There are five countries in Africa bordering the Mediterranean, from east to west: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Tunisia occupies a small area of the Mediterranean, but it is very well located, like a sharp knife in the middle of the Mediterranean.

In this world, most of this area belongs to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or rather the German sphere of influence. Only two islands on the east coast, Djerba and the Gellganai archipelago, belong to Italy.

Djerba is further south, close to the African continent and connected to the mainland by some sandbars, and people with good water can even travel back and forth between the two places on foot.

Hometsuk is located at the northernmost tip of Djerba, which belongs to the Italian Navy.

The special geographical location has led to the fact that this place is not very important, and Austria-Hungary has always wanted to take it back, but the navy has prostatic hyperplasia and is weak. And this is just used as an outpost reconnaissance base, the Gellganai Islands in the north can still control the Mediterranean shipping lane, here is too close to Tunisia, and the southern Gergis and Bengaldan are controlled by Austria-Hungary, and there are often border frictions, and some people have always used this as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Austria-Hungary, but Austria-Hungary also knows that it is useless to stay here, and has been unwilling to pay a good price, so the two sides have been dragging it out.

Compared to the Red Sea front, this is a place for the elderly, and Xu Zhonglin was actually very annoyed when he was assigned here, but Teacher Caprela asked him to calm down here and wait for a year, so he had to give up.

When Xu Zhonglin's fleet arrived, the docks were very busy, full of cargo ships loading and unloading supplies, but the people who greeted him were very deserted, only two petite ship girls.

After getting off the boat, the two little cute girls greeted them: "Hello, are you Lieutenant Colonel Xu Zhonglin?" ”

"Welcome, we are Camicia Neira and Aviere."

Wow, angels and demons! Or rather, pilots and blackshirts.

Xu Zhonglin, a pseudo-military fan, didn't know much about the battleship in his last life, but he knew that these two little cute girls were sisters with his classmate Soldati, and they were very good destroyers. In this life, the displacement of 2,500 tons and the speed of 39 knots have become the template for many destroyer hull transformations.

Teresa didn't care about this: "Why are you the only ones who greet you, and what about the other ship's mothers?" ”

It stands to reason that the rank of lieutenant colonel is not small, and in this small place, Xu Zhonglin is the second highest-ranking person in the military, and he should not be so neglected, so Teresa was angry.

"I'm sorry, Admiral Xu was negligent, we originally organized a very grand welcoming ceremony, but Colonel Costa said that the war is about to start, and the delivery of materials cannot be delayed, so everything is simple, you forgive me." Camicia Neira cautiously explained that the Admiral from the East had heard that the Governor was coming before he arrived. This man who became a lieutenant colonel as soon as he graduated is worth ten years of hard work by many admirals. Although humans laugh at this 'tattered king', don't you know how attractive this title is to those ship girls who have bad hulls, which ship girls don't want to have the most advanced hull themselves? Even she was envious of the four-thousand-ton expulsion that had just arrived in the harbor.

"What did you say the colonel's name was?"

"Costa!"

"Oh, thank you!" Xu Zhonglin was silent on the surface, but his heart was racing, and the surname Costa made him think of a possibility, but it still needs to be confirmed.

The town guard mansion is right next to the port, and because of the remote location of Haomaitsuk and the military port, there are not many people coming and going, and all of them are soldiers. Xu Zhonglin is a lieutenant colonel, and the accommodation allocated by the military department is still good, it is a large villa with all kinds of furniture.

He took a brief look, there were many rooms, and the decoration was a little old, but the residents were still no problem, and handed over the new home to Sissi and them to clean up, and he went to the town guard mansion to meet his superiors.

Colonel Costa is the supreme commander here, the equivalent of a town commander in the town guard mansion. Xu Zhonglin knocked on the door and saluted after entering the other party's office: "Report to the chief, Lieutenant Colonel Xu Zhonglin reports to you." ”

Originally, although it was a relationship between superiors and subordinates, everyone was a school officer, and at least they should stand up to greet each other, but this Colonel Costa didn't even raise his head and continued to do his job.

Get off the horse!

It took a long time for Colonel Costa to raise his head and look at him from top to bottom: "You are Xu Zhonglin?" ”

"Yes sir!"

"I know you, you're one of those old stubborn people who don't want to get ahead. I heard that they came up with a point reward for this operation, do you want to go to the front? ”

"Yes!" The other party's tone was obviously 'Middle Eastern', and although the question was very impolite, Xu Zhonglin really didn't want to stay here.

Colonel Costa stood up and came behind Xu Zhonglin: "Okay, I heard that you got a drawing of the Des Moines-class heavy cruiser from the Admiralty, give it to me, I promise you to go to the front line within two months, otherwise, you will live here for three years." ”

Show one’s true colors in the end!

But this time Xu Zhonglin smiled, he turned around and stared at the other party: "Where did you hear that I have Des Moines-level blueprints, sir?" ”

"My brother Pia Costa, I heard that you are an excellent admiral, and it is wasted to keep it here, how about my advice?"

Now Xu Zhonglin understood, it turned out that the main mastermind behind his coming here was actually this goods!

"Why doesn't the chief exchange it from the military department himself?" Even if Xu Zhonglin wanted to give it, he didn't dare, he had signed a confidentiality agreement with the military department, not to mention, now Xu Zhonglin couldn't wait to chop the brothers and grind them into stuffing, knead them into balls and fry them in the oil pan!

Colonel Costa was a little arrogant, as if he had eaten him: "Hahaha...... Originally, I wanted to go to the army to exchange it, but since you have it here, why should I waste my merits? Isn't it good to keep it for other ones? ”

Xu Zhonglin also laughed: "Oh? How do you think I'm going to give it to you? Do I look so good at bullying? ”

"Humph! Then you're going to stay here for three years, and I'll take good care of you. ”

"Oh? Then thank you, sir, I'll see. After speaking, Xu Zhonglin walked out.

Back at the residence, Sissi hurriedly greeted her: "Admiral, what should I do?" ”

Xu Zhonglin sat down and took a sip of tea: "Everyone is a person in the system, he can embarrass us in military affairs at most, what else can he do?" What did Mr. Caprera say?"

Just now in the Costa office, Xu Zhonglin asked Sissi to communicate with Caprela, and asked the other party to inquire about where this Costa is sacred.

Sissi stroked her hair: "Caprela said, so you don't have to worry, even if she can't handle it, but in Italy, there is nothing that the Medici family can't solve, as long as you find Cato, we can transfer you immediately." ”

Xu Zhonglin thought about it, this is indeed a way, but he shook his head again: "Wait, the operation of the Italian army is still different from that of the British, we must first familiarize ourselves with it, just like the teacher said, it may not be impossible to wait here for a year, this time it is different from Gibraltar, I have no experience in leading the army alone, if you rush to the battlefield, maybe it will be on paper." ”

The admiral said so, and the ship girls also felt right, but the rest of their lives were not destined to be very pleasant.