"General, you've just let those shameless smugglers go?" On the bridge of the Lützov, an adjutant looked at the American freighter that was gradually moving away on the distant sea, and said complacently and angrily, "We have captured an arms ship of this size when we first entered the Atlantic Ocean this time, and God knows how many weapons and ammunition these damn Americans have provided to Britain and France before this!" If it weren't for their help, which gave the French and the British the confidence to continue fighting, how could the empire have not ended the war on the Western Front until now? ”

The breeze blows and the waves sway. The fastest round of chapter updates is a brilliant red sun hanging in the sky, reflecting the thousands of miles of oceans in gold. Standing in the afterglow of the setting sun, Millau sighed and said, "Hans, how could I not know that these Americans are unforgivable, and even if they are all hanged, they will not be able to comfort those Imperial warriors who died honorably on the battlefield of France? However, rather than a momentary outrage, the wisest thing to do is to make full use of the value of these Americans, turn resistance into push, and let them be used by our glorious holy war in Germany. ”

"The freighter Sable was loaded with an extremely large amount of ammunition and ammunition. Rather than let them sink in the Atlantic, it would be better to transport them to the ports of Germany and play some role in our war effort. And our sailors have their own duties, so this job has to be done by these American sailors who have been on ocean voyages for a long time. With one of our torpedo boats accompanying the surveillance, these Americans did not dare to play the slightest trick. If you can endure the righteous indignation for a while, and exchange this whole shipload of weapons and arms, what can you not do in this business? Millau said calmly, his voice no longer filled with the hatred and anger of an hour ago.

"Other than that. I'll let the Americans get the ship back after the transport is done. It is also for the sake of the future war of the Empire. Now that they can use this heavy freighter to deliver supplies to the UK. Then naturally, we will be able to import goods to our Germany! Once these American seamen who have personally experienced the strength of our German fleet return home, they will certainly have a profound impact on American shipowners and caravans, and this is completely different from the American seamen who only transported commercial goods to our Germany before! I want to use these seamen to let the Americans know that the German fleet that defeated the British Royal Navy has reached the Atlantic, and that they can only send supplies to Britain and France without returning, and their final choice is to send goods to our German Empire! Millau said.

The sun is setting and the sunset is in full swing. The sharp bow of the Lyuzov split the waves, and the rudder slowly returned to the path from which it had come. In order to expand the range of hunting. Once again, Millau scattered all his ships and launched a lightning-fast pursuit of the British fleet; And now that night is approaching, visibility at sea has dropped sharply, and it is time to prepare to gather the fleet. With the ticking of telegraphs, one German torpedo boat after another reported their captures to the flagship, gray spots gradually emerged on the sea, and the German ships had already resumed their formation at the assembly point.

Compared with the astonishing record of the last time when the British SK-17 fleet was almost completely annihilated, this time the German fleet's capture was much bleaker: five British merchant ships and one American merchant ship were now reclaimed by the torpedo boats that were hunted by the Germans, along with nearly 20,000 tons of supplies loaded on them. After all, the British were no longer as vigilant as they had been at the beginning, thinking that they were no longer as unwary as they had been at the beginning, and that they were no longer a threat to themselves. And continued to stupidly maintain the formation was served by the other party. And because the detection range of the aircraft is too far away compared to the voyage of surface ships, it usually takes several hours for warships to sail all the way to reach the target sea area. This also provides a natural escape buffer time for the opposing merchant ship. No matter how slow the merchant ship is, there are 7 or 8 knots of degrees; After 4 or 5 hours, they can also run more than 3o nautical miles. This distance was already several times the normal line of sight at sea, and looking at the empty ocean, the German torpedo boats would have to spend time searching, which would undoubtedly greatly reduce their hunting efficiency.

However, Millau has no intention of being too demanding. After all, with the addition of seaplanes, the reconnaissance radius of his fleet was instantly increased several times, and the situation in the sea area two hundred kilometers away could be clearly understood, and such an efficiency was obviously impossible to achieve with a simple mast visual inspection. Without these seaplanes, he would not even know the location of the British fleet, and where would he have been able to inflict such a blow on it as it is today?

