Chapter 385

"We can't just wait to die. We should send out the navy to teach those self righteous Frenchmen a lesson." A British naval officer banged on the table and roared, "the fourth naval officer in the world can't give anything to the German, or Britain will be finished!"

An old officer drooped his eyes, but his tone was exactly the same: "the life of the British Empire is on the line now. Those officials, regardless of the national security, are pushing the flames behind and asking our navy to fight as soon as possible to recover the defeat... The naval high-level is about to be unable to withstand the pressure. This time, we are going to fight against the German Navy. Are we going to fight against the French navy?"

Churchill also thought that since he could not fight against the German Navy, there should be no problem in attacking the French navy? If even the French navy could not fight, Britain would no longer have to struggle and die.

Driven by this idea, Churchill was very much in favor of the plan of sneaking attack on the French navy to prevent French warships from falling into the hands of the Germans. Although the plan has now been questioned by many admirals and other politicians in the discussion.

Now Churchill can't speak freely, because under his leadership, the British navy has almost lost all of his family. Therefore, it's totally thankless for him to order which side he supports. The side he supports may not appreciate it, and the side he opposes may sneer. So Churchill felt that he should be a man like Jesus, just listen and never speak.

Sure enough, before Churchill spoke, there was a voice of opposition. A powerful general in the Navy questioned: "we are now struggling under the threat of the German Navy. It is extremely unwise to attack a neutral French Navy again! If we push the French navy to the German side, we will have a really hard time. "

"But who is sure that the French statement of naval neutrality is true? Who dares say it's true? If the French Navy uses delaying tactics and finally falls to Germany at the most critical moment, aren't we more passive? "

"This is indeed a problem. Even if the French Navy really only wants to remain neutral now, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not turn to the German Navy one day because of the change of the situation." A minister nodded and said, "it's not impossible, but it will be!"

"It's true that although that old fox of bedang betrayed France and stood on the German side, he really gave us a big problem in England." Another minister nodded and said, "he has almost freed half of France from the war. Now we have to consider the future direction of this half of France."

"Now we're losing on the part, but we still have some advantages on the whole. It's not good news for the French to remain neutral at this time. Once we are defeated again or suffer some small losses, these French forces will immediately make their own response. This uncertainty is too fatal for us The old officer who spoke the second time still spoke in that tone, but this time the content was a little less angry.

"Don't hesitate. Since we don't intend to accept variables, let's simplify the situation." The Admiral took a look at Churchill, who had promoted himself to his present position. He had to stand up and speak for his superior: "send out the Navy, attack the French port secretly, and sink the main force of the French navy in the military port!"

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George, who witnessed the sinking of the Malaya, stood on the deck of the Royal Navy's ark, gazing at the four hurricane fighters newly added to the carrier, sighed and shook his head.

He watched with his own eyes the sinking of the Malaya, the sinking of the eagle, the sinking of the Barram, the sinking of the brave, and the sinking of the competitive spirit a few days ago. He was numb to the fact that the Royal Navy was teased by its opponents like a lost dog.

In the last battle, the Royal ark lost almost all of its swordfish attack planes and more than half of its Mirs fighters. Only then did it reluctantly take the defeated soldiers back to the British mainland. As a result, the loss of dozens of Navy fighter pilots can not be replenished now, and the production of new fighters can not keep up with the pace at all.

A little bit better than nothing added four planes, but at the same time only barely added two pilots. The combat capability of the Royal ark aircraft carrier is only about half of the total victory. If you think about the almost annihilated swordfish attack aircraft troops, the Royal ark is now equivalent to a warship without offensive capability.

A few days ago, looking at the battleship revenge, which was hit by a German plane and fled back to the port in smoke, George had lost his original sad mood. He just watched the corpses being carried off the battleship one by one and the maintenance personnel going up. In order to avoid the warship's ammunition depot being destroyed, revenge even poured water into the ammunition depot to avoid the sinking crisis.

If we take into account the aircraft carrier glory, which was slightly injured by the German Navy, in the battle of the English Channel alone, nearly ten major warships were sunk and wounded. Only a few lucky men are left for the British navy to win.

This time, a battle mission has been assigned, and the whole harbor is busy again. Many warships are being renovated. All the main forces of the British navy, including the British King George V, the determination, the fury and the Royal ark, are going to fight. This time, it can be said that the British navy has braved to go out for the first time since its last disastrous defeat.

The ship's whistle was sounded, George also picked up his thoughts, climbed the bridge stairs that made him a little afraid. Polished shoes kicked on the hollowed out iron stairs, making a nice sound, but in George's heart, it was like a hammer beating on his heart. Since when did you fear going to sea? Since when did the Royal Navy send out warships to fight with a tragic atmosphere? Since when, the Royal Navy's warships are no longer invincible? Since when did dozens of warships leave the harbor, and they were so worried? Heroes are dying? Or is the situation over? George shakes his head, shakes the uneasy emotion out of his mind, pushes open the heavy armor door of the bridge, enters the battle command room and stands beside the captain Lawrence“ George, I heard that 14 of your men have applied to be transferred to the destroyer? " Lawrence asked with a bitter smile as he stroked the high-power telescope on his chest and supported the chart table with one hand“ Yes George nodded and gave a brief answer. After all, he is already one of the most important officers on the Royal ark aircraft carrier with the rank of major. Saying too much or saying too much will have a lot of influence. So now he's simple and clear, and this good habit used to satisfy Lawrence. But now Lawrence seemed to want to say more, so he looked at George and said, "the world has changed. In the past, we all tried our best to run on big warships, because this is the best way to promote or save our lives. Compared with destroyers, battleships were stronger and less likely to sink at that time..." he sighed helplessly, Before George could speak, he said, "it's different now. Now they try their best to upgrade destroyers or cruisers... Because the Germans seldom attack destroyers when they don't sink battleships and aircraft carriers. At the end of each war, only destroyers can return from a fleet. "“ General, this time we are going to sneak attack, and the opponent is the French, so there must be no more accidents? " After thinking about it, George comforted: "you know, the German Navy is still afraid to go south into the French waters. We attack the French port and then return to Liverpool..." the news just came. See for yourself. " Lawrence handed a document to George, with an indescribable expression of helplessness: "before we start our action, the shadow of the Germans has already covered our heads." George took over the document and looked at it carefully, his eyes immediately glared, because the document said: nearly a hundred German bombers attacked Liverpool, destroyed the port and dock, an aircraft carrier under construction was completely destroyed in the shipyard, and a cruiser was too late to escape. This is the third day in a row. Every day, nearly 100 bombers visit British airspace. Since Dunkirk and other areas were taken over by the German, the fighter planes taking off there can easily enter London airspace, and Germany no longer has to send limited strategic bombers to participate in the bombing of London. Now the German bombers carrying out the bombing of London and nearby airport cities have been replaced by nearly 500 do-217 medium-sized bombers, so the bombing density is greater, the frequency is more, and the scale is more terrifying. Today's London is a sea of fire every day, countless treasures of human architectural art are destroyed, Big Ben collapsed in the bombing on February 1, and a member of the British royal family was injured in the disaster relief process. Compared with the German air force, the British Air Force's bombers are synonymous with bad luck. Several bombing missions never come back. The loss rate of bomber pilots is even higher than that of fighter planes, which is as high as 97% of the total. Intelligence sent back by British spies shows that the German air defense forces, using radar, a new type of equipment, cooperated with anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes to fight, almost formed an airtight air defense network at home. No wonder the British air force suffered a heavy loss. Under such a background, the Royal Navy's local fleet went out to sea, slowly moving towards its goal.