"Dear Sir Fisher, this is the preliminary report of the Daring, please take your looks." A naval officer respectfully placed a document on Fisher's desk, and from the point of view of etiquette, the officer's behavior was exemplary, but Fisher could already see the hostility in the other party's heart from his cold words and sharp eyes! That's right, the hostility of a naval officer to the Admiral!

"Jericho, you've finally won." After the officer left, Fisher hastily flipped through the report and put it aside. In fact, you don't need to look at it, everyone knows what is written on it, and this is not only Fisher, but also the person who wrote this report, and even the entire Royal Navy Grand Fleet! It must be full of accusations against design bureaus and shipyards, who will prove their claims with a lot of jargon and technical information. Convince both the general public and the members of the investigation team that they are right. Fisher has no way to argue with this, because Jericho was right about the battleship!

It's not that Fischer didn't explain to Jericho the reason for what he did, but Jericho insisted on looking at the problem from the perspective of a military man, and he turned a blind eye to the various interests in the Admiralty and the powerful shipyards, and he needed good warships. At the same time, Jericho was not impressed by Fischer's theory of quantitative superiority. The rupture of both sides is a matter of time.

"I'm afraid you've been preparing for this for years, right? The evidence should be enough, right? Fisher knew that the bureaucrats, who were really inseparable from the Admiralty, might be able to stand with him. I'm afraid it's good if the rest of the people don't fall into the ground. He had even thought of the hat that public opinion had prepared for him———— the most incompetent admiral in the history of the British Navy, and the culprit who had cut off the control of the Grand Fleet at sea. And he couldn't fight back against this, and even from the bottom of his heart he had decided to let it go. From the point of view of his heart, Fisher also wants to do a good job in the Royal Navy, and the fundamental reason for coming to this point is that the two sides have different philosophies! "Maybe you're right." Fisher muttered to himself.

At this time, the coverage of this bold incident has swept the entire British society. "It's hard to imagine that the pillars of the British Imperial Navy could be so fragile that a single teacher torpedo that exploded accidentally could destroy a £2 million super-battleship, God bless Britain. Fortunately, this happened in peacetime, otherwise the enemy on the other side of the North Sea might only need to prepare a few dozen torpedoes to send the British Empire's hard-earned fleet and hundreds of years of glory to the bottom of the sea! The protection of the warships created by the powerful industry of the British Empire was actually inferior to the Seven Provinces of the Dutch, and even less than the Longxing class of the Chinese Republic. The people and groups that led to this outcome should be taken to court. Send to the gallows! The pride of the Drake era and the glory of the Nelson era should not be lost. We look forward to an account from the Admiralty and the shipyard owners of the Royal Navy officers and men who died in vain! The British Times commented on the Daring incident.

At best, a newspaper like this can only stimulate public opinion in society. For Jericho, the most important thing is the technical report after the Bold strikes, which is what can fundamentally turn the situation around, in the face of parliamentary questioning. Jericho could use stacks of technical analysis to tell the other party that it's not that the torpedo is too powerful. But the design of the battleship is very poor! Even Jericho can derive some of the meaning of cutting corners! At Jericho's behest, this is how the investigation report was written.

"There are fatal holes in the underwater protection system of the Daring, and the depth of the entire defense system is only three meters at most, which is less than 60% of the intrepid. Such a thin defense system simply could not contain the high-pressure bubbles and water currents created after the torpedo explosion. In addition, empty bunkers were followed by coal bunkers instead of liquid bunkers, which could not have a defensive effect on shrapnel in the event of insufficient coal burning. THE HIGH-SPEED SHRAPNEL CAN EASILY DESTROY THE REAR LIGHTNING PROTECTION WALL THAT IS ONLY 20MM THICK, AND THEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEAWATER CAN ENTER THE HULL POWER ROOM WITHOUT HINDRANCE. And the boiler room was not divided into compartments, and once it was flooded, it meant that the entire battleship lost power. The underwater capsule is not just not carefully divided. What's more, the longitudinal next door of the sub-warehouse has the problem of insufficient structural strength. There was no way to stop the destruction of the water flow, which led to the occurrence of uncontrolled water inflow. In addition, the ship's power supply was insufficient, so that it did not have enough power to drain the stagnant water, resulting in the most unfortunate damage management failure. ”

