My Italian - Chapter 630

January 7, 1914, sunny, light wind, good sea conditions.

At this time in the Mediterranean, the two fleets are gradually approaching.

This is a distance from which the two sides cannot visually detect each other, but for the United Fleet, this is unilaterally transparent, and a large amount of information is constantly being aggregated.

“The airship reports that the enemy fleet is still sailing westward at a speed of 18 knots, and we are still 30 nautical miles away from the enemy. It is estimated that the enemy fleet will be visually detected in half an hour.”

“The reconnaissance formation sent a telegram, and they can already observe the enemy’s reconnaissance formation with the naked eye.”

“Observe the airship transmission of the reinforcement fleet, saying that the enemy fleet is still 80 nautical miles away from us, and its speed is still maintained at 18 knots.”

“Report…”

A military officer kept reporting reports and news from various places to Lefer, and all kinds of pressure came to him at this time.

However, in the face of these pressures, Lefer was not stumped, and he continued to issue various orders based on the collected information.

Among these orders, Lefer also issued an order that looks a bit strange today.

“Order the ships to prepare food, and let the officers and soldiers eat in half an hour.”

Although it was only two o’clock in the afternoon, no one raised any objections to this order. Because everyone knows that there will be a vicious battle to be fought, and no one knows when the next meal will be. So don’t take something to pad your stomach now, there is no time to eat during the battle.

Following Laifer’s order, the galleys of each battleship began to get busy. Fortunately, the cooks in charge of the kitchen had already made the ingredients into semi-finished products, and it was not difficult to make them in half an hour.

Then the aroma of the kitchens of each ship was wafting, and all kinds of delicacies were cooked by the chefs with superb cooking skills, and then delivered to the officers and soldiers of the battleships.

At this time, the officers and soldiers on the battleships of the United Fleet were eating the last meal before the battle broke out.

When the officers and soldiers of the United Fleet completed their final preparations before the battle, the Mediterranean Fleet as their target was not at a loss.

“Robeck, the enemy should be near us.”

At this time, on the flagship Orion, Admiral Cardon, who is the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, looked at several airships in the sky that had been following the fleet, and suddenly said such a sentence.

“Your Excellency, have you found anything?”

Admiral Cardon’s words shocked Robeck, the chief of staff of the fleet, and the other staff officers around him were also shocked.

Sensing the many questioning eyes cast on him, General Cardon did not explain.

Since the admiral didn’t want to explain, no one else would dare to ask. Fortunately, someone satisfied their curiosity.

“Admiral, your joke is not funny at all.”

It was Lieutenant General Robeck who spoke, and he was the only one who could say this in a joking tone. Of course, he was also trying to make up for the tension caused by General Carden’s words just now.

However, Carden did not admire Lieutenant General Robek’s words to relieve the atmosphere. Instead, he glanced at the other party and gave an explanation. “I have my reasons for saying this. Although I don’t know the opponent’s current location, before the reinforcement formation is exposed, the opponent is definitely hiding in the middle ring route from Malta to Crete.”

General Cardon said this, glanced at the officers around him, and continued. “And if I were the commander of the opposing fleet, I would stare at the Mediterranean Fleet.”

Admiral Cardon’s words made the surrounding officers gasp. They are also capable and experienced officers, otherwise they would not have boarded the flagship and become a member of the fleet’s command center. They have already believed 80% of the situation predicted by the admiral.

“If this is the case, wouldn’t we be in great danger now?”

Someone whispered something.

Admiral Cardon seemed to have heard what this person said, and then continued. “But although this looks dangerous, it is not without opportunities. Although we are being watched by the Italians, we are also restraining their hands and feet. As long as we can drag the reinforcements to arrive, that is our opportunity.”

It is obvious that Commander Cardon has placed his treasure on the arrival of the reinforcement fleet.

Of course, he said this with confidence, because at this time they were less than a hundred nautical miles away from the reinforcement fleet. If you are lucky, you can meet each other in three hours, and if you are unlucky, it will take five hours.

But good luck didn’t miss them, and saw an officer rushing over with a telegram. “Admiral, the reconnaissance formation sent a telegram. They encountered the Italian cruiser formation, and all five of their battlecruisers are there.”

These words made everyone on the Orion sink, they didn’t expect that Admiral Cardon’s prediction was right, and the opponent really came towards him. Although this is just an encounter with the opponent’s cruise formation, in this situation of being intercepted, the Italian battleship is definitely behind it.

Facing the news at this moment, Admiral Cardon clearly felt that the current atmosphere was heavy, and he immediately spoke to stabilize the situation.

“Immediately send a report to Lieutenant General Studi, informing them that we are about to be intercepted by the Italians, and order the ships to prepare for the battle immediately. In addition, send the news to London and inform them, UU Reading www.uukanshu .com that we are about to engage the Italians.”

The several consecutive orders issued by General Carden fully proved that he already knew all kinds of countermeasures, otherwise he would not have issued a series of countermeasures immediately after hearing the news of the discovery of the enemy.

When Carden gave orders for the upcoming encounter with the United Fleet, the scene of the reconnaissance formation that had already encountered its forward was even more different at this moment.

At the moment on the sea, two battleship formations are constantly maneuvering. The purpose of their maneuvers is also different, and their purpose is also different.

“Turn left and increase speed to 23 knots.”

On his flagship Indefatigable, Major General Sinken, the commander of the battle formation, commanded the battleship to avoid the outflanking of the Italians while observing the movement of the opposing battle cruiser.

That’s right, after the two sides discovered each other, the cruise formation as the vanguard of the joint fleet tried to catch each other.

The cruise formation that discovered the Italian battle cruise formation was taken aback. Facing the menacing Italian battle cruiser formation, the cruiser formation immediately wanted to distance themselves from each other.

Although this is not in line with Nelson’s spirit of attacking at the sight of the enemy, but when the strength gap between the two sides is too large, they can contain the opponent’s five battlecruisers with three inferior numbers, so that the battleship formation can reduce the pressure. For the commander, Major General Xinken will be the main task.

As for the miracle of defeating the opponent’s five battle cruisers with three battle cruisers in reverse, I’m sorry that Major General Xinken is very self-aware, and he doesn’t think he has this ability.

So he chose another method, which is to hold back the opponent.

“Send a report to Admiral Cardon, we will lead the enemy patrol formation away, may God bless the British Empire.”

If you like my Italian, please bookmark it: () My Italian update speed is the fastest in the whole network.