Chapter 1742: 14. Yam Liza (11)

Since the founding of the Principality, there has never been an enemy of the whole country, and everyone hated one person unanimously. Even when they fell into the most hostile state with the human camp, they did not achieve this level. Now the military adviser of the Empire in Lapland, Major General Parsifal Air Force has enjoyed this unprecedented honor.
The whole Principality is cursing him and scolding him, and some rumored news with horror material is circulating in the streets. This man from the empire, who has now brought the greatest shame to the United Principality of Ross for hundreds of years, has become the object of talk and hate for every Principality national.
But although everyone hated Parsifal and the Lapland fleet he led, it was only an extension of the hostility based on different positions. From the soldiers to the common people, the enemy who is weak, strong, brave, and full of humanity still has at least respect and respect. By comparison, the general public and the military have their own soldiers, especially the commander of the St. Petersburg squadron responsible for the defense of Lapland Bay, Major General Karl Petrovich. Yesen and the Chief of Staff of the Navy Staff Zinovi Petrovich. Admiral Roger Stevensky was not so friendly, and the two suffered a lot of saliva and abuse.
Twenty-three merchant ships! Tens of thousands of tons of cargo! This is enough for anyone to abandon reason and restraint and turn into hysterical scolding shrews, not to mention high-priced private goods in those cargoes. The losses caused by it are enough to drive the nobles and investors crazy.
If the Lapland Fleet was intercepted in the open sea, these people might also feel physical pain, but they should never be crazy. What is really unacceptable is that all the attacks took place in the airspace around Lapland Bay, about 150 nautical miles from the capital of St. Petersburg, the most distant, and only 20 nautical miles at the latest.
This is very embarrassing.
Where is our fleet! The whole world wants to know!!
From the upper aristocracy to the bottom of the people are screaming this sentence, some enthusiastic radicals not only sent insulting nicknames such as "Admiral Detective Admiral" and "Leading Admiral" to Major Ye Sen, but also gathered twice to destroy the major general. Private residence. Hundreds of men, women and children threw stones and burning flasks at the major general's residence, turning this beautiful house into ruins. Some even left pistols, ropes, and poisons in front of the big iron gate of the private residence, and asked Major General Ye Sen to die.
Faced with one-sided accusations, the indisputable Major General Ye Sen can only entrust friends to send his wife and children to the countryside for resettlement. Despite the frustration, in the style of the Principality of the Principality, this is almost equivalent to admitting that you cannot protect and support your family. The greatest humiliation and sorrow in life is this...
And this is not the end, or even the highest point. When the "Hope" passenger and cargo ship was sunk yesterday, an infantry battalion, a full of 280 ㎜ siege artillery, an attached squadron, 148 crew members, and four naval officers were on board. A total of 1,238 people were buried in the cold Lapland Fjord, and when the news of the ship's sinking was only 13 nautical miles from St. Petersburg, the Unbearable Army took the matter out. The family members and relatives of the soldiers who died in the war were blocked at the front door of the Admiralty, and they forced the Admiralty to take it and hand it over to General Yesen and General Roger Stevensky. A terrifying gift filled with angry family members A glass jar with a little finger and dozens of short knives, accompanied by blood books with thousands of pairs of blood fingerprints.
It is not difficult to imagine how the two generals would feel when facing these "gifts" and the aggressive public opinion. This is the so-called dilemma of life and death.
In fact, these two are not incompetent people. From their resumes, they can be regarded as the backbone of today's Principality navy. Anyone who has the actual situation, including His Majesty the Tsar, will not blame the two generals. It is extremely difficult to find and destroy a group of cunning enemy troops in a thick fog that lasts for two or three days when visibility is less than three hundred meters, and even less than one hundred and fifty meters in severe cases. Although the range of airspace to be searched is actually not large, the severe weather not only limits the reconnaissance and search capabilities, but also severely restricts the available tactics. What's more troublesome is that not every ship is equipped with a magician sergeant to be responsible for contact. In the case of interference from time to time, it is not very useful to be equipped, so the floating ship can only be suspended above the cloud for patrol most of the time . As a result, it is extremely difficult to find the Parsifal fleet hiding in the dense fog.
On the one hand, there are accusations that the Chinese are killing, and on the one hand, there are increasing attacks and utterly fruitless searches every day. Even Major General Yesen and Admiral Roger Stevensky are well-educated, open-minded gentlemen. Facing the current situation, they also started to find Parsifal from the bottom of their hearts, and tore him to pieces.
However, this is destined to be a difficult thing. They lack intelligence, necessary technical support, and lack of good weather. In short, except for the number and size of the fleet, they lack all the elements to win.
This aimless search is destined to have no good results. As of now, the only thing intercepted by the St. Petersburg squadron is the unencrypted wide-area communication sent by the magician sergeant of the Parsifal fleet. The content is "Fog is trustworthy. Ally".
After the content of the communication was made public, the Parsifal Fleet won a reputation as the "Fog Fleet". In the literary works that described this history in later generations, "The Fleet of the Mystery that emerged from the thick fog" has also become the standard appearance model of the Parsifal Fleet. In those romance works, Major General Ye Sen always appeared as an unresponsive image, unable to focus on the problem.
"Poor man."
Admiral Makarov sighed, and Kolchak standing in front of him felt the same.
