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Beginning yesterday evening, when the news of the defeat of the British Navy at Jutland reached London, all the members of parliament were summoned together, and the quarrel continued until noon the next day, and there was no sign of stopping.

The entire parliamentary hall has been turned into a hotel and a restaurant, and all the parliamentarians have no intention of going home, and they will not stop until a practical solution is discussed.

"Did the discussion come to a conclusion?"

In the prime minister's office, Herbert was eating a bento box and asked a group of cabinet members.

Foreign Minister Arthur snorted coldly and said: "The defeat in the Battle of Jutland involves a major issue of responsibility, and the opposition parties will definitely not give up, so why don't they take the opportunity to pull us down?" ”

Field Marshal, First Admiral Hudworth? Sir Mookes sighed and said, "It is my responsibility to lose this battle, and I will take the initiative to resign." ”

Field Marshal, Secretary of War John? Denton? Pinkestone? Count French frowned and said, "No matter what the reason, you as the Lord of the Navy will not be able to escape responsibility for the heavy losses in this naval battle. But now is not a problem that can be solved by resignation, the German Navy has won a big victory, and the next thing is sure to break through the blockade, once the German Navy enters the Atlantic, the consequences are unimaginable. Now your immediate task is to immediately reorganize your navy, to block the German navy in the North Sea, and never allow them to enter the Atlantic. ”

Although both were ministers and marshals, French was a hereditary count, while Mukes was only a lord for public service, and his status was there, and Mukes had to accept the reprimand.

The marshal and lord of Mukes were not easy to come by, and it was completely dependent on his personal ability, so among all the marshals of the British Navy, Mukes had an irreplaceable position, even if he fought a big defeat, but if Mukes resigned, then the morale of the British Navy would be even greater.

Herbert agreed: "What the Duke said is very true, and Marshal Mux, please find a way to turn the tide." ”

Others, including First Sea Secretary Fisher, did not want Mux to leave his job.

Mukes sighed and said: "I'm really ashamed of the Reich, this battle is really a wretch, how can the German Navy, which has no energy to survive the big war, suddenly become so brave and cunning like taking stimulants?" ”

Intelligence Director Landston said embarrassedly: "It's all my fault, if I stick to my position, Jericho won't be ambushed." ”

Mux said, "You can't be blamed for that! Jericho, as the commander of the naval fleet, should have judged himself. ”

"It's my fault!"

Someone suddenly shouted at the door, and everyone looked up to see that it was Jericho, the commander of the British Navy fleet.

Jericho led the remnants of the fleet to flee back to Scapa Bay last night, and after a little arrangement, he was immediately recalled to London by the British government, and the parliament wanted to hear his explanation of what had happened on Jutland and why the British navy had suffered such a crushing defeat.

"You're back just in time!" Mukes suddenly sank his face and said angrily, "How did you command?" ”

Herbert looked at Jericho's dark eyes and red eyes, and knew that he must be very tired, so he said, "Sit down and talk!" ”

"Does he have a face to sit on?" Count French snorted coldly, holding back his anger. ╔╗

"I'm not tired, I'll still stand and answer!" Jericho had lost the battle, naturally without any temper, and only hoped that he would not be court-martialed.

Jericho then briefed the crowd on the Battle of Jutland and asked many puzzling questions.

Landers asked: "You mean the Germans know that we have deciphered their radio code?" How is this possible? Our confidentiality is very strict and will never be leaked. ”

Jericho nodded: "The general indication is that the German Navy was ambushed in advance, they knew that we were going to ambush them, the main fleet did not attack the Betty fleet as a bait, but went directly to us, and they actually knew our route and location, and ambushed a large number of submarines in advance, which not only caused heavy damage to our fleet, but also disrupted the formation of our fleet, and at this time the German main fleet appeared, this is definitely not a coincidence, we fell into the trap of the Germans from the beginning." ”

Mux nodded and said, "Landers, you don't have to blame yourself, we believe that your intelligence department has not leaked it." In fact, we are all too arrogant, several times with the German navy, we have used intelligence to achieve ambush in a predetermined place to wait for the German navy to appear, once or twice the Germans will not suspect, several times is like this, it is inevitable that the Germans will not suspect that their code book has been leaked, so it is inevitable to calculate us in reverse. ”

