"General, the fifth battleship team sent the exact statistics of war damage!"
Wang Haidi’s evil hand finally touched the only small hawker glass left, and decided that it was appropriate to chase the poor bandits with courage. At this time, the door of the war room was pushed open and the intelligence staff of the duty newspaper room came in panting.
It took a lot of twists and turns for the intelligence staff to find the deputy commander of vice admiral, who was sitting in the corner stealing wine. The wine was notoriously bad. Seeing that the glass on the console table was about to bottom out, the intelligence staff hesitated for a moment and didn’t know whether to inform General hippel just visible or continue to report to General West Lyme.
"What about the major?" Recognized as being able to drink a bottle of clear beer or two small mouthfuls of hawkers, Wang Haidi just marked the four characters "Good at alcohol consumption". A vice admiral rolled in his throat, picked up his face, blushed drunkenly and let go of his arrogance and asked.
"The third attack unit lost three mine-laid submarines, namely u-1, u-4 and u-5, and the first reinforcement unit lost a dome cruiser and a cutting-edge destroyer." When the intelligence staff reported the figures, they unconsciously squeezed the newspaper in their hands with a slight quiver. "There were 223 dead officers and soldiers and 29 others were missing …"
The staff in the command room are still busy, but they are somewhat deformed. Haidi jumped up from the chair and opened her mouth to scold something. She was annoyed and almost spit out dirty words, but she found that what was done was useless and she was left annoyed.
"I look down on the British!"
In fact, Wang Haidi never underestimated the strength of the British. In view of the serious shortage of modern light cruisers and destroyers in Germany, the first blockade operation deliberately avoided the British heavily guarding the Thames, Firth Bay and Scarpa Bay, and focused on the people’s ports on the eastern coast of Britain. Considering that Harwich Port and Armstrong Shipyard have certain counterattack strength, the Admiralty also specially dispatched the newly mobilized Fifth Battleship to take charge of reinforcements, but did not want to lose a dome cruiser in the melee.
"I’m afraid the loss of the third attack unit in the long and cruel suffocation plan is the beginning …"
(-gorgeous dividing line-)
"The fleet transporting materials to the port of Thessaloniki, Greece, was attacked by the Ottoman Navy’s Mao Qi-class patrol. Two escort Greek cruises and four French transport ships sank the ANZ Corps and most of the heavy equipment of the 31st Earth Division temporarily reinforced were buried in the sea; The launch of the army state transport fleet in the Flore region of Albania was met with the destruction of two formidable old battleships, two Apollo class second-class cruisers, four destroyers and seven transport ships by the Austrian main fleet, and the French brigade landed on the beach with heavy casualties! "
At 4 am GMT, the concrete path leading to the headquarters building of the Grand Fleet is full of panic. Jackson, a senior naval officer, will raise his hand to salute from time to time and occasionally sigh heavily.
"It seems that the situation in the Mediterranean has been completely eroded, and even the swing Italy has shown a significant tendency."
After the decisive battle in the North Sea, the British Empire decided to transfer the Mediterranean naval forces to help.
Retreat is simple. The Western Mediterranean, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Bay of Biscay are also allies, and it is easy to return to the soil when the USS China Ireland and more than a dozen of its former frigates are in control. However, the problem is that there are only four dreadships, and the French navy has a serious idea of protecting ships and avoiding war. They are unwilling to take over the precious fleet of the Eastern Mediterranean countries belonging to the British territory, and forcefully shake Austria and wavering Italy to defend the core interests of the British. General Tuxiafei, who is eager to recover the north and counterattack Germany, is not willing to leave his limited forces behind. The battle of Champagne in the Balkans has run out of blood, and the Gauls want to "sweep their own snow even if the Balkan floods are terrible."
The French chose a very solid choice, and British diplomats could not come up with enough noble reasons to persuade Yang Mou not to work. It is said that British gentlemen and diplomats still used y and n dark tricks. At the end of March and the beginning of April, 1915, British politicians with long sleeves and good dancing started a paper industry, promising to support France’s North Africa, West Africa and Italian East Africa to expand their "influence"; The British envoy rushed to Spain to brandish the American knife from Citigroup, and the Spanish government was in a tight financial situation to discuss the purchase of two Spanish-class pocket-sized feared ships. King Arthur Balfour of the British Navy even gave up his life. The vain pride of the Royal Navy demanded that the new Mediterranean fleet accept the command of the French and ordered Lieutenant General John de Raback, commander of the Mediterranean fleet, to send a "JΟ ng fierce" fleet to land in the Albanian French brigade escort force.
The situation in the Mediterranean is in a mess. It is only the commander of the big fleet, not the commander of the Royal Navy. Jackson will be worried about the Mediterranean. He looks up at the invisible moon, frowning at night and focusing on another fleet that is out of his control.
"What happened to the attack on Harwich Port?"
