Although the British felt that Chen Mo's statement that the French could not survive for even two months was a bit exaggerated, they took the Belgian issue very seriously.
Otherwise, during the last war, the Germans also invaded from Belgium. If the Germans wanted to attack France, they had to attack from this direction because of the terrain.
As for where in Belgium the Germans will attack specifically, it depends on what strategy the Germans will adopt.
Affected by the tragic victory in the last war, the French's overall national strategic thinking has changed from an offensive doctrine to a defensive doctrine. Although strategically speaking, it is very different from the strategy they adopted in World War I, both on the German-French border.
Repair the bunkers, and then set up front with the Germans in Luxembourg and Belgium.
However, the French during World War I were extremely brave in direct attacks. At that time, France believed in what is now called the offensive cult, believing that the bayonet was a more important weapon on the battlefield than cannon, and placed too much emphasis on offense.
After the outbreak of World War I, although there was no fighting on the Western Front, when the war broke out on the Western Front, France did not passively defend, but directly launched an all-out offensive, giving the Germans a real head-to-head challenge.
This is also the reason why the European battlefield in World War I turned into a meat grinder.
Both sides mobilized millions of troops each and continued to attack. The invention of new weapons also made killing more efficient. As a result, millions of people in Verdun and the Somme were so worthless.
Dead.
It was precisely because the casualties caused by this offensive doctrine in World War I were so great that France was deprived of a generation and the blood of the French people was also depleted.
Therefore, after World War I, they stopped actively attacking and turned to passive defense. Not only did they spend a lot of resources to build the Maginot Line, they also lost the battle after the Maginot Line was bypassed after the beginning of World War II.
Desire, the entire country directly chose to surrender under the collective war-weariness mood.
The British certainly knew about the situation of the French, so when Chen Mo said that if Belgium was captured, the French might surrender, the British seemed to take it very seriously, and they also understood that this section of defense must be repaired.
However, this matter obviously cannot be done on the fly. Whether it is the British issuing a diplomatic note to Belgium or France continuing to build its defense line, it cannot be completed in a short time.
So after making sure that the British would take this matter seriously, Chen Mo set off for Portsmouth to get his two aircraft carriers.
The two aircraft carriers have now completed all outfitting and debugging, and all their assigned personnel are in place. They only need a grand commissioning ceremony before they can be counted as joining the ranks of active service.
Portsmouth Shipyard has made careful preparations for this, and in a sense this is even more careful than the British's own aircraft carrier entering service.
After all, when the British Royal Navy's own aircraft carrier is commissioned, there is no way it will receive such luxurious treatment as the king's presence in person.
When the Royal Navy's own warships are launched, there may be members of the royal family coming to pour champagne. If the king is fine, he may also be there in person, but the commissioning of warships generally does not involve any particularly grand ceremony.
However, because these two aircraft carriers are related to the diplomacy between the two countries, as well as the subsequent order for an entire fleet, both the British government, the royal family, and the Portsmouth Shipyard made the entire ceremony very grand.
As the oldest and most important military port of the British Navy, Portsmouth played a very important role from the beginning of Britain's struggle for maritime supremacy until World War I and World War II.
Since the 13th century, Portsmouth's dockyard has been continuously delivering high-quality warships to the British Royal Navy.
Such as HMS Victory in the age of sail, HMS Bellona, HMS Ark Royal, the legendary old lady who fought from World War I to World War II, Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, the last glory Belfast, the second generation
Ark Royal, Glory, George V, the Prince of Wales, they were all born here.
It can be said that it is precisely because of these warships built by Portsmouth Dockyard that the British Empire has a glorious maritime legend of four hundred years.
Therefore, there is so much history to browse and visit here. The British also very considerately arranged for Prince Albert to accompany Chen Mo to visit the Portsmouth shipyard and various memorials, so that he could understand the British history
The glorious heritage of the empire.
"This military uniform is the one General Nelson was wearing when he was killed in battle. At that time, a bullet entered his left shoulder, claiming the life of the best naval admiral in the history of the British Empire." Although Prince Albert stuttered a little.
, but as a former naval officer, he still very seriously introduced to Chen Mo the military uniform in front of him, which for the British can almost be regarded as the national spiritual belief.
Looking at this military uniform and listening to Prince Albert's introduction, Chen Mo touched his chin with interest.
In a sense, this military uniform is indeed very powerful. As the military uniform worn by Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar, it not only retains the bullet holes from that year, but also represents Britain's four hundred years of maritime hegemony.
The admiration and belief of Nelson in the British Royal Navy during the era.
It can be said that this military uniform is a well-deserved holy relic.
Even if there is no so-called Heroic Soul Seat and Great Holy Grail, Chen Mo can still summon Nelson's heroic spirit with this military uniform.
However, this does not mean much to Chen Mo. After all, Nelson's heroic spirit will definitely be loyal to Britain and will be of little use to him.
Although there are spells that can guarantee the loyalty of heroic spirits, the concept of Nelson's existence is already a symbol of Britain. Even if he is summoned, he will be impacted by his faith and is emotionally biased towards Britain. This is unacceptable to Chen Mo.
Moreover, compared to male heroic spirits, Chen Mo hopes to summon a few ship girls. There are so many ship girls games in later generations that have provided him with a lot of inspiration.
It's just a pity that most of the ship girls that will be familiar in the future have not been built yet. Even if Chen Mo wanted to summon them, he would not have the materials.
If you really want to summon a ship girl, apart from some old World War I ships, the only one available is the Victory.
Other ship girls have to wait until World War II is over and those famous warships have experienced the highlight of their lives before they can be summoned.
What's more, in a sense, even if he really wants to do something, directly using the land of Portsmouth as a basis to summon the heroic spirits of the entire Portsmouth like summoning Jingyu is far better than summoning a single person.
A thing or a personal heroic spirit comes at a good price.
So in Portsmouth, Chen Mo just visited and had no other ideas.
But while he was listening to Prince Albert's explanation, Prince Edward suddenly rushed over angrily, pulled his brother aside in a very rude manner, and yelled at him: "Where did you get her?
