Next to the Sinai Peninsula, a thin canal connects Europe and Asia, and the blue water is a vast expanse of yellow sand. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

The ostrich team is slow, and the bells are jingling.

On the sand dunes on the bank of the river, several Arab men sat on the sand and waved to the deck when they saw the battleship with barrels passing in front of them, but when the sailors also saluted them, they found something amazing.

The fleet turned out to be from east to west! Moreover, on that blood-red banner with a strange pattern, it seems to be the legendary dragon claw of the East!

"It's the fleet of the Chinese people!" A man in a robe was the first to understand, covering his mouth as if he couldn't believe it: "Allah is above, they actually killed the Mediterranean!" ”

In the bow, in front of the knapsack twin L47/130 mm high-level rapid-fire gun, sailors carry long wiping pliers to clean the barrels, and when buckets of seawater wash over the steel deck, sailors with rags and mops immediately begin to wash.

The sailors huddled together, waving to the Arab people on the riverbank while cleaning up their beloved warship, and a young corporal behind the bridge who was wearing glasses and covered in books and reinforcing the superstructure with cotton yarn rolls stopped his work, looking at the blue water and golden sand beside him, as if thoughtful.

The comrade-in-arms handed a roll of cotton yarn wrapped for anti-fragmentation to the corporal, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual in the distance, he turned his head and asked in surprise: "What are you thinking?" ”

"I'm wondering why we're fighting this battle.

"Hehe, what's there to think about." The older veteran smiled: "Speaking of which, this is called defending the country against foreign enemies." said that it was small, carrying guns and cannons to eat imperial food. ”

The corporal didn't seem to hear the old soldier's words, and smiled slightly: "Before, I couldn't figure it out vaguely, but when I saw those people today, I figured it out." "The finger pointed at the Arabs on the shore, and the comrades-in-arms slowed down" looked at the young corporal who immediately decided to become a naval man after graduating from university.

The corporal looked into the distance with a roll of cotton yarn in his arms: "In 1840, the Western powers used opium as an excuse to start a war and knocked on our door!" In 1860, they stormed the city of Beijing, burned the Old Summer Palace, and tried to force the emperor to kneel and confess!

At that time, ......, the Manchu Qing was incompetent, the national strength was weak, and we lost to the bottom! ”

The corporal had sparkling eyes and a deep voice: "From that day on, the great powers who had tasted the sweetness had been trying to shorten the route of plunder, so they enslaved the Arab world, forced workers, and tens of thousands of people buried their bones in the yellow sand, and finally completed this magnificent Grand Canal." ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

They called it to promote the exchange of civilizations between the East and the West, but after the opening of the New Year, it immediately became a convenient passage for them to grab the wealth of Asia.

From here, they took with them countless precious relics, poisoning our fathers and fellow villagers with opium" in exchange for countless silver riches! To this day, the cultural treasures left by our ancestors are still displayed in Europe behind glass windows, as the "merits" of the year to show off!

At that time, the target of their wave of hands was the great powers, foreigners, gunboats from the west, with blood-dripping guns, loaded with umbrellas and silver goods, and then turned away.

Now "they are waving to us and saluting us!"

It's not because they're in Asia, it's because we're strong! Because we started to swim up the canal! There was silence on the deck, and the words of the young corporal struck every sailor's heart like a hammer" They all understood.

The emperor recruited them from all over the country and turned them from workers and peasants into predators, not only to defeat the enemy, but also to fight for a future for the motherland, which had suffered for a hundred years! A future that makes the Chinese hold their heads high and makes the world look up to "so that the great powers will never dare to speak with cannons again!"

The dragon has been suppressed for a long time, and finally it will raise its head to the sky and sing loudly!

"Well said! The old man is coming, "Foreigners, wait for it than a clean ass!" The veteran was the first to stand up excitedly, letting tears flow down his face, holding a roll of cotton yarn and laughing, and roaring: "Well said! has bullied us for a hundred years, and it's time to repay the debt!

If you eat it, you will spit it out for us!

Give me back everything I have taken! ”

"Haha, from now on, let the world wave to us!"

The captain stood outside the cabin, silently listening to the words of the corporal and sailors, looking at the war eagles soaring in the sky, and also wanted to shout a few times with the soldiers, but he understood that this trip was not simple.

In the afternoon in the city of Rome, pedestrians are in a hurry.

The bright sunshine in May not only did not make this beautiful European city warm and comfortable, but added a bit of irritability and deep unease.

