"But, Otto, when we cooperate with the Renaissance Army like this, we feel like traitors to the Europeans." William I said. After all, he was still a somewhat idealistic person.
After hearing what William I said, Prime Minister Otto's facial expression became stern.
He knew that it was very dangerous for His Majesty the King to have such an idea.
Maybe someone blew some wind in front of His Majesty the King behind his back.
"Your Majesty, Europa is Europa. You are still the king of Prussia. When you think about problems, you must start from Prussia's perspective."
"If someone asks you to think about the problem from the overall perspective of Europe, then this person must be our enemy of Prussia. He wants to lead Prussia on a deviated path through such moral kidnapping."
"Your Majesty, as the leader of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Federation, it is very dangerous for you to have such thoughts. I hope you can strictly check the people around you. Be careful of being used by people with ulterior motives."
Otto knew that the royal families of Europe were all related to each other, and it was very easy to place someone in the other party or bribe them.
There must have been people like this around William I.
But Otto, as prime minister, had no control over matters in the palace.
He could only try his best to remind William I.
Otto's appearance made William I a little ashamed and a little scared.
He was really afraid of his prime minister. But he couldn't live without him.
He knew that without Otto, his kingdom would be in a mess and it would not be in such a good situation now.
"I'm sorry, Otto, I understand what to do. Our dynastic plan is the top priority in everything." William I took the initiative to bow his head and admit his mistake.
You must know that Prime Minister Otto has been very restrained today.
In normal times, he would even dare to point at William I's nose and scold him at court meetings.
"Your Majesty, the most fearful thing in the diplomacy of a great power is that orders are changed day by day. Just like businessmen doing business, without credibility, no more customers will come to us for cooperation. Our cooperation with the Renaissance Army is long-term. At least when we do not dominate this
This cooperation should continue until Europa."
"The Chinese have a saying called 'diplomacy far away and attack close', and this is the foreign policy we are currently pursuing. No matter how powerful the Renaissance Army is, it will not pose a threat to us for the time being. But the Great Empire and France around us will always
is trying to prevent us from rising."
"The Renaissance Army has only brought us help so far. Your Majesty, we have to do things step by step and cannot aim too high. We in Prussia are still far behind the French and French, and the top priority is to narrow this gap.
"
After Prime Minister Otto explained it, William I finally realized that he had been bewitched by others.
The man said that white people are a family and should unite and deal with the outside world.
The current confrontation is already a confrontation between two races.
Bullshit, these are all lies. When the French and Americans are enjoying their happiness, why don't they think of us in Prussia?
Every time a war is about to begin, I think of letting the Prussians be used as cannon fodder.
Why can they be emperor, but they can only be a king? The Germans should also have an emperor of their own.
William I still had great trust in Prime Minister Otto.
Without Otto, Prussia would not be what it is today.
He was somewhat self-aware that he was indeed inferior to his prime minister in many aspects.
This is also the reason why he tolerates Otto in everything.
In the Mozambique Channel, a huge fleet is heading south.
This fleet is headed by three armored cruisers.
A total of four of the sunken capital ships of the Han people were repaired and all were transferred to the Second Fleet.
In this way, the number of armored cruisers in the Second Fleet and the First Fleet is basically the same.
But the Second Fleet has more than a dozen destroyers.
At this time, Bao Youzhi's fleet had as many as twelve destroyers.
The number of frigates was even greater, reaching fifteen.
Behind there are some supply ships and some torpedo boats guarding the surroundings.
There were several frigates dragging long ropes behind them, and behind them were some slender ship-shaped things.
This is the torpedo boat formation of the Renaissance Army.
Unfortunately, the torpedo boats of the Renaissance Army still do not have the ability to sail across oceans.
On the flagship "Kunlun Mountain", Bao Youzhi was still sitting on the deck leisurely looking at the scenery on the ocean.
Seven or eight orderlies were busy around him. Someone set up a parasol for him, someone set a table for him, and someone brought him tea.
Bao Youzhi has always been such a bureaucrat. He never shared the joys and sorrows with the officers and soldiers, but his soldiers still respected him.
