Chapter 661: The Worried British
After the outbreak of the Battle of Ufa City, the attention of most of the Entente and the Central Powers was shifted to the city of Ufa on the Russian battlefield, this battle was likely to be the key to determining the outcome of the entire war, only the British did not turn all their attention to the Battle of Ufa City, the British had many places to take into account, and even some places were more important to the British than the victory of the Battle of Ufa City.
At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? In his office, Bannavin said to the Minister of War Henry Wiley, the Minister of the Navy Fisher, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne: "The battle of Ufa City has broken out for 3 days, and the current advance of the Chinese Imperial army towards Ufa City is not smooth, and the allied forces of our Entente and Allied countries are still blocking the positions outside Ufa City, and now the Chinese Imperial Army is storming these positions outside the city, and the detailed battle situation is on the telegram sent back from the front line of Ufa City, everyone take a look!" ”
Speaking of Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Bannavin first handed the telegram in his hand to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Landsdoor, who quickly read the telegram and then handed it to the Minister of the Navy Fisher, who read it and then gave the telegram to the Secretary of War Henry Wiley.
After reading the telegram from the front line of Ufa City, Henry Willy sighed and said: "Although our coalition army withstood the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army outside Ufa City, the number of casualties in just 3 days was as high as 390,000, and the losses were really too great. ”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, said: "There is no way, the Chinese Empire has a large number of advanced warplanes, and at least half of the 390,000 people must have died under the bombing of warplanes." It is a pity that our new fighter plane, which is comparable to the Chinese Imperial Air Force, has not yet been developed, otherwise there are fighters that can be used against it. The city of Ufa, which has gathered more than 6.5 million troops, will surely be able to achieve a big victory without any suspense. ”
The Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire in the vicinity of the city of Chelyabinsk. A large number of temporary airfields were built, more than 700 improved Yellow Bird fighters and more than 600 improved Blue Eagle bombers were stationed at these temporary airfields, after the outbreak of the Battle of Ufa City, more than 1,300 fighters were divided into 4 waves, and took turns to bomb the coalition forces inside and outside Ufa City, especially the forward positions of the coalition forces attacked by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, which were carpet bombed by the Chinese Imperial fighters, and I don't know how many rounds of carpet bombing, as long as the ground forces of the Chinese Empire launched an attack. Imperial Chinese warplanes used aerial bombs to clear the way for ground troops.
Although it was only three days after the Battle of Ufa began, the fighters of the Chinese Empire had already poured tens of thousands of tons of aerial bombs on the positions of the coalition forces, and if it had not been for the bombing of the Chinese Empire by the coalition forces had not been prepared for the bombing of the Chinese Empire and dug a large number of air-raid shelters, the losses of the coalition forces in the past three days would have increased a lot.
Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin said: "After technological integration, we in Britain, France, and Germany have developed new anti-aircraft guns and new anti-aircraft machine guns, and we have already worked overtime to produce a batch of new anti-aircraft machine guns in French factories. It is currently being delivered to the front line of Ufa City, and I believe that after this batch of new air defense weapons arrives in Ufa City, at least the fighters of the Chinese Empire will not be as rampant as they are now! ”
Paused for a moment Henry? Campbell? Banavin sighed and said, "I'm not too worried about the Battle of Ufa City. After all, there are more than 6.5 million troops gathered there, but some of them are difficult for me to sleep in places like India, Australia and New Zealand. These belong to the sphere of influence of our British Empire, and they are constantly facing attacks from the Chinese Empire. The situation is very dangerous. ”
At present, the British in Nepal, Bhutan and Burma in Asia have been completely occupied by the Chinese Empire. In this war between the Chinese Empire and the Entente and the Allied Powers, it was the country that suffered the worst losses except for Russia, although the navies and armies of other countries suffered a lot of losses, but after all, no territory was occupied by the Chinese Empire, only Russia and Britain, in this regard, it was more sad, who made them two countries close!
War Minister Henry Wiley said: "Our British Empire's garrison in India has won the defense of Islamabad and Dhaka, the Chinese Empire's army that entered India has now withdrawn from India, and directly withdrew to the Chinese Empire, our War Department expects that the Chinese Empire's army should not enter India again in a short period of time, and our troops in India are still increasing their efforts to expand the army, that is, the army of the Chinese Empire, launching an attack on India again, our army will also hold India, This is the most important colony of our British Empire. ”
Henry? Campbell? Banavin said with a wry smile: "Now it's all our own people here, to be honest, although we in Islamabad and Dhaka in India blocked the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, but we lost nearly 1 million troops, and the Chinese Imperial Army that attacked these two cities only has the strength of 1 army each, if the Chinese Empire sends more troops into India next time, then how many 1 million troops can we lose like this, and can we hold it next time?" I'm really not sure! General Henry Wiley, how many troops do we have in India now? ”
Hearing that the Prime Minister was very worried about India guarded by the British Army, Henry Wiley opened his mouth and did not refute, don't look at what he said with confidence, in fact, he was not very optimistic about holding India, a colony bordering the Chinese Empire.
Although the British Army won the victory in the defense of Islamabad and Dhaka, and even the two field armies of the Chinese Empire retreated to the territory of the Chinese Empire, the losses of the British Army were also unprecedented, and nearly 1 million troops were wiped out in these two defensive battles, ten times the losses of the two field armies of the Chinese Empire.
