After Germany was designated as Prohibited Navigation Zone, due to various reasons, many ships from other countries forced their way into Prohibited Navigation Zone. Among them, the largest number is undoubtedly the United States ship. A large number of United States merchant ships and oil tankers, regardless of Germany's ban, want to transport the urgently needed materials for Britain people in order to make huge profits.
Britain people have put in a lot of effort for these supplies, and more importantly, to provoke disputes between United States and Germany. The price they offered for Americans is very high. The price of a shipload of copper ingots or other non-ferrous metals has become three times what it was before the war broke out.
It can be seen how crazy those United States businessmen will be under the influence of such huge profits. For these profits, they are not even afraid of beheading.
Of course, the consequence of Americans's doing this is that Commerce Raiding Fleet has gained a lot. On the first day of the operation, more than fifty United States merchant ships were seized. The next day, the number increased to more than 80 ships. Three days later, the number of United States merchant ships forcibly detained by German Navy had reached two hundred.
Even though United States is a shipping power, the loss of so many merchant ships at once is enough to cause them heartache. Not to mention, in the face of German Navy's pursuit, there are still many Americans who resist. In the process of escaping, several merchant ships were directly sunk, resulting in the death of hundreds of Americans.
Such drastic measures taken by German Navy undoubtedly shocked countries all over the world. Many people have realized that Germany people are not just talking. Although the huge profits make them excited, no matter how much money they make, they still have to live to spend it! Otherwise, no matter how much money you make, it will be useless.
This caused many merchant ships that originally planned to forcefully break into Prohibited Navigation Zone to give up such ideas. For the sake of your own life, it's better to make less money!
"Your Highness, the phenomenon of merchant ships from various countries forcing their way into Prohibited Navigation Zone has basically been controlled by us. Under our strong pressure, those guys have become honest. However, I would like to let those guys If you keep going for a few more days, we can get more merchant ships. Maybe we can even get enough merchant ships for the army to land British Isles." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said with a smile on his face.
"Oh? So many? How many ships have we seized these days?" Oscar asked.
It would be great if Britain could be completely trapped to death because of this. After being cut off from overseas trade, how long can the Britain people last? Maybe when German Army lands on British Isles, Britain will be destroyed easily. As for the impounded United States merchant ships and the materials transported on them, it was a complete surprise.
"Your Highness, in just three days, we seized more than two hundred United States merchant ships. Including merchant ships from other countries, the number is more than two hundred and fifty. The value of those merchant ships alone is an astronomical figure. Not to mention, those merchant ships also transported a lot of supplies we need." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz smiled very happily. According to convention, those merchant ships and the goods on the merchant ships belong to the navy after they are sold. The Navy has free reign over the money. Not only can it be used to improve the treatment of officers and soldiers, but it can also be used to build more warships, taking the strength of German Navy to a new level.
"Well, the harvest is indeed good. However, so many merchant ships have been lost. Americans will definitely not give up. Foreign Minister must be busy over there." Oscar said with a smile.
"Your Highness, no matter what, these merchant ships are already in our hands. We will never return them to Americans, right?" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz asked. He was a little worried that the cooked duck would fly away.
"Don't worry, Marshal. Since those merchant ships have been detained by us, it is absolutely impossible to return them to the Americans. Anyway, they violated our ban first. Even if they protest, it is just a war of words with them. Anyway, we will not give in this time." Qin Tian said. The Americans ignored Germany's ban and repeatedly challenged Germany. Then, they will naturally have to pay the price for this. These impounded merchant ships can be regarded as the price paid by the Americans for this.
"What if Americans refuses?" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said.
"Your Excellency, I think you are eager for Americans to join Allied Powers's side because of this, right? In that case, it will be the navy's turn to show off its skills. At that time, Imperial Navy can naturally teach Americans how to behave!" Oscar said.
"Haha!" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz couldn't help laughing as Oscar guessed his thoughts.
In fact, US government was really angry about German Navy's forcible seizure of the United States merchant ship. Even with the transport capacity of United States, losing so many merchant ships at once gave them a huge headache. Those merchant ship owners are all rich people! They united to put pressure on the government, which immediately put US government under tremendous pressure.
In addition, German Navy not only seized the United States merchant ship, but also opened fire and killed many Americans, which was even more unacceptable to US government. After all, this can be regarded as Germany's disregard and slap in the face to United States.
US Ambassador to Germany went to the German Foreign Ministry immediately and made an urgent appointment with German Foreign Minister von Kidron Wachth to express United States's protest to him.
"Your Excellency Foreign Minister, your country's navy brazenly attacked the United States merchant ship, causing a large number of innocent United States civilian casualties. This behavior is completely an act of war. Your country unreasonably detained the United States merchant ship, and even more It caused a lot of losses to United States. US government asked German government to stop this behavior immediately, and at the same time, apologize to US government and compensate for the losses!" American Ambassador looked indignant.
However, Feng Kidron Wachth looked indifferent, as if he did not take Americans's protest seriously.
"Your Excellency Ambassador, your country's merchant ships ignored German Empire's prohibition, forced their way into our designated Prohibited Navigation Zone, and transported prohibited war materials to Britain. That's why Imperial Navy detained those merchant ships. As for the merchant ships that were sunk, I'm sorry. They tried to escape., Imperial Navy had no choice but to open fire. Therefore, all this was because your merchant ship was at fault, and Imperial Navy had to do that." Feng Kidron Wachth completely blamed it, and put all the blame on Americans.