"What are you afraid of?" Spee earl smile asks.
"How come I’m not Heidi Selim’s sentimental wimp?" Bourne curled his lips to show his disdain and self-confidence and adventurous spirit. He was born as a descendant of Teutonic knights. "Although Tujiu can stay in the Far East all his life, he will die!"
"The school’s narrow escape is too pessimistic. It’s at least 20% possible for the navy’s ghost to contain us in Helgolan Bay." Count Spee shook his head, half self-deprecating and half confident. "Oh! Twenty percent is enough for us to die! "
On February 2, 1914, the captain of the Turkish national hero, the quasi-Sudan battleship Osman I, at the mouth of the Tyne River in Newcastle, England, was a little anxious
On July 27th, the transport ship Nisid Pasha arrived in Newkalslauf with 500 Turkish receiving officers and men who had just finished training. They wanted to let the receiving officers and men board the ship immediately and get familiar with the ship as soon as possible. However, Armstrong rudely refused the reasonable request of the Turks.
Raouf had a bad feeling at that time. He expressed his worries to the Navy Department and Gaomen. Obviously, the Turkish Gaomen was more worried than Raouf about this ship, which was comparable to Mecca in the Holy Land. The Turkish Foreign Ministry intervened and the British were forced to make concessions and promised to deliver the battleship Armstrong Shipyard on February 2. Manager Gu En even vowed that the Turkish flag would be raised at noon on the 3 rd and the battleship Osman I of Sudan would leave for home.
Now Raouf faces the Nisid Pasha and the Sultan Osman I battleship across the dock. In a few minutes, the Turkish sailors can receive the super-feared ship Crescent Flag. After more than 40 years of recession, the navy has finally ushered in the dawn, and the road to naval rise will surely be highlighted by Raouf!
Thought of here rauf involuntarily excited.
Just as Raouf was imagining things, a group of guards stationed at the shipyard came towards the dock. They held rifles and pulled up a cordon to seal off the dock quietly.
That bad feeling came back. Raouf was upset and his left eye kept beating. Although Mr. Goon, a contact official sent by Armstrong’s board of directors, stressed that it was just a necessary means to ensure the order of the receiving site, Raouf was skeptical.
The British modified the design drawings of Sudan Osman I without authorization, and the Turks endured it; When the construction process was cut corners and delayed, the Turks protested and endured; After the outfitting sea trial of the battleship Osman I in Sudan, the shells and propellants were still missing, and the Turks forbeared after negotiating. On the day of receiving the ship, a large number of shipyard soldiers were sent to block the dock, which was a naked humiliation for a country and a nation in the world. Raouf didn’t want to complain to Gu En. He swallowed his anger and begged the Sultan Osman I to go home smoothly.
"Don’t be embarrassed to board the ship!" In order to hide his flustered Raouf clenched his fist and shouted to the Turkish sailors at a loss
The Turkish officers and men boarded the super-feared ship happily. They raised the Turkish star and moon flag for the first time. They sang the national anthem and sprayed champagne. They were proud of the bridge, deck, battery and commander tower.
It’s a pity that on February 2nd, it was destined to be a sad day for Turks. At about 10: 00 noon, a regular army of the British army entered the dock, and they climbed the super-feared ship Sultan Osman I with bayonet rifles, which was already the floating land of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
"Goon, do you want to break the contract? ！”
Raouf finally understood everything. When Armstrong delayed in every way, the British navy tried every means to prevent the Turks from boarding the ship. It was not that the Turks were not good enough to grovel, but that the British never thought about fulfilling the contract! Poor Ottoman empire, smashing pots and selling iron to make up pounds, the British fleet added a super-fearful ship, eager to take care of themselves and be strong, and the Turks became the biggest loser and joke of the century!
Rauf gnashed his teeth, even his lips were bleeding. He stared at the little manager Gunn in the previous step and said angrily, "Has Turkey ever defaulted on the purchase of the Sultan Osman I?"
"Never!" Little Gunn half-heartedly replied
"Did Turkey ever offend Britain?"
"Never!"
"Has Turkey joined the Allies or is there such a trend?"
"Never!"
