"I can't wait a damn moment." Li Xiu hatefully put down the telegram in his hand.

"Huh! They probably don't know that you, commander, have been waiting for them in Crete for half a month.

If it weren't for the blockade of the Bosphorus, maybe they wouldn't have attacked. ”

Chen Laohu looked disgusted with admiration.

"Where is the aircraft carrier?" Li Xiu counted the cards in his hand.

The eldest brother said that one aircraft carrier can top three battleships.

Li Xiu didn't know how the eldest brother's account was calculated, but he had two aircraft carriers, the Liaodong and the Shandong, on hand.

There were also two cruisers, six destroyers.

And the opponent had three battleships there, five cruisers. And at least thirty destroyers!

In terms of troops, the Ming Dynasty was at an absolute disadvantage.

"The aircraft carriers are still on standby in Cyrenaica, and I have just ordered them to anchor. I guess we will be in Rhode Island tomorrow, and we can go to Rhode Island to meet them. ”

"No hurry!

There are so many tanks in the first division of Manye's cavalry, it is so easy to transport them to Sasenita.

Let the spy in control send the news out, and it will be said that Crete is in chaos.

The fleet is preparing to attack north! ”

"Commander, you mean ......, lure them out?"

"It's hard to estimate, after all, the Bosphorus is narrow. The widest place is more than three kilometers, and the narrowest place is only more than 700 meters.

There are light and dark forts on both sides of the strait, and I guess the Hebrews would not dare to let it go. Get the fleet out and do it with us!

Most likely, they will attack Constantinople as soon as possible. Fight to take Constantinople and then eat our fleet.

In this way, they can go out of the Mediterranean.

Giant whales into the ocean, ah......! ”

Li Xiu glanced at the map, and compared to the Mediterranean, the Black Sea was like a bathtub.

The poor Hebrews, who had spent a great deal of money to build a fleet, could only stay in a bathtub-like place.

It is hard to imagine how the release of such a large naval force would turn the situation around the Mediterranean upside down.

"Rest assured, Commander, that place of Constantinople is very well defended.

We have reinforced two more Sikh divisions, and even if the Hebrew army is strong, it will be no problem to hold it for three or five days. ”

"Sikhs! They were only slightly stronger than the Ottoman army, and our marines were the main force defending Constantinople.

I just don't know if Shang Zhixin has the ruthlessness of his father.

The last time I suppressed bandits in China, it made people fight in an uproar. This time, I put him in the position of commander of the city defense of Constantinople under domestic pressure.

If he loses Constantinople, then I can only hang the southeast branch to thank the world. ”

Li Xiu was obviously a little worried about Shang Zhixin, after all, the last time he suppressed the rebellion in China, his record was miserable.

Geng Zhongming was demoted to the regiment commander, and those people in the General Staff still had a lot of complaints.

Shang Zhixin was suddenly appointed commander of the city defense of Constantinople, and those people in the General Staff did not dare to say anything on the surface.

But privately, I don't know what to chew on my tongue.

"In the final analysis, it is the commander who is sympathetic to these old people under him.

Unlike those people in the General Staff, they are eager to beat people to death with a stick.

You said that there are so many famous generals in ancient and modern times, and there are several victorious generals such as commanders and commanders.

Who hasn't lost a few battles in their life!

My uncle once said that in fact, famous generals are fought by defeat.

Only after losing a battle do you know how to win.

Shang Zhixin did not fight the domestic counterinsurgency, and he was holding back a lot of energy in his heart. Let's see, this time the defense of Constantinople will definitely give you a beautiful fight.

Let those people in the domestic General Staff have nothing to say! ”

"I hope so!" Li Xiu nodded.

"Report!"

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Following Chen Laohu's instructions, a lieutenant staff officer walked in, holding a folder in his hand.

"Where did the telegram come from?"

"Palermo!"

"Palermo? Sicilian? "Li Xiu is a little strange, why did the Sicilian send a telegram to himself?

After taking the telegram and looking at it, Li Xiu "chuckled" in his heart.

Chen Laohu glanced sideways at the side, and immediately shouted out in a lost voice: "Two battleships, eight destroyers."

Three hours ago, sailed through the sea of Sicily ......!

This......! This is where the fleet is, whose fleet. There is no country in Europe that has two battleships!

