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West Africa, Liberia, a colony of the German Empire, and the capital of Monrovia Port.

Tirpitz led a German fleet and personally escorted General Schlifen, the Minister of Defense of the German Empire, to inspect the local German army's defense.

Lieutenant General Perot, the governor of Liberia, led local officials and troops to greet him personally at the port.

Many German Empire citizens who immigrated to Liberia exclaimed and took photos as souvenirs when they saw the majestic warships of the German Empire Navy fleet.

After the warship, Schrifen and Tirpitz and his group received tribute and cheers from the local German people, but their expressions were ugly. They wanted to laugh but were in a bad mood, but they could not cry.

This is because the fleet has been deliberately harassed by the Imperial Navy along the way, and almost broke into fire several times.

If it weren't for the profound knowledge of Shilifen and he would have resolutely held back and not got angry, the Sino-German War might have started.

But this kind of tolerance is not something Shi Lidian is happy with, and he is so depressed.

But Governor Perot didn't feel it. He licked his face and went forward to greet him, saying it all the way from left to right. Schlifen came from Berlin and received reports about Liberia. He had already known that Governor Perot was a wine bag, which made Liberia's German army's combat readiness relaxed over the years.

If Gu Nian Perot was not an old hero of the German Empire, Schlifen would have shot and killed the other party at first sight.

"Please bear it for a while. You can't get angry at Governor Perot in front of the German people who welcome us. This will damage the majesty of the empire."

Hearing Tirpitz's persuasion in his ears, Schlifen couldn't help but press down his anger.

"I'm tired, go back and rest immediately!"

There was nothing to say along the way. Perot saw that Schlifen's face was not right, and finally smelled something and was sweating profusely.

He leaned quietly against Tirpitz and asked in a low voice: "General Tirpitz, you need to help me!"

Seeing Perot take the initiative to talk to him, Tirpitz was not happy at first. He also hated waste, especially in the military field. However, before leaving, Hitler specifically explained that Perot was also a target for winning over. Although Perot is old and has limited ability, his relationship network is widespread. After all, he is an old minister of the German Empire. Many connections need him to help Hitler maintain it, so Tirpitz had to nod and try his best to help.

As soon as he entered the Governor's Office, Shi Lifen could no longer help but get angry.

"Perot, what have you done over the years? Look at the soldiers outside, they all have pale faces and skinny skin. Then look at the equipment. The military expenditure allocated to you every year is tens of millions of marks, which you can use on dogs!"

The entire hall was like a magnitude ten earthquake, with only the roar of Shilifen remaining.

Perot was so scared that his legs became weak. He knelt on the ground, peeed his pants instantly, and kept asking Schlifen for forgiveness.

Shi Lifen was in a bad mood and was about to find a breathing bag. In order to boost the morale of the German army, he wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Seeing Schlifen's murderous aura continues to brew, Tirpitz also watched the fun and immediately stood up to plead with mercy.

"Dear General Schlifen, please allow me to plead for mercy on behalf of Governor Perot. Governor Perot is indeed extremely guilty and deserves to be shot, but now is not a good time to punish Governor Perot. Now the Chinese Empire is constantly actively engaged in large troops in Whale Bay Port, and it is about to invade German Southwest Africa by military forces. If Governor Perot is shot at this time, it will cause chaos and create an opportunity for the Chinese Emperor to attack."

Although he was very dissatisfied with Tirpitz's plea for Governor Perot, Schlifen had to admit that Tirpitz's analysis was somewhat reasonable.

When the enemy is in front of him, it is not the time to kill the biggest governor when he comes.

"What are your suggestions? I must send him to the military court!"

Shi Lifen asked angrily.

Perro hurriedly looked at Tirpitz, full of pity.

Tirpitz then suggested: "Perot is an old minister of the empire after all, and he has no merits and hard work. Killing him will make people feel heartbroken. It is better to let him make meritorious. This time, Liberia is in crisis and the war is about to break out. Governor Perot will definitely be useful."

Shi Lifen then fell into thinking.

At this moment, bursts of exclamations suddenly came from outside.

