14. Dreadnought Admiral Kolchak (3)
The people of Albion were a little surprised when they found the "Forgetfulness" approaching.
The non-commissioned officers on the ship were the first time they had seen a ship of the Principality's navy, and they were inevitably a little curious. The officers, who had been in and out of the sea many times, slapped the curious babies huddled on the side of the ship back to work, and felt a little strange: when did the Principality's navy have the courage to sail at night and dare to approach them with such a small sampan?
Out of curiosity, and the fact that it was not wartime, the Albions acquiesced to the boat approaching them to see what they were trying to do.
"Inform the cruiser Albion that this is the territorial waters of the Principality, and your ship has entered the territorial waters of the Principality, please turn around and leave quickly. β
The dull sound of the brass trumpets came, and the eloquent Albion language relieved the people on the cruiser, and no one on either ship understood Chinese, and the woolly bears spared them trouble. Then they laughed again.
How many years ago was that in the territorial waters of the Principality? Could it be that the hairy bears were going to rely on such a dilapidated boat to drive away the glorious royal navy?
Shaking his head, the Albians gave a reply that he considered very gentlemanly:
"Our ship is undergoing long-distance training, this is international waters, and our ship has full freedom of navigation. β
Wherever the Principality considers his territorial waters to be, as long as the Royal Albion Navy considers them to be the high seas, Her Majesty's warships have every reason to enjoy freedom of navigation, and if anyone thinks otherwise, then he must be prepared to debate with the cannons.
Typical Albion-style thinking. In order for the crew of the "Forget Me" to understand this logic more deeply, the formation of the two cruisers sailed further in the direction of the near sea.
The "Forget Me" was not frightened, and continued to shout, but this time the voice was much colder.
"Repeat, you have invaded the territorial waters of the principality, turn around immediately!"
"We are navigating international waters, and we have full freedom of navigation......"
As you shouted back and forth, the furry bears kept repeating "Turn, turn!" Gradually, I started to get a little impatient. Answer bluntly: "Ni Song Kai!"
During the time when the mouth cannon and saliva were flying, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to less than 50 meters.
"Hell!"
Kolchak cursed, and he had a strong urge to swim to the opposite boat and strangle the two captains to death. Then pluck out the eyeballs of these two bastards who are talking nonsense. Shoved into their assholes. Just because his sanity and reserve remain. This Ross approach to problem solving has not been put into practice. But as time goes by, sooner or later he will not be able to restrain that impulse. What's more, the routes of the two cruisers overlapped with the minefields of the Principality's Navy.
If nothing is done. The secrets of the Duchy's navy will be revealed, and the conflict with Albion will be more passive.
A decision had to be made, and Kolchak stepped towards the helmsman's position, and the vice-captain tried to stop him. At this time, the non-commissioned officer in charge of liaison with the base stood up again.
"An order from the base to ram the enemy ship!"
No-!!
Major Stepankov almost screamed, although this is a very principality-style disposition, but do the old men in the rear really know what the situation is? The "Forget Me" is just an improved destroyer with a displacement of more than 300 tons, and on the opposite side is a 1,200-ton first-class cruiser with 40 guns and a 900-ton second-class cruiser with 32 guns, and a single salvo can knock them into hell. Let them ram each other? The guy who gave the order must be drunk.
Kolchak didn't see it that way, since he couldn't persuade the other party to retreat no matter what, it was better to use the impact to make them retreat than to expose the hole card of anchor mine.
In his opinion, it was impossible for this 300-ton refurbished ship to sink the opponent's 1,000-ton cruiser in a single collision, right? Even if some diplomatic disputes broke out because of this, at best it would be to compensate for some scraping losses, and it would be better to think than Albiongo who caused a major war because he hit a mine.
Just like all bad ideas were found to be bad ideas before, this idea now also looks like a good idea that solves the current dilemma.
"Call the musicians and chefs!"
Kolchak, who had made up his mind, ordered loudly that since he had decided to gamble wildly, he must fully mobilize all the chips in his hand, and only in this way could he make up for the small gap in strength.
It only took a moment for the one-legged chef and musician to stand in front of Kolchak.
"You. β
He pointed to Chef and ordered:
"Get all the vodka out of the storeroom. β
The chef saluted and limped down. The three musicians heard their captain ask:
"Do you know how to play inspirational tunes?"
"Yes, sir. β
After a moment's hesitation, almost being "corrected by love" by Kolchak, the three musicians puffed up their chests and replied loudly.
"Very well, grab your instruments and wait for my orders on the deck!"
Leaning on their legs and saluting, the musicians went down as if they had been pardoned, and as for what the captain had to do his job on weekdays when he was scrubbing the first shift and being inspected, they didn't bother to think.
"What do you want to do? Alexander Vasilyevich?"
"Shut up, do as I say!"
Ignoring interpersonal relationships, Kolchak roared, and the deputy captain had to keep his mouth shut. By this time, all personnel were in place, and the captain let out a low growl.
"Get off the oars! Remove the gun jacket and go full speed!"
The crew was stunned for a moment, but saw their commander pointing to the wooden box on the deck and said:
"Those who are excellent will receive two bottles of vodka per person!"
"Thank you!!"
Amid the earth-shattering cheers, a row of small windows opened on both sides of the ship's side, and the long-pole paddle stretched out of the boat, and the "Forget Me" rowed through the dark Arctic Sea and began to accelerate towards the "York".
The musicians saw their captain lower his armβit was the signal that began to be played, and the accordion and tenor played a majestic tune.
Rise up, huge nation, fight to the death.
It is necessary to destroy the forces of mankind and the evil bandits.
The sailors and officers who heard the song were stunned for a moment, and then joined in the singing.
This is a military song that has been sung for hundreds of years, and generations of bear warriors have sung this song to the front line to die at the most dangerous moment of the motherland, and they have moved forward without hesitation. From St. Petersburg to Kharkov, from Crimea to Varshava. The bright red flag and the song "Holy War" always inspire the Duchy's army to move forward.
-- Let the noblest wrath roll and tumble like a wave, and wage a just war, a holy war.
Kolchak and Stepankov joined in the chorus, and at this moment, the captains of the two cruisers finally found out what the approaching destroyer was trying to do, and the alarm bell sounded on board, and the sailors of the principality saw a figure running around and the sails turning. The cruisers began to change course, but they were all large sail ships, with an upwind position, and could not turn as nimble as destroyers at close range today. One of them slowly turned to the left, the other to the right. The gun doors on both sides were all opened, the gunners unloaded their gunhouses, and everyone acted as best they could, trying to stop the frantic destroyer.
Too late.
"Ulla-!!!"
The hot-blooded bears shouted, and to the accompaniment of "Holy War", the "Forgetfulness" crashed headlong into the amidship of the "York". (To be continued......)
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