"Then why detain our warships!" Raouf couldn’t hold back his anger any longer. He jumped up and grabbed the sarcastic shipyard manager, Gunn, and roared, "After this warship, the Turks were on a diet and did not hesitate to borrow money to raise money; Even though you have made things difficult for the Turks, you have never complained about this warship; I’ll betray my friend even if I lose this warship! Is this how the British repay their friends and the Turks for their kindness and sincerity? ！”
"That was ordered by Churchill, the Secretary of the Navy." Goon smiled bitterly and opened his hand to show compassion. "Sorry, we … don’t choose!"
British soldiers picked up the butt of a gun and slammed it on Raouf’s back. Raouf raised his fist and let it loose. A staggered butt and fist fell like rain to hit Raouf’s chest and back.
"Send these Turks back to the Nisid Pasha and let them go after lunch!" Gunn, pointing to the Turkish sailors detained by the British army cold way
"Gunn, I swear that Britain will pay a painful price for this!"
The Turkish cold bayonet was sent back to the transport ship Nisid Pasha, which was almost a deterrent of the British gunboat. Rauf’s anger could still be clearly heard even across the sea. It was a reckless ridicule that Gu En was not angry.
"Revenge? Revenge of the Turks? "
On January 1, 1914, the Sea of Turkey Malamar
After a fine-grained artillery battle, Lieutenant General Wilhelm Soloqin commanded the German Mediterranean Von Fleet to get rid of the British Navy. General Daubray commanded four cruisers to interfere with the commander of the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet, Sir Berkeley Mill. Two battle cruiser ships were killed in Istanbul, Turkey, before they were surrounded.
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The third chapter naval battle in the fog (2)
"Since the murder of Dinan Dagong on June 2nd, everyone has realized that war is inevitable. The high-level officials of the German Admiralty have been arguing over the ocean strategy of the ocean fleet. Most people have been deceived by the ambiguous diplomatic words of the British. Our army can quickly solve the problem that the French navy needs to maintain its strength to deter Britain from continuing to adhere to" glorious isolation ".Even after Britain entered the war, we still firmly believe that the army can solve everything. A complete fleet will be an important bargaining chip in the proposed British peace talks. However, there are always naval ghosts. He said that Heidi Selim had a different view. He believed that the British would not hesitate to participate in the war. The navy could not pin its hopes on the army’s quick decision. The ocean fleet should take the initiative to deal with the possibility that the British navy might block the main channel of the Allied countries from a long distance. Some powerful attack ships should be reserved, but this does not include the East Asian fleet and the Mediterranean fleet. Because of his insistence on attacking ships, Heidi Selim should be a lonely hero rather than a fleet size. The navy department is not alone in fighting the second battleship. Commander Reinhard von- General Schell and the commander of the First Reconnaissance Fleet, General Flantz von hippel, the commander of the East Asian Fleet, Count Maximilian von Spee, erich Lei Deer, the war staff of the Navy General Staff, and many middle-level officers of the Navy all hold this view. "
"This false debate lasted until July 23rd, when the Admiralty forbeared the emperor and indecisive General Ingenohl’s rough intervention and finally determined the plan. Before the war broke out, we almost recalled all the overseas ships except the armored ships scharnhorst and Gnesenau in the hands of Count Spee, the cruisers Emden and Nuremberg. The cruise ship Gorgo and the cruiser Brawles are located in the Mediterranean region; Cruise the cruisers Redston and Karlsruhe in the Caribbean; Guerrillas Leipzig and Cruiser Konigsberg along the west coast of Mexico and the east coast of Africa are destroying the sea transportation lines of the Allies. Once the war breaks out, the ocean fleet will actively deploy mine submarines and lightning ships based on the favorable terrain of Helgolan Bay. These cheap weapons will severely damage the offensive British fleet until the strength of the two fleets is close to that of the German fleet. "
