"Thank God for Germany to have a strong army, thank God for the Russians for the invasion of Austrian Silesia. Thank God for giving me the opportunity to command the navies of both countries. When Count Spee received a secret telegram from the Kaiser in Fao, the veteran general who had been tested by the fire of war could not contain the excitement in his heart, and said such a thing in front of the envoy. However, when he heard the second thanks from Count Spee, the envoy only frowned slightly, and then returned to normal, what to say about the performance of Austria-Hungary? No virtuous person will have a good impression.

On the Western Front, as in history, Germany withstood the British and French attacks with inferior forces, and on the Eastern Front, Germany defeated the Russian forces at Tannenberg. According to the Germans, 2 German soldiers were worth 3 Anglo-French soldiers and 5 or 6 Russian soldiers. But it was in this situation that Austria-Hungary was defeated by the Russian Army with superior forces! Not only did it fail to move forward, but it also allowed the Russian army to invade Austrian Silesia...... Soldiers are coming to the Golpathian Mountains! This is a proper pig teammate! The Germans just want to ask, didn't you think that you couldn't fight when you started the war? Don't you know how to end a war before you start it? Well, at this time the Italians had not yet behaved, and no one helped the Austrians to wash the floor ..........

The world is a place where strength is needed, especially when there is a war. The Germans have always despised the combat power of the Russians, and on the battlefield. Germany did defeat Russia step by step. But at this time, in the face of the Habsburg dynasty, which was slammed by polar bears, the Kaiser had to draw out an elite army to help his pit teammate! Of course. Aid will never be in vain. You have to give something. And this time, the Austro-Crarian fleet was sent as a "reward" paid by Austria-Hungary to Germany, which, of course, in the eyes of some, was a bit like a hot potato!

The French suddenly put an end to the happy days of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean with unusually proactive actions. Lieutenant General Holdey personally felt the journey from heaven to hell. When the huge Austro-Hungarian navy swept across the Aegean Sea, when its own fleet completely cut off the Mediterranean shipping. As soon as Lieutenant General Holdi turned around, he suddenly found that his back road had been cut off, and the other party seemed to be ready for a long time, and everyone was already in Malta to open a base. Obviously intended to be permanent! At this time, the Austro-Hungarian fleet was forced into Turkish territorial waters like a lost dog, relying on the Turks' shore artillery and mines to ensure their safety. Haldy could only watch his fleet decline day by day.........

In order to help Austria-Hungary deal with the raging polar bears as much as possible, and to save the costly fleet, the Austrians had to obey the orders of the Germans. Put this fleet under the command of Count Spee, who is in the Persian Gulf. Perhaps this statement is not precise enough. It was supposed that Count Spee had the right to command the Austrian fleet. At the same time, it communicated with the Italian Navy to prepare for the next joint operation.

In addition to this appointment, the envoy also sent relevant materials, including a first draft of Tycho's battle plan. As for the vice admiral of the Kingdom of Italy, who had worked with Xu Jie in his early years and had the name of master and apprentice, Count Spee still had some expectations. After all, the current West China Navy can be described as a powerful force for the entire eastern hemisphere. I hope this apprentice won't do much worse than the teacher.

In order to achieve the goal of completing the battle, the French transferred most of their troops. In addition to 8 dreadnoughts and ultra-dreadnoughts. There are also 2 Dandong-type quasi-dreadnoughts and 4 pre-dreadnoughts. As a result, the main forces of the French fleet amounted to 14 battleships of various types. In addition, there are nearly a dozen kinds of soy sauce! Although the dreadnoughts and mounted cruisers were nothing in the face of the dreadnoughts of Italy and Austria-Hungary, they were also quite difficult to kill. After all, the armor of the French is still very thick. On the whole, the French fleet was inferior in terms of the main fleet, but had an overwhelming advantage in terms of auxiliary warships. …………。

If it weren't for the 7 Italian dreadnoughts and 3 quasi-dreadnoughts, the Austro-Hungarian 4 dreadnoughts plus 3 Radetz-class pre-dreadnoughts. I don't know who hit whom!. In terms of auxiliary warships, Austria-Hungary had almost no armored cruisers. ON THE ITALIAN SIDE, THERE WERE ONLY 4 USABLE PISA-TYPE ARMORED CRUISERS, BUT THE GUNS WERE REPLACED WITH THE NEW AUTRO-HUNGARIAN 24CM GUNS.

