Arthur Belfort's cabinet has now become a difficult task. It has invested hundreds of thousands of troops in the Middle East and consumed a lot of military spending, but the victory is still far away. If victory cannot be achieved, then Britain will not be able to curb China.
Ambition, the colonial system that Britain has worked hard to establish will have the possibility of collapse. In addition, it is impossible to repay the military spending of this time by plundering oil resources from the Middle East and earning a lot of benefits from it. But now I want to stop, it is already
It is impossible. Britain and France provoked a war, but when the war ended is not in their hands, it depends on whether China is willing to end the war. From the moment, it seems impossible. Therefore, Britain
I can only fight with my teeth! If I cannot win, it will be a disaster for the Arthur Belfort Cabinet!
"Prime Minister, I think we should consider whether we can end this war with decent amount. If we continue to fight, we will only pay more. If we lose, we will lose even more!" British Foreign Minister Lan
Lord Storne suggested.
Everyone looked at him in surprise. Everyone was thinking of ways to make Britain win this war. Lord Lancedon, as the Foreign Minister, put forward a completely different view, let everyone have a
Time cannot adapt.
"Lord, what are you talking about? You are the Foreign Minister of the British Empire, how can you make such a point? The British Empire must win this war!" Edward Gray, the British colonial minister, seemed to have been stepped on his tail.
Like a cat, he jumped up immediately.
"I am just responsible for the British Empire!" Lord Lancedon said coldly.
"Lord, do you mean, are we no longer able to win this war?" asked Prime Minister Arthur Belfort.
"No, Prime Minister, we will do our best to win!" Lord Lansdone had not answered yet, and Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain had already answered first.
"I don't know if we can win, but it's always right for us to prepare in advance, so as not to get busy again when things come!" Lord Lansdone said.
"But will the Chinese agree to end this war? Although we still have an advantage on the battlefield, the Chinese have not done their best at all. The army they invested in the Saudi Kingdom is only one-third of ours.
Once the Chinese increase their investment, it will be very difficult for us to continue to maintain our advantages. In this case, I don’t believe that the Chinese will end the war with a slight start!” said Chancellor Charles Thomson Ritchie.
"The Chinese have begun to increase their troops. According to the latest information we have obtained, a group of Chinese troops boarded the ship from Singapore three days ago. They will appear on the battlefield in about half a month!"
Sir John Fisher, the Secretary of the Navy, said.
"Prime Minister, it seems that we need to continue to increase troops to the Middle East. The British Empire must invest at least another 100,000 troops, and France must also invest the same number of troops so that we can continue to maintain our advantage!" Field Marshal Neville
Sir Bowles Chamberlain said.
Prime Minister Arthur Belfort couldn't help but frown. Britain and France once again invested 100,000 troops, which would increase their troops in the Middle East to more than 600,000. Such a huge number is responsible for the logistics of these troops.
Consumption is not an easy task! However, since the Chinese have begun to increase their troops, it undoubtedly shows that the Chinese have begun to increase their investment and are ready to fight back. If they do not increase their troops, the British Empire is likely to
Lose the war.
"The Army Department will do the matter of increasing troops, and the cabinet will fully support it. Lord Lansdorn, what do you think we can end this war with a decent price?" Prime Minister Arthur Belfort
Asked. Now he felt more and more that the Middle East War was simply a bottomless pit. If the war could end decently, it should be a good way!
Lord Lansdorn shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but at least the Saudi Kingdom and Kuwait cannot be saved! In addition, we don't want to share the oil fields that the Chinese have found in the Middle East!"
If this condition was unacceptable to Britain before the war began. However, now, since China cannot be defeated militarily, such conditions are natural.
"His Excellency Lord, please contact the Chinese to see if it is possible to end the war with a decent amount!" said Prime Minister Arthur Belfort.
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister. However, we cannot give too much hope for this. It is very difficult to resolve this dispute through diplomatic means. If diplomatic means were used before the war broke out, it might be possible. But now
The war is in a stalemate, and it is difficult to use diplomatic measures to solve the problem. The key is whether we can win on the battlefield." Lord Lansdone said. Military strength has always been diplomatic
Guaranteed!
