Chapter 715： Tiger, tiger, tiger!

"Faster."

Outside Alexandria, several nervous-looking men in traditional Arab robes are unloading tires and gasoline from a car. Knowing that they are obviously different from the Arabs' skin color, these must be fakes, but this is impossible to see from a distance.

And this is not in the city of Alexandria, but in the outskirts of Britain's jurisdiction has plummeted. No matter what, this is the land of Egypt, although it is a puppet regime.

These guys posing as Arabs carried waste tires and gasoline tanks and drove up the hillside. They need to make arrangements on high points.

After putting all the tires and gasoline on the top of the hill, everyone was tired and collapsed on the ground. After everyone had a rest, the leader looked at his watch and greeted the others. "It's half past five now, ready to fire."

Following his voice, the rested person immediately divided the waste tires into three piles and sprayed them with gasoline. I saw the person in charge lighting the lighter, lighted himself a smoky mouthful, and threw the lighter on a pile of gasoline-smelling tires.

"boom"

The tires with gasoline stuck on it, and the flames are higher than the people, and the billowing smoke makes the sky already bright, and its black smoke plumes are already faintly visible.

"boom"

"boom"

The other two fires were also lit, and now the three pillars of black smoke make it even more iconic.

"Okay, let's get back in the car."

Under the leadership of the boss, these people returned to the car, and now they are ready to leave. It wasn't just their team who lit fires near the coast. During this time, no fewer than a dozen fires were lit on the coast of Alexandria and nearby.

As for the lead plane responsible for navigation, it can even find Alexandria faster with its smoke plume.

In the early morning, in the Mediterranean Fleet Command, Cunningham just got up. As the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Empire, he has been busy lately. Because of the British declaration of war on Romania, the Mediterranean Fleet had to shoulder the dual task of monitoring the Italian navy and blocking the Romanian navy in the Sea of ​​Love overnight.

This is a serious consideration for him, knowing that his Mediterranean army only has four battleships (Rodney, Sovereign, Malaya, War exhaustion), two aircraft carriers (Eagle, Fury) and The Counterattack battle cruiser, in addition to 3 heavy cruisers, there are 7 light cruisers and a large number of destroyers and submarines.

Fortunately, the mainland also knew that he was difficult, so they specially deployed the Ark Royal and the battleship Nelson to support him. That's right, the USS Nelson, the local fleet gave its only two Nelson-class ships to the Mediterranean fleet. Of course, it is not because of his great face in Cunningham, but because the George V and Prince of Wales have been in service, and all have spare capacity to take care of the Mediterranean fleet.

And this George V-class battleship did not use 14-inch main guns as in history. Faced with the 15- and 16-inch main gun calibers of Europe, Britain must save money and save a 16-inch main gun. Therefore, this George V-class battleship is equipped with 9 406 main guns, with a front 2 rear 1 layout, a standard displacement of 35,000 tons, a full load displacement of 45,000 tons, and a speed of 29 knots. It can compete with a large number of warships of Axis 380 and 406 calibers.

A week ago, the two ships had arrived at Alexandria Port. With these two ships, Cunningham has the confidence to compete with the Romanian fleet.

That's right, it's contending. If you want to win, you must make good use of shore-based aircraft.

Look at the construction time of Cunningham's one-vote battleship, and then look at the construction time of Romania's one-vote battleship. He can contend very well, of course, he has not thought of surprisingly winning, but the sea of ​​love has many channels, although there are a large island you can borrow. But Romania guarded strictly, so that he could not find a chance.

After the Romanian navy reconnaissance plane opened its station, the reconnaissance plane has been patrolling back and forth at sea. Let Cunningham see no chance for a sneak attack.

And now Cunningham, who has just finished washing, puts on his military uniform, intends to have breakfast with the two new captains and contact him about his feelings.

At this time, I saw Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence, who was in charge of intelligence work, slammed open the door of his room, holding a telegram in his hand, and everyone could see the anxiety on his face.

"What's the matter, lieutenant colonel"

The thread on the cufflinks of the Cunningham Organizer, who was not surprised, asked him what he was coming from.

"Lieutenant General, our agents have discovered that the Romanian fleet is not in the port of Thessaloniki and is currently missing."

"Take me a look."

Facing the lieutenant colonel, Cunningham stopped his actions. I saw him reach out and take the telegram.

This is a telegram sent directly from Thessaloniki. The hidden agent in charge of the espionage work discovered that three days ago, Thessaloniki had been under martial law and that anyone was banned from entering or exiting the port area knew there was a problem. He tried every means to find out the news, but the military and police blockade was unusually tight, so it was extremely difficult to find out the news. I only knew that there was no fleet in the port until early this morning, so I immediately sent a message to inform me.

After reading the telegram, Cunningham thought for a while and asked immediately. "Did our patrols find anything unusual recently?"

Facing Cunningham's question, Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence said after thinking about it carefully. "No, the planes and warships we patrolled before have found no abnormal reports."

"So are there any other unusual reports?"

"nor."

Without seeing a trace for three days, where will these Romanian fleets go?

Cunningham walked back and forth and thought. Without the help of other intelligence, just a fleet was missing for three days, so he couldn't figure out the situation. But no matter what the situation is, it's always good to make your own preparations first.

"Immediately send a telegram to the Cyprus side, ordering them to send a plane to search the Aegean Sea in a fan shape. Also send a telegram to the Said side to make them more vigilant. In addition, let the airport side prepare to send a plane to fan out and conduct a careful search around us. ."

"I'm fine I'm here to order."

"Woo~oooo~oooo"

The two were talking, only to hear the air defense sirens beeping loudly.

Combining the telegram they had just received, their expressions changed drastically. Unexpectedly, the Romanian team all slipped to his side.

On the pilot plane, Lieutenant Colonel Elsted looked at the five battleships neatly anchored in the port, as well as two aircraft carriers, as well as various cruisers, large and small, and destroyers. He couldn't help but be overjoyed.

How could such an undefended warship in the harbor be the opponent of the carrier-based aircraft it leads?

Immediately he sent out a telegram that was said to be from your Majesty, a surprise attack that could bring good luck.

"Tiger, tiger, tiger!"

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