Six-two-nine goodbye, John Fisher

Port Jackson, Sydney. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

The storm thousands of miles away did not seem to affect this beautiful bay, and the sailors began their day's work in twos and threes, which was monotonous and boring, and sometimes many even thought that it would be better to go out and work with China in this way.

The tavern seemed to be the only place for the sailors to spice their moods, and every day there were many drunken guys lying on the streets, waiting for the sun to come out and running straight to the ship without washing, or simply jumping into the sea.

Carl was a lookout, and he didn't like alcohol, but he had his own way of adjusting his mood, which was to hide in the Delaware mast and sneak a telescope to see Mrs. Jermaine in the telegraph room of the command building in the distance.

Mrs. Jermaine is a native of Sydney, and like many Australian women, they were all incorporated into the military department after the war began, although they did not carry guns, but they were everywhere, or became confidential secretaries, or went to work in the arsenal, they were all incorporated into the army, it is said that there are hundreds of thousands, in order to protect the big island, Australia has now armed all men between the ages of 14 and 50, because the big people feel that Australia has reached a critical moment and needs everyone to stand up to protect it.

Carl didn't know if it would work, he wasn't a decision-maker, and it was probably his only dream to live until the end of the war, so he only liked to peek like this, but he had to be careful about it, because it could be mistaken for a spy.

In the binoculars, in the V-shaped collar is a pair of huge breasts that can be coveted by anyone, and her owner doesn't seem to care about being seen, every day, as if there are angels in them.

Men love angels.

Just as he was about to adjust the angle of the telescope, a figure suddenly drilled into the lens.

"General Claxton?"

Karl frowned and shook his head, because he found that the lieutenant general's dress was too inferior, his uniform was wrinkled, his beard seemed to have not been shaved off for a few days, and the whole person looked very sloppy, to be honest, he should dress up and go to see Mrs. Jermaine again, so that maybe there would be a chance to kiss Fangze.

While thinking about it, Karl suddenly noticed that after Mrs. Jermaine had handed over a telegram to Vice Admiral Claxton, the vice admiral, who had become the only backbone of the fleet at present when both Seymour and Bernice had left, suddenly shook twice, and his face turned white and white again, and sat down in the chair next to him.

What happened?

Before Karl could figure it out, Mrs. Jermaine brought a few more telegrams from her companion and handed them to General Claxton, and then he seemed to see a brown bear roaring in despair after being wounded.

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Even from a distance of thousands of meters, Carl could hear General Claxton's roar in his ears, he was excited, he was angry, he was at a loss!

Karl had never seen such an expression on General Claxton's face, and he had never been so disturbed a few months ago when he had escaped from the guns of the Chinese Navy with his men, and had avoided the warships on the island that had come to search for him, but now ......!

What the hell is going on!

In the camera, Lieutenant General Calaxton was still shouting hysterically, almost going crazy, when a dozen officers immediately poured into the telegraph center, and then everyone seemed to be petrified, the corners of their mouths collapsed at the same time, their faces turned pale at the same time, and there was a sigh that could be heard even from a distance of a thousand meters.

Seymour and Vice Admiral Bernice's fleet was attacked, and the two Guba-class battleships and the newly arrived speedy warship that many people had not seen were sunk, and the entire fleet was finished!

The news spread wildly in the mouths of the sailors, and then the army also joined in, and later even evolved into the Chinese army has invaded South Australia and Eastern Australia, and Australia is about to fall.

When three days later, five battered cruisers and destroyers returned to Port Jackson and brought back the bodies of the badly wounded and unconscious Vice Admirals Seymour and Bernice, two other pieces of news exploded.

The already undefended Lane Islands were occupied by the Chinese Marines from Honolulu, who had begun to build an airfield and barracks on Christmas Island, thus disrupting the entire route from the West Coast of the United States to Australia.

If this news was not shocking because it had been thought of since the destruction of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the news that 50,000 Chinese Marines had begun storming the Solomon Islands made everyone nervous, and it is said that Chinese warships dropped at least 20,000 shells on the important island of Guadalcana in just one morning.

The allied distress telegrams stationed on Kuah Island flew like snowflakes, even ordinary soldiers knew how important this archipelago was regarded as the gateway to Australia, without this barrier, the Chinese army could attack Noumea from the Coral Sea straight south, once Noumea missed, the connection between Australia and the outside world would be basically broken!

"Australia must be saved!"

Sitting in the car with his eyebrows pinched, Edward Carson looked up at the sun that rarely appeared over London, and the sound of the prime minister's roar began to echo in his ears again.

Sunk, sink and sink!

From the day of the start of the war in China, they first sank 13 capital ships participating in the third-line offensive, sent 2 Guam-class battleships to make trouble in the Atlantic, almost destroyed New York, and surrounded millions of Russian troops in the blink of an eye, and then let the South African fleet disappear in False Bay without firing a single shell, and then destroyed the Far East Fleet and disabled the US Navy.

Now, it is 8,500 nautical miles away, and one has arrived at the doorstep of Australia!

Yes, they have 4 formidable Guam-class battleships, 8 Hebei-class battleships in the year of the fight, as well as metal aircraft and aircraft carriers that Europe cannot master, but equipment is not the whole of the war.

