Xu Zhonglin was drinking tea and bragging to Cato: "Look, I'll just say that we don't have to go out, my little sister can solve it." Didn't lie to you, did you? ”

Cato looked disdainful: "That's because Germany doesn't pay attention to it yet, otherwise the air support that came would not have been two aircraft carriers!" Do you dare to say you're not worried about Barcel Lisa and them? Not worried about what are you putting me and Lisa's aircraft carrier on standby? ”

The brothers are now located in Scapa Bay, a bay in the middle of the Orkney Islands north of the British Isles, with Shetland, Faroe and Iceland to the north, and like the Shetland Islands, which guard the North Sea's shipping route to the Atlantic. The bay is a large bay with a suitable water depth, making it a natural harbour. The interior is well-connected by three shipping routes, one to the Atlantic Ocean and the other to the North Sea. In Xu Zhonglin's original world, after World War I, the entire German High Seas Fleet sank here, which made this inconspicuous place dyed with a touch of tragedy.

In this world, it was originally an important port for the British Home Fleet and one of the top three townsmen. But more than a month ago, Britain suddenly announced that it had abandoned it due to insufficient military spending. Most of the native fleet stationed here was withdrawn from here within a week, and most of the infrastructure was not relocated due to the haste of the operation. Immediately afterwards, this place was occupied by a group of 'pirates', that is, Xu Zhonglin and them.

For this kind of thing, Germany on the other side of the strait only wants to say one thing: Editor, why do you continue to make it up!

Everyone on earth knows that the Orkney Islands are the mainland islands of Britain, which will be occupied by pirates, and Britain will almost be destroyed. But now that the old rascals can eat and drink, their appetite is very good, how can there be a little decay? This kind of lie can only deceive the ghost.

All the British want is an explanation, and it is enough to be able to deceive the ghost. In February, with Britain and France taking Italy into their arms, and Russia to the east, Germany was encircled by land throughout Europe. But the British did not give up and wanted to cut off Germany's maritime support, so they concocted a 'noose plan'.

The strategic objectives of the noose plan are divided into two parts. In the first part, at the southern end, the route of the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish fleets into the Mediterranean was blocked, and at the northern end, the connection between Germany and Iceland was cut off, and the channel through which the absolute side obtained resources and core from the Americas and the Atlantic.

The second part is to support Russia in every possible way, to give money, supplies, and ships, and that Russia must do everything possible to stop the war with the Eastern Empire and resist Germany with all its might.

Scarpa Bay's litany of operations was part of this noose plan. Britain, France, and Italy all sent some admirals disguised as pirates to cut off the connection between Germany and the Atlantic, especially between Germany and Iceland through submarines.

Xu Zhonglin, as the representative of the Italian Navy, was 'lucky' to be selected to carry out this plan. This plan is too dangerous, Britain, France and Italy will never admit their existence, and if they are caught by Germany, they will die, and there will be no diplomatic representations at all.

On that day, he didn't want to come here at all, but Marshal Arturo Moriti told him that it was requested by Qiao Wuye himself, so he had to come and take Cato with him.

The reason for pulling Cato is simple - to be a meat shield.

There is a little fat man Zheng Maitreya in the German Navy to help him ventilate the news, and the British intelligence service can often send him information, which to a certain extent allows him to avoid falling into the trap dug by the Germans, Cato is his last line of defense, if he is captured at the same time, at least the Germans will not immediately kill the killer in the face of the Medici family.

This, of course, is inseparable from Cato himself and the will of the Medici family. Lady Catherine seems to have found a way for Cato to lead to the marshal of the Navy, to the Middle East front, to rob Tunisia, these are all achievements. If he could play against the Germans in the North Sea, Cato would have a pretty good resume in the future, and thirty or fifty years from now, it would be a seniority. Cato himself was very resentful of Xu Zhonglin's nickname of 'Far Eastern Lion Cub' was better than his 'Bow Breaker', and was determined to surpass Xu Zhonglin and come here to brush up his achievements.

There are many disadvantages on this side of the North Sea, and the benefits are even more abundant. Everything looted here is your own, and that alone is enough for many people to go crazy. Many of the unsatisfactory admirals in Britain, France, and Italy, or those who aspired to become stronger quickly, volunteered, and among them Miss Lisa Gradini and Lily were among them.

Lily came through Miss Carla Jacote's connections, along with Benshamine Bernard, a skinny fish-eyed boy. Lisa Gratini applied voluntarily, and was also sponsored by Mrs. Catherine, and took the Admiralty to Scapa Bay with the same ship of Xu Zhonglin's original aircraft carrier, Millet, Mirage.

Cato's fleet was more luxurious, bringing a Skyhawk and a Harrier Eagle to form a twin carrier battle group.

was ridiculed by Cato, of course Xu Zhonglin was not happy: "You have also seen Annie's combat effectiveness, what about two more ships?" ”

This time, Anne was equipped with forty-eight F4U Corsair fighters, and she had a great advantage over Germany. Germany itself does not have a multifunctional carrier-based aircraft, and the ME-109T attached to the Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier is an exclusive fighter with not strong combat effectiveness, and generally each aircraft carrier is equipped with 12, and the other 30 are all JU87C Stuka bombers. The pirates who met Anne were like sheep in a pack of wolves, and they were quickly slaughtered.

Cato has always been envious of Anne's Pirate fighter jets: "Where did you get the blueprints for that kind of plane?" Shall I use all the resources I have gained this time to exchange with you? ”

Ay! One lie must be followed by countless lies. Xu Zhonglin couldn't share the big secret of the hell pocket watch with his good brother, so he could only continue to pretend: "It's all a trivial matter, I'll give it to you when I go back, and I'll share a quarter of the resources." If you need it, I can also give you the blueprints of the Tejas class aircraft carrier. I'm a good new ship designer, and it's just a piece of cake. After a while, I'll try to help Elena and her team improve the hull on the basis of the Veneto-class battleship, that's the big job. ”

"Oh? How to change? Is it a quad like Richelieu? ”

Cato was surprised, a new hull blueprint is very difficult in this world, and there are many runes in this world's ship that humans have not yet understood, and the role of these runes is currently unclear to humans, let alone creation? Therefore, the design of the hull drawings of this world is basically enlarged on the basis of the original ship type, or try luck on a certain law.

The easiest way to do this is to completely replicate everything in the original way, as Richelieu did, by lengthening the hull and increasing the number of main gun turrets. This is also the plan that Xu Zhonglin originally considered coming up with, but no matter how much this plan is changed, the protection is still Veneto-level, and it will even be weakened, and it is very weak against Bismarck's magic cannon.

"No, I'm going to try to enlarge the Veneto-class battleships into new battleships with a displacement of 65,000 tons, three triple 406-mm guns, and armor that can withstand the 380-mm guns of the Bismarck-class and Veneto-class guns."