Chapter 2385 The War Is Not Far Away II

"This is the file I sorted out." Major General Hood was going to take the file apart and send it to Thomas, but the latter didn't take it.

"Betty hasn't come yet, our meeting hasn't started yet, there's no need to unpack these important documents now, we just treat it as a party." Thomas said.

"You are becoming more and more like Admiral Jericho, especially in dealing with people." Major General Hood thought for a while and put the document aside. A total of three people participated in this meeting, Thomas needless to say, and Major General Hood was in charge of sorting out the data of the fast fleet and the artillery battle of the large fleet in the entire Norwegian Sea naval battle, and Betty was in charge of sorting out the data of aviation operations. And now the agreed meeting time has not yet arrived, if Major General Hood starts to report formally to Thomas at this time, then when Betty comes in, it will undoubtedly be very embarrassing.

To be honest, Betty is not a popular person in the Royal Navy. This is the case in history, and it is even more so in this plane. The reason is very simple. Betty has been involved in several important failed battles of the Royal Navy.. … In the Battle of Dogal Sandbank, Betty almost buried the entire British battlecruiser unit. When the Thomas fleet was ambushed, Betty's evacuation was also criticized. And in the final decisive battle, the aircraft carrier unit in Betty's hands that used up a lot of resources did not perform well. With such a person, it is difficult for you to make his colleagues look good on him.

Although Thomas also stumbled, but no matter what, when he fought Earl Spey in the Indian Ocean, he could barely be considered a tie. He also sank the battlecruiser Blücher in the North Sea, which was also a small victory. In the final decisive battle, the Thomas Fleet also maintained the final dignity of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Of course, Thomas’ ability to be a man is also an important reason, and this is also the result of Jericho’s precepts and deeds. Although in the eyes of many people, Jericho ruined the Royal Navy, Jericho’s personality is still respected. So far, Most people who worked with Jericho thought that Jericho was just born at the wrong time!

As Jericho's successor, although Thomas doesn't like Betty either, he is polite and will not embarrass the latter, and tries his best to defend Betty in front of his colleagues.

"Okay, I'm going to talk casually, say a commonplace problem, every officer is always fully prepared for the last war. Our thinking is wrong, which leads to even though we have much more funds than the German High Seas Fleet, People and warships, we still can't win them," Major General Hood said.

"You mean our warships are backward in performance and conservative in design?" Duff asked.

"This is one of the problems, but not all. We pay too much attention to the number of fleets. In order to ensure the absolute advantage in numbers, we have given up a lot. In fact, historically, the performance of the Royal Navy's warships has never been in this world. At the top, this was the case in the age of sail, and it is the same in modern times. However, later history has proved time and time again that when the resources of the two fleets are close, the elite route of the capital ship is undoubtedly more important than the quantitative route!"

"When we built the Edgar-class protected cruiser, the Germans came up with the Munich-class armored cruiser. In the Nissin naval battle, the Japanese navy, which had an absolute advantage in numbers and tonnage, was almost defeated by the Beiyang Navy with a German armored cruiser. Turn over."

"Subsequently, in the Philippine naval battle, the U.S.-Russian joint fleet also had a numerical advantage, but was still defeated by the Japanese navy, which had four Hyuga-class second-class fast battleships. In fact, the Japanese had only four Hyuga-class battleships. The elite, other warships are very ordinary, but relying on this small number of elites, the Japanese won a brilliant victory.

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"As for this war, it's even more so. For example, in the Indian Ocean battle you commanded, if our original shells were okay, and if the design of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship was better, then we are likely to solve the Su Xiong fleet once and for all! Later A lot of tragedies could have been avoided. The whole game would have changed," Hood said.

"So, what's your conclusion?" Thomas asked.

"It's very simple. Under the current circumstances, the Royal Navy's new warships in the future must adapt to the route of elite soldiers, and because of our current situation, we must adjust the overall strategy of the Royal Navy. The number is largely to ensure the safety of the sea line of communication. For example, the Edgar-class protected cruiser, they did not consider confronting opponents like Munich on the battle line at all, but to deal with the French's light firepower. Hand over the cruiser."

"In the early 1990s, the Royal Navy couldn't build battleships like Indiana with tier-2 main guns, but the cost of these battleships was too high! It would seriously reduce the number of battleships. (The price of the Indiana-class battleship is not high. To 900,000 pounds, it seems very cheap, but in fact, this is not a weapon...)” Major General Hood said.

“We had colonies all over the world to protect, and it was a matter of trade-offs,” Duff said. This point is indeed correct. The third-class protected cruisers of the British are actually colonial cruisers, and in the "Washington Naval Treaty" the British cruiser allocation plan also has a majority of tonnage of light cruisers, because in peacetime, cruising colonies is not available. heavy cruiser…. On the contrary, the tonnage of Japanese heavy cruisers is relatively high!

"But now, this problem does not exist. The empire has lost its African colonies, and the security of the Indian Ocean and Far East colonies has been handed over to the Japanese. The Canadian Dominion is very important, but with all due respect, if the United States wants to move this Dominion, We can only pray to other powerful countries to limit the actions of Americans, and the Royal Navy will not help even if it goes to the Americas. If the policy of building an army is determined according to strategic needs, the most important tasks of the Imperial Navy in the future are only two points, one is anti-submarine, and the other is One is to resist the German High Seas Fleet," Rear Admiral Hood said.

"What you said is very reasonable. The British Empire can no longer rely solely on its own strength to resist the opponent's attack. Our global colonial system has shown signs of collapse. Facing the enemy that is close at hand, we really need I am more worried about the safety of the homeland. I even think that without a reliable ally, the British Empire will no longer be able to challenge the authority of the Germans."

"Perhaps, our fleet is just delaying time, so that the allies can send enough reinforcements before the collapse of the empire." Thomas said with a sigh.

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