Another World: Naval Storm

Chapter 81: The Battle of Breaking the Border is in Action

After more than an hour of chasing, Leo could already see the Barnbarra through the telescope.

Of course, Cabel also saw the huge columns of smoke rising from the three battlecruisers of Leo's fleet.

"Why is the Drake battlecruiser here?" Cabel swallowed hard.

"This seems to be the Drake's Far East Fleet. After our interception operation failed... their whereabouts are no longer within the Royal Navy's sight." Cabel's adjutant also had a deadly look on his face.

"Tell the crew to proceed according to the planned plan... I hope we can fool the Drakes!"

"Then...what about the Drake prisoners on the ship?"

"Put them in the cabin... If the Drakes really open fire, let them sink to the bottom of the sea with the ship!" The crew of the Barnbarra began to act. This time no one was willing to stay on the ship to attack the Drakes. The three battlecruisers were not something the Barnbarra could contend with.

"Dawson, the Talens are so ugly pretending! Come closer!"

The battlecruiser's huge hull pushed aside the waves and got closer and closer to the Barnbarra. Seven or eight lifeboats watched Leo's fleet approaching.

"Why aren't the Drakes firing yet?"

"do not know?"

"Are they going to massacre us?" The Talen sailors on the lifeboat were terrified.

Finally, Leo's Von der Tann stopped in front of Cabel's lifeboat, and two other battlecruisers were patrolling nearby on alert.

No Talen dared to move, even though there were some self-defense rifles on the lifeboat. These Talen sailors were well aware of the power of the secondary guns on the Drake battlecruiser. Just one shell from the 88mm rapid-fire gun was enough to blow them up.

The Talen officers and soldiers on the lifeboat raised their hands high, fearing that the Drakes would misunderstand and send them into the sea to sleep forever.

"Rescue them, I hope they will be more obedient!" Leo ordered.

The officers and soldiers of the lifeboat, escorted by the armed sailors of the Von der Tann, squatted dejectedly on the front deck.

"Tell me, where are our people?"

"Sir, I don't understand what you mean. We are just a merchant ship!" Cabel still believed that their disguise had not been discovered and wanted to get away with it.

"There are weapons on the merchant ship? You are not honest!" Leo said with a smile.

"Sir, those are for self-defense!"

Leo took the weapon from Dawson and said, "Lee Enfield rifle, Talen standard rifle, if you have a few, it's fine, but there are more than a dozen here..."

Cabel's sweat was getting worse and worse, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Also... you're hiding well, but there must be a cannon hidden under the canvas on your ship, right? Do you want me to send someone up there?"

Cabel didn't dare to speak, and the other officers and soldiers were in despair. They were sure to die this time!

"Bang! Where are our people? If you don't tell me, you will die!"

"Still alive! Still alive!"

"It's in the cabin!" The Talen sailors rushed to answer, fearing that they would be shot if they were too late.

"Very good, you can survive!" Leo immediately ordered his men to take the more than one hundred people to the bottom of the cabin for custody, and on the other hand, he quickly brought the more than ten captured Draco back to the ship.

Leo met with the captured personnel, comforted them and asked them to have a good rest on the ship. All the usable supplies of the Barnbarr were also emptied.

"General, isn't it inappropriate to have more than a hundred Talens on board? If a riot breaks out during the battle, it will be a safety hazard!"

"It's okay. Equip the soldiers with submachine guns. Anyone who dares to make trouble will be shot immediately! Except for eating or going to the toilet, the hatch is not allowed to be opened for them!" Before he finished speaking, the two torpedoes fired by the Von der Tann hit the Barnborough. There was an explosion, and the hull of the Barnborough broke in the middle. The two sections lifted up and slowly sank into the sea.

Leo's fleet continued to attack all merchant ships bound for Tarun, and the Tarun people's transportation lines were subjected to unimaginable tests.

The Borota Ocean was also very lively at this time. When the Leo fleet left the Far East, it deliberately left two cruisers as attack ships to destroy the Taren people's transportation lines.

2艘巡洋舰编队的袭击行动非常成功，1915年10月,他们突然出现在科罗曼德尔海岸附近,迅速夺取了8艘船。它留下2艘船的煤,释放了第3艘船上的被俘船员，使他们安全抵达港口,这些绅士行为让被释放的人大力赞扬编队指挥官冯·德德尔的高尚品德。

Dedel's behavior undoubtedly stirred up a hornet's nest. You must know that Bharata is the jewel in the crown of the Tarun people. Affecting the transportation of materials collected by Bharata is undoubtedly something that the Tarun Kingdom cannot tolerate.

The naval forces of Tarun, Fran, Wa, Rakshasa and other countries pursued the attacking formation. Dedel stayed along the coast of Annan, but found nothing and then sailed back to Bharata.

Taking advantage of the lack of defense, the attacking formation bombarded the oil tanks of Madras, bypassed Cape Dondra, and then spent a month in Bharata, the end of the Aden route. Between October 10 and October 13, the attacking formation captured 10 transport ships, also emptied them of useful supplies, and then disappeared again, which gave the enemy who was chasing them a headache! Who made Dedel remember Leo's instructions and only allow the attack when there is no risk of error, using speed and hiding to avoid the enemy's pursuit.

With the arrival of another dawn, Dedel captured the Pearl, a small cruiser of the Russian Empire anchored in Penang. The Russian warship and a Frank destroyer were both destroyed.

"It's boring to always attack merchant ships, but this time I really had a blast!" Dedel was in a good mood.

"Lieutenant Colonel Dedel, General Leo's order is to attack as many transport ships as possible, rather than taking risky attacks!" Lieutenant Colonel von Silado, who Leo specially left behind to supervise Dedel's operations, reminded.

"Silado, don't spoil the fun. There is no battle without danger. This time it's just a matter of catching rabbits by sniping at straws! Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to fight the enemy head-on!"

"That's good. What should we do next? Without replenishment of ammunition, it will eventually run out!" This is the biggest problem for the attacking fleet. When fighting far away from home, supply is extremely difficult.

"Let's take it one step at a time!" The joy was worn away by reality, and Dedel had no good solution.

Deeder's raiding fleet had severely disrupted trade and transportation, and important troop transport fleets were closely escorted. On November 1915, 11, the raiding fleet dispatched some armed sailors to land on the remote Cocos Island, preparing to destroy important communication facilities there. The island's telegraph station immediately issued an alarm of the enemy's attack. The nearby escort transport fleet dispatched Flinders light cruisers Sydney and Canberra to surprise attack Deeder's fleet.