Just as Chen Zhaoqiang was preparing the pocket formation and preparing to pit a strong Pit Passer, 200 nautical miles away from Port Hedland, Derek Chaplin, the commander of the Expeditionary Force in Pass, was also preparing to surprise Port Hedland. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he commanded more than 5,000 troops, Derek Chaplin held the rank of colonel.

Derek Chaplin fought in the World Wars, but he did not stand out in the World Wars, so much so that he did not even get the rank of general. After the World War, Derek Chaplin retired from the army and returned to Paz to become a parliamentarian and began his political career.

Perhaps because it was a bit of a pity not to be a general, Derek Chaplin was the most resolute in his assertive approach to Port Hedland, and managed to secure the position of commander of the expeditionary force after the Perth City Council decided to attack Port Hedland.

Port Hedland is a port city, and if you want to attack it, you need a naval force, and the City Council of Perth still has some money, so Derek Chaplin is now on a cruiser, the Path.

The Path is a grandfather-old warship that fought in the World War as part of the Royal Navy, and the reason why the Perth City Council has only now launched an attack on Port Hedland is to wait for the Pass.

In addition to the cruiser Path, Derek Chaplin commanded four destroyers, the Black Swan, George V, John Monash, and Potdington.

The names of these four destroyers all have a history, and the black swan, as a representative animal of the city of Pas, received one of them; George V is the current king of England, John Monash is the best Australian in the world wars, and Beddington is the largest gold mine in Western Australia.

Before the discovery of iron ore in the Pilbara, gold was the most important source of income in Western Australia, and it was because of the discovery of gold that the city of Paz was born, so gold was very important to the people of Pas, even more important than the iron ore in the Pilbara.

Objectively speaking, these warships are not in very good condition, although before being sold to the Perth City Council, these warships have been carefully maintained by the British Royal Navy, and the operators of these warships are all English sailors, but after all, they are still a little old, even the latest Black Swan, they are more than ten years old.

Although the world war has just ended two years ago, the warships built during the world war are already a little outdated, not to mention these warships that have entered the army before the world war.

Even so, Derek Chaplin was satisfied.

According to information obtained by the Perth City Council, there were only a few gunboats of less than 1,000 tons in Port Hedland, which were not even warships, but merely patrol boats on inland waterways, and were not worth mentioning in the face of warships like the Black Swan, let alone the more powerful Pass.

Although there are people who swear that Port Hedland will buy submarines from Lanfang and France, there is no evidence that Port Hedland implemented this plan, and no one has seen those submarines in Port Hedland, so Derek Chaplin thinks that this claim is just nonsense, Lanfang and France will not necessarily sell the Port Hedland submarine as a weapon of war, which will cause a strong protest from the British, and Port Hedland cannot find so many skilled sailors who can operate submarines.

Compared to operating a warship, operating a submarine is a technical job, and there are not many submariners to be found in the city of Pass, let alone the backcountry of Port Hedland.

Yes, in Derek Chaplin's concept, Port Hedland is a backcountry, and if it weren't for the iron ore there, Derek Chaplin probably wouldn't have looked at Port Hedland in his life.

It's a pity that Derek Chaplin forgot that if it weren't for the gold mines, there would be no city of Paz.

Despite all the rumors, Derek Chaplin was convinced that as long as his fleet could reach Port Hedland, then Port Hedland, which lacked a navy, would have to be captured, so Derek Chaplin was very optimistic.

"Tom, wait until tomorrow morning, and I'll have you standing on the docks of Port Holland, no matter how lucky that Jack is, this time he's doomed." Derek Chaplin sat in the commander's chair in the bridge of the Path, holding a pair of binoculars in a far-sighted manner, patrolling the empty coastline with confidence in his words.

"Of course, I believe in your ability, and you will definitely let that 'angel' understand that in this world, only strength is the capital that can be relied on, not illusory luck." Tom Spike also has a pair of telescopes in his hand, but instead of observing them, he plays with them in his hands.

To be honest, there is still a bit of entertainment on the warship, which makes Tom Spike, who is used to being a dog. As a high-ranking councilor, if it weren't for the iron ore in the Pilbara region that tempted Tom Spike, I guess Tom Spike would have been in some socialite's boudoir by now, rather than in this damn bridge that smelled of gasoline everywhere.

