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"Order all warships in the Mediterranean to be ready!"

"Let the Barr depart for the West Indies to join the Bayan."

"Everybody's back to work."

Shortly after the British Navy's H-Fleet passed through the Strait of Gibraltar under the cover of escorting Churchill, Darlan's shouting was heard from within the French naval command: "Damn, they're really coming." Dar Langlai was suspicious of Jin Bihui's intelligence, but now he was sure that the British Navy was moving for his fleet! It is impossible for the French Navy to send the fleet to the British, as long as one remembers that the British sailors drove the French soldiers with rattan and wooden sticks during the Dunkirk retreat. Moreover, France had surrendered, and Hitler had promised to let the French Navy keep its warships and be neutral, and the war was over for France, so it was even more impossible to give the hope of a French revival to Britain.

But he didn't have much to do, first of all, it was impossible for him to call back the capital ships of North Africa, because no one knew whether Hitler would go back and not repent. It is even more impossible to put on a posture of a decisive battle with the British Navy, because then it will be a complete break, and even be called "Nazi accomplice" and "culprit" and so on. So he chose the safest way, which was to let the battleship Jeanbar of Casabraca immediately go to the French West Indies, join the aircraft carrier Béarn, the training cruiser Joan of Arc, and the light cruiser Primegit, form a formation, and go to Argentina under the cover of Martinique. Due to the stimulation of the Shandong class, the Rangbar, which has only been completed 70 percent in history, has been completed by more than 80 percent at this time, and the two quadruple main guns, fire control and power have been completed, and the difference is only the subsystems such as air defense and auxiliary guns, so it already has the ability to sail quickly. Then he ordered the Richelieu, which had been completed in Dakar but had not yet been tried at sea, to join the main forces in Oran, so as not to be broken by the British.

Such. In Oran there were five battleships, the Richelieu, Dunkirk, Strasbourg, Brittany, and Provence, in addition to two light cruisers, six destroyers, and a dozen submarines. In order to be able to counterattack at the first time, he asked his henchmen to let General Sur go to Oran, and ordered all five capital ships to change their berthing methods, changing the original bow inward to the bow facing sea. In this way, in the event of an attack, they could quickly return fire with the main guns of the bow and rush out of the bay to escape, and ordered more than a dozen shore guns in Orlan and Mirskbir to load live ammunition and prepare for a counterattack.

But even so, Darlan was not reassured. You must know that you will never be able to fire the first shot, but it is easy to fail if you fire a cannon after the naval battle, so you let the submarines support Oran, and finally gather five heavy cruisers Algeria, Foch, Duplex, Dukena and Colbert and six Lagarisonue-class light cruisers to form a cruiser strike formation. Pretending to deliver supplies and repairs for the North African capital ship, he took two supply ships to stand by near Sardinia, and finally even ordered the remaining naval planes and submarines to prepare for an attack on Gibraltar!

When he had arranged this, the phone rang again. "Hey, I'm Darrang."

"The general must be busy, right?"

Jin Bihui's voice on the other end of the phone surprised Dar Lang, and he hurriedly dispersed the officers around him and asked the guards to close the door before continuing: "Miss Jin." You are very good at choosing the time. ”

Jin Bihui's voice is very slow and very soft, which makes people not want to put down the phone. "General, I know that you will definitely send all your battleships! But do you really think it's safe? Britain blocked Gibraltar, Malta and the Suez Canal. Your fleet can't go there either. If you defeat the British fleet, then Britain will regard you and your fleet as its greatest enemy, and Prime Minister Churchill will even abandon Germany to deal with you with all his might, at that time. You are ready to hand over the fleet to German surveillance and completely surrender to Mr. Hitler. Or Mussolini? ”

There was a hot flush on Darlang's back, and Jin Bihui's words poked at the central fossa. If Britain is really defeated, then Churchill will definitely not rest on his laurels, and will definitely destroy the French Navy at any cost, and even invite the Chinese fleet in the Indian Ocean to join. When the time comes, will you really go to Hitler? When a traitor in the eyes of all? "Miss Jin, what the hell are you trying to say!"

Jin Bihui on the phone chuckled: "General, I still have that suggestion." Give us the capital ships and heavy cruisers, and if you think two hundred million dollars is too little, I can apply to the above for an increase. Of course, after the war, these warships will still be returned to your government free of charge. ”

Darlang had to admit that this woman really knew how to seize the moment! Indeed, he somewhat regretted rejecting Jin Bihui's offer, and if he agreed, his fleet would now be able to swagger through the Suez Canal with the Chinese flag, thus avoiding the European whirlpool. As for the casualties that might result from dealing with Japan, to be honest, he didn't think the Japanese navy was very powerful. But pride still made him reluctant to bow his head, and Shen Sheng rejected the loan agreement for the second time.

"Alright then, I hope God is on your side." Jin Bihui didn't talk nonsense, hung up the phone and walked out of the public phone booth with a smile. She believes that when Darlang suffers, she will make the right choice!

