Bismarck

With a stroke of his pen, Kumets approved the leave application very quickly and decisively. The degree of decisiveness was so great that Top was a little stunned.

"Okay, go down. I'm still busy. I wish you a happy holiday."

Kumets waved his hand and sent the guest away. Top felt that something was wrong, but before he could react, Kumets urged him a few times and sent him out the door in confusion.

Hey, even if Top doesn't stop him, what can he do?

They can't control the military police, so in terms of relationships within the navy, can Top compare with him?

Not to mention that Top is already on Commander-in-Chief Raeder's blacklist. Even if he goes to appeal to the Führer, the Commander-in-Chief has already sent Theodor Krank to the Führer's headquarters to do public relations work. Top can only wait and see.

Seeing Top go out the door, Kumets immediately smiled.

(PS: The trial of the 720 members who assassinated Hitler in history was conducted by such a court, and because it was an open trial, in fact, the German people, including Stauffenberg’s son, had long regarded the 720 members as traitors. It was only under the day-to-day "brainwashing" of the media controlled by Western dignitaries that these traitors were gradually painted as "patriots" - after all, when the war seemed to still have hope, they assassinated the head of state "for peace" and then prepared to surrender the whole country. Whether it was for peace or for the greater interests of the Junker officers to continue to manipulate the direction of the country, under the brainwashing propaganda of the West, who knows.)

Chapter 526: Continue to break the relationship

"So, you guys just came here to report it?"

After understanding what happened, Lütjens looked at the two of them helplessly. He was unlucky. The officers around him and his superiors were all in the same boat. There was no other way. There was indeed only one way, which was to come to Berlin. But the problem was that Reder was also in the same boat. Lütjens felt that it would be of no use.

Maybe the only way to report this is to the little mustache guy. As the head of state, it is impossible for him to see the army fighting among themselves when the country is in a state of war.

Bismarck knew that such behavior was called petitioning.

I never expected that one day Top would become a petitioner.

Poor Top, she looked at him with pity. Of course, he seemed to be the only one who was troubled. Except for being a little angry when he first came, Eugen was extremely happy after seeing the two of them, and completely forgot about the petition.

"Yeah, and to be honest, I don't want to stay there anymore!" Top shrugged and spread his hands.

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In Lütjens' office, five people were chatting together - to be precise, Lütjens and Top were talking together, and on the other side of the sofa, two ship girls were chatting together, and Zeppelin was listening on the side...

"That deputy captain is such a bastard! This is how you deal with people like him!" Bismarck clenched his fists fiercely after hearing this. "If I were here, I would punch him into the sea to feed the fish, and his body would never be found."

"Is that right, Zeppelin?" Bismarck turned and asked Zeppelin.

"That's right." Zeppelin nodded with a smile. "Eugen, we should let him fall again."

If this captain was in Zeppelin's hands, his fate would be even worse. Perhaps he would disappear one day while at sea.

After talking about the annoying fly, Bismarck began to gossip about the scene in the court that Eugen had just mentioned.

"But Eugen, you can do it. It is said that Top gave you a hug in public? Tsk tsk, such a fair and aboveboard thing."

"What! Sister Bismarck is talking nonsense!" Eugen threw herself into Bismarck's arms and hit Bismarck's chest with her pink fist.

However, with such a large armor, what's the use of Eugen's small fist? What's more, the armor has its own rebound effect, and a punch will also have a wave of anti-armor. The touch of his hand made Eugen's little face even redder.

If Tirpitz were there, he would definitely be angry and pull little Eugen away.

"Oh, Eugen is shy. How about we see what Top has to say? Hehehehe..." Ignoring Eugen's weak protest, Bismarck looked towards the other side of the desk with a smirk on his face.

Toph was confused by the look...

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Meanwhile, on the other side of Germany.

Wolf's Lair, East Prussia.

"…The current situation at sea is not very optimistic! Their escort fleet is now continuously supplying Britain and the Soviet Union! If we cannot effectively cut off their supply lines, our strategic development will be delayed along with their blood transfusions - you know, gentlemen, what the Third Reich lacks most is time!"

In the conference room, the man with a mustache was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, shouting loudly in his unique voice. Whenever he got excited, he couldn't help but turn the meeting into a speech.

The high-ranking officials of the Third Reich below all looked at each other with silence.

Needless to say, this is definitely the time before the storm comes, and whoever speaks will be in trouble.

It would be better to let the head of state directly name who is unlucky.

Although everyone knows how terrifying the sea transportation supply capacity is, if the sea supply lines are not cut off, the steady flow of materials will make the empire face an invincible enemy - however, this is the navy's fault.

"What's wrong? All of you are silent?!" Seeing this group of officers pretending to be deaf and dumb, the man with a mustache was very angry. He shook his hands and shouted.

"Raeder! You are in charge of the navy. Shouldn't you come up with a solution at a time like this?"

"Where are your warships! Where are your submarines! Get on board, cut off their supplies! Damn Americans!"

"Is your navy just for fun? Didn't you just launch two Hindenburg ships not long ago? Hurry up!"