Tom Spike was one of the main drivers of the Perth City Council's tough approach to Port Hedland, and as a mining tycoon and one of the owners of the Pottington Gold Mine, Tom Spike was immediately tempted to turn the Pilbara Iron Ore into his own business when he heard that the Pilbara region had the richest gold mine in the world.

Of course, even if you get the iron ore in the Pilbara area, it can't become Tom Spike's private property, Tom Spike will only become one of everyone, which is already very good, Tom Spike understands the sharing truth, otherwise, Tom Spike will not be able to find so many companions in the Perth Council, and finally push the Perth Council to take a tough approach to Port Hedland.

"Sir, the sonar soldiers have discovered that the seabed near it is not very flat, I think we had better check it out." James Jerome, the captain of the Path, was rarely able to speak, and his words were uncertain.

James Jerome was a standard naval officer, during the World War, James Jerome was a destroyer captain, after the World War, Britain reduced part of the fleet, James Jerome also retired, but like those Europeans who joined the Lanfang Foreign Legion, James Jerome was not willing to be an ordinary person from now on, so under the temptation of the high salary of the Paz City Council, James Jerome came to Paz and became the captain of the Pass.

To be honest, xenophobia is still quite serious in the city of Pass, and Angel Jack has not fully integrated into Pass for so long, which is very revealing. James Jerome had the same problem as Angel Jack, in this case, James Jerome was nominally the captain of the Paz, but James Jerome's advice was not heeded.

Before the expeditionary force set out, James Jerome had suggested that two destroyers and the Paz should form a mobile fleet to go to Port Hedland in advance, so as to blockade Port Hedland in advance and test the defense of Port Hedland.

This proposal was opposed by almost everyone, and in the concept of the Paz City Council, including the Pas, whose task was mainly to provide escort for the convoy transporting the Marine Corps, there was simply no need to strike forward.

In the eyes of those fat-brained parliamentarians, as long as the fleet arrives at Port Hedland, Port Hedland will be at your fingertips, and there is no need to do anything more.

And there are different voices, James Jerome's proposal is to divide power from Derek Chaplin's hands, if the mobile fleet is not formed, then it does not reflect the importance of James Jerome at all, and the reason why James Jerome made this proposal is more to prove that the cost of hiring James Jerome by the Perth City Council is worth it.

After so many reasons are combined, you can imagine how depressed James Jerome is, so James Jerome is not very energetic now, and even has a bad premonition in his heart.

Intuition, pure intuition.

"It's best not to go, we are not familiar with the nearby seas, but from the previous feedback, there are many reefs here that make people's scalps tingle, maybe the sonar found only a certain whale, and we better go straight to Port Hedland." As before, Derek Chaplin disagreed with James Jerome's suggestion.

This is an era when sonar has just appeared, and it is normal for sonar soldiers to make some mistakes, and the sonar in this era does not have a display, and it is all up to the sonar soldier's ears to distinguish those subtle engine noises, but the sound of the seabed is very complex, and it is not easy to distinguish the engine sound, and if the submarine is in a stationary state, the sonar soldier cannot detect it, and even if the warship passes above the submarine, the sonar cannot detect it.

At the time of departure, the sonar soldiers were dutiful enough to report almost any unusual sound, but after a few false alarms, Derek Chaplin had begun to get impatient.

Derek Chaplin used to be an army officer, and Derek Chaplin was a standard layman for the navy, although Derek Chaplin now has a navy warship under his command, but Derek Chaplin still uses the same system of management as the army, and Derek Chaplin has never realized that something is wrong.

This is the fundamental reason why Derek Chaplin was not promoted in the World Wars.

"Well, as you wish." James Jerome didn't insist.

However, James Jerome has decided that from tomorrow onwards, James Jerome will definitely carry a life jacket with him.

The Navy and the Army are still different, and there is still a chance to remedy the mistakes in the Army's intelligence, but if the Navy makes mistakes, the fate that awaits them can only be sunk.

James Jerome was the captain of the ship, but he was not willing to sink with the Paz for Derek Chaplin's stupid mistakes, and although it was the last resort for many naval captains, the city of Paz was not a worthy object of allegiance.

At least not for James Jerome.

(To be continued.) )