Chapter 136: Mysterious Contact

Smiled and patted his old partner's broad shoulder, and a trace of imperceptible worry flashed in his eyes!

Of course, what Henrik is worried about is not the ship-building ability shown by the Chinese People's Army! Because at this time, the British Empire has been able to build ironclad warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons and a main gun caliber of 16 inches like the 'Inflai Whitewashing' class, and it is far beyond all countries in the world in terms of warship cycle, so there is no need to worry about the Far East, which is a weak country with a weak industrial base, will surpass Britain in the number and tonnage of warships or pose too much threat to the identity of the British Empire's maritime hegemon!

What really worries Henrik is whether the Chinese People's Army already has an advanced means of communication and can communicate with its own warships hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away! Otherwise, how can we explain the three KPA warships that suddenly appeared behind the fleets of the Netherlands and Portugal!

"How is it possible? It should be said that it is impossible?" Henrik frowned tightly, and the confusion on his face deepened and deepened, he really couldn't get an answer that satisfied him!

"Captain, how is it possible? What are you talking about?" Beck couldn't help but ask next to him, looking at Henrik's brow, which had already turned into a pimple.

His words seemed to wake up Henrik, who had fallen into his thoughts, and looked up at Beck, who was inquiring beside him, he not only shook his head and smiled, but said, "It's nothing, it's just that I just thought of something!" He didn't say his guess, after all, in the eyes of Europeans, the scientific and technological desert, the economically backward and closed Far East, there is a new communication technology far beyond Europe, even pragmatic people like Henrik don't believe it too much without seeing it in person! What's more, this old friend beside him, who is full of white supremacy ideas under the glorious martial arts of the Royal Navy of the British Empire!

Seeing that he didn't want to say, Baker didn't ask again, with what he knew about Henrik, if it was really important, he would definitely tell him personally!

Of course, Henrik, who was trying to think and look for evidence for his speculation, did not know that on the armored cruiser 'Hamburg', not far from him, a German was just as guessing the reason as he was!

Tirpitz put down the monoculars in his hand, and his angular and serious face revealed a clear and visible contemplation!

Although he was still only a small lieutenant colonel officer in the German Navy, and the warships he was on before were only some German torpedo boats! However, the experience of studying at the Kiel Naval School and the insight of many years of close observation of the logistics and supply, warship structure, and naval establishment of the British Royal Navy also made him a German naval talent with sufficient naval warfare theory, rich experience, and outstanding talent! Of course, these experiences also paved the way for him to enter the political arena of the German Empire and eventually become the 'father of the German High Seas Fleet'!

Tirpitz touched the thick beard on his chin, and whenever he encountered some difficult problem, he would involuntarily make this habitual action!

Thinking about the shape and external structure of the strange warship in his mind, Tirpitz eliminated one by one what he thought would not be doubtful, and finally, the high lightning rod-like thing that had been erected on all four warships at the same time remained in his mind!

Thinking of this, Tirpitz stroked his beard's right hand, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, the other equipment on that battleship, even if the appearance was different, he could roughly guess their role, but only the iron rod that was found on every warship, he didn't know the slightest use, and he had never seen a similar device on the warships of various countries!

As the largest and most dense weapon of this era, and also the top-level weapon that represents a country's comprehensive strength, there will be no equipment on it that cannot be used! Therefore, if there is really any advanced and unknown means of long-distance communication among these warships, then the problem must appear in this iron rod that almost every warship has!

Thinking of this, Tirpitz was eager to fly to these warships and personally verify his guesses, because there were not many people who understood the military value of this means of communication better than him! The superiority of information was too important for a force or a fleet at sea! Even if Tirpitz was asked to exchange the nearly 3,000-ton armored cruiser at Tirpitz's feet, he would not hesitate to agree!

"Captain, they've got another battleship coming in!" the combat staff officer, who had been using a monoculars to observe the unknown warships following them, suddenly said in a surprised voice.

Hearing his words, Tirpitz changed his mind, picked up the telescope in his hand and looked into the distance, and between them, one of the four warships before him, the same type of ship, the same equipment of the battleship, was quickly catching up at a speed of 15 knots, and within a few minutes he joined the fleet formation that was arranged in a diagonal line, and reduced his speed to the same 8 knots cruising speed as all the current warships and transports, and joined the tracking fleet!

Seeing this scene, the faces of the naval officers on the warships of the navies of all five countries became less beautiful, and the addition of each warship meant that this navy, which is likely to be a force of the Chinese People's Army, was a little stronger! This will pose a serious threat to the interests and strategies of several countries in the Far East in the future!

Tirpitz looked solemnly and with some surprise at the ironclad battleship that had just arrived! Now he was further sure that his guess should be correct, because the battleship numbered HY005 (Seahawk V) had a thick iron pole erected high on the rail, just like the previous four warships!

After carefully using the telescope to examine this later warship, Tirpitz lowered his hand, took a deep breath, and showed a trace of worry in his eyes! From the arrival of more and more warships of the Chinese People's Army, the landing operations of the Netherlands and Portugal are likely not to go as smoothly as they thought before! And Germany's strategy of taking advantage of the opportunity to occupy a colony in the East Indies and then plotting the entire Far East will probably no longer be realized! That means that the Far East operation led by him, which cost a lot of money, will also end in failure! Although these responsibilities are not on his shoulders, as the commander of the German Imperial Expeditionary Force, he will not escape the reproach of the Imperial ** Ministry, and this is also likely to affect his upward path within the navy!

Reaching out and touching the thick beard under his chin, Tirpitz's eyes flashed a trace of helplessness, at this time, the development of the situation in the Far East, with the appearance of the Chinese People's Army in the Indian Ocean more and more warships, seriously detached from the original domestic speculation about the situation in the East Indies! And the weak strength in his hand also made it difficult for him to win any interests for Germany according to the will of the Empire!

"Now, if only I could contact the Imperial Staff in time!" Tirpitz, who was poor in donkey skills, couldn't help but think secretly in his heart!

However, he finally looked at the tall iron poles on the five warships, and sighed heavily, he also thought that he really had something to do now!

"If only I could figure out the means of contact on those warships!" thought Tirpitz greedily.