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"The gunboat 'Leopard'? It's just a small gunboat with a displacement of several hundred tons, and even if it goes to Morocco, I'm afraid it won't be of much use, right? Crown Prince William said in surprise. The most powerful thing in the German Navy was the battleships, and in his opinion, if the intentions of Germany were to be expressed, it would be most appropriate to send the battleships there!

"Yes, let the gunboat 'Leopard' go to Morocco to protect the German diaspora and interests in Morocco. But what if the French still don't care? So what should we do? Kaiser Wilhelm II asked. He knew that now was not the best time to go to war, but the actions of the French made him very angry.

"Your Majesty, if war is inevitable, then Germany will have to rise to the occasion. There is no doubt that Germany's most powerful army will prevail over the French. As for the navy, the German navy would fight the British navy with all its might. Although the British have more capital ships, the capital ships of the British will never be able to sail to land! As long as the Army was able to defeat France as best it could, Britain's attempt to contain Germany would be aborted. Moreover, the German Navy, although numerically inferior, was superior to the British in the quality of our battleships. Our 'Bavaria-class' battleships, which were built earlier than the British 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships, will also be commissioned before them. It is expected that by the middle of next year, our battleships of the 'Bavaria' class will be able to enter service. At that time, we may not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the British! Tirpitz said!

Wilhelm II nodded. It is undoubtedly the safest to wait until the German Navy's 'Bavaria-class' battleships enter service before going to war with the French. At that time, the British Navy's 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships are still under construction, and the gap between the German Navy and the British Navy will be narrowed to a minimum, and with four 'Bavaria-class' battleships, it is entirely possible for the German Navy to recover its inferiority, just as the Chinese Navy did in the naval battle in the South China Sea more than ten years ago! Before that, however, Germany had to protect its interests in Morocco. Events like this. The dispute between France and Germany will not be resolved in a short period of time. If it can delay the time until next year, Germany will be able to solve the problem with its strong military strength!

The gunboat "Leopard", an old gunboat of the German Navy, has been in service for almost two decades. The displacement is more than seven hundred tons. It is armed with one 155-mm naval gun, two 88-mm single-mounted guns and four heavy machine guns. Such old warships should have been eliminated a long time ago. However, because the strength of the German navy was blocked by Britain in the North Sea, sending battleships or battle cruisers through the English Channel would cause the British navy to follow them. Hence such a small battleship as the gunboat 'Leopard'. It was used by the German Navy as a training ship, traveling long distances between German soil and German colonies in Africa!

It was already the evening of 18 May when the gunboats Leopard received the order from the Admiralty, and they were in the northwestern part of the Gulf of Guinea. However, with the battleship 'Leopard', the cruising speed was only 8 knots. It would have been two weeks before we arrived at the port of Agadir in southwestern Morocco. However, there was no time set at the German Admiralty, only for the gunboat "Leopard" to go to Agadir. It was only to protect German interests in Morocco.

Captain Frank, the captain of the gunboat Leopard, immediately ordered the gunboat Leopard to sail towards Agadir.

And in the process of the gunboat 'Leopard' on its way to Agadir. Germany and France engaged in a war of words. Germany demanded that France withdraw its troops from Morocco in accordance with the resolution of the Algesis Conference, and said that Germany would never allow anything to change the status quo in Morocco. However, France insisted that although the Moroccan rebellion had been quelled, a large number of Francophobic Moroccos had been hidden. In order to protect the interests of the French diaspora, the French team will not evacuate Morocco for the time being, unless France can be sure that Morocco is completely pacified.

France's allies, Britain, Russia, and the United States, supported France and endorsed France's actions in Morocco. Germany's allies, Austria-Hungary and Italy, also supported Germany, arguing that the French should not break the original resolution. China has also expressed its support for Germany in the Moroccan crisis. At the original Algesis Conference, China also sent delegates to participate. This blatant sabotage of the original resolution by the French has made China very dissatisfied. It's just that almost all countries have treated this crisis as an ordinary international crisis. They all agreed that although the current situation was tense, in the end France and Germany would come to an agreement. This has happened a lot in recent years, and countries seem to have become accustomed to it!

