Chapter 1163: Heart Difference

  Chapter 1141 – Heart Failure
While the allied forces were suffering from headaches over their heavy losses, there was even more sorrow within the London government.

The Royal Navy, which had high hopes, was not only not able to achieve an autumnal victory, but not even a victory.

For Britain, the end of two defeats was defeat. In the daytime battle, the air force has tried its best to create opportunities for the navy, but did not reach the strategic goal, and later want such opportunities will be even more difficult.

Without air power and unable to suppress the enemy’s navy, the next battle for the defense of the British Isles would be unavoidable.

Looking at the hands of the war report, Campbell long speechless. From the above set of cold figures can be seen, the Royal Navy has really desperate.

Not able to achieve victory, not the Royal Navy does not try, is really the enemy strength is too strong.

Look at the data on paper, even a military buff knows who is strong and who is weak. That’s right, in the conventional warships on the Royal Navy does have the advantage, but as a battle force to take charge of the dreadnought is less than a whole 7 ships.

Can be weak to hit the strong to fight a losing battle, the Royal Navy has been worthy of the name of the hegemony. Just this is not enough, Britain needs is victory, a sound victory.

”Everyone has read the battle report, whether it is the air force, or the navy, in the daytime battle are heavy losses. The number of casualties alone is as high as 14,000, a record high since the start of the war.

Weapons and equipment are even more heavily lost, and it will be difficult for us to organize a second such meeting for a long time to come.

At such a high cost, we also achieved amazing results, hitting the enemy’s navy hard. But this is not enough, the enemy is stronger than we expected.

Whether we want to admit it or not, the plan to rely on the navy to intercept the enemy’s landing has failed. The next battle for the defense of the British Isles will become even more ferocious and bloody.”

There was no dumping, no accountability, and it was entirely on the merits. It wasn’t that Campbell’s modesty was so high, it was really that there was no point in talking about any of this now.

The voices of the outside world slamming the government had gone straight to the clouds, and the cabinet government’s status in the public’s mind had long since hit rock bottom.

Campbell’s own reputation has also taken a sharp turn for the worse, and if it weren’t for political correctness, the domestic media would have been merciful, and he would have been the worst leader the British Empire has ever seen.

Worst Prime Minister, though, has been crowned. Lord North, Spencer Percival, the Duke of Wellington, none of these predecessors have been able to hold him back from the top.

It’s a monarchy, after all, and the worst leader has to be a “regicide”. The media is also politically correct, and Campbell, recognized as “incompetent,” is a close second.

Of course, that’s if the war is not yet over; if it is, people won’t be so nice.

The interesting thing is that Campbell’s cabinet, whose reputation has hit rock bottom, has not been dismissed by Parliament. Especially in recent times, even the impeachment proposals have disappeared.

It’s as if all the competitors have disappeared overnight. The ready-made handles that were delivered to the door were not used.

On the contrary, Campbell’s cabinet has repeatedly submitted its resignation to the king, hoping that a talented person will come out to save the day.

Regrettably, no such talent came forward. Even remodeling the authority of the British monarch Edward VII, after the outbreak of the war are low-key down, all the political affairs all pushed to the Cabinet, as a shirking the cabinet.

Can’t blame everyone for being snobbish, really the stall left behind by the previous few terms is too bad, the mess is too difficult to clean up.

Even if we are lucky to win this war, Britain will also lose a lot of money. As a government leader, not only can not win the prestige, but also will be held as a result of non-sense.

This was the case with the World War in the original time and space, and the government that led Britain to win the war was immediately ousted from power as soon as the war ended.

Although the times are different, the political logic, the essence, is still the same. Smart people simply won’t get into this muddy water.

Of course, Campbell’s cabinet didn’t do a bad job, and was an important factor in being able to stay in office.

Ordinary people may not be able to understand, but the elite class understands how difficult it is to fight against the entire European continent with the power of one country.

“The Army is ready to fight to the death, and we will defend the British Isles at all costs to make the enemy understand that the landing was the biggest mistake of all.

But defense alone won’t win the war. Not to mention that the enemy this time is the entire continent of Europe, and to win this war, the Navy and Air Force must have a more aggressive strategic plan.”

Shouting the loudest slogans and blaming things on his fellow officers, Marcus was completely unashamed.

As Secretary of State for War, Marcus knew all too well what the lobster soldiers had become.

Originally, the Lobster Soldiers were also called elite, and their combat strength was ranked among the top in the world; unfortunately, after the expansion of the army, the combat strength of the troops had taken a sharp turn for the worse.

Whether they want to admit it or not, the current lobster soldiers are a group of rabble.

Since the Army was unable to fulfill the heavy responsibility of defeating the Continental Union, it would have to be handed over to their peers.

Anyway, the Army had always been raised by a stepmother. Taking as much military spending to do as much work as possible, when it comes to the moment of crisis it should take the one with more money to top it first.

The Air Force Minister is fine, as a newborn military branch, the Air Force usually does not share many resources, and it is reasonable to say that it cannot defeat the enemy.

