Chapter 1168: Strategy vs Tactics

  Chapter 1146 – Strategy vs Tactics
Off the coast of London, the brutal and bloody battle continued. In order to intercept the landing of the allied forces, the British army exploded into twelve points of potential.

Behind them is London, the British army has no way back, and if they don’t fight for their lives the British Empire will die.

Hundred years of hegemony, the British arrogance has long been the peak, how can tolerate defeat. Even in the face of the entire European continent, the British are equally unwilling to admit defeat.

The British army is fighting, the allied forces have the same reason to have to fight. In the past years, the British pulled too much hatred, now have revenge revenge revenge, morale is no less.

The air battle was raging, with dumplings falling from time to time from the sky. Admiral Aldo von Donati, the fleet commander, was gazing indifferently at the sea.

The Royal Navy was still on its way, and the battle that belonged to the Navy had yet to come. Right now, apart from demining, it was a submarine fight, nothing challenging.

As for the battle in the sky, the navy could not participate at all. This was still the case despite the fact that the navy was equipped with the most advanced anti-aircraft firepower of this era.

The low hit rate is a small problem, the key is that the aircraft move too fast, the air force is fighting together, the probability of shooting down their own fighters and enemy planes is just as high as taking the risk of opening fire.

Now the coalition air force clearly has the upper hand, naturally do not need this kind of indiscriminate fighting.

In the distance, another British air force formation appeared in the sky. The battle had lasted until now, both sides had not just changed waves of fighters, the battlefield was at a disadvantage, and it was only normal for the British army to reinforce it.

The allied forces had already split a formation to meet the enemy. Closer, closer, seeing that both sides were about to engage in battle, suddenly the British formation split off half of its fighters and broke away from the brigade to charge towards the coalition fleet.

Participate in the battle are high-speed fighters, slow reaction bombers come up is to send a person’s head. Even if they were lucky enough to rush over and drop a few bombs, it would still be a loss of money.

The fighters were heading towards the navy, and even though they couldn’t understand what the enemy was trying to do, the coalition air force still chose to intercept them at the first opportunity.

Unfortunately, it was too late, the British air force had already wrapped up. Immediately afterward, we only saw the British formation, which had broken away from the large force, dive headlong into the navy below.

A destroyer was unfortunately hit by three fighters, and in the violent explosions the warship was torn apart, and even the people with the ship met God.

This was just the beginning, and along with the start of the British suicide attacks came a steady stream of terrifying bangs from the Allied fleet below.

Even though the fleet’s anti-aircraft firepower was already at full blast, it still paled in the face of a bunch of enemies who didn’t want to die.

Unless they hit just the right spot and shattered the enemy planes in the air, they would still come down headfirst even if they were hit.

Witnessing a battleship sink under the enemy’s suicidal attack, Admiral Aldo’s heart was dripping blood.

Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that the British would fight so hard, this was not at all the British Empire.

In fact, in the face of this kind of suicide attack, even if prepared in advance, can not play much of a role.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the enemy’s hit rate is not high, many times there will also be multiple fighters crashing into the same target, hundreds of fighters rushed down, taking away a total of three warships and two troop carriers.

After all, it was a suicide attack that came and went faster. From the launch to the end of the attack, it was only ten minutes.

Looking at the messy battlefield, Admiral Aldo forced himself to hold back his grief and ordered, “Rescue the fallen personnel quickly, then prepare to retreat.”

It was supposed to be a feint attack, there was no need to fight the enemy to the death. Just take a look at the troop carriers that followed, there were not many people on them at all.

Before completely finishing off the enemy’s naval and air force main force, forcing a landing on London was definitely a sign of head iron.

As soon as the words fell, a military staff officer hurriedly barged in.

“His Excellency the Commander, the enemy fleet has been spotted in the west and is coming towards us at full speed, now about 20 nautical miles away.”

After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Admiral Aldo: “Pass the order down, have the injured warships and troop carriers and supply ships retreat first, and leave the rest of the warships behind to rescue the officers and soldiers who have fallen into the water.

Send a telegram to headquarters explaining the predicament we are facing and requesting air force fire support. All main force ships prepare for battle ……”

It is not that the fleet is not vigilant, the main thing is that the distance from here to the mainland is only so many hundred and eighty nautical miles, and when the enemy is found and then run, it is not too late.

Everyone’s warship performance is similar, now there are 20 nautical miles away, under normal circumstances the enemy wants to catch up in a hundred and eighty nautical miles, simply impossible.

However, the plan did not change quickly, no one knew that the enemy will play a suicide attack, and even more can not predict the loss will be so heavy.

It takes time to rescue the soldiers and officers who have fallen into the water, and the enemy’s fast warships have already been able to catch up with them after these delays.

If the fleet is not damaged, Aldo will not be afraid to fight, who is afraid of who ah! The worst thing is that after the fight, both sides lose, we all go back to lick our wounds together.

However, the fleet had just lost three ships, and many more were damaged, especially since the sunken ships included a battleship, and even though it was an old battleship, the strength of the fleet was still affected.

Of course, the strength of the inferior force is not completely without a fight, really if the strength of the difference, Admiral Aldo would have ordered to leave the fallen officers and men to run away.

