The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 603

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On January 8, 1928, in response to the false propaganda of the British Navy that they won the Battle of the North Sea, Hans announced to the world that they would hold a three-day naval open day event in Kiel Harbor. This event would open the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships, which were great heroes of the Battle of the North Sea, to the public for viewing!

Moreover, Hans not only opened his own warships to the public, but also publicly displayed the Royal Oak battleship captured by them in the Battle of the North Sea! As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a heated discussion in various countries.

“Is it true? Didn’t the British claim that they won the Battle of the North Sea and sank Hans’s Bismarck battleship?

Since the Bismarck had been sunk by the British, how could Hans display the Bismarck battleship?”

In Berlin, reporters from various countries stationed in Hans expressed confusion and puzzlement after hearing the news.

“Hey, isn’t this simple? Either the British lied, or the Hans lied!”

There is a big difference between the content announced by Hans and the British. According to the content of the two countries, one of them must have lied! After thinking about it for a while, everyone can immediately come to this conclusion.

“So, who is lying now and who should we believe?”

“I think we should believe the Hans. After all, the British Navy only boasted about their achievements but did not provide any evidence to prove their achievements. On the other hand, the Hans held a naval open day in Kiel Harbor this time and publicly displayed the Bismarck and Tirpitz. This is the best evidence that these two battleships were not sunk by the British Navy!”

“In addition to displaying these two battleships, they also have to display the British battleship Royal Oak, which is one of the main battleships of the British. If this battleship really fell into the hands of Hans, then the outcome of the Battle of the North Sea can be determined. The Hans must have won, otherwise it cannot explain why the Royal Oak was in the Hans’ port!”

“That makes sense. Now we just need to wait patiently for the Navy Open Day in Kiel Harbor. Then we will go to Kiel Harbor together to take a look. If it is true as Hans said that these three warships are all in Kiel Harbor, then it is enough to prove that the British Navy lied!”

Hearing this, reporters from various countries nodded one after another, and they all began to look forward to the exhibition three days later!

Three days later, when Hans’s naval fleet returned to Kiel Harbor, the two main battleships and a captured battleship were immediately displayed to everyone by the German army!

At this time, the number of reporters from all over the world who heard the news had exceeded three hundred, including dozens of newspapers of all sizes in Hans, as well as European countries, even Eagle Sauce, South American countries, Far East countries, and even Siamese in Indochina. A group of reporters have been sent over.

Obviously, all countries attach great importance to this matter. After all, this is the best evidence to prove the true outcome of the Battle of the North Sea!

And this naval battle is about the ownership of maritime hegemony in the North Atlantic and even the world!

If the British fleet is really defeated and loses five battleships If the British Empire loses two fleets and two aircraft carriers, the status of the British Empire as the overlord of the ocean will surely decline. The Royal Empire, whose naval strength has been greatly damaged, may no longer be able to maintain its maritime hegemony in the world!

At that time, the British Empire will inevitably shrink its forces and strategically abandon its naval presence around the world. In this way, the size of the Far East Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, etc. may be reduced, or even directly disbanded, and all of them will be withdrawn to the mainland to protect the safety of the British Empire!

And after this battle, Hans’ navy has grown from a young navy that was not optimistic about before to a powerful challenger for maritime hegemony!

Since they can defeat the British Empire in a head-on battle, there is reason to believe that they have the strength to take over the British Empire’s maritime hegemony, at least the maritime hegemony in Europe!

Since the end of World War I, almost all countries have There have been no large-scale naval battles at sea, so for all countries, how to fight modern naval battles and what targeted improvements need to be made to their weapons are matters of great concern! The

Royal Navy and Hans’ Navy are both powerful navies ranked in the top five in the world at this time. The naval battle between them is of great reference significance to countries around the world, especially those countries that aspire to build a strong navy. It can help them sum up experience, learn lessons, and then make targeted adjustments to their own naval development and the construction and modification of warships!

Therefore, not only reporters from various countries gathered outside the port of Kiel, but even military attachés from various countries stationed in Hans also came! Reporters may only care about whether the Bismarck and Tirpitz are still safe, and they also want to know whether the German army is really The Royal Oak battleship was captured.

The military attachés were more concerned about details. Compared with the reporters, these military attachés wanted to board the three warships and take a closer look to see where the warships were damaged during the battle, and to communicate with the officers and soldiers on the German warships to see how they won this naval battle. They also communicated with the prisoners on the British warships to see how they were defeated!

If they can get first-hand information from the naval soldiers of the two countries and then figure out the damage to the warships of the two countries, then for the navies of their respective countries, this will be a huge intangible asset!

With various purposes, these people all gathered on the outskirts of Kiel Port, and looked forward to the return of the German Navy with countless Hans people waiting here!

Compared with the reporters and military attachés with their own purposes, the purpose of the tens of thousands of Hans people who came after hearing the news is much purer!

The reason why they gathered here was not because they doubted anything or wanted to verify anything. They were simply proud and proud of their navy’s great victory!

How many years have passed!

Since the establishment of the Second Empire, the Hans have been pursuing the establishment of a strong navy. For this, they have paid the hard work of several generations and paid a high price of tens of billions of marks!

But the result is sad. The high seas fleet built at a huge cost in World War I did not show their value at all. They stayed in the port and did nothing. After the war, they were forcibly driven away by the Allies and became war reparations. Then they collectively sank in the enemy’s port, and ended tragically!

After World War I, in order to prevent the development of their navy, the Allies formulated extremely strict military restrictions on them. Their naval tonnage should not exceed 100,000 tons, and the tonnage of the main battleships should not exceed 10,000 tons!

Faced with such unprecedented and severe restrictions, many Hans people were desperate!

With such heavy shackles, can their navy still rise?

Will they be able to see a powerful navy flying the Iron Cross flag in their lifetime?

Reality is always unexpected. In less than ten years, all their worries were left behind. Hans’ navy has risen again and is even stronger than before!

And now, they have delivered a satisfactory answer to the entire empire with a perfect record of annihilating five enemy battleships and two aircraft carriers without any damage to their own side!

How can this not make the Germans excited and happy?