They are not bystanders watching the drama. While the mainstream of the public opinion storm has flown to the commander of the St. Petersburg squadron and the chief of the naval staff, they have not forgotten that they should directly face the Yamaliza resident fleet of the Parsifal fleet. In the accusation that "Yamliza's resident fleet let the enemy fleet cross the blockade and attack the rear", Makarov and Kolchak's life is not easy. And as long as the Parsifal fleet launches a raid on Lapland Bay, their days are destined to continue to deteriorate. One day, those things that happened to Major General Ye Sen and his family will also be their turn to experience... …
This is really bad.
"Alexander Vasilyevich, if you are in the position of Major General Yesen, how are you going to solve the current dilemma?"
"There is no way, sir. Unless we have access to the technical information of the empire, and we have spies in the staff of the Parsifal fleet, and we have the ability to build our own and already have that kind of fast armored cruiser, we have the opportunity to chase and Kill that fleet."
Kolchak's voice is still firm, and the sound of metal can make people feel the difficulty of the situation clearly.
The weather and the superior commanding art of the enemy are certainly the difficulties of this battle, but these problems are not completely impossible to overcome. The difference in machine performance-those gaps revealed by cold numbers are the biggest problem in this battle.
At present, the Principality seriously lacks the equipment and tactics to defeat the fast mobile forces led by the large cruiser "Von de Tann".
In fact, the Principality knew very early that Lapland had ordered a number of cruisers and destroyers from the empire. Even the empire sold ships that should be demolished to Lapland and provided personnel training services. But first, it was a contract signed before the start of the war. The Principality had no reason to stop this business. Secondly, the name of the "large cruiser" and some basic parameters provided by the empire seriously confused the Principality’s navy, so that they failed to discover the empire. Lapland is not provided with a few guard dogs for housekeeping, but a group of elite hungry wolves.
Taking the "Von de Tann" as an example, the Empire officially called it a large cruiser, and its firepower, armor protection, and mechanical power also conformed to the characteristics of the cruiser. However, these data failed to show the reality: compared with the 305㎜ main gun of the Principality Navy's new sharp battleship, the ship's 210㎜ main gun appeared to be insufficient, but it was stronger than the Principality's 152㎜ main gun of the cruiser. And the voyage is above all active battleships in the Principality. The only criticism is that compared with its tonnage, its armor thickness is seriously insufficient, with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons, and the main armor belt thickness is only 82 mm, which is quite likely to waste tonnage. In fact, this is precisely the savvy of the empire designers. They are very clear that they are designing an "attack ship" and "cruiser killer" with heavy firepower and high speed. Its main task is to hunt and kill enemy merchant ships and escorts. Cruiser, not a fleet battle. Therefore, self-sustainability and anti-sinking must be given priority consideration. By optimizing the watertight structure and compartment design, while obtaining the anti-strike capability of the early fearless ship, it also obtained a large number of cabins for loading materials and equipment, thereby obtaining a more durable naval combat capability.
The efforts of the designers of the imperial ships have made the "Von de Tann" a unique warship with a speed much higher than the main battleships of all countries, and its firepower is stronger than any speed that can catch up with any of it. Type cruiser and destroyer. It can be said that the core idea of ​​"faster than me is faster than me, faster than me is stronger than me" is fully reflected on this type of ship. Faced with such a difficult opponent, the principality obviously couldn't come up with any effective solution for a while.
"We need time, and only time can solve the problem."
Kolchak shook his head.
"The most ideal way is to persevere in St. Petersburg. Our army launched the offensive according to plan. The enemy fleet can only turn around and launch a strong attack on Yam Liza. It will be destroyed under the pinch of the fortress and the fleet. But this has not been achieved."
St. Petersburg's patience has been completely exhausted. All eyes are only on the fleet, nothing else can be seen, nor any reasonable opinions other than "Flag of the Mist Destruction".
"The second best strategy is to reorganize the fleets of St. Petersburg and Yamriza. By adjusting the structure of the fleet, it is ensured that the St. Petersburg squadron has sufficient strength to deal with the Parsifal fleet, while the Yamalzha resident fleet can also protect the transportation line. And support the Army’s operations. But it also takes time, and this strategy is still too negative for the anxious rear."
After a long sigh~EbookFREE.me~Golchak said the worst choice in a painful tone.
"If St. Petersburg ordered the deployment of the Yam Lizha resident fleet to enhance the strength of the St. Petersburg squadron, search and annihilate the Parsifal fleet. We will inevitably fall into the dilemma of not finding the enemy fleet and not having enough troops to stand still. This is bound to— —

Before he finished, the door of the office was knocked, and before they recovered, Makarov's aide suddenly entered the room. He hurriedly saluted, trotting all the way to the admiral, handing a piece of paper to his hand. Makarov was confused and dissatisfied with the panic-stricken behavior of his men, while turning his attention to the paper.
Three seconds later, he yelled:
"Do not!"
"Your Mightiness?"
The first time Korchak saw his father so gazed, he was a little dazed.
The Admiral didn't seem to hear his question. He kept staring at the paper in his hand, his body trembling violently, mumbling all kinds of swear words and curses in his mouth, and his eyes completely lost focus.
Kolchak was even more confused. He knew the problem was on the paper, and there was some very bad news on it, but what was written on it? The Admiral would neither let go nor answer his questions, Kolchak could only look at it Turn to the adjutant aside.
"What happened?"
"The latest report of the St. Petersburg Squadron."
The adjutant whispered:
"We lost two cruisers."
"Colonel, are you kidding me?"
Kolchak cried, two cruisers? This is the most absurd and worst news he heard today.
However, that is not the worst.
"The commander of the cruiser unit, Major General William Karnovich Wittgeft, was killed."
"God."
Apart from this exclamation, Kolchak could not say anything.