There have been precedents for women entering the army since ancient times, but the emergence of the female soldier system in the modern sense still had to wait until the First World War.
During the Franco-Prussian War, women were completely isolated from the war. Even civilian women in the army could not hold the title of female soldiers and could only work as hired workers.
The Chinese have strictly defined the system for female soldiers since the founding of the army. Cai Bixia is one of the representatives, who can wear military uniforms and hold the important position of communications officer on a battleship.
The existence of Cai Bixia is undoubtedly a bright spot on the Zhiyuan. Everyone in the entire Prussian Navy knows that there is a beautiful communications officer on the Zhiyuan. She is even more famous than Xiang Ying.
Today, when they saw that the naval goddess was tied up, these Prussian naval soldiers suddenly showed their gentlemanly demeanor. They jumped onto the boat and untied the rope in three strokes, five by five, and divided by two. At the same time, they also tried to control the two military policemen.
"What are you doing? Is there a mutiny on the Zhiyuan? Arrest them first..."
The military policeman smiled bitterly and said, "You don't need to arrest me. We have to return to the Zhiyuan... The captain asked us to inform our friendly forces that the Zhiyuan just passed unanimously..."
"The Zhiyuan is about to head north and enter the deep sea! We must take the initiative to find the main force of the French fleet!"
"Zhiyuan, starting from now on, will enter a state of war!"
"Please friendly forces return to Hamburg immediately. I'm afraid today's farewell will be forever!"
There was a bang, and the Prussian sailors on the deck were in an uproar. The captain was so shocked that he almost threw the telescope in his hand into the sea.
"Oh God! Are you trying to commit suicide? Madmen, you are all madmen...Send a signal immediately, asking the Zhiyuan to follow us back to the Hamburg naval port..."
It was already too late, and even if there was time, the Zhiyuan would not listen to them. After all, the two sides had no affiliation, and neither could command the other.
The two military policemen paddled hard in the wind and waves to get closer to the Zhiyuan. At this moment, the Zhiyuan was full of people, various commands were faintly heard, and the chimney began to spit out a large amount of black smoke... even the main gun jacket It was opened!
The Hamburg sent light signals three times in a row, but Xiang Ying didn't answer any of them. Cai Bixia, who was crying, squeezed the railing with both hands and shook his head and said, "It's useless. The four hundred warriors are already prepared to die. This The first attack was just broken jade!"
"No..." Just as she was speaking, Cai Bixia suddenly let out a heart-rending roar, and a flag that made him panic rose in her sight.
"The navy's residual blood flag! It's the residual blood flag... Wuwuwu!" Her legs went weak and she fainted on the deck from crying.
"Quick, quick, quick... send the commander down to rest and let the military doctor take a look..." The Prussian captain didn't know what the blood-stained flag meant, but looking at the blood-stained military flag, he could guess it.
At this moment, the Prussian, which was advancing alongside the Hamburg, also sent a consultation signal. When they learned the shocking news, the Prussian was also in chaos.
what to do? The two Prussian warships were suddenly in a dilemma. They followed the Zhiyuan to sea. Their nominal order was to patrol the coast, but there was also a secret order to protect the Chinese allies.
Now that the Reach has gone crazy, what do they do?
Xiang Ying didn't put them in trouble, let alone give them a choice. When the two military police returned to the battleship, the Zhiyuan's boiler was almost full of pressure. The entire battleship was like a cheetah ready to go, waiting for steam. When the valve opens, the strong air pressure will push the crankshaft to rotate, and the Zhiyuan will immediately increase to combat cruising speed.
The two old Prussian battleships simply cannot keep up with the speed of the Zhiyuan!
In the cockpit, Xiang Ying was wearing a straight military uniform without even a wrinkle. His feet were nailed to the deck like roots. "Send a signal to friendly forces and ask them to return immediately... The Zhiyuan will act alone from now on!"
"Good luck to you! Dear allies!"
The Zhiyuan finally spoke. As the lights went on and off, the battleship's whistle suddenly sounded. The sharp whistle pierced the sky of the North Sea, and the heavy propellers violently stirred in the sea water.
The battleship shuddered, its bow pierced the waves, and headed directly to the northwest of Heligoland!
Once you pass Heligoland, you are out of the Prussian offshore area, and you have officially entered the high seas of the North Sea. The hunting ground of death is there!
The two Prussian warships simply could not catch up with the speed of the Zhiyuan. They could only watch the Chinese disappear into the night like crazy, with only a few lights marking the direction of the warships.
"God bless them...immediately notify Heligoland and ask the defenders there to send a telegram to the mainland and tell the military headquarters what happened here!"
"Crazy...these Chinese people are completely crazy!"
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Just when the Zhiyuan disappeared into the dark night of the North Sea and turned into a lone wolf, the main force of the French fleet was sailing swaggeringly off the coast of the Netherlands.
This is a task force with six ironclad ships as the main force. The total number of battleships has exceeded thirty. It is definitely the main force that France can mobilize at present.
Of course, the French navy had more than just a few warships, but because the French emperor relied on the navy to control a large number of overseas colonies, many warships were stationed overseas.
Moreover, the Zhiyuan is a new concept battleship recognized in Europe. Its design ideas are very bold and advanced, and in several naval battles in the Atlantic, its strength crushed the old sailing battleships.
Under the crushing force of this terrifying power, France simply did not dare to let those wooden-hulled warships participate in this mission!
After piecing together things here and there, they finally managed to create this task force of thirty armored ships. It seemed that they were going to use the tactic of killing the elephant with too many ants.
The flagship Glorious, together with the sister ships Vauban and Cecil, formed a sharp triangular battle formation on the sea. This was the most advanced iron-clad battleship in France at the time, with a tonnage of more than 5,000 tons.
Judging from the tonnage alone, the 2,500-ton Zhiyuan is completely small.
Not only are these three main iron-clad ships, but behind this sharp triangle formation, there are also three lower-level iron-clad battleships, the Banshee, the Cosmos and the Pyrenees.
However, the so-called slightly lower level, their tonnage exceeded 3,000 tons, and they were considered first-line battleships in the world's naval structure at that time.
In the captain's room of the Glory, Captain Hoff was looking at the chart attentively. Prussia's territorial waters were in front of him. He had not yet made a decision as to how far he was going to fight this battle.
At this time, the brass intercom on the table rang: "Report to the captain, we have seen the lighthouse of Borkum Island, we are about to enter Prussian territorial waters!"