The battlefield is always a place of sacrifice, and anyone can be sacrificed if necessary.

Now obviously not to which step, the times are different, belonging to the artillery giant ship of the splendor of the Battle of the English Channel on the bloom.

Now is the transition period, while the future is the era of air force, who controls the sky, who will master the next era.

……

London, it was too late to celebrate the success of the sneak attack when the terrible news of the fall of Grylls came through.

“Retake Grylls at all costs, in the shortest possible time, and the speed must be fast!”

Prime Minister Campbell said in an almost growling tone.

It was reasonable to say that a town without the slightest military or economic value would be lost.

It would have no effect at all on the defense of England. Even if the enemy occupied the area, without a suitable harbor, the army would not be able to land.

But politics never makes sense. With his rich experience in political struggle, Campbell was sure that the Austrians, who had taken the town of Greer, would at once announce to the outside world the success of the landing.

Ordinary people do not care whether the town of Grylls has military value, in any case, in the British Isles to take a foothold, that is a successful landing.

Then, everyone will use their own knowledge to conclude that the British Empire will soon be cool.

Once public opinion boils over, Britain will really be in trouble both internally and externally, and will be in trouble on all sides.

Adam, the Foreign Secretary, added, “The enemy had planned this long ago, and the news should have gotten out by now.

The next step is for the governments to verify it, and we have to retake Grylls before everyone verifies the news.

Otherwise ……”

The latter words didn’t need to be said anymore, everyone knew the serious consequences.

Once it was established that the allied landings had been successful, the British Empire’s allies would be scrambling to jump ship. Everyone is smart and knows to cut and stop, the sooner you cut the less you lose.

Sharing the same pain and suffering, living and dying together, that is the content of the drama, real politics has never been popular these things.

Verify the information?

Too high to look at everyone’s ideological awareness, even to the highly developed information in the 21st century, a rumor can deceive a group of people, not to mention this year.

What’s more, it’s not a rumor, the allied forces have really completed a landing.

What’s done is done, and even if the British army drove the enemy into the sea, the political repercussions were still felt. Politicians would make up their own minds:
“Since the Union Army landed once, it was able to land a second time. As the defending side, unable to mount a strong counterattack, it was only a matter of time before it fell.”

The Oceanic Alliance was already on the verge of falling apart, and with this wave of excitement, unless God himself is brought in, he might be able to appease everyone.

With all the pressure on them, the Minister of War and the Minister of Military Affairs looked at each other and bitterly accepted this “giant pit” task.

……

The mood at the Palais de Vienne was not much better, as the British government was in a state of mourning. The landing had been accomplished, but the fleet had suffered heavy losses in the feint.

Franz felt the pain of sinking a battleship. For no other reason than the fact that the unlucky battleship happened to belong to the Shinra Navy.

But all things considered, the losses were worth it. Trading the sinking of a battleship for the success of the landing was completely worth it.

Tactics and strategy, were never equal. The success of the landing meant that the opportunity to dismantle the Oceanic Alliance had arisen.

The British Empire without the wings of its allies was a tiger without a grip. Although it had good teeth, it had lost the ability to hunt for food, and sooner or later it would be starved and trapped to death.

After a moment’s thought, Franz decisively gave up the pursuit of responsibility. Who knew that the British would not follow the rules, this is clearly not speaking ……

“Do not need to worry too much, the death squad is good to find, but the pilot is difficult to train, willing to act as a death squad of pilots that is even less.

This kind of suicide attack in an airplane is not destined to last. It is estimated that there will only be such a wave, and even if there are more behind it, it will be difficult to become a scale.

What’s the situation in the town of Greer? How long will our landing force be able to hold out there?”

Not Franz look down on the British, Britain really do not have this kind of “kill the body to be benevolent” cultural tradition. To be able to come up with a death squad pilot is already a broken record, more is simply unrealistic.

If it were easy, the fighters that participated in the attack during the day would not be so small.

If the British had put together a death squad of 3,000 to 5,000 pilots, a wave would have crippled the Combined Fleet.

This is obviously impossible, in favor of the Japanese, there may still be a possibility to come up with. But also need some time to do ideological work, after all, only a few have this kind of dauntless spirit.

Minister of War Fislav: “The complex terrain of Grylls is inherently unsuitable for large regiments, which is very favorable to our next defensive operations.

Currently we have invested an airborne regiment and an infantry regiment in Grylls, and will subsequently determine whether to continue to increase our troops based on the actual situation.

Unless the enemy is able to blockade the sea and air at the same time, they will never want to take Grylls from us!”

That’s what’s so good about an army powerhouse. Once a nail is driven, it is very difficult to be pulled out when the back up is open.

What’s more, Grylls was originally supposed to be a carefully selected landing site by the military. It had long been considered that the enemy would counterattack beforehand, and that was why the town of Glaire, which was not conducive to the unfolding of large regiments, had been deliberately chosen.

Unable to utilize their strength advantage, the fight was all about hardcore combat power. If they couldn’t even defend it, the Shinra Army wouldn’t be able to stand up in the world.

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(End of chapter)