Chapter 813 The Battle of the Azores (1)
The naval battle on the ocean near Portugal did not consume much time, because the strength gap between the two sides was too large, so the British fleet had to run away, and it would not be possible to run away. Even if the British artillery had the advantage of the artillery, such a terrifying caliber as 460mm, could only sink the opponent with one shot, but a tiger could not hold up the wolves. There were so many opponents of warships, and it would be no joke if it surrounded him. ☆→☆→,
To be honest, David Betty's mission was just tentative and he didn't want to fight to the death, so he ran away, but was not in a mess, because during the retreat, his stern gun hit the opponent's Brooklyn. Although he did not sink it, he was injured. It was not bad!
But what happened to this battle?
"What? The other party actually dispatched 15 warships?"
"This is a very large scale..."
"What exactly is the Pacific Empire going to do? Could it be that they are going to fight us?"
David Betty returned to Britain. At this time, the British base camp had already established a command headquarters. This command headquarters is very interesting now. It is a hodgepodge, that is, military officers from various European countries are all working here, and the most important one is the navy.
The reason for this is that Mr. Adolf, the President of Germany, means that since everyone has established an alliance, it goes without saying that it is better to try to give full play to their respective advantages. The British navy is powerful, so of course, the sea affairs depend on the British.
The naval forces of other countries also passed... Of course, the German navy would not all pass. As for French ships, most of them would have to be under the control of Germany... In other words, the British were given a high hat on the surface.
British men dress up like most of them wearing high hats, so they are very happy and happy.
So, the current situation, the generals of the coalition forces must of course analyze this encounter. How should we deal with it?
The most important thing is that 15 warships are not a small move.
You know. Although warships can sail and fight from afar now, this is OK, but the problem is still that, it is just supplies.
Judging from the current situation, the Pacific Empire is currently only a stronghold in Europe. That is, Portugal. As for Romania and Hungary, they were occupied by the German army not long ago.
Even during this period, the Germans were not idle. They continued to attack everywhere on the battlefield on the European continent and won sequentially. Hungary and Romania were all good places, especially Romania. There is oil here!
But before the Pacific Empire's Standard Oil Company blew up the oil well before withdrawing from Romania, it was a big fire.
Then everyone ran to Africa. There was no way, it seemed that they could only be like this. There was no way to deal with it. So now, in the European Union, the attack on land is winning one after another, and the sea seems to...
So. At present, the Pacific Empire only has Portugal in Europe, but this Portugal is a relatively barren place.
This barrenness refers to the military aspect. Just say that Portugal itself produces very little, and there are not many plains, let alone oil.
Let me put it this way, the whole of Europe is very short of oil. Basically, Romania has large oil fields here, and other places are really stretched. In other words... Li Mengyang, this guy has been using Romania to suck blood in Europe for many years... Ahem, but since that's the case, it's very short of oil. Then, 15 ocean-going warships, only these 15 guys can install oil once, and it is estimated that all the cars on the streets of Portugal will have to be buried.
In fact, the situation is now. Because Portugal was to be protected, the Pacific Empire transported a large amount of supplies from its own land to Portugal, including oil and food, which all require fleet protection, but this amount was not very large.
In the previous Atlantic Battle, everyone's temptations and small-scale artillery battles were mostly used to fight these fleets, so how much they could be transported to Portugal is obviously insufficient.
So, such a big fleet appeared, it was a very strange event, so...
"Are they going to fight us near Portugal?"
The speaker has a very high military rank, and he is John Abbasnot Fisher. This guy is currently the commander-in-chief of the British naval. He was the Minister of Maritime Affairs before. In the last war, he performed very well and was enough to hold this position.
And what he is talking about now is...
Is it too far to fight in Portugal?
In fact, the key lies in the problem, which is the issue of supply. The difficulty of supply is quite high for such a long distance. However, if the Pacific Empire is going to fight near Portugal now, does this mean it?
"Did the Pacific Empire have already hoarded enough supplies in Portugal?" John Jericho, now a naval general. Although the last war was a bit dirty, he was capable after all, and he made great contributions to Germany when fighting, so he was still promoted.
And Jericho's words, this is... so amazing!
You know, if this is true, it means that the Pacific Empire has the ability to burn the war to Europe!
Is this a big deal?
But, it's very strange here, because...
"This is impossible. In any case, even if all the tonnage is added, Portugal cannot have so many supplies." The speaker was Erich Redel, who is now the general of the German Navy... He just promoted to the point that he wanted him to come to England. Germany must make a kick in this European Union Navy.
It is not good to send a major cadre, so it is better to send Redel. Moreover, Redel is also Adolf's friend, and everyone is acquaintances, making it easy to do things.
"This..." At this time, everyone was a little silent.
Raidel is right. Just counting the current time, even if the ships from the Pacific Empire to Portugal are all supplies every day, it is impossible to accumulate capital that can fight a big war now. It is not enough, because Portugal also has people, and people also need to eat horses and chew cars on the way.
The situation is already like this. Europe has imposed a tight blockade on Portugal early in the morning. In fact, the supply line on the sea cannot be smooth every day. The navies on both sides are constantly testing...
At this time, Fisher walked to the chart before the chart. This was the combat base camp, so of course it had to be useful. This combat chart was very huge, and every centimeter on it was very accurate.
"Will something go wrong here?" Fisher was in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, where...
Azores!
...
"Comrades! Be prepared for combat! Support the naval heroes!"
"Comrades! His Majesty the Great Emperor teaches us that all reactionaries are paper tigers!"
"Comrades! His Majesty the Great Emperor teaches us that careful maintenance of weapons is the key to our victory! We must not let the sea breeze rust our cannon barrels!"
If Fisher could come to the Azores at this time, he would definitely be surprised, because on this archipelago, especially the Port of Heroes named by the Portuguese, there was a red flag flying and a horn sound.
There are big-character posters, propaganda teams, and busy people everywhere. Most of them are Pacific Empire Navy wearing blue sea-soul shirts and dream-yang-style naval uniforms.
And they are busy transporting all kinds of supplies and everything!
Simply put, this place is now like the military port of the Pacific Empire. It really makes people... If it were Europeans, especially those from the base camp, they would definitely be frightened!
Why is this happening?
Because the Azores is so important, the geographical location of this archipelago is really great.
This is so good, of course it is relative to the Pacific Empire. Compared with Europe, if this place becomes like this, it is really their nightmare, because it is obvious that the supply point problem of this ocean war...
In terms of the Pacific Empire, they have already solved it!
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