Chapter 629 Goodbye, John Fisher

Sydney, Jackson Harbor.

The storm thousands of miles away did not seem to affect this beautiful bay. The sailors started a day's work in twos and threes. It was monotonous and boring. Sometimes many people even thought that it was better to go out and fight with the Chinese people in this way.

The pub seems to have become the only place for the sailors to adjust their mood. Every day, there are many drunken guys lying on the street. When the sun comes out, they run directly to the ship without washing, or simply jump into the sea.

Carl is a lookout. He doesn't like alcohol, but he has his own way to adjust his mood, which is to hide in the Delaware mast and secretly look at Mrs. Jermaine in the telegraph room of the headquarters building in the distance.

Mrs. Jermaine is from Sydney. Like many Australian women, they have been incorporated into the military department since the beginning of the war. Although they do not carry guns, they are everywhere, or become secretaries, or go to work in arsenals. They are all included in the army. It is said that the number is more than 100,000, in order to protect On this big island, Australia has armed all men between the ages of 14 and 50, because the bigwigs feel that Australia has reached a critical moment and everyone needs to stand up to protect it.

Carl doesn't know if this is useful. He is not a decision maker. For him, living to the end of the war may be the only dream, so he only likes to peek like this, but this kind of thing must be careful, because it is likely to be regarded as a spy.

In the telescope, in the V-shaped collar is a pair of huge breasts that can make anyone salivate, and her owner doesn't seem to care to let people see it every day, as if there is an angel in it.

Men all like angels.

Just as he was about to adjust the angle of the telescope, suddenly a figure got into the camera.

"General Clarkston?"

Carl frowned and shook his head, because he found that the lieutenant general was really poorly dressed. His uniform was wrinkled, his beard seemed to have not been shaved for a few days, and his whole body looked very sloppy. To be honest, he should dress up and see Mrs. Jermaine again. Maybe there is a chance to kiss her.

While thinking nonsense, Carl suddenly found that after Mrs. Jermaine gave a telegram to Lieutenant General Clarkston, the lieutenant general, who had become the only backbone of the fleet when General Seymour and Bernice left, suddenly shook twice, and turned white after a trace of abnormal blush on his face. Bai suddenly sat on the chair next to him.

What happened?

Carl didn't figure it out that Mrs. Jermaine brought several telegrams from her companions behind her and gave them to General Clarkston, and then he seemed to see a brown bear roaring in despair after being injured.

Yes.

Even if it was thousands of meters away, it seemed that General Clarkston's roar could be heard beside Carl. He was excited, he was angry, and he was at a loss!

Carl has never seen General Clarkston's expression. A few months ago, he was not so uneasy when he took his people to escape from the Xinhua naval gun and dodged the warships on the island to avoid the search, but now!

What the hell is going on!

In the camera, Lieutenant General Caraxton was still shouting hysterically. When he was almost crazy, more than a dozen officers poured into the telegraph center, and then everyone seemed to be petrified. The corners of their mouths collapsed at the same time, their faces turned white at the same time, and sighs that could be heard even from a kilometer away at the same time. .

The fleets of Lieutenant General Seymour and Bernice were attacked. Two Lone-class battleships and the new fast warships that many people have not seen have just arrived have also been sunk, and the whole fleet is finished!

The news spread crazily in the mouths of the sailors, and then the army joined in. Finally, it even evolved into that the Xinhua army had invaded South Australia and East Australia, and Australia was about to fall.

Three days later, when five scarred cruisers and destroyers returned to Jackson Harbour and brought back the bodies of Lieutenant Generals Seymour and Burnis, who were seriously injured and unconscious, the other two news immediately exploded.

The already undefended Lane Islands were occupied by the Xinhua Marines from Honolulu. They have begun to build airports and barracks on Christmas Island, so that the route from the west coast of the United States to Australia has been interrupted.

If the news comes to mind long after the U.S. Pacific Fleet was destroyed, so it is not appalling, then the news that 50,000 Xinhua Marines began to attack the Solomon Islands made everyone nervous. It is said that the Chinese warships landed on the most important Guadalcana Island just one morning. At least 20,000 shells were thrown.

The coalition call for help stationed on Guadalcanal flew like snowflakes. Even ordinary soldiers knew how important this archipelago was, which was regarded as the gateway to Australia. Without this barrier, the Xinhua Army could go straight south from the Coral Sea to attack Nouméa. Once Nouméa failed, Australia's contact with the outside world would be This is interrupted!

"Australia must be rescued!"

Sitting in the car with his eyebrows pinched, Edward Carson looked up at the rare sun over London, and began to echo the Prime Minister's roar in his ears.

Sinking, sinking and sinking!

From the day of Xinhua's war, they first sank 13 capital ships participating in the third-line attack, sent two Guam-class battleships to wreak havoc in the Atlantic Ocean, almost destroyed New York, and surrounded millions of Russian troops in the blink of an eye, and then let the South African fleet disappear in Falls Bay without firing a single shell. The most Later, it destroyed the Far East Fleet and disabled the U.S. Navy.

Now, it has gone 8,500 nautical miles away, and one has been killed in front of Australia!

Yes, they have four powerful Guam-class battleships, eight Hebei-class battleships, metal aircraft that Europe can't master and recently appeared aircraft carriers, but the equipment is not all about the war.

