"Did you hear that? The Germans killed Marshal Charles, and as a result we had to pay a battleship......" On the deck of the battleship, an officer angrily walked up behind Phillips and complained.

Tom? General S.V. Phillips, as commander of the British Home Fleet, may now be the backbone of the Home Fleet.

Because Marshal Charles has left, he can now be said to be the first person in the navy.

Now in his hands, he held all the warships of the home fleet, including cruisers and destroyers, which had not yet been transferred to the German Navy.

"General, do it! Sit back! Not in the style of our Navy! An officer stepped forward and said in a pleading tone.

The other officer also nodded and persuaded Phillips: "General! If you don't think about it, the Navy will be completely finished! ”

These officers, who stood on the bridge of the ship, as the henchmen of Phillips and Charles, all opened their mouths in a chaotic manner, persuading their commanders to save the navy.

The word save the Navy was not there before, and once upon a time the British Navy needed to be saved? It's a pity that now everything is different, and the British Navy has reached the point of its weakest point.

"Marshal Charles will not die in vain...... The Navy will not perish either! General Phillips said with his hands behind his back, standing on the deck of the battleship Rodney, facing the sea breeze.

The situation has reached such a point that loyalty to the country is no longer comparable to his loyalty to the navy.

Rather than destroy the entire navy, Phillips thought it would be better to give it a go. This time he stopped thinking about the whole country, he was going to do something for the future of the Navy.

Charles had already planned with him that if the sunk of battleships such as the King George V failed, Phillips would have to be prepared to carry out another plan.

"Command your men to spread the news among the sailors and officers that Marshal Charles was killed by the Germans. The more aggrieved things are, the better, and now we are running out of time. Phillips gave the order.

That night, after a single gunshot, the coup d'état of the British Royal Navy began.

"Who are you?" The soldier on duty with a rifle aimed at the swaying figure in the distance.

He was answered by a dense strafing fire, in which British sailors, armed with their own weapons, flanked the Army sentries on the docks from the ships and from both sides of the barracks.

"Ahh The soldier who was shot let out a scream, which was then muffled by the dense gunfire. The sound of sirens echoed through the harbor, and the battle was fierce from the start.

First the sailors of the battleship Rodney shot and killed the sentries on the dock, and then the soldiers of the battleship Weariness attacked the patrol, killing a dozen friendly soldiers in one go.

In fact, the battle broke out between the British and the British. The officers and men of the navy who seized the warship wore red strips of cloth on their arms, and it was the sentries of the British Army and the gendarmerie who were caught off guard by the chaos.

In the midst of the chaos, the British battleship Rodney, as well as the USS Revenge, Barham, and HMS Warweary, and the aircraft carrier HMS Dreadnought left port.

The ships fought their way out of Scapa Bay with a small number of cruisers and destroyers, detoured the waters north of Ireland, and accelerated south away.

"It went very well...... Although this time it was our own decision, it was all for the future of the British Empire. An officer walked up behind Phillips and saluted and congratulated.

The fleet had just escaped from the Army's control, and now that they had sworn to break away from the British, the whole fleet was to rush to South Africa, a colony at the southern tip of Africa, to see what was going on.

Originally, the fleet was going to the United States, but Phillips felt that if he went to the United States, he would be used as a gunman by the United States.

His fleet will either die on the road to conquer Germany or be consumed in the Pacific theater.

This was intolerable for a naval commander of the British Empire. America's means of weakening Britain are not very secretive, so most of the British people have no good feelings for the United States.

After all, the country that pulled Britain down from the throne of world hegemony was the evil Germany, but the black hand behind the scenes was the United States.

Therefore, Phillips changed the battle plan, he was going to take all the warships he brought out to South Africa, and then where the Germans had no way to reach out, quietly waiting for the trend of the war to become clearer.

Moreover, he has another advantage of being stationed in South Africa, that is, he can enter the Indian Ocean at any time, join some small warships in the Indian Ocean, and can also retreat to Malacca and other areas.

If Australia is included, there are many ways for this fleet to retreat. The only concern for Phillips was that South Africa was running out of supplies.

He also has a countermeasure to this problem. He would ask the Americans for supplies, and if the Americans refused, he could immediately abandon South Africa and retreat to India.