Because Bao Youzhi can always lead them to victory.
Bao Youzhi has never been too harsh on his subordinates. He is the kind of person who grasps the big and lets go of the small. This is exactly the opposite of Du Hang. Du Hang is a more upright general who is very careful in doing things and has high demands on himself.
Strict and strict with his subordinates.
"Commander, the weather is nice today!" Fleet Chief of Staff Wang Huatao came over and sat down on a chair opposite Bao Youzhi.
"Yeah, it would be nice if the weather was like this when we arrived in Cape Town." Bao Youzhi poured a small cup of tea and pushed it in front of Wang Huatao.
"Commander, this battle is not easy to fight. The supplies we are carrying now will be returned after staying around Cape Town for at most a week."
"Haha, Taozi, this time we are different from last time. Last time, someone else came to the door. Naturally, we have to wipe out the other party to teach them a lesson."
"But this time, we are going to beat people at their door. Then the situation is different. There is no need to beat people to death."
"What's wrong? Is there any instruction from the president?" Wang Huatao asked.
"The president just wants us to teach the Korean people a lesson, but there are requirements in this battle. We can only win but not lose."
"Does that mean we don't require the scale of the results?"
"You can say that, but almost all of our second fleet is dispatched this time. We can't just catch some small fish and shrimps and go back."
Bao Youzhi is a greedy master. In the last naval battle in the Indian Ocean, he tried to keep the Japanese Great White Fleet there despite heavy losses.
This time he brought the reorganized Second Fleet, which was twice the size of the previous fleet and had three giant-class armored cruisers.
Before leaving, he also brought along the submarine detachment that came to fight.
Guo Yan was currently standing on the deck of his No. 1 boat. The weather was calm today and there were no enemy warships around to monitor him.
Guo Yan asked all his submarines to surface.
Previously, he was conducting underwater adaptability training for his officers and soldiers, and the entire detachment had been diving underwater intermittently for several days.
Guo Yan lived in a narrow coal mine when he was a child.
There are mountains all around, and the sky is only a little above your head.
Thinking about it now, I felt like I was living at the bottom of a well.
So he likes the sea very much. Looking up at the sky from the sea, there is no obstruction. The sea and the sky are boundless.
The reason why he took the initiative to participate in the expedition this time was to see if there was a chance to experiment with coordinated operations with warships.
He heard Dong Shuheng say that future naval battles will be all-round and three-dimensional.
The so-called three-dimensional means fighting in all directions on the water surface, underwater and in the sky.
Those above the water are these warships, and those below the water must be those submarines.
But in the sky? Guo Yan probably refers to the airships of the Air Force.
Perhaps in the future, airships can be equipped with artillery, or bombs can be dropped directly on warships.
I heard that the airship unit made such an attempt last time in the subcontinental theater, but the effect was very poor.
Warships moving on the sea are difficult to hit by bombs dropped from airships.
Dong Shuheng once described the future prospects of the submarine force with Guo Yan.
This strengthened his confidence to continue working in the submarine force.
The current submarine force is still very small and is more experimental in nature.
After the last naval battle, they were sent back to the country.
The shipyard in Hankou made improvements to address some of the problems discovered during the battle.
Guo Yan also knew that a new generation of submarines was being designed.
That new submarine has a new more stable diesel engine, a better-performing motor, and a battery with greater power storage capacity.
This gives the new generation of submarines the ability to travel independently.
Instead of being dragged along by a rope like now.
So much so that the guys on the warship were laughing at the fact that the submarine was a baby and needed a nanny to hold it around.
Of course, the submarine force sent them back with just one sentence.
Because the warships they captured from the Koreans were basically sunk by submarine forces in naval battles.
In that battle, it was the submarine force that made the greatest contribution.
As a result, Guo Yan was commended when he returned to China, and the entire submarine force also received first-class collective merit.
Obtained the military title of Sea Shark Detachment.
This title can be passed down forever.
In the Renaissance Army, only those troops who have made great achievements can have their own names.
This is a permanent honor and therefore very precious.