Whose battleship will this be? Lei Laohu's hands trembled a little.

Inside the port, the 1st Cavalry Division was loading.

At this time, the sea power of Crete consisted of only two cruisers and a few destroyers.

How could such a ship be an opponent of two battleships.

Crete, although it was a thousand kilometers from Sicily, battleships sailed day and night. It's just a day and a night!

As soon as the two battleships arrived in Crete, shelled the troops that were loading. The consequences ......!

And this is the news from three hours ago, that is. In about seventeen or eighteen hours, a fleet of two battleships and eight destroyers would arrive.

"What's the panic? The sky hasn't fallen yet. Li Xiu took a deep breath.

Chen Laohu looked at Li Xiu and didn't speak, he was indeed a little overwhelmed now. He even doubted the authenticity of the telegram.

"When will the first division of the cavalry be able to complete the transfer!" Li Xiu asked coldly.

"The 1st Cavalry Division has a lot of heavy equipment, and a tank is twenty or thirty tons. Our capacity is limited, and it is estimated that it will take four or five days to reach Sasenita.

Twenty hours to finish, absolutely not possible. Chen Laohu looked out the window at the busy port.

Tanks need cranes, one by one on ships.

The 1st Cavalry Division is a heavy division that Li Xiao focused on building, not only with more tanks and armored vehicles, but also with twice as many cars as other troops.

This also caused great difficulties for the transfer of the 1st Cavalry Division!

The reason why it landed at Sasenita was because the Ming Dynasty built a crane in the port of Sasenita in advance.

The 1st Cavalry Division was to land at Sasenita and then go straight to Iasi via Sofia.

Just take control of Iasi and sink the Hebrew landing ships. The landing force of the Hebrews was a rat in an urn.

Well conceived and well planned.

But the plan obviously did not catch up with the change, and the sudden appearance of a fleet completely disrupted the original plan.

"Inform the aircraft carrier to speed up the voyage and be sure to get to Crete within a day.

In addition, a reconnaissance airship was sent out to investigate. Look at this telegram, whether it is true or false.

Don't panic, as long as the aircraft carrier arrives. What battleship is for nothing! ”

Although Li Xiu said this, everyone was a little trembling.

After all! That kind of battleship as high as a mountain gives people too much oppression.

And most of the people here have never seen an aircraft carrier. I don't know what an aircraft carrier is!

Even most people, have never seen an airplane.

After all, aircraft production is limited and requires a large number of maintenance personnel. The Ming Dynasty did not yet have the ability to build numerous air bases overseas.

At present, in most places, high-altitude reconnaissance airships are still used instead of reconnaissance planes.

Li Xiu has no other way now, and it will definitely be too late to transfer ships from other places now.

One can only count on the aircraft carrier to arrive on the battlefield as soon as possible and be able to win the battle.

"I remember, these should be two battleships ordered by Sweden. We just delivered it to Sweden four months ago.

Those destroyers, which were supposed to be ordered by Norway and Denmark. ”

Chen Laohu suddenly remembered that this should be the warship delivered by the Ming Dynasty to the three Nordic countries a month before the outbreak of the war.

"It doesn't matter who ordered from us, what matters is whether the balance has been paid in full." Li Xiu is now afraid to hear the news of the order for warships.

Because of these businesses, nine times out of ten, there are traces of his wife being involved in them.

"That's for sure, those people in the household department will never let them go if they don't see the money." Chen Laohu saw that Li Xiu's face was a little hideous, and hurriedly said.

"That's fine! Although those are all made by the Ming Dynasty, they do not belong to the Ming Dynasty after giving the money. ”

Li Xiu said fiercely.

Attacking the Ming with weapons made by the Ming Dynasty, now these Europeans must think that the Ming is stupid.

The Hebrews had been operating in Europe for thousands of years, especially since they had an astronomical fortune at their disposal.

The royal families of all countries have one connection or another with them, and their density can be called inextricably linked.

Although Li Xiu also trusted the aircraft carrier, the battleship was still a powerful battleship.

Among other things, the resistance of the Ming in Basra is now. Without battleships and arsenal ships, the Marines simply could not hold Basra.

But the eldest brother Li Xiao, because of that little money, actually sold battleships everywhere.

Basically, as long as it is not a country that is obviously hostile to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will sell it.

