Chapter 1143: Fine-tuning of Plans

  Chapter 1121 – Fine-tuning the Plan
War had really broken out, but the first reaction brought to everyone wasn’t shock, instead it was a deep sigh of relief.

There was no way around it, the topic surrounding the war of hegemony had been hyped up in the newspapers for months.

It was as if there was a depressing atmosphere in the air before a storm. The people of Europe had spent the last few months in a tense atmosphere, with their nerves raised.

Now that the war has really broken out, everyone’s tense nerves have finally been relieved.

The people’s nerves relaxed, the nerves of the governments are highly tense. Especially need to bet on the luck of France, Belgium, Holland three countries, that is more a moment do not dare to relax.

The city gates are on fire, the fish in the moat. Happened too much in history, this year’s politics, for small countries that really is not friendly at all.

Although France is not a small country, but the boss and the oldest two duel, accidentally killed the oldest three, the oldest four, the oldest five, the oldest six …… things, not only in the shopping mall will happen, in the international competition is equally common.

Five labor and seven injuries of France, has not come out from the shadow of the war, now simply can not withstand the toss.

Unfortunately, most of the forward airfields of the Shen Luo Air Force are divided in the northern region of France, and the enemy front command is placed in Calais.

The distance from the famous Dunkirk in the latter days is only a few dozen kilometers; the closest place to the British Isles, the straight-line distance is less than 70 kilometers.

To be able to sit firmly on the throne of France, has not been driven down, Carlos is naturally not an idle person.

Perhaps not as ambitious, nor have excessive internal affairs ability, but the most basic strategic vision, Carlos is still not lacking.

In recent years, the Holy Roman Empire has been building several military fields along the coast of France, clearly aiming at the British.

Carlos has long been aware of the plan of the Holy Roman Air Force to bomb the British Isles, or the strategy of bombing London.

If it was just a matter of borrowing a field or needing to provide logistical supplies, then it would be just that. The problem was that once the Shen Luo Air Force’s strategic bombing was activated, the British were bound to retaliate.

Whether or not the British Air Force could drop the bombs on the Shen Luo mainland Carlos didn’t know, anyway, dropping the bombs on the French mainland, that was no pressure at all.

With the hit rate of airplane bombing these days, even if they don’t intend to find fault, just to destroy the airfields along the coast, France will have to pay a heavy price.

“Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.”

The French government, now, has lost its voice in the international community. The choices left to them are only two ways: either go high and accept the confrontation; or be forced to accept reality with a gun at their necks.

At Versailles, a slightly older Carlos asked, “How’s the communication going, has the Vienna government agreed to give us more anti-aircraft firepower?”

Kings are not easy to be, especially the King of France. As if by a curse, all the successive French regimes since the Revolutionary era have been very short-lived.

In the past less than a hundred years, the Bonaparte Dynasty, the Orleans Dynasty, and the Bourbon Dynasty have all gone up and gone down.

It was with great difficulty that the restoration succeeded, and naturally Carlos was not willing to be driven down again. In order to consolidate his rule, Carlos was working for it from the time he succeeded to the throne.

In addition to sorting out internal affairs and cleaning up the domestic mess, there was also a great breakthrough in diplomacy.

Though not yet free from the bonds of the Vienna Peace Conference, it eased relations with European countries, especially with the Vienna government.

Foreign Minister Pietro: “No, we have been rejected again, but there is still a loosening.

The government in Vienna has said that the Allies will protect us and they don’t think the British will bomb deep inland. It will be sufficient to fortify the coastal areas, there is no need to increase the anti-aircraft firepower of the inland cities.”

There was no doubt that it was clearly not a question of anti-aircraft firepower. “There is an enemy of the wrong, and there is an enemy of the wrong.” The protagonist of this hegemony war was the Holy Roman Empire, and France was just following along to make up the numbers, and it wasn’t even worth targeting specifically.

Under the pretext of safeguarding the safety of the people, the request for more air defense firepower was more of a test of the Vienna system, in addition to a genuine concern.

Completely get rid of the shackles on the body, that is unrealistic. But any hint of ambition in this regard will attract disaster to the fragile France.

But things still need to be done, France wants to embark on the road of healthy development, it must first return to the sequence of normal countries.

Unfortunately, the Vienna government is not willing to let go, as a vested interest in the countries of the anti-French alliance, that is not to be expected.

After thinking about it, Carlos sighed, ”Forget it, it seems that now is not the time to talk about this. Let’s wait for the hatred to fade and then look for an opportunity!
How’s the communication going on the British side, is there any possibility ……”

Seeing the foreign minister’s gloomy expression, Carlos knew that the result was not optimistic, and naturally the words that followed could not be said.

Think about it, with the British and French hundreds of years of “traditional friendship” to see, stabbing each other is the normal operation.

With the face of the French government, want to let the British fighter planes do not attack the mainland of France, how to see how unreliable.

……

December 29, 1904, Weather: sunny, wind force 2 to 3, London fog ……

Looking at the information coming from the meteorological department, Malvin Antonio Chavez, who was an air force admiral, was at the moment exactly a stone face.

Another good weather is not true, but unfortunately only the “Calais area” weather is good, London is still full of foggy ghost weather.

In an area where visibility is less than fifty meters, it is almost impossible to hit the target accurately.

In addition to the low hit rate, the bigger problem was the safety of the airplane itself. Not only was it easy to get lost, there was also the possibility of a collision.

Time waited for no one, the war had already broken out. No matter how great the difficulties faced now, the war was to be fought.

Admiral Malvern: “The core military ports of the British Isles are London, Liverpool, and Aberdeen, and the main force of the Royal Navy’s home fleet mostly docks in the aforementioned three ports.

Our bombing target this time is also the above three ports. It’s just that in recent times, the weather in London has been too bad and visibility is very low for air force operations.

Considering the actual situation, the country decided to take Liverpool and Aberdeen first, and as for London, a symbolic bombing will do, without having to risk going deeper.

Relevant information, three days ago was sent to each of you, now start to develop a detailed combat program, and strive to ……”

Hard on is impossible, London has a foggy weather as a cover, want to bomb London simple, but want to cause effective killing but very difficult.

In the case of hit rate can not be guaranteed, then we can only take the number to pile up, favor now the number also can not take out.

Personnel and airplanes, Shen Luo air force is naturally not lacking. The problem lies in the safety, high-altitude bombing is okay, by the haze effect is relatively small; once the low-altitude flight, that would be a tragedy, at any time there may be destroyed.

Loss of money can not do business, in this context, temporary change of bombing target. Aim the spearhead at other port cities in Britain, is completely due.

The first bad luck is naturally military ports, can catch the Royal Navy together to beat, really can not find a reason to refuse.

(End of chapter)