Henry Willy said a little gloomily: "After the loss of nearly 1 million troops in Islamabad and Dhaka, our British Empire's troops in the whole of India are only about 1.3 million, of which our British regular army is less than 50,000 combined, but we are still continuing to expand the new Indian division, in the next 1 month." There will be 20 new Indian divisions that can be formed, so that in 1 month. Our British troops in India can reach more than 1.5 million. ”
After listening to 1 month, Britain's troops in India can reach more than 1.5 million, Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? There was no smile on Banavon's face. The Minister of the Navy, Fisher, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, also sighed and shook their heads when they heard this, if the 1.5 million troops were all British regular troops, I believe that it would still be very promising to hold India, but the problem is that most of these Indian troops are colonial troops composed of Indians with very weak combat effectiveness, especially many Indian divisions were formed in a hurry, and their combat effectiveness was even weaker.
In the battles between Islamabad and Dhaka, many Indian soldiers were directly blown up by the warplanes of the Chinese Empire. The number of deserters was staggering, and if it weren't for the British fortifications in Islamabad and Dhaka, the outcome of the battle might have been different.
Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin said: "1.5 million troops are still too little, General Henry Wiley, your army must be in India as much as possible, to form more troops, our British Empire really can't lose the colony of India, otherwise the domestic industry will be greatly affected." ”
Henry Willy nodded solemnly and said, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister, rest assured, the War Department will definitely supervise the Indian troops." Do everything possible to expand more troops as soon as possible to deal with another attack by the Chinese Imperial Army. ”
Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin frowned again and said, "There is one more bad news for you, according to reliable information. The navy of the Chinese Empire sent a fleet to escort more than 100,000 troops of the Chinese Imperial Marine Corps to land in Australia and New Zealand. ”
For this news. The other three British ministers were the first to hear it, and they couldn't help but frown. You must know that Australia and New Zealand, although nominally free from British rule, have actually become the role of British brothers. Now that the Chinese Empire is starting to make trouble for these two little brothers, and it is still a big trouble, this is definitely very bad news for Britain.
What's worse is that the armies of Australia and New Zealand are very weak, the current navies of the two countries, including the warships of the British Navy in the two countries, do not even have a large warship, and the strongest warship is only a fast protection cruiser, as for the situation of the land forces of the two countries, although it is stronger than the navy, but the strength is not much.
Admiral Fisher asked, "What is the size of the fleet sent by the Chinese Empire?" ”
Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? "According to intelligence, the fleet has 2 dreadnought battleships, 4 all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats," Banavin said. ”
"Alas, Prime Minister, you don't have to think about the possibility that our navy in Australia and New Zealand can stop this Imperial Chinese Navy fleet, or study how the army can resist the Imperial Chinese Marines on land!" Admiral Fisher said very dryly.
Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banervan smiled bitterly, he also knew that the British Navy did not have many warships in Australia and New Zealand, and there was not even a main warship, and it was tantamount to a fool's dream to intercept the fleet of the Chinese Empire at sea, and he could only rely on the land forces of Australia and New Zealand to resist the army of the Chinese Empire.
Henry? Campbell? Banervin asked the Secretary of State for War, Henry Wiley, "How many Australian and New Zealand armies are there now?" ”
After the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire defeated the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, the British, Australians, and New Zealanders had a premonition that since the Chinese Empire had gained sea supremacy, they would not let go of Australia and New Zealand.
The British are now unable to support Australia and New Zealand, so the Australians and New Zealanders have urgently expanded the strength of their land forces in their respective countries, preparing to meet the army of the Chinese Empire, and the navy is not to think about it, it is simply irresistible.
Henry Wiley said: "We have almost 30,000 regular troops in Australia and more than 8,400 regular troops in New Zealand, and the standing army of Australians, after urgent expansion, has expanded from more than 80,000 to 120,000, and New Zealand's standing army has also expanded from 55,000 to nearly 80,000 in a short period of time. ”
Henry? Campbell? Bannavin sighed and said: "The Chinese Empire will not give us this opportunity, according to the intelligence, the fleet of the Chinese Empire may arrive on the east coast of Australia in the next few days, carry out a landing operation, and tell the troops of Australia and New Zealand not to fight to the death with the army of the Chinese Empire, but to adopt the tactics of the Boers in South Africa back then, and strive to hold back the army of the Chinese Empire in Australia and even New Zealand." ”
Henry Willie nodded and said, "Our War Department has ordered our British troops in the above two areas, as well as the troops of Australia and New Zealand, to carry out the strategy of guerrilla warfare, and in Australia and New Zealand, to hold back the troops of the Chinese Empire. ”
Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin turned his head and said to Admiral Fisher: "The Germans already have a plan to build 8 more super dreadnought battleships, it seems that our British Navy can't stop, I have recently raised a lot of money, after our British 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships are put into service, using the vacant docks, the Navy needs to continue to build the next class of super dreadnought battleships." ”
Although Britain and Germany are allies in the face of the Chinese Empire, the contradictions between Britain and Germany still exist objectively, and the contradictions between the Entente and the Central Powers will not be eliminated because they are temporarily in a trench.
So the British knew that after the fiasco of the naval battle of Germany, they were going to build 8 new super dreadnoughts at once, and they immediately couldn't sit still, British Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin immediately gathered a number of capitalists in Britain and borrowed a large amount of money from their banks to build new super-dreadnought battleships as well, and the amount of this loan was very large. (To be continued.) )