Chapter 1137： Sometimes too many soldiers is trouble (1/2)
Good or bad, bad spirit. Perhaps the mouth was open, and after only a week, the bad news followed.
A large number of troops are gathering on the coast of France. Needless to think about it, this is for the British Isles.
When he heard the bad news, Swinding didn't care about it, and hurriedly asked the Chief of Military Intelligence: ”Has the enemy's warship been in service?”
To land on the British Isles, naval battles are indispensable. Shinra has an air force for cover, and Britain also has an air force.
Even if it is a little weak, once you fight hard, you can still do it in a short time.
In order to protect the troop carrier, the Shinra Navy had to fight. With the current strength comparison between the two sides, the Royal Navy still has a bigger win.
The only thing that can change this situation is the service of new warships. Although the construction time is a bit tight, the enemy is the world's largest industrial power. It makes sense to work overtime and finish ahead of schedule.
In fact, as early as more than a month ago, the Naval Intelligence Department had received intelligence about the launch of enemy capital ships, but it was not confirmed.
From launching to service, to the formation of combat effectiveness, surely it cannot be completed in just over a month, but hasn't the landing operation not started yet?
It takes a long time from preparation to launch for a big battle. Once the preparations are completed, the training may also be completed.
The Chief of Military Intelligence Rucerda nodded: ”At present, it is certain that the enemy has at least two Dreadnought-class battleships in service.
The enemy's capital ships started construction at almost the same time. Even if the other battleships have not been in service, it may not be long. ”
With the positive news, Swinding was all ill.
Step by step, step by step.
The battleship in Britain started construction a step late, and the shipyard was attacked by the enemy midway, and the construction progress was even slower.
Once the enemy's warships are in service, the Royal Navy will be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of dreadnoughts.
Although the quality is not enough, you can still make up in quantity. But the dreadnought has the ability to kill ordinary warships. Who knows how much it will cost to wipe out this advantage?
If the Royal Navy is not sure of victory, then the joking ”one man, one aircraft, one bomb for one ship” will become a reality.
The dead are easy to find, but the dead pilots are not easy to handle. Although both are island nations, the British Empire is not Japan after all, and people are rushing to recruit death squads.
If nothing else, just look at the London air battle. Once the fighter was damaged, it immediately turned around and ran, and found that it could not escape, the pilot immediately parachuted.
While preserving the vitality to the maximum, many planes were wasted, and many planes that could be rescued were abandoned.
Don't blame, these daring to fight are heroes, and a bunch of pilots even refuse to fight.
The reason is very good: the performance gap of the aircraft is too large, and the asymmetrical battle is death. Since it is to die, naturally I can't go.
It is not popular in Britain to ”see death as home”. The extremely high war damage in the early stage has left the British government without confidence.
Except for active pilots who cannot hide and must go to the battlefield, amateurs and civil aviation pilots have the right to refuse.
The main thing is that the mandatory military service law has not yet been introduced, and the government has very limited penalties for those who refuse to be enlisted.
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When the British were in panic, the international situation was also quietly changing. The bad news that followed continued to erode everyone's confidence in the British Empire.
The defense of India has begun. Shinra attacked from both Persia and the Indochina Peninsula. Although there is still a long way to go, everyone does not think that the Persians and a group of colonial forces can stop the world's first army power.
In particular, the Russians also sent troops from Afghanistan, and British India has essentially fallen into an embarrassing situation.
To fight against the world's first and second army powers alone, distance and terrain are not enough, unless the British can open up, otherwise there is no hope at all.
British Africa has almost fallen. If there is no India, then will Britain still be an ”empire”?
No matter how powerful the Royal Navy is, it cannot reverse the defeat on land. Besides, they also lost the Malacca naval battle.
The battle to defend the Strait of Gibraltar has begun, and the Spaniards stimulated by the victory finally summoned the courage to attack Gibraltar.
It is estimated that they are preparing to replicate the victory of the last anti-French war and return to the ranks of great powers with the prestige bonus brought by the victorious country.
The great powers are not just a name, they also have a lot of interests behind them, which is especially important for major trading countries.
For example, the comprehensive national strength of the United States and the Confederate states is not weak, but because there is no name of the great powers, there is no right of discovery internationally.
Although Spain's strength is not good, but its reputation this year is still strong, and its voice in the international arena is second only to the three countries of Britain, Austria and Russia.
Of course, this is just the beginning of the victory of the Anti-French Alliance. Later, because of the Philippine War, the reputation was greatly damaged, and then the national power was consumed in the suppression of the colonial war, and even the right to speak in the international community was also reduced.
Both Russia and the West joined in, and the Europeans naturally couldn't sit still. Downwind has always been everyone's favorite.
What's more, the Vienna government also promised to use ”India” directly as bait, so that the governments of various countries could bear it?
With the active support of various countries, the mainland coalition forces have already taken shape, only the final integration. When these tasks are completed, it is time for a decisive battle.
Compared with the concentration of the member states of the Continental Alliance, the member states of the Ocean Alliance are much more scattered, all in the north and south, and they have to travel across the ocean if they want to gather together.
The difficulty of power integration is more than one grade.
Although the British government has worked very hard, but due to the distance, the integration progress of the Ocean Alliance has been slowed by more than one step.
If the war lasts for two or three years, the forces of the Ocean Alliance can naturally gather; but judging from the current situation, the enemy will certainly not leave them enough time.
Seeing the enemy's growing strength, the situation on the battlefield is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Ocean Alliance, and governments of all countries are also looking at it and worrying about it.
The navies of various countries have participated in the **** movement, the air force has also deployed elite pilots to reinforce Britain, and the army has also begun to gather.
Just want to defeat the Continental Alliance, these are still not enough. The forces that have assembled the entire European continent are invincible this year.