As for the new light cruisers? Neither in history nor in reality, Italy and Austria-Hungary are not equipped much, so let's take a few hundred tons of destroyers and light cruisers of the pre-dreadnought period to make up the number, don't look down on the light cruisers of the pre-dreadnought, these things are except for the slower speed. It's not ambiguous to start a torpedo boat! As for the reconnaissance fleet? Please, there are no fast battleships in the three countries, and there are indeed more sunny days in the Mediterranean, plus a small point in the Mediterranean. It is enough to climb directly on the mast and see, what is the reconnaissance fleet? Can you eat it? In the Mediterranean, it is king to be able to fight and resist!

The battle was destined to be a chaotic one...... Because the types of warships involved are too cumbersome and messy, and the number is quite large, the warships of both sides can be said to span nearly 20 years from the mid-to-late 90s of the 19th century to 1914! From pre-dreadnought to dreadnought, from early second-class cruisers all the way to armored cruisers, to battleships and ultra-dreadnoughts. It can be said that there is almost no mere commander who can command such a fleet! After watching the battle sequence of the two sides, Count Spee lamented that only God could command such a chaotic fleet. The Italians actually put out some hot, that, and sub-type cruisers, which are antiques from many years ago! And the French did not show weakness, and directly got out a lot of some old ships that were commissioned in 1898. As a minelayer and so on. Austria-Hungary wanted to pull out some warships to make up the numbers, but one of those old ships was locked in the Adriatic Sea and could not get out, and the other was that the Austro-Hungarian Navy did not even have a few old ships! . …。

In the report of the trough. Tycho first divided the fleet into three categories, the first of which was naturally the main fleet. The dreadnought and ultra-dreadnought in the combined Italian-Austrian fleet will be the well-deserved main force of the fleet, which will serve as a hammer to break the backbone of the French Navy! But in the formation of Tycho, he first grouped the capital ships of Italy and Austria-Hungary separately. Probably anticipating the difficulty of joint operations between the two sides, Tycho's request to Austria-Hungary was simple, it would be enough to hold off 2 or 3 French dreadnoughts. The Italians will take care of the rest!

Although in this text, Count Spee can feel the other party's strong sense of contempt, but there is no way to make the current Austro-Hungarian Empire a disadvantage, and the main force of this war is the Italians? This requirement seems simple, but after repeated deductions. Count Spee believed that it was not necessarily easy to execute, and first of all, the time and place of the convergence of the two fleets was a debatable. If it is to let the French notice before the re-convergence. Then the initiative to fight or go is in the hands of the French, and the French will find out sooner or later when the Italian family goes out. And once they find out, they can choose to break each one or retreat.

Furthermore. The second category is the former dreadnoughts of Italy. For such a class of battleships, the requirements of the Italians were simply excessive in the eyes of Austria-Hungary! He asked Austria-Hungary to include the three Radetz-class dreadnoughts in the battle sequence of the Italians. This was absolutely unacceptable in the eyes of the arrogant Austrians. And the Count of Spee himself has a strong opinion on this. According to his vision, wouldn't it be enough to simply separate the command from the dreadnought? And Tycho gives a good reason for this.........

First of all, after the convergence of the Italian fleet and the Austro-Hungarian fleet, the entire Italian fleet was to lead the way to cut into the French fleet from the northwest, and in this case, the direction chosen by the French for the breakthrough was definitely to the southwest. In this case, the return distance of the French fleet was the closest, if the French assaulted the tail of the Ito-Austrian army. Then the result is that you have spared a big circle, and in the end it is easy to be intercepted again. As a result, the Italian fleet, which was at the helm, would suffer most of the pressure, and not only the French capital ships would suffer. There was also a large number of ex-dreadnoughts and armored cruisers mixed in. …。