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On the first day of June, Italian diplomats in Berlin received a command from Rome: continue to send invitations to Heidi Sileme, secretly contacting the German Emperor William and the German Admiralty, seeking the possibility of hiring Heidi Sileme as a naval consultant in the Kingdom of Italy.

King Vittorio Emanuele III, the king of high-level political poles in Italy, the Supreme Emperor of the Apennine Peninsula, the current Prime Minister Sarandra, and Foreign Minister Song Nino rarely take the same position. The diplomats who felt Rome's determination became nervous and danced around Berlin and Kiel.

Italian diplomats have tried their best to keep it confidential, but the facts have proved once again that the so-called secrets of the Italians are not a secret at all. Except for the panicked Germans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Ottoman Turkey, which are also allied countries, have learned the news one after another.

The red and white Austro-Hungarian naval flag fluttered in front of the fleet headquarters building in the depths of the Adriatic Sea.

The scorching sun in the Mediterranean was burning the bay, and the workers at the repair shipyard were sweating. The repairing master ship Ferdinand I, the deep water area of ​​the boiler harbor leaked. Three joint force-class battleships, three Radecky-class quasi-dreadnoughts were docked quietly on the berth. Austria-Hungarian sailors in standard military uniforms were weak to clean the east side of the deck. The sailors untied thick cables, and still towed the German-style offshore submarines near the main channel of the bay from less than a hundred tons. On the main channel, four Helgolan-class dome cruisers were going out together to sea. They would cruise along the east side of the Adriatic Sea, showing the existence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire without stimulating the Italians.

"Ha, a long day"

In another time and space in 1918, Holtimiklos, who was appointed commander of the Austro-Hungarian fleet as the rank of major general, was still a somewhat frustrated colonel. He tightened the white gloves on his hand, looked as if he accidentally swept over the United Force-class battleship, and walked out of the commander tower corridor of the Habs battleship commander tower.

Colonel Holtimeclos was the captain of this second-class battleship. Although this was a rare honor in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Holthi's opinion, this was not worthy of his pride at all.

The Habsburg battleship is a second-class battleship designed in the last century by Popper Popper, the chief designer of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, who designed the joint force class battleship. It has a standard displacement of about 8,960 tons, a maximum of 19 knots, two 240 mm main guns, a single-mounted front main gun, a twin-connected rear main gun, and a twelve 40-diameter 150 mm secondary guns, placed on the two wings of the central bridge tower in the shape of the tower.

In fact, this second-class battleship cannot compete with its opponents in terms of tonnage or firepower - the second-class battleship equipped by Russia and France. Moreover, it has been in service for more than ten years. The old ship not only loses the courage of an old horse, but also has an old hull and power system. Therefore, the Habs battleship, which was incorporated into the Fourth Battleship Fleet, often plays a marginal role.

In April, the Royal Navy's power was still unpredictable for Italians to be in the face of friends and enemies. In order to win a brilliant victory, Baron Anton von House, who succeeded the position of commander-in-chief of the Navy of Count Montecukoli, did not hesitate to show the momentum of a lion fighting rabbit, and took out three joint force-class battleships that the Empire regarded as a pearl and three slightly dull Radecky-class quasi-dreadless ships. The third battleships, the three equally rusty Karl, the Friedrich, and the Ferdinand I, three old battleships

Holtimiclos clearly remembered that day after the whole day, the Port of Bola was empty, and only three Habsburg-class battleships of the Fourth Battleship were still parked at the berth. The order they received was just to stand by and could only watch their colleagues create the history of the Austro-Hungarian Navy developed from the Oliti Navy in Vlair.

Walk out of the inner passage of the central bridge, hold the gangway handrail and walk down the battleship against the small traffic beside the gangway of the battleship Habsburg. Several sailors holding boats stood attentively and saluted Holtimaclos and jumped agilely to the small traffic boat that was rising and falling with the sea waves.

At this time, many captains and colonels were already greeting their familiar colleagues on the traffic boat and whispered to ask the headquarters for the reason for the emergency call. At this time, a long and distant whistle sound came from behind.

"Yes, it's our Prince Eugen"

Facing the scorching sunshine of the Mediterranean, the United Force-class 3 ship, Prince Eugen, which was supposed to be in service at the end of 1915, slowly sailed into Port Bola

Due to funding issues, the construction of the battleship Saint-Estvan has been slow to progress

In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Royal Family and the Austrian Parliament supported the development of the navy, but the Hungarian Parliament was opposed to the navy. Fortunately, the Austro-Hungarian Navy had the tenacity and wisdom to deal with difficulties.

The Austro-Hungarian Navy was under the jurisdiction of the army in its early days, with low administrative capabilities and low professional quality. However, it was because it maintained close relationship with the army, so the Austro-Hungarian Navy maintained its vigor and blocked the army's conservative and rigid thinking. Therefore, in the outdated Austro-Hungarian team, the navy had a very high spirit of reform and had a relatively active fighting spirit. The Austro-Hungarian Navy was stimulated by the victory of the German Navy. The Austro-Hungarian Navy did not hesitate to sell the money to pay the final payment of the Prince Eugen battleship.

Looking at Prince Eugen returning from the shipyard, the Colonel's dark mood suddenly lit up. As a noble family, he entered the Austro-Hungarian Naval Academy in Rijeka at the age of 14. He has maintained a long friendship with Emperor Franz Joseph. While he longs for military glory, he also looks forward to the day when the Austro-Hungarian Navy is strong.