The man with a mustache shouted "something" and slapped the dark blue part of the map hard, making a thumping sound.

Hearing the man with the mustache mentioning the name, the other people immediately looked at Redel with eyes that showed they were waiting for a good show.

To be honest, the navy is a beast with a huge appetite. The warships alone take up a considerable part of the war budget. The cost of building those battleships alone is enough to build so many planes and tanks, not to mention the subsequent maintenance costs. The consumption of heavy oil is even more astronomical. Of course, the army and the air force will be dissatisfied with them, especially the army. The navy cannot help them fight, so they are even more angry. It is normal for the two groups to be like this in the headquarters.

Whenever there was a confrontation, Goering would also intervene and help the army deal with Raeder, and he was happy to see it.

Naturally, Redel saw the expressions of these people, and he couldn't help feeling angry. Are these bastards just waiting to laugh at him?

The army has been like this since ancient times.

But Redel was a top student after all, so he was smart. His anger was not visible on his face. He had already considered this situation. He could not say anything, but he had to do it.

Führer, we already have a plan for this matter!" Raeder stood up slowly, "The German War Navy has been in action, and it is definitely not what some people say."

"What plan?"

Hitler didn't care about anything else. He just wanted a way, as long as he could prove that the transportation lines were cut off.

"We plan to restart the commerce raider plan. In the Atlantic Ocean, we will let the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen conduct commerce raiding." Raeder said calmly.

In his briefcase, there were several reports on Top and Eugen being "politically unreliable", which were the result of his thinking all night.

He is now also afraid of Lütjens. He probably cannot attract this ship girl to his camp. But if he lets her and Top stay in his own area of ​​​​influence, what if he wins over the people around him? A chess piece that cannot be transformed is a nail. Prince Eugen is like a nail of Lütjens, nailed to his territory, which makes him very uncomfortable.

It would be better to send him out earlier.

Chapter 527: The method of convergence

"So this time, our mission is to go out into the Atlantic Ocean and break up the fighting?"

Two days after the meeting in the Wolf's Lair, in Raeder's office, Top frowned as he looked at the man in front of him who had single-handedly completed the reconstruction of the navy but was also a powerful figure in the navy.

But the respect in his eyes is no longer there...

A single ship sailing out to disrupt trade? The North Atlantic? Is this any different from committing suicide?

However, Raeder, who was on the other side, had been a man who had been covering the sky with one hand for many years. Although it was clear that he was killing someone with a borrowed knife, he did not feel embarrassed at all, as if it was natural. Especially when he had confirmed after returning that Top and Eugen's ship girl had been in and out of Lütjens' office repeatedly. To be honest, Top went to Lütjens' office as soon as he arrived in Berlin. This matter had become the last straw, allowing Raeder to determine how to deal with him.

When dealing with political enemies, Raeder never showed mercy. And at this time, Raeder was even a little thankful that Hindenburg and Ludendorff did not have ship girls. Weapons really should not have their own feelings. Such ship girls are just some unscientific existence that wants to mess up the navy.

I'm afraid that in his heart, Raeder has already equated shipgirls with uncontrollable factors...

"You all want to run away. A bunch of traitorous little shipmen. Don't forget, you were all built by me." Raeder was upset when he thought that a bunch of ship girls actually liked to follow Lütjens. What good things did Lütjens do? Even these warships were all built by him from the budget. Lütjens was just taking advantage of what was ready. Half of the combat power of the war navy he built with his own hands actually followed others. How could he not be angry?

Is it because he is good-looking? Redel thought that maybe this group of mechanical women was for this reason, but the problem is that he is also very handsome, and many upper-class women have shown their affection to him openly or secretly. So the rest can only be said to be Shichen's fault.

He was angry inside, but for Redel, who had been a uniformed politician all his life, acting had already become his instinct. So many thoughts flashed through his mind, but on the surface he just smiled faintly.

"Ah, that's right. As you can see, this is the mission this time."

Raeder pulled out a document from his briefcase and held out his hand: "This is the minutes of this meeting. You can take a look at the Führer's order. This is the current situation in our country. You are the most suitable person for this mission. By the way, this time I will allocate two additional auxiliary cruisers with 203mm shells to serve as supply ships for you."

Redel spoke in a businesslike tone, his eyes and expression were so calm and confident, and he looked so upright... which made Top on the opposite side look like he was saying MMP.

Everyone knows that the so-called auxiliary cruiser is an armed merchant ship. If this kind of ship goes out to sea... considering the current density of British and American troops and their alert strength between Iceland and the UK, the actual combat plan for this battle is probably to sacrifice itself to cover the two ships.

Although the auxiliary cruisers were only armed merchant ships, they were still merchant ships at least. They could still hide as neutral merchant ships on the high seas. But a heavy cruiser of yours could not hide at all. I was afraid that your purpose was to attract attention and cause chaos when you broke through the Iceland-British mainland waterway, so that the two auxiliary cruisers could break out.

It turned out to be a cunning and wishful thinking.

Top was extremely disappointed in him.

However, Redl didn't need him to be disappointed or not, he just needed to follow his own plan.