Herbert asked, "Is the specific loss counted?" Is the loss big? ”

Jericho nodded dejectedly, "Yes! We were ambushed by the main fleet of the German Navy, half of which was lost and half of the remaining half were seriously wounded, and are currently being urgently repaired in Scapa Bay. ”

Arthur interjected and asked, "Can you still fight in a short time?" ”

Jericho shook his head and said: "The degree of damage to the battleship is difficult to repair in half a month, two-thirds of the casualties, and it will take more than half a month to replenish, the most serious thing is the morale problem, the morale of the Royal Navy has fallen to the bottom after this battle." ”

Muxes sighed and said: "After the battle with the Chinese Imperial Navy, the wounds of our navy have not healed, and this time it was defeated by a German navy with no experience, and it is inevitable that the morale will be seriously low. ”

"Damn it!" Mukes then slammed the table, and said very angrily: "It is shameful enough to be defeated by the Chinese Imperial Navy, but the bad guys have experienced many naval battles and are recognized as a victorious division with rich combat experience, plus they succeeded in sneak attacks, so our defeat can be explained by mistakes and lack of actual combat experience." But what about now? In a head-on battle with the German navy, which had no real combat experience, we also lost, and we lost even worse, is it that the Royal Navy has already fallen? ”

French persuaded him: "You can't blame the navy entirely, didn't Jericho just say that the German naval aviation sent a large number of bombers to attack our fleet?" ”

Jericho immediately added: "That's right! Although it was not like the situation in which the Chinese Empire destroyed the Japanese Combined Fleet with bombers, the German planes suddenly appeared over our fleet, and although their bombs and torpedoes did not inflict heavy damage on our fleet, they forced the ships of our fleet to avoid torpedoes. You know, hundreds of torpedoes were fired from all directions, and our formation could not be maintained, and we suddenly fell into confusion, and in these twenty minutes or so, the German main fleet completed a favorable strike formation against our main fleet, causing our fleet to be heavily damaged. ”

Mux frowned and said, "How do you look at this tactic not like the Germans came up with?" ”

Herb nodded and said, "The Germans are very rigid, and this tactic is indeed not like theirs. ╔╗After all, the Germans did not build aircraft carriers, so how did their combat planes fly over Jutland? Can our land-based aircraft do it? ”

Air Force Minister Hugh? Viscount Trenhard then said: "It can't be done, except with an aircraft carrier platform." ”

The Germans did not have an aircraft carrier platform, not even a converted aircraft carrier, so how did their aircraft do it?

Suddenly, everyone seemed to suddenly realize, and said in unison: "It's the Chinese Empire!" ”

Arthur said suddenly: "As far as I know, the Chinese Empire recently signed a huge deal with Germany, and a large amount of gold and silver from the German treasury was shipped to the Chinese Empire as collateral. ”

"It must be!" Herbert gritted his teeth and said: "The Chinese Empire is very dissatisfied with our acceptance of the United States into the war, in addition to reducing the supply of advanced weapons and materials to us, it has also secretly exported more advanced weapons and equipment to Germany. ”

Trenhard analyzed: "That's right! I finally figured out that when the Imperial Chinese Air Force sent out Cat Demon fighters and H1N1 bombers to bomb Jeju Island, half of the fighters and bombers took off from the mainland of Weihaiwei and Shanghai, but the Cat Demon fighters and bombers sold to us could not reach that range.

Count French suddenly asked, "You mean to say that all that is sold to us is parallel goods?" ”

Trenhard nodded: "Although it is not a parallel import, the Chinese Empire's foreign exports have always been to reduce the performance of one level before exporting, they call it foreign trade, which is actually a version of reduced performance." I think the Germans must have acquired the real original combat aircraft of the Chinese Empire, which is why they had such a large range and could take off directly from the German mainland to the skies over Jutland. ”

"The Chinese Empire is so hateful!"

