Chapter 1099: New Official Takes Office

Chapter 1099 New official takes office

One month ago, in a small conference room in the British Admiralty.

"Have you really decided? According to your plan, we will pay a lot of costs and bear certain risks, and if something goes wrong, then Betty will be your role model." Jack, who is in charge of the most powerful naval force on the planet Admiral Rico said to Lieutenant General Evan Thomas sitting opposite.

After the Battle of Thunder-Serbrus, the British Navy also made some adjustments to its command team. When such a big thing happened, it was necessary to find several problematic people both emotionally and rationally. Betty was naturally the first to bear the brunt. As the top commander on the front line, he shouldered more than 50% of the responsibility for the defeat.

If it were another person, being thrown directly to the edge of a certain world would be considered lucky. For example, in history, Betty's deputy, Major General Moore, was driven to be the commander of an idle fleet because of Betty's wrong orders. It was considered a disguised exile. And like this time, the losses were so heavy that it would be enough to throw Betty into a military court for trial. Send away 6 battleships, more than a dozen light cruisers, and more than 2 dozen destroyers at once... This cannot be said to be unprecedented, but at least it is unprecedented!

However, the final result of this buddy was to be demoted to rear admiral, and then served as the commander of the battlecruiser detachment under Ivan Thomas, commanding the three battlecruisers Tiger, New Zealand and Australia. This is already considered outrageous, okay? At least give Betty a chance to start over.

As for why there was this result, it can only be said to be the result of the game between the navy's top brass and the fleet. Sir Fisher and Churchill admired Betty very much, because in their opinion, such a thing could happen in the sluggish Royal Navy. It is very rare to have someone who dares to fight hard and fight fiercely. There are risks in fighting, but it would be bad if the officers and soldiers hesitated because of the risks. So they subjectively want to keep Betty.

What about the fleet? Jericho is a responsible person. He knows that most people, including Major General Moore and Major General Hood, actually have no responsibilities. Major General Hood, in particular, has done a very good job from a strategic perspective, but If you can't beat them, there's nothing you can do about it. So when the Navy Department promised not to hold other personnel accountable, Jericho also accepted Betty's punishment. In fact, to be honest, Jericho didn't like Betty. On the one hand, it was because he dismissed Jerry too aggressively. Coe felt frightened, but partly because he didn't trust the man's character. But after all, Betty has the ability and deserves recognition.

Well, Betty, who has been demoted to rear admiral, will definitely not be able to command the British fast fleet, so who will? Sir Fisher, Churchill, and Jericho, the Royal Navy's troika, searched through the entire naval personnel roster but could not find a more perfect candidate. Originally, Churchill planned to let Major General Hood go, but Fisher thought that The future fast fleet will mainly be based on fast battleships, and Major General Hood's expertise is somewhat inappropriate. Jericho also expressed his hope to keep a reliable person by his side, but this motion was not passed.

Major General Moore originally followed Betty, and his level was considered acceptable. But the same professionalism was somewhat inappropriate, and it was not good for him to take care of Betty, his former immediate boss. After all, the two parties had been very unhappy over the previous responsibility issue. So from a personnel perspective, this is not good either.

So, finally, Jericho made the suggestion to let Evan Thomas serve as fleet commander.

"I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely disagree with letting this coward who let go of Su Xiong serve as the commander of the most important squadron of the British Empire!" After hearing the news, Sir Fisher threw the pen in his hand angrily. On the ground, spattered ink even landed on Jericho's military uniform. The latter just frowned, and then followed suit next to Churchill.

"Your Excellency, in fact, General Thomas did a very good job. He at least temporarily solved the Su Xiong fleet. In the fleet battle between the two sides, General Thomas did not have any tactical problems. If he must be blamed, then It can only be said that our warships are not very powerful. Facing the same warships, the Japanese Fuso class performed very well. I think the outcome of the Indian Ocean naval battle is not General Thomas' problem, don't you think so?" Churchill said very peacefully said.

However, just these few words frightened Sir Fisher so much that the hairs on his neck stood up! Jericho on the opposite side gave Churchill a thumbs up in his heart! This bald guy is so awesome! This is called hiding a hidden edge, hiding a knife in a smile! In the ears of others, this was a negotiable tone, but in the ears of Sir Fisher, it was basically equivalent to a fat pig facing a butcher!

Betty resisted half of the responsibility, but who resisted the remaining half? ! The navy unanimously believes that the warships are at least half responsible for the failure of this naval battle! Firecrackers were set off as soon as they met each other. God can't save this. Look at the battleships that sank in this battle. Four of them bear the name of the perfect cat! Who advocates these things? Who threw these cheating warships to the navy? Who is clamoring for the full battle patrol of the large fleet?

Fisher, you old guy keeps saying there's something wrong with this and something wrong with that, can you really take it out? Look who's in front of you! One is your immediate boss, Churchill, and the other is the Commander of the Grand Fleet. Don't make me anxious, otherwise I will leave half the pot on your back! Then Sir Fisher was decisively frightened. He had to be afraid and couldn't afford to offend him.

"I believe in the strength of General Thomas. After participating in the encirclement and suppression of Su Xiong's fleet in the Indian Ocean, General Thomas has a lot of experience with these fugitives running around. He is now preparing to make a plan. I believe that in the future, In the distant future, the situation will change."

Jericho promised that he said this at the time just to give Fisher a step down. He really had no plans to take action in the near future. However, unexpectedly, Churchill grasped this point. Summon Thomas immediately and ask him to come up with a solution...

However, what Jericho didn't expect was that Thomas really had a plan this time, and he was more anxious to realize his plan than Churchill! After learning about this, Jericho stopped Thomas before he could submit the plan to the Admiralty.

Now Jericho has Thomas' plan in hand. If the other party can't give a reason, then he can only be sorry! Jericho can’t pass this level!

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