At this time, he invited the commander of the French naval fleet, François, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, the commander of the German naval fleet, and the Austro-Hungarian naval commander Rusdit, to the bridge of the Awestrium-class all-steel battleship Majerdale to discuss the upcoming naval battle. He also reported the information he had received from the commander of the Far East Fleet of the British Navy in Singapore to the naval commanders of several other countries.

Hearing Bridget say that Lin Daxin's Northeast Navy had arrived in the Taiwan Strait and was waiting for a decisive naval battle with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, and the commander of the French naval fleet, François, the two commanders who had a deep enmity with the Northeast Navy, both believed that this was an opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Northeast Navy, and it was also a good opportunity for their own revenge.

The commanders of the naval fleets of various countries present here are not only these two who have enmity with the Northeast Navy, but the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, also immediately said: "The Northeast Navy has won many great victories in naval battles in the past few years, and it has been a little carried away. ”

But it was not all the same voice, after listening to the words of several naval fleet commanders, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tesim, frowned a little and said: "Our joint expeditionary fleet from Europe: there are 60 all-steel battleships alone, not counting the fleets of Britain, France, and Japan in Asia, as well as the fleets of the United States Navy, we can easily gather hundreds of all-steel battleships. And according to our intelligence, the Northeast Navy has a total of 40 all-steel battleships. Such a disparity in power, if I were the commander of the Northeast Navy. It will definitely not choose a decisive battle at sea, unless the Northeast Navy has a secret weapon in its hands. ”

Hearing Tessim's words, several other naval fleet commanders couldn't help but recall their own experiences, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, recalled the submarine that made him hate, while the commander of the French naval fleet, François, and the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, remembered the airships that made them nightmares, and I have to say that the Northeast Navy has won several naval battles in the past few naval battles, in addition to the strength of its own fleet, the use of new weapons is the key to defeating several naval powers in a row.

And now the countries have not fully mastered the performance of the submarines of the Northeast Navy. As for the submarines of the Northeast Navy, they are still a very big threat to the naval fleets of various countries, only airships have become very small because a large number of anti-aircraft guns are now installed on warships.

The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, frowned and said: "The submarines of the Northeast Navy are indeed a trouble, and we have no other good way to deal with them than blindly dropping depth charges." ”

Makarov, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, said with some uncertainty: "In the attack on our Russia, the Dingbei Army used a powered aircraft that could carry bombs. Bringing great losses to our Russian Army, Lin Daxin wouldn't want to use this kind of aircraft to bomb our warships, right? Moreover, the Northeast Navy has chosen the Taiwan Strait as the location of the decisive battle, and if their planes take off from the island of Taiwan, they should be able to fly to the battlefield of our decisive battle. ”

I saw that several commanders of the naval fleet suddenly tabooed the fact that the Northeast Navy had secret weapons. Bridget, the commander of the British Navy's fleet, said with a smile on his face: "Regarding the danger of submarines, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, our British Navy already has a sharp weapon to deal with submarines." We will not let the submarines of the Northeast Navy get closer to our warships any longer. ”

The commanders of the naval fleets of several other countries looked at Bridget in unison. The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, asked in surprise: "Mr. Bridget, what is the weapon of your British navy against submarines?" Isn't it a depth charge? ”

Bridget explains: "We in the British Navy have invented a passive listening device. It can be used to detect submarines hidden under the water, get the specific location of submarines, and then we can use depth charges to accurately strike submarines, we call this passive listening device sonar, this time we have carried 6 sets of sonar equipment from the mainland, which can completely guard against the attack of the Northeast Navy submarines on our warships. ”

Hearing that the British had developed such equipment as sonar, the commanders of the naval fleets of various countries present had different thoughts, and most of them were very happy, after all, they could reduce the losses caused by the attack by the submarine of the Northeast Navy.

Only the German Navy fleet commander Tessim between the eyebrows is a little darker, although this time Germany and Britain belong to the eight-nation alliance, but the hostile relationship between the two countries has not been substantially improved, after the end of the war here in the Qing Dynasty, the struggle between Germany and Britain will continue, and the German Navy is very optimistic about the development of submarines, and has also invested a lot of money in the development and production of submarines, and now the British suddenly took out sonar, which poses a huge threat to submarines. No less good news for the German Navy.

