C852 Prelude to the Franco-Prussian War (1/2)

Xiang Ying was not joking. In his and the other foreign students' hearts, this warship that cost 1.9 million silver was their life, and was even more important than their own life. Before they set off, they had already mentally prepared themselves.

If they couldn't even break out of the encirclement, then they would speed up their journey towards the depths of the sea. Even if they were struck, they would sink deep into the sea so that the enemy wouldn't be able to salvage them.

Chinese items, even if they were blown up in the Atlantic Trenches, must not be left to the enemy!

Forget about the small Denmark, even if he were to stand in front of them, these brave children would still be able to run headfirst into him.

However, Xiang Ying was not a reckless person. Even though he said those words in a fierce manner, they had done many deductions previously, and the situation was not as serious as they had imagined.

The dense fog had already increased the stealth of the warships. The Denmark was not a European military power, and their naval power was also very weak, so the probability of encountering warships in this kind of weather was not high.

However, the weather did not affect the fishermen too much. The poor fishermen would not stop sailing just because of a big fog. These fishermen were actually the easiest to leak out.

On one hand, the fishermen might not be able to understand the purpose of this strange boat, and on the other hand, by the time the news was sent to the city, the Zhiyuan Warship would probably be long gone.

Even if the deduction of the Sand Monster reached its worst state, allowing the Denmark Navy to stop a Zhiyuan Warship that wasn't flying a flag, they could still launch a surprise attack and use it for practice in actual combat. There was even a skull flag hidden in the captain's quarters. At that time, another pirate ship would appear in Europe.

As long as they could reach the vast North Atlantic, with their current navigational skills, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. As long as they did not let others capture them alive, even if they managed to kill a few Denmark's warships, they would not be able to admit their loss in the end.

The worst situation that they expected did not happen. The fog provided the Zhiyuan Warship with good protection, and as for the fishermen, when they saw this never seen iron armored monster and the strange statue of the ship's leader, they were so scared that they immediately ran away. They thought that there was some kind of sea monster here.

At this point, everyone was relieved. The fleet had successfully made a detour out of the Skagrak Strait, and had only met six merchant ships along the way. Four of them were also ships of the hamburger.

All of the Zhiyuan Warship's weapon systems were wrapped up, disguised as a normal steamboat. None of the merchant ships cared, and in the end, the Zhiyuan Warship smoothly headed north along the Norwegian coast towards the Faroe Islands.

Bismark and Prince Karl of Berlin finally received the telegram from the intelligence personnel in Norway. Seeing that the position of the fleet had already passed the Shetland Islands, the northernmost island group in Britain, they both let out a long breath.

”That's great, they will be safe if they can successfully break through the barrier of the North Sea. No matter how powerful Royal Navy is, they won't be able to cover the entire Atlantic Ocean …” Karl rubbed his hands together in excitement.

At this time, the assistant read through the pieces of information one by one, then pushed the model of the warship on the map forward. When Bismark saw that three more warships were heading towards Cape Verde from the north, he finally smiled.

”Six heroic battleships, holding back the English and French's 40% of the navy's combat power and 60% of the intelligence network. These are the fleet of heroes, I will reward them!”

”Now, it's time for us to pack up our nets …”

In the morning of the second day, King of Prussia issued a rare tough public announcement. He made it clear that the French and British interdiction of the Prussian fleet was intolerable, so within 24 hours, they must release the Prussian fleet or else they would have to bear the consequences.