"It turns out that Heidi Selim, a strategic genius, believes that Germany is caught in a terrible protracted war. The British entered the war as promised and carried out a long-range blockade of Germany. However, when later generations criticized the conservatism and shortsightedness of the Admiralty, we should also consider our difficulties. Before World War I, the strength of the ocean fleet was only 2/3 of that of the Royal Navy and 1/ 3 of that of the British. Moreover, the young German navy didn’t have enough war experience, which led to the low morale of our soldiers at the beginning of the war. Various factors interfered with our judgment, and the Admiralty’s part-time work did not fail to achieve the strategic goal of consuming the strength of the large fleet in the early stage of the war. An extreme militant and disgusting antique suggested that we let the famous naval ghost called Heidi-Selim School and General Franz von hippel, Germany’s most outstanding tactical campaign commander, go to the front desk. The former was the commander-in-chief of the Helgolan Bay defense circle. The latter officer led his first reconnaissance fleet to support this life. Later, it was widely recognized as correct in a series of naval battles, which was not only the glory of the German navy, but also the most brilliant and glorious decision of my life. "
Excerpt from Memoirs of Helgolan Bay published by General George von Mueller, Minister of the Admiralty of the German Empire, in 1934, the later generations generally don’t think highly of it, not because this mistake is full of loopholes, but because General George von Mueller is not objective. In his attitude, Mueller tried to confuse the audience with various objective factors for the strategic decision-making mistakes made by the German Admiralty in the early stage of the war, but this is not a mistake. General Mueller made a very correct remark about the strategic mistakes made by the German navy in the early stage of the war, and it was indeed the general commander of the defense circle of Helgolan Bay.
On February 2, 1914, the mouth of the Jed River in Germany
"West lime how did you come here? ！” Hippel couldn’t help but be overjoyed to learn that Heidi-Selim School had visited recently, and he was greeted from the tower of Cedritz Commander.
Before the otaku saluted, hippel’s fist fell on his shoulder. hippel clapped his hands and applauded, "Nice job in Selim!"
On June 6th, the new official otaku Wang Haidi regarded the commander-in-chief General Ingenohl’s injunction as the command of the defense circle. Three U-shaped submarines attacked Ingenohl’s general Wang Haidi, and when he went on the rampage, three Western Expeditionary submarines returned to Hong Kong with a proud record of sinking three British ships.
The news of victory flowed out from Helgolan Island, a lonely island in the North Sea, from the ocean fleet at the mouth of Jed Bay, Ames and Elbe River to the headquarters of the fleet at Kilpolo Sea, from the fort at Port William to the naval headquarters in Berlin. Less than a day later, the young German navy longed for victory but did not dare to expect it. The news had spread all over the streets of Germany, and the navy was even more jubilant, and its inexplicable fear of the pretentious Royal Navy of the British Empire collapsed.
The news of victory came to Wang Haidi once again to plan the defense circle. The submarine detachment under the commander attacked again to cover the danger of light mine-laying boats disguised as trawlers. The U-9 submarine was on alert in the waters five nautical miles from the British coastline. Three Royal Navy warships took 75 minutes. Weddigen took these old armored cruisers-abukir, The hgue and the keresey sank the emperor in turn. The long newspaper Heidi Selim made headlines again after the speech in Congress in 19 years, and Otto Weddigen became a German national hero. He received hundreds of letters a day that were passionate about his childhood, and Miss Jolin was so jealous.
"Commander, don’t praise me in a hurry. I’m here to ask you to move reinforcements …" Wang Haidi winked at hippel and hippel knowingly pulled Wang Haidi into his cabin.
"According to the planning of the German Navy General Staff, the defense circle in Helgolan Bay is 100 nautical miles, and Heidi Sillem took on the newly formed defense circle command commander, and he expanded the patrol range to 200 nautical miles in one breath. The German navy ghosts are not worthy of the name. According to the boys, they spared no effort to investigate the German defense circle, which is composed of three patrol lines and aircraft airships. Another light cruiser fleet is on standby to support Sillem. The layout is quite exquisite, and the Germans alert the submarine to Dogel sandbar and the Dover Strait. The patrol lines of the three-layer warning circle composed of destroyers and old lightning ships are not fixed, and the three lines can help each other after the attack, and the remaining two patrol lines can arrive in an hour. "
Brigadier-General Roger Keyes sketched out a chart of Helgolan Bay, and it was not obvious that the chart was marked by him. Keyes lost his pen, rested on her hips, touched her mouth and was confident.