Bridget continued: "Lin Daxin's plane suddenly taken out on the battlefield on the northern front is a bit threatening, but through the intelligence we have gathered, although Lin Daxin's plane is very advanced, the bombs it carries are not large, and the threat to our battleships is not so strict, and our navy's anti-aircraft guns are much more than the troops in the Russian battlefield, as long as we are careful, it is bombed by planes in the Taiwan Strait, and it will not have much impact on the fleet of our eight-nation alliance. I believe that in the face of absolute strength, the final victory must belong to us. ”

The commanders of the naval fleets of several other countries nodded approvingly, the eight-nation alliance has concentrated so many warships, there is really no reason to fail, in the face of absolute strength, some small tricks of the Northeast Navy cannot change the overall situation at all.

Even the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, who was a little worried that the Northeast Navy was hiding some secret weapons, did not think that the eight-nation alliance would lose the upcoming naval decisive battle, and at most he was worried that the losses would be more.

Bridget also said to the commanders of the naval fleets of several other countries: "Our Far East Fleet in Singapore of the British Empire will send five Majestic-class all-steel battleships, four Duncan-class all-steel battleships, eight large fast armored cruisers, 12 new fast protection cruisers, four submarines, 12 new destroyers, and 20 torpedo boats to join our Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and when our Joint Expeditionary Fleet arrives near the Paracel Islands, The British Royal Chinese Fleet in Hong Kong will join our joint expeditionary fleet with four old man-class all-steel battleships, four large fast armored cruisers, four new fast protection cruisers, and four new destroyers. ”

The Far East Fleet in Singapore and the Chinese Fleet in Hong Kong did not send all of their capital warships, but they did send most of them.

François, commander of the French naval fleet, continued: "Six all-steel battleships of the Cecilia class of displacement sent by our French Asian colonial fleet, six large fast armored cruisers, eight fast protection cruisers, eight destroyers and 12 torpedo boats have arrived in Hong Kong, and will join the Chinese fleet in Hong Kong at that time near the Paracel Islands." ”

Bridget immediately added: "After converging our British Chinese fleet in Hong Kong and the French Asian colonial fleet near the Dongsha Islands, our huge joint expeditionary fleet will continue to advance towards the Taiwan Strait, and the British, French, and Japanese fleets in the port of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, will also join our joint expeditionary fleet in the Taiwan Strait and fight a decisive battle with the Northeast Navy." The fleet sent by the United States will directly reach the Japanese mainland, converge with the Japanese mainland fleet, and approach the Taiwan Strait from the other direction, so we will adopt the tactics of flanking from both sides in this decisive naval battle. ”

The commanders of the naval fleets of the other countries looked at each other, nodded without any opinion, and agreed with the simple tactics arranged by Bridget, this time the naval joint expeditionary fleet of the eight-nation alliance is to crush the Northeast Navy with absolute strength, this simple tactic is enough.

However, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, hesitated for a moment and asked the question in his heart: "Mr. Bridget, the Chinese fleet in Hong Kong, the French Asian colonial fleet, and even the British, French, and Japanese fleets in the port of Fuzhou in Fujian Province have joined our joint expeditionary fleet and determined the specific place of rendezvous?" Without the exact location, it would be too difficult to converge on the vast sea. ”

Bridget, of course, would not make such a low-level mistake, and he said with some smugness: "Don't worry, Mr. Tessim, I have made specific arrangements for this, and there will be no mistakes." ”

It turned out that the British Navy had begun to equip the radio station on a large scale the year before last, and the British Navy was provided with this radio station equipment by an Italian named Marconi, after the British Navy and Lin Daxin's Northeast Navy in 1899, in an exercise of the British Navy, Marconi and his assistants installed the radio stations they made on three warships, and the radio was very successful in the exercise.

So in 1900, the British Royal Navy gave Marconi a big contract to install radio stations on 28 warships, which is why Bridget can ensure that the fleet can meet at sea, after all, after the two fleets are close to a certain distance, they can keep in touch with each other at any time. (To be continued......)

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