"Lord, we will do our best!" Field Marshal Sir Neville Powers Chamberlain said in a deep voice. Because of the unsuccessful war, he, the Field Marshal, felt a deep feeling of a gloomy face!
Like the UK, the French government is also worried about the war situation in the Middle East. The war has been going on for two months. France has suffered huge casualties, but the victory is still far away, which makes it difficult for the French people who are waiting to understand. Those hopes
The industrial and commercial capitalists who share the huge oil interests of the Middle East expressed serious dissatisfaction with the incompetence of the French army. You should know that the military expenditure of France launched the war this time was mainly funded by these industrial and commercial capitalists, if the French army could not
If they win, wouldn’t their investment be wasted? What capitalists value most is interests. Such loss-making transactions are absolutely unacceptable to them.
Under such circumstances, the French government was in a storm. Outside the Elysee Palace, there were protesters almost every day, which made President Emile François Lube overwhelmed. At the same time, industrial and commercial capitalists also
The attack was made, claiming that if there was no hope of victory before the end of the year, they would stop supporting the war. Without their support, the troops fighting on the front line would have a high chance of losing supplies, which is for France
For the government, it will be a huge disaster.
President Emile François Lube and the French government had no choice but to bite the bullet and re-enter the troops to the Middle East again and again, and communicate with the British side, requiring the generals on the front line to do their best to defeat them.
Chinese. Otherwise, the governments of both countries will be ruined.
Therefore, the British and French governments have sent more troops to the Middle East, and have fought their lives to continue the battle.
At the same time, British Foreign Minister Lord Lance Dorn will also meet with the Chinese ambassador to the UK and put forward the view of a peaceful resolution of the Middle East war. However, this has not received a response from China. At this moment, China is fully committed to counterattacking Britain and France.
The coalition's plan.
On December 9, a huge fleet was sailing in the Gulf of Aden in the western Indian Ocean. This fleet consists of hundreds of ships. Of course, most of them are transport ships. These transport ships are loaded by the Chinese Army.
The soldiers of the Seventh Army did not enter the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean as Britain and France imagined, but drove directly into the Gulf of Aden. Of course, the fleet's actions were completely confidential, and on the periphery of the fleet, the heavy cruiser of the Indian Ocean Fleet.
Light cruisers and destroyers formed strict protection to drive out all foreign ships encountered along the way in advance to ensure that the whereabouts of the fleet were not exposed.
A hundred kilometers ahead of this fleet, there is also a small fleet sailing westward, consisting of five transport ships, a light cruiser and two destroyers. These five transport ships are not ordinary.
The transport ship is a naval submarine ship. With the performance of the 'shark-class' submarine, it is impossible to sail from China's naval base to the Mande Strait alone and launch an attack on the British and French navies. It can only rely on the submarine ship to transport them from the base.
Go to the war zone and then carry out the war.
The submarine ship is just a transport ship with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons. It only has cranes installed on both sides to tie the submarine on it. Before fighting, the submarine is put into the water. At the same time, the submarine is
The ship also serves as the rest and life of the submarine officers and soldiers. After all, the premise is only so big. 20 people have to be squeezed in and live in the water for a long time, which makes people feel depressed. When there is no combat mission,
Returning to the mothership to rest can undoubtedly improve the living conditions of officers and soldiers. In addition, the submarine mothership can also provide logistics supplies, simple repair and other functions for the submarine. Before the performance of the submarine is greatly improved, the submarine mothership will
It is an indispensable and important auxiliary warship in Chinese naval submarine operations.
In this counterattack plan against Britain and France, the submarines undertake the most important combat plan. The Chinese Navy's submarine force owned only twenty 'shark-class' submarines, and half of them were dispatched at one time. It can be seen that
This time the attention of the action.
The submarine force commander Brigadier General Su Leping was also personally responsible for commanding this battle. The combat plan was very simple. The submarine force used the cover of night to penetrate the Mande Strait and sneaked into the British and French fleets to carry out the mission of free hunting. Hunting and killing.
The primary goal is the British Navy's "Dreadless Class" battleship and the French Navy's "Guoba Class" battleship! (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!)