"God, there are such huge warships in the world!"

"I thought the Empire's Bismarck battleship was already the largest battleship in the world, but I didn't expect there were big guys who surpassed the Bismarck battleship."

"Look at the flag on it, it turns out to be the Chinese Empire!"

The dragon flag fluttered in the wind, making all the Germans on the coast who saw it instantly envious and jealous.

Why is such a giant ship not from the German Empire, but the warship of the Chinese Empire, the enemy of the German Empire? This is the fundamental reason why these people are so envious, jealous and hated.

"Click the alarm! Get the equipment to fight!"

Seeing that Schlie gave him a wink, Perot hurriedly understood and immediately issued a combat order while he was still the governor.

For a moment, a shrill battle sirens resounded throughout the Monrovia Fortress Base.

Upon hearing the news, German soldiers rushed out of the barracks and entered various fortresses and coastal fortifications.

"Bastard, just two battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy came. Will you scare you like this?"

Shilifen roared instantly, full of speechlessness and embarrassment.

Tirpitz then said: "General Schlifen calmed down. Although Perot was a little too nervous, it just showed that he was still very conscious of crisis. In the moment of crisis, there are not many people with such crisis awareness!"

Tirpitz's explanation made Schlifen feel something was right. His eyes looked at Perot no longer so disgusted, but instead he had a little more appreciation.

"Okay, let him make meritorious service! If Liberia cannot hold on, I will shoot him immediately!"

Schlieben finally compromised, and Perot finally survived from the brink of death.

However, when Schlifen went to various places fortifications to patrol, Perot found a gap and quietly expressed his dissatisfaction with Tirpitz.

"General Tirpitz, we all do things for Mr. Hitler, why don't you justify me?"

Perot was still upset about what Tirpitz said, although Tirpitz finally saved his life.

Tirpitz didn't defend himself, but just whispered: "Don't worry, no matter what Schlidfen said, he wouldn't be able to go back to Berlin in the end."

Perot was also an old fox, and immediately understood what Tirpitz meant and immediately smirked.

At this moment, when he arrived at the commanding height of the fortress and stood on the lookout building, Shi Lifen stared at the two giants in the bay in front of him with a serious face.

In order to show off his military power and show his muscles against the German Empire, the Chinese Navy sent the two newly-in-service super battleships, the First Emperor and the Hanwu Emperor battleship to the west coast of Africa, stationed in Port Roberts in Whale Bay, which is only 200 kilometers away from Monrovia.

This Whale Bay area originally belonged to Liberia, but in the early 19th century, the British Empire took the lead in occupying the area. At that time, it did not occupy the entire Liberia, allowing the later German Empire to occupy Liberia. This created the current situation. Except for the Whale Bay area under the control of the Chinese Empire, the rest of Liberia are colonies of the German Empire.

The Whale Bay area is close to Monrovia, and they are all cities that are bordered by the sea. The land border between the two sides is a Dakoo Mountain and a Bomi River. Therefore, when the Imperial Chinese Navy learned that Schlifen had just arrived at Monrovia Port, he immediately sent two Imperial-class battleships with the largest and strongest firepower in the world to show off his military power to Monrovia Bay, in front of all the Germans there, to beat Schlifen in the face.

At this moment, the bridge staff of the First Emperor battleship was reporting to Captain Lieutenant General Lin Yongsheng.

"Report to the captain, I found that the German army on the opposite side had entered a state of combat. Please instruct whether to continue moving forward!"

Lin Yongsheng had an excited expression on his face. Through the bridge glass window, the German army mobilization in the high-power telescope was fully visible and he could see it.

"Order all departments to be prepared for combat, but without my order, no fire is allowed!"

"yes!"

The order was ordered to quickly reach all cabins and departments through the carrier-based telephone system. Soon, shells from dozens of kilograms to hundreds of kilograms in the main gun turrets of the battleship Shihuang Great, especially the twelve main guns. In addition to loading huge shells and shells, the automatic ammunition lifter even loaded hundreds of kilograms of high-explosion injection drugs into the barrel, and then locked the gun latch to death.

