This thought drove Churchill to agree with the plan of attacking the French navy to prevent the French warships from falling into the hands of the Germans, although this plan has been questioned by many admirals and some politicians.
Now he Churchill can’t talk casually, because his leadership in the British Navy is losing everything. Now it is thankless for him to support which side. He doesn’t necessarily appreciate it. He will be sarcastic if he opposes it. Churchill thinks he should be like Jesus. Men listen but never talk.
Sure enough, before Churchill spoke, there was opposition. A general with considerable weight in the navy questioned, "We are already struggling with the threat of the German navy, and it is extremely unwise to attack a neutral French navy!" If the French navy is pushed to the German side, our day will be really difficult. "
"But the French navy neutral who can be sure is true? Who can say it’s true? Wouldn’t we be more passive if the French navy lost its delaying tactics and turned its head to Germany? "
"This is indeed a problem. Even if the French navy really wants to remain neutral, it is hard to guarantee that it will not fall to the German navy one day because of the change of the situation." A minister nodded and said, "This is not impossible but will!"
"It is true that the old fox Petain betrayed France and the Germans, but I have to say that he did give us a big problem in Britain." Another minister nodded and said, "He almost got half of France out of the war, and now we have to consider the future direction of this half of France."
"At present, we suffer a partial loss, but we still have some advantages on the whole. At this time, it is definitely not good news for the French to remain neutral. Once we are defeated again or suffer some small losses, these French troops will immediately respond. This uncertainty is too fatal for us." The second old officer still spoke in that tone, but this time he said that he was a little less angry.
"Don’t hesitate any more. Since we don’t intend to accept the variables, we will simplify the current situation." The Secretary of the Navy took one look and pulled himself to the present position. Churchill had to bite the bullet and speak for his company. "The naval attack method was used to sink the French navy’s main force in the port!"
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Watching the Malaya sink, staring at the deck of the aircraft carrier Royal Ark of the Royal George Navy, staring at the latest four hurricane fighters added to this aircraft carrier, sighed and shook his head.
He watched the Malaya sinking, the Eagle sinking, the barham sinking, the Brave sinking and the Competitive God sinking with his own eyes the other day, and he was numb to the royal navy being teased by his opponents like a lost dog.
In World War I, the Royal Ark lost almost half of its swordfish attack aircraft and half of its Dapeng fighters. Only then did it reluctantly run back to Britain with the beaten army. As a result, dozens of naval fighter pilots lost their lives, and now it is impossible to supplement the output of new fighters, which is even more complete.
Talking is better than adding four planes but barely adding two pilots at the same time. At most, the combat capability of the aircraft carrier Royal Ark can be regarded as about half of the victory time. If you think about it, the Royal Ark, which was almost annihilated by the swordfish attack aircraft, is now equivalent to a warship with no offensive capability.
A few days ago, I watched the battleship George, who was hit by a German plane and fled back to the port with thick smoke. At the beginning, the sadness was gone. I watched one body after another being carried by warships, and one maintenance worker went to avoid the warship ammunition depot. Revenge even poured water into the ammunition depot to avoid the sinking crisis.
If the aircraft carrier Glory, which was slightly injured by the German navy, is only a large main warship sunk and injured in the English Channel War, it is close to ten British navies, and now there are only a few lucky ones left.
This time, the whole harbor is busy again, and many warships are being renovated at last, including the battleship King George V, the battleship Determined, the aircraft carrier Rage, the aircraft carrier Royal Ark, and the main force of the British Admiralty is going to fight. This time, it can be said that the British navy is emboldened to they nest for the first time since a fiasco.
The ship’s whistle was sounded, and George also picked up his thoughts and climbed up, which made him a little scared. The bridge stairs were polished, and the iron stairs sounded good, but George felt like a hammer hitting his heart one by one.
Since when are you afraid of going to sea? Since when did the Royal Navy send out warships with a tragic atmosphere? Since when are Royal Navy warships no longer natural enemies? When did dozens of warships go out of the harbor and hold their hands and tremble?
The hero is dying? Or is the tide gone? George shook his head and shook his mind, pushing the heavy armored door of the bridge into the war room, beside Captain Lawrence.
"George heard that you have 14 people applying to be transferred to the destroyer team?" Lawrence stroked his chest with a high-powered telescope and smiled at the chart table with one hand and asked
"Yes" George nodded and answered succinctly. After all, he is already an important officer of the Royal Ark aircraft carrier with the rank of major. Talking too much or not talking will have many influences, so he now speaks simply. This good habit once made Lawrence very satisfied.
But now Lawrence seems to want to say a few more words, so he looked at George’s mouth and said, "Times have changed. Before, everyone tried to run to a big battleship because it was the best way to be promoted or save their lives. At that time, battleships were stronger and less sinking than destroyers …"
He sighed without waiting for George’s mouth, and then said, "Now it’s different. Now we are trying our best to transfer to destroyers or cruisers … Because when the Germans don’t sink battleships and aircraft carriers, there are few destroyers for the destroyers. Every time a fleet comes to war, there are often destroyers who can come back."
"General, we are going to sneak attack this time and the opponent is French. Surely there will be no more accidents?" George thought for a moment before consoling himself. "You know, the German navy is afraid to go south into French waters. We will sneak up on French ports and then return to Liverpool …"
"Look at the news for yourself." Lawrence handed a document to George. He couldn’t tell Nai. "The shadow of the Germans has covered our heads before we act."
