Republic of China: I am a great warlord, many children, many blessings

Looking at Cao Cao who was being pursued relentlessly, Shen Hao narrowed his eyes and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

I feel like my previous strategy seemed to be wrong.

Why do we want the Germans to deal with the Japanese?

It's a dog-eat-dog situation anyway, so why not give the fallen dog the advantage?

Thinking of this, Shen Hao's eyes lit up, and he secretly made up his mind to change his strategy this time.

Since Yuan Shikai did not allow him to join the war and he had no way to fight against Japan, Germany was just a sandbag and the only option was to take advantage of the situation.

The more Shen Hao thought about it, the more he felt that it was right. It was not a bad idea to take advantage of someone's misfortune.

As the ancients said, pick the softest persimmons to squeeze, and that’s exactly what you get.

Moreover, once the Japanese captured Qingdao, all these German equipment, facilities and warships would become theirs.

How can this be possible? Even if it is destroyed, the Japanese cannot get it for free.

Don’t the Eagle Country and the little Japan need the Beiyang government to attack Qingdao? I’m still here, so I won’t attack Qingdao, I’ll just attack the periphery.

Thinking of this, Shen Hao became a little excited and no longer in the mood to watch the show. He prepared to get up and leave and started giving orders.

As soon as Shen Hao stood up, he saw that everyone was at a loss. If he left, the place would definitely be in trouble.

Shen Hao also noticed something was wrong and said with a smile: "I have some official business to attend to. You guys continue to watch the show. Let's have a good meal and have fun tonight."

"Thank you General"

Then Shen Hao left in a hurry.

When I got to the study, I immediately drafted a telegram.

'Order, Agan immediately blockade all straits, as long as the German and Australian warships and civilian ships are all requisitioned and detained.

If you find any German warships, chase them down.

As soon as the order was given, A-Gump received good news one after another.

Take over the combat ships and civilian vessels of Germany and Austria in China.

After receiving Shen Hao's order, Agan dispatched troops directly and took over the German gunboats "Qingdao", "Otter" and "Motherland" stranded in domestic waters with thunder and lightning speed.

Except for the "Qingdao" which was blew up by itself because the German crew had already noticed it.

The other two ships became the spoils captured by Agan and taken by Shen Hao.

Shen Hao even renamed the two warships "Yuedong" and "Guixi", and they officially joined Shen Hao's naval combat sequence.

Forrest Gump led the fleet and captured a total of 13 German and Austrian merchant ships, all of which were requisitioned and renamed.

The Chinese ordinal numbers are unified with the character "Shen" suffixed to A, B, C, and D, commonly known as the "Shen" brand.

It is planned to convert some merchant ships for use as transport and training ships.

The German side was very annoyed by Shen Hao's taking advantage of the situation.

The Japanese side was also unhappy. They were fighting in the front while Shen Hao was eating with his mouth full of oil.

The British were happy to watch the joke. As long as it could consume Germany's strength, they would be happy to see it.

Besides, the navy would probably not even think highly of the small items captured by Shen Hao.

Although the British joined the troops attacking Qingdao, the Japanese were in the lead and they just followed behind.

To put it bluntly, Japan is being used as a scapegoat.

Even so, the Japanese dared not complain.

All we can say is that we struck a heavy blow against the Beiyang government and begged for mercy from Britain and the United States.

And in the hearts of the Japanese, Germany is still admired very much.

Therefore, the reason why the British were brought in was to give themselves courage and to put pressure on Yuan Shikai.

Faced with Shen Hao's shameless behavior, German Minister Martin even came to Guangdong in person to meet Shen Hao.

"General Shen, we in Germany are in a difficult period right now, how could you stab us in the back? Such behavior is no different from robbery.

Don't forget, you still owe us 800 million marks."

Shen Hao smiled slightly, waved his hand to signal Madel not to worry, and consoled him: "Minister Madel, let's put things in perspective. I am just following orders.

Besides, Qingdao originally belonged to us. If you forcibly occupy it, isn’t that just bandit logic?

Everyone is just laughing at each other when they are only fifty steps away.

I treat you the same way you treat us, but you accuse me of being a robber.

Besides, I owe Germany money and I haven't defaulted on it. It is clearly written in the contract that I should pay it back in ten years, so it's still too early now.

So, you don’t have to blackmail me morally.”

Madaier said angrily: "Shen, you will pay the price for your behavior in 1.2"

Threatening me, are you trying to mess with me?

You'd better pray for the best and deal with Britain, Russia and France first.

Shen Hao did not get angry, but said with a look of regret: "Minister Malder, I may disappoint you, you may not see this day.

But public is public and private is private, we are still good friends."

"Fuck*#￥@**"

After swearing a lot, Madel turned around and left angrily.

Shen Hao was not angry, but was smiling from ear to ear.

It feels great.

Shen Hao captured two German gunboats, "Otter" and "Motherland", and renamed them "Yuedong" and "Guangxi", which caused excitement throughout the country. This was the first time that he had won spoils of war in a foreign war.

Although it was just taking advantage of the situation, it also made many people excited.

Many reporters flocked to the door of the general's mansion, wanting to interview Shen Hao.

However, Shen Hao ignored them.

At the same time, Shen Hao received information that the German destroyer S90 broke through the Japanese naval blockade and fled towards Shanghai.

