St. Louis is a very common place name in the Latin-language country, one of which is located at the mouth of the Maranian River in northeastern Brazil. This was originally founded by French colonists and is located in the Bay of San Marcos and St.
The natural port between Jose Bay has now developed into one of the most important ports in northern Brazil.
Since the outbreak of the European war, the British lost their source of iron ore from Sweden, and Brazil and South Africa in South America have become the main ore supply sites of the British Empire.
According to information, no less than fifty fully loaded cargo ships are now set off from various ports in South America every week, transporting the ore and various agricultural and livestock products that the British urgently needed to the UK. These materials have played a great role in maintaining the war.
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When formulating the international maritime convention, the British, who made their fortunes, have always opposed the inclusion of the navy in the treaty prohibiting attacks on civilian merchant ships. In the eyes of the British who held maritime hegemony, it is natural to attack the merchant ships of enemy countries during wartime.
Now they will start to suffer in this regard.
For hundreds of years, the Royal Navy of the British Empire was a group of robbers who were rampant on the high seas. They could even intercept ships of neutral countries as they wished, as long as they believed that these merchant ships would cause possible harm to them. Now a group of people
The Royal Navy's more well-equipped "pirates" appeared on the Atlantic Ocean. These "pirates" scolded by the British were wearing neat uniforms, and their strength was far beyond those so-called pirates.
At this time, General Sa Shijun, the commander of the Republic Navy Atlantic Fleet, who was called "pirates" by the British, was sitting leisurely at an open-air balcony on the starboard side of the bridge of his flagship "Huashan", with his companions and
German colleagues chat while drinking coffee.
From the Gulf of Guinea after the storm, crossing the entire Atlantic Ocean and entering the South American sea area. The clear water and blue sky in front of you make you feel refreshed.
"If we send the tanker to the port in Brazil to refuel, what will they react?" Sa Shijun leaned his back against a comfortable rattan chair and asked Major General Longsdorf who was sitting next to him with his head tilted.
"According to neutral legislation, they have the right to allow or refuse our warships to enter the port. Generally, less than three warships neutral countries will agree to enter the port for a short rest of 24 hours. A large fleet like ours must have already
More than the scope of the neutral treaty." Major General Longsdorf had a smile on his face. His more than two years of life in China have allowed him to learn some Eastern-style thinking. "Generally speaking, tankers belong to merchant ships, not
Under any restrictions of the Convention, you can enter neutral ports at will for replenishment and transactions!”
This Eastern Navy General is testing the attitude of the Brazilians. If the Brazilians tend toward Britain and the United States and refuse to supplement the tankers of the Republican Navy, the senior general of the Republican Army may order the entire Brazilian coast to blockade and bring about this large sea area.
It's uneasy.
"Maybe we have the opportunity to visit the east coast of the United States!" Fang Minghao said on the side, "In this sea area, no one is our opponent. If we 'intimidate' the Americans, maybe they will put it in the face.
The air fleet in Australia is transferred back to the Atlantic Ocean, which is very helpful for our battle situation in the South Pacific.”
"I would rather take a military action against Halifax. The British have shipped too much supplies from the damn Canada. We need to give a warning that we have the ability to launch an attack on Canada!" said Admiral Lukins.
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"Very good. We will have another vote in South America and set off for North America. If we don't fight, we must scare them at least!" Sa Shijun said. At this time, the communication officer on the flagship came over, "Sir, from Germany, sir,"
The information transferred from the Navy Command said that a British merchant fleet will have a total of 16 merchant ships from Port St. Louis, Brazil tonight. In addition, the fleet has a light fleet escort. Two light cruisers and
Four destroyers, and several other armed merchant ships.”
"Okay, let's have a meal now. Let our young men move on. It doesn't take much effort to deal with such a light cruiser. We will launch a heavy cruiser and two air defense cruisers. Where are you?"
Shi Jun stood up and looked at General Lukins.
"We are the same, sending three warships!" The German admiral was naturally not willing to be outdone.
Porto St. Louis, Brazil.
"College, it's very dangerous to sail now..." In the British Consulate in Port St. Louis, Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence, wearing a snow-white naval uniform, seemed very embarrassed. The Colonel transferred to the command of the Admiralty, and he was commanding a light fleet to escort a ship.
The team transported a batch of supplies that were urgently needed for war to Britain.
"Don't worry, the Chinese are still near the Gulf of Guinea. According to the information, their destination is the Port of Brest in France and will not turn to the direction of the Americas. In addition, you will follow the coast of the Americas to the eastern United States and then take the route from North America.
Return to England. In Grenada, there will be an American fleet to pick you up.” The Colonel persuaded, hoping to alleviate the doubts in Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence.
"But if the Chinese really come to this sea area, we will have no power to fight back!" Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence continued to argue, "In the past month, we have been sunk or captured by them or have been nearly 40 of them.
Cargo ship!"
"I know this. If it is not particularly urgent, it is impossible for the country to ask us to take the risk of transporting this shipment back!" said the colonel. "It is impossible for the Royal Navy to be afraid of difficulties when it comes to courage!"
"Okay, okay, it's not my responsibility to have any problems anyway!" Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence muttered, reluctantly signing his name under the order.
At night that day, under the protection of the Royal Navy's "Galati" light cruiser, a fleet of 16 large British cargo ships carrying more than 5,000 tons slowly left the Port of St. Louis. The German spy monitored at the dock was very
The news was almost sent back to the German South American Intelligence Center in Argentina. Just a few hours later, the Sino-German joint fleet, which was less than 300 nautical miles from the South American coast, received this important intelligence transferred from the German Admiralty.
"Their destination was to go to North America first, meet with the fleet in Canada before returning to the UK. The British were finally scared!" Admiral Lukins said after receiving the information, "Tell the situation to the Chinese, we
Prepare to send the air defense cruisers "Blüchel" and "Prince Eugen" and "Aachen"!"
The fleet is currently maintaining radio silence, but the short-range radio communication with a propagation range of less than 10 nautical miles is not restricted. Soon, the Republic Fleet sent back news that they would send the heavy cruiser "Yuefei" and the hull numbers 223 and 226.
The air defense cruiser works with the German fleet to perform the mission of intercepting merchant ships.
Under the starry night, six cruisers lined up in two columns, shining with signal lights on the sea surface, leaving the entire water formation, heading towards the target sea area at high speed, and gradually disappeared on the fleet's radar screen after an hour and a half.