"In the face of the problem of torpedo defense, the Royal Navy has carried out systematic demonstrations and experiments, and we believe that the underwater protection column can only effectively defend against torpedoes above 4.5 meters. At the same time, the strength of the bulkhead and the strength of the lightning wall must be ensured. THE THICKNESS OF THE LATTER MUST BE MORE THAN 40MM TO EFFECTIVELY RESIST THE ATTACK OF SHRAPNEL. The most important thing is that the underwater lightning protection system must be divided into multiple layers, and the layout of empty silos and tanks must be alternated. We used the same tactics aboard the Dreadnought, but unfortunately, for some reason, our most advanced ships did not take these measures. This led to a tragedy. ”

As for the problem of torpedo explosions without fuses, it would be good if Jericho did not mention it, and now the only striking surface is the Admiralty, the Royal Navy Design Bureau, and the shipyards, and if torpedoes are even mentioned, then even the weapons manufacturers have brought this, and no other naval power in the world has used picric acid explosives to make torpedoes. (I don't know much about the torpedo author, so let's leave it at that.) As a result, the arms dealers of the British Empire did this, is this a problem in the first place, do you look at foreign torpedoes made of TNT, has there ever been such a thing? In short, under the operation of Jericho and the vast majority of naval officers, the Grand Fleet cleaned up its mistakes! And all the contradictions point to the Royal Admiralty!

Fisher's end is now decided, and his resignation is inevitable. Affected by Fisher, Sir Callahan will also be forced to resign as commander of the Grand Fleet. Jericho's ascension to the throne was a natural thing. But now the question arises again, who will hold the post of Lord of the Admiralty of the Royal Navy? The Commander of the Grand Fleet and the Chief Minister of the Navy cannot be left to be held by one person. And since this happened, the position that was originally in high demand is now immediately unwanted. The right to this position is great, but now it seems that the danger is also great. Maybe at some point something bad will befall you. Just like this time.

And judging by the current situation, the construction of warships in the Navy will definitely be influenced by front-line officers in the future. What would you do if there was a conflict between the shipyard of the design institute and the officers of the Grand Fleet? If the cost is too high, the shipyard will not take orders, and if the performance is sacrificed, the Grand Fleet will not buy it. At the end of the day, only two sides are not people. Man has always been a social animal, and various social relations have to be considered. And now whoever comes to power, the first thing to do is how to calm down domestic public opinion and the dissatisfaction of the Grand Fleet.

But how can it be done in a few words to quell the discontent of the fleet and the accusations of public opinion? Fisher aborted the construction of the Dreadnought series for several years now, during which time the British Empire launched 10 warships of various types, all of which had various problems. How long would it take and how much would it cost to overhaul all of this? And what about the new warships in the back? How to design? People often say that it is easier to destroy than to build, and if the crappy plan is pushed off and started again, there will be a period of pain. But when the war will begin, no one knows! It would be terrible if the British Imperial fleet could not survive this painful period and the warships would begin!

The more this time, the more necessary it is for a strong-willed figure who can change the status quo of the entire Navy with an iron fist. After he came to power, the first thing he did was to place in the Royal Naval Design Institute some officers who had combat experience and had conducted inspections in the navies of China and Russia as staff officers, so that they knew the various problems encountered in naval battles and what the real Grand Fleet needed most.

The next step was to immediately clean up the power-for-money trades in the Admiralty. The qualifications of the shipyards that built warships for the Navy were re-examined, and it was mentioned more than once, "If the shipyards of the British Empire cannot provide suitable warships for the Royal Navy, then in order to forge the sharpest sword of the Empire, I don't mind handing over the order to other countries that can afford to build it, if the designers and manufacturers are only looking at money, then they are not as good as the shipyards of China, at least they can guarantee the quality!" ”

No one thought that Churchill was just talking about it, because the core figures in them already knew that Churchill was behind the purchase of Chinese warships by Australia and New Zealand. This gentleman can definitely do what he says! Since the official decision to rearmament has been made at all costs, all intrigues and tricks are not allowed to play under this general policy, so honesty is the king.

Even Jericho didn't expect this matter to be so big in the end, a battleship was finished, and all kinds of naval and commercial connections were pulled out. When all sorts of things came out, the result was a shock to the whole of British society. He now knows that Lu Dao does things not only to know how to make things start, but also how to make things end. Although he cleaned himself and the people involved, and many things developed according to his expectations, he finally felt a sense of powerlessness in the situation, and he could not grasp this matter. Moreover, in this incident, many Royal Navy officers and men died, at least not many people escaped from the boiler room. The water ingress was too sudden. Jericho even thinks he's playing the role of the devil this time.

"I didn't have a choice, I needed to be responsible for the entire fleet, I needed to be responsible for the British Empire. May God forgive me for my mistakes, and if there is one more chance to choose, I will still do so! Jericho looked at the Tower of London in the distance and muttered to himself.

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