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On April 14, the German and Austrian fleet began sailing south in Norwegian waters, preparing to enter the North Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and the Faroe Islands.￥f

This is a rare and good weather. At dusk, Admiral Verenick stood on the bridge of the "Grand Duke of Frederi" and quietly watched the sunset. In comparison, even in normal weather on the sea of ​​the North Atlantic, the waves are much larger than in the Baltic Sea. The sea of ​​the Atlantic is dark and heavy in color, and huge waves on the sea are surging. In the west, the sunset is dazzling and mottled, and a red sun is sinking to the sea.

"Guess how many warships the British have sent to search and intercept us now?" The Admiral suddenly turned his head and said to Major General Schwarzenberg, the chief of staff of the fleet standing beside him.

"Are you worried that the British would send out the entire home fleet?" Schwarzenberg said.

"Not that General Sorochin hopes that the British can hit him soon." said Willenick. "I was just wondering why the Empire of the Sun never sets is like the sun on the sea, and is about to fall into the sea?"

"Maybe it's because they're so comfortable and have lost their enterprising spirit," Schwarzenberg said. "They have a huge colonial market, but they just want to plunder, but they don't want to build them. If they build Canada, Australia and South Africa as strong as their homeland, no country in the world dares to challenge them. Unfortunately, they haven't done that,"

"Maybe, at least now we are no longer afraid of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which was once invincible to the world." Willenick smiled, "Once the fear was eliminated, I realized that they were really 'paper tigers'." "Paper tigers" is a metaphor used by the emperor to describe the Royal Navy of the British. Now it seems that this metaphor is very appropriate.

"You are right. Now ordinary sailors are eager to try and fight with them after seeing the British." Schwarzenberg said, "especially in the Mediterranean, our navy has made the British dare not show their heads."

Although the main warships in Britain were concentrated in Scapa Bay to guard against the Germans, the Austro-Hungarian Navy did lose all the face of the British Royal Navy. "The scepter of the sea god has been lost, who will get it again? Unfortunately, the emperor has positioned the empire's future strategic focus in the East and North Africa."

In his mind, the future maritime overlord must be the first of all the overlords in the Atlantic Ocean, but the emperor never turned his attention to the Atlantic Ocean. The establishment of the Atlantic Fleet was just to win the war and fulfill the war commitments to the Germans. In essence, the existence of the Atlantic Fleet had little to do with the interests of the empire.

The emperor never thought of fighting for the Atlantic Ocean, otherwise it would be impossible to repeatedly reject the navy's combat plan to attack Gibraltar. Now, it seems that the emperor's goal has been focusing on the Indian Ocean.

Since the Battle of Scarglack, Verennik was transferred to the Navy as Chief of Staff and has more contact with the Empire's military strategy. The military purpose has always been to serve political interests. It is obvious that the Empire has placed its future economic interests in the East, even the Far East. The Navy has received about 200 students from naval schools from the East, which is a very obvious signal that the Empire is ready to participate more in the Far East affairs after the war.

During the era of Emperor Franz, the empire had no overseas colonies and no overseas expansion. However, Emperor Fredrich was completely different. He showed strong suspicion for expanding the power of the empire to Africa, the Middle East and even the Far East, and even established a so-called Empire Overseas Development Committee in the government for this purpose.

The constitutional system of the Second German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was similar, and the emperors could directly interfere in government decision-making, which was slightly different from that of the British constitutional system.

However, in order to force the British out of the war, the German and Austrian navy still need to work hard together. It is no exaggeration to say that the result of the Atlantic battlefield will directly affect the end of the entire war. Although on this ocean, the current overlord, the British Royal Navy, seems a little old and unable to do so.

However, the transfer of power by the Lion King was never a peaceful abdication, but the result of bloody biting and fighting. In this process, there was never mercy. The pain caused by the war either fell on the British or on the Germans and Austrians.

"General, this is the German Admiralty telegram I just received!"

The voice of the communication officer Colonel Heidler interrupted Willennik's meditation. The telegram sent by the German Admiralty only confirmed the judgment of Sorochin and Willennik, which was not surprising. The entire British fleet had left the port, and the local fleet also showed signs of action. However, in order to restrain the actions of the British local fleet, Admiral Hippel had led the entire Ocean Fleet out of the port and prepared to harass the British coast. Jelico is likely to have to return to the North Sea line again.

After looking at the telegram twice, Willenick returned the telegram to Heidler, "Is there any news about the British transport fleet?"

Heidler shook his head: "The German submarines monitoring North American routes reported that the British fleets were all staying in the port. Since we went out to sea, the fleets that had already left the port have also returned to the port. I'm afraid we won't be able to find prey this time."

Willenick smiled, "No matter how many, now we stay at sea for a day, wouldn't the British shipping be interrupted for one day? How long can they last? Ask General Sorochin, are we wandering on the sea for a while?"

The long-wave telegram from the "Grand Duke Frederi" in the short and medium range sent an inquiry to the "Earl of Spee". After a while, General Sorochin called back and said that he was going to escort the supply fleet to the Bay of Biscay before returning to the ocean for a combat cruise. It seemed that he was not very relieved about the "drag bottle" he brought.

The sun had sunk below the sea. In the dim sky, the entire fleet continued to sail south on the ocean slightly close to Iceland, and was about to enter the North Atlantic Ocean.

Suddenly, the destroyer a71 sounded the battle alarm. The destroyer made a small bend on the sea surface and then accelerated to rush forward. The alarm sounded across the sea surface, and the entire fleet became nervous.

"Discover the enemy's submarine!" The communications officer interpreted the flashing light signals on the V71. Verennik held up his telescope and looked at the sea in front of the German destroyer. There was nothing there except the surging waves. The nearby V72 and the Austro-Hungarian Navy's "Sagittarius" destroyer also surrounded.

Bang! Bang! Bang!
Chapter completed!