George took the document and looked at it carefully. His eyes immediately stared because the document impressively said that nearly 100 bombers from Germany attacked Liverpool, blew up the port and dock, and the hull of an aircraft carrier under construction was completely blown up, and the shipyard was destroyed, and another one could not escape the cruiser.
This is the third day in a row. Nearly 100 bombers visit Britain every day. Since Dunkirk and other areas were taken over by the Germans, the fighter planes that took off there can easily enter London, and Germany will no longer send limited strategic bombers to bomb London.
At present, the bombing of London and nearby airport cities has been carried out. German bombers have been replaced by nearly five d217 medium bombers, so the bombing density is higher, the number of times is larger and the scale is more terrible. Now London is a sea of fire every day, and several treasures of human architectural art have been destroyed. A member of the British royal family was injured in the disaster relief process when the clock collapsed on February 1.
The German army is full of pride everywhere, which is synonymous with bad luck compared with the British bomber troops. After several bombings, the loss rate of bomber pilots is even higher than that of fighter planes, which is as high as 97%. The intelligence sent back by British spies shows that the German defense forces have almost formed an impenetrable defense network with radar, a new type of equipment, in cooperation with anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes. No wonder the British army suffered heavy losses.
Against this background, the Royal Navy’s soil fleet went out to sea and slowly moved towards its own goal.
Chapter 36 36 Prophet
When the British navy came from the port tragically, an officer of the German navy was proud of the gate of the French navy military port
With a file bag in one hand and a French cigarette in the other, there is a French car parked behind him. It is not rare, but it is also based on local materials. The output of German cars is now huge to the point of staggering, but it still meets the needs of the country, which is similar to the bottom hole. The army needs cars, and hundreds of thousands of people need nearly one million Mercedes-Benz cars. Despite the integration of the White Orchid Group, it has become the world’s largest automobile production company, and all German Mercedes-Benz cars are still allowed to produce cars
And BMW’s current production capacity has almost been converted into engines to produce cars, tanks and planes with hundreds of engine spare parts. Although Germany’s mechanized blitzkrieg front has achieved amazing results, the amount of work required to maintain these troops is even greater, so that spare parts are added for the production of oil transportation and distribution personnel, as well as training-that is, rigorous Germans, if they are replaced by other countries, arcado has no doubt that these newly born logistics links can make some countries collapse.
The officer handed his certificate to the French officer on duty at the door. The other side smiled and stamped out the cigarette butt, then pointed to the sentry box at the border post and asked with a smile, "Can I go in and wait?" Although it has not been handed over to the German Navy, should I at least be given the hospitality I deserve? "
He speaks French, and his speed is not slow. Obviously, he has studied hard and is more than a little more authentic than Ryan’s stuttering French, but the other party obviously has no good impression on him because of his French.
The French officer on duty didn’t answer either. He walked back to the sentry box, picked up the words and said something to the other side. After that, he let go of the sentry box and waved reluctantly to signal the sentries on both sides to barricade and let go.
The German official was also able to take care of himself. After he received his certificate, he smiled and touched a big hat, which was a nod. This was only when he returned to his car and threw the important file package into the back seat. He got into the co-pilot position of the car.
The driver, German Lieutenant, saw his chief officer’s car ignite and started the engine. He lightly stepped on the clutch and put it in gear. The French car slowly moved forward, but it passed the checkpoint and headed for the French port military office building.
The officer parked in front of the car building motioned for his driver to wait in the car, then took out the file package and boarded the wide steps in front of him. The French guards on both sides had obviously been told that there were much more rules than the checkpoints. When he saw the German officer climb the steps, he immediately saluted at attention.
The German officer was obviously satisfied with the French soldiers saluting at attention, nodded with a smile and stepped into the French naval headquarters. He went through the corridor and looked at several war headquarters and conference rooms of the French navy like a visit. The officer came to the office of General Dallang with a secret escort.
"Good afternoon, General Dallang", a German official, didn’t seem to be very restrained. Before Dallang could speak, he asked himself, then sat down on the reception sofa and threw the paper bag with him on the coffee table. He casually ordered the sexy French secret, "General Dallang and I have something to talk about. Can you pour us a cup of coffee?"
"Go ahead, remember to knock on the door when you come in." Darren glanced at the puzzled secret girl and said, "I still don’t know if this German guest has any special needs without sugar cubes."
"I’m more accommodating. If a beautiful woman pours coffee by herself, she can have any taste." The German official said with a smile that she watched the beautiful woman leave the office before reaching for her briefcase and taking out the files inside to put on the tea table.
As he moved to be a complete person, he became more serious, and his face and smile became stronger. "Since the general is also anxious to know my visit this time, I won’t beat around the bush-now?"
"Well, I admire the German nation because of their meticulous work spirit." Darren nodded and said, "Then let’s talk about the business first and then chat."
"We have a very important intelligence officer in Britain. We have learned a lot of important information. I think you are not too unfamiliar with this." The German official pointed to the tea table file
"Poison?" Darren lang eyebrows a wrinkly mouth asked
"It’s poison!" De * * officer nodded "if it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t want to come and deliver it myself."
Darren got up and went to the coffee table and bent down to pick up those documents. He looked at them seriously. If the German intelligence is true and false, these are important and secondary, then this information from "poison" is enough for him to have a look at it himself.
"That is to say, the British navy has gone out to sea today and acted against my French fleet?" Darren lang asked with a frown