69novels Chapter 262
Chapter 262
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Cuttlefish fired the Navy Commander, he immediately appointed his confidant to serve as the Navy Commander.
The new Navy Commander had no authority and prestige in the Navy, and all his power came from Cuttlefish, so the new Navy Commander naturally had to obey Cuttlefish’s orders 100%. After he took office, he immediately ordered the Italian Navy to send troops to the Mediterranean to intercept the fleets of the British Empire and the Gauls!
When the British Empire and the Gauls were putting pressure on Italy, the fleets they sent from their homeland had already set off, intending to escort their troops to the Balkan Peninsula to deter the Italians there!
The Italian fleet just happened to set off from its own port at this time, so the two sides met in the Mediterranean, and their respective fleets immediately became tense!
“Tell those Italians to get out of the way and stay away from us, otherwise we will regard this as a hostile act!”
The British Navy has been the king of Europe for a long time, and it doesn’t think much of the navies of other countries. Moreover, they recently defeated the navy of their biggest challenger, Hans, and now is the time to be complacent.
The Italians have developed their navy for a relatively short time, and their strength is not strong. They are far inferior to the British Navy, and even inferior to the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Empire!
Moreover, the Italians did not perform well in World War I, and these navies basically did not have any outstanding performance, so the British Empire despised the Italian Navy very much!
The order of the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet was quickly delivered to the commander of the Italian Navy in the form of a telegram. After receiving this strongly worded telegram, the Italian Navy Commander suddenly felt a little embarrassed!
“This is really absurd! Why should we give in? The Mediterranean is not theirs, why should we listen to them! We won’t give in, let’s see what they can do!”
The Italian naval commander, who was not a professional naval officer, was very angry after receiving the telegram, and then made an incredible decision!
He actually ordered the Italian fleet to stop, and then dropped anchor on the spot, pretending that they were not going anywhere!
This move was really a bit beyond the expectations of the British Empire and the Gauls, so facing the Italians who occupied the waterway, the British army also started a discussion.
“What are the Italians doing?”
“Is he really here to kill us?”
“They seem to have sent out all their warships. It looks like they are serious!”
A naval staff officer carefully observed and counted all the main battleships of the Italian fleet. Then, comparing them with the Italian naval illustrations in their hands, they immediately discovered something incredible!
The Italians on the opposite side actually sent out their entire army, and almost all of their main battleships were sent out!
“Convey my order, prepare for battle, all personnel on the deck return to the team immediately, and sound the first-level combat alert!”
Hearing this news, the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet suddenly became serious!
Regardless of whether the Italians really want to attack them or not, the British Navy can feel a huge threat just by the news that all the Italian main battleships are dispatched!
The enemy is ready to fight you to the death. If you are afraid that the opponent is not as strong as you, you cannot take it lightly. In the history of war, there are too many examples of the weak defeating the strong. Such things have happened many times in naval battles, and it has happened many times in the Mediterranean!
At this time, on the deck of the British warship, British soldiers were lying on the side of the ship in groups of three or five, chatting and teasing the Italian fleet opposite.
“Look, these are antiques from the same era as the dreadnoughts. It’s really hard for the Italians that they are still using such antiques!”
“Haha, Jack, don’t be so mean. How could the Italians have the strength of our sun never sets? How could they build such a powerful warship? There are no more than five countries in the world that can build warships as large as ours by their own ability, and at least three of them are imitating us. It is normal that their navy is not as good as ours. After all, our ancestors have always been the overlords of this ocean!”
The British Empire’s position as a maritime hegemon has been established since they defeated Banya’s Invincible Armada. Although the British Empire encountered several challengers after that, all of these challengers were defeated by them without exception. They have been controlling the world’s oceans since the 16th century, and it has been four centuries so far!
Such a long time has made the British Empire look down on the navies of other countries from the bottom of their hearts.
In their eyes, the navies of other countries are almost their poor imitators.
Even during the First World War, the Royal Navy’s greatest enemy, Hans’s High Seas Fleet, many of their warships were copied on the basis of the British Empire’s existing warships!
Even Hans, who has a strong industrial strength, needs to imitate them, let alone Galo and Eagle Sauce.
As for the Foot Basin? The current battleships of the Foot Basin are basically the design drawings and technologies provided by the British Empire.
The battleships of the Foot Basin are of pure British Empire bloodline.
Instead of calling them the battleships of the Foot Basin, it is better to call them the replicas of the British Empire battleships.
Engraved!
After World War I, the Royal Navy’s dreadnoughts were basically retired. These old battleships were no longer suitable for the current combat environment and requirements. In addition, the Washington Naval Treaty signed last year limited the tonnage of the main battleships of the British Navy, forcing them to eliminate a large number of old battleships to make way for newer, more powerful new battleships!
Therefore, at this time, the British Navy was almost entirely made up of new battleships. Their battleships were large and beautiful, with powerful firepower, outstanding protection performance, and very fast speed, almost beating the Italian Navy in all aspects.
Therefore, in the eyes of these British Navy soldiers, these people who were driving old battleships and clumsily imitating them naturally had countless points to laugh at!
Ding Ding Ding!
Just as these soldiers were chatting and laughing, a burst of urgent alarm bells rang on the fleet, and the soldiers immediately became nervous when they heard this sound!
Because they heard that this was the alarm before the war came!
“Commander, something bad has happened. The British seem to have sounded the alarm and entered a level one combat readiness state!”The British were closely monitoring the Italians’ every move, and the Italians were naturally not idle either. They were also closely monitoring the British.
From the moment the two sides met at sea, the commanders of both sides became nervous. At this time, everyone’s situation was like hitting a wolf with a stick, and both sides were very scared!
In this tense atmosphere, if you are not careful and misjudge the other side’s move, a war may break out!
At this time, the British were the first to respond to this danger. They sounded the battle alarm!
This response was definitely not a good idea, because their sounding the battle alarm was equivalent to seriously stimulating the Italians on the other side! The Italians would think in their hearts, the British sounded the battle alarm at this time, could it be that they were planning to open fire on us?
“General, we must weigh anchor immediately and cannot stay here any longer, otherwise, once a fight breaks out
, our army will be completely wiped out!”At this critical moment, the naval commander who was planted by Moyu was so frightened that he didn’t know what to do! Fortunately, the deputy commander of the fleet had a clear mind. He knew that the speed of the fleet must be increased at this time, otherwise they would have no chance of winning if a fight really broke out!
“”Okay, hurry up, notify the fleet and tell them to weigh anchor, quick!”
The frightened Italian naval commander could not care about much at this time. Saving his life was the most important thing, so he immediately ordered his men! The
Italian soldiers immediately rushed to the deck, ready to pull up the heavy anchor, and while they were doing this, a soldier saw a white wave on the sea!
“Oh my god, look, what is that?”
Boom!
Before his companions could react, a violent explosion swept the entire battleship!