"I really can't wait for a fucking second." Li Xiu put down the telegram in his hand bitterly.

"Haha! They may not know that Commander, you have been waiting for them in Crete for half a month.

If it were not for the blockade of the Bosporus, they might not be willing to attack."

Chen Laohu looked disgusted with admiration.

"Where is the aircraft carrier?" Li Xiu calculated the cards in his hand.

Brother once said that one aircraft carrier can equal three battleships.

Li Xiu didn't know how his eldest brother calculated this account, but he had two aircraft carriers, the Liaodong ship and the Shandong ship, on hand.

There are also two cruisers and six destroyers.

The opponent has three battleships, five cruisers, and at least thirty destroyers!

In terms of military strength, the Ming Dynasty was at an absolute disadvantage.

"The aircraft carrier is still on standby in Cyrenaica. I just ordered them to weigh anchor. It is estimated that they will arrive at Rhode Island tomorrow. We can go to Rhode Island to join them."

"No rush!

Man Ye's cavalry division has so many tanks, it is so easy to transport them to Sassenita.

Let the spies in control send out the news that Crete is in chaos.

The fleet is preparing to attack northward!"

"Commander, what do you mean..., to lure them out?"

"It's probably difficult. After all, the Bosphorus is very narrow. The widest part is a little over three kilometers, and the narrowest part is just over 700 meters.

There are light and dark forts on both sides of the strait. I guess the Hebrews don't dare to give it a try. Bring out the fleet and fight us!

The most likely thing is that they will attack Constantinople as soon as possible. Try to capture Constantinople and then eat our fleet.

In this way, they can go out of the Mediterranean Sea.

The giant whale enters the ocean...!"

Li Xiu took a look at the map. Compared to the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea is like a bathtub.

The poor Hebrews spent huge sums of money to build a fleet that could only stay in a place like a bathtub.

It is hard to imagine how releasing such a huge naval force will subvert the situation around the Mediterranean.

"Commander, don't worry, the city defenses in Constantinople are extremely strong.

We have reinforced two more Sikh divisions. No matter how powerful the Hebrew army is, they will still be able to defend for three to five to seven days."

"Sikhs! They are only slightly stronger than the Ottoman Empire's army. The main force guarding Constantinople is our Marine Corps.

I just don’t know if that guy Shang Zhixin is as ruthless as his father.

Last time I suppressed bandits in the country, I was beaten to pieces. This time, I put him in the position of commander of the city defense of Constantinople despite domestic pressure.

If he loses Constantinople, then I can only hang myself on the southeast branch to thank the world."

Li Xiu was obviously worried about Shang Zhixin. After all, his record in the last domestic rebellion was disastrous.

Geng Zhongming was demoted to regimental commander, and those in the General Staff still complained a lot.

Shang Zhixin was suddenly appointed as the commander of the city defense of Constantinople. Those in the General Staff did not dare to say anything openly.

But privately, I still don’t know what to chew on.

"In the final analysis, it is the commander who cares for his subordinates, the elderly.

Unlike those in the General Staff who want to beat people to death with a stick.

You said that there are so many famous generals at home and abroad in ancient and modern times, and there are several generals who are always victorious like marshals and commanders.

Who has never lost a few battles in his life?

My uncle once said that famous generals are actually gained through defeating battles.

Only after you have lost the battle can you know how to win the battle.

Shang Zhixin has not been able to fight the rebellion well in the country, and he is holding back a lot of energy in his heart. Come and take a look, this time the battle to defend Constantinople will be fought beautifully for you.

Leave those in the domestic general staff speechless!"

"I hope that's the case!" Li Xiu nodded.

"Report!"

Someone knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Following Chen Laohu's instructions, a lieutenant staff member walked in, holding a folder in his hand.

"Where did the telegram come from?"

“Palermo!”

"Palermo? Sicilian?" Li Xiu was a little surprised. Why did a Sicilian send him a telegram?

After receiving the telegram and taking a look at it, Li Xiu felt a thump in his heart.

Chen Laohu glanced sideways at the side and immediately shouted out: "Two battleships and eight destroyers.

Three hours ago, sailed through the Sicilian waters...!

This...! Which fleet is this, and whose fleet is this? There is no country in Europe that has two battleships!

Whose battleship could this be?" Lei Huhu's hands were trembling.

Inside the port, the 1st Cavalry Division was loading ships.

At this time, Crete's maritime power only consisted of two cruisers and a few destroyers.

How could such a ship be the opponent of two battleships?

Although Crete is a thousand kilometers away from Sicily, the battleships sailed day and night. This is only a distance of one day and one night!

Once the two battleships arrived in Crete, they bombarded the troops loading the ships. The consequences...!

And this was news three hours ago, which means that in about seventeen or eight hours, a fleet of two battleships and eight destroyers will arrive.

"Why are you panicking? The sky hasn't fallen yet." Li Xiu took a deep breath.

Chen Laohu looked at Li Xiu and said nothing. He was really at a loss now. He even doubted the authenticity of this telegram.

"When will the transfer of the First Cavalry Division be completed!" Li Xiu asked coldly.

"The First Cavalry Division has a lot of heavy equipment, a tank weighs 20 to 30 tons. Our transportation capacity is limited, so it will probably take four or five days to transport it to Sassenita.

It is absolutely impossible to complete the shipment in twenty hours." Chen Laohu looked at the busy port outside the window.

The tanks need a crane to lift them onto the ship one by one.

The 1st Cavalry Division was the heavy armored division that Li Xiao focused on building. Not only did it have more tanks and armored vehicles, it also had twice as many cars as other units.

This also caused huge difficulties for the transportation of the First Cavalry Division!

The reason why they landed at Sassenita is because the Ming Dynasty built a crane at Sassenita Port in advance.

The 1st Cavalry Division needs to land at Sassenita, and then go straight to Iasi via Sofia.

As long as Iasi is controlled and the Hebrew landing ship is sunk, the Hebrew landing force will be like a rat in a urn.

The idea was great and the plan was thorough.

But the plan obviously failed to catch up with the changes. This sudden appearance of a fleet completely disrupted the original plan.

"Inform the aircraft carrier to speed up its voyage and must reach Crete within one day.

In addition, a reconnaissance airship was sent out to conduct reconnaissance. Take a look at this telegram to see if it is true or false.

Don't panic, as long as the aircraft carrier arrives, any battleship will be useless!"

Although Li Xiu said this, everyone was a little trembling.

After all! That kind of battleship as high as a mountain is too oppressive.

And most people here have never seen an aircraft carrier. They don’t even know what an aircraft carrier is!

Even most people have never seen an airplane.

After all, aircraft production is limited and requires many maintenance personnel. Ming Dynasty does not yet have the ability to build many air force bases overseas.

Nowadays, in most places, high-altitude reconnaissance airships are still used instead of reconnaissance aircraft.

Li Xiu had no other option now. It would definitely be too late to transfer ships from other places now.

We can only hope that the aircraft carrier will arrive on the battlefield as soon as possible and be able to win the battle.

"I remembered, these should be two battleships ordered by Sweden. We just delivered them to Sweden four months ago.

Those destroyers should have been ordered by Norway and Denmark."

Chen Laohu suddenly remembered that this should be the warship that Ming Dynasty delivered to the three Nordic countries one month before the war broke out.

"It doesn't matter who orders from us, what matters is whether the balance has been paid in full." Li Xiu is now afraid of hearing about the warship order.
To be continued...