Shortly after Taranto was attacked, before the Italians in the port of Taranto contacted the Duke of Abuchiru's fleet by telegram, the Duke's fleet had formed an encirclement of bait ships.

"The power system of this warship is really good and terrible! I guess its speed has reached 23 knots, right?!" Duke Abuqilu looked at the target ship that was once again distanced from him and said in surprise.

How could he not be surprised? His flagship USS Bolling battleship has a designed speed of about 20 knots. This time, in order to obtain faster speeds, the Duke of Abuqilu limited the load of the battleship and equipped it with more furnaces to win in this long-distance race, reducing the load can accelerate, and more manpower can keep the warships sailing at high speed for a long time. After all, the chain furnace is only used on large merchant ships, and the boiler fuel is completely dependent on human flesh!

At this time, Major Frederick, who once again shook his opponent, was not having a good time. The Italians were chasing too tightly, and they were omnipotent to surround and block it! First, a squadron composed of three battleships and one cruiser followed behind him, and then to the north was another fleet. With the cooperation of torpedo boats, these two fleets tried their best to compress themselves towards the coastline.

Moreover, the ship has sailed for more than 200 nautical miles at full speed. The 10-hour high-speed navigation has made the warship extremely exhausted. Not only does the equipment reduce its power due to dust and carbon deposits, but more importantly, people cannot stand it! It is extremely harmful to personnel when engaging in coal filling operations in a high-temperature boiler warehouse. The high temperature and high humidity are also high in the air. More than 20 furnace steers have been shocked. Now the chefs are all going to be furnace steers. If you are in a while, Major Frederick will also take the lead in waving the shovel!

Although it was difficult, the bait ship K successfully ran out of the Italians again and again. There was no way, the speed was fast, and the sprint speed of up to 24 knots had been broken away from the Italian fleet many times. But unfortunately, the manpower was exhausted after all. After fighting for a night, the Italian fleet surrounded it again!

"It seems that I can't escape this time!" Frederick said in despair as he looked at the formation in front of him. The coastline had already extended to the northeast. He walked along the coastline to narrow the distance from the Italian fleet in the north. The opponent could intercept it in advance. At least one dozen torpedo boats in front were waiting for an opportunity to launch a lightning strike, and more and more torpedo boats appeared on the sea.

When it was dark, the Italians and the young men dared not rashly attack the 10,000-ton armored cruiser with a reputation. But now, not to mention dawn, the number of Italian torpedo boats has also risen. As the saying goes, too many ants can kill elephants. Without frigates, the major commanded a real Mainz-class armored cruiser in time. Faced with the siege of so many warships, his calves are still tampered.

"The Italians' arrangements are still very good. If General Schell really breaks through ******* Bay, then the probability of his success is no more than 30%!" Major Frederick wrote in the report afterwards.

This sea area is not only Germans and Italians, but also when the fleets of both sides pass through the waters near Malta, the Italian fleet stationed there immediately came out to watch. For example, now, the flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet, the flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet, appeared in Major Frederick's vision under the leadership of Captain Wells.

"This is definitely not the Prince Albert cruiser! The distance between the two cannons in the middle of the hull of this battleship is obviously small. If it rotates, the diagonal shooting world is pitifully small, and it is impossible to be a German cruiser!" After careful examination, Captain Wells, who had boarded the Mainz-class armored cruiser and observed it for 2 days, and after returning, he could create a high-definition, large-scale model based on his memory, quickly discovered that something was wrong...

"The chimney position of this warship also seems to be a little wrong. Of course, the most shocking thing is that its speed is too fast. Our current speed is 20 knots, and the other party's visual speed can be more than 23 knots!" A British officer next to him also discovered the problem and spoke.

"This must be a bait! The Italians spent all night chasing and blocking each other, but they didn't expect it to be the result! Haha, it's really ironic!" Captain Wells was stunned at first, and soon understood the key! The Italians were trapped in luring the tiger away from the mountain! But the ship in front of him is indeed very skillful, and the tonnage is probably tens of thousands of tons. Why is it so fast? This is definitely a new technology, a true black technology!

Just when Captain Wells discovered that there was something wrong with the German warship in front of him, the Italians' siege and interception also entered the final moment. Several main warships were in place, and the torpedo boats were also completed in teams, and lightning strikes could be launched at any time!

"Okay, our mission has been completed, we can show our identity!" Major Frederick breathed a sigh of relief after reading the information sent by Major General Schell. His mission was finally completed, and the Schell fleet had left Taranto Bay. This means that it is absolutely too late for the Italian fleet to turn around and chase after it in time!

"The Italians launched a lightning strike!" At this moment, the news of the torpedo found on the port side made Frederick feel nervous! You know, the bait ship K does not even have a machine gun! It is also at slaughtered by the torpedo boat, and this is a power system test ship. If it is lost, the German Navy will be heartbroken!

"We are the German high seas fleet test ship, don't attack!" When the Italians were preparing to launch a lightning strike again, a sharp-eyed Italian officer saw the flag verbs of the other party at the first time, so he ordered his torpedo boat formation to stop the attack, but not all Italians reported it. The other three torpedo boats fired 5 torpedoes, but they were all avoided by the high-speed maneuver K attack ship!

The bait ship No. K did not fly the national flag of any country, so not everyone found this flag in a hurry, but soon, when the German naval flag was raised on the mast, all Italians felt a buzzing sound in their minds!

At this moment, the telegram from the port of Taranto was finally delivered to the Duke of Abuqilu. After seeing the content of the telegram, the duke felt a buzzing sound in his head, and a cold air rushed up directly along his spine! "Has the Turkish fleet passed?" He was a little unbelievable about the content of the information. "Then what is in front of us? Sink it! Sink it!" The duke ordered like a mad tiger!
Chapter completed!