"The bay at the southern entrance of Your Majesty, Suez Canal is very narrow, only about five kilometers wide. We only need to leave three or four Capital Shipss to completely block the bay. Moreover, we can gather all the firepower Aim hard at the entrance of the canal. Once you find the Germany warship, fire immediately. Even the Germany's Capital Ships may not be able to withstand such concentrated fire," Admiral Anton House suggested.
"Do we need to leave so many Capital Shipss? We only have 16 Capital Shipss. If we leave four ships, it will be equivalent to leaving a quarter of our strength." Karl I was a little reluctant to give up. Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed, and they are now people who have left their homeland. Their navy also lost one battleship after losing one, and could no longer be replenished. This time there were so many Capital Ships left behind, which made Karl I reluctant to part with them.
"Your Majesty, there is no way. If we don't try to stop the pursuit of the Germany people, we may be overtaken by them. By then, it will be difficult for us to escape. The Germany people are probably not far away from us now. Our fleet, affected by the low speed of those old warships, is not very fast. It may be very easy for the Germany people to catch up." Admiral Anton House persuaded.
"What warships need to be left behind?" Karl I asked.
"The four 'Kaiser-class' and 'Battleship' ships we purchased from the Germany people last time are all here to stay!" Admiral Anton House said.
"What? Those four battleships are our real elites!" The reluctance in Karl I's eyes became even stronger.
Although, Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy built four of its own, 'Austro-Hungarian Monarch-class' and Battleship. But both Karl I and Admiral Anton House know it. In fact, the four 'Kaiser-class' Battleship purchased from Germany people are the most powerful Capital Ships among Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy. Although I don't want to admit it, even those three 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser are more powerful in combat than their 'Austro-Hungarian Monarch-class' Battleship. Therefore, abandoning the four most powerful Capital Ships is even more unacceptable to Karl I.
"Your Majesty, Germany's Capital Ships, almost all of them are cutting-edge Capital Ships, with very strong defense. If Capital Ships is left with too weak firepower,, I'm afraid it won't be able to penetrate the Capital Ships armor of Germany people. In that case, it would be meaningless." Admiral Anton House explained.
"Can the 'Kaiser-class' Battleship we bought from Germany people, can penetrate the armor of Germany people's 'New Kaiser-class' Battleship?" Karl I asked.
Admiral Anton House thought for a while, then shook his head. "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work. The Germany people's 'New Kaiser-class' Battleship's main gun caliber has reached 410 mm. And the important armor thickness is also more than 400 mm. I The 50 times caliber 343mm equipped with the 'Kaiser-class' Battleship we purchased from the Germany people may not be able to penetrate the armor of the Germany people's 'New Kaiser-class' Battleship."
"So, this means that if the Germany people let the "New Kaiser-class" Battleship with strong defense take the lead when passing through the canal, then even if they leave four "Kaiser-class'Battleship will be of no use. They will be crushed by Germany's powerful Capital Ships," said Karl I.
Admiral Anton House suddenly didn't know what to say. The actual situation is just as Karl I said.
"Your Majesty, in that case, it can at least buy us some time. We can get rid of the pursuit of Germany people and enter Indian Ocean." Admiral Anton House said.
Karl I shook his head. "Our current strength is limited. Every naval officer and every warship is precious to us. After losing our motherland, we can no longer get replenishment. Therefore, we cannot abandon our warships and officers and men casually. Speed up the fleet as much as possible. As long as we can enter Indian Ocean before the Germany people catch up, we will be able to escape safely."
General Anton House saw that Karl I was very determined, so he could only sigh and stop insisting.
However, in order to avoid being followed by the German Navy destroyers, Admiral Anton House still left two Light Cruiser and two destroyers to intercept the German Navy destroyers.
However, just one day later, the two Light Cruiser and two destroyers of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy were eliminated. German Navy Combined Fleet's forward, a formation composed of four Light Cruiser and four destroyers, has passed through Suez Canal. The main force of Combined Fleet has also arrived at the northern part of the canal and begun to cross the canal.
After Admiral Anton House learned the news, he immediately reported it to Karl I.
"Your Majesty, Germany people may have caught up. Our Light Cruiser and destroyers left in Su Ise Bay were attacked by Germany people and have been sunk!" Admiral Anton House reported.
Karl I suddenly fell silent, and now their fleet is still among the Red Sea.
Red Sea is very long and narrow, with a length of 2,100 kilometers. At the speed of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy, it will take at least three and a half days to cross.
"Do we still need poisonous wine to pass through the Red Sea?" Karl I asked.
"At least a little more than two days!" Admiral Anton House replied.
"Then when will the Germany people catch up?"
"I guess they were able to catch up shortly after we left Red Sea. In other words, just as our fleet entered Indian Ocean from Gulf of Aden, the Germany people arrived. However, the Germany people's light warships will arrive first and follow us." Admiral Anton House looked worried. He knew that Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy might not be able to escape this time. Once German Navy catches up, a war will inevitably break out. And Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's strength is originally much weaker than German Navy. Therefore, the final result is very likely that they will be defeated by German Navy, or even the entire army will be annihilated.
Karl I's face was also very ugly. After the country was destroyed, he had only one goal, which was to lead Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy to United States, and then in Americans With the support of, he will continue to resist Germany, striving to one day be able to fight back Europe, defeat Germany, and restore his country. But now it seems that they can't escape. His goal will no longer be possible.