My Italian: Chapter 648 Spey fleet below

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In the evening of the same day, Lieutenant General Spey led the combined German, Italian and Austrian Pacific Fleet to attack Sydney Harbour.

The Sydney coastal defense force, which had already received the news, cooperated with the Royal Australian Navy to resist the attack of the Spey fleet. In the end, at the cost of losing four gunboats, three torpedo boats, and more than ten coastal defense guns, the Spey fleet was driven out of Sydney Cove. And damaged many warships of the opponent, and achieved a strategic victory.

Although this resulted in the sinking of 14 transport ships in the port and the destruction of two shipyards, it broke the determination of the Spey fleet to destroy Sydney. (Spee: I need an ammo supply fleet)

News of the attack on Sydney quickly spread throughout the world.

The Southeast Asian fleet, which was originally searching for the whereabouts of the Spey fleet in the Maluku Islands, set sail from the islands as soon as it got the news. They rushed to the east coast of Australia non-stop. In the words of Rear Admiral Craddock, the commander of the fleet, since Spey dared to show his face, the British Empire must let him know the consequences. So the mighty Southeast Asian fleet immediately turned around and headed straight for the east coast of Australia.

Moreover, in order to prevent the Spey fleet from continuing to flee, Rear Admiral Craddock also dispatched a formation headed by the USS De Bok scout cruiser to Samoa, Fiji and other South Pacific islands for reconnaissance. This is to prevent the Spey fleet from using the South Pacific Islands to escape its search.

In addition to sending warships to guard and search, he also sent telegrams to British and French strongholds in the South Pacific Islands, asking them to pay attention to foreign ships, especially warships.

In addition, he also sent a telegram to the Royal Australian Navy to let them pay attention to whether there were suspicious ships in Bass Strait and Australian Gulf. Although the South Indian Ocean has high winds, rough seas and bad sea conditions, it does not rule out the possibility that the other party may venture through this sea area (the South Indian Ocean is currently unavailable).

And through the southern Indian Ocean, the opponent can obtain supplies and repairs in the Italian colony in East Africa. Major General Craddock believes that as long as the opponent wants to slip, he will definitely pass by here. Therefore, he also paid great attention to the southern waters of Australia.

But it's a pity that all the elite warships of the Australian Navy have been transferred away, otherwise the Spey fleet would dare to be so presumptuous.

Although Craddock has many arrangements, the most important thing is to take the fleet to the east coast of Australia. Only in this way can the unscrupulous Spey fleet be stopped.

However, after Sydney was attacked, no matter whether it was Melbourne, Brisbane, an important port in Australia, or the reconnaissance ships scurrying around at sea, there was no need to see the Spey fleet again.

If it wasn't for the Sydney port that was attacked, it would be as if the Spey fleet had never appeared, so where is the Spey fleet?

The Cook Strait, a sea area named after the famous Captain Cook, separates the north and south islands of New Zealand. Due to the influence of the strong westerly winds, the currents in the Cook Strait are turbulent and changeable, which is not very friendly to ships.

At this time, a fleet was sailing in the strait under the gaze of the moonlight.

That's right, this is the Spey fleet that many people miss.

As the most concerned target in the east of the Indian Ocean, the Spey fleet after attacking Sydney did not continue to attack other Australian seaports as the British thought.

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