The disastrous defeat of the British and French naval joint fleet in the Mediterranean caused a heavy blow to Britain and France, and made Britain abandon its plan to compete for hegemony in the Mediterranean. At the same time, Sicily was occupied by Chinese troops, which also led to Italy betrayal of the Allies.
The situation becomes even more difficult.
Italy's attack on the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was defeated by the German and Austrian forces, and was even driven out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while the German and Austrian coalition forces followed the trend into northern Italy. If Russia hadn't launched the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Eastern Front.
If the attack is made, Italy cannot resist the attack of the German and Austrian coalition forces. In addition, the Austro-Hungarian navy was also launching shellings on Italian coastal cities. One city after another turned into ruins during the shelling, and Italy lived in coastal areas.
People had to escape to the inland areas. However, the coastline of Italy was too long, and the losses were extremely heavy under the shelling of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
Italy is constantly asking for help from Britain and France, but now the sea control power in the Mediterranean, especially the sea control power in the Mediterranean east of Sicily, is completely controlled by the Chinese Navy. Britain and France have no way to regain the sea control power and cannot support Italy.
As the war became increasingly unfavorable, Italy also became dissatisfied with the government's betrayal of the allies and the joining the Allies. There were protests against Giovanni on the streets of Rome every day.
The marches of the Gioliti government. If it weren't for Vittorio.
Emmanuele III supported his words, maybe Giovanni.
Gioliti had long been ousted. But even so, the collapse of the Italian government seemed to be not far away.
As for the other two countries in southern Europe, the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Greece made statements after the main force of the British-French Naval Combined Fleet was annihilated, claiming that the two countries would continue to remain neutral and would not participate in this war. The two countries obviously
I was frightened. They originally wanted to join the Allies to see if they could get a bargain. However, the Chinese army captured Sicily and destroyed the main force of the Italian Navy and the British-French Navy Combined Fleet, which immediately seemed to have given these two minds aroused
The country poured cold water into the country, which made the two countries calm down and dared not think about it. This also ensured the security of the southern border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and could fight against Russia and Italy with all their might.
Britain could not attack eastward through the Mediterranean, so it had to focus its main energy on the European continent and support France with all its might, in an attempt to defeat Germany as soon as possible and end the war in Europe. Then it used the power of the entire Allied Power to deal with China. However, Germany also
It is not that easy to deal with. Even though the main force of the German naval force was eliminated, the German army still had a certain advantage in the land battlefields in northern France and northeastern France. And as Germany obtained the technology of tanks and fighter jets from China.
·This advantage has begun to gradually open up again. It is not so easy for Britain and France to unite to eliminate Germany.
Although both Britain and France blocked the news that the main ships of the joint fleet were eliminated, their opponents tried to find a way to get naval battles. This made all countries once again pay attention to the weapons of takeoff planes. Especially Germany and Germany
The main force of the High Seas Fleet has been eliminated. If they fight alone in the navy, they will never be able to defeat Britain. However, in this naval battle, the Chinese Navy sent all the main ships of the Joint Fleet to the bottom of the sea with powerful fighter troops.
This once again made Germany develop confidence in defeating Britain and seizing maritime hegemony.
On August 20, 1912, the third night of the British and French naval joint fleet's defeat in the Mediterranean Battle, German Navy Minister Marshal Tirpitz met with German Emperor William II at the Worry-free Palace in Potsdam. He gave William II in detail.
It describes the process of this Mediterranean Navy, and also proposes a plan to use fighter jets to defeat the British Navy and break through the British blockade against Germany.
"Your Majesty, in the Mediterranean Battle two days ago, the Chinese relied on two wings, that is, two hundred and forty aircraft, severely damaged the British and French naval joint fleet. Among the 13 battleships and battlecruisers of the joint fleet, three were from the 13 battleships and battlecruisers of the joint fleet.
The battle cruiser was sunk, and five battleships were sunk, including three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships. The remaining eight battleships surrendered to the Chinese. The main force of the joint fleet has been eliminated, and they want to
It is impossible to seize the sea control in the Mediterranean! Therefore, I think Germany should also vigorously develop aircraft, and the Navy is preparing to establish naval aviation, and explore using fighter jets to attack warships, and strive to use effective tactics to travel as soon as possible.
In this way, we can break through the British blockade, even defeat the British Navy in one fell swoop, and reverse the current unfavorable situation!" Marshal Tirpitz said with a red face. After the main force of the German Navy's high seas fleet was eliminated, he seemed to have grown old.
