Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2030 Contradiction Escalation
Just because of the wrong bread at the reception dinner, it eventually led to a change of high-level personnel in the British mainland fleet. In the eyes of many British people, this is clearly the submission of the United Kingdom to southern Africa.

When did the dignified Royal Navy suffer such grievances?

Has the United Kingdom reached the point where it would not hesitate to destroy the Great Wall to curry favor with southern Africa?

There was an uproar in public opinion for a while, and some retired admirals such as John Jericho, David Beatty, Roger Case and others criticized the British government one after another, and Neville was under great pressure.

On February 25, a senior general of the Royal Navy who did not want to reveal his identity accepted an interview with The Times, which revealed a scandal that had been covered up by the British government and the Royal Navy for nearly 20 years.

This also starts with the Battle of Jutland that broke out during World War I.

In the Battle of Jutland, John Jellicoe, then commander of the British Continental Grand Fleet, and his lieutenant David Beatty led the Royal Navy against the German High Seas Fleet led by German Admiral Reinhard Scheer.

In terms of fleet strength, the Royal Navy has an absolute advantage.

At that time, the Royal Navy had 28 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 8 armored cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 78 destroyers, 1 minelayer, and [-] aircraft carrier.

The High Seas Fleet led by Reinhard Scheer had only 16 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers, and 61 lightning strike ships.

The result was surprising. The more powerful Royal Navy lost 3 battlecruisers, 3 armored cruisers and 8 destroyers in the Battle of Jutland, totaling 11 tons and 6000 people killed.

德国公海舰队只损失了1艘前无畏舰、1艘战列巡洋舰、4艘轻巡洋舰和5艘鱼雷舰，共计6万吨，阵亡2500人。

The Battle of Jutland can be said to be the biggest stain on John Jellicoe's career. After the war, the British government attributed most of the defeats to John Jellicoe's conservative and cautious, thinking that John Jellicoe did not Bravely pursued the German High Seas Fleet, so the loss of the Royal Navy was greater than that of the High Seas Fleet.

This conclusion was overturned in the interview of the anonymous senior general.

The reason why John Jericho gave up the pursuit was because the German High Seas Fleet ordered the destroyers to launch a large number of torpedoes while retreating.

John Jericho gave up the pursuit in order not to cause greater losses.

Although this decision resulted in losses of the Royal Navy greater than those of the High Seas Fleet.

However, after the Battle of Jutland, the German High Seas Fleet never broke out of the North Sea. The Royal Navy has strategically completed its planned plan. It is unfair to attribute all the reasons to John Jericho.

The real reason why the loss of the Royal Navy was greater than that of the High Seas Fleet was that David Beatty, who was hailed as a "hero" after the war, made a mistake in command and was greedy for success.

The British government and the Royal Navy used John Jericho as a scapegoat in order to cover up Britain's mistakes in warship design.

Both John Jericho and David Beatty have now retired, and David Beatty was also created [-]st Earl of Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby.

John Jellicoe was created Viscount Jellicoe of Scarpa.

In England, the various scandals of the nobility are always the biggest focus.

This interview quickly diverted public interest in "One Bread."

The Times then attempted to interview John Jericho.

The result was directly rejected by John Jericho.

John Jericho's secretive attitude pushed the truth of the Battle of Jutland to a new level.

The Madagascar was still docked at Portsmouth when The Times made a fuss.

The hospitalization of Charles Forbes due to illness did not ease the relationship between the local Grand Fleet and "Madagascar". It is obvious that Charles Forbes is just a scapegoat. The Royal Navy has more than one person who is dissatisfied with southern Africa. Yang Smozi You can bet that Charles Forbes doesn't even know about bread.

Normally, as the commander of the local large fleet and the Portsmouth Naval Station, Charles Forbes is also very busy with work, and it is impossible to even ask about such things as dinner bread.

Otherwise, Charles Forbes might be exhausted to death.

"You have to understand, this is the United Kingdom—" Yang Smoltz was very disappointed with Britain. Although Yang Smoltz knew that Britain was going downhill, Yang Smolzy did not expect that Britain had fallen to such a low level. degree.

"So what is the truth about the Battle of Jutland?" Li Ao didn't care about the internal affairs of the UK. He was a southern African and cared about what the UK was doing.

For Li Ao, the worse Britain is, the better.

Better be hopelessly rotten!
"The three battlecruisers lost in the Battle of Jutland were mainly due to the explosion of the ammunition depot-the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, the 'Lützow', was hit by 24 shells in the naval battle, and finally the Germans themselves launched a torpedo attack. Sink it." Yang Smozi's expression was indifferent, the Royal Navy has been lying on the credit book for too long, so it is not surprising that such a thing happened.

"No wonder—" Li Ao suddenly realized.

World War I can be said to be a watershed in the strength of the navies of various countries. Before the outbreak of the World War, the total tonnage of the British Navy was 271 million tons, the total tonnage of the German Navy was only 130 million tons, and the total tonnage of the United States was 98.5 tons. Both of them were inferior to the Royal Navy.