This time I went back, although the submarine detachment did not add new boats, it still made many improvements.
The most important thing is that they have a more practical underwater sonar.
Of course, this is not a real sonar, but it is already much stronger than the original earpiece amplifier.
In addition, the periscope was modified and the water depth of the periscope was increased.
In the last battle, the submarine force was simply sitting back and waiting.
If the fleet hadn't fought hard to take damage, there wouldn't have been such a good chance.
But submarines must learn to fight independently in the future. They are underwater assassins for offense, not shields for defense.
As a young military officer, Guo Yan does not lack the motivation to innovate.
Likewise, the submarine force he leads is also a young force and also has the need to explore and innovate.
Guo Yan is twenty-five years old this year. Last time he went back, he got married in Xinjing.
His wife is a teacher at a government primary school in Xinjing City. The person who brings her together is Wei Yuzhen, the teacher’s wife.
Many children in the Junior Military Academy are orphans, and Dong Shuheng treats them as his own children.
Not only did he cultivate them and give them a bright future, but he even arranged their marriages clearly.
The matchmaking was naturally handled by Dong Shuheng's wives.
Guo Yan lowered his head and glanced at the ring on his ring finger.
It seems that I saw my wife's pretty face with some baby fat.
My wife is a lady, very quiet, knowledgeable and courteous.
Guo Yan was an orphan. After getting married, he settled down in Xinjing. Naturally, his sister also moved into his home, just to keep him company with his wife.
As a naval officer, I am destined to spend most of my time wandering at sea.
He felt guilty about his wife, but she could understand him.
My wife's family also takes great care of me. They don't look down on me because I am an orphan.
This time when he went to Cape Town, he hoped to cooperate with the fleet to fight the three-dimensional battle that the president talked about.
This is a huge challenge for the submarine detachment, but it is also an excellent opportunity.
Because the accuracy of current naval guns is not enough, the communication method has shortcomings.
The submarine is underwater and its own warships cannot be seen, so it is easy to cause accidental damage during combat.
This requires Guo Yan and his captains to accurately calculate their course of action underwater.
Not only your own route, but also the enemy's warship action route must be calculated.
In Cape Town, at this time, the people of the Republic of China did not know that the navy of the Renaissance Army was already coming towards them.
But they have been taking precautions.
The newly established Indian Ocean Fleet of the Great Empire had a total of fifteen ironclad ships.
Among them are two battleships, which are the so-called armored cruisers of the Renaissance Army. There are also five fast cruisers, which are the destroyers of the Renaissance Army.
Such a fleet may not necessarily be able to take advantage in a head-on confrontation with the Renaissance Army.
But if you just defend in the port, you can still fight.
The Chinese people still have a certain understanding of the strength of the Second Fleet of the Renaissance Army.
That's why they make targeted deployments.
The Cape Town Colony is now the first line of defense for the Korean people against the Renaissance Army, and the Korean people themselves also attach great importance to it.
Zhang Yong was wandering leisurely in the port area wearing a police sergeant's uniform.
He has returned from his homeland.
Because of the pass system of the Renaissance Army, he could only visit relatives in his hometown for one month.
This is also the time limit within which they can perform their tasks.
During this month, he faithfully performed his duties as a large intelligence officer.
They went upstream along the Yangtze River and successfully visited the submarine base. Although they didn't get anything valuable, they finally saw the submarine.
Next, they took a train from Wuchang south to Guangzhou.
On the way, Zhang Yong accompanied Sun Xiang to play tricks, and at the same time, with the cooperation of Liu Hao, he secretly met with people from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
He was to learn how to use a wireless telegraph in a short time.
This is difficult to play, and Zhang Yong, who has no culture to begin with, is very difficult to play.
Fortunately, he finally learned it.
Zhang Yong did not really go back to his home, because then he might reveal his secret.
Because of Zhang Yong's relationship, his family can enjoy the treatment of military dependents. Sun Xiang can see this. They stopped and went along the way, and they also wanted to spy on intelligence.
In fact, there was no time to go back. When they arrived in Guangzhou, the time for the pass was already approaching.