The most conspicuous outside the battleship is four triple-mounted 461mm main guns. The giant turret of more than 2,000 tons is two-story building high and begins to rotate in a huge roar. The 23-meter-long gun barrel does not reflect in the sun. The muzzle can easily accommodate an adult inside. At this moment, it is pitch black and murderous.

At the same time, the battleship Hanwu Emperor, which followed behind the battleship of the First Emperor, also made combat moves. The main artillery shells were loaded and the muzzle was aimed at the German fortress and coastal defense positions more than ten nautical miles away.

The Chinese Empire Navy had only two super battleships entering the bay, and the aircraft carriers did not join, and even a frigate did not bring one.

In the eyes of Schlifen and other German troops on the other side, this behavior of the Chinese Empire's navy was a naked act and would sooner or later be struck by lightning.

However, in the minds of the Chinese Empire's navy, they knew very well what they were doing and never fought unprepared wars, which has always been their creed.

This time, the German military harbor was so arrogant that it was actually to deliberately provoke and lead the German army to fire first, so the Chinese Empire would have an excuse to start a war.

In fact, it was also because the plan could not keep up with the changes. The Chinese Empire originally designed to deliberately anger the local guerrillas in Liberia and asked them to cross the border to attack the Chinese Empire garrison, thus obtaining an excuse to attack German Southwest Africa. Unfortunately, for some reason, the Liberian guerrillas suddenly terminated their operations and did not cross the border to attack the Chinese Empire's team, resulting in the planned war plan of the Chinese Empire being forced to be postponed.

So, Lin Yongsheng led two of the most powerful super battleships of the Chinese Empire to provoke this matter.

At this moment, Lin Yongsheng hoped that the German army could not help but open fire soon, and even ordered the main gun gun to aim at the German positions. This was a nasty war provocation. If any bloody soldier from any country would be furious in an instant and then issue an attack order.

"General Shilifen, please order the firing!"

"Yes, if we don't fire, we will be in danger!"

Seeing the two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy getting closer and closer, and being aimed at the dark and huge muzzle of the door, all the German officers and soldiers were so scared that their hair was upside down and their legs were weak.

You know that it is an eighteen-inch giant naval gun!

A shell weighs 1.5 tons and has a diameter of up to 500 meters. The flesh and blood body is directly blown into steam and ashes. That kind of horror is unbearable for soldiers with high psychological quality.

"Bastard, what do you know? We can't fire first, otherwise we will give the Chinese Empire an excuse to attack us!"

Shili cursed mercilessly.

"But General, their muzzles have been aimed at us and have entered our territorial waters. We have the right to fight back on our own defense."

These German officers did not understand that the German Empire's constitution clearly stated that the baseline of the German territorial waters was twelve nautical miles. Once foreign warships entered this range, it was a military provocation to the German Empire. If the muzzle was aimed at the territory of the German Empire, the German army could be regarded as a war provocation and had the right to fight back on its own defense.

But this constitution is only valid for countries with lower military strength than the German Empire. For the Chinese Empire, the powerful maritime military power is far superior to the German Empire. If the warships of the Chinese Empire break into the territorial waters of the German Empire and the German team open fire, then the one who suffers may not be the Chinese Empire's navy, but the German Empire himself.

If you have to summarize it in four words, it is the prey of the weak.

Schlie had a dark face, and the anger in his heart would only be greater than that of any German around him, but he was very calm. He knew what he was here to do, and he had to endure it, first do a good job of defense of the colony, and then talk about dignity. Because he knew very well that if he had no strength, there would be no dignity.

Seeing that Schlifen was not unexpectedly angry, Tirpitz had to wink Perot, who understood, so he called a confidant officer and gave a few instructions.

The officer left quietly and soon arrived at a coastal defense fortress, and issued an order to fire the officer on duty.

A "dong" sound of cannon.

The German Fortress No. 3 opened fire, and the shells flew towards the battleship of the First Emperor.

At that moment, Shi Li was furious.
Chapter completed!