The Rise of the Empire

"General, there are British and merchant ships next to us. If we fire on a German unarmed warship now, we will take a huge risk. The German squadron is in the Atlantic Ocean! They almost destroyed Lisbon last time!" The deputy reminded loudly. The officer also realized that he had been tricked, and he was also very angry, but at this time, he couldn't act arrogantly now, otherwise the consequences would not be something they could bear! Maybe the Germans just waited for the Italians to fire! \u003c/p\u003e"General, our first priority now is to verify the identity of the other party immediately, and at the same time rush to the Gulf of Taranto immediately. Maybe we can block the Turkish fleet that is advancing eastward. Otherwise, once the Turkish fleet enters Dadani Our main force will have to be used to contain this warship!" the deputy said sincerely. \u003c/p\u003e"We have no reason to attack them! They are German ships, they can pass through this sea area freely, and they have not taken any hostile actions. However, we have to say that there are no loopholes in this strategy...."\u003c/p\u003e "Let the torpedo boat go up to verify it, and let's hunt down that nasty mouse!" Duke Abziru calmed down his emotions , and then ordered. \u003c/p\u003eMajor Frederick stopped the ship at the request of the Italians, but refused the other party to board the ship for inspection, and then the Germans on board began to remove the camouflage on the ship's deck. And when faced with the Italian officer's question: Why did you pretend to be the appearance of the Mainz armored cruiser. The major replied in this way. \u003c/p\u003e"As a German test ship, don't we set it up like our own cruiser, are we still pretending to be an Italian warship? We just want to make this test voyage more realistic, and it seems to be very successful now!" The major is merciless satirized the Italians. \u003c/p\u003e"Then the identity has been verified now, and we will continue our trial voyage. Please don't interfere with us from your fleet!" After sending out the semaphore, the No. K decoy ship restarted and started heading north. It will go to the ports of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Adriatic Sea, and return after resupply and maintenance. \u003c/p\u003e"If there is no accident, the German fleet will definitely sail towards Turkey. We will definitely not be able to chase after it directly. I will take the entire fleet to the Aegean Sea now to see if I can block the opponent! Even if I can't destroy Albert I will also try to destroy another German warship, if they go together, the speed will not be very good, because that ship should be a merchant ship, and its speed will not be very high.”\u003c/p\u003eAlthough The duke suffered a heavy blow to his mind, and his words were a bit upside down, but he had to say that his thinking was basically correct. Now that he went north to search for the Turkish fleet, he would definitely not be able to catch up. Based on time estimates, the Turkish fleet has already After leaving the Gulf of Taranto, it will take too much time to go north and then search and pursue. However, the Turkish fleet can only choose one direction, that is, the Dardanelles. As long as the Italian fleet can take a step ahead of the Germans, Then the decline can still be restored. \u003c/p\u003eBut it is a pity that the Italians miscalculated again this time, because only the cruiser Prince Albert rushed to the Dardanelles, while another attack ship was heading to the Adriatic Sea. People assume that the Turkish fleet is traveling at a speed of 15 knots, but in fact, the cruiser Prince Albert's speed reached 19 knots! He will reach his destination faster! \u003c/p\u003e What's even more tragic is that so far, the Italian Navy has not discovered the attack ship Sea Wolf that is operating off the eastern coast of Sicily! This assault ship sailed on the sea like an ordinary merchant ship, and then sneaked around outside the port,

Taking advantage of the fact that there are no ships around, drop dozens or hundreds of mines and leave! \u003c/p\u003eHowever, no one would have thought that the first large ship that Italy lost in this war was actually sunk by the sea wolf mine! \u003c/p\u003eThe Maria, which was converted from a fast cruise ship, set off from the port of Taranto at night, relying on its high speed to avoid the attack of the Scheer fleet. They did not know that the Scheer fleet had crossed Mexico. Taking the Strait, it is rushing towards the Bay of Taranto with a murderous look. \u003c/p\u003eAt this time, the cruise ship with a displacement of 8,500 tons was heading for Tripoli carrying 2,000 fully armed Italian officers and soldiers and about 500 tons of supplies. At this point, the ship was traveling at a speed of 18 knots! The Italians did not arrange an escort warship for this ship, because there is no ship in the Turkish fleet that can run faster than the Maria! \u003c/p\u003e"Captain, there seems to be a ship on the rocks over there!" He put down the binoculars in his hand and pointed to the distance. . \u003c/p\u003e "It's the Sicily. If I remember correctly, according to the plan, it should have just returned from Tripoli yesterday. God, poor Sicily." The second officer exclaimed after careful identification. \u003c/p\u003eSince it is a friendly army, it is natural to give a hand. When the Maria sailed towards the sinking transport ship at high speed, preparing to rescue as many people who fell into the water as possible, she did not see the remaining people on board Was waving for them to stay away.... \u003c/p\u003e Unfortunately, the high-speed Maria hit a mine filled with 150kg of yellow explosives! The huge hull passed over the mine, and when the hull hit the contact point on the outside of the mine, under the action of the fuze, 150kg of yellow explosive exploded near the keel of the cruise ship Maria! The intense energy compresses the seawater, which is almost incompressible. The huge energy is directly transmitted to the bottom of the hull. With a loud noise, the high-temperature, high-pressure air bubbles of hundreds of degrees directly tear the double bottom of the Maria to shreds! \u003c/p\u003eThe terrible shock wave was only slightly consumed, and the remaining energy even shattered the nearby keel! You must know that the Maria cruise ship is not a warship, and there is almost no underwater protection, and even the warships of this era, most of them cannot withstand a mine attack! Don’t you see that the best super-dreadnought of the British when they went to war in history, the Bold was also sunk by an old trigger mine? And achieved the reputation of being bold and thunderous.... \u003c/p\u003eThe shattering of the keel was just the beginning, and the remaining shock waves continued to tear the entire hull. Several thick cracks quickly spread to the upper part of the hull, and the turbulent sea water poured in from the bottom of the boat and continued to tear the broken hull. In just ten seconds, the cruise ship was torn in half by the violent explosion and the impact of sea water! The bow part of the ship sank into the book quickly, and the vortex formed when it sank swept most of the people who dived and escaped into the bottom of the sea! \u003c/p\u003eWhat is even more terrifying is that the violent vibration and collision inside the ship detonated the picric acid shells placed on the bottom of the ship. When the second half of the hull had not completely sank, a series of explosions came from inside the hull, so , No one has a chance of being spared again! No one could have imagined that after the war in Italy, a sea mine successfully wiped out a regiment of Italians...  \u003c/p\u003eThe third one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e