Chapter 1015: How About We Just Talk About It!

Chapter 1015 How about we just keep talking!

At the same time that Kato Nobuyoshi received the telegram from Vice Admiral de La Perel, Earl Spee also shook his head helplessly, because just now, a seaplane responsible for warning was also spotted rushing towards the battlefield. To be honest, the speed of the French fleet's appearance this time was somewhat beyond the count's expectation. According to his estimation, the French fleet should still be in the northwest of Crete. Logically speaking, with the speed of the French fleet, even if It can reach 20 knots, but it is absolutely impossible to rush to the battlefield so quickly.

The actual situation is this. After the British and Japanese fleets arrived in Alexandria, the British had already notified the French fleet, and with backup, the French fleet's scope of activities also expanded. Before the battle began, the French fleet had already moved to the east of Crete, and after receiving the telegram, it began sailing south at full speed. Fortunately, de la Perel finally did one thing well. Before the Spey fleet completely drove the Japanese into the bottom of the sea, the French fleet finally arrived on the battlefield.

"What should we do?" Chief of Staff Major General Schultz asked, looking at the serious count. Success is just around the corner. If you are lucky, you can send a battleship of more than 30,000 tons to the bottom of the sea in the next minute. This will be the most powerful battleship destroyed by the Allies since the beginning of the war. Such a record is enough to shine in the annals of history, not to mention , if the Japanese fleet is killed, it will be subversive to the situation in the entire Mediterranean. Even after going back to repair it, the German fleet can come out and fight the French! It is impossible to say that such a result is not tempting!

"How long will it take for the French fleet to arrive?!" the count asked.

"Half an hour at most." Schulz hesitated and said.

"Half an hour!" Earl Spee let out a long sigh, and a sense of helplessness welled up in his heart. For half an hour, the Earl kept thinking about the time needed and the opportunity to evacuate. Although he was far away The two Japanese battleships are already crumbling, but their huge size and relatively complete armor boxes make these two battleships more capable of withstanding strikes than they currently reveal.

And if we expand our vision to the entire theater, the current situation is as follows. General Negovan's two fast battleships and seven supply ships can only continue to sail towards Rhodes Island at a speed of 16 knots at this time, and The quasi-dreadnoughts of the Austro-Hungarian fleet stayed here with themselves, but because they were chasing the enemy just now, the fleet was somewhat scattered, and it would take some time to regroup the warships.

And if something goes wrong in the battle with the French fleet, he can run away, but it is unknown whether the quasi-dauntless people behind him can run away. Even if the fleets of both sides are equal and one side is well prepared, but the other side cannot even gather the fleet, then there is no need to fight!

The earl really hesitated at this time. Huge interests and responsibilities were on his shoulders. If he took a step forward, what awaited him might be a glorious victory or an abyss. And in this situation where a battle may determine life or death,

The count is really undecided!

"Collect the fleet, let's go!" After about 5 minutes, Count Spee took one last look at the two Japanese battleships still stumbling in the hail of bullets in the distance and finally made up his mind. Schulz and others did not question the count's decision. Signal flags and telegrams quickly conveyed the count's order to the entire fleet. The four fast battleships began to turn and waited for the arrival of the pre-dreadnought fleet that had just dealt with Lord Nelson in the distance. The earl was really ready at this moment to forget it if it didn't work out, and prepare for everyone to break up...

"Oh my gosh, I really sympathize with the Japanese. They were beaten violently when they first arrived in Europe. Their army is like this. Their navy is better, but they are a bit unlucky." Looking at the distance heading towards him. two Japanese fast battleships, a French officer told his colleagues.

When the two Japanese battleships merged with the French fleet, the French were able to observe the two battleships at close range. Only then did they truly feel how fierce and brutal the battle was. Many people were secretly grateful in their hearts that they had just been attacked. Besieged by the Japanese instead of the French!

"You can hardly find a complete cabin in the entire superstructure of the battleship. There are ruins everywhere, twisted and broken steel beams, debris everywhere, unknown burnt black objects, and billowing objects emerging from the bridge. With thick smoke and fire, destroyed gun emplacements and half-cut masts, the two originally majestic warships are now nothing more than a pile of garbage floating on the sea." A French officer described the two Japanese ships. The scene after the battleship escapes from Death's scythe.

While a small group of French officers and soldiers were commenting on the Japanese warships in the distance, Lieutenant General de Laperre was staring at the Allied Mediterranean Fleet that was gathering its formation in the distance. A man who seemed a bit bold to others. Plans began to brew in his mind!

"There are only 4 Allied fast battleships on the opposite side now, and these 4 battleships have just participated in a night battle before. If there is no big deviation in our intelligence, then their combat effectiveness is currently at most 70% of what it was at its peak! And before As for dreadnoughts, except for the two Radetzky-class pre-dreadnoughts, which have pretty good firepower, the remaining three are armored cruisers with insufficient artillery penetration capabilities. And what about our own side? There are three super-dreadnoughts. , 3 Dreadnoughts and 2 Dandong-class battleships. It seems that I have a certain advantage?!

"Send a report to the Japanese fleet and ask them about the situation of the Allied fleet." Lieutenant General de Laperre thought for a while and said. At this time, the pressure on the Lieutenant General was still very high. An Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine attracted a A capital ship can also be understood as an accidental factor, or the blame is passed to the bottom. But the last night battle was different. As the fleet commander, de la Perel has to bear considerable responsibilities. If he doesn't do something this time, then when the French fleet goes back to rest, I'm afraid his own naval fleet commander You can't keep your title, right?

The advantages on the battlefield and his position gave the general the idea of ​​taking risks! But before that, the general still planned to ask about the situation of the battle just now.

"The two fast battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy that came to join have been severely damaged. Their previous speed could only be maintained at about 15 knots. The situation of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet is not very good, at least in terms of firepower."

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