Archduke Ferdinand's idea was quickly fed back to Constantine, and it was easy to allocate some of the immigrants from Dar es Salaam to Mqani to complete the clean-up of the building, which had been abandoned for two years.

As long as he didn't want money, Konstantin was still very generous, and soon more than 2,000 immigrants were assigned to Mqani, which will temporarily become the most populous city on Pemba Island and the second largest military port in East Africa.

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At this time in the Adriatic Sea, the Austro-Hungarian navy had already exchanged fire with the navy of the Kingdom of Italy, and the naval battle was not very far from the Republic of San Marino on the Apennine Peninsula, and on the coast one could already hear the sound of artillery fire.

Maritime.

"Reload your ammunition, take aim." With the commander's methodical command, the Austro-Hungarian soldiers completed every step of the operation in an orderly manner.

"Fire!"

With a "boom", the naval guns emitted thick black smoke, and the shells flew straight towards the Italian naval ships.

Unfortunately, the first shot did not succeed and fell into the sea of enemy ships, but it also allowed the Austro-Hungarian Navy to find an angle.

The huge impact of the cannon fire made the whole ship jolt a little, but the Austro-Hungarian naval soldiers did not seem to be affected in any way.

The Austro-Hungarian Navy was reformed by Wilhelm von Tergerthoff, and in the past two years, its military literacy has been comprehensively improved during the Battle of Bilissa.

"Damn, the firepower of the new Austro-Hungarian warships has been strengthened again, and they have a high degree of completion, they almost let them succeed just now, give me a counterattack!"

The Italians also began to shoot at Austro-Hungarian ships, and after the lessons of the last Battle of Lisa, although the Italian navy was greatly reduced, it also allowed the Italian navy to work on the soldiers and the chain of command.

At the time of the Battle of Lisa, the Italian Navy was composed of the original five navies, so the command can be said to be chaotic, and the quality of the naval soldiers was uneven, and the troops were relatively scattered, which was also an important reason for the failure of the Italian Navy in the case of great superiority.

Although the Italian Navy has now completed an all-round improvement in self-awareness, the Austro-Hungarian Navy has made great progress, especially in the use of new technologies and the training of soldiers' professional skills.

Soon, the results of the training of the naval soldiers of the two countries were reflected, and Italy finally completed the overall cooperation and unification this time, and the cooperation between the various ships was also good.

However, it is still inferior to the Austro-Hungarian Navy, especially in terms of shooting from both sides, and the ship guns of the Austro-Hungarian Navy are significantly more accurate.

"General, our flank was hit by artillery of the Austro-Hungarian Navy!"

"The opposite side has changed formation, and their ships are approaching." At this time, the Italian commander noticed the change in the Austrian navy, "It was a "V" wedge-shaped horizontal formation, and Wilhelm von Tergerthoff wanted to repeat the old trick! ”

"Let our ships also form a "V" wedge-shaped horizontal team, this time to be-for-tat. The Italian commander ordered.

Opposite side.

"Huh! Naive. Wilhelm von Tergerthoff said disdainfully when he saw the Italian Navy in the telescope.

"Let the first column, immediately break away, and cut diagonally from the left side, and the second column team will immediately follow, and we will rush straight over." Wilhelm von Tergethoff ordered.

Soon, Italy noticed the change in Austria-Hungary, and almost instantly, the formation of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet changed again, while the Italian ships were still gathering.

Seeing the changes in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the Italian naval commander was puzzled: "What is going on with Austria-Hungary!" ”

"That was our formation last time!" Said the attentive Italian commander.

Following the example of the Italian Navy during the Battle of Lisa, the Austro-Hungarian Empire formed three columns and outflanked the Italian Navy.

"This time we have to give full play to our mobility, compared with the last time, our strength has improved a lot, and in terms of equipment, it is basically the same as Italy, and all ships must attack the Italians in an orderly and flexible manner under the command of the command ship." Wilhelm von Tergerthoff said to his subordinates.

"Commander-in-Chief Wilhelm von Tagterhoff, why don't you attack the Italian Navy in this common column instead of the "V" wedge-shaped horizontal column that you famously famous. An Austro-Hungarian admiral asked.

