Chapter 976： Detonate a fuse (1/2)
”It's impossible for the French to deploy all the warships here, right?” the prince asked.
”Before, before our San Esteban was put into service, they did not do this. The fleet would rotate frequently, but until now, the main force of the French fleet has been deployed here for nearly 45 days. At least 8 fearless and super Fearlessness is always there!” Major General House said.
”I rely on it.” The prince could not help but cursed in his heart. From General House's words, he could clearly perceive two points. First, there were some problems with the Navy’s secrecy work. The French action was obviously aimed at the Austria-Hungarian fleet. The ”jailbreak” action. And the second problem is that the situation is about to change, and 80% may have something to do with the Japanese Navy!
The so-called strong crossbow can not wear Lu Zhen at the end. The French were actually overdrafting the soft power of the fleet, and even Alexandria could not support the operations of the entire French fleet, so it would be even worse if the front was moved hundreds of kilometers to Crete! Supplies, the status of personnel, and the status of ships will gradually be consumed during a long period of deployment. This is not normal from a common sense! If the French are not fools, then there is only one possibility, they are trying to survive the last period of time! So try my best to hold on here.
And the only reason the French can do this is that the Japanese fleet is coming! And when the Japanese fleet finally arrives, the entire Eastern Mediterranean Central Allied fleet will be nailed to the last coffin nail! Even if there are only two dreadnought ships, the Allied fleet can no longer make any waves, after all, the number of fleets is too far apart. The battleships of the same period, no matter how good they are, can hardly withstand the attack of two enemy ships of the same level.
”To be honest, I don't have a good idea right now. From the current point of view, almost all the plans will not have a success rate of more than 60%! This is something I have never encountered before.” Hitt wrote this in his diary, and what he did not expect was that when the situation in the Mediterranean was gradually becoming a dead end, a small stone fell into the vast Mediterranean, and then caused a ripple. , When this stone was thrown from the hands of the God of Destiny, no one would have thought that the second large-scale maritime battle since the beginning of the war broke out!
”Look over there, there seems to be something?” The lookout of the French Mediterranean Fleet destroyer Musketeer who was cruising in the northwestern waters of Crete said loudly, pointing his finger at the sparkling sea in the distance.
”Dazzling again, kid?” Under the mast, a shaggy veteran said dismissively. Since this little guy from Marseille got on the ship, the number of false alarms has exceeded 30 times. In his surprise, the entire ship was disturbed! Later, fortunately, people ignored him, and only regarded his words as deaf ears.
”I swear, I saw something!” the watcher said loudly.
”Really? I saw it too. Isn't that our supply ship? Anyone with eyes can see it.” A veteran's words caused a roar of laughter in the audience, and the Musketeer destroyer still followed the scheduled route Go ahead and send a signal to the ship that comes to deliver supplies.
When the two French ships were communicating with each other in semaphores, a slender tube quickly dived under the water. After a while, the huge shadow under the sea disappeared. At 65 meters underwater, one was like a huge ship. The cigar-like steel fish is slowly passing through the Antikythera Strait. (This strait is located between mainland Greece and Crete, in the northwest of Crete.)
An Austro-Hungarian UB-12 submarine quietly sailed towards the port of Castelli on the island of Crete at a speed of 4 knots per hour. The French fleet is mainly concentrated in Castelli and another adjacent bay-the Gulf of Nia. Major Egon Lersey, the captain of the UB-12 submarine, is tired of hitting ordinary merchant ships. This time, he plans to play a big one.