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So Top, who seemed polite on the surface, turned around and walked into Lütjens' office angrily. He couldn't bear it any longer.

He finally realized that now, from top to bottom, except for Lütjens, the entire Imperial Navy was targeting him, and they all wished that he would die outside. For the safety of himself and Eugen, he had to stand on the side no matter how much he didn't want to. And he could only stand on Lütjens' side. Now that Raeder was the only one in power, only Lütjens, who had a fleet, had the strength to compete with him. In fact, there was already a joke in the war navy that the German navy was a two-man navy, meaning it was controlled by two people.

"A heavy cruiser breaks the ties? Is Raeder out of his mind?"

After hearing Top's report, Lütjens angrily slapped the table, and a cup on it flew up. Bismarck and Zeppelin also showed dissatisfaction, because they all knew that this situation was too dangerous.

Bismarck felt this deeply, because she was almost killed in the Rhine Exercise Operation, and she really hated this so-called breach of diplomatic relations.

"Captain, let's go find Raeder. This is clearly bullying Eugen, isn't it?"

The Persian cat's temper flared up and even she was afraid of it. She wanted to tear down the building of the Navy Headquarters.

"That's right, Commander. Raeder has gone too far. We can't just let it go like this." Zeppelin also expressed his opinion on this matter. He had no good feelings towards Raeder.

Seeing that both of her sisters were about to get angry, Eugen shrank back weakly. Due to her lack of experience in war, she didn't know what the consequences would be.

"Eugen, don't hide. Listen to me, Raeder has bad intentions. Last time we went out, we were tricked. Hey, what do you mean by that expression? Am I scary..." Bismarck turned around and saw that Eugen was still shrinking back. He was unhappy. He and Zeppelin directly brought Eugen over and began to teach him life experience...

Over there, Lütjens also looked at Top:

"Top, what are you going to do next?"

Top shook his head, but spread his hands: "Well... I think I still have to take on this mission."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Lütjens raised his eyebrows and asked calmly.

"There's nothing I can do. The overall situation and military orders are here. The country really needs it now. I can't go back on my word, right?" Top said with a grin, nonchalantly, "Besides, the order has come down. I've seen it. It's indeed signed by the head of state. There's nothing I can do."

Lütjens still had no expression on his face, but there was a hint of appreciation in his eyes. On the other side of the table, Bismarck and Zeppelin were also stunned after hearing this.

"Eh? Top. You and Eugen are in danger of death on this mission. Don't you want to consider it?" Upon hearing that Prince Eugen was going to die on a single ship, Bismarck, who had already had a "precedent", immediately advised him against it.

But it seemed that consideration was useful. As long as they were in the German Navy, they had to obey orders from above. If they disobeyed, the consequences would be very serious, even for Lütjens.

"Yes, Top, you..." Zeppelin also wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Top halfway through:

"Hehe, if I was just afraid of death, I wouldn't be worthy of being the captain. Besides, didn't you guys get here this way?"

Top smiled and nodded affirmatively.

This compliment was well deserved by Lütjens, who began to laugh.

"See, Eugen agreed too," Top said.

The two ship girls looked back, and seeing the gazes directed at them, Eugen nodded firmly.

"Eugen? Have you decided to go?" Bismarck asked hurriedly, "It's very dangerous."

"Sister Bismarck, Sister Zeppelin... No matter what, I will go with Top."

Bismarck wanted to say something, but Zeppelin patted her and looked at Toph with dissatisfaction. "Your captain has said he is leaving, and Eugen's real body must be going too. What's the point of her projection staying here? She will just follow you."

Only the captain has the final say on matters like this. In fact, the ship girl is quite passive.

Bismarck thought that even in the most dangerous times in the past, she would just take action after hearing a word from Lütjens.

"Yes, we have to go out anyway. Besides, I will definitely support Top." Eugen said.

Seeing that the two sisters were trying to persuade him again, Eugen still had a firm look on his face. Meanwhile, Lütjens looked at Top with a hint of ridicule.

Even Top, who could shamelessly hug and confess his love to Eugen in public, felt embarrassed by Lütjens's teasing look.

"But I'm not saying anything, Top, Eugen still looks very young, your hobby is a bit special."

"Hey Hey…"

"Stop laughing. If you have time to laugh here, you might as well tell us what you think about this battle." Lütjens' face was serious, but there was still a hint of smile between his brows: "Bismarck, bring the sea chart. While everyone is here, let's give Top some advice together."

"Try to find a way to get out. I'll see if I can ask the Führer to transfer Prince Eugen to my fleet so that the four ships can be together."

Good idea, Top showed a happy expression on his face. Being able to work under Lütjens is the best choice.

"But how can we meet up here? You are in the Mediterranean and we can't enter the Strait of Gibraltar."

"As for the reunion issue, we will also return in two days. The remnants of the Italian allies in Abyssinia can only hold out until the end of next month at most, so our next task is to cooperate with Rommel and open up the Suez Canal."

"As long as the canal is opened, we can reunite."

Chapter 528: Start your performance