On 3 June, the German Navy's gunboat Leopard arrived in Agadir after a two-week arduous trek. The gunboat anchored at sea three kilometers from Agadir. The appearance of warships of the German Navy in Morocco immediately aroused the alarm of the French government. The French government warned Germany not to aggravate the complicated situation in Morocco, while the German side claimed that the gunboat Leopard had gone to Agadir only to protect the German diaspora in Morocco.

Although the gunboat 'Leopard' is nothing more than an old gunboat, the French Navy can kill this old gunboat by sending a destroyer at will, and it will not pose much of a threat to France at all. The French government, however, believed that if France compromised on this, the Germans would certainly become more aggressive. Today the Germans have a gunboat in Morocco, then tomorrow it will be possible to deploy a fleet, and even a direct landing of the army in Morocco is highly likely. The strength of the French navy is not comparable to that of Germany, which makes France very nervous. At the request of French President Felier, France sent a light cruiser 'Montpellier' and a destroyer 'Nîmes' to Agadir to monitor the German Navy's gunboats 'Panther'. If the German Navy acted excessively, it could be stopped immediately.

At the same time, the British Navy reacted. Originally, the Moroccan crisis was mainly a struggle between Germany and France for its interests, and it had little to do with Britain. However, the appearance of the German Navy's gunboat 'Leopard' in the port of Agadir caused a hint of concern for the British Navy. The British Navy feared that the German Navy would use the port of Agadir as a supply port for the German Navy in the Atlantic. You know, an important strategy of the British Navy was to suppress the German Navy in the North Sea and prevent the German Navy's fleet from entering the Atlantic. Britain's communication with the outside world was mainly by sea, and if the German fleet entered the Atlantic on a large scale, it would pose a serious threat to Britain's sea lines of communication. Therefore, the light cruiser "Sapphire" of the British Navy also rushed to the port of Agadir.

On June 10, the warships of the navies of the three countries gathered in the port of Agadir. Among them, the German Navy's gunboat 'Leopard' was on the south side of the harbor, the French Navy's light cruiser 'Montpellier' and the destroyer 'Nîmes' were on the north side of the harbor, and the British Navy's light cruiser 'Sapphire' stayed outside the harbor. The navies of the three countries have launched a tense confrontation here!

Compared with the British and French warships, the French Navy's gunboat "Leopard" was undoubtedly the weakest. No matter which battleship the other party is, it can sink him lightly. However, the German sailors on the gunboat "Leopard" were not frightened. They believed that victory must belong to the great Germany!

"Damn, why did the Admiralty order us not to fire first? Otherwise, it would only take one shot to sink that little flea and send all the damned Germans out into the sea to feed the fish! Lieutenant Commander Adrian, captain of the French Navy's light cruiser Montpellier, said hatefully. With the strict confrontation between the two countries, the hatred between the two peoples is also growing day by day. Adrian was afraid that he would give the order to sink the gunboat 'Leopard' of the German Navy on impulse!

On the night of 13 June, overcast clouds hung over the port of Agadir, as if there was a hint of a storm to come. In the sea of the port of Agadir, the boilers of the German Navy's Leopard shelling are running. It's just that the steam produced is exhausted.

At one o'clock in the morning, a huge explosion sounded on the gunboat "Leopard," a small gunboat with a displacement of only more than 700 tons, which produced a sky-high fire, which was blown to pieces in the explosion and disappeared into the sea in just a dozen seconds.

Not far away, the British Navy and the French Navy watched in amazement at the sinking of the gunboat "Leopard".

"What's going on? Could it be that the British sank the little flea? Lieutenant Colonel Adrian asked in surprise. At the same time, the captain of the British light cruiser Sapphire also believed that the French Navy had sunk the gunboat Leopard. In fact, the explosion of the gunboat "Leopard" was only caused by the aging of the boiler, and after the explosion, it spread to the ammunition depot, and the shells inside exploded, so the gunboat "Leopard" was blown to pieces, but from a distance, the gunboat "Leopard" was like being hit and then blown into pieces!

The sinking of the gunboat Leopard was not only seen by the British and French navies, but also by merchant ships of other countries anchored in the port of Agadir. Suddenly, telegrams were sent to all parts of the world, but the content was the same: the French Navy had sunk the German gunboat "Leopard"!