If it weren't for the strong military strength of the Chinese Empire, if it weren't for the fear that the Chinese Empire would fall into the camp of the Allies, if it weren't for the coveting of the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire, with the attitude of the hardliners of the British Cabinet, they would have turned their faces and started a war with the Chinese Empire.

Although French was very angry, he did not forget to count down Trenchad and said, "What is your aircraft carrier for?" Why stay in the harbor and not move? Even if the Chinese Empire gave Germany more advanced aircraft, we would have aircraft carriers, and we would not be able to obtain long-range combat aircraft, and we could completely make up for it with aircraft carriers! ”

"I'm sorry!" Trenhard suddenly lowered his head in shame and said, "I'm also responsible." ”

"That's it!" Herbert suddenly interrupted: "The battle is like this, we all have a responsibility, so don't bother with this issue." The priority was how to deal with the German Navy, which they won a big victory and would soon take the initiative to break through our blockade. ”

Mux then said: "According to Jericho's report, the main fleet of our navy has lost more than half of it, and it will not be able to go to sea to fight for half a month. Therefore, we can only ask the French Navy to temporarily assist in the defense of the North Sea, and urge the US Navy to leave as soon as possible to fill the gap in this regard. ”

Herbert turned to Arthur and asked, "What did the American side say?" ”

Arthur replied, "It's April Fool's Day in the United States, and the officials of the U.S. government are all joking with each other and don't believe us at all. ╔╗We have just contacted the U.S. Ambassador to the UK and asked him to relay the facts. ”

Herbert rolled his eyes suddenly, quite speechless, and said with a wry smile: "I can't blame the Americans, even I feel as if in a dream, how can our Royal Navy be defeated by the Germans?" It's a big joke. ”

Muck thought for a moment and said: "You can't expect the U.S. Navy to arrive in a short time, because they don't have any experience in large-scale naval battles, second, the Americans actually entered the war to break the political and economic blockade of the Chinese Empire and want to make some money from us. ”

French frowned and said, "What then?" The French Navy is far inferior to the German Navy in terms of superbow-type capital ships, and they cannot stop the German Navy. ”

Herb nodded, turned to Arthur and said, "It's up to you, please convince the U.S. Navy to come and help." ”

Arthur suddenly got up and called the secret and said, "Go and make an appointment with the American ambassador immediately!" ”

At this time, the secretary of the council hall came and summoned Jericho to explain to the council. Herbert then said, "Let's go and hear it together!" ”

Arthur suddenly asked, "The outside has been blocked by the media, how can we explain it?" Do you want to post the truth? ”

Herbert sighed and said, "The Germans must have made a big deal of it, and even exaggerated the results of the war. In this case, you immediately hold a press conference, control public opinion, and say as little as possible, the current domestic economy is in turmoil, and you cannot afford the bad news of a big defeat. If necessary, you can use the police to shut up newspapers and reporters who like to exaggerate, and if you can't do it, lock them up. ”

Arthur asked, "Is that good?" The opposition parties will certainly not budge, and they will certainly seize the lever and hype it up. ”

Herbert almost broke down and said, "It's settled, I'm going to see Bernal, hoping that he can put the overall situation of the country first." ”

Jericho was then besieged and reprimanded by a group of parliamentarians, who announced his dismissal on the spot and transferred him to a military court.

Arthur claimed at the press conference that the British Navy lost the Battle of Jutland yesterday because of Jericho's miscommand, which led to the loss of several warships to the British Navy.

Arthur deliberately suppressed the losses and gave the British media a briefing in advance, suppressing British public opinion by various means. At the same time, because it was April Fool's Day, the British people did not pay much attention to it, and they all thought it was a joke, how could the powerful British Navy fail miserably?

On the morning of the same day, the German government also trumpeted the defeat of the British Navy by the German Navy at Jutland, and exaggerated the annihilation of the main fleet of the British Navy, taking the opportunity to appease the German people and ease domestic contradictions, and at the same time to blow the morale of the Entente and boost the morale of the Allies.

The British and German announcements of the results of the naval battle were so different that it became clear to the whole world that one of them must be lying.

