Chapter 219: Big News

George, 33, is a well-known British military correspondent and a contributing writer for The Times.

Born into a family of naval families, as an excellent graduate of the Portsmouth Naval School, he could have served in the Navy as a promising officer.

However, due to an accident on the ship, George lost the little finger and ring finger of his right hand forever, and left his beloved navy.

Thankfully, George was left-handed, and his superiors felt it was a pity that he was retired, and even a rear admiral in the Royal Navy made it clear that George could stay in the Navy through the back door if he wanted to.

In private, many people agree with the words of the major general, wasn't Nelson also one-armed and one-eyed back then, what's wrong with the two fingers?

But George felt that even if he could not serve in the Navy as a soldier, he could still do his duty for the Royal Navy. There are many ways to serve the country, and it is not necessary to follow a path that is no longer suitable.

In this way, he became a military correspondent, cruising the seas with the warships of the British Empire, and recording what he saw and heard along the way.

George also served in the navy, and because of his occupational illness, he was very concerned about the construction of the navies of various countries along the way.

At the end of the cruise, he would find a quiet room and seriously write down the current situation of naval construction and the strange things on the warships along the way, and publish them in The Times.

Sometimes because of the length, it will even be serialized.

The British people have always admired the navy, and George himself has a very solid writing skills, so there are many readers.

In just over two years, George became a well-known military correspondent and professional commentator for The Times.

Not long ago, the chase that took place in the North Sea made George quite attentive.

George regretted the missed opportunity by not participating in that patrol fleet.

This regretful emotion has troubled George for nearly half a year. Even the outbreak of the Polish campaign did not distract George!

Afterwards, he studied all the information on the "Soviet battleship", not only found a relationship and saw the original photos, but also talked privately with the then fleet commander Commodore Joseph about all the information about the ship.

Well, this "Soviet battleship", named Peter the Great, in the eyes of the commander of the fleet, Brigadier General Joseph, undoubtedly humiliated the existence of the entire Royal Navy.

But one thing Joseph had to admit was that the battleship, or the fast battleship that George preferred, was indeed elegant and modern.

He had been on board the glory of the Royal Navy, the Glittering Hood. Although it was not for a long time, I was deeply fascinated by the giant ship.

However, the birth of Peter the Great, both in terms of appearance and performance, stabilized Hood!

(After all, it has been more than 20 years since Hood was built)

In appearance, the Peter the Great and the Hood are also slender and imposing.

With its sharp Atlantic bow, simple and elegant superstructure, and well-proportioned triple turret, even outsiders who don't understand the Navy have to admit that this is a very beautiful warship!

After feeling that his skills were inferior to others in comparison, it is no wonder that Joseph, who had been a fan of Hood's brains before, was unhappy with it.

But George, who talks about things, is different from Joseph!

When George first got his hands on the issue of The Times, which he did not co-edit, he was immediately fascinated by the boat.

George also knew that the Germans who had been fanning the flames on the other side of the Channel would never be involved in this matter. If it weren't for the fact that they didn't think it was a big deal to keep reporting on the matter, how could the heat of the incident last so long?!

It doesn't matter if the Soviet Union gets face, the key is the prestige of the British Empire!

It is precisely on the matter of Britain's disgrace that the entire European public opinion is happy to hear about it, after all, Britain, as a "European-stirring stick", has long accumulated a lot of grievances, and any family in Europe has a deep hatred with Britain for several generations.

But what George didn't know was that the German newspapers were making such a fuss was not just about stirring up trouble among the people.

As a matter of fact, the navies of various countries have already been troubled by the news of the birth of this battleship.

Needless to say, Britain naturally needs to say that how can they pursue absolute sea supremacy and let their navy grow with peace of mind for the Soviet Union, a country with already opposing ideologies?!

And the Japanese Combined Fleet also felt like it was facing a great enemy.

After all, the main purpose of the Soviet Union's development of naval technology was to control the Far East. The stage of the Pineapple Land Sea and the Black Sea is too small, and it is not worthy of such a high-speed capital ship at all!

However, for this Peter the Great, the current Japan has no problem at all.

At this speed, the Kongo-class battleships will definitely not be able to catch up.

The Kaohsiung-class heavy cruisers can barely catch up, but have the Kaohsiung-class fought before?!

According to the available information, the 12-inch cannon of the Peter the Great is not like pumping a grandson against several heavy patrols of the previous generation in Japan?

In case of such a similar Soviet battleship again, it appeared on the lines of communication of Japan at sea...... It doesn't take much, just stir it up back and forth, not to mention how big the loss is, the protest crowd at the gate of the Navy Province is not monstrous?

Roosevelt saw it openly, and expressed a very ambiguous attitude on behalf of the US government. is so calm, probably because they have no intention of joining the war at all.

France, on the other hand, has shown an attitude of indifference. After all, the French have always been at odds with the European trend. Their eyes were still on the road of Europe, always on the beware of the army of their German neighbors.

George was born into a naval family and was a top student at the Portsmouth Naval School, and then spent nearly ten years in the Royal Navy. Over time, I have such a set of my own network.

He basically has a certain understanding of the capital ships being built in Britain and the capital ships of other countries.

To be honest, he still thinks that the Soviet Union's large-scale trial voyage is mostly tired of something.

Of course, it was impossible for him to guess what private dealings the Soviet Union and Germany had on this ship, on the Polish question.

However, that didn't stop him from smelling something weird.

Centennial Navy! Judging by the Soviet Union's scientific and technological accumulation and the level of scientific talents, the appearance of this battleship seems to be a little too advanced. How could the Russian Navy, which was once beaten by the Japanese Navy to the point of losing its armor, have a warship technology that is not inferior to that of the British Empire in just a few decades?!

On the other hand, Germany, which is considered to be the most likely to challenge British sea power, has not only not continued to build new warships, but has been producing large cruise ships (a camouflage of aircraft carriers) with great fanfare. It's all going to war, and it's still producing this thing, and from George's point of view, he really doesn't understand what these Germans are thinking?

In the end, George made up his mind that he must go up to Peter the Great to have a look!

Even though the likelihood seemed a bit low, he did not give up and made a request to board the ship through the Soviet embassy in the UK. Unexpectedly, the Soviet Union actually replied that it agreed?!

Curiosity overshadowed suspicion, George didn't think much of it, and the next day he arranged for a plane sent by the Soviets (in order to keep the domestic terrain secret).

With all kinds of complicated feelings, after making a preview at the Thames before leaving, which aroused the enthusiasm of readers, George came to a large military port.

When he saw the great ships in the harbor, he immediately recognized the Peter the Great, which was full of three battleships. There is no way, in terms of appearance, Peter the Great is completely superior to the 2 low-profile misleading versions of the battleships copied by the Soviets according to the problem drawings. The freeboard of this low-profile replica battleship was too low to look incongruous, and the workmanship seemed to be much rougher than that of the Peter the Great.

Suddenly, George noticed that something seemed to be wrong, the boilers of the capital ships had caught fire, and faint black smoke was coming out of the chimneys........

There was a bang in his head - these Soviets are going to make big news!