世界大战结束后的两年内，英国拆毁了38艘战列舰、2艘战列巡洋舰、87艘轻巡洋舰、300艘驱逐舰和鱼雷艇以及106艘潜艇。

Even so, the number of warships in the Royal Navy is still as high as 737 ships.

In contrast, there are only 195 warships in Southern Africa so far.

And most of them are poor treaty warships with small tonnage.

Of course, small tonnage does not mean low combat effectiveness.

Both the "Washington Naval Treaty" and the "London Naval Treaty" have loopholes. The standard displacement specified in the treaty includes ammunition, food, drinking water and other consumables.

Since it is a consumable, the quantity is definitely not fixed and can be increased or decreased at any time according to specific needs. Therefore, from the very beginning, the Southern African Navy has artificially controlled the weight of consumables to objectively increase the upper limit of standard displacement.

Therefore, for a "Durban" class light cruiser with a standard displacement of 3000 tons, it is normal if the full load displacement reaches 4000 tons.

A heavy cruiser with a standard displacement of no more than 10000 tons can reach a frantic 13550 tons when fully loaded.

Don't underestimate the 3550 tons. If these 3550 tons are turned into armor and installed on key protective parts, the survivability of the warship will be greatly improved, similar to the warship that was sunk due to the explosion of the ammunition depot in the Battle of Jutland chances will be greatly reduced.

"No wonder why?" Yang Shi Mozi keenly sensed that what Li Ao said might not be the same as what he wanted to convey.

"No wonder the Royal Navy became what it is now, so should we be grateful, at least the Royal Navy didn't poison the drinking water." Li Ao laughed loudly. After "Madagascar" arrived in Portsmouth, the drinking water All provided by the Royal Navy.

"Well, as long as you're happy!" Yang Smother was speechless, the Royal Navy hadn't fallen to this level yet.

While the two were chatting, a British carrier-based aircraft that took off from the aircraft carrier "HMS Elizabeth" of the Royal Navy passed over the "Madagascar" at a low speed.

This behavior is a provocation to "Madagascar", and this situation has happened many times in the past two days.

"You are indifferent? This is not in line with your habits!" Yang Smozi was surprised. Southern Africans never admit defeat in such matters.

"Hahahaha, I'll just wait for your words!" Li Ao was not stupid, the Minister of Foreign Affairs had already spoken, and he, the trainee captain, gained confidence in an instant.

"Wait, don't make it too much—" Yang Smother suddenly felt a little startled.

"No, just wait and see—" Li Ao sneered.

Less than 5 minutes after the order was issued, a newest "Sea Harrier" attack aircraft took off from the "Madagascar".

The "Sea Harrier" is not a fighter jet, but a torpedo bomber, which also belongs to the Navy's "Raptor" series.

If you use "Goshawk" to deal with the British carrier-based aircraft, it is bullying.

Using "sea harrier" is also bullying.

The pilots of the British carrier-based aircraft probably did not expect that the "Madagascar" actually had a fighter jet into the sky.

After passing over the flight deck of the "Madagascar", it circled in the distance and flew back, probably trying to repeat the same trick.

The "Sea Harrier" climbed up after taking off, and it still occupies a favorable position. Although the "Sea Harrier" is a torpedo bomber, it also has aviation machine guns on it, and has some air-to-air attack capabilities.

The British carrier-based aircraft that flew back was a tragedy.

The moment the "Sea Harrier" was discovered, the British pilots immediately became excited.

The provocation for two consecutive days finally had an effect. The British pilots will take this opportunity to conduct a real drill with the southern African pilots to see how powerful the legendary southern African pilots are.

The most important thing in an air battle is to seize a favorable position, and then use a dive to launch an attack on the enemy plane. Since it is impossible to actually fight, the judgment standard is whether to bite the enemy plane during the exercise. If it is locked by the enemy plane, then basically the plane can be judged. was shot down.

So the British pilots also began to climb.

When the British pilots discovered the "Sea Harrier", the "Sea Harrier" had already occupied a favorable position and began to dive. At this time, they could either choose hard steel on the front, or lower the nose of the aircraft to avoid the low altitude, and avoid the "Sea Harrier"'s dive first.

British pilots chose hard steel for the front.

The "Sea Harrier" did not back down and continued to dive towards the British carrier-based aircraft.

The two planes were getting closer and closer, and Yang Smother subconsciously stood up in the bridge of the "Madagascar", put his hands on the podium in front of him and stretched his neck to watch.

At the moment when the two planes were about to collide, the British pilot lowered the nose subconsciously, and the two planes passed by.

The British pilot made a serious mistake. This is a military port, and now it is full of various warships. The British pilot’s skills are probably not good enough, and they failed to pull up the plane in time. As a result, the plane’s wing rubbed against "Nelson" The antenna of the battleship HMS, then spun and fell into the sea.

Big trouble now.

(End of this chapter)