is no strength to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire cannot take care of Australia for the time being.

At present, Britain has a total of 30,000 troops and a small fleet in Australia, which does not even have a single battleship, but only four fast protection cruisers, four destroyers, eight torpedo boats, and eight small offshore gunboats. Australia's own standing army is just over 80,000 men, and Australia's navy is even smaller and less powerful than Britain's small fleet in Australia.

However, unlike Australia, after Britain and several other European countries jointly declared war on the Chinese Empire, the British Navy's Indian fleet was suddenly in the same dangerous situation as several British colonies in Asia.

Because of the location, the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers will directly reach the waters of the British Asian colonies, and for the overall strategy, the British Asian colonies and the British Navy's Indian fleet may be attacked by the Royal Army and the Royal Navy fleet of the Chinese Empire at any time, and the army and fleet of the British Asian colonies are not bad, and they will also pose a great threat to the Chinese Empire, but this threat is also relative.

In Chittagong, British India, almost all the warships of the Indian fleet of the British Navy were concentrated in this port.

The entire Indian fleet of the British Navy has 4 Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class battleships, 2 Majestic-class all-steel battleships, 4 Dreadnought-class all-steel battleships, 2 Duncan-class all-steel battleships, 6 ironclad battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, 16 torpedo boats, 18 small gunboats and 4 submarines, to be honest, the strength is not weak, but the question is who to compare, if compared with the entire Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, The difference in strength is a world of difference. (To be continued......)

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