Soon, the mainstream media of the Chinese Empire, the authoritative newspaper of the Chinese Empire, the Imperial Daily, published a commentator's article, which reported the results of the Battle of Jutland in the most spectacular way, pointing out that the British Navy lost more than half of the Battle of Jutland and was the side that was defeated, while the German Navy suffered very little losses and won a great victory.

Since the Chinese Empire had battlefield observation groups in the camps of the Allied and Allied powers, the reports of the Chinese Empire were even more credible to the people of the world. ╔╗

The next day, mass protests erupted across the UK, demanding an explanation from the British government. Herbert's cabinet found that paper could not contain the fire, so it had to admit that the British navy had suffered a crushing defeat and heavy losses. As a result, the British people were angry, the war had made them unemployed and living in difficulty, and now that the British Navy had lost the war, the domestic contradictions suddenly intensified.

Herbert's cabinet was ousted on 3 April, and the Conservative party was supposed to form a cabinet, but the Conservative Party could not turn the tide at this time, and the strength of one party was very weak at this time, so the Conservative Party proposed the formation of a war cabinet. So the Liberals and the Conservatives worked together again to form a coalition cabinet for the third time, with David as the prime minister.

Although the Herbert cabinet collapsed, it did not stabilize the domestic contradictions. At this time, there was a shortage of materials in the UK, inflation was serious, and the pound had stopped being freely convertible with gold, depreciating more than 7 times. Men were either sent to the battlefield or worked in military heavy industry, and the shortage of men in non-military heavy industry, light industry, and agriculture led to widespread bankruptcy and closure, and women began to abandon housewife work and enter factories.

France urgently mobilized ten capital ships into the North Sea to help the British navy defend its homeland, but it could only provide vigilance, let alone engage the German navy.

The Italian navy, in turn, cooperated with the French navy to continue the blockade of the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish imperial navies to prevent the two navies from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

The United States was even more shocked when it confirmed the news of the British Navy's crushing defeat at Jutland. Originally, the United States had no real intention of transferring the main fleet to the North Sea, and they believed that the British Navy was enough to blockade the German Navy, so the US Navy did not move for a long time, and continued to squat at the Pearl Harbor base in the Pacific Ocean to guard against the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The purpose of the United States was to deter the Chinese Empire, because the United States joined the Entente camp and counted the navies of Britain, France and Italy, and had an overwhelming advantage over the Chinese Imperial Navy. The United States was busy making solemn representations with the Chinese Empire, demanding that the Chinese Empire stop its war operations against Japan.

Now, the British navy has suffered a heavy blow, which has suddenly softened the attitude of the United States towards the Chinese Empire on the Japanese issue, because the British Navy can no longer be counted on, and the American Navy is forced to transfer reinforcements to Europe, so it is necessary to appease the Chinese Empire and dare not be tougher anymore.

In order to appease the Chinese Empire, the United States once again abandoned Japan and took the initiative to sign a non-aggression pact with the Chinese Empire. Only by signing a non-aggression pact with the Chinese Empire did the United States dare to transfer its navy to Europe.

In the Forbidden City, the Chinese Emperor Wang Chenhao convened a pre-imperial meeting, and in addition to formulating the landing operation against the capital of the Japanese state, the outcome and impact of the Battle of Jutland were also a key topic.

Wang Chenhao never expected that the Battle of Jutland would end like this. The great victory of the German navy made him feel that the history of the world in this time and space would be completely changed, and even Europe had undergone great changes, seriously deviating from the track of European history.

"If the Allies had won, would there have been a Second World War?"

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but think of this question in his heart, history has been changed by him, and his "prophetic" ability will also disappear with the major changes in world history.

Wang Chenhao has never felt afraid that if the Chinese Empire continues to invade, will it repeat the mistakes of Germany and Japan, this question has always been Wang Chenhao's greatest concern, and he has always had the imprint of the defeat of the invaders in his mind. Before, he didn't think it was a danger, because everything was under his control and prediction, but now that Germany had won a great victory in the Battle of Jutland, Britain would not be able to stop the German navy from entering the Atlantic, and once the German navy broke the engagement, Britain would definitely lose. This series of chain reactions will be beyond Wang Chenhao's prediction. Without the ability to predict, Wang Chenhao no longer dared to let the Chinese Empire take the road of foreign aggression.

