"I will inform the intelligence department to pay close attention to the joint fleet of Taranto …"
Knowing Alexis’ impatience, the confidant turned up his collar and looked at the killing of the eastern Mediterranean, and replied sloppily.
"taranto’s well-known Heidi Selim, can he easily fall into the trap of El Alexis, the commander of the French marine navy?"
Ri the second special fleet, the J and jīng Hua Shi cruiser and six ocean-going destroyers, slowly entered the home port of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet. At this time, Alexandria had already married ten capital ships, eleven former warships, thirteen cruisers and more than 30 destroyers.
The captain of the Stone Cruiser looked at the military port, such as the forest masts and the dense artillery, and repeated what he had said a few days ago at the port of Malta.
"If naval warfare were a simple numbers game, there would be no naval curiosity like Heidi Selim!"
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"I’ve had enough of spaghetti intelligence. Can’t you give us more classics? ！”
A building in the old city of taranto, which exceeds the average height of the harbor building, is covered with silk pajamas. Thomas just ate a few mouthfuls of spaghetti and his fragile stomach began to turn over the river. Thomas scratched his messy hair and took the telescope from his companion to the window sill. He gently opened the curtain and raised the telescope at the corner of taranto Harbor.
From Thomas’ point of view, the scenic taranto harbor can be seen clearly, and Thomas can easily find the information he wants.
"Hahn seems to be missing a capital ship …"
"Don’t worry, novice. That’s the battleship Tegerhoff, the third detachment of the joint fleet. Austria is short and fat."
Hahn, an old spy veteran, sat down on the sofa and got a dull headache. He leaned against the soft sofa back and grabbed a wet towel to apply his swollen eyes and casually introduced to Thomas.
"It’s the third detachment, the second ship, and the fourth ship. At about 4 pm, two Elena old battleships went out to sea together, as if it were the fire support of the Italian army in the Balkans."
"Oh," Thomas, who just entered the spy team, nodded and continued to stalk for half a minute. After that, the inexperienced young man shouted, "Wait, Hahn’s joint fleet seems to have a big move …"
Hahn grabbed Thomas’ telescope and skillfully adjusted the focal length to observe the movement of the joint fleet. Hahn saw several tugboats in the wide taranto port slowly pulling the battleships to the main channel by three capital ships spraying soot.
"It’s the second unit." Hahn took out the observation record form and carefully compared it with the figures two weeks ago. He shook his head. "The first Italian dreaded ship Dante was followed by the two Kayo Durio-class battleships, the battleship Andrea Doria. This unit is the weakest link of the joint fleet. Selim may also realize this. The frequency of the second unit’s training at sea is higher than that of the other two units. It is said that the German naval god of war is afraid to plant a big fall in the Mediterranean!" to be continued
The second gun Chapter 10 decisive battle in the Mediterranean ()
(I never wrote it. I hope it’s an egg detective …)
The office of the Chairman of the Naval Liaison Committee of the Joint Fleet of the Sunlight Penetration Division was half-opened with blinds, and the carpet was spread. Hahn, the leader of the French spy team stationed in taranto Port, Italy, concluded that "it will be a big fall in the Mediterranean". Wang Haiti, the former deputy commander of the German Ocean Fleet and now the commander-in-chief of the Allied Mediterranean Joint Fleet, sat at the desk and turned the pen in his hand.
"The commander’s second detachment has gone to sea …" Gunther Gunther Lutjens woke up at his desk with a melodious whistle from the military port.
The pilot ship, which does not open the main channel, leads three battleships of the second detachment of the joint fleet and four Turkish destroyers of the third destroyer detachment to the southeast under the fierce Mediterranean Ri in the dangerous preset minefield.
"Young people, please call me chairman!" Turning the pen to an abrupt end, the 30-year-old navy general got up without looking at the three majestic sea overlords of the second detachment leaving the port, but urged Gunther Lutjens to shout the honorary title that made him feel excited
"It’s the chairman …" Gunther Gunther Lutjens, who was still struggling a few days ago, continued ""
"Battleship Tegerhoff, the third detachment, turned into the waters near the port of Brindisi from the Albanian coast last night, and arrived in the southeast of Tricase at about 7 pm. After leaving the port, the three battleships of the second detachment will move to the southeast of Ciroma at 2 pm, and it is expected that the battleship Tegerhoff will meet at about 7: 30 pm. Battleship Julio Caesar, the first detachment, will leave the port at about 12 pm, and then carry out night battle training and formation simulation training."
"Aha, everything seems to be planned."
Wang Haidi nodded and sat back in the chair with pride, picked up the coffee cup and smacked the fragrant "coffee"
"Then it depends on whether we El Alexis will take it."
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Taranto is disgusting. In the morning, Thomas weighed what little activity he had left in his hand, and after bitter swallowing, he really got tired of spaghetti.