Many of them are the same. Although the High Seas Fleet still has several main battleships preserved, it is obviously no longer qualified to compete with Britain for the sea control of the North Sea. But now, after learning about the tactics adopted by the Mediterranean in China this time, he suddenly
It is coming. If you rely on a ship to defeat the British navy, it is impossible for Germany. However, China used aircraft to severely damage the joint fleet, which shows Germany a shortcut. If this is a good operation, Germany will
It is very likely to overtake on the curve. After all, the price and manufacturing time of the aircraft are much shorter than that of the warship.
German Emperor William II nodded, deeply agreeing with the tactics proposed by Marshal Tirpitz. In his heart, he never gave up on the idea of competing for maritime hegemony with Britain, but the main force of the high seas fleet was eliminated and given
He had a very big blow. Now, a shortcut to defeating the British Navy was placed in front of him, which made his ambition burn again.
"Martyr Tirpitz, has the Navy have specific plans? Although the British lost more than ten main battleships in the Mediterranean, they still have more than twenty main battleships left, and they are still not able to deal with the current high seas fleet.
Yes!" said Emperor William II of Germany. The remaining main ships of the German Navy's high seas fleet, including those who are still lying on the platform to repair, have only 8 ships in total. With such strength, it is impossible to match the powerful British Navy.
Challenge.
"Your Majesty, the Navy is ready to form an aviation force immediately. After the fighter plane is in place, it will be great if we can obtain a group of instructors from the Chinese. In addition, our fighter planes are mainly Chinese.
FB's Haidongqing, fighter jets and HB's Hongyan, bombers. According to the intelligence obtained by the Admiralty, the main fighter jets of the Chinese attacking the joint fleet were C'Osprey, torpedo attack aircraft and HBD's fish eagle, dive bombers.
The former carries heavy torpedoes, while the latter carries heavy aviation bombs. Both of these weapons are favorable weapons against the enemy's main battleship. Therefore, the Empire must convince China to export the technology of these two fighter jets to us.
!” Marshal Tirpitz said. In order to convince German Emperor William II to agree to the navy to establish an aviation force, he also made a lot of preparations.
"Chinese? Are they willing to export these two aircraft to us?" German Emperor William II frowned. If it were him, he would definitely not be willing to export these two weapons to others, even if they were allies.
The same goes for it.
"Father, why are the Chinese unwilling to speak to us? It will be very beneficial to them when we defeat the British Navy!" Crown Prince William said loudly next to him. The disastrous defeat of the High Seas Fleet made him very disappointed. Now he is also
With the opportunity to defeat the British Navy, Crown Prince William suddenly regained his confidence.
Marshal Tirpitz was also silent. The main bottleneck of the German Navy's desire to develop aviation is the training of the fighter jets and pilots. If China cannot help, the German Navy wants to rely on aviation to defeat the British Navy.
It's simply impossible.
"Are there any of these two types of fighter jets in the agreement we reached with the Chinese before?" asked Emperor William II of Germany. In order to win over Germany and let Germany continue the war, China paid a considerable price.
Among them is the technology of transferring aircraft and tanks to Germany
"Your Majesty, we didn't know that the Chinese had these two advanced aircraft at that time, so we didn't let them transfer them. The only three types of aircraft that the Chinese transferred to us were FB'hai Dongqing, fighter, HB's Hongyan, and bomber
And FH5's Falcon, dive bomber. However, we have obtained technology now, only FB's Haidongqing, fighter, and the two aircraft behind. The Chinese are still deliberately shirking responsibility and delaying time."
Marshal Ts said.
"They must have done this on purpose! Father, we must let the Chinese transfer these advanced fighter jet technology to us as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will negotiate with the Allies. If we suffer losses, China will still suffer.
Man!" Crown Prince William shouted immediately.
German Emperor William II pondered for a moment, and then said: "I will instruct the government to negotiate with the Chinese government and ask them to step up the transfer of the technology of the two subsequent fighter jets to us. We will also have the technology needed by the Navy with the Chinese.
In addition, we cannot always rely on the Chinese. Germany must establish its own aviation industry and develop aircraft that are more advanced than the Chinese. Only in this way can we not be stuck in the neck by the Chinese!
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"Yes, your majesty!" Marshal Tirpitz nodded. However, it is not so easy to develop his own aviation industry. Germany has been awarding FB's Haidongqing for a while, but now it has been
I haven't fully understood it yet, especially the engine, which needs to be imported from China!