The ministers don't know what Wang Chenhao thinks in his heart, they have been trained by Wang Chenhao for many years, and have become a little arrogant and arrogant, thinking that the Chinese Empire is an invincible existence, but they don't know that this is exactly what Wang Chenhao is worried about, he doesn't want the Chinese Empire to end up in a place of no return like Japan.

Wu Tingfang said: "Your Majesty, the United States is willing to compromise on the Japanese issue, but hopes to sign a non-aggression pact with us to end the hostility between China and the United States for more than 10 years. ”

"This is just right, we can rest assured that we can boldly destroy the Japanese state." Wang Shizhen and other military personnel were immediately elated.

Wang Chenhao's face suddenly sank, and said: "The previous plan remains the same, I will only give you one chance, if you can't destroy Japan at one time, then end the war immediately." ”

Wang Shizhen and the others were stunned for a moment, secretly glanced at His Majesty the Emperor, and saw that he seemed to be in a heavy mood, so they didn't dare to mention it again, and immediately said yes.

On the side, Zhang Feng saw that Wang Shizhen was deflated, and immediately smiled, and whispered to Wang Shizhen: "It seems that Lord Wang didn't look at the weather forecast in the court today, right?" ”

"Cut!" Wang Shizhen glared at Zhang Feng angrily and turned his face to the other side.

Zhang Feng smiled slightly, hitting Wang Shizhen was one of the pleasures of his daily court.

At this time, I only heard Wang Chenhao say: "Since the United States has relented, then I will sign with them." With a non-aggression pact, it was also a good thing for the empire. ”

Zhang Feng immediately echoed: "Your Majesty Shengming! The United States is not a weak country, and the war potential is huge, and it is not good for the empire to fight the United States. ”

Zhang Peilun said: "Your Majesty, since the United States has taken the initiative, it means that we have the upper hand, so it is better to knock the United States very hard." ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "How do you knock it?" ”

Zhang Peilun replied: "At present, the sharp decline in orders from the Entente countries in China is caused by the United States. We demand that the United States share a part of the profits with us, otherwise we will not sign it. The United States is definitely going to reinforce Europe, and if we don't sign a contract, the United States will not do anything to transfer its capital ships to Europe. As far as the Entente countries were concerned, the result of the German Navy breaking through the blockade and entering the Atlantic Ocean was disastrous, and we were not afraid that the Entente side would not compromise, and perhaps the Entente side would take the initiative to ask us without the United States proposing. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "This is not bad, you can consider it, what do you think Aiqing thinks?" ”

Zhang Feng took the lead and said: "The ministers seconded it. ”

Wang Chenhao then ordered Wu Tingfang, Zhang Peilun, and Tang Shaoyi to form a negotiating team with the United States and take full responsibility for negotiations with the United States.

The Imperial General Staff, the Battle of Jutland is inseparable from the help of the Chinese Empire, so the Imperial Chinese Navy is also studying this naval battle in depth, and ending the experience from it, so as to accumulate knowledge and experience for the possible outbreak of naval battles in the future.

According to the information sent back by the military observers of the Chinese Empire stationed in Britain and Germany, after compilation, it was compared with the figures published by the British and German governments, and the water was removed to obtain first-hand detailed information.

Lin Tai once returned to China after visiting Berlin, wrote a report on the whole thing, made a report at the General Staff Conference, and put forward his views based on the data.

In terms of the combat distance, Lin Tai once pointed out that the combat distance between the two sides has been maintained at a distance of 20 kilometers, and they all rely on large-caliber artillery to fight, and the range of small-caliber artillery is insufficient.

