Chapter 1619： Broken Sword

Chapter 1619 Broken sword to recast (1)

The refusal of Salmond's request is not Jericho's arbitrariness, but that the Royal Navy has indeed made a whole set of plans for future battles. And one of the core of this plan is a large number of naval aviation units.

"Commander Jericho, how is the meeting today?" Jericho, who had just finished the meeting in Churchill's office, was busy holding his own small meeting after returning to his office. It was his old subordinate, old friend, Vice Admiral Thomas who asked him.

"As we expected, the North Sea blockade is about to be rebuilt, and Sir Salmond wanted our aircraft carrier, but I refused." Jericho said calmly. Only he knows how big this short sentence is. pressure! The so-called rights are really nothing in Jericho's mind. At his point, as a naval admiral, he has no regrets in his life. After all, he is an extremely human minister (military).

He now imagines more like the sages of the Royal Navy, creating a historic victory like Cape Trafalgar. The Royal Navy is facing the biggest crisis in the past 100 years. This crisis is enough to threaten a day that has been formed for hundreds of years. Without falling to the empire, Jericho needs to do his best to deal with powerful opponents.

"Okay, don’t talk about it anymore. He has passed, at least it has nothing to do with you. We don’t have much time left. The end of the Eastern Line Station not only means the destruction of Russia, but also means The biggest enemy of the Royal Navy is about to return!" Jericho said.

"Your Excellency thinks that Prince Ruprecht will re-command the German fleet?" Thomas frowned and said. The so-called shadow of the tree of fame, the victorious Ruprecht not only used millions of Russian troops to achieve his reputation on the ground, but also used hundreds of thousands of tons of warships of the Royal Navy at sea. And the loss of millions of tons of merchant ships made him the biggest enemy of the Royal Navy. In Thomas's opinion, the German High Seas Fleet with him is different from his absence.

"If nothing happens, he will be in charge for at least a while. The war in Asia Minor does not involve his energy. Once Russia collapses and the Bavarian Army goes to Asia Minor on a large scale, then the failure of the British and French coalition forces is only a matter of time. The elite of the German army will meet. Gradually move to the west, but there will be a time difference. During this time, the prince of Bavaria can go to the navy for a cameo. After all, the naval campaign does not take a long time from deployment to implementation."

"The German High Seas Fleet will definitely attack! Because we have to rebuild the North Sea Blockade. If the Germans want to break the noose around their necks, they must launch another maritime offensive. Fortunately, this time, the battle will In our home field, we can rely on the air base in the Shetland Islands and the large fleet. Although it may not be able to completely wipe out the German high seas fleet, it is still possible to make heavy losses. I support Sir Salmond’s plan. , To a large extent is to be able to fight with the German fleet in an advantageous situation." Admiral Jericho said.

"Well, the fate of the British Empire will rest on us in the near future! Lieutenant General Betty, now come up with your plan, I have prepared everything you need, the new fast battleship, aircraft carrier, Torpedo planes, airships. Don't let the Empire and the Navy down." Jericho said to Lieutenant General David Betty who had been sitting in the corner.

That's right, it's David Betty, the former Fast Fleet Commander of the Royal Navy who is not in harmony with Jericho and Thomas is now discussing the future of the Royal Navy in Jericho's office. In fact, after successive defeats, Betty’s status in the Royal Navy plummeted. Betty, who was once the youngest general in the history of the Royal Navy and the lion of the fast fleet, has now become reckless and extremely poor. synonym. No one wants to care about this defeated general, even Sir Fisher, who was once optimistic about him, is helpless.

In the end, Betty stayed in the Grand Fleet as an optional staff officer. If the average person is, I am afraid that this will lead to depression, but Betty, who has never yielded, finally exerted his tenacity at this time, and he did not give up. Even when the entire navy didn't want to see him, he finally found his old rival, General Thomas, with his plan!

Betty still has the ability. This is certain. He can even be called the first Royal Navy official in the entire Royal Navy to use aircraft carriers and large aircraft groups to attack the sea. In history, in August 1917, Betty proposed With the idea of ​​using torpedo aircraft to attack the German military port, Betty even proposed to produce 200 Sopwith T1 to launch an attack in the later period. This aircraft can carry a 450KG 18-inch torpedo, and can fold its wings!

And on this plane, under the extreme pressure brought by the German high seas fleet, the British were also forced to find their way. Therefore, on this plane, aviation power has also entered the stage of history in advance, and the German navy is In this way, the British are the same!

Betty can be said that for his dream and for his own duties, he finally came to the old opponent and presented a new fast fleet strike plan! In his plan, fast battleships and aircraft carriers will be the double swords of the new fast fleet against the German high seas fleet.

"The quality of our fleet is incomparable with the Germans. After a battle, even if we have a quantitative advantage, the Germans can always evacuate with injuries after destroying several of our warships. After two months, we will lose our numbers forever. A capital ship, but the Germans are almost unscathed. Such a battle will eventually drag the Royal Navy to death."

"Even if we are equipped with new artillery shells, we may be able to deal with the Helgoland-class battleships, but for the Bavarian-class battleships that are already in groups, it is too difficult for us to destroy our opponents with artillery shells. We can only use them against German warships. Torpedoes, and in our several naval battles, the German light cruisers also have the advantage, and the overall speed of the German fleet also has the advantage, so they can always choose to evacuate directly when the situation is unfavorable. The end result is that we are fighting at sea. There is no advantage." Betty said at the time.

At the beginning, Thomas didn't care too much, but when he saw Betty's specific plan, Thomas also had to admit that this buddy has a big brain, and he has a great level!

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