After all, India and Britain have been operating for many years, and there are still ports capable of receiving 4 battleships. And it is closer to the oil-producing area, which is convenient for the supply of warships.

"Report!" Another officer walked into the bridge in frustration and reported bad news to Phillips: "The USS Fury has not been able to keep up. ”

After all, the naval rebellion could not be supported by everyone, and in fact as a bargaining chip with Germany, the British government did not intend to keep too many navies.

The more navy remained, the more wary Germany became. At that time, for the sake of security, Germany will have to find a balance in other aspects.

What kind of exchange process is not cost-effective for Britain, so in the negotiation process, Britain has long made the idea of exchanging the navy for more benefits.

In this case, whether the naval side is dead or alive is no longer something that needs to be considered at the top. It's a pity that things that are not considered by the top management always have to be considered.

The warship broke out of the harbor and gathered on the surface of the sea, its sharp bow cutting through the water, and in a moment it was drowned in the thick of the night.

On March 6, the British Navy mutinied, and Scarpa Bay fought fiercely all night. By daybreak, most of the Royal Navy's capital ships were gone, and the British Army units stationed in the harbor could only look at the Atlantic Ocean in the distance.

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"Mr. Prime Minister...... There was a rebellion in the naval fleet, and the whole fleet left Scarpa Bay...... "and the officers who hurried into the prime minister's office reported what had just happened."

When Prime Minister Attlee heard the news, he felt a stream of blood rush into his brain, making him unable to see anything in his eyes.

He finally felt the despair and helplessness that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill felt, and at the same time, he also felt the helplessness of not being able to control the overall situation.

The British fleet, as a bargaining chip, was the key link in getting the Germans to compromise. Now that the fleet is in trouble, the Germans will certainly make even more excessive demands.

If Britain abandons the peace talks, then the battleships that were given to Germany for nothing before will become the laughing stock of the whole world. If Britain continues to negotiate peace, the issue of the fleet's departure will become a bad account that Britain cannot explain.

The Germans didn't care whether Britain let go of their fleet or not, and if they couldn't get the corresponding warships, they would definitely want more.

If nothing else, how can there be anything else in the current state of the UK? Do you want to loan Liverpool to Germany? Do you want to give up all of London?

"Send a telegram to the fleet! Let them return immediately! It's no joke! That's an order! After a few seconds of stabilizing the mood, British Prime Minister Attlee gave the first order.

Then he gave a second order: "Inform the Germans of this matter and try to minimize the impact!" ”

He no longer had the care to keep his fleet a secret, and he couldn't imagine what he would face if it left.

"Also, think about it right away, if the fleet insists on leaving, what good way can we deal with it! Right now! Give it to me right away! He looked at his secretary and finally commanded.

Now that he has chosen to run away from home, Phillips, who is already an adult, will certainly not be called back by a telegram of command.

He threw the telegram at his feet, and then instructed the officer in charge of the radio: "After that, there is no need for such a telegram to be sent to me." ”

He let out a sad sigh as he stood on the bridge and watched the sharp bow of the battleship Rodney tear open the sea.

From now on, he probably won't ever set foot on British soil again, and even he doesn't know if he'll ever count himself as an Englishman.

There is no way back, and what he can do now is to take the fleet and go to South Africa first. It is only when he gets there that he thinks about how to choose his next path.

After all, going south to Africa is not an even road. Who knows whether those officers and gentlemen will reveal their whereabouts to the Germans, and whether the German navy will be dispatched, these are all things he does not know.

"It's a bit unfortunate to leave a little bit for the Germans." Retracting his gaze from the sea, Phillips summed it up gloomily.

He could not take the battleship Ramirez, which was still being repaired on the slipway, so he had to leave it to the enemy.

The slower-moving aircraft carrier Fury, because the uprising failed, so the soldiers could only open the sea to prevent the aircraft carrier from falling into the hands of the Germans.

So, by daybreak, the USS Fury was left with only the mast still exposed. It's sunk in Scapa Bay, a pile of scrap metal.

The German Navy's plan to become a fat man was completely destroyed by the stubborn British naval officers and men.