Off the coast of London, the brutal bloody battle continues. In order to intercept the landing of the coalition forces, the British army broke out the potential of twelve points.
Behind is London, the British army has no way to retreat, and the British Empire will be destroyed if it does not work hard.
After a century of hegemony, the arrogance of the British has already reached its peak, how can they tolerate defeat. Even in the face of the entire European continent, the British are also reluctant to admit defeat.
The British army is fighting, and the coalition forces also have reasons to fight. In the past years, the British have drawn too much hatred, and now there is revenge and revenge, and the morale is equally as good.
The air battle is unfolding fiercely, and dumplings are falling from time to time in the sky. The headquarters of the flagship Grand Emperor, the fleet commander Admiral Aldo von Donati, is staring at the sea indifferently.
The Royal Navy is still on its way, and the battle that belongs to the Navy has not yet come. Now apart from demining, it is to fight submarines, there is no challenge.
As for the battle in the sky, the navy simply cannot participate. This is true even though the Navy is equipped with the most advanced anti-aircraft firepower of the era.
The low hit rate is a small problem. The key is that the plane is moving too fast, and the air force is fighting together again.
Now the coalition air force clearly has the upper hand, and naturally there is no need for this kind of desperate play that does not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy.
In the distance, another British Air Force formation appeared in the sky. The battle has continued until now, and the two sides have not just changed a wave of fighters. They are at a disadvantage on the battlefield, and reinforcements by the British army are normal.
The coalition has divided a formation to meet the enemy. It was getting closer, and it was getting closer. Seeing that the two sides were about to engage in battle, all of a sudden, the British formation split half of the fighter jets, separated from the brigade and rushed towards the combined fleet.
Participating in the battle are high-speed fighters, and the unresponsive bombers are sent to the head. Even if you are lucky enough to rush over and throw a few bombs, it will still be a loss-making business.
The fighter jets moved closer to the navy. Although they couldn't understand what the enemy was going to do, the coalition air force chose to intercept them as soon as possible.
It's a pity that it's still late, and the British Air Force is already entangled. Immediately afterwards, I saw the formation of the British army, which had left the main force, and plunged into the navy below.
A destroyer was unfortunately hit by three fighter jets. The warship was torn apart in the violent explosion, and the man and the ship met God together.
This is just the beginning. With the start of the British suicide attack, there is a constant loud noise from the coalition fleet below.
Even if the anti-aircraft firepower of the fleet is fully activated, it still looks pale and powerless in the face of a group of deadly enemies.
Unless it hits the key point and smashes the enemy plane in the air, or even if it is hit, it will still smash down.
Witnessing the sinking of a battleship under an enemy suicide attack made Admiral Aldo's heart bleed.
I never dreamed that the British would fight so hard. This is not the British Empire at all.
In fact, in the face of such a suicide attack, even if you are prepared in advance, it will not make much difference.
The only thing that is fortunate is that the enemy's hit rate is not high. In many cases, multiple fighter planes will hit the same target. Hundreds of fighter planes rushed down and took away a total of three warships and two troop carriers.
It was a suicide attack after all, and it came and went faster. From the launch of the attack to the end, it only took ten minutes before and after.
Looking at the messy battlefield, Admiral Aldo endured his grief and ordered: "Quickly rescue the drowning personnel, and then prepare to retreat."
It was just a feint attack, and there was no need to fight the enemy to death. If you look at the troop transport that follows, you will know that there are not many people on it.
Forcibly landing in London before completely killing the main force of the enemy's navy and air force is definitely an iron-clad performance.
As soon as the words fell, a military staff officer hurried in.
"Your Excellency Commander, the enemy fleet is found in the west and is heading towards us at full speed. It is now about 20 nautical miles away from us."
After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Admiral Aldo said, "Go on, let the injured warships, troop transport ships, and supply ships retreat first, and the remaining warships will be left to rescue the drowning officers and soldiers.
Sending power to headquarters, stating the predicament we are facing, and requesting Air Force fire support. The battleships are ready for battle..."
It's not that the fleet's vigilance is not high, but the main reason is that this place is only 180 nautical miles away from the mainland. If you find an enemy and run away, there will be enough time.