In terms of hit rate, the German High Seas Fleet fired a total of 15,380 shells, of which 10,904 large-caliber shells, an average of about 330 rounds per ship, about 40 rounds per gun, carrying 90,150 rounds, and 621 large-caliber shells were confirmed, with an average hit rate of 5.6%. In total, the British battleships fired 4,598 rounds of large-caliber shells, with an average hit rate of 2.17%. On the issue of the hit rate of both sides, Lin Tai once pointed out that the German Navy's Shenbow and Super Shenbow battleships and battlecruisers used the central fire control command and observation instruments produced by the Chinese Empire, which proved to surpass the central fire control command and observation instruments of the British ships. However, Lin Tai once emphasized that the German Navy's live-fire training was only once a year, and the gunners fired an average of 2.5 times, and the training was insufficient. The British side is slightly stronger, averaging around 4.5 times. According to the average life of a main gun barrel of 250 shells, the average number of shots fired by the Imperial Chinese Navy is 50 times that of the British and German Navy.

In terms of casualties, Lin Tai once said that the data he had showed that the total number of officers and men participating in the German High Seas Fleet was about 55,000, and more than 6,000 casualties. The total number of officers and men participating in the British Ocean Fleet is about 60,000, according to the official British figure is 6,097 killed, but Lin Tai once believed that the British deliberately concealed the truth, in fact, the British Navy's capital ships lost half, and the casualties were at least more than half, that is, more than 300000 casualties.

Lin Tai once pointed out that the defeat of the British Navy and huge casualties were inevitable, but the casualties of the German Navy reached more than 6,000 people, because the German ships were overly compact and compact, so that when the British shells exploded nearby, the German troops in the aisle did not have time to escape, and most of them were choked and burned to death by the air waves and flames of the shock wave.

The German warships were modeled after the Imperial Chinese Navy, so Lin Taizeng's experience was that the future warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy needed to consider this aspect of the layout factors. Of course, the Germans were large, and the aisles were not so narrow for the officers and men of the Imperial Chinese Navy. But the Admiralty also learned from it, and the General Administration of Ships took Lin Taizeng's advice to heart.

In addition, Lin Tai has pointed out that the comparison of the results of the Battle of Jutland shows the different design philosophies of Britain and Germany. British-built ships emphasized speed and firepower at the expense of armor protection. German ships, on the other hand, emphasized better protection on the basis of reduced speed and armament. The Germans clearly outnumbered the British in technical proficiency. Their armor-piercing projectiles with timing tubes exploded through the hull of the British ship, which had a great destructive effect. British shells often exploded as soon as they hit the armor. There were also problems with the gunpowder used on the British side, which was more flammable and explosive. And the Royal Navy did not close the ammunition hatch when transporting ammunition, which was also a fatal mistake. In terms of the vital fire protection system, the German Navy was far superior. After the First World War on the Dogel Sandbank, the Germans noticed that ammunition storage rooms and ammunition conveyors could also cause ammunition depot fires, and immediately modified these two parts to close them, and the shells exploded in the German turret during the naval battle, without causing further damage, and the well-protected vertical channel prevented the fire from running down to the ammunition depot. The Royal Navy did not notice the problem, and at least three British battlecruisers were blown apart by a series of explosives down to the powder deck when the shells exploded in the turrets. Not a single German ship, in turn, was lost due to such defects.

There was also a difference in the containers used by the two sides to transport the propellant packs, with the Germans shipping the propellant in closed metal containers, while the British only wrapped them in silk bags. The upper decks of German ships provided better protection in long-range artillery battles, and torpedoes exploded on their reinforced broadsides, causing less damage.

Moreover, Germany also surpassed the British main fleet in terms of signal technology and fire control and ranging equipment. British naval designers focused on speed and large-caliber cannons to the expense of other necessary improvements, and this flaw of the Royal Navy in this battle was obvious.

Through Lin Taizeng's explanation, the officers of the Imperial Chinese Admiralty and the chief officers of the fleet learned a lot of experience, on the one hand, to improve the design of the warships of the Chinese Empire, and on the other hand, to find the shortcomings of the existing equipment and experience of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The reason why the Imperial Chinese Navy attached great importance to Lin Taizeng's report was mainly because the Imperial Chinese Navy had not experienced a large-scale decisive battle of the capital ships of the Super Divine Bow Era, lacked experience, and many naval equipment had not been tested in actual combat, so it was just right to use this Battle of Jutland for testing.

