Chapter 569 has the bottom of the box!

With an aluminum dinner plate, Li Zhen, like the sailors next to him, hurriedly found an empty seat and began to eat.

There is no way. Since I met three French reconnaissance cruisers two days ago, the fleet has carried out several evasion maneuvers. On the way, I also encountered three small warships from different countries, so the meal during this period has been abnormal.

Now I don't know whether it should be called lunch or breakfast on the plate. In addition to rice, there are also pork stewed vermicelli and a fried potato chips. As for the green vegetables, I haven't seen them again after Cape Horn. However, both the battleship and the supply ship have large cold storage, so everyone is given a cup of sour lemon juice.

The disease is the great enemy of navigation, even more terrible than the enemy. Russia had encountered a plague in its fleet during the expedition, so it is extremely important to keep food fresh and fruit.

Fortunately, the current warship conditions are much better than at that time, especially the Guam-class large tonnage heavy battleship, which not only has a spacious residence and a central ventilation system. More importantly, there is a special medical cabin on the ship. The officers and soldiers are equipped with five additional medical officers, and for this operation, the Admiralty was very early. Li had a full range of drugs and was also moved to the ship.

Compared with the Guam level, the conditions of the Tumen River are much worse, but with the assistance of formation, it can also deal with diseases and supplies.

Li Zhen was eating while calculating the time. It has been 33 days since he left on the evening of August 2nd. It can be said that this is the most unforgettable month of his life so far.

From the beginning of the shelling of the Falkland base, the 31st Fleet was like a brutal hungry wolf. First, it tore up the British Uruguayan fleet, then sank the American transport fleet, and then sank three more ships on the way across the Atlantic Ocean. After resupply in the Gulf of Guinea, it once again encountered a reconnaissance that should belong to the French African fleet. Squadron, three thousand-ton small cruisers in front of the 31st Fleet are just an appetizer.

Tiredness and stimulation mixed with every part of the body, it was not until now that he realized how crazy his father was to send the 31st Fleet deep into the Atlantic to carry out the mission!

When sailing here, you will see the smoke column almost every hour if it is not limited by ammunition and other restrictions. It is estimated that the number of destroys is at least 50!

Unlike the sailors around him, he can get some secret information, such as why the rest was changed to leave after the original replenishment was completed, and the two interception fleets that were coming!

At the thought of the possibility of being intercepted by at least seven capital ships, he was both nervous and had a kind of expectation. Although these interns had seen a lot of battles all the way, what could make him more excited with the decisive battle capital ships?!

The rice grains quickly decreased, and Li Zhen couldn't help taking chopsticks and dip some lemon juice and drawing on the table.

On the front, there are three Cape Verdes, and four on the flanks. It seems that there are more left wings, but the four American capital ships were urgently pulled out from the sea test. Even if all of them are replaced by veterans, it is great to be able to exert 70% of their combat effectiveness. How will the commander choose?

When I was thinking deeply, the muttering in my ear interrupted my thoughts.

"Dongzi, that's the eldest prince."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Ha ha, it's nothing. I just didn't expect that we Lao Jiu would have a chance to eat in the canteen with the eldest prince."

"Get out of here, the eldest prince has been here for a few months. What are you pretending to be?"

"Ha ha." Lao Jiu smiled naively. He saw that there were only seats beside the eldest prince, but he didn't dare to go there. Just as he was about to squat with a plate to eat with his partner, Li Zhen suddenly smiled at them and gave up most of the table.

The two scratched their heads and sat on the side, but out of deep-rooted awe, they only dared to be next to half of their buttocks. Fortunately, Li Zhen saw more of this situation. Although he was already familiar with everyone in this period, it was always a little unnatural, so he smiled and said, "My father said that he could only be moved if he could eat it, like you. Sitting like that, I'm afraid it's going to get stuck in my throat.

"Ha ha." The two sailors smiled and finally sat upright. The old nine seemed to be an inquisitive sailor. He boldly asked, "Your Majesty, did the emperor really say that?"

"Of course, my father used to eat with everyone on the ship. He said that the navy is a physically exhausting job, so he must eat and sleep well to have the energy to fight."

"Ah, the emperor has also been on the ship?"

As soon as Lao Jiu's eyes widened, his partner kicked him: "Idiot, did you visit the old base in Masty Island? The instructor didn't tell everyone that the emperor and the commander fought together from the sea!"

Lao Jiu picked up the meal and said vaguely for a long time, "I, I was lazy that day and didn't go to sleep!"

"Ha ha." Li Zhen smiled. Just as he was about to talk to these two partners, he heard a harsh siren suddenly in his ear.

"Gunnie, I hate eating and being disturbed!"

The voice made everyone rush out suddenly. Lao Jiu ran with the plate and stuffed it into his mouth desperately. In just a little more than ten meters, he stuffed more than half a bowl of rice into his stomach. When he rushed to the corridor, he had already wiped his mouth, threw the rest of the plate into the bucket, and said angrily, "I won't beat their bird eggs this time. I ruined this bowl of rice!"

The alarm bell rang through the whole warship, and countless sailors ran from the restaurant, rest cabin and other places to the battle position. Li Zhen originally returned to the electronic module because he was an intern electronic officer, but when he heard an officer in front of him suddenly shouting that all the intern officers rushed to the deck to help the anti-aircraft gun, he immediately ran to the deck with Lao Jiu and others.

Lao Jiu is the gunner of the newly installed double 25mm machine gun on the deck, located on the platform protruding from the back side of the front bridge. This kind of machine gun was originally developed for fighters, but the general surname was considered during development, and it is gradually replacing the original 12.7mm viper machine gun.