After the secret base was disguised, Thomas wore a loose suit and smelled of sweat. The sailor had a tooth-picking match in his mouth and went to the old city of taranto. Merchant sailors and sailors on duty liked to go to the sailor club.
Walking through the street full of medieval old European flavor, Thomas squeezed out a cult smile and gently pushed open the club door.
Opening and closing the door made the bell tinkle behind the hanging door. Thomas smiled at the hot Italian maid in the club, patted some liras and casually said, "A glass of rum!" "
The maid was busy preparing rum. Thomas writhed uneasily in front of the bar looking for his prey.
Thomas, a spy produced by the assembly line, can easily frequent here, mingle with the sailors of the joint fleet, and then get the information he wants with a few bottles of spirits.
This trick has been tried and tested, but today it doesn’t work at all. It’s not Thomas who is cash-strapped, but the joint fleet’s navy department has mysteriously disappeared.
"Hey, isn’t this Thomas?"
Sitting in the dark corner of the club, playing brutal Russian roulette, a group of Italian sailors saw Thomas looking around and got up to meet him.
In the face of uninvited friends, Thomas can spare a little J Ο ng to be perfunctory and sharp-eyed, and still find valuable goals in the club.
Although the sailors in front of us are also members of taranto sailors, they are not Thomas cuisine. The officers and men of Italian B fleet have played an important role since the A fleet and the fleet were included in the joint fleet battle sequence. It is difficult for allied intelligence personnel to obtain valuable information from these marginalized guys.
"Are you looking for Doria?" The first boatswain, who looks very mafia-like, stumbled over and stretched out his hand and took hold of Thomas, who was small and thin. While fiddling with the revolver that was not loaded in his hand, he covered his mouth and burped. "Friend, you are late. The joint fleet has been in combat readiness for three to five days since this morning. You don’t want to see that guy Doria."
"combat readiness?"
Doria is the team leader Hahn’s development intelligence line. He is a marine officer of the battleship Gafur. Although Thomas was a little disappointed that he didn’t see Doria, the news accidentally revealed by the boatswain was enough to soothe Thomas’ haggard heart because of spaghetti.
Thomas asked casually, pretending to open his hand.
"Alcide, has General Selim quelled the contradiction in the joint fleet? Are our allies finally going to take a big move to kill the French barbarians who have retreated to Alexandria?"
Thomas, we’d like to solve the problem of French support for Libya’s losing North African Army as soon as possible, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire House and Ottoman Turkey Sorochen always hold us Italians back and delay to agree to carry out formation training and combat cruises.
A boatswain named Alcide looked up and drank less than half a bottle of dark beer, narrowing her eyes, and began to press a Chengcheng Huang, which was also a training bomb, into the revolver’s nest and drunk.
"This combat readiness is a routine assessment of the joint fleet. Recently, we often have Turkish and Austrian Taranto in the middle of the night. Perhaps it is because the heads of the joint fleet think that the contradictions during the assessment period are more likely to intensify. It is not a big deal for them to ban all officers and men from leaving the ship. It is not bad for them to beat the Hungarians!"
"Ah, it seems that the club business is going to be cold and cheerless for many days …" The hot maid who wiped the glass at the bar side interjected and regretted.
"I really hope that the joint fleet can take action as soon as possible. Although the Mediterranean submarine warfare is very effective against the Allies, the Allies’ blockade of the Allies is also very effective. Except for neutral countries, some merchant ships can still enter and leave taranto. It has been a long time since it was lively."
"Daisy, it is said that General Selim has decided to launch a week-long combat cruise in the third week of September. If all goes well, we can definitely crush Gaul chickens in the Mediterranean before 1917. Haha!"
Alcide murmured a word, then took Thomas by the arm and invited him to join the Russian roulette game. Thomas was not in the mood for boatswain to play with his hand and left in a hurry.
"Doria also said that the joint fleet may fight and cruise in mid-September. Isn’t it mid-September in the third week of September? It seems that the second formation training of the joint fleet is not a hole to the wind. "
Thomas stopped and looked down at a cake shop in the street. Thomas could see the calendar hanging on the wall through the window.
"There is still one week. This is an opportunity!"
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September 14, 1916 taranto Port
After adding coal, water and ammunition, the joint fleet finally showed its due majesty
The tugboat towed the heavy capital ship and was towed to the main channel, and the whistle sounded, and taranto Port resounded through the distant whistle.
Taranto people finally noticed that the military port sā moved. Most people didn’t know that it was a great combat cruise. They were full of pride of the Italian kingdom and allied Mediterranean forces J and jīng Hua finally put aside contradictions to fulfill their mission.
In an instant, citizens, sailors and businessmen gathered at the military port and watched more than 30 warships of the joint fleet slowly leave the military port and move forward towards the boundless Mediterranean.