"The 'V' wedge line has never been my forte, it was just that the Austro-Hungarian navy was at a disadvantage at that time, and the method I used to deal with many Italian ships was mainly to avoid being broken by the Italian fleet, which had the advantage in the number of ships at that time, and especially to ensure the safety of those backward ships at that time, and if you look back at the Battle of Lisa, you will find that I put the backward ships and small ships at the tail of the 'V' to avoid their losses, because at that time it was impossible for them to win in a frontal attack."

"Isn't it okay for Italy to do that this time?"

Wilhelm von Tergethoff shook his head and said: "At that time, the commander of the Italian side, Persano, did not take advantage of his advantages, and the mistake in command allowed me to seize the opportunity, and the Italian fleet did not cooperate properly, so that the ships began to fight separately, as long as we did not make the same mistake, the three columns cooperated with each other, and the Italian Navy decided to cause heavy damage." ”

While the two were talking, the ships of both sides had come into contact.

"Fire!"

Almost at the same time, both sides opened fire together, and a huge wave was blown directly on the sea.

"The first column, around the rear, the second column attacks the flank of the Italian navy, and we go around to the right side of the Italian navy." Wilhelm von Tergethoff ordered.

The Austro-Hungarian fleet, under the command of the Lisa, was divided into three parts and directly avoided the frontal charge of the Italian navy.

And just now, the Italian Navy, which seemed to understand Wilhelm von Tergethoff's intentions, was moving in a V-shape towards the second column, trying to cut off the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

The Italian Caesar gave the order, and the entire Italian fleet was offset to the left of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

At this time, the disadvantage of the V-shape has been revealed, because of the limitation of the formation, its steering is not flexible, only to the left or right, straight line charge three directions.

However, the well-trained Austro-Hungarian Navy, under the command of Wilhelm von Tergethoff, simply did not give the Italians a chance to go head-to-head.

Except for the third column where the Lisa was located, the first two columns were sharply deflected to the left, and from a high altitude, there was some of a posture of escape.

But in an instant, the Austro-Hungarian navy turned to the right and attacked the left side of the Italian navy, and at this time the third column also circled to the right side of the Italian navy.

The Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Italian Navy fleets instantly became three parallel lines.

"Damn it!" The Italian commander cursed angrily.

At this time he woke up from a dream, but it was too late, although he caught the tail of the second column of Austria-Hungary, but the three columns of Austria-Hungary completed the encirclement of the Italian navy.

"Fire!" The Italian Navy, caught in the middle of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, soon became a living target.

"Speed up, we break out of the encirclement, artillery fires back." The Italian commander ordered.

At this time, there was no enemy in front of the Italian Navy, so as long as they ran fast, they could still break the siege, but how could Wilhelm von Tagterhoff give them a chance.

"The third column rushed towards the middle of the Italian navy, with the Lissa taking the lead."

Wilhelm von Tergerthoff's Lissa, which led the Third Fleet towards the center of the Italian Navy, was in an instant.

Although the first half of the Italian Navy had broken through most of the siege, most of them were still bitten by Austria-Hungary because of the attack of the Lisa and the third column.

At this time, the first and second columns also joined the melee, and the second column headed towards the head of the Italian Navy.

The ships in front of the Italian Navy wanted to turn around and return to the rear to make a final resistance, but the second column seized the gap between its turning and directly accelerated and collided.

In an instant, the Caesar's hull was violently impacted, and the Italian commander-in-chief almost did not stand firm in the face of a sudden and huge impact.

At this time, he had realized that the Italian Navy had completely lost the chance to win, and now there were two paths in front of him, either to fight to the death with the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and the result was most likely to be annihilated. Either surrender, but he will definitely not escape the responsibility of returning to Italy, although the Battle of Lissa was also a great defeat, but the commander Persano is much bigger than himself.

While his mind was still struggling, the Austro-Hungarian Navy's Ferdinand rammed from the left side again.

Surrender! The fear of death instantly cut off the Italian commander's desire to be martyred, anyway, now that the Italian kingdom is gone, why should he be buried with Italy, but he must find his next home quickly.

(End of chapter)