As the saying goes, a few happy families are sad. When the French are in a state of grief, the entire Spe fleet is filled with a joyful and peaceful atmosphere... Everyone is happily discussing the results of today. They sank several French warships, and they are suspected to have sunk several. Two ships here and three ships there. Then a friend shouted out five ships! Just like that, as they blew, people who have good things have seen that if they follow the results they verbally declared, then the French Mediterranean fleet should no longer exist...&1t;/p>

In addition to leaving enough vigilance, more than half of the people in the fleet were allowed to board 6 and rest. After the news reached Constantinople, the Turkish government also sent congratulatory messages to the Spe fleet and sent all kinds of supplies such as fresh vegetables, meat, tobacco that the soldiers had been looking forward to for a long time. Not only did the middle and low-level officers and soldiers eat and drink, the Count and others did not really relax. They were still nervously planning what to do next.&1t;/p>

"One Guba-class battleship, at least three Dandong-class battleships, three armored cruisers and a large number of destroyers. After this battle, although the French fleet still had the advantage, they should be willing but not strong enough to prevent our convergence with the Austro-Hungarian fleet." After listening to the relatively reliable report on the results of the captains, Earl Spee came to this conclusion.&1t;/p>

"If His Highness Ruprecht is still in Vienna, then maybe in a few days, at most, the Austro-Hungarian fleet will come." Major General Schultz, who was standing by, thought for a while, said.&1t;/p>

"Okay, I will send a telegram to His Royal Highness tonight to inquire about related matters. In addition, we must also prepare for the anchorage and supply. If nothing unexpected happens, after the first batch of officers and soldiers come back tomorrow, let Prince Eugen enter the dock to repair it." Earl Spee said.&1t;/p>

Spee's fleet took advantage of the French's unpreparedness and sneaked over the wind, hitting the wind and then jumped. The French fleet lost half of its blood, but at the same time, some of its own fleet's losses were some. The average water inflow of four main ships was about 40 tons. Prince Eugen brought 70 tons of sea water when he came back, and about 5 of the 32 main guns were destroyed. Some of the secondary guns also destroyed. In addition, three rangefinders were replaced. The hull also needs to be repaired. Of course, what makes the count's heartache is the destroyer fleet, which has 12 ships out and 5 ships back, which is less than half. If it weren't for the sacrifice of these little guys, the main fleet might be even worse.&1t;/p>

Although there is nothing serious in theory, its combat effectiveness has dropped by at least 20% to 30%. Considering Turkey's relatively backward maintenance capabilities, the Count still wants to arrange the maintenance and repair of the warships as soon as possible. God knows when the next attack will be.&1t;/p>

At noon the next day after the night attack, the prince finally got the telegram from Earl Spee, and Tirpitz, who sent the telegram, was also mixed. He really didn't expect that the Earl would be so bold and made such a big noise! ​​What he didn't expect was that he actually won! When the Navy and State Minister first saw the telegram, he even felt that this world was too crazy, and he was brave and starved to death... Of course, no matter what, he won the battle in Crete, which is a good thing!&1t;/p>

"Admiral House, the French fleet has already been sold out for half. At this time, the Austro-Hungarian fleet should execute the order of convergence?" The prince nodded with satisfaction after reading it.&1t;/p>

"But the French fleet is still much stronger than us." Admiral House was so reluctant. Once this fleet left, he would really become the commander of the naval without much ship. After all, Earl Spey is a lieutenant general. If he goes, the command rights issue cannot be straightened out. Then he can only continue to stay in the local area, manage ports, submarines and some auxiliary ships. This is a very uncomfortable thing for a naval commander. From the bottom of his heart, it is normal for him to resist it.&1t;/p>

However, war is not about treating guests to dinner, not just you don't want to do it. The prince understands the mood of General House, but it must be done. Not only do it, but also a complete set: "I will ask Count Spee to cooperate with the action. In short, within the latest week, it is best to be within the last four days. I hope that the main force of the Austro-Hungarian fleet can reach the Dardanelles. This is not a suggestion, this is an order!" the prince emphasized. "Considering that Constantinople has relatively few supplies, this time I hope the navy will bring several fast ships that originally belonged to Germany, and can carry some artillery, fire control systems or other useful accessories and mechanical equipment." This time the prince not only needs to empty the fleet, but also move the warehouse of the Austro-Hungarian Navy! After all, the main fleet has left, and the things in the warehouse are also placed. It's better to take them away together.&1t;/p>

At the beginning of the war, there were three large express cruise ships affiliated to Germany in the Mediterranean. The tonnages of these cruise ships ranged from 15,000 tonnes, and the slowest ones were more than 23 knots. After the war, they went to the Austro-Hungarian port to take refuge. Considering that they would be used as transport ships instead of luxury cruise ships, the Austro-Hungarian Navy took another two months to remove some unnecessary settings and cabins on it, and added some equipment and useful things. It changed it to a naval high transport ship. It can not only transport coal, ammunition, etc., even 35omm main gun, rangefinder, large turret components, etc. can be loaded together...&1t;/p>

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Speaking of this, Admiral House had no reason to refuse. Just in the afternoon of the same day, the Admiral compiled the list of warships that could be mobilized and handed it to the prince.&1t;/p>

The entire fleet is specifically organized as follows: two Joint Force Class Dreadnoughts, namely the United Force Class and the Saint Isterwan Radetsky Class quasi-fair, namely the Radetsky and Franz Ferdinand, and one armored cruiser, St. Geork (can be seen as an enhanced version of the Mainz Class armored cruiser, using steam turbines and adding armor. However, the layout is still four double-unit 24omm guns with a quadrilateral layout.) In addition, two destroyer teams will be taken away.&1t;/p>

In addition to three transport ships originally used German high cruise ships, there are also four other models of auxiliary ships. They are equipped with a large number of supplies and spare parts. This has almost all the assets of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. After these warships left, only one Radetsky-class quasi-fair ship, a few old cruisers, and several shore defense battleships and submarines built in the 1990s.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!