Chapter 2108： Naval Fleet Big Bottom One

As a result, most of the personnel did not board the ship, and the evacuation tonight became a joke because of the presence of the German navy. After the battle reports from the front line came, the evacuation work tonight decisively stopped. In the end, there were only 2,400 British troops. Boarded the transport ship, and 1,000 of these people were buried forever in the rolling waves of the Strait of Dover!

Yes, you read that right, that is, 1,000 army soldiers died, and one of the ships responsible for transporting personnel was attacked by a German submarine shortly after leaving Dunkirk! The German fired 4 torpedoes one after another from a distance of less than 600 meters, and hit 3 directly! Then, this poor transport ship was directly blown to pieces! More than 700 soldiers and crew members of the above-mentioned army ran out of no more than 100 people, while another transport ship ran into a mine just deployed by the Germans! But the British on this ship had better luck. About half of them escaped.

After the British stopped the night evacuation, Earl Spey did not have the idea to continue fighting. After all, the fleet consumes a lot of ammunition, and if he gets closer, he may be attacked by the Army’s long-range cannons, leaving some destroyers to keep on. Outside of surveillance, the entire fleet began to return.

Generally speaking, in the battle tonight, the German Navy lost 1 light cruiser, 1 large destroyer and 6 other destroyers and submarines. The loss of the British fleet is going to be much more. 2 12,000-ton armored cruisers and 3 light cruisers were sunk, and the total loss of various destroyers and torpedo boats was no less than 15! Of course, these losses are not the most terrible. The most terrible thing is that the Germans told the British with their actions that they wanted to leave all of them, more than 1.5 million British expeditionary forces, on the European continent, and they were able to do so. , This is an uncompromising attitude, ready to push the other party to death! Sometimes this killing intent is more terrifying than fighting on the battlefield!

After receiving information from the front line, Prime Minister Asquith personally went to Fos Bay, the current station of the Grand Fleet. There was no way. At this critical moment, Jericho, the commander of the Grand Fleet, would never leave without permission. Duty, then you can only trouble the Prime Minister for a trip!

"Our evacuation operation was forced to stop, and the entire British Empire expressed disappointment at what the navy did." After seeing Jericho, Prime Minister Asquith said straightforwardly.

"We are thinking of a way to deal with this matter, but I hope that the Prime Minister will pay attention to it. If there is a problem with the large fleet, then the entire empire will not be disappointed but despair." Jericho's answer was very calm, and it seemed to be It's just stating a certain fact. In fact, what he said was true!

"The Germans want to destroy us in a war. They not only aimed at our army, but also our navy! The Germans are a continental country, and they dare to fight us and lose both. Therefore, I am not afraid of war, just because of the survival of the empire. Tied to the navy," Jericho said.

"But we can't give up millions of troops. They are the most dedicated and cautious people in the empire. We can't give up them." Prime Minister Asquith said.

"Well, this is our final plan. I will put all the chips that can be pressed on the gaming table to ensure the normal retreat." Jericho said, and then he took Prime Minister Asquith. Arrived in front of a huge sand table. Then a model of the battleship was placed on the Strait of Dover.

"We can send up to 4 dreadnought ships into the Strait of Dover to cover the night evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. This is the greatest effort the British Empire can make. If we lose these warships, then I It can only be said that the Great Fleet is powerless, because we must ensure that we can face the full blow of the German High Seas Fleet!" Jericho said resolutely, without any compromise in the words.

Jericho has drawn this bottom line for a reason, because the number of battleships in the current large fleet is really not that many! How many warships did the British build fearless and above? And now, after more than two years of fighting, how much is left?

First of all, dreadnoughts are divided into battleships and battlecruisers. The former has a total of 5 classes and 10 ships. The battlecruisers are 6 ships of tier 2, a total of 16 dreadnought warships.

Then the British navy entered the era of super fearlessness. During this time, the British first built a 3rd class super dreadnought ship equipped with 10 13.5-inch guns. Each class had 4 ships, a total of 12 ships. After completing these three levels, we entered the Queen’s Era. A total of 9 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and 4 Vengeance-class battleships were built, plus 3 Rage-class fast battleships that are currently under construction. This class of battleships can be regarded as It is an enhanced version of Queen Elizabeth. This is 25 ships. If you count the 4 Dreadnought Battlecruisers, there are 32 ships in total.

So far, how many warships has the Great Fleet lost? In the Battle of Dogle Sandbar, the British Grand Fleet lost 4 battlecruisers the Lion, Queen Mary, Grand Princess, and Indomitable, and two equipped with 13.5 The ultra-dreadnought Aas (also known as Ajax) and Erin (replaced the historical George V-class battleship Centurion).

In the subsequent Battle of the Prometheus Fire Stealers, the German High Seas Fleet once again severely damaged the British Fast Fleet. In this battle, three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships: Barrem, Prestige and Counterattack were on the spot. The battlecruiser New Zealand was also destroyed, which is another 4 ships! Coupled with a confrontation before the Fire Stealers battle, the loss of Australia, this is the 5 search

That's great, how many capital ships of the Great Fleet are left? There are only 4 pure-blood battlecruisers left, of which only one Tiger is considered super fearless. There are 6 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships left on the fast battleship. The battleship detachment has a total of 10 fearless and 10 super fearless equipped with 13.5-inch guns. There are 20 ships in total, which is 34 ships.

As for the remaining three Fury-class fast battleships, there is no way. Although they have been launched, they are being outfitted. As for when the outfitting is completed and whether they can catch up with the final battle, it is really uncertain, no way. The construction of battleships takes time. Although the British shipyard has been working overtime, it has received some key component production lags and shortages of manpower, which has caused the three latest fast battleships to still be out of service. But think about it, although a lot of mature technology is used in the construction , But now only has more than 1 year of construction time, this speed is already very good!

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