"Selim has played his cards to the extreme, but it’s a pity that his aggressive defensive circle has a fatal flaw …"
"Oh?" Brigadier General Reginald Tyrwhitt, commander of Harriet’s fleet, who has become the laughing stock of the Royal Navy, loosened a little with a sullen face and stared at the center of Helgolan Bay-the bloodthirsty eyes of Helgolan Island became more and more hot.
"The British have lost six warships and hit one of our destroyers. The submarine brazenly expelled the British merchant ships and fishing boats. Just yesterday, Weddigen ran around the sea area of Holly Island in England, and almost didn’t let the British coastal guns sink on the spot. "Wang Haidi lost his pencil and pointed to the hastily drawn sketch." Hill, the British First Sea Minister, and Jellicoe, the commander-in-chief of the big fleet, are both experienced veterans. They clearly know that only a long-distance blockade can defeat the ocean fleet without a fight. Unfortunately, the British imperialists will not allow civil servants to be born in the British navy. Winston Churchill, a minister, would not agree to such a conservative plan even if he held his position firmly. General hippel, the British revenge is imminent, but there is a fatal flaw in the defense circle of Helgolan Bay … "
"Oh?" Hippel’s brow locked and sharp eyes stared at Wang Haidi’s hasty sketch. After thinking for a moment, he immediately took Wang Haidi’s pen and made a cross at the mouth of Jed River.
"Selim made the Helgolan Bay defense circle a perfect seam, but it’s a pity that he wrote some light ships in his hand and couldn’t afford to be thunderstruck by the Royal Navy!" Brigadier General Jed-Case drew a cross on the chart of Jed’s angle and sneered, "Although hippel’s first reconnaissance fleet shoulders the support, this fleet is usually stationed in Jed River. You should know that the draft of hippel fleet is deeply affected by tides. Jed River allows an emergency attack for about 6 hours …"
"Just the two of us?" Brigadier general Chennault-Tyrwhitt fudged weird way
"Glory belongs to the First Submarine Detachment and Harriet Fleet!" Brigadier General Jed Case is eager to make meritorious deeds, and he smiles like a flower. "At most, Brigadier General William Goodnow’s first light cruiser squadron will be added."
"Sneak attack on Helgolan Bay?" A row of Cuban Havana cigar scissors was placed on the desk on Winston Churchill’s right hand side. Although smoking was unbearable, the plan submitted by Brigadier General Keith really attracted Churchill’s room. It was quiet and Qiu Pang looked through the plan
"It’s a simple and bold plan, but …" Churchill picked up the receiver and dialed the line. "Inform the first sea minister Hill, the second sea minister, Lieutenant General Frederic Hamilton, the wartime chief of staff of the Admiralty, and Lieutenant General Frederic Studi, the commander of the first submarine detachment, to have a meeting!"
The leadership of the British navy is composed of the secretary of the navy and four secretaries of the navy. The first secretary of the navy is usually responsible for training logistics and shipbuilding, and he is the chief of staff of the navy in wartime. However, in World War I, Jellicoe, the main member of the Hill Gang, will become the commander-in-chief of the big fleet and should belong to Marshal Hill. The post of chief of staff was replaced by Lieutenant General Studi, Churchill’s confidant. This is really intriguing.
"What about General Jellicoe?" The adjutant asked cautiously, after all, John Jellicoe will be the commander-in-chief of the big fleet.
As soon as Erpitz walked out of the office of the Secretary of the Navy, he bumped into him and pulled him up. Franz hippel listened to hippel’s prediction of the war situation for decades. The official career of the official was sophisticated. Erpitz not only failed to show the responsibility of the Secretary of the Navy, but also warned with a heavy face. "hippel should be at Cape Jed instead of the Berlin Naval Headquarters!"
