"Mr. Admiral, the Mediterranean Fleet is in a hurry!" Churchill, who was shaving, was dragged out of the bathroom, and now Churchill, with a soap bubble on his face, is not to mention how angry he is. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but as a competent admiralty, he immediately took the telegram.

"Today, the convoy transporting the Dominion Army of Australia and New Zealand was attacked by the German fleet, and all but two of the thirty-eight transports were sunk or captured, and the armoured cruisers Defense, Sydney, and Melbourne, which rhymed with the rhyme, were sunk. At present, the loss of personnel has not been counted, but the number of survivors of the army is about 6,000. ”

"I knew it! Vile! Shameless! The Americans and Argentines played us together, we are like monkeys! It's been tricked around! Did Prince Louise and Sir Jericho know the news? Churchill asked, wiping his face full of soap foam.

Soon, Churchill thought about where the German battleships involved in this attack came from! No wonder the Germans delivered the Argentine battleships, it turned out to be to rush out of the North Sea! Churchill's mind instantly conjured up a map of the world, from the North Sea, across the Atlantic, and then around the Horn of Africa, ...... across most of the Indian Ocean. If nothing else, if you put aside the hostile positions of both sides, you will either be a madman or a genius who can formulate this plan! And judging from the effect, it is obvious that the person who proposed this plan should be considered the latter!

"Prince Louis already knows that General Jericho is on his way to London." The subordinate said.

"Attention, you must block the news, not only the people, but also the cabinet! Otherwise, the Navy will not do anything! Politicians who don't have as many brains as monkeys will only do bad things! Churchill immediately reminded.

"By the way, the first Japanese fleets to go to Europe were also attacked, the battleships Satsuma and Aki were sunk, and the Japanese transport fleet was also attacked, and according to the survivors' accounts, they also lost about 10,000 officers and men." An officer said.

"Never before has that battleship done so much damage to the British Empire in a war, and look, let the politicians who can only point fingers watch! These troubles are just the beginning, in the future this fleet will become a cancer on the Indian Ocean routes of the Empire, and they will make us bleed all the time! ”

Now there was no use complaining and anger, and after a meeting with the Prime Minister, who offered to put the matter under hold for the time being, in order to prevent political problems from affecting the Navy's operations. But Herbert. Prime Minister Henry asked Churchill to solve this problem as soon as possible and use two German battleships to pay tribute to the dead in this naval battle!

Politically, the British Prime Minister immediately protested to Argentina, but soon, Argentina said that the battleship was accidentally detained by the Germans, which also made Argentina very angry, and the number of Argentine officers and soldiers who received the ship was insufficient, resulting in the need to use Germans, and who knew that at sea, the Germans controlled the battleship, which made Argentina also very indignant, and Argentina then confiscated German assets in Argentina. And diplomatic relations with Germany will be changed from the master level to the chargé d'affaires level, well, believe it or not, Argentina will be counted as an explanation anyway.

The British did not dare to make a big deal about it, after all, the war had just started and they had lost 2 divisions of troops at sea, and the spread of this kind of thing would cause a great shock both militarily and politically. So how to treat it as cold as possible is the key. And at this time, the British naturally did not have the ability to sanction Argentina. So this matter can only be put on hold for the time being. And then slowly it didn't go away.

That evening, Churchill, Prince Louis, and Sir Fischer welcomed Sir Jericho, commander of the Grand Fleet, who knew nothing about the matter. Subsequently, naturally, there were staff officers who introduced the whole process of the matter to Jericho, of course, not to mention the political mistakes and previous events, the focus was on the situation of the opposing fleet.

"The two warships built by Germany for Argentina are modeled after their own Helgrand-class battleships, the defense and firepower are good, and the destruction of the defense is expected, but the destruction of the Satsuma-class battleships is somewhat beyond our expectations, although the Satsuma class battleships are outdated, but the defensive strength is the same level as the original dreadnoughts, according to the information provided by the Japanese, the two battleships did not last long, so I think our estimate of the performance of the German battleships is somewhat low." After listening to the presentation, Jericho said from the point of view of naval technology.

"And then?" Churchill asked, frowning.

"From the point of view of speed, they seem to be a lot faster than Satsuma, although the Satsuma class is a former dreadnought, and the speed is now no more than 18 knots, but after sailing tens of thousands of kilometers, the two German battleships can still surpass Satsuma, which shows a problem, the normal speed of the other side is far beyond that of ordinary battleships, if so, it is not easy for our ordinary battleships to kill them." Jericho said thoughtfully.

"Is it okay for General Betty's battle cruiser detachment? General Betty had 4 super-dreadnought battlecruisers in his hands, and they were fast enough. Prince Louis asked.

"It's fast, but the defense of the tigers and lions is not necessarily stronger than that of the Satsuma, and I am afraid that when the two sides fight, we will still pay a heavy price." Jericho said.

"Are we going to use the most powerful Queen Elizabeth-class battleships to go to the Indian Ocean to solve this problem?" Churchill said with some displeasure.

"Can we leave this matter to the Japanese fleet? In terms of time, we are now in a very disadvantageous situation, and it is impossible for us to deploy a main fleet in the Indian Ocean to block the gates of the Persian Gulf. When the German fleet will come out, we simply do not know. On the contrary, the Japanese Navy is the least stressed now, they also suffered heavy losses in this battle, they have 4 Kongo-class battlecruisers, 4 to 2 is always enough, right? Fisher said.

"First, the Japanese may not agree. Second, we must show results now! The success of Admiral Betty off the coast of Germany was not enough to restore the prestige and dignity of the Reich Navy for this loss. We must kill them ourselves! Churchill said.

To tell the truth, Churchill really wanted the Japanese to take on this task, willing to do without him, reduce the pressure, the losses have been done, this is the sunk cost, no matter how unhappy you are, you can't do anything. If the Japanese can solve the problem, the Royal Navy is naturally willing to bear the humiliating name, after all, the loss caused by this face is actually nothing compared to the months when the most elite capital ships leave the mainland. But Churchill knew that the Japanese attached great importance to their capital ships! I just lost two ships, how can I immediately go to fight a strong enemy again? After all, in the eyes of the Japanese, this is a war for Europeans.

"We've got to come up with a solution, don't we?" Churchill said.

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