At five o'clock in the morning, when the sun was slowly rising from the sea level, and the detachment of German battlecruisers slowly sailed past the foggy island of Helgoland, General Hippel ordered the battlecruiser Lützov to raise the flagship flag.

At the same time, Bingwen also arrived at the low bridge of the Seydlitz, and Captain Hakan looked excited, his eyes were red, and he could see that he had not slept all night. It's not a blessing for a battleship, but who could really have fallen asleep last night? Through the porthole, he saw the Lützov at hand, gracefully shaped, the turret being turned back and forth, and the German naval flag flying in the sea breeze.

The battleship was out to sea, the radio was silent, and the captain finally spoke to tell the officers and sailors what kind of battle they were going to experience.

The sailing table was crowded with officers, and Hakan looked at Bingwen, who was standing at the very edge, and moved his finger along the island to the Skagerrak Strait, and his expression was relaxed: "The submarine reports that the British are infested every day in this open sea, so our mission this time is very simple!" Go scratch their croaking sockets and lead them here. His finger stopped thirty nautical miles behind the battle cruiser detachment, which was the main formation of battleships led by General Scheer, and his fingers flashed brightly: "Perhaps Admiral David Beatty would be more than willing to do it again." ”

The name David Betty is undoubtedly the most hated by the Seydlitz and all the German oceanic fleets, and it was because of his fleet's failure in the Battle of Dogle Sandbank that not only caused the sinking of the Blucher and the serious injury of the Seydlitz for several months, but also brought a serious crisis of confidence to the German Navy! As the army needed more artillery and tanks, the German Navy could no longer afford to build more warships, and even slowed down the much-needed Mackensen-class battlecruisers. Therefore, whether it is to take revenge with one arrow or to fight for more resources for the navy to win back its dignity, this battle cannot afford to lose.

Although what Hakan said was very simple. However, there are many tactics and feints involved, from the beginning of the departure to the light cruiser to confuse the enemy to the final lure of the enemy to ambush. The slightest mistake is the end of the ship's wreckage and death. General Scheer is the kind of strict and even old-fashioned admiral, and it can be seen that he has made a lot of determination to throw five battle cruisers as bait! From a tactical point of view, if they can successfully lure Betty's battle cruiser detachment out, then when they collide with the powerful main formation behind, especially in the face of the 16 terrible 380mm naval guns on the two Bavarian classes, there is no chance of surviving at all!

"Captain, the flag of the Lyzov, change the radio communication code!"

Bingwen's shoulders shook as he went to Caporetto, he didn't know what Hakan did afterwards because he went to Caporetto, but this sentence undoubtedly showed that Yang Qiu's guess was not only accurate, but also that the German Navy had already tested and came up with the result!

Hakan seemed to guess Bingwen's thoughts. Nodding to him, "I just want to say." The German Navy must thank you for your bold predictions. The officers looked at the two men in amazement, and the eyes of the crowd changed as they knew that Hakan had repeated his speculations of the day and had been tested by submarines and cruisers many times.

"It's just luck." Bingwen did not dare to take credit, and when the Germans smiled and spread their hands to express that they were just lucky, the British naval fleet in Scapa Bay had quietly set sail. Although it is four hours behind the parallel world. But the ubiquitous British agents continued to work hard to find out that the German Ocean Fleet had disappeared. This news was undoubtedly shocking for the British and Royal Navy! When they had become accustomed to watching the enemy's every move with the German code book provided by the Russians, they suddenly found that the opponent had already seen through and set a trap!

Not to mention a whole fleet, even if a battle cruiser approached the British coast, it would cause great panic!

Sortie! Sortie!

General David Betty rushed out of Scarpa Bay with nine battlecruisers, followed by General Jellico's huge and terrifying main array of battleships, splitting the waves and rushing towards the Skagerrak Strait.

******

The whistle whimpered, and the cargo ship Emma from France slowly approached the Kowloon Pier.

Tan Renfeng and Hu Hanmin anxiously watched as the sailors lowered the gangway, the refugees from Europe poured down like a tide, and the two figures finally appeared at the end of the gangway when there were fewer and fewer people.

Crisp plaid huā suit, European travel cap. *The brown suitcase is the same color as the pants. Wang Zhaoming, a KMT hero who had stayed in France for three years, walked down the gangway with a tired face, and there was an equally suave young man beside him, but Hu Hanmin looked at him with disdain. Without Yuan Shikai's big backer, what can a son-in-law do? So he just pulled the former to say hello: "Ji Xin, it can be regarded as looking forward to you back." ”

This tone made Wang Zhaoming, who had just gotten off the boat and was still a little dazed, a little surprised, and looked at Tan Renfeng: "Mr. Shiping." Zhan cousin this is? ”

After the KMT retreated, many people went to Nanyang overseas with Sun Yat-sen, and although Tan Renfeng avoided his hometown in Hunan, he often walked around the two places, so he knew very well how bad the KMT's situation was at present. Especially after the Sino-Japanese War, Yang Qiu's status became more and more unshakable, and the land reform wind set off in the southwest and the Central Plains made the national society more and more stable.

