Imperial Overlord

"Have you heard? The Germans killed Marshal Charles, and as a result, we have to pay the opponent a battleship..." On the deck of the battleship, an officer angrily walked behind Phillips and complained. . fastest update

General Tom S?v? Phillips, as commander of the British Home Fleet, may now be the backbone of the Home Fleet.

Because Marshal Charles has left, he can now be said to be the first person in the real power of the Navy.

Now, in his hands, he is holding all the battleships of the Home Fleet, including cruisers and destroyers, that have not yet been handed over to the German Navy.

"General, do it! Sit back and wait! It's not the style of our navy!" An officer stepped forward and said in a pleading tone.

Another officer also nodded and persuaded Phillips: "General! If you don't think about it, the Navy will be completely finished!"

These standing on the bridge, as confidant officers of Phillips and Charles and others, all cluttered their mouths, persuading their commanders to save the navy.

The word "save the navy" didn't exist before, when did the British navy need to be saved? It is a pity that everything is different now, and the British navy has reached its weakest point.

"Marshal Charles will not die in vain... The Navy will not perish!" General Phillips said with his hands behind his back, standing on the deck of the battleship Rodney, facing the sea breeze.

The situation has come to such a point that his loyalty to this country is no longer comparable to his loyalty to the Navy.

Rather than destroying the entire navy, Phillips thinks it's better to give it a shot. This time he's not thinking about the country as a whole, he's doing something about the future of the Navy.

Charles had already planned with him, and if the operation to sink battleships such as HMS King George V ended in failure, Phillips would be ready to carry out another set of plans.

"The people who ordered you to spread the news that Marshal Charles was killed by the Germans among the sailors and officers and soldiers. The more embarrassing things are said, the better. Now our time is running out." Phillips gave the order.

That night, after a gunshot, the Royal Navy's coup began.

"Who are you?" The soldier on duty with his rifle aimed at the swaying figure in the distance.

The answer to him was a series of strafing fire, with British sailors holding their own weapons, from both sides of the ship and the barracks, flanking the army sentries on the dock.

"Ah!" The soldier who was shot screamed, and then was covered up by the sound of dense gunfire. The sound of the alarm echoed in the harbor, and the battle was fierce from the beginning.

First, the sailors of the battleship Rodney shot and killed the sentries on the pier, and then the soldiers of the battleship Warspite attacked the patrol, killing more than a dozen friendly soldiers in one go.

In fact, this battle broke out between the British and the British. The naval officers and soldiers who **** the warship are all wearing red cloth strips on their arms, and those who are caught off guard are the sentinels of the British Army and the gendarmerie.

Amid the chaos, the British battleship HMS Rodney, along with HMS Vengeance, HMS Barham, and HMS Warspite, and the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable left port.

These warships took a small number of cruisers and destroyers out of Scapa Flow, detoured through the northern waters of Ireland, and sped away south.

"The action went very smoothly... Although this time it was our own initiative, it was all for the future of the British Empire." An officer walked behind Phillips and saluted and congratulated.

The fleet has just been released from the army's surveillance, and now they have sworn off from the United Kingdom, and the entire fleet is going to South Africa, a colony at the southern tip of Africa, to see the situation there.

Originally, the fleet was going to the United States, but Phillips felt that if it went to the United States, it would be used as a gunman by the United States.

His fleet will either die on the road to conquer Germany or be consumed on the Pacific battlefield.

This was intolerable for a British Empire naval commander. The means by which the United States weakens Britain is not very secretive, so most of the British do not have a good impression of the United States.

After all, the country that pulled Britain from the throne of world hegemony was the evil Germany, but the black hand behind the scenes was the United States.

Therefore, Phillips changed the battle plan. He would take all the warships he brought out to South Africa, and then wait quietly for the trend of the war to become clearer where the Germans could not reach out.

Moreover, he has another advantage of being stationed in South Africa, that is, he can enter the Indian Ocean at any time, join some small warships in the Indian Ocean, and can also retreat to areas such as Malacca.

If you count Australia, there are many retreats for this fleet. The only thing that worries Phillips is that South Africa's supplies are so low.

He also has a solution to this problem. He will ask the Americans to supply supplies, and if the Americans refuse, he can immediately abandon South Africa and retreat to India.