There is a ring in the middle of the two barreles. The cross in the ring is a sight. There is a 37mm protective shield in front of the gun position, and a small ammunition depot under the platform.

After Li Zhen rushed to the deck with his helmet to follow Lao Jiu's gun group, he found that several thick smoke had come out of the sky in the north. The fleet had formed parallel to the column of smoke and began to accelerate and prepare to rush out of the encirclement. What surprised everyone was that there were still five airships flying over the thick smoke.

The airship activity has a certain radius and needs the support of the base, so seeing this scene, Li Zhen understands the situation at this moment. The fleet is trying to break through the important Cape Verde base in the Atlantic Ocean!

Lao Jiu pulled the gun with a force, and a large hand holding two rows of magazines had been stretched out in the ammunition compartment behind him. Li Zhen immediately took it, and then pressed a group of five thick shells into the chamber.

"The Great Prince?" When Lao Jiu turned his head and saw that it was Li Zhen, he was stunned and quickly waved his hand: "No, no, go back quickly. It's too dangerous here!"

After seeing this, several others also asked Li Zhen to go back, but he didn't expect him to point to the second lieutenant's epaulette on his shoulder with a smile, and then to the airship and a seaplane hovering in the distance, and smiled, "Do you think they can get close?"

"That's impossible! Within six kilometers, whoever is close to me can pinch out his egg yolk and give you wine!" Lao Jiu's rude words made everyone laugh.

Besides, the official level crushed people to death, and there was no reason in the army. If Li Zhen insisted, the soldiers did not dare to resist, so they had to grit their teeth and forget for the time being. At this time, they worked together to deal with the enemy in front of them. However, Lao Jiu and Dongzi and others were still ready. In case of a real danger, they immediately put him back together.

At the same time, in the Malaya of Fleet E, Lieutenant General Kafka looked at the rapid deflection of the bow and stamped his feet of the 31st Fleet, who was obviously not ready to fight with him, because he had only two capital ships in his hand at this moment. The Agincourt, which originally departed together, had a power failure halfway, and is still towed 100 nautical miles away.

As a senior officer, he did not think that his fleet could fight with the 31st Fleet, so he did not leave immediately after arriving at the Cape Verde base, but patiently waited for the arrival of the U.S. fleet to operate, but he did not expect that a reconnaissance squadron of the French North African fleet unexpectedly did not send a contact telegram on time a few days ago. The whole deployment is messed up.

This is extremely abnormal. Radio stations are installed on all three reconnaissance cruisers. Even if they are damaged, they should be telegraphed back, but they have completely disappeared like evaporation, and no one knows where they are so far.

This accident made Kafka restless. With the efforts of the Ministry of the Navy, the Allegrations have gradually integrated the forces in the Atlantic and carried out a net search here. Each small fleet got a fixed reconnaissance route, and then sent back telegrams on time every day, so that they could follow their search location. Reduce the scope step by step.

So the reconnaissance fleet failed to send back the telegram, which immediately alerted, especially when it still disappeared in the Gulf of Guinea, indicating that it was likely to have suffered a sudden attack.

But what kind of attack can invalidate three radio stations at the same time, and can't even get a minute or two to send a telegram?

Thinking of this, Kafka felt a chill. When he immediately sent a telegram to the U.S. Fleet A and asked for immediate reinforcement of the Cape Verde base, he also decided to stay here to prevent the other party from rushing into the North Atlantic!

After three days of waiting, the U.S. fleet had not come, but he did not want to bring the three enemies back. When the reconnaissance aircraft came back to report that the 31st Fleet appeared on the front, even if he did not want to fight at this time, he must go all out to intercept.

Malaya, the two super battleships of the USS Ireland are the core strike forces, but Kafka understands that if he uses traditional tactics, he may be torn apart, because the advantages of the Xinhua Navy in long-range shelling and speed are too obvious.

Fortunately, he still has some cards in his hand, such as the seaplane carrier Royal Ark, which is resting in Cape Verde not far behind him.

This mothership modified with an old-fashioned cargo ship was originally intended to be used to patrol the Atlantic channel, but it played an important role at this time, because the Admiralty Department had previously verified the method of aircraft throwing torpedoes to attack warships in the Battle of the Dardanelles, and there happened to be exactly 12 on this seaplane mother ship that could perform this. The Short 184 seaplane on a mission, and they have five airships to help, and they also carry 50 kilograms of bombs.

Of course, Kafka did not expect a 360mm torpedo to kill Guam, because experiments have proved that the maximum speed is only 30 knots, a range of 1,000 meters, and a small torpedo with a charge of only 35 kilograms can deal with large warships except merchant ships and destroyers, so he just wants to slow down the other party's speed. Du, dragged to Agincourt and arrived with the U.S. fleet 150 nautical miles away.

But now it seems.

Looking at the 31st Fleet in front of him at a speed of 26 knots, Kafka smiled bitterly: "Order them to take off. In addition, let Galatia and the destroyer squadron stop them and attack with torpedoes as close as possible!"

General Kafka picked up the telescope again and aimed at the black smoke, but he didn't know that when 12 Short 184 seaplanes had already been put on the sea by crane arms began to take off, the Tumenjiang and Dongting Lake had also lowered five 450 horsepower in the 31st Fleet in the distance. The powerful Osprey, as the propeller rotated rapidly, the five ospreys quickly jumped up from the sea. In the fierce light, the 380mm torpedo at the bottom of the aircraft's abdomen reflected a touch of coldness at the same time.

Young Li Xiuyan and the steady Kafka took out the bottom of the box at the same time!

(to be continued)