Except for Wu Tingfang, Cai Yuanpei, and Zhang Shizhao, who are still holding on to the façade, only Liao Zhongkai in Beijing is still one of the better rising stars, and several members of the original army have also switched to the Kuomintang after the Sino-Japanese War. What's even more annoying is that as soon as those people turned their faces, they looked disdainful, and they opened and closed their mouths to Yang Qiu and Guoshe, and even wrote to them to say hello and ignored them, and several of them were sent back directly without even dismantling them to show that they were completely cut off.

The only one who is still insisting is Li Liejun, who has just been assigned thousands of miles away, but what can a mere battalion commander do? Remembering that there were only a few heroes left in Wuchang at the beginning, Tan Renfeng sighed and said coldly: "Hey, Ji Xin doesn't know, Kegong is afraid that it won't work." ”

"How so? Wasn't it okay in the letter the other day? Wang Zhaoming scratched his head secretly, secretly saying that it was really not the right time for him to come back. Although he knew that Huang Keqiang's health was very poor after he fled to Hong Kong, coupled with the decline of the KMT, everyone defected, and his depression led to long-term bedridden, but he did not expect it to deteriorate so soon. When I heard the news, I didn't care about greetings. called a rickshaw and prepared to rush to Huangfu, but Yuan Keding was a little afraid because of his identity. So avoid going back to the hotel to rest first.

After the three of them arrived at the Huang Mansion, they saw Xu Zonghan sitting on the edge of the bed with red eye sockets, and Kegong, who was tall and running for his life on the bed, now has thin cheeks, deep eye sockets, and a few hairs left. The backrest is full of books on the side of several large pillows, and the eyes are a little dull, looking at the two of them, it should be that there is some awkward quarrel between husband and wife. Seeing the three of them, Xu Zonghan hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes and got up to give up his seat, Huang Keqiang's face was a little more angry, especially after seeing Wang Zhaoming, his eyes lit up: "Ji Xin is back, don't pour tea quickly." ”

"Kegong." See him like this. Wang Zhaoming couldn't hide his feelings, grabbed his thin hand, and blamed himself: "Zhaoming is late." It's late! ”

Among the younger generation of the Kuomintang, Huang Keqiang still attaches great importance to him, and he has mentioned him studying in France on the sickbed several times, and when Zhang Shizhao visited, both of them felt that Wang Zhaoming and Liao Zhongkai could support the Kuomintang in the future. At this moment, he was also excited to see him in person, but just as he was about to sit up straight, he coughed violently. Frightened, Xu Zonghan hurriedly ran over to beat his back and stroke his chest. Huang Keqiang took a few quick breaths before calming down: "My body is all old and injured and has nothing to do with others, Ji Xin doesn't have to blame himself." Seeing that he was still full of righteousness at this time, and never mentioned that Yang Qiu had forced them to such a point, Hu Hanmin was not angry and said, "How can Kegong say that? If it weren't for Yang Qiu's ruthlessness and ruthlessness to kill us, how would we have fallen to such a point! ”

Tan Renfeng sat next to him and glanced at him, but he didn't speak. At the beginning, except for Li Liejun and their three governors, they were the most showy. The secretary general of the provisional president, he grasped all the important things, but when the outside world was rumored that he would become Sun Yat-sen's heir, he was purged out of Nanjing, and when he returned to Guangzhou, he was once again directly cleaned up by Yang Qiu's excuse for unification. In the end, he had to flee to Hong Kong with Chen Jiongming and others.

Falling from the heights, it is no wonder that he is so angry.

Huang Keqiang was so strong that he was not angry, and said: "How can Zhantang say that? The unification of the country and the victory of China and Japan! How can the work of pouring heaven be erased? Although I can't travel far, my ears and eyes are not deaf, and now although I dare not say that the country is peaceful, it is also prosperous. A few days ago, Ju Zheng came to see me and said that in addition to Wuchang, five industrial bases have been built in Changsha, Shanghai, Jiujiang, Zhengzhou and Fengtian, with Qingdao, Tianjin, Mawei and Guangzhou ranking second. The workers and peasants were ten times stronger than those of the late Qing Dynasty. Last year, not only did the tariffs get back, but the taxes were doubled! The purpose of our revolution is to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and benefit the people, and now that the people are at peace, why bother to make a name for themselves. ”

A sonorous and powerful words made Tan Renfeng nod secretly, and even Xu Zonghan raised his eyebrows lightly, relieved that he had finally not mistaken the man. When Wang Zhaoming was in France, he heard that the domestic weather was booming, but he didn't know that it had developed to such a point, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was making a choice. Only Hu Hanmin still had a hard mouth: "Hmph! Ju Zheng is now the governor of Fujian, and last year he brazenly switched to the National Society, do such treacherous people expect him to say something else? If Yang Qiu was sincere for the people, how could he have sent hundreds of thousands of coolies to France and Russia to suffer crimes? The country is not yet peaceful, so I want to send troops to Europe again! I think he is clearly a person who is ungrateful and happy! It's a pity that today's people are blind when they see Li Wangyi, and they will flatter such a villain. ”

