Chapter 665 Houyi Plan

The sun rose stubbornly from the fog and drilled into the dead White Hall Navy Conference Room through the glass.

Lieutenant General Jacobson's voice was stiff and cold, just like the past winter. Looking at the corners of his lips, everyone felt that what they heard was not statistics but ice residue, echoing clearly but cold in the room.

"Seven battleships sink, Giant, Hercules, Conqueror, Marlboro, Queen of India, St. Vincent, Avant-garde."

"Four battlecruisers, Lion, Princess, Queen Mary, Reckless."

"7 armored cruisers and light cruisers, Defense and Lostorft."

"22 destroyers, W21."

"In addition, 5 ships of Monarch, Orion and George V were seriously injured, 11 were damaged, and all the rest were injured and need to be repaired immediately. At present, we can mobilize them."

Jacobson put the telegram on the table and waited for two days and one night, but got a not-wonderful ending. In the face of such a heavy loss, his voice trembled a little: "From the message sent back by Jellico, the lightest injury also needs to be repaired for three months, and it takes at least six to be repaired. Yue, that is to say, we."

"We lost."

Before Jacobson finished his words, he was interrupted by a sigh. Everyone followed the voice. It was not others who spoke, but the wartime Prime Minister Lao He George, who was ordered in danger.

"Am I wrong?" Lloyd George glanced around. The pocket watch in his hand was already covered with sweat. No one shook his head to deny it, because he was right. Britain did lose!

Originally, it was thought that as long as Germany was defeated, it could withdraw troops to support India and even Australia, but now Britain obviously overestimate itself. No one expected that Germany would fight so tenaciously that the Grand Fleet not only sank 11 capital ships, but also almost completely paralyzed, losing a total of 35 5,000 tons of warships, which means that for at least half a year, Britain has not been able to transfer any capital ships to support India and Australia.

"By the end of the year, four Reputation-class battlecruisers and four Avengers must all be in service! In addition, release the news of victory and tell the reporter that we blocked the Germans back. For the sake of England, we will never!" After George Lao said, he stood up with his hands on the table, and his voice trembled a little: "I will never fail!"

"From now on, we will face half a year without a navy. I hope everyone can unite to get through this difficult period, no matter what."

"Prime Minister." Before George finished speaking, the secretary had hit the door and came in to interrupt him.

"What's the matter?" Looking at the secretary, everyone suddenly felt a palpitations. It seemed that something big had happened, but everyone thought about it and didn't know what the problem was, so they looked at the door one after another.

The secretary swallowed his saliva and looked at George with a little lax eyes. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Prime Minister, the telegram from St. Petersburg, Nicholas II's family is missing, and the rebels have entered the palace!"

"What are you talking about!" Kitchener was the first to jump up, rushed to the secretary and grabbed his collar and shouted, "What's going on?"

"I don't know, no one knows how this happened." The secretary spread out his hand and said with a wry smile, "Ambassador Marion said that the Bolshevik army launched a general attack last night, but the direction of the palace only resisted for a while and gave up. Then everyone found that he was missing!"

Missing? A good emperor is missing?

God, how can this be possible!

All eyes began to be lax, and everyone saw the worries of the other party. If this news could come earlier, no one would have forced Jellico to fight a decisive battle. It must be based on fleet security, because only when the fleet is safe can we take the initiative, but now Britain is doomed to lose its navy. For half a year, if Russia withdraws from the war at this time, then!

The picture of millions of troops on the Eastern Front of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria entering the Western Front appears in all their heads, which is simply the last scene!

"Order the 19th Army to carry out the second set of plans, occupy Kronstadt and control the Russian Baltic Fleet. When they can resist, they decide whether to fight back or not. In addition, we must find Nicholas II immediately. I believe he can't disappear for no reason. He must still be in some places, or by some people. Control it!" Marshal Kitchener was the first to calm down and immediately issued a series of orders.

George Lao He nodded and just wanted to go over to support Kitchener, but as soon as he took a step, he suddenly felt dizzy, and his whole body was crooked and collapsed.

On May 16, just two hours after George was stunned by a continuous unfavorable situation because of excessive labor, Britain released the news of the victory of the Battle of the Tehran Sea. According to Britain, the mainland fleet successfully defeated Germany and thwarted the German navy's plot to enter the North Sea.

On the same day, German Emperor Wilhelm II also announced the victory, but few people knew how the victory was. Five battleships and battlecruisers, 19 cruisers and destroyers sank, with a total loss of more than 200610 tons, and the remaining capital ships were also seriously injured, of which 2 The serious injuries of a war patrol, four King-class and two Bavarian-class have become the most difficult thing for the German navy. Compared with Britain, Germany has begun to run out of resources. Even if it can repair these capital ships by gritting its teeth, it is impossible in less than a year.

