Borkum Island belongs to Prussian territory, and it is the territorial waters dividing point between the Netherlands and Prussia. Here it indicates that the war is about to break out.

"Have you found a Prussian warship?"

"Report to the captain, there is no trace of any ship... The storm is gradually increasing at sea, and the meteorologist judges that there may be a storm tomorrow morning..."

"Continue to observe!"

Captain Hoff put his gray hair in his hand and put on his cap. "The good show is about to begin, right... The idiotic army has turned the war into shit. Now it's time for our navy to solve the problem..."

The captain pushed open the sailor standing guard outside the cabin door and immediately stood attentively saluting!

"Young men, don't waste your energy on guard and prepare for battle! From now on, the Navy will pull out all the nails along the Prussian coast!"

The nail that Hoff mentioned is the East Frisian Islands, which is a long island chain parallel to the Prussian coastline, directly covering the gates of Wilhelmshaven. Through this island chain, you can enter the Bay of Helgolan. This is the lifeline of Prussian marine interests.

Hamburg is the most important commercial city in Prussia, and this poor continental country has limited some marine trade, all concentrated in Hamburg.

After occupying this place, even if the Prussians' money bag was seized, the morale that had almost collapsed in France could be restored with just one victory.

Captain Hoff's eyes emitted an excitement, and he rubbed his hands and whispered, "The French navy has been suppressed for too long. People in the world say that only the army in this country is the most powerful, and the navy will always be a foil!"

"Today, all this will change. History will be created by our Navy. I believe that after this battle, the Navy will surely be revived!"

"Prussia...hahaha, just by their broken wooden ships, they still want to compete with us? Order the fleet and start the war immediately after entering the range!"

The arrogant French Navy did not take the Prussian warship seriously at all. They only regarded the Zhiyuan as a small threat in their hearts.

But Hoff was not afraid, because before the war, the Navy made several war chess performances, and the final result was that the Zhiyuan hid in the Hamburg military port and passively avoided the war.

No one believes that an iron-armored warship dares to fight the main force of the French fleet on the ocean!

It can be said that Zhiyuan may not even have one percent of the initiative. Even if the Chinese take the wrong medicine and dare to fight, Hoff does not believe that they can win.

Glory, Vaubon, Cecil, which one is not twice the tonnage of Zhiyuan? Moreover, these ironclad ships are not the kind of pseudo ironclad ships that cover the army behind them. They are giant beasts with steel from the inside out.

It's not the kind of ragged goods with a wooden shell ship covered with a layer of iron armor!

"With such a powerful fleet, I'm afraid that you will have a warship of less than 3,000 tons? No matter how powerful your artillery is, as long as I can withstand the early casualties, I can hit you in the end!"

It was this powerful self-confidence that made Hoff completely ignore the threat from the northern waters and directly fire on Prussian territory!

There is only one company of Pu army on Borkum Island. Their only mission is to guard the lighthouse. There are more than 2,000 fishermen living on this island. Everything here is very simple and strictly follows the medieval life tradition.

The people in the fishing village were awakened by the sound of cannons at the sea. It was already 9:30 pm, and the fishing village, which had no nightlife, had long fallen asleep.

But at this moment, a series of muffled thunder suddenly sounded on the sea, and countless fishermen were awakened from their sleep!

"Where is thundering? Is it going to be a storm?"

But at this moment, the shells had hit the fishing village, and the broken wooden houses were blown up one by one with the bang of explosions.

"Architecture! God, it must be the French who killed him!"

The panicked people rushed out of the house and fled with their families. At this time, only by escaping to the wasteland would there be a glimmer of hope!

The military camp of the Prussian army was also stunned by this round of artillery. At this moment, French warships were generally equipped with main artillery of 140 and 150 caliber. The power of this cannon was far greater than that of the army's field artillery. The power of each shell was enough to shake the solid brick houses, let alone the ruined military camps on the island.

With just one volley, half of the defenders of a company and the company commander were buried under the ruins.

The sharp wooden board pierced the company commander's right lung, and he kept coughing up blood. "Telecom... Send the telegram quickly..." The only task of this company's garrison here is to protect the lighthouse and telegraph machine.

The French had to send the news out as soon as they appeared. Unfortunately, God did not bless these people today. The bombing was too dense. Hoff did not give Prussia time to react. Three consecutive volleys completely destroyed the barracks and broke the telegram line.

Looking at the rising smoke and clouds on the island, Hoff expressionlessly said, "Leave the Marines to do the next thing. Let's go directly to the next island and try to shorten the reaction speed of the Prussian army. The soldiers quickly rushed to Helgolan Bay and blocked the broken Prussian ships in the military port. This is our mission!"

The Glory took five of his warships to leave Borkum Island with great might and galloped towards Yuster Island. After less than a quarter of an hour, the French subsequent transport ships sent two companies of troops to the island, and completely occupied the island after a brief conflict.

Hoff's operation went very smoothly. The East Frisian Islands were composed of a series of six large islands. This late-night surprise attack caused the Prussian army to lose three important barriers without any response.

Borcoom Island was lost, and Nordnay and Lange Island did not escape the fate of falling. It was not until the war broke out on Spike Island that William's military port in the south received the war report.

At this time, William's military port did not have the majesty of World War II. At this moment, this pioneering military port only had five sail frigates stationed, and only two of them covered with iron armor.

When the commander obtained the specific number and details of the enemy warships, the bells in Wilhelmshaven rang loudly, and all the artillery batteries entered the state of combat readiness, and the five warships did not dare to go out to sea to fight.

"Send a report to Hamburg! We need reinforcements, the enemy has begun to bombard the East Frisia Islands, we need support!"

The panic-willed Wilhelmshaven seemed to have seen the fallen scene, and the whole city's military and civilians were in panic all day long. But at this moment, a vague image of a fleet suddenly appeared in the southwest of the French fleet.

At this time, Hoff was bombarding Spike Island. When the lookout hand reported to him the strangeness in the southwest direction, he immediately ordered the slaughter to stop the shelling. The entire main fleet changed its formation and surrounded the west with a long snake formation.
Chapter completed!