Jackson will have his doubts. In March, when the German British Empire was the weakest, it was not good news that the young Germans had a thorough grasp of the ocean fleet, but the new navy minister Arthur Belfo also cleaned up the mess of the royal navy, so the German navy missed the favorable opportunity to attack Britain on a large scale. In April, the British Empire began to restore its naval strength. The Mediterranean Aid Ireland will arrive at Portland Bay Davenport Shipyard and Portsmouth Shipyard for emergency repairs, and several capital ships will also return to the big ship. As many as five new destroyers and more than twenty modified patrol boats were prepared for March. For the time being, the British Germans did not plan to attack Britain on a large scale, but they did not expect that the German navy, which had harassed the British soil in the naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel, would make a comeback.
"At about 3: 12, a patrol boat of Harriet’s fleet accidentally discovered that it was trying to sneak into the port. Major General Madden, a German submarine, led the Harriet’s fleet to encircle the German submarine, and then the south sea area of Nixto Cape encountered two former German reinforcements! Harriet’s fleet lost an armored cruiser, a light cruiser, three destroyers and two patrol boats. The Germans lost a light cruiser, a destroyer and two submarines. "
The battle damage of five light ships made the situation of the Royal Navy, which was extremely lacking in offshore defense, even more collapsed. Jackson entered the fleet command with anxiety.
The door of the Fleet War Command Room was ajar, and the heated debate and his noise leaked out echoed in the wet corridor of Yousen Command Building.
"Newcastle patrol fleet also reported that two small German surface ships tried to sneak into the mouth of the Tyne River, and mine was discovered by our patrol fleet. After the war, two old German battleships retreated! The attack on the port of Gaharich has reason to believe that the short-term peace period of the North Sea has been broken, and the Germans have launched a plot against British soil! "
"Either it is a cold-shot attack on our military port to shell the industrial towns in the eastern coastal areas …" Jackson knew that it was Belfo’s confidant-Lieutenant General Horace Hood, commander of the new fast fleet. "It’s not too hasty to conclude that the Germans will attack British soil on a large scale based on only two attacks, is it? ！”
The decisive battle in the North Sea was bent on preserving his reputation. Major General archibald Moore was forced to resign because of his conservative fear of war and independence. Lieutenant General David Betty will face the prosecutor’s complaint and military court trial for his command responsibility. As a result, he lost his life in his previous life and commanded the third world patrol fleet. Major General Horace Hood died heroically in the naval battle in Ritland. In this life, every cloud has a silver lining not only recovered his own life, but was pulled out by the fire line to be the commander of the fast fleet.
"No, I’m sure it’s a prelude!" Major General Osmond Brock, the former chief of staff of the marginalized fast fleet and now the deputy commander of Scarpa Bay Base, emphasized that "even though the strength of the big fleet has recovered to the first half of the naval battle in Scarpa Gerakl Strait, it is still not enough to confront the Germans head-on! Relying on the star attack is far from enough to hit Britain hard, and I can’t think of any reason why the Germans didn’t take the opportunity to attack on a large scale! "
"General Sobrok, what is your judgment?" Jackson will push the door and look aggressive. Lieutenant General Horace Hood asked Major General Osmond Brock.
"Either the Thames or Scarpa Bay!"
Is the Thames or Scarpa Bay the fourth chapter of the second gun? (3)
"Either the Thames or Scarpa Bay!"
Major-General Brock’s categorical prediction made the headquarters of the Grand Fleet hiss and gasp! The Thames is the mother river of the British Empire and the busiest waterway in the world. It is necessary to know that it flows back 10 kilometers from the mouth of the river with a width of 29 kilometers, that is, Ri does not fall into the political, financial, industrial and cultural aspects of the Empire. Scarpa Bay is almost the main ship of Britain, the home port of the big fleet, with more than one-third of new cruisers and two-thirds of new destroyers. It symbolizes the final dignity of the Ri-not-falling empire, and it would be a disaster if the Germans attacked these places on a large scale.
"Arabian Nights!" Lieutenant General Horace Hood pointed to the face of twelve capital ships anchored at the outer window, which was even more sarcastic. "The Germans can attack the British coastline, but it can never be the Thames and Scarpa Bay unless they are willing to lose ten capital ships!"
"headstrong! With the Scarpa Bay coastal gun and 12 capital ships or the Thames minefield, you can leave even one capital ship in Germany? ! You must know that the battery and the minefield are dead and the warship can move! "
Technical officers from Jackson will be proud. He snorted once and walked to the sand table in the operations room. Senior officers of the big fleet withdrew from the commander-in-chief and gave up a path.
"What is not the English Channel or the blockade of our people’s ports?"
Commander, the Germans have the ability to break through the defense lines of the Channel Fleet and block the English Channel, but the timing is not right for the Germans.
Major-General Osmond Brock pointed to the Nouaron projection in the middle of fierce fighting in northern France, but his eyes fell on the golden waterway between Britain and France.
"After the naval battle in Scarborough-Gerakl Strait, in order to strengthen the soil defense, we reduced the blood transfusion to France. The number of navigation in the English Channel dropped sharply from more than ten voyages per day in the first half of 1914. At the beginning of April, the Germans would not choose to make a big breakthrough. The Dover patrol fleet and 20,000 mines formed the DoVrga-Ley defense line!"
General Jackson was stared at by Major General Brock, who was clearly organized, and wanted to interrupt. Lieutenant General Hood signaled the deputy commander of Scarpa Bay Base to continue.