Chapter 845: This Is Politics!
This is simply unreasonable, and Fisher doesn't use his mind to think about it, if the tiger didn't carry out Betty's order and continue to pursue Hipper, it would be natural to do it, because he was the lead ship, and the ships behind would follow the advance, so 4 to 3 was still okay. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But if the tiger and the eldest princess both turned to beat Blücher, the two BCs continued to chase Hipper, let's not say whether they could catch up, even if they caught up, 2 to 3, looking for death?! It's okay for you to throw this pot on the head of Major Perry, the captain of the Tiger, because he is the only one who can resist this order, but what does that mean when you end up throwing it on the head of Moore, who is located in the back?
Of course, on this issue, Betty may also be aware of the problem of her own signal officer, so she did not directly criticize Moore, but did not forget to splash some dirty water on his memoirs. What's worse is that Betty also suggested to Jericho that Moore was not suitable to be the commander of the battlecruiser, so he rushed to this behavior, and said that the villain is not too much, right?
And as far as the problem of the fire door, the Germans found out the problem, the battery mount of the No. 5 turret of the Cedritz was penetrated, and even the No. 4 turret was finished, and Hipper, who almost made a dirt plane, went back and changed the fire protection of the battle patrol, but what about the British? The Chief Engineer of the Lion suggested that the ammunition compartment had caught fire after being hit, so he wanted to set up a fire door to prevent the problem from occurring. However, there is no ...... for eggs. No one paid any attention to him.
As for the follow-up? Sir Fisher would have liked to find out, but Churchill did not think that cold water should be poured on people's joy of victory. So a lot of things end there. And then, when it came time for the Battle of Jutland. The signal for the Lion remained vague, and the British Empire lost three battlecruisers ...... fire problems. It's not too much to say it's a system problem, right?
Although Rear Admiral Kuhl is not as prescient as the prince, but as an old fritter who has been in the agency for many years, he naturally knows that those things can be said, those things cannot be said, and the problem of saying that his equipment is not good can never be said, this is a matter of political correctness, and his best battleship is not as good as the second-rate battleships of the Germans, so if this statement is true, then who will bear this responsibility? Fisher? Churchill? Or someone else? Whoever it is anyway, it's not a ...... that Thomas can afford to mess with.
Major General Kuhl is fairly fair, or has some conscience, in fact, he is also very dangerous, after all, he and Thomas planned this battle together, if he really slapped down, he couldn't run Thomas, and he couldn't run Kuhl's ....... He knew that there was nothing wrong with Thomas's command other than the order to concentrate the fire, and they had succeeded in getting the information about the convergence of the Germans and leading the Germans into the encirclement, but what could you do if you couldn't beat them?
"After all, we also inflicted a lot of losses on the German fleet, didn't we? Their main guns were also heavily damaged, with no German ships losing at least two turrets, and the Scharnhorst's power system seemed to be in trouble, so they were lucky enough to get away. Rear Admiral Kuhl said that these words were not groundless, and he also made a conclusion after listening to the reports of the officers and men on the two warships, of course, because of the chaotic battlefield situation, it is normal to miscalculate, and God will forgive ...... if you see something wrong.
"This result is too optimistic." Thomas said with a look of embarrassment. "If there is such a result, I will never retreat."
"No, your fleet retreated because of the severe tilt and speed drop caused by the destruction of the Queen Elizabeth turret and the forced filling of the ammunition depot. That's the key. If you want to continue to command the encirclement plan in the Indian Ocean, then you must listen to me. We have to give hope to the Admiralty, and only then will you have a chance to save. Major General Kuhl insisted.
"If that's the case, you'll have to draft this battle report." Thomas said dissatisfied.
"I can think about that, but I need to make sure of a few things, first, whether Scharnhorst is really damaged or not. Second, do you think the German fleet will still be able to resist war weariness and Malaya? Kuhl was still very disciplined, although he decided to "artist" the war report. Let the war report originate from reality but be higher than reality, but, after all, it is impossible for him to write repeated defeats into repeated defeats ....... The former can also be said to be a mistake, and the latter is a matter of principle.
"The Scharnhorst's power system should have been damaged, and the Germans were originally going to run away at first, and it was a last resort to stay and fight. But in the end they seem to get the powertrain back to normal? I'm not sure about that, but I can assure you that they won't be able to catch up with the in-form Malaya and war-weary. ”
"Although the German fleet has the advantage in the engagement, but their combat power is also very expensive, even if they do not count losses, their ammunition is definitely not enough, my flagship knocked out 450 shells in this engagement, the opponent's rate of fire is faster, the consumption of ammunition is definitely more, their remaining ammunition is certainly not enough to support another such engagement." Thomas said.
"So as long as we can find them, we can complete the mission?" Major General Kuhl asked.
"It can be understood that way." Thomas nodded.
"Okay, let's work harder, get the report out tonight, and send it out overnight. I guess the big guys at the Admiralty should have been waiting for this, right? Major General Kuhl said with a sigh.
"What is your purpose in writing this report?" Thomas looked at the major general in front of him, feeling a little sudden strangeness, the other party seemed to know a lot of things, although everyone is a general, but it is obvious that Kuhl is closer to the core and knows some things better. He did so definitely more than just excuse this failure.
"You know what? Three days ago, General Jericho sent me a telegram in which he said that the situation in the North Sea was very bad, that the German battle cruisers were making frequent sorties, that they were shelling the cities on our eastern shore and that they were laying minefields outside the harbor and that we were very passive. Betty's formation of battlecruisers tried to intercept, but it didn't work out well. Admiral Jericho saw this as a sign that the High Seas Fleet was going to make a big move. In order to prevent this from happening, General Jericho conducted three tactical cruises in the previous week. However, it didn't work, the Grand Fleet was too much of a movement, and Betty had a hard time catching her opponent. Major General Kuhl said with a long sigh.
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