"Tuk-tuk." A brief knock sounded outside Millau's living room. He looked up, but saw that it was the old British lieutenant colonel Eckman, who had confided a lot of information to him, standing at the door of the cabin, his wrinkled face full of unkind expressions. Millau, who was in a good mood after receiving a shipload of munitions, didn't care about the other party's face at all, but greeted him with a smile and said, "Mr. Eckman, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Ekman's face was gloomy, and he said coldly, "I have fulfilled my promise. I also ask Mr. Millau to honour his previous promise to release my British civilian seamen, and to allow my sailors to receive the generous treatment of prisoners of war that you have promised. The British seamen, including the new British seamen who joined today, unanimously said that your country's battle cruisers really had no seafaring comfort and living comfort to speak of, and that they did not want to be crammed into such cramped, dark, damp and terrible cabins for a moment, and to be teased and ridiculed everywhere by your officers and men. ”

The smile on Millau's face bloomed like a spring flower, and for the first time he felt that the face of the British lieutenant colonel in front of him had become less annoying: "Oh, this is no problem at all. As long as the civilian seamen of your country lay their hands on their Bibles and swear in the presence of God that they will never do anything against our Germany, I will release them to-morrow on a merchant ship of a neutral nation, and they will be free at once. As for the officers and men of your country, I can also let them end their maritime careers early. Mr. Ekman, where would you like to go? Wilhelm, Hamburg, Kiel, Danzig, you and your officers and men can also get a good glimpse of the prosperity of our Germany when you go ashore. ”

"All you need to do, Mr. Millau, is to find a boat to get my sailors out of here first; As for me, allow me to stay on this boat for a while longer. Ekman spoke lightly, but there was a subtle bitterness in his words, "I would rather stay on the front line of this ocean and witness the real battle than to stay in the prisoner of war camp and be an oyster in a mussel shell." Even a battle for my homeland and my compatriots. ”

Hearing these words, Millau couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, what is this old guy still doing with him, does he still want to study his battle patrol thoroughly, and then go home to offer treasure to the owner? Doesn't he understand the truth that once he enters a prisoner of war, his life and freedom are now in the hands of the enemy, how can he give him the slightest chance to turn over? As his thoughts flickered, Millau smiled again and said, "Mr. Ekman is willing to go along, and that is the honor of all the crew of my Lützov." In that case, you should be a guest on the ship for a while longer. ”

Ekman nodded slightly, and then walked out of the cabin. Looking up, the glow of the setting sun had completely disappeared from the sky and sea, replaced by an endless layer of familiar blue. The wind is encouraging, and the clouds and mist are divided. Looking at the looming crescent moon in the eastern sky, Ekman took a deep breath and muttered in a voice that only he could hear, "I've done everything I need to do." General Jericho, it's all up to you now. ”

"At about 11 o'clock this morning, a German fleet met at 52.2 degrees north latitude and longitude west-51 convoy. Although we immediately responded by dismantling the fleet, under the high sweep of German torpedo boats, 6 merchant ships were captured and sunk by the other side. One of them was the American merchant ship the Sable, which was laden with munitions, and Britain lost the main weapon of one division after another! ”

In the Admiralty building in London, England, the tall and thin Admiral Balfour was in front of a huge nautical chart spread out, and said to several core generals in front of him with a solemn face: "Sir Kitchener was furious when he learned of this incident, and demanded that the Navy must give an account of the arms he lost this time, otherwise he will immediately resign from the post of Minister of the Sixth Army." Even Asquisson exerted unprecedented pressure on me, saying that the successive losses of merchant cargo in the Atlantic had severely shaken the very foundations of Britain, and that it was impossible for us to continue the war without sufficient material inputs. ”

"In addition to the two fleets of SK-51 and SK-17, we had other merchant ships that were also attacked by the German fleet. According to the analysis of the telegrams that the crew heroically replied, the core of these fleets was the main battle patrol of the German reconnaissance fleet! It seems that the Germans were breaking up their fast capital ships in order to be able to cause more effective damage to our Atlantic shipping lines. Fisher, who was full of silver, stared at the charts on the table and said slowly, "In addition, the German fleet also has planes as eyes and ears for reconnaissance, which makes their reconnaissance range soar dramatically!" Although they could not wreak havoc forever on the Atlantic Ocean due to their self-sustaining power, the damage they inflicted on us during this period was absolutely unbearable. Therefore, the home fleet has no choice but to attack again. ”

"But with our current strength, it is absolutely difficult to compete with the German High Seas Fleet. The German reconnaissance fleet dared to come to the Atlantic Ocean this time to provoke, and it must be followed by all the main battle columns! Although Balfour is technically ignorant, his judgment of the current situation is clear, "Now that the Tiger has not yet achieved combat power, and the Queen-class has not yet been completed, how can we fight the Germans?" ”

"If the Germans had combined the reconnaissance fleet into one fist, then we would have been afraid of the main fleet in their rear and would not have dared to make a rash sortie. But now they are so greedy that they have split the reconnaissance fleet into several detachments! Fisher's voice echoed through the room, already carrying a hint of coldness, "The German battleships are not capable of flying more than 8o knots, how can they completely protect the detachments?" John will not let you down, Lord Arthur. (To be continued......)

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