Wang Zhaoming frowned, a little unhappy to see that he had reduced Yang Qiu to nothing. It's not that he agrees with the National Society, but he thinks that at least Yang Qiu is doing well for now. But he had just come back and didn't want to clash with Hu Hanmin, so he asked, "By the way, what about Mr. Sun?" ”

"Yat-sen has settled in Japan." Tan Renfeng thought that he had moved the mind of inviting the great god to support the scene, and shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that Yixian won't come back if he goes here, and if Ji Xin wants to see him, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

No matter how stupid Wang Zhaoming is, he won't invite that person back! It's okay to take refuge in other big trees, but this person must not touch it! If he came back, it was estimated that the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang would immediately go to war, and with Yang Qiu's methods of dealing with political opponents, he was afraid that he would not know how to die. So he immediately shook his head: "The world is so big that you can't go, go to the whirlpool of the [Japan]!" "What he said is not unreasonable, after the Sino-Japanese war, the two countries have been incompatible, even if it is peaceful now, but it is obvious that people know at a glance that there is an undercurrent, and at this time going to settle in Japan is not a clear embarrassment to the Kuomintang.

Even Hu Hanmin felt that it was inappropriate and said: "For a woman, is it worth it!" If you want me to say just let him ** forget it! ”

"Nonsense! Ahem. ”

Huang Keqiang pointed at Hu Hanmin and coughed violently, Tan Renfeng knew that he was angry, and when he saw this, he hurriedly pulled and said: "Zhantang can't talk nonsense, Yixian is a veteran of our party after all, even if he has been, he should not be humiliated, it is better to use more heart to revive the prestige of my party." ”

Hu Hanmin also knew that he had gone too far, and hurriedly compensated Huang Keqiang and said, "Revitalization? Mr. Shi Ping said simply, Yang Qiu's group of spies stared at me very closely, I went back to Guangzhou to see a friend last month, and when I came back, I heard that someone was sent there to inquire about the news! Such despicable behavior is really a villain's act. As he spoke, he became angry and scolded, and the more Wang Zhaoming listened, the more his heart sank, and said: "The matter has come to this, you don't have to think about it, now the important thing is to help Zhang 'Lord' Xi find a way to recover the decline as soon as possible." ”

Huang Keqiang nodded secretly and said, "Ji Xin is right, so I have one more thing to ask you." ”

"Kegong, please speak."

Huang Keqiang took a breath, pointed to the bookcase and asked Xu Hanzong to take a letter from the drawer, and handed it to Wang Zhaoming in his hand and said solemnly: "Ji Xin, I know that you don't want to get involved in political affairs, but now that the party affairs are difficult, I am really this crippled body." I, Huang Keqiang, have never quarreled in my life, and now I don't want to compete with Yang Qiu, but since I am already republican, I can't go backwards, and someone must supervise him and don't do whatever he wants, so I also asked Ji Xin to go to Shanghai to help Zhang Shizhao take care of party affairs and take on the responsibility of our Kuomintang! Don't let people despise our heart for the country. ”

Looking at the letter in his hand, Wang Zhaoming couldn't cry or laugh, although he also wanted to make a career, but if he promised Huang Keqiang to help Zhang Shizhao, he would undoubtedly throw himself into the eyes of the National Society and roast him with fire. After so many years, he has seen clearly that Yang Qiu is by no means the kind of selfless person, he is selfish and arbitrary, and no one can oppose him in his eyes. To put it bluntly, as long as you leave him alone, listen to his words, then get rich and promoted, he won't even look at it, but if you want to point fingers, there will be no good fruit to eat.

Compared with those who are full of benevolence, righteousness, morality or simply raise a knife and kill indiscriminately, this kind of talent is the most terrifying! has skills, military power, direct personality, decisiveness, ruthlessness and ruthlessness in his bones! In his eyes, money is simply dung, and there are only four words in his eyes: "national power". As the old saying goes, "Those who steal the hook are punished, and those who steal the country are punished" How difficult it is to fight against someone who wants to be the founding marquis. But he looked at Huang Keqiang's yellow and godless eyes, but he didn't know how to refuse when it came to his mouth, so he had to agree first.

"Good!" Seeing him agree, Huang Keqiang's face improved a lot, as if he saw the picture of the Kuomintang regaining glory under the leadership of the new leader, and said with a smile: "Look at me I'm sick and confused, Zong Han hasn't gotten a few dishes to entertain Ji Xin and Zhantang, Brother Shiping, we haven't drunk for a long time." ”

"Haha." Tan Renfeng was also very happy and quipped: "Kegong, you can't drink alcohol now." ”

"The new season has come back to help, even the white water also has the taste of elixir." The two looked at each other and smiled, but bitterly pinched Wang Zhaoming, whose palms were hot while holding the letter, and Hu Hanmin next to him also had flickering eyes, as if he was dissatisfied with letting a former marginal figure hold the power of the KMT.