In the sun, Prince Eugen slowly landed on the anchor, and Holtimiclos's eyes became softer. Although Prince Eugen's flat deck type is not conducive to ocean navigation and there will be wave problems when advancing high, this is the calm Mediterranean Sea. Compared with the 161-meter length of the Battleship of the Fearless, the United Force-class ship, which is only 152 meters more than the former tonnage, is also compactly arranged on the short hull, with four triple-mounted 305mm main guns, the foremast and the main mast, and two chimneys. This makes Prince Eugen look a bit bloated and obese, but it is not useless. At least the financially tight engineers have brought the potential of insufficient hull to the extreme.

This is a good ship, but unfortunately it is not my Holtimecloche's ship

"Holti, that's not your ship." Colonel Kudka patted Holtimiclosh on the shoulder and teased him.

"I know" Holtie retracted her gaze and shrugged

"Don't be sad. Holtie. I have a lot of gossip here, enough to calm your emotions." Colonel Kudka looked at Holtimiclosh who tried his best to disguise himself calm, and took his old friend's shoulder and whispered: "It is said that General House intends to transfer you to the light cruiser Novara as the captain. It is a warship that can carry your dreams."

"That's just a reconnaissance cruiser..."

Novara is just a reconnaissance cruiser, equivalent to the third-class cruiser in the British Empire Navy sequence, but compared with the Habsburg battleship Holtimiclosh, which had no chance to go out to sea to fight, he had reason to cheer the colonel upset, but his face was still tense.

"What else is good news?"

"And..." Colonel Kudka took a deep breath and threw out a bombshell that was enough to disrupt the entire Mediterranean in a gentle tone: "The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not have a Navy headquarters. The Navy Division, the highest command organization, and the subordinate Army Division planned to hire the German Navy God who had just resigned as our naval consultant."

Heidi Silaime, the third British Minister of Maritime Affairs David Betty, who is worth at least one battleship squadron. Heidi Silaime, who planned and led four naval battles and had no defeats?

For a few seconds, Holtimiclosh vaguely felt his heartbeat stop until Colonel Kudka continued to show off what he heard from the Navy Division:

"It is said that the miscellaneous parts of the Apennine Peninsula in the west are also pursuing General Heidi Sileme, but they have no chance. After all, we are close allies of Germany haha, it is not far from the time when we Austrians dominate the Mediterranean."

"Maybe... I have to add Croats, Italians and Czechoslovaks" Holtimiclos added a sentence in his heart

Gorgeous dividing line

Istanbul, the capital of Türkiye

The convertible drove from Golden Horn Bay shuttled through the narrow roads in the old town of Istanbul. It took more than half an hour to arrive at the Ottoman government headquarters, Gaomen

Admiral Sorochin, who is also the commander-in-chief of the Turkish Navy, also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Yavos, walks off the military vehicle, puts on a Turkish-style naval felt hat, looks up at the grand and splendor, and sighs gently, leading Gunser Lütjens to follow the footsteps of Adjutant Enzeel, the Minister of Defense of one of Turkey's three giants, to come to Enzeel's room

"It was the cold winter of 1913. I invited Heidi Sileme to my office and took out a copy of the first deputy minister of the Turkish Navy. The young man refused. He said he was tired and he served in Germany for twenty years. It was enough to have two medals of outstanding service for ten years of the Navy."

Enzel threw the documents on the desk aside, pointed to the chair opposite the desk and let Sorochin and Lütjens sit down. He then found a letter of appointment from the filing cabinet with a mottled sign, recalling the past with a faint smile.

"I respect Silame very much, so I let go. Later, Silame rose to prominence in Germany and was already a naval colonel before the war broke out. Later, Silame led the Ocean Fleet to defeat the Royal Navy again and again, achieving the great reputation of the German Navy. It was not until this time that I realized that the Ottoman Empire and I missed a genius who could regain the dream of a great naval shattered by the battleships of the Sultan Ottoman I and the Resatih."

"So, respected Damad, what do you mean?" General Sorochin pondered for three or five seconds before speaking

"I heard that Silem was at home after resigning, and Turkey must not miss this genius again." Enzel raised his head, his voice suddenly raised several tones, and said seriously: "The Italians and Olidi are recruiting Silem. I hope you can stand on Türkiye's standpoint and help us speak..."

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"The Turks joined in?"

After the destruction of the Invincible Armada, Spain was already declining. The Spanish-American War broke the last backbone of the empire. Now the Spanish people's livelihood is in decline and financial difficulties are in danger. Revolutionary movements continue

Alfonso Thirteenth pulled open the curtain, looked at the city of Madrid in the rain, felt the uncontrollable commotion under the calm, and said lightly:

"Then, we also send an invitation telegram to Berlin..."

"King, we just sold three Spanish-class battleships to the Allies..." Former Spanish Prime Minister Alvaro Figueroa, who graduated from the law department of Madrid Central University but had never engaged in any legal career, said in a low voice.

Alvarofiguroa has a somewhat ambiguous relationship with Spanish Prime Minister Edward Datuk, and the king's decision will undoubtedly bring some unpredictable risks to the balance of Spain's political situation.

"Fiegeloa, I'm tired of the balance that Datuk needs because he doesn't expect war." King Alfonso XIII looked drowsy leaning against the windowsill, but his wise light flashed in his muddy eyes. "Do you know, Figeloa, Datuk reached some agreement with the German Navy, so they could bite the British Mediterranean and return to the aid fleet and win the Battle of Portsmouth" to be continued)
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