As the Secretary of the Navy, Carson knew that he was duty-bound, but in fact, he was not willing to save Australia. On the contrary, he felt that this was the best opportunity to consume Xinhua.

From the beginning to now, except for the expedition to the Cologne Islands, Panama and the nearest Alaska, all the wars in Xinhua have been carried out not far from home. The Cologne Islands lack depth and rely entirely on the navy. After defeating the U.S. Pacific Fleet, it can't be defended by the powerful army, and although Panama is far away, But with the help of Colombia, and now there are Peru and Ecuador, it is not really a huge expedition.

As for the undefensed Alaska, Britain can fight down as long as thousands of people are sent.

Judging from the current battle situation, the disappointing Russian army can't stop Xinhua. In fact, it is expected that the only thing they can use is the vastness of Western Siberia. If the Xinhua Army wants to advance to the Ural Mountains, it needs to invest at least 2 million troops.

Now all parts of the Southeast Peninsula, except Myanmar, are controlled by Xinhua, but it is too difficult to get through Myanmar to Bangladesh. The primitive jungle and a savage mountain are enough to make hundreds of thousands of troops sigh, so if they want to attack India, they can get through the Strait of Hormuz. You must take the sea route and land from the Bay of Bengal and Ceylon.

Although they also put on the posture of attacking the mainland of the United States, everyone knows that unless they defeat the Indian Grand Fleet or take Australia, the Xinhua Army will not be able to go to war on three fronts.

In this case, Xinhua took the initiative to start the prelude to attack Australia, which actually helped Britain, because Australia has enough strategic depth. Whether it is North Australia or Western Australia, there is only one railway line to go. As long as it is guarded there, layers of fortifications are enough to consume Xinhua's war potential, so at this time At this moment, he, the Minister of the Navy, does not want to rescue Australia, but wants to see where the Xinhua Army is trapped.

But the problem is that the parliament and the Prime Minister's Office can no longer sit still. They believe that Australia must be rescued immediately, and the Indian Grand Fleet should be allowed to fight as soon as possible, at least to hit the Xinhua Navy once and relieve the pressure on Australia.

Can you do it yourself?

When Carson hesitated, the car had already driven to the famous Admiralty Building. As soon as he got off the bus, he saw John Fisher, the First Minister of the Sea, who also got out of the car.

"John, where have you been these days?"

Carson stopped John Fisher. To be honest, he was a little dissatisfied, because he hadn't seen the actual head of the British navy for a few days.

Fisher, who was full of excitement, didn't seem to see Carson's expression and explained, "Sir Carson, I'm very sorry. I went to Newcastle these days, and there were some problems with the construction of the Fury, so I went there to check. By the way, I have good news. The third Monarch-class battleship Determination may be advanced. Delivery, because."

"Wait a minute." Seeing John Fisher talking, Carson couldn't bear to interrupt him, but when he heard that he was still insisting on the Brave-class large light cruiser, he immediately shook his head to stop him and handed him the Australian call for help he had just received: "John, something has happened. Parliament and the Prime Minister have decided to terminate the construction of the Fury. In addition, the parliament has decided to tow half of the five French Normandy-class battleships to our country to speed up construction, and the Admiralty must ensure that they are all delivered by March next year.

"Why!" John Fisher's eyes suddenly widened and he didn't understand what had happened. You know that the brave-class large light cruiser took him a lot of effort. It can be said that it was the best design in addition to the epoch-making concept of the battlecruiser. Originally, he planned to continue to apply for funds to build a few more ships. Why did he say stop?

And the French Normandy-class battleships are not in line with the British standard. Although I heard that the first three have been built, and the last two have also been built in half, it is not a big problem to complete it before March, but the construction of five more battleships will undoubtedly delay the construction of British own warships. Why do this kind of drinking stop? Thirsty things?!

Isn't the current battleship enough?

"You'd better take a look first." Carson pointed to the telegram.

Fisher opened the telegram puzzledly, but when he saw it halfway, he felt dizzy and shouted, "It's impossible, it's impossible!" What happened? What's going on?! Jefferson, I've already told him that he shouldn't fight with the capital ship!"

"John, I know you're sad, but." Carson could not explain what had happened, because none of the two brave-class large light cruisers returned to Australia, and Seymour had disbanded the fleet at that time, so there was no complete information about who they were defeated by and what warships on a stormy night.

"No, I don't believe it, no." Fisher gritted his teeth and shook his head vigorously, as if the telegram in his hand was a ridiculous April Fool's Day joke. After seeing the news that the Telegram confirmed that the Glorious sent back by Brave was sunk before sinking, Brave abandoned the navy, who regarded speed as life and was determined to build the most perfect warship for Britain and help win the war. The fighter finally couldn't hold on, and suddenly his eyes darkened.

Carson quickly supported the old jazz who had come back for the second time and shouted, "John, John!"

"Damn it, come on!"

A shout and scream not only made the white hall, which has ruled the world's oceans for a hundred years and made countless major decisions, and was completely confused, which was said to be the brain of the Imperial Royal Navy, but also made an outstanding and even epoch-making naval warrior walk off the stage.

On March 30, 1916, John Fisher resigned as Minister of the Sea due to illness. The British Royal Navy was the most talented and opened the curtain of naval modernization. Later dreadnaughts, battlecruisers, and the founder of the large-scale light cruiser, also known as the strong fighter of the Royal Navy, was again by Li After a continuous blow, he said goodbye to the stage.

(to be continued)