Seeing this, Shen Hao's eyes lit up. This was another opportunity to plunder.

So, Forrest Gump was called over immediately.

Speculating that there might be a war, Forrest Gump was also very excited:

"General, please give your orders."

"Intercept the German destroyer S90. If we can catch it, we will catch it. If we can't catch it, we will destroy it. We can't leave it to the Japanese."

"yes".

355. Send them to see God!

On September 9, more than 23 British soldiers from the Sikus Regiment also landed at Laoshan Bay and occupied Licun. Here, the British and Japanese forces joined together and completed the land encirclement of the German army in Qingdao.

On September 9, after a day of fierce fighting between Japan and Germany, the German army was defeated and Fushan and Gushan were lost. The German army lost control of the commanding heights in Qingdao City, which foreshadowed the German army's full retreat to the side of the main defense line fortress, and the first phase of the Japan-Germany War ended.

The destroyer S90 broke through the blockade of the Japanese Navy and fled towards Shanghai.

Forrest Gump sat in the submarine and did not rush to attack, but waited quietly.

"Captain, do you want to catch up now?"

Forrest Gump said seriously: "No, there is an old saying in your country that a dog that goes into a corner will be bitten.

We are not in a hurry. Let's wait and see if there are other prey. We have finally come out, and it would be an overreaction to deal with a destroyer torpedo ship.

Besides, a escaping S90 destroyer would definitely not carry much coal, and there is no place for it to refuel, so its power would not last long.

Wait until it loses power, then clean it up."

"Yes, Captain."

Nowadays, in an era without radar, it is still difficult to detect submarines unless the opponent takes the initiative to attack.

Because radar was first invented by British physicist Robert Watson Watt in 1935.

But radar was invented during World War I when Britain and Germany were at war, and played an important role in World War II.

This is enough to show that war is the cradle of scientific and technological progress.

Forrest Gump led five U-boats, following slowly at a distance of about one kilometer, neither hurried nor slow.

It was like a cat playing with mouse, with no hurry at all.

Suddenly, an observer said excitedly: "Captain, the warships of the Japanese First Fleet have been spotted."

Forrest Gump was stunned and quickly observed through the periscope.

What broke into the U9 submarine's field of vision were the cruiser "Takachie" of the Japanese Navy's First Fleet, and two armored cruisers "Kitakami" and "Oi".

The three cruisers were lined up in a horizontal formation and searched forward at a speed of 10 knots, 4000 meters apart from each other. Each ship had a guard post and a gun on each side to keep on alert.

Forrest Gump suddenly became excited and immediately came up with a new idea, which was to destroy these three cruisers.

So he said: "Keep a close eye on their movements and report back at any time."

"Yes"

"Captain, the German destroyer S90 suddenly turned around and accelerated, appearing to be about to attack the Japanese ship Taka Chie.

Captain, the other armored cruisers "Kitakami" and "Oi" are also accelerating towards the "Taka Chie"

Forrest Gump also hurried to check and it was obvious that Germany wanted to destroy the "Takachiho" cruiser.

Just about 90 meters away, the torpedo boat S suddenly launched an attack on the Takachiho.

I saw one torpedo fired, but it missed.

Forrest Gump was so angry: "How stupid! You can't even hit it, what are you afraid of?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the S90 destroyer fired the second missile, which hit the middle of the Takachiho with a bang, but did not cause a devastating blow.

A-Gump saw it and said regretfully: "It's a pity that it didn't hit the vital point."

At this time, the "Takachiho" also fought back, but the cruiser "Takachiho" was too old and too slow, so it was avoided by the S90.

This battleship was purchased from Britain in 1885. It participated in the Sino-Japanese War, the invasion of Taiwan, and the Russo-Japanese War. It rejoined the combat sequence when the Sino-German War broke out.

It just can't keep up with the times.

Whether in terms of speed or firepower, it is a level lower than the S90 destroyer.

At this moment, the destroyer S90 suddenly approached the Takachiho.

A third torpedo was fired, and this time it hit the Takachiho's torpedo placement, causing a series of explosions.

There was a loud bang!

Flames rose from the sea.

A few minutes later, the Takachiho sank to the bottom of the sea, and the captain and 284 sailors were all killed.

The battle lasted less than ten minutes, and "Takachiho" was gone under the absolute crushing strength.

The armored cruisers "Kitakami" and "Oi" behind were so angry when they saw this scene that they quickly increased their speed and started to attack.

But because the three warships were 4000 meters apart, it was very difficult to catch up in the first place.

"Captain, should we pursue S90?"

Forrest Gump hesitated and said, "Send a submarine to follow S90, and when he runs out of fuel, destroy him directly.

Keep the other four submarines, and we will take advantage of the opportunity to destroy the two Japanese armored cruisers, and pretend that it was done by the Germans."

"Yes"

Following, Forrest Gump's order.

U9 dived underwater and moved silently towards the nearest target, the "Beishang".

About 500 meters away from the "North", Forrest Gump suddenly gave an order: "Aim at the middle of the right side and paralyze it first."

"Yes, Captain."

A torpedo was fired from a distance of 500 meters and accurately hit the middle of the starboard side of the "Kitakami" armored cruiser, causing water to enter the boiler room. The Japanese "Kitakami" cruiser was immediately paralyzed on the sea.