The Rise of the Empire

"Your Highness, Colonel Peric is here. Would you like to wait a moment, or now?" After dinner, Ruprecht accompanied his father and cousin as usual. No matter what, everyone is relative, and they are still interested The very close kind!

"Father, Your Royal Highness." Ruprecht stood up to leave without the slightest hesitation.

"It's important." Princess Mary was very magnanimous, while His Royal Highness next to her was a little dissatisfied. I don't know if it was just pretending or really dissatisfied! But these things have nothing to do with Ruprecht, the most important thing now is those who are fighting far away!

"How are our comrades doing?" Ruprecht asked in one room.

"It's very bad. The iron-clad ship Dingyuan accidentally ran into a mine when it sailed out of the port, and the Zhiyuan was sunk in an encounter. Except for the Zhenyuan, which is still in Weihai, the entire Beiyang fleet has only one Main The Cici continued to fight at sea, but the current situation is also very bad."

"The British are tipping off the Japanese. After all, the Yellow Sea is too small. Although the East China Sea and the coastal areas of Japan have a larger range of maneuvering, the boilers that have not been repaired for a long time obviously cannot support the battleship to continue the high-intensity battle! According to the above According to a contact, the maximum speed of the cruiser Mainz has dropped to 15 knots, and if there is another battle, it may not be able to escape!" Colonel Peric said.

"What does the Admiralty mean?" Ruprecht asked. Colonel Peric was a member of the Prussian military delegation in Bavaria, and at the request of Ruprecht, he is now also acting as an intermediary between the new naval forces represented by Tirpitz and His Royal Highness the Prince.

"They hope to end this battle as soon as possible. The boys have done well enough, but it is a pity that our strength in the Far East is very weak now, and after the British provided information to the Japanese, our supply ships were counted. The mainz has already delayed its replenishment twice, and now we don't know where this battleship is." Colonel Peric said.

"Where are the Russians? Let them help find them," Ruprecht said.

"The Russians don't care about this. Their fleet is concentrated in Vladivostok. Damn it, I knew the Russians were unreliable!" Colonel Peric said angrily.

"If I were the head of the navy! I would order my fleet to keep up with the Japanese! Let them know the possible consequences when they act!"

The German Admiralty is now planning to end its service. The Mainz was sold to Beiyang, and it is impossible to be sunk, but the hundreds of German naval officers and soldiers on it have gone through the baptism of war! This is a valuable intangible wealth! It must be kept.

However, the German Navy's strength in the Far East is very weak, and it is very difficult to find a cruiser in the vast sea, and the Russians are obviously unreliable in this regard! So Ruprecht figured out this way and it's ok! Don't say anything else!

Some radical, but the easiest way to achieve!

The Japanese would never dare to open fire first. German staff officers and front-line personnel are not as unreliable as Japanese staff officers in history, and they will not open fire first. The Japanese moved in. According to Ruprecht's idea, the best result is that when the Mainz is unable to support it, there is a chance to sink itself, and then let the other two German cruisers pick up the crew.

"I will convey your meaning to the Admiralty. To be honest, you can do so much for the comrades who have fought with you. In the hearts of all the naval officers and soldiers who fought with you, you are no longer A prince, but a comrade-in-arms who can entrust his back." Colonel Peric said respectfully.

Ruprecht has done a lot. Before leaving the Far East, Ruprecht has spent a lot of pounds to contact the best hospital in Qing Dynasty.

In the first few rounds of replenishment, the injured could be quickly transferred to hospitals in the Shanghai Concession or elsewhere for treatment. In order to ensure the health of the soldiers, Ruprecht also paid for a lot of out-of-spec supplies. He did everything he could, and Ruprecht also won the respect of his former comrades-in-arms!

"Although it seems radical, it is not dangerous. The Japanese have no ability or idea to confront us again. Their hunting fleet is only 4 cruisers. Except for the certain cruiser of the British, all other warships are Vulnerable, even if it is 2 vs. 4, we still have the upper hand." The Secretary of State for the Navy reported to Bismarck. He is more inclined to Ruprecht's opinion, I can't find my own people, as long as I can keep an eye on my opponent!

It has to be said that a series of actions of the German Navy in the Far East did have a great impact in the country! The navy's ability to maintain overseas rights and interests and its position in national strategy were further highlighted. The Germans saw the benefits of building a navy, but also saw their own shortcomings. The idea of ​​modestly building a navy. But for those soldiers who fought for the empire, he still supports a tougher solution!

"That's how it is, by the way, inform the German ambassador, if something inhumane happens, the German fleet will definitely seek justice at sea!" Bismarck is Bismarck! In addition to solving problems with fists, the possibility of solving problems with tongue is also considered. In case it really comes to the end of the road, after surrendering, it's okay to keep these people!

"Colonel Scheer, this is an order from the Ministry of the Navy! My fleet will follow the Japanese fleet to prevent some inhumane things from happening." On the cruiser Hamburg, an officer sent the information he had just received to Scheer, commander of the German Far East Cruiser Squadron Colonel's hands.

"Then start to act, and work hard for our hero to return to Kiel Naval Port again!" Scheer ordered loudly after reading the telegram!

"Long live the Empire! Long live the Kaiser! Long live the Imperial Navy!" Accompanied by the shouts of the soldiers, the two armored cruisers left Shanghai and began to sail towards the open sea.

"The Germans are moving!" Colonel Parr said to Major General Fremantle next to him.

"Let the Apollo follow it far away, and the rest has nothing to do with us." Major General Fremantle sighed. Now he only hopes that the Japanese will stop doing stupid things. Now even the British No one wants to protect the Japanese anymore!

The German government's commitment is to prevent Japan from doing things that violate the "bottom line of human morality." The British said that they can understand, and the synonym of understanding is compromise!

And soon, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also received a stern note from the German government! "When the German soldiers on the Beiyang battleship decide to give up fighting, they will automatically resume their status as the Imperial Navy! After that, any attack or insult will be regarded as a provocation in the eyes of the Empire! The Imperial Fleet is ready to use flames and Death retaliates against this provocation!"

"Tell Huashan Ziji that as long as the armored cruiser Mainz gives up resistance, the shooting will stop and the crew on board will be allowed to evacuate. Finally, I will stress it again! Do not kill any captives! Any! Whether it is German or Qing!" Ito Hirobumi's words are calm and reveal an unquestionable majesty!

The second is to present~~~, please ask for Sanjiang tickets, please collect~~~, some book friends said that the author wrote too much about Jiawu, how to say this, after all, those major events happened in the world at that time, and Europe was very popular at that time. Be calm--! But after the Sino-Japanese War, there will be no Qing Dynasty in the next few hundred chapters. After all, what happened after the Qing Dynasty has little to do with the major powers.