Minister of the Navy is embarrassing, the Navy has long taken the most budget, and every time the military budget, will inevitably have to take the security of the British Isles.

Now when it comes to the need to defend the security of the British Isles, it turns out that they have dropped the ball.

“The enemy is strong” is no excuse. In the past, the Royal Navy’s bullskin blew through the sky, and its performance now simply does not satisfy everyone.

Shamed, Swindin could only hang his head and pretend he hadn’t heard anything.

There was no problem with counterattacking, waiting for the new warships to be commissioned. As long as the gap in the main ship was filled, Swindin still had confidence in the Royal Navy.

It was just that it would take time, and despite the fact that the shipyards had been working overtime on it, it would still take time.

So far, the shipyard in the north has completed the main construction of the warships and is close to launching, while other shipyards have been delayed to a greater or lesser extent due to the impact of enemy air strikes.

But the battlefield time waits for no one, the Royal Navy can not fully control the sea power, the enemy can escort the land landing of the British Isles.

Although the army has strengthened its defenses, but the coastline of Britain is so long, it is impossible to take care of all of them, and can only give priority to areas of high strategic value.

Once the enemy landed successfully, no matter where they landed from, the political impact would be fatal.

The Ocean Alliance is already in a state of panic, and to send out such bad news is to force everyone to fly separately.

The room fell silent, only the sound of their respective pulse beats remained, the oppressive atmosphere made it difficult to breathe.

Seeing that it was impossible to hide, Swendin slowly said: “The losses during the day were too great, most of the warships are facing major repairs, and in the short term we are not fit to contract the enemy for another duel.

However, we will deploy high-speed warships and submarines to attack enemy troop carriers and logistics ships.

As for a full-scale counterattack, we plan to place it three months from now. By that time, our new batch of warships will have been commissioned just in time to reverse the contrast in strength between the two sides.”

Now is the weakest period of the Royal Navy, once again to go out to fight with the enemy, and to use ordinary battleships to restrain the enemy’s “dreadnoughts”.

This “hold”, but need to pay the price of blood. The battle in the daytime was enough to illustrate this point, and five battleships were sunk as a result.

The cost was so heavy that the battle result was only the wounding of enemy ships.

In contrast, the duel between the dreadnoughts was much more harmonious. After the melee, both sides suffered a lot of serious injuries to the dreadnoughts, but not a single one was directly sunk.

There is nothing strange, the hit rate of the artillery in the sea battle is originally low, coupled with the dreadnought’s armor is thick, the defense is tight enough.

Unless the main guns hit the vitals many times, or at most partial damage, can not kill.

As long as the luck is not too bad, the survivability of the dreadnought in a sea battle is still very strong.

In the original time and space, there were very few dreadnoughts that were directly sunk in a warship-to-tank battle; instead, in the carrier era, there were many that were taken out by airplanes.

At the moment there is no need to worry about aircraft carriers, the English Channel is such a big place, the air force can arrive in less than an hour, the land is a natural aircraft carrier.

“The air force will also attack the enemy’s troop carriers at the right time. But during the day, we should try to avoid such encounters.

When the Japanese death squads arrive, we will choose the right time to launch a sneak attack on the enemy’s main naval force.

For a short time, we still need to build up our strength. We can only provide limited fire support in day-to-day warfare.”

Strength was the foundation of everything, and with the Air Force’s own lack of strength, Attilio naturally did not speak with a hard hand.

The most aggressive strategy was limited to sneak attacks. Dueling gods and goddesses, that was not even a thought.

Even if the air force wanted to explode, it couldn’t get enough airplanes and pilots. In a battle like the one during the day, a second wave simply could not be organized in the short term.

……

Listening to the military’s opinion, Campbell’s brow changed dramatically, as if he was in a fierce mental struggle.

In the end, reason prevailed, whether willing to admit it or not, with the current situation Britain is very difficult to win this war.

Unless the international situation has changed dramatically, the main members of the Continental Union collective reversal, or the Holy Roman Empire from the internal collapse, Britain may turn the tide.

Expecting such a drastic change, it would be better to pray to God, directly meteorite skyfall to kill the enemy.

Military tragedy is even worse politically. The probability of winning the war is almost zero, but an honorable end to the war can still be fought for.

The British Empire at the beginning of the 20th century was really big. Even without Africa, it was still a behemoth.

In the old days, it was a symbol of Britannia’s splendor, but now it was an obstacle for them to get out in one piece.

If you are a big family, you will be missed. Profit moves people’s hearts, want to end the war with dignity, must first dispel the prying eyes of hungry wolves.

Continental Union so many member states, if said to the British Empire’s wealth does not have ambition, it is estimated that the Monaco kind of soy sauce.

But anyone with a little bit of power is now grinding their fists and waiting to divide the feast. It is by no means easy to get everyone to stop.

After hesitating for a while, Campbell said fiercely, “There is no need to wait any longer, send back all the revolutionaries of the countries that we have taken in, and all the dark sons buried in the European continent are all activated, and provide them with as much support as possible ……”

(End of chapter)