"It is impossible for the French to deploy all warships here, right?" the prince asked.&1t;/p>

"Before, before our Saint-Estwan was in service, they did not do this. The fleet would rotate frequently, but so far, the main force of the French fleet has been deployed here for nearly 45 days. At least 8 ships of Fearless and Fearless have been there all the time!" said Major General House.&1t;/p>

"Damn." The prince couldn't help but curse in his heart. From General House's words, he could clearly perceive two points. First, there were some problems with the navy's confidentiality work. The French's action was obviously a "jailbreak" action that the Austro-Hungarian fleet might take. The second problem is that the situation is about to change, and it may be related to the Japanese Navy!&1t;/p>

The so-called "The end of the crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Bai". The French do this in fact, overdrawing the soft power of the fleet. Even Alexandria cannot support the actions of the entire French fleet. Then it will be even worse if they move the front hundreds of kilometers forward to Crete! The state of supplies, personnel, and ships will gradually be consumed during long deployments. This is abnormal from common sense! If the French are not fools, then there is only one possibility. They are trying their best to survive the last period of time! So they try their best to keep here.&1t;/p>

The only reason why the French can do this is that the Japanese fleet is coming! When the Japanese fleet finally arrives, the Allied fleet will be nailed to the last coffin in the entire Eastern Mediterranean! Even if only two dreadnoughts come, the Allied fleet will never be able to make any waves. After all, the number of fleets is too large. Even if the warships at the same time are good, it will be difficult for them to withstand the attacks of two enemy ships of the same level.&1t;/p>

"To be honest, I don't have a good idea now. From the current point of view, almost all plans will not have a success rate of 60%! This is something I have never encountered before." Ruprecht wrote in his diary. What he could not have imagined was that just when the situation in the Mediterranean gradually turned into a dead end, a small stone fell into the vast Mediterranean, and then a ripple was created. When the stone was thrown out by the God of Fate, no one could have imagined that the second large-scale maritime battle since the war broke out!&1t;/p>

"Look over there, it seems there is something?" The French Mediterranean Fleet destroyer Musketeer, who was patrolling the northwest waters of Crete, pointed his finger at the shimmering sea in the distance and said loudly.&1t;/p>

"You're dazzled again, boy?" Under the mast, a shaved veteran said disdainfully. Since this little guy from Marseille got on the boat, the number of false alarms has exceeded 30 times. In his shock, the whole ship was disturbed by the people! Fortunately, people ignored him and only regarded his words as a warning.&1t;/p>

"I swear, I saw something!" said the lookout hand loudly.&1t;/p>

"Is that so? I saw it too. Isn't that our supply ship? Anyone with eyes can see it." A veteran's words caused laughter among the people present, while the Musketeer destroyer still proceeded on the scheduled route and greeted the signals of the transport ship coming to transport supplies.&1t;/p>

And when the two French ships were communicating with each other in flags, a slender tube quickly penetrated under the water. After a moment, the huge shadow under the sea disappeared. 65 meters below the water, a steel monster fish like an extra-large cigar was slowly passing through the Antikisila Strait. (This strait is located between Greece and Crete, in the northwest of Crete.)&1t;/p>

An Austro-Hungarian ub-12 submarine sailed slowly underwater with a speed of 4 knots per hour towards the Port of Castelli in Crete. The French fleet was mainly concentrated in Castelli and another adjacent bay, the Gulf of Yuniya. Major Egon Leirch, the captain of the ub-12 submarine, was tired of attacking ordinary merchant ships. This time he set out, he planned to play a big game.&1t;/p>

The submarine was sailing slowly under the water, and all the on-duty personnel were walking carefully inside the narrow submarine. Occasionally, some resting personnel were lying honestly in the hammock. On the one hand, they reduced energy consumption and on the other hand, they tried to minimize sound.&1t;/p>

The captain and the navigator repeatedly calculated and drew on a large-scale chart. After a long time, a curved route drew a huge arc from its current position, and the end of the arc was Castelli! One of the important anchorages of the French fleet!&1t;/p>

"How far is it?" asked Captain Leirsey.&1t;/p>

"There are 17 nautical miles left, and there are still 2 and a half hours before sunset. We can still go forward about 10 nautical miles, and then we will reach this point! Avoid the patrol boat near the French port, then float up and charge, take a break line, and enter the port." The navigator thought for a while and said.&1t;/p>

"The only problem now is how we get in. The French have laid mines and there are shipwrecks as underwater obstacles. It is difficult for us to enter at night." A non-commissioned officer said.&1t;/p>

"This is not difficult. The French will have large-scale replenishment every two weeks. This replenishment will normally last more than a day, so there will be ships passing through the blockade outside the port at night, so we can just keep up." Captain Leirch said.&1t;/p>

"But we don't know the distribution of warships in the port." said the deputy captain.&1t;/p>

"We don't need to know. Just aim at the largest battleship in the field of view. We only have 1o torpedoes, and there are only 4 torpedo tubes in the front. After shooting a volley, we can leave after using the two torpedo tubes in the tail to attack. I don't know which target we will hit? But what I can be sure is that as long as we can hit, we will definitely not pay!" Captain Lairsey said with a smile.&1t;/p>

Not long after France occupied Crete, it started to deploy anchorage defenses less time, and the large number of warships that were suspended in anchorages every day gave some bold people an idea. Captain Leirsch was such a person. In his previous trips to sea, he had specifically observed the activities of the Allied fleets and supply fleets near Crete, and also obtained information from other colleagues. Not long ago, after the Turks sent hydrological data from the main Aegean islands, this made Captain Leirsch more confident.&1t;/p>

"So how do we get out? Our power may not be enough to support the submarine to escape from the opponent's pursuit." said the navigator.&1t;/p>

"It's okay, there is a schedule for the nearby currents and tides. The tide time for tomorrow's dawn is about 5 o'clock. We can even turn off the motivation and walk out along the current!" Captain Leirsey said.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!