After all, India and Britain have been operating for many years, and there are still ports that can receive 4 battleships. Moreover, it is closer to the oil-producing area, which is convenient for warships to supply.

"Report!" Another officer walked into the bridge in frustration and reported bad news to Phillips: "The USS Fury was not able to keep up."

After all, the riots in the navy could not get everyone's support. In fact, as a bargaining chip with Germany, the British government did not intend to leave too many navies.

The more navies remained, the stronger Germany's vigilance became. At that time, for the sake of security, Germany can only find a balance point from other aspects.

What kind of exchange process is not cost-effective for the UK, so during the negotiation process, the UK has long made the idea of ​​exchanging the navy for more interests.

In this case, whether the Navy is dead or alive is no longer a matter for high-level consideration. It is a pity that things that are not considered by the top management always have to be considered by someone.

The battleship broke out of the port and assembled on the sea. The sharp bow cut through the sea water, and soon it was submerged in the thick night.

On March 6, the British navy mutinied and fought fiercely all night in Scapa Flow. At dawn, most of the Royal Navy's capital ships were gone, and the British Army troops stationed in the harbor for surveillance could only stare at the Atlantic Ocean in the distance.

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"Mr. Prime Minister... There was a rebellion in the naval fleet, and the entire fleet left Scapa Flow..." The officials who hurried into the Prime Minister's office reported what had just happened.

Prime Minister Attlee heard the news and felt a surge of blood rush into his brain, blinding his eyes to anything.

He finally felt the despair and helplessness that British Prime Minister Churchill felt, and at the same time he also felt the helplessness that he could not control the overall situation.

As a bargaining chip, the British fleet was a key link in making the Germans compromise. Now that there is a problem with the fleet, the Germans will definitely make more excessive demands.

If Britain gave up the peace talks, the warships that were given to Germany for nothing would become the laughing stock of the whole world. If the United Kingdom continues the peace talks, the issue of the fleet leaving will become a bad debt that the United Kingdom cannot explain.

The Germans don't care whether the British let their fleet go by themselves. If they can't get the corresponding warships, they will definitely want more things.

Not to mention other things, given the current situation in the UK, how can we come up with other things? Do you want to loan Liverpool to Germany? Do you mean to give up the whole of London?

"Telegram to the fleet! Let them return immediately! This is no joke! This is an order!" After stabilizing for a few seconds, British Prime Minister Attlee issued the first order.

Then he gave a second order: "Inform the Germans about this and try to minimize the impact!"

He can't care about keeping his fleet secret now, and he can't imagine what kind of situation he will face once the fleet leaves.

"Also, think about it right away, if the fleet insists on leaving, what good way do we have to deal with it! Now! Let me think about it right away!" He looked at his secretary, and finally gave another order.

Now that he has chosen to run away from home, Phillips, who is already an adult, will of course not be called back by an order telegram.

He threw the telegram at his feet, and then instructed the officer in charge of the radio, "There is no need to send such telegrams to me in the future."

Standing on the bridge, he let out a mournful sigh as he watched the sharp bow of the battleship Rodney tear open the sea.

After that, he probably won't set foot on British soil again, and he doesn't even know if he will count as an Englishman.

There is no turning back~www.wuxiaspot.com~ What he can do now is to take the fleet and go to South Africa first. Only when he gets there will he think about how to choose the next path.

After all, going south to Africa is not an even path. Who knows whether those officials and gentlemen will reveal their whereabouts to the Germans, and whether the German Navy will be dispatched, these are all things he does not know.

"It left a little bit for the Germans, which is really unsatisfactory." Withdrawing his gaze from the sea, Phillips summed it up gloomily.

He couldn't take the battleship Ramirez, which was still being repaired on the slipway, so he could only leave it to the enemy.

As for the slower-moving aircraft carrier Fury, because the riot failed, the soldiers could only open the sea cut to prevent the aircraft carrier from falling into the hands of the Germans.

So, at dawn, only the masts of the Furious aircraft carrier remained on the water. It had sunk in Scapa Flow, a pile of scrap metal.

The plan of the German navy to eat into a fat man was completely destroyed by the stubborn British naval officers and soldiers.