The Italians needed a strong ex-dreadnought fleet to hold back this French quasi-dreadnought. Three Dante-class ships were definitely not enough, and they went up and were directly washed decks. Plus 4 armored cruisers of the PISA type are definitely not enough, even if the Italians pull up a few more old Garibaldi-type armored cruisers, it will still not work, but fortunately, Austria-Hungary also has 3 dreadnoughts, no matter what, pull them up first and make do with it! Tycho repeatedly stressed that the transfer of the former dreadnoughts of Austria-Hungary was one of the prerequisites for cooperation, otherwise everything would not be discussed! And even so, Tycho could not guarantee that he would be able to stop the French fleet, and could only kill as many dreadnoughts as possible before the enemy broke through.

In the article, Tycho pointed out that the former dreadnoughts of the Italian-Austrian fleet were cannon fodder, used to deplete and delay the French navy's assault power and buy time for the main fleet. The ideal situation is that the French did not choose to break through at the first time after discovering the Italian-Austrian fleet, or did not break through decisively, and did not directly pull out all the former dreadnought fleets and break through a gap. In this way, the Italian-Austrian combined fleet had the opportunity to calmly destroy the Danton-class battleships and Guba-class battleships in the French fleet.

The Italians likewise studied the data on the engagement of the fleets of both sides in several naval battles. Comparatively speaking, Tycho was superior to Thomas in battleship skills, after all, he started out with the design institute. In the case that there is enough cannon fodder on one side, if the super dreadnoughts with excellent performance want to go, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop, so Tycho means that it is enough to sink a few dreadnoughts, and as for Brestani, they should not expect too much this time. Tycho only wanted to use this battle to establish the absolute superiority of the Central Powers in the Mediterranean, as for destroying the opponent's super dreadnought. It will be until the two sides have almost exhausted the cruisers after a long naval battle. In the event of good luck, just hit it hard and solve it with a torpedo. It's really difficult to destroy it with shells.

As for the third class of warships. That's all sorts of torpedo boats and destroyers. These battleships are pure cannon fodder, which is consumed quickly in naval battles, and it is not too slow to replenish. If you hit it, you will fight, and if you don't have it, you will be gone. But you can't just use it just because it's cannon fodder. A good general must be able to use everything in his hands well, from the excellent super dreadnought, all the way to all kinds of cannon fodder of several hundred tons! In this regard, the Italians regained some face. IT HAS A DESTROYER OF MORE THAN 700 TONS, EQUIPPED WITH 4 102MM GUNS AND 4 450 TORPEDO TUBES (A TOTAL OF 10 TORPEDOES) AND HAS A SPEED OF MORE THAN 30 KNOTS. In terms of quantity and performance, it is not inferior to French products at all.

All right. At this level of comparison, Austria-Hungary once again played soy sauce. Austria-Hungary can only get its hands on 6 700-ton destroyers! Barely a detachment. All that's left is a whole bunch of small boats of about 200 tons. And this time I came out and didn't bring it at all! Therefore, Tycho once again demanded that the destroyer formations must also be regrouped. And it was to be brought under the command of the Italian Navy. The whole group was divided into two main parts, one part was old destroyers. These things are used to close the gaps. Exchange your small body for the fleet for ten minutes or even a few minutes! The other part is nearly 20 destroyers of 700 tons capable of running at speeds of more than 30 knots. And this part of the destroyers is prepared for those worthy targets, such as dreadnoughts and quasi-dreadnoughts, and after damaging them, these high-speed torpedo boats will go up to make up for them!

In the face of Tycho's fleet distribution plan, not only the Austrians looked at the fire, but even Vice Admiral Spee, who felt that it was excessive, and the Italians concentrated all the forces that could be collected except for the capital ships. And this behavior Lieutenant General Spee could not refute. Tycho makes a lot of sense when it comes to separation. The final result may be a real defeat for both sides, don't look at the superiority of the Italian and Austrian fleets, but the advantage is limited, and it is two countries. The relationship between these two countries is not good! What Italy and Austria-Hungary needed was a decisive victory! It's not a lose-lose situation, although Tycho's advice is very arbitrary. But after weighing it again, Count Spee still accepted the suggestion of the Italians, so the power in the hands of Count Spee was not used, and it was divided into a small half!

Although the issue of fleet command has been resolved, this is only the first step in the long march of 10,000 miles, and the remaining problem is the question of the time for the fleet to converge and the campaign to be launched. Austria-Hungary hoped that war would break out as soon as possible. After all, in the Dardanelles, the Austro-Hungarian Navy could only be awaited by a lack of supplies. Because the land transportation between the two sides has not yet been opened, it is impossible to transport large parts such as artillery shells. The Austro-Hungarian fleet will fight at most, and everything is easy to say if it wins, but once it loses, it can only wait for the Austro-Hungarian Army to settle the Balkan countries before transporting them.