As Lord of the Navy, Carson knew he had a duty, but in fact he was not willing to save Australia, on the contrary, he felt that it was a good opportunity to consume China.

From the beginning to the present, except for the expedition to the Colon Islands, Panama and near Alaska, all the wars of China have been fought not far from the doorstep, the Colon Islands lack depth, completely rely on the navy to speak, and after defeating the US Pacific Fleet, the powerful army cannot hold it, and Panama, although far away, is not really a huge expedition because of the help of Colombia, and now there is Peru and Ecuador.

As for undefended Alaska, Britain can take it down as long as they send a few thousand men.

Judging from the current war situation, it is actually expected that Russia's disappointing army will not be able to stop Hua, and the only thing they can take advantage of is the vastness of Western Siberia, and if the Chinese army wants to advance to the Ural Mountains, it needs to invest at least 2 million troops.

Now the southeast peninsula except for Burma, the rest of the country is controlled by China, but it is too difficult to open up Burma to Bengal, the primeval jungle and a savage mountain are enough to make hundreds of thousands of troops sigh, so if they want to attack India, open the Strait of Hormuz, they must take the sea route, land from the Bay of Bengal and Ceylon.

Although they also put on a posture of attacking the US mainland, everyone knew that unless they defeated the Indian Grand Fleet or took Australia, it would be impossible for the Chinese Army to start a war on three fronts.

In this case, China took the initiative to open the prelude to attacking Australia, in fact, it helped Britain, because Australia has enough strategic depth, whether it is Northern Australia or Western Australia, there is only one railway line to go, as long as it is held there, layer by layer fortification, it is enough to consume China's war potential, so at this moment, he, the Minister of the Navy, does not want to rescue Australia, but wants to see where the Chinese Army is trapped.

But the problem is that the parliament and the Prime Minister's Office can no longer sit still, and they believe that Australia must be rescued immediately, and the Indian Grand Fleet should be used for a decisive battle, at least to inflict a heavy blow on the Chinese navy, and relieve the pressure on Australia.

But can you do it yourself?

When Carson hesitated, the car had already driven to the famous Admiralty building, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw John Fisher, the First Sea Lord, who also got out of the car.

"John, where have you been these days?"

Carson stopped John Fisher, who was honestly a little upset, because he hadn't seen the actual head of the British Navy for a few days.

Fisher, who was full of excitement, didn't seem to see Carson's expression, and explained: "Sir Carson, I'm very sorry, I've been to Newcastle these days, and I've had some problems with the construction of the Fury, so I went there to check, by the way, I have good news, the third monarch-class battleship Resolve may be delivered ahead of schedule, because ......." ”

"Wait." Seeing John Fisher talking endlessly, Carson couldn't bear to interrupt him, but when he heard that he was still insisting on the Brave-class large light cruiser, he immediately shook his head to stop him, and handed him the letter of help from Australia that he had just received in his hand: "John, something has happened, the parliament and the prime minister have decided to terminate the construction of the rage, and the parliament has decided to tow the five French Normandy-class battleships that are halfway built to our country to speed up the construction, and the Admiralty must ensure that they are all delivered before March next year." ”

"Why!" John Fisher's eyes widened suddenly, not understanding what was going on, you must know that the Brave-class large light cruiser cost him a lot of effort, it can be said that in addition to the epoch-making idea of the battle cruiser, it is a good design, originally he planned to continue to apply for funds to build a few more, why do you want to stop it?

And the French Normandy-class battleships do not match the British system, although I heard that the first three have completed the hull construction, and the last two have also been built halfway, and it is not a big problem to complete it before March, but the construction of five more battleships will undoubtedly delay the pace of Britain's own battleship construction, why do this kind of thing to quench your thirst?!

Aren't the current battleships enough?

"You'd better take a look first." Carson gestured to the telegram.

Fisher opened the telegram in confusion, but felt dizzy halfway through it, and shouted: "This is impossible, impossible!" What happened? What's going on?! Jefferson, this bastard, I've already told him, shouldn't fight the capital ships! ”

"John, I know you're sad that Mori can't explain what happened, because none of the two Valiant class large light cruisers returned to Australia, and Seymour had already disbanded the fleet at the time, so there is no complete information about who they were and what warships were defeated on a stormy night.

"No, I don't believe that Scheer gritted his teeth and shook his head vigorously, as if the telegram in his hand was a ridiculous April Fool's joke, and after seeing the news in the telegram confirming that the Glorious sent back by the Brave before the sinking was sunk and the Brave abandoned the ship, this naval fighter who regarded speed as his life and was bent on building the perfect warship for Britain to help win the war finally couldn't hold on anymore, and suddenly his eyes went black.

Carson hurriedly grabbed the old knight, who had made a comeback for the second time, and shouted, "John, John! ”

"Damn it, someone!"

The shouts and screams not only made Whitehall, which has ruled the world's oceans for a hundred years, made countless major decisions, and is known as the brain of the Royal Navy of the Empire, completely messed up, but also made an outstanding, even epoch-making naval warrior, walk off the stage.

On March 30, 1916, John Fisher resigned from the post of Secretary of State due to illness, and the British Royal Navy Gu Hua opened the curtain of naval modernization.

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