After the meeting, the Admiralty compiled the experience of the Jutland Naval Warfare that Lin Tai had summed up into materials, wrote them into the Navy Education Department, and distributed them to all naval officers and men for study.

Wu Tingfang, Tang Shaoyi, and Zhang Peilun, as plenipotentiary negotiators of the Chinese Empire, negotiated with US envoy Smith and his party. Because Britain urgently needed the US Navy to go to Europe, in order to let the US Navy go to Europe with peace of mind, Britain tried its best to promote the signing of a non-aggression pact between China and the United States, and promised that Britain and the United States and the Entente would not intervene in the Japanese issue.

In this way, Wu Tingfang saw that it was profitable, so he reported it to the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Wang Chenhao, and obtained approval.

On March 13, 15 years of Guanghua and April 15, 1915 A.D., the Chinese Empire and the United States signed the "Hawaii Non-Aggression Pact", which mainly aimed at the navy, stipulating that the Chinese and American navies would stop patrolling the borders of the two countries' borders and overseas colonies, and end all military confrontations. The Chinese Empire guaranteed American interests in Japan, and the United States compromised on the issue of rubber exports from the Philippines, restoring the Chinese Empire to enjoy the same treatment in the Philippines as the United States.

After the treaty was signed, the Imperial Chinese Navy took the lead in fulfilling the treaty, and the United States was able to transfer its main fleet to Europe with confidence.

While China and the United States signed a non-aggression pact, the German Navy was not idle. Under the predetermined plan, the German Navy, after inflicting heavy losses on the British Navy, immediately broke through the North Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean to carry out the mission of breaking diplomatic relations.

However, Schell sent Hipper's battle cruiser squadron into the Atlantic only seven days later to cooperate with German submarines on a mission to break the diplomatic mission.

Scheer's main fleet rested for only three days before leaving port again on the fourth day.

Scheer planned to attack the British naval base Scapa Bay, intending to completely annihilate the main fleet of the British Navy. The German Navy arrived at Scapa Bay in high spirits, only to be fiercely attacked by the British Air Force.

It was only then that Scheer remembered that the British Air Force was not a vegetarian, and now he ran to people's doorsteps to find fault, and naturally he was going to be hit back by the British Air Force.

The Scheer fleet was attacked by more than 300 fighters of the British Air Force. Fortunately, under the advice of Lin Taizeng, the Scheer fleet was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, and at the same time, the British fighter load was small, and the aerial bombs only caused a certain degree of minor damage to the capital ships of the Scheer fleet.

Despite this, Scheer paid the price of sinking three destroyers and returned to Wilhelmshaven in disgrace.

On the fourth day, Scheer dispatched naval aviation, 100 H1N1 bombers made a long-distance attack on Scarpa Bay, dropping 200 500-kilogram aerial bombs, and in an instant the British naval base in Scapa Bay was severely damaged, most of the shipyards, machinery factories, gun factories, oil depots, barracks and other targets were destroyed, many wounded warships were sunk or seriously damaged, the entire Scarpa naval base was in flames, the British Navy suffered heavy casualties, and about 2,000 people were killed in this air raid.

However, because these hundred bombers did not have escort fighters, they were besieged by the British Air Force. In the end, only 32 of the 100 bombers flew back to Germany safely, and all the others were shot down.

At the same time, the Chinese Empire's large-scale landing operations against the Japanese were also prepared. The 1st Armored Division, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 1st Airborne Division of the Royal Guard, the Special Operations Brigade of the Royal Guard, the 1st Army, the 3rd Army, the 7th Army, the 4th Marine Division and the 5th Marine Division of the Marine Corps boarded the troop carriers and secretly assembled around Tokyo Bay with the main fleet of the Navy.

The Imperial Chinese Navy dispatched forty battleships, ten battle cruisers, 24 aircraft carriers, 42 light cruisers, 130 hunting ships, 20 submarines, 13 naval hospital ships, and 52 supply ships.

The naval air force dispatched 900 carrier-based fighters and 500 H1N1 bombers, and the air force mobilized 260 H2N1 long-range bombers from the mainland to the airports of Kitakyushu and Nakatsu to support naval aviation operations at any time.

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