But the Italians seemed to feel that they were not prepared enough, because in order to deal with the French fleet, which was almost overwhelming, the Italians also had to come out. This includes bringing a few old warships that are more than 15 years old. These all need to be prepared, although Italy only has 3 Radetz-class Dreadnoughts. But they are all relatively new, and in terms of ship conditions, they are much stronger than the Dante class. So all kinds of ripping began again, and just like that, the two sides talked for half a month! Finally, the date was set for October 5, 1914! Everything went according to plan, and on the night of October 3, 1914, the German-Austrian fleet was to converge 40 km directly south of Crete. In order to prevent its whereabouts from being discovered, the Italian navy began to transfer the fleet from Taranto to the Pelage Islands, Syracusa and other places in batches, and decided to move the whole fleet to the assembly area in multiple ways during the operation, and after the convergence, the Kingdom of Italy would declare war on the Entente and launch an attack on the French fleet within two days!

In order to support the Austro-Hungarian fleet, the German Far East Fleet even transported some of the ammunition stored in the port of Faww to the Dardanelles by land. Replenish the Austro-Hungarian fleet, which had been cruising at sea for a long time. And the Italians are also beginning to efficiently mobilize their fleet. In this plane, Italy's war preparations are still being carried out impressively, stimulated by its strong strength and ambition. If nothing else, at least the fleet attendance capacity is quite high.

Thanks to the efforts of the Italian side, the three dreadnoughts built during the Second Sino-Russian War, the Count Cavour-class battleships completed the most extensive maintenance and overhaul. (The classes are the Count of Cavour, the Julio Caesar, and the Leonardo da Vinci.) AND 4 EQUIPPED WITH 10 350MM GUNS, KNOWN AS THE MOST PERFECT AND PROUDEST IN THE LIFE OF THE DUKE OF VITTORIO, AND THE FINAL WORK OF THE CARACCINO-CLASS BATTLESHIPS, THESE FOUR BATTLESHIPS ARE CARACCINO, VENETO, ROMA AND SAN MARTÍN (WELL, HERE THE AUTHOR HAS THOUGHT OF A FEW NAMES FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY, THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE BATTLESHIPS OF THE ITALIAN NAVY ARE TOO DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER. Let's be considerate of the author, and also be considerate of ourselves. ）

When Tycho's flag was raised high from the Caraccino, it meant that Italy's entry into the war had become an irreversible process, and Italy, known as Noodles and Poor Imperialism by later generations, would finally have to fight against the old powers such as Britain and France for its own interests on this plane! The Italians thought they had chosen a good chance, one that could turn the tide of the battle with a single victory. And they did everything they could for this opportunity. The fleet was divided into 3 parts, the first of which consisted of 7 dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts and attached auxiliary warships, which had already left Taranto in batches. The second part is the former dreadnoughts and other surface warships, who will be assigned to various scattered ports, and the third part is the submarine force cruising around the Pelage Islands, whose mission is to loot while the fire is burning.

In addition to the fleet that was now being assembled, Tycho also ordered a number of camouflaged reconnaissance ships and notification ships to search for information on the Allied fleet in advance in the area from the island of Malta in the west to the Strait of Daniels in the east, especially their cruising routes and schedules. These reconnaissance ships were unaware of the upcoming operation, codenamed Hellhound. They were simply told to figure out everything that the Entente was doing.

The three Confederate powers are finally crouching in a trench. They did their best to keep it secret, thinking they had everything under control. Tragically, however, the Allies had detected the Italian movement in a number of telegrams and other channels. And we have already started to make relevant plans!

What's even more tragic is that in the last time and space, the incident of the German Navy code book being fished out by the Russian frogmen was replicated in this plane, but it was not fished out by the Russian frogmen. Rather, the British Navy found a safe from the wreckage of the sunken battleship Rune, from which the code of the German Navy was found. Fortunately, however, the communication between Italy and Germany and Austria was not carried out in accordance with the German naval code, in order to ensure security. The Italian Admiralty also set a code specifically for the operation, which it handed over to Count Spee. As a result, the communication between the Italian Navy and the Austro-Hungarian fleet, the Allies did not know that any cipher was absolutely the safest when it first came out, and even if it was deciphered by the top cryptographic experts in Britain and France, they would need a lot of correspondence and some actions to corroborate!

Unfortunately, there was a lot of telegraphic exchange, but the internal movements of the Italian Navy were all made by their own original telegrams, and there were few substantive movements between the two sides before the whole operation began. So for quite a long time, the Anglo-French telegraph experts were at a loss for what to do with it! However, through multi-faceted analysis, Britain and France have already felt that Italy will sooner or later stand on the opposite side of itself, and how to fight is a problem!

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