This pressure did not finally dissipate until after the end of the war! But even so, at the Washington Naval Armaments Conference after the war, all the British delegates refused to shake hands with Admiral Hipper. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info And Admiral Hipper's reaction was flat: "I also disdain to communicate with the losers who slaughtered women and children. ”

First of all, German historians believed that under the conditions of international law at the time, even belligerents could not detain non-military materials from neutral countries to hostile countries, let alone impose compulsory ransom on the goods of neutral ships. The British had already seriously trampled on the international code of conduct of the time, and the Germans naturally fought back against such a "rule-of-game" violator.

Secondly, the Germans believed that the actions of the British had extended the scope of the attack to the ordinary German population, who were not directly related to the war, and that the British blockade had put them under the threat of hunger and disease, which was a crime in itself! The Germans understood that the right to life of any soldier should not be threatened by war until he actually put on his uniform and went to war. And the British have already aimed the contradiction at the civilians, and the Germans will naturally not be soft on these civilian killers!

In addition to Britain and Germany, which were in the hostile camp in this war, historians of some neutral countries commented on this North Sea death prophecy, "In order to win the war, the two sides gradually lost the most basic morals and norms for the sake of victory, and the British behavior seemed to be soft, but it was a butcher's knife that killed people without seeing blood, and when the opponent raised the butcher's knife, the Germans naturally had to change the color, so, at the initial moment of the war, the British chose blockade, and the Germans chose submarine warfare, Then the two sides escalated in the battle of blockade and anti-blockade, until finally mercy and forgiveness were discarded. ”

And when Hipper gave this order to the fleet, although the fleet that carried out the task of breaking the blockade behind it was no longer Hipper's battlecruisers, they were all silently carrying out this order, not only because they hated the British blockade, but more importantly, they were not allowed to have too much sympathy in the event of war! The British's camouflaged submarine hunters have completely broken "the most basic trust between people". So, for the sake of your own life support, it's better to be safe!

"Alright, remember my orders and start the mission! I hope that before we evacuate today, there will not be a single living Englishman in this sea! Hipper ignored his somewhat stunned subordinates and said calmly.

5 battle cruisers with a large number of light cruisers and destroyers scattered in places that the British would never have imagined! They were like giant beasts hidden in the deep sea, looking for the British warships, and at this time, these guys who had been handy at bullying civilian ships had no idea what kind of terrifying existence they encountered this time!

"We seem to have found a big guy!" The lookout of the 10,000-ton auxiliary cruiser Alsatian, pointing to the blurred silhouette on the sea in the distance, said.

"Right? Is it the ship, can you tell by its appearance? "A British sailor under the mast immediately came interested.

"It's like a flying fish, that's right, it's a flying fish! The guy who escaped from under us last time was the longest ship I've ever seen, and I can't be mistaken. The lookout, who used to be a sailor on a cruise ship and is now a volunteer, said excitedly.

The high-speed merchant ship that repeatedly escaped from his hands was not called Exocet, it was just a nickname given by the sailors of the Alsatian, and there were too many names to remember, so they always gave a nickname to some of the most impressive guys. And this time, the Alsatian finally found this "old enemy" again. After informing the captain and the entire battleship sounded the alarm for battle, the Alsatian began to approach the target.

"Send a telegram to the armored cruiser Minotaur, this time we need his help, we can only keep tracking, the real hunt depends on them." The captain of the ship, Major Cowes, said. The Exocet is a large cruise ship flying the Swedish flag, which was previously the German fast cruise ship Crown Prince Wilhelm, after the war, it was "transferred" to Norway, wearing the coat of a neutral country to provide Germany with various supplies, under normal circumstances, it sails between the United States and Norway, relying on high speed to avoid the pursuit again and again.

When fully loaded, the maximum speed of the cruise ship is about 21 knots, and the Alsatian was converted from a 10,000-ton dome cruiser, removing some artillery, but adding more personnel and mine protection equipment (such as wood in watertight cabins, empty barrels). And then the battleship, which was commissioned in 1895, became an overloaded ....... Therefore, coupled with the aging problem of the sad equipment, the original speed of 22 knots can only run out at all, and it can only run about 18 knots at most!

"Judging by the course, this guy is going to repeat the old trick and enter the Norwegian territorial waters, so that we can now cross it on its way to Norway and wait for the arrival of the Minotaur, well, that's all! The battleship headed in the direction of 1 o'clock and advanced at full speed. Major Cowes ordered.

The Minotaur armoured cruiser was the last British armored cruiser. Originally, it was to suppress the existence of other cruisers, but when the British and German battlecruisers were launched, this class of battleships became a very chicken-ribbed existence, with no output, no speed, no defense. Originally, it was intended to be used to escort ships in the open sea, but after the Suxiong fleet entered the Indian Ocean, it could not go here, so it could only be pulled back to the mainland, and act with the large fleet, and if necessary, it could also use 10-inch guns and 7.5-inch guns to deal with light cruisers.

And now, because of the threat of camouflage attack ships to auxiliary cruisers, these last mounted cruisers are used in blockade operations in the North Sea because of their huge endurance and strong combat effectiveness, and are specially used to hunt down those cruise ships with higher speeds and exposed German camouflage attack ships. And just a week ago, the Minotaur had just taken out a camouflaged assault ship called the Leopard, which was supposed to sneak out of the North Sea!

Since the 4th Armored Cruiser Detachment took part in the blockade of the North Sea, the whole situation has improved a lot, and compared with the camouflaged assault ships, the armored cruisers with absolute firepower and speed superiority are excellent bodyguards for auxiliary cruisers, and the task pressure has been reduced a lot.

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