"Marshal, you are the Imperial Navy Minister. You are responsible for hundreds of thousands of naval officers in the Empire. You can’t blind your judgment because of personal prejudice." hippel, who has always been gentle and graceful, rarely started a fire. When he met Erpitz, his eyes turned red and he pleaded warmly. "I can’t find a supporter. General Ingenohl won’t allow the first reconnaissance fleet to leave Jed Bay. General Mueller’s attitude is even worse. Marshal, the morale of the ocean fleet is low. Because these successful submarine wars have gradually reached the peak, you don’t want to let a fiasco instantly return us to our
The strategic quality of Navy Secretary Erpitz is not bad. He has been spoiled by several victories in hundreds of years. The British will never allow the Royal Navy to be insulted. Their revenge will be as fierce and bloody as thunder.
Perhaps it was because Erpitz didn’t want the emperor’s new favorite, General Ingenohl, to have a conflict. Perhaps the name Heidi Selim made Erpitz hesitate. The silent corridor fell into a long and embarrassing silence.
"The world’s second-largest ocean fleet huddled in the depths of Jed Bay, but let a 36-year-old young man and several dilapidated cruisers top the front …" After cruising back, the deputy commander of the first battle cruiser sub-fleet, Lampard School Lion, battle cruiser, faced the main deck of the Orkney Islands and Scarpa Bay, which were already faintly visible, and screamed, "You can’t kill those annoying submarines and light cruisers with battleships and patrols!"
"Not necessarily!" David Betty leaned against the bow of the ship, next to the armored turret of the formidable 343 mm main gun, with a famous 555 cigarette in his mouth.
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The third chapter naval battle in the fog (3)
At 4: 49 on 23rd, 1914.
Just before Lebanon, the dark Helgolan Bay was calm and moist, and the fog in the air gradually condensed, and it didn’t take a moment to cover the whole bay.
A British fishing boat near Shazhou, Dogel, carefully tugged at the net to catch fish with a faint light.
Since the beginning of the war, the Royal Navy has lost a former feared ship in less than 20 days. Three old armored cruisers and three D-destroyers lost three armored cruisers in one breath on December 12. On June 16, the majestic King George, a former dreaded ship, struck a mine and sank in the northern part of the Dover Strait. Since then, the channel fleet has been mired in mines and submarines. After the loss of three D-destroyers, Harriet’s fleet has narrowed its defensive circle and restricted its range to 100 nautical miles to guard against the Germans’ submarine fleet like wolves. General Jellicoe’s conservative policy is to guard against Scarpa Bay’s passive response. The ocean fleet is far from the North Sea. Peaceful hope, so the only result of the British was that the first cruiser squadron, the Burhan, crashed into the German U-15 submarine on March 13. The tragic plot obviously made the cow feel uncomfortable. The people and newspapers accused Churchill of being overwhelmed by the Navy Department.
On the contrary, German ships are rampant in the North Sea. Submarines and destroyers chase and destroy all the flagships that dare to hang rice. So the proud British finally realize that the North Sea is a terrible war zone, not Lake Annis. Even if their fishing boat mast is hung with Nelson’s Z flag, the imperial navy will have a hundred years of glory, and their enemies will never feel a trace of pity because of it. Just like a few days ago, a Satan apostle named Heidi Selim ordered the expulsion and detention of all British ships in the 2-nautical-mile defense circle of Helgolan Bay. German submarines and destroyers with a speed of more than 3 knots were frequently dispatched.
"Roy, why are you dawdling? Hurry up and close the net. It’s time for the German patrol boat to come!" The captain of the fishing boat looked nervous and urged him to take back the fishing net at the age of sixteen.
Sixteen-year-old Roy turned a deaf ear to his father’s roar. He stared at the North Sea in the fog and kept talking about the emperor.
"Roy, do you want to … beg for …" The captain just grabbed the rattan and slipped from the fisherman’s rough hand, stumbled on the ship’s rail and fell straight into the sea. The captain opened his mouth wide and opened his eyes as if he were twitching like a demon, and unconsciously sang the song of England, which had been sung by the British for centuries.
What should the British do if they chase and intercept? Where to add coal and water? How to solve the mechanical damage problem? Enemies and friends are inseparable. Will South American countries take equal positions? Rogers Twensky’s "Mad Dog Fleet" crossed halfway around the world and then was killed by the Japanese in Ma Haixia. This farce is only seven years ago!
