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Now even Roosevelt couldn't help praising the wisdom of the Chinese people, but the British representatives were as depressed as if they had eaten flies. At this time, another bad news came from the country.
After the sinking of the Hood, the British Royal Navy realized that it no longer had an absolute advantage over the German Navy in terms of capital ships. In order to ensure the safety of the most important southern route (that is, the route from the United States to the British mainland), they decided to temporarily ignore the presence of German warships.
Instead of wreaking havoc on the northern route, they relied on solid coastal fortresses to guard the English Channel and block the southward path of the German navy's large surface ships.
However, the British have not completely given up on the northern route, they just no longer choose to use battleships for head-on confrontation. Although the British Navy has suffered huge losses so far, it has a rich family after all, especially in light ships. It ranked first in the world (at one time
It was surpassed by the U.S. Navy, but after exchanging 50 destroyers with the U.S. government
, with this entry and exit, the number of light ships of the British Navy once again surpassed that of the United States Navy.) There are also more than 70 submarines, most of which are deployed on the mainland (mainly because there are fewer colonies than in history
(too many), these ships launched a guerrilla campaign in the North Atlantic, causing the German Navy to be overwhelmed for a while.
If the German Navy dispatches its battleships, the British Navy's light ships will avoid fighting. Due to the widespread use of radar, the reconnaissance range has been expanded. Unless the speed difference is too great, it is impossible for the enemy ships to catch up if they only avoid fighting.
.And the British during World War II
Although Chinese warships are generally slow, light warships are light warships after all, even if they are not faster than German battleships (those new warships still have a speed advantage, but the old light cruisers and destroyers are a little slower.).
1 to 2 knots slower.[
If they encounter warships of the same class, British light warships will resolutely attack. During World War II, British light warships had the highest quality of officers and soldiers. When fighting German warships of the same class, they would often shave each other's heads and score 0:x.
Excellent results, even though
The German navy in this time and space has strengthened its training because of the late outbreak of the European War. The situation is better than in history. It is still far from being comparable to the British. Moreover, the British navy still has an absolute numerical advantage. Once a fight starts, the result will be natural.
You can imagine.
In addition, British submarines have been cruising in the North Atlantic, waiting for opportunities to attack German battleships and the increasing number of German transport ships. Under normal circumstances, using submarines to attack warships is a very cost-effective approach. But because Germany is now
There are a total of two battleships, of which the Bismarck was injured in the Battle of Denmark Strait and is still under repair. Together with the two battlecruisers of the Shane sisters, there are only three battleships available for the time being.
The total number of submarines in the UK exceeds 50. Even if all of them are sacrificed, as long as they can sink or even severely damage a German battleship, the British Royal Navy can re-establish sea control in the North Atlantic. The German Navy, due to its light weight
The number of warships is insufficient, and capital ships are designed for the purpose of breaking diplomatic ties on the ocean. Therefore, they rarely bring enough auxiliary ships when setting sail like the British, which gives submarines more opportunities for sneak attacks.
However, at this time, the German Navy took advantage of the bad weather and suddenly attacked the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory under the control of the British army, during a storm. Although the current British radar has good performance, it is still inferior in bad weather.
China and Germany, whose mechanisms are more advanced, did not discover it until the German battleship "Tirpitz" was less than 20 kilometers away from the coastline, and when the British determined the target
When it was a German warship, the eight 381mm cannons on the battleship "Tirpitz" had already roared. The British defenders on the island suddenly became a mess, and not long after, several German destroyers (
Because there were not many people in the landing battle, the destroyer was temporarily used as a landing ship to avoid slowing down the fleet.) An infantry regiment of no less than 3,000 people was sent to the main island of the Faroe Islands.
Although the British government immediately sent troops to take over this geographically important archipelago after Denmark was forced to become a slave state of Germany. However, due to the heavy losses of the British Army in the past few years, it was unable to send too many troops in a short period of time.
The Faroe Islands have as many as 17 islands that need to be garrisoned.
The main island with the largest number of troops can only station one reinforced battalion. At the same time, due to the short time, the island's coastal fortresses have not had time to be built. Although the coastal artillery has been transported, it cannot be used yet, so the defense is actually quite weak.
What's even worse is that due to the raging storm, planes on the island can't take off at all.
In this case, after the German infantry regiment launched an attack on the main island under the cover of the firepower of the battleship's cannon, because it had an absolute advantage in both military strength and firepower, and the combat effectiveness of the German army was far superior to that of the British army, only
It took him an hour to wipe out all the British garrison on the island.
Their offensive was so fast that they did not have time to destroy the island's large airports, oil depots and other ancillary facilities. And because there are 17 Faroe Islands (the total is 18, but one is a very small island).
The islands were extremely close, so within one day, the German army completely occupied the Faroe Islands.
Then an elite aviation group of the German Air Force immediately moved in. The group had 125 aircraft of various types, which was enough to pose a fatal threat to British warships in the North Atlantic. If the Germans also built large and small airports on other islands,
, and transform the large airport on the main island into a real air force base. The Faroe Islands can accommodate 500 aircraft without any problem. In addition, Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, can also be transformed into a military port for the German navy.
At that time, under the close threat of the German air force and navy, it would be difficult for ships in northern Britain to go to sea. However, the German army, which had completely seized sea and air supremacy, could easily land in Ireland and Scotland.
At that time, Britain really had to do what Churchill said in his original speech: "We will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the enemy's landing points, we will fight in the fields and streets, we will fight in the mountains."
Moreover, after the German army occupied the Faroe Islands, it also cut off the connection between Iceland and the British Isles. After the supply was cut off, a division of the British army in Iceland would definitely be in disarray, and it would definitely be easily captured by the Germans. And once Iceland fell
In the hands of the Germans, not only will the northern part of Britain be under greater threat, but the United States will also be greatly hindered if it wants to directly participate in the war in the future, because land-based aircraft will have no airport (in fact, Greenland
An airport can also be built, but due to climate reasons, it can only be used for a short period of time each year, and the cost-efficiency ratio is horribly low.) It can be used to transfer it to the British mainland, and the Americans will have to use a limited number of high-value airports.
The cost of aircraft carrier-based aircraft fighting against the Luftwaffe's land-based aircraft is too high, and it may cause the Americans to give up their plan to directly participate in the war. (To be continued...)