Even countries that are hostile to the Ming Dynasty and have not yet torn their faces, Li Xiao will approve the sale of battleships.

Sweden and Norway, Denmark, and Spain.

They simply couldn't come up with the money to buy battleships, so who paid for it, it's simply lice on the bald head.

Li Xiu didn't believe that with Li Xiu's intelligence system, he wouldn't know about these things.

Only the stupid girl in her own family still feels that she has a huge influence.

In fact, she was nothing more than the clown who danced the most.

It is hoped that the aircraft carrier can arrive in Crete in advance, otherwise it will be bombarded by battleships. Not only will the first division of the heavy cavalry carefully built by the Ming Dynasty be wiped out, but even Crete, Rhodes, and Cyrenaica will ......

Even Alexandria, Cairo and these places will be lost.

And then where?

Suez Canal?

If the Suez Canal Zone is lost, then the Ming Dynasty will lose all of Europe, and half of the Middle East will be lost.

The rest of the place depends on how capable the Ming Navy is to encircle and intercept these two battleships.

If they are still allowed to go on a rampage like this, the biggest possibility is ......, and the Ming Dynasty will lose the entire Indian Ocean.

Having lost the Indian Ocean, then how long will India be able to hold out.

And how much loyalty will they have just by relying on those Brahmins and Kshatriyas.

At that time, the good situation that the Ming Dynasty has struggled for 20 years will be ruined.

It was really ruined, and this is a terrible thing that can affect the history of the world.

Li Xiu will also be nailed to the pillar of shame in Chinese history.

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3:10 a.m., southeast of Sicily, on the island of Malta.

The island of Malta is located on the heel of the Italian Boot Peninsula, which, together with Sicily, almost separates the Mediterranean Sea in half.

Malta, on the other hand, is stuck between Sicily and the North African coast.

Whoever controls Malta controls the entire Western Mediterranean.

The Ming Dynasty had almost no garrisons in the Western Mediterranean!

In the Strait of Gibraltar, a regiment of the Ming Marine Corps was stationed.

But this fleet is not afraid, some lonely jackals hanging overseas. As long as they are cut off from overseas supplies, they have no other way but to surrender.

Unless they want to die!

Just push inward and conquer a series of islands.

In response to the Israeli fleet rushing out of Crimea, this huge fleet of five battleships, eight cruisers, and dozens of destroyers will be the most powerful naval force in the world.

Even Li Xiu has no confidence in whether his subordinates can win.

Two months ago, a regiment of the Marine Corps was stationed here.

With the tension of the war in the Middle East, the Ming Dynasty needed soldiers everywhere.

There was no way, in the end, it was handed over to a battalion of Ming mercenaries, and a regiment of Sikhs.

These mercenaries were carefully selected by Li Xiu from among the Arabs and Europeans.

These people not only have a bitter hatred for the Hebrews, but also yearn for the Ming life.

After a long period of training, plus I will participate in actual combat if I have nothing to do. The skills of these mercenaries should not be underestimated!

Li Xiu gave them a promise that as long as they completed ten years of service, they would be able to obtain the nationality of the Ming vassal state.

In other words, they will become Koreans, Mongols, Japanese ......!

With the documents issued by Li Xiu, even if some people want to obstruct them openly and covertly, these people will still be sent to the country they want to go to.

Remember! It's just the nationality of the subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and the nationality of the Ming Dynasty is not so easy to get.

Some foreign missionaries have worked hard in Daming for 30 years, but they still cannot obtain the nationality of Daming.

Even the nationality of the subject country made these outlaw mercenaries excited.

Everyone knows that Daming is the most prosperous country in the world, and where you are born must be reincarnated with excellent technology.

Even being able to live in the subject country of the Ming Dynasty is a great blessing in this life.

For this identity, everyone dares to play with their lives, and everyone is a ruthless character.

To some extent, these people were Li Xiu's personal arms.

Because their food and wages were paid by Li Xiu, and their weapons were also ...... from need. Even clothes, bedding, shoes, hats, etc., all need to be borne by Li Xiu.

Over the years, most of Li Xiu's savings have been ruined in this matter.

Now, it's time to put them to the test.

Just before the morning star had risen, a huge light suddenly appeared in the sky, and then fell to the ground with a loud explosion.