And just as the Bavarian Army launched a limited offensive, a large-scale siege and annihilation battle began in the distant Indian Ocean. www.biquge.info There is no mistake in the information of the prince, and the British really cannot tolerate the Su-Xiong fleet showing off its might in the inland seas of the British Empire! After some discussion, the British Empire decided to send one of their most powerful detachments into the Indian Ocean to encircle the two ships, which were stained with the blood of the Allied officers and soldiers!

In the Indian port of Mumbai, the entire port has been almost emptied, and India's largest military and civilian port is now only for 10 ships to be suspended! 4 fast battleships and 6 light cruisers! With the help of guide ships, the huge Queen Elizabeth-class battleships entered the harbor through the winding channel in turn. General Thomas's flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, followed by War-Weyating, Barem and Malaya.

The Fifth Battleship Detachment, the pride of the British Royal Navy, in order to enable this fleet to go south, the Admiralty Churchill and Sir Fischer had a lot of verbal battles with Jericho. Jericho was very unhappy with the fact that this fleet was sent to the Indian Ocean to play hide and seek with German fast battleships.

"The German battleships were very fast, and based on the intelligence we gathered, these two battleships were most likely battle cruisers. The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships had a top speed of less than 25 knots and had no speed advantage in ocean chases, and since Sir Fisher admired battlecruisers so much and tried to solve everything with high speed and firepower, it was better to let Betty go. ”

In order to prevent the German high seas fleet from "escaping". Jericho is ready to fight a decisive battle in the fleet at any time, and at this time, he will send a fleet to the distant Indian Ocean, and he doesn't know when he can come back, Jericho is naturally unwilling!

After all, Churchill was a civilian, and his understanding of the navy was certainly not as good as that of people like Fisher and Jericho who had been promoted from the fleet, and he once asked Fisher if he could let Betty's "perfect cat" go out for a walk.

As the father of the battle cruiser, Fisher naturally knew what level of these goods in his hands was, and these battleships were actually designed to deal with cruisers at the beginning. To be reasonable, the two battleships of the Suxiong fleet can destroy the Japanese battleships, although the likes of Satsuma Yasuyi are the former dreadnoughts, but from the perspective of defense, they are really no worse than the dreadnought-class battleships of the Grand Fleet, so Fisher's positioning of these two battleships is the queen of the small cannon version, and what is used to deal with cruisers is naturally impossible to use against fast battleships.

And the most important thing is that in Fisher's view, the Betty fleet should be used to deal with the German battle cruisers, from the base point of view, the small number of battleships in the Grand Fleet is not a big problem, but there are only 10 battle cruisers in total, if there are four less, it will be very passive, after all, in the intelligence of the British, Germany has 5 battle cruisers. With a few of the most powerful battle cruisers missing, Fisher believed that the British fleet in the North Sea would fall into "asymmetric passivity."

"If we use the battle cruiser formation, then in the North Sea we will not have a way to restrain the 1st reconnaissance detachment of Hipper." When Fisher said this, no matter how reluctant Jericho was, Churchill could only ask for a fifth rapid battleship formation to attack.

And when Rear Admiral Thomas came to the Gulf of Aden with the fleet, he understood why the Royal Admiralty was so anxious to ask him to kill Su Xiong as soon as possible! "It used to be one of the busiest seas in the world, and every day, hundreds of merchant ships of all kinds carrying hundreds of thousands or even millions of tons of goods passed through here in and out of the Red Sea, and it is not too much to call the shipping route from India through the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea to the United Kingdom as the lifeline of the British Empire, but now, my fleet has been sailing in the Gulf of Aden for almost a day, and the ships I encounter can be counted on one hand! Among them, there are only 3 ships belonging to the Entente! ”

"An English ship met us, and he raised a greeting flag to us. The crew cheered us for our arrival, and we responded enthusiastically, but when they asked how long it would take us to take out the annoying German pirates, I couldn't answer. Maybe a week, maybe a month, or even more, it is not easy to catch two fast battleships armed to the teeth on the vast ocean. Thomas wrote in his diary.

And when the British fleet arrived in Bombay, he realized how much impact these two warships had on the British Empire! After reading the relevant records provided by the Port of Mumbai, he found that almost more than 80% of neutral country transport ships were not transporting supplies for the Entente countries, and the ship insurance premium had risen by more than three times! The entire shipping volume has dropped by nearly 9 percent! Because there are not only 2 battleships in this area, but also an unknown number of camouflaged raiders, and these raiding fleet fleets can cause even more damage than battleships!

(Historically, it is said that in September 1914, due to Emden's attack on the ship, the volume of maritime traffic in the Indian Ocean dropped to only 22% of the normal level, the data is from "The Fearless Sea")

The British Navy in the Indian Ocean was not without effort, the old dreadnoughts and armored cruisers bravely took on the task of covering the fleet, but it was useless, the British found that the Germans' two fast battleships could always quickly find these transport fleets, and then use the terrifying main guns to get rid of the escort fleet in half an hour, and then slaughter the transports together with the camouflaged raiders. Having thrown away 2 dreadnoughts and 2 armored cruisers, as well as several auxiliary cruisers, the British Navy in India could only do minelaying!

That's right, you read that right, it's Bray! And it's mine-laying in its own harbor! Just before the mines were laid, the two battleships burst into the vicinity of the port of Bombay and bombarded indiscriminately, but thankfully, the Germans did not seem to have many shells, so the damage was limited, but even so, when Thomas arrived in the port of Mumbai, he could still see the ships and machinery in the distance, and the half-chimney that was not far from his berth. Looking at the shadows underwater, Thomas could tell that this was a large ship with a displacement of at least 8,000 tons and a length of more than 160 meters!

"If it weren't for the large enough port of Mumbai, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to get your fleet here." Major General Cook, who was in charge of greeting him, said with some bitterness.

"Tell me about the situation. We need to get rid of these guys as soon as possible, not only because of the crimes they have committed, but also because we can't stay in the Indian Ocean for long. Thomas said.

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