Xu Zhonglin didn't listen to what Rena was saying, he stared carefully at the chart, which was densely marked with all the Austro-Hungarian warships found so far and the ships that followed them.

"How many Austro-Hungarian warships have been spotted in the vicinity?"

"There are three hundred and seventy-nine ships along the coast of Tunisia and Libya, and one hundred and sixteen of them are tracked by our Hometsuk."

"Then how much combat power do we have in the harbor now?"

Rena asked, "Only Captain Lisa and two other lieutenants, less than twenty boats in total." ”

"What about the Gelganai Islands?"

"It's pretty much the same. Admiral, you mean ......" Rena seemed to realize something.

Xu Zhonglin nodded: "I think this is a trap, these Austro-Hungarian warships sailed aimlessly just to mobilize us out of port." Raise your vigilance, tell Costa and the military headquarters about our concerns, let the people up there cut off, and let Anne reclaim the hull! Tell her to tell Lisa to be vigilant and we'll go back to port. ”

"Admiral, we can't go back, in case the other side doesn't attack, then we are derelict in our duties."

"!" Xu Zhonglin slammed the table in a rage. He wasn't sure there would be an attack tonight, just the same habitual persecution paranoia as Laayoune Beach.

Rena was a little worried: "Admiral, could it be that you are mistaken?" It takes a lot of warships for the other side to launch a sneak attack, the fortress of the town guard is not so easy to break, and Tunisia does not have that much strength. According to the current troop situation, almost all the Austro-Hungarian warships in the eastern part of Tunisia have been mobilized. ”

"Can't the other party let the ship's mother come over on the boat and hide?" After finishing speaking, Xu Zhonglin ordered again: "The Second Fleet has entered a state of imminent battle, keep a distance and be on alert, look at the situation after being attacked, and retreat immediately if it cannot be defeated." ”

Not long after the order was given, Rena reported: "Admiral, the Austro-Hungarian fleet in front of us has divided its forces, and all the light patrols have turned around and headed for the Bay of Gabes. ”

"Let Barcel Lisa keep up with the heavy patrol formation, and we will turn around and follow the light patrol formation." As soon as he wanted to doze off, someone sent him a pillow, and Xu Zhonglin just wanted to go back to Haomait Suke, which was in the same direction as Gabes Bay.

"The other party's speed is 35 knots, I'm afraid we can't keep up." The Königsberg significantly improved the powertrain, and the original was not so fast.

A certain admiral rubbed Rena's head: "Girl, you can't be too upright, if we lose it, won't we be able to return to Hong Kong?" The first day of work is understandably inexperienced, right? ”

Not long after the fleet turned around, the other party's light cruisers really moved forward at full speed at 35 knots, Xu Zhonglin's five heavy cruisers also moved at full speed at 33 knots, and Barcelisa also found that the eight heavy cruisers behind them turned around and followed!

Xu Zhonglin took a deep breath as he looked at the dark sea from the bridge, and the air was filled with the smell of scorching.

Suddenly!

"Dergus, Zhulf and Gabbes poured out a large number of Austro-Hungarian ships at the same time, and they were all heading for Heroic Tsuk! The military department asked us to rush back to help! The number of enemies is unknown, and the ship's mother has lost contact! Rena's hurried voice shattered the silence of the night.

"How soon will it take us to get back?"

"An hour and a half!"

"Full speed!"

Then, bad news came one after another.

Sfax, the closest to the Gellganai Islands, also poured out a lot of Austro-Hungarian warships!

The waterways outside the ports of Abu Kemash, Zuwara, Tripoli and other Libyan towns were all blocked by Austro-Hungarian submarines with mines!

The war has actually broken out!

"Find out that the enemy has two Bismarck-class battleships in the direction of Gabes! It should be a modification of the Austro-Hungarian Combined Forces class! A total of 100 Austro-Hungarian warships were dispatched from the three ports, all of them cruisers! ”

! Battleship! Definitely can't beat it!

"Order the entire Second Fleet to move closer to us at full speed! Where are Colonel Costa and the other two majors? ”

Now Howmetsuk was in jeopardy, and Colonel Costa had two battleships, both of which were of the same position, but all converted into Veneto-class battleships. One of the other two majors also had a battleship, nothing more than a Andrea Doria-class ship of the same position, the Cayo Duilio, and it had not been modified at all! The speed is only 22 knots. The other major was better, with a Battle Cruiser, a completely new design of the Veneto-class with simplified armor.

"Colonel Costa has abandoned Major Rossi and is returning with Major Marino, who is expected to arrive in more than an hour."

Major Rossi was the admiral with the battleship Cayo Duilio, and Major Marino was the admiral with a battle cruiser. Costa's strategy is still relatively correct, three ships to fight two, at least at the psychological level, it is more advantageous.

But without waiting for Xu Zhonglin to feel at ease, Rena reported the situation again: "Admiral, the other party's two Bismarck-class battleships have arrived outside the port of Haomaitsuk, and they said that a shipwreck is missing and needs to enter the port to search!" Captain Lisa has refused. ”

! Someone remembered the Lugou Bridge!

Kelena paused for a moment and continued: "Two Bismarcks have begun shelling the harbor fortress! ”

The war really broke out!

Rena then reported: "Admiral, the ten light cruisers in front of you have suddenly turned around!" We were intercepted! ”

"What's the distance? What is the distance of the eight heavy cruisers in the back? ”

"The enemy's light patrol formation is 30,000 meters away from us, and the rear heavy patrol formation is 35,000 kilometers away from us."

I'm caught in the bag!

"Turn the rudder! 15 compass points on the right side, full speed! ”

Xu Zhonglin can only hope to rush over now, he is still fifty nautical miles away from Haomait Suk, and he can reach it in an hour and a half.

But the journey home is not destined to be easy. As he turned the rudder, the ten light cruisers also turned the rudder, keeping parallel to his fleet.

Suddenly Barcelisa sent a telepathy: Left front, torpedo!

Xu Zhonglin didn't have time to think about it: the left rudder, the bow of the ship is aimed at the torpedo, pay attention to avoidance!

Five heavy cruisers and one expellant made a uniform arc on the sea, and the stern rolled out the white spray, but no one appreciated it. Barcelisa's skills in dodging torpedoes are still very high, and the five sisters strictly follow her trajectory and easily dodge the torpedoes.

Xu Zhonglin looked at the track of the torpedo in the direction of the side and felt very excited, there were not many torpedoes, only six rounds, which should have come from a submarine.

But he didn't have time to deal with this submarine now, and when he turned the rudder, the light patrol formation of the other side was already approaching. Now the distance between the two sides has approached 23,000 meters, which is already within the accurate range of the main guns.

Rena reminded him: "Admiral, we can't rush over, the other party is fast, and will rob us of the T-word." ”

"When was the earliest arrival of the expulsion formation?"

"The goddess of comedy and the goddess of tragedy are only ten kilometers away from us, and others are coming."

"Turn the rudder to the west and maneuver to the place where the largest number of people can meet within twenty minutes." This time, Xu Zhonglin did not give a specific order, and it is appropriate to leave this complicated calculation to the ship's ladies.

Rena didn't speak this time, she knew that twenty minutes later it would be a decisive battle!