But when Germany was in despair, the major changes in neighboring Russia suddenly made the loss of the navy insignificant. Everyone knows that the reason why Germany could not fight quickly was that it was caught in a two-line battle. If Russia withdrew from the war at this time, then a million troops deployed on the eastern front could be taken away. If you put all your effort into the western line, plus Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria can also make some of them, the disadvantage of the military strength can be gradually changed.

A naval battle, followed by the news that the Russian emperor's whole family was missing and the palace was occupied by people, plunged Europe into a frenzy. The German general staff was the first to react and ordered the troops on the eastern front to attack on all front to strive to completely defeat Russia as soon as possible to force the other party to withdraw from the war.

Then, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria and Osman also took action one after another and launched a full-scale attack on the Russian army. For a while, the whole of Europe was shaken.

====== "Haha."

The cheerful laughter fluttered in the new garden. Long Guozhang, who had just got the news of Europe, couldn't help jumping up, and even the corners of Chen Ping's mouth smiled.

Although everyone is a little disappointed with the ending, considering the environment of the North Sea, this result is already very good. Even if Xinhua sends all six Guam-class ships, it is impossible to do better. What's more, for Xinhua, what matters is not how much they have lost, but how much they have been seriously injured and how long it will take to repair!

From now on, the German navy is basically paralyzed within a year, and Britain can maintain a weak force by relying on geographical and colonial advantages. At least half a year, it will not want to piece together a fleet to support the Indian Ocean and Australia. In addition, the U.S. Pacific Fleet has almost shrunk in San Diego, and the construction of new warships is not delivered so quickly. It can be said that from now on, the Xinhua Navy can walk across the two oceans for at least half a year!

And there are too many revelations brought by this battle belt. For example, the more the number of fleets, the better. For example, as the construction of battleships in various countries is becoming more and more perfect, the power of naval guns has been unable to keep up, and the new offensive means have become the decisive force to determine the future navy.

Thinking of this, Chen Ping couldn't help but look at Li Mo with admiration, because it was his forward-looking vision and ability to grasp the future that made Xinhua find the right direction before this naval battle, instead of really attaching importance to it from now on like Yingde.

They are too far behind!

If someone regrets, it must be Li Mo, but in the previous life, he learned from many senior BB parties that no matter who led the big fleet to fight in the North Sea, the outcome would not change much, because there was something wrong with the hydrological conditions.

The ending seems to be similar, but in fact it has changed a lot. As later generations know, the British and German main fleet did not participate in the decisive battle, and the British main fleet became a watchman. The biggest loss was only the war patrol, but now it is different. The main fleets of both sides suffered heavy losses, not only sinking. There are many, and there are more injuries. The maintenance of those warships alone will greatly consume the vitality of the two countries.

"Half a year, how are you going to use it?" Li Mo asked with a smile.

"It's not long, but I can do a little thing." Chen Ping laughed and said, "Although Lenin has won the palace, it is still early to control Russia. There are still many supporters of Nicholas II, and the Mensheviks have been suppressing the Bolsheviks. I believe that a conflict for power will definitely break out in the next few days. Take advantage of the opportunity that they have no time to deal with us now, they will solve Xixi as soon as possible. Berria is the key.

Now Sun Jiugong's forward has crossed Tomsk and will arrive in Omsk within five days at the latest. He has promised me that he will win Qiu Ming in a month! As for whether to continue to the west, it will be determined by the situation in Russia.

It is also going well in Kuwait. The second batch of 50,000 reinforcements has arrived. Now Li Tianhe has led his troops north along Baghdad and will cooperate with the Ottoman army to attack Baku within three days at the latest.

On the Indian side, I guess Campbell must find a way to protect himself. For a large fleet in the encirclement, it is difficult to support without support for half a year. I guess he may find a way to save himself! So I have ordered the thunion fleet to be ready and have shipped the second batch of aircraft to Socotra Island to intercept him at any time.

In addition, Zhao Long has arrived in Australia. According to what he said, he can guarantee the elimination of South Australian troops within two months, and now the British navy can't come to support him. I have ordered the transport fleet to leave, and be sure to send another 50 to 70 to Australia within three months. Army, be ready to attack Queensland and New South Wales.

"Good boy, you're still a little bit of a thing!" In a good mood, even Li Enfu couldn't help laughing and said, "I think you are about to surround half of the earth."

Chen Ping smiled and suddenly looked up and said, "Your Majesty, the British navy can't go out for half a year now, and if Russia withdraws, the United States will become the key. If Britain and France persuades the United States to restart sending troops to Europe, then Germany will still not be able to hold on, so I think we are finished at present. With full control of the right to control the sea, it is time to start the first phase of the Houyi plan and stop the attention of the United States.

"The Hou Yi Plan?" Li Enfu couldn't figure it out when he heard this word, as if he had never heard of it? Only Li Mo's body was slightly shocked. Looking at Chen Ping's eyes, his heart suddenly made waves.

"Humao Yi plans to land in the United States!"

(to be continued)