If this unexploded firework is just a pure accident, Xia Shuquan thought it was a farce of a naughty child, and there was no need to hold it too seriously to hold it accountable. But in the blink of an eye, another spherical black object came straight to his ss-01. The landing distance was less than five meters, and Xia Shu's unhappiness suddenly turned into a fire. From the standpoint of the Easterners, the European powers such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy had bullied their own countries, bullying the weak, notorious, and there was no difference between bad and worse. As a military fan, Xia Shu looked down on those victors who were not worthy of victory on the battlefield, especially Britain, France, and Italy during World War I.

It felt that these two fireworks were most likely shot from the British cruiser. Xia Shu decisively gave up the result of his impending success, turned the steering wheel to the left, and drove the "thunder and lightning" over the battleship trail and whistled towards the cruiser. Tsarist Russia's Pearl and the Dutch "Frevoran" were at the back of the cruiser. The sailors on the deck gun positions were relaxed as if they were soy sauce. They would not and dare not make trouble on the German territory. In the forward direction were two British Roxo-class protective cruisers and two Cresey-class armored cruisers. Most of the training cannons on the ships that fireworks instead of the main guns pointed to the right, but in the rear of one of the Roxo-class light cruisers, a 47mm rapid-fire cannon that can directly fire the fireworks was pointed to the rear of the right. The British sailors in white uniforms had pressed its muzzle to the lowest descent angle.

"So it's you clowns!"

Xia Shu stared at the British sailors around the cannon with great contempt. These guys did not stop and continued to try to lock themselves with artillery. Xia Shu gently swung the steering wheel, and "Thunder" jumped to the left lightly, approaching the starboard side of the Russian cruiser "Pearl", and easily entered the British shooting dead corner. At this time, the overall speed of the joint formation was about 15 knots, and he was driving on the relatively calm sea at this speed, and the ship was swinging away.

The waves were not surging. Xia Shu controlled the direction steadily and drove forward along the starboard side of the Russian ship. The double waves formed by the large ships and small boats were very similar to the white-cut dough when making cutters. The speed of the "thunder and lightning" wind and the arrogant roar made the sailors on the Russian cruiser run to the side to watch. They probably never dreamed that there would be such a sharp high-speed torpedo boat in the world. Soon, a similar situation also appeared on the Dutch cruiser.

When he drove by the Russian and Dutch cruisers, Natsuki looked straight ahead with expressionless expression. When the speedboat sailed past the British protective cruiser that started causing trouble, he put his left hand close to the porthole and raised his middle finger without hesitation.

"Super the middle finger" first appeared at the end of the Hundred Years of War in Britain and France. British archers caused heavy losses to the French army. The French army vowed to cut off the middle finger of the British archers' bow after defeating the British army, but the French army suffered a crushing defeat. When the French retreated, British archers stretched out their right middle fingers to show off their still-existing middle fingers. This insulting gesture quickly became popular in Western countries and was known to everyone in the army. Although the "thunder and lightning" speed was very fast, some British sailors noticed the driver's insulting gestures at a distance of slashes, and a commotion suddenly appeared on the side deck.

After responding to the British in a toothless manner, Xia Shu did not intend to stop. He drove a boat to surpass the entire cruiser fleet, crossed the front of the "Hog", leaving a complete arc on the sea, and finally launched a torpedo at the British protective cruiser less than 100 meters away. The rubber-headed torpedo hit the target!

On the bridge of the British visiting fleet flagship "Hog", a group of officers and generals led by Duke Hill witnessed the whole process of the German speedboat "going wild". As senior naval officials, they knew very well the adventure and provocation of this move. One of the majors said in a contemptuous tone: "This is the exercise. In the case of real naval battle, our rapid-fire cannons have already torn it to pieces. Humph, do you still want to show off your power in front of us?"

Captain Brigadier General White whispered: "The driver of this speedboat seems to be Prince Joachim that the Germans strongly praised! It seems that too much applause and flowers have made him lose himself. He will take risks with his life in order to win attention, or he has completely inherited his father's arrogance, slight and aggressive character, even more than that. Germany is ruled by such people, which is really not a good thing for the British Empire. There may be a war between the two countries sooner or later..."

"Recklessness and fighting are the nature of the Germans," Duke Hill said with a expressionless face. "But no matter what, we should pay more attention to this novel fast lightning strike boat. They are too fast, and torpedoes are a cheap and terrible attack weapon. When it comes to night or foggy days, we are unprepared to these speedboats."

The officers all responded to Duke Hill's calm and objective analysis. Just as they were talking, three speedboats followed the command boat's track and attacked the British protective cruiser at close range. In addition, the 4th torpedo squad originally planned to deal with the British armored cruiser, the German speedboat group fired a total of 11 torpedoes at the British. The British sailors heard the sound of rubber-headed torpedo hitting their ships seven times.

If this was a real-life naval battle, with the lethality of the German F5AT1 torpedo on the cruiser, this powerful British cruiser fleet would have been "imperfected". Faced with the result of such exercise, Duke Hill looked angry but did not strike, and the officers and crew did not have such a stand-alone attitude. Some people were angry, some were angry, some were surprised, some were worried, and some were worried. Whether senior officers or ordinary sailors, whether they saw with their own eyes or heard by them, they were all confused by this unusual maritime exercise.

That night was the last night of the celebration of Kiel Military Harbor Festival. Germany held a grand banquet at Kiel Palace to send off officials from all countries who came to participate in the celebration. At the beginning of the banquet, William II, who was flamboyant in character, announced the results of the maritime exercises in a high-profile manner. In this illusory maritime conflict, the Four-Nation Alliance sent artillery fleets to successfully destroy the enemy's transport fleet with precise artillery bombardment. They were then counterattacked by the enemy's torpedo speedboat group. With the cover of artificial smoke screens, more than 60 ships were extremely fast.

The torpedo boats surprisingly repelled the shelling fleet with a tonnage of hundreds of times their tonnage, and eliminated one enemy battleship, two armored cruisers, and nine large torpedo boats. The German emperor asserted from this that the new torpedo boats are not only a revolutionary force in the maritime defense system, but also a more active and important role in naval combat with the further development of technology. The German Navy will inevitably maintain its technological advantages in this field and will be equipped with more powerful high-speed assault ships within a few years.
Chapter completed!