Once the birthplace of the Roman Empire, the seat of the Catholic Church, the city has influenced the whole of Europe for thousands of years, but no one would have imagined that less than 50 years after the reunification at the end of the century, this city and the country where the city is located will fall into a major crisis because of the wrong choice.

Hundreds of Italian officers came and went in the famous Earl's Palace, but the clouds on their faces became more and more solemn.

The Chinese fleet has entered the Mediterranean!

The forward, light cruisers and 6 destroyers have already entered Port Said, Egypt, and the rest of the capital ships are also being assembled in Djibouti.

The news, like thunder, suddenly exploded from the port of Deside, the entrance to the Suez Canal in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, and the gale began to sweep through all the countries and forces along the Mediterranean coast, and the strong smell of gunpowder began to gradually diffuse with the warships passing through the canal.

No one dared to underestimate the dragon's claw battle flag, which seemed to be dyed red with blood, and since the beginning of the war, the achievements of this navy, which also started with royalty, were so impressive that they were even as afraid to look at the sun overhead.

Although everyone had known for a long time that they were preparing to enter the Mediterranean, everyone couldn't help but shudder when the icy bow really broke through the blue and broke through the red line in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, here's the news."

In the conference room, the intelligence officer saluted Vittorio Emanuele III, who was in full armor, and reported: "Before Sun Shiqian, the Ottoman Navy Yavos I. Selim Sultan (formerly the German Goben) and the Izmael led the cruiser Wrinkle to break through the blockade and leave the Dardanelles, aiming for Port Said. ”

The air is becoming more and more condensed, and the Ottoman navy, which has been almost suppressed in the Black Sea since the Italian-Turkish war, has also been dispatched, and it is the emperor who sailed out of the strait, and the reason why they dare to do this is undoubtedly those few forward warships of China!

A few strikers have already broken the barnyard in the Mediterranean, so what about waiting for the arrival of the main fleet of the [Chinese] country? The officers could no longer think about it.

Like the officers, the corners of Vittorio Emanuele III's lips trembled slightly, in fact, he is now the same as that Alfonso XIII, extremely regretful of his original choice, if he had chosen Germany at that time, maybe he could have swept into Spain now, and even probably became the king of Italy, Albania and Spain!

But he also did not dare to withdraw from the war immediately, compared with Spain, Italy's domestic economic and political situation is also not good, not to mention that compared with the temporary security of Spain's homeland, if Italy withdraws its troops from the front, maybe the Austro-Hungarian army will directly enter it.

"Have the British and French support fleets arrived?" Vittorio I. Emanuele III's eyes were red. Many people know that this king with a two-handed beard is a veritable gambler, but before the war, as a member of the Central Powers, he chose to join the Entente because he saw that the Chinese people were held back by the United States and thought that the Chinese would not intervene in the European war.

"Your Majesty, three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships sent by Great Britain have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, French armpit cruisers, 45 destroyers, and 33 submarines are expected to arrive in Taranto tomorrow, and two Greek battleships, the Rimonos and the Helches, are on their way."

"What about us?" Vittorio Emanuele III continued.

"We have concentrated all the battleships, including the Francesco Caracciolo, Andrea Doria, Caillio do Ilio, Count Cavour, Giulio Cay, Leonardo da Vinci and Dante, 1 battleships, 6 old battleships, Queen Elena, Naples, Vittorio Emanuel, San Giorgio, San Marco and Benito Brin, in addition to 11 cruisers, 37 destroyers and 79 torpedo boats, 21 submarines." As soon as the Minister of the Navy finished introducing his troops, he immediately frowned and reminded: "Your Majesty, I would like to remind Ji that our current strength is seriously insufficient and we cannot take the initiative to attack!"

And Rome is too close to the coast, we can't compete with the Chinese planes, they can bomb us very easily, and the important thing is that we can't really concentrate all our forces and send out all the warships, because there are female Austro-Hungarian Combined Forces battleships on the other side of the Adriatic, and we have to ...... Old"

"I know."

Before the Minister of the Navy could finish speaking, Vittorio Emanuele III interrupted him impatiently: "My dear minister, we have no way back, so I need you to find a way to block those damn Austro-Hungarian ** ships in the harbor before the main force of the Chinese people enters the Mediterranean!" ”

"Now." The Admiralty is stupid, and he has not solved the other party for more than two years, but he has to do it in these few days, is it possible?

Vittorio Emanuele III ignored the sad-faced Admiral, and raised his chin: "Everyone, I know what you are thinking, but we have no way out now, use all your skills, or the pregnant horse will be captured by the infidels again, or...... I ask the Pope to join in welcoming you to your triumph. ”

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