.     "I need a chance, an opportunity to step on the shoulders of the German Navy God of War..."

On the breakwater of Alexandria, Egypt, El Alexis, commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet wearing a lieutenant general's gown, pointed at the Japanese warships entering the port and said impatiently.

In September, as the Supreme Navy commander of the Allies in the Mediterranean, Alexis was in a dilemma.

In 1898, Germany's "Chapter 238" focused on dealing with the ocean fleet, the naval agreement reached between Britain and France: the Royal Navy weakened its existence in the Mediterranean, and the interests of the British Empire in the Mediterranean were protected by the French Navy as compensation, and the coastline on the Atlantic side of the French Atlantic was handed over to the Royal Navy to guard it.

Although Britain and France reached a naval agreement, the British Mediterranean Fleet remained relatively safe and stable with the French Navy. Just as the Russians tried every means to obstruct the Turks from joining the Allies, the British Empire's vigilance against the feud of France may not be inferior to the Germans. The command of the British landing fleet established for the Battle of Dardanelles in 1915 was firmly grasped by the British.

In 1915, the situation of the British and French navy's death and never interacting with each other completely changed. The Royal Navy suffered an unprecedented defeat in the North Sea, and the relatively objective British Mediterranean Fleet was severely damaged by the Muderos raid. The British, with empty local defense, were forced to carry out strategic contraction in the Mediterranean. The Battle of the Dardanelles was a start and abrupt end, and the Mediterranean Rescue Fleet was rushing to set off.

By this time, the British no longer had the indifference of the early stages of the war. Because they were worried that the Allies would take the opportunity to take advantage of the Egypt and the Suez Canal, the British spent a lot of money to win over France, and paid a lot of money to arm the French navy at a considerable price, and the command of the British Mediterranean Fleet was also given up.

For national interests, the British gave up the Mediterranean, but this does not mean that the arrogant Royal Navy was soaked in their bones that they could recognize the command of the French. Faced with the defeated generals under the past, the Royal Navy had the capital of arrogance and arrogance. Although they were forced to desperate by rising stars and occasionally trembling in the dead of night, they would never include the French.

Putting aside the illusory sense of national honor and self-esteem of the British, El Alexis also finds it difficult to gain a foothold in the Mediterranean Fleet.

Although the Mediterranean Fleet is a fleet with the French Navy as the main body, it is still a multinational force after all. Heidi Sileme has to spend some energy dealing with internal disputes between the multinational forces, not to mention El Alexis, who can only be used by the French Marine Commander in his resume.

El Alexis himself lacks prestige and his ability is even poorer. After the Battle of Thessalonika in 1915, Alexis led two Guba-class battleships to encircle and suppress the Avos, but was scared away by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which was dispatched in full swing in the Adriatic Sea. God knows how El Alexis connected the Austro-Hungarian Navy hundreds of miles away with the encirclement and suppression of the Avos.

In 1916, Italy declared war on the Allies, and rumors spread that the Allies were going to form a Mediterranean Combined Fleet, while El Alexis' performance was even worse.

In the early days of the formation of the Joint Fleet, only six Italian main battleships were stationed in the Port of Taranto. The Chief of Staff of the Mediterranean Fleet persuaded El Alexis to take firm and powerful actions and ambush the Avos battle patrol while the Joint Fleet assembled all its main forces. However, El Alexis made a major misjudgment due to several photos of the Avos battle patrol that Heidi Sileme made, making the Avos battle patrol easily cross the Aegean Sea and merged with the Joint Fleet.

After missing the opportunity to weaken the joint fleet, El Alexis, who was lacking in ability, finally attracted dissatisfaction among the naval officers and soldiers.

"I don't expect Alexis to have the same strength as Heidi Sileme, and can compete for awareness and execution at the strategic and tactical levels, but at least I won't be overwhelmed just because his opponent is Heidi Sileme."

The captain of a second-class British cruiser openly claimed at the Alexandria Officers Club. French officers and soldiers also turned against each other. A roadbed reconnaissance pilot wrote to his colleagues without hesitation, saying, "Working with El Alexis makes them feel ashamed."

Faced with the surging criticism, El Alexis finally lost his mind and couldn't wait to fight with the legendary Heidi Sileme.

Alexis believed that he was not an unreasonable reckless man.

In addition to being slightly inferior in the number of main ships, the Allied Navy has an absolute advantage in light ships and auxiliary ships.

Even Britain, who is patrolling the Gulf of Aden and playing hide-and-seek game with the East Asian fleet that has regrouped, Chapter 238, has formed ten main battleships, eleven former dreadnoughts, thirteen cruisers and more than thirty destroyers.

The captain of the cruiser Akashi looked at the masts and dense artillery inside the military port, and repeated what he said in the port of Malta a few days ago.

"If Naval War was just a simple number game, there wouldn't be a naval legend like Heidi Sileme!"

(--Gorgeous dividing line--)

"I've really had enough of pasta, can't the Intelligence Department give us more funds?!"

In a building in the old city of Taranto that exceeded the average height of the harbor building, Thomas, wearing silk pajamas, had just eaten a few bites of pasta, and his fragile stomach began to turn over. Thomas, with a haggard face, scratched his messy hair, took the telescope from his companion's hand and came to the windowsill, gently pulled open a corner of the curtain, raised the telescope to aim at the port of Taranto.

From Thomas's perspective, the scenic Port of Taranto can be seen in a clear view, and Thomas can easily find the information he wants.

"Hahn, it seems like there is a capital ship missing..."

"Don't worry, novices, that's the battleship Tegerhof of the Third Detachment of the United Fleet, one of the short fat people in Austria."

Hahn, an old intelligence veteran, sat on the sofa, leaned his head with a faint pain on the back of the soft sofa, picked up a wet towel to apply to his swollen eyes, and introduced him to Thomas:

"It is the 2nd ship of the Third Detachment. It went out to sea with two old Elena battleships at around 4 pm, as if it was providing fire support to the Italian army fighting in the Balkans."

"Oh." Thomas, who had just entered the intelligence team, nodded and continued to keep an eye on it. After half a minute, the inexperienced young man started shouting again: "Wait, Hahn, the Joint Fleet seems to have a big move..."

Hahn snatched the telescope from Thomas's hand and skillfully adjusted the focal length to observe the movements of the joint fleet. Through the telescope barrel, Hahn saw several tugboats slowly leaning on three main battleships in the wide port of Taranto, and squirted with coal smoke to pull the battleships to the main channel.

"It's the second team." Hahn refracted and took out the observation record table, carefully compared the numbers two weeks ago, shook his head and said, "The first Italian dauntless ship Dante, followed by two Cayo-Durion-class battleships, among which the Andre-Doria battleship was launched in the first half of the year. This team is the weakest link of the joint fleet, and Sileme may also realize this, so the second team's training frequency is higher than that of the other two teams. Oh, there will be a training session once every half month during the preparation period. The legendary German naval god of war may really fall into a big fall in the Mediterranean!"
Chapter completed!