On 25 June, Yang Qiu arrived in Alexandria to begin his visit to Cairo and met with Charles de Gaulle, who had arrived ahead of schedule. During the conversation, he promised de Gaulle that he would transfer weapons and military supplies worth $200 million, including 500 H-6 bombers, 400 Gahuron fighters, and 300 Type 31 tanks, ordered by the French government before surrender, to Free France to continue to resist Nazi aggression. De Gaulle was very pleased with Yang Qiu's overtures, and he had long understood that China had become an important partner in the war, so he promised to recognize the independence of the French East Indies at the appropriate time, and promised that if Britain declared war on the Soviet Union, Free France would also declare war on the Soviet Union.

While the two were unhurriedly exchanging benefits with each other, the Mediterranean was turned upside down. The French navy made a big move, which made Mussonili's nerves run, and immediately demanded that the truth be found out and ordered the whole navy to be on alert, even Hitler, who had nothing to do with him, questioned him several times, and personally called Darlan. But his attention was quickly attracted by the battleship Bismarck and the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, these two warships are German treasures, the former needless to say, the latter is not taken seriously, but after Hakan became a naval technical adviser, he desperately suggested learning from China to build aircraft carriers, coupled with the continuous resources provided by the Soviet Union, Hitler gritted his teeth and accelerated the progress, and finally arrived in early July this year. Even the former can be delivered to the Navy in a week due to the stimulation of the launch of the Hebei class.

Hitler looked at Bismarck and Zeppelin with a smile, and began to sketch out the sea lion project in his mind, imagining the beautiful scenery after landing in Britain. Of course, Raeder was not as confident as him, and while desperately fighting for Darlan's fleet, he hurried to build landing ships that had purchased patents from China before the war. Even Guderian seized all the time and dragged his troops to the Sea of Calais to practice landing warfare day and night.

On the morning of the 27th, Darlan finally began to get nervous, because the British Navy was going to forcibly disarm two battleships and dozens of warships at Portsmouth in the early morning. This ruthless approach left him no longer with a choice, but by this time the H Fleet, under the cover of protecting Churchill, had turned the aircraft carrier Dreadnought from Suez and three cruisers, encircled the port of Oran, and left two Avenger-class battleships in Malta, blocking the possibility of the French fleet escaping to Beirut.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Somerville, who had left behind the Indian fleet, sent the military attaché to France and asked Admiral Holland, a personal friend of General Soul's personal friend, to persuade him to surrender. "Let General Soul, you should make your choice." Holland was very reluctant to persuade him to surrender, but his duty was to wait for the destroyer. Immediately after coming ashore, he came up with three suggestions from the British government. Such a big thing made Sur unable to call the shots, so he sent three conditions to Darlang. For some reason, when Darlan reported to the French government and Congress, he pressed down the last clause that "the fleet should be sailed to the West Indies and handed over to the United States for trusteeship." Whether to continue the fight or surrender was unacceptable to the French government, so Darlan's answer was crisp, refuse!

Holland sighed, but was about to open his mouth to continue persuading, but suddenly found something very strange! He found that all the warships in Åland Bay were anchored with their bows pointing to the sea. This is strange because warships always bow to land when they call in port, and only turn by tugboats when they leave port. This outward berthing of the bow only says one thing! France has been prepared for a long time.

"Not good!" Thinking of this, Horan let out a cold sweat and immediately found an excuse to go back to the destroyer and leave first.

"General, he sees it! It should be a preemptive strike! The staff officer anxiously suggested loudly that he could not immediately command the fleet to rush out of the bay. But Jean Sur was helpless, because he did not have the right to fire the first shot, and could only wait for the order to counterattack.

"What? The bow is outward! Somerville, who had just lost half of his fleet, broke out in a cold sweat after listening to Holland's report. You must know that he now has only four battleships and two aircraft carriers, while there are five capital ships in the harbor! "Send a telegram to Whitehall and the Prime Minister immediately, all on alert, ready to attack!" Somerville did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to pull away, and the aircraft carrier aircraft prepared to take off and take an offensive stance.

Half an hour later, Whitehall and Churchill's telegrams arrived at the same time: "Let France scuttle on its own, or sink it!" ”

Almost at the same time, Darlan's telegram also reached Jeansur. "Break out at full speed! Converge cruiser formations to break through to Beirut! ”

"Go, full speed!" With Darlan's instructions, Jean Sur immediately ordered to set sail for a breakout. The Richelieu and Dunkirk, which had long been on fire and at anchor, were the fastest, and soon began to speed up their escape out of the harbor. "General, the French want to escape!" As soon as the Richelieu moved, Somerville aboard the Hood was alerted. He looked at the telegram in his hand, then at the French fleet, which was beginning to accelerate, and took a deep breath: "Sink them!" ”

"Boom." Following the Battle of Waterloo, British artillery was again pointed at France