Everyone's warships are similar in performance, and there is still a distance of 20 nautical miles. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the enemy to catch up in 180 nautical miles.
However, the plan did not change quickly, no one knew that the enemy would play a suicide attack, and it was impossible to predict that the loss would be so heavy.
Now it takes time to rescue the drowning officers and soldiers. After delaying these efforts, the enemy's fast warships have been able to catch up.
If the fleet hadn't been damaged, Aldo would definitely not be afraid. The big deal is that after the fight, both sides are injured, and everyone goes back to lick the wound together.
However, three warships have just been lost, and many more warships have been damaged, especially the sunken warships include a super battleship, and the strength of the fleet has been greatly damaged.
Of course, it is not that the strength is at a disadvantage, and it is not completely incapable of fighting. If the strength is disparate, Admiral Aldo would have ordered the officers and soldiers to leave the water and run away.
As soon as one succeeds, the bones will die, and sacrifices are always required on the battlefield, and anyone can give up when necessary.
It is obviously not a step now, the times are different, and the brilliance of the cannon and giant ships bloomed in the Battle of the English Channel.
Now is the transition period, and the future is the era of the Air Force, whoever controls the sky will control the next era.
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In London, before it was too late to celebrate the success of the sneak attack, the bad news of the fall of Greer came.
"At all costs, to recapture Greer in the shortest time, the speed must be fast!"
Prime Minister Campbell said in an almost roaring tone.
It stands to reason that a town without the slightest military or economic value will be lost if it is lost.
For the British defense war, it has no impact at all. Even if the enemy occupied the area, the army could not land without a suitable port.
But politics never makes sense. With rich experience in political struggle, Campbell is sure that the Austrians who have won the town of Greer will soon announce the news of the successful landing to the outside world.
Ordinary people don't care whether the small town of Greer has military value. Anyway, it has won a foothold in the British Isles, that is, the landing is successful.
Then, everyone will use their own perceptions to come to the conclusion that the British Empire is about to cool down.
Once public opinion boils over, Britain will really have internal and external troubles, and will be beleaguered on all sides.
Foreign Secretary Adam added: "The enemy had a plan and the news should have gotten out by now.
The next step is the verification by governments of various countries. We must take back Greer before everyone can verify the information.
Otherwise…”
There is no need to say the following words, everyone knows that the consequences are serious.
Once it was determined that the Allied forces had landed successfully, the allies of the British Empire would rush to jump ship. Everyone is a smart person, and they all know that cutting the meat to stop the loss, the sooner the cut, the smaller the loss.
Sharing weal and woe, life and death, that is the content of drama, these things have never been popular in real politics.
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It's too high to look at everyone's ideological awareness. Even in the 21st century where information is highly developed, a rumor can deceive a group of people, let alone this year.
What's more, this is not a rumor, the coalition forces have really completed a landing.
Even if the British army drove the enemy into the sea, the political impact was still caused. Politicians will make up their own minds:
"Since the coalition forces landed once, they can land a second time. As the defending party, they cannot launch a strong counterattack, and it is only a matter of time before they fall."
Originally, the Ocean Alliance was on the verge of disintegration. With this wave of stimulation, unless God personally stepped in, he might be able to appease everyone.
The pressure was all over, the Minister of War and the Minister of Military Affairs looked at each other and accepted the "giant pit" task bitterly.
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The British government was gloomy, and the atmosphere at the Vienna Palace was not much better. The landing plan was completed, but the fleet suffered heavy losses in the feint.
Without a super battleship, Franz felt the pain in his flesh, not to mention others.
But in Franz's view, the losses were worth it. The sinking of a super battleship in exchange for the success of the landing is completely worth the money.
Tactics and strategy are never equal. The successful landing means that there is an opportunity to disintegrate the Ocean Alliance.
A British Empire without allies and wings is a tiger without a catch. Although they have good teeth, they have lost the ability to hunt, and sooner or later they will be starved to death and trapped to death.
After a little thought, Franz resolutely gave up accountability. Who knew that the British would not play cards according to the routine, which is clearly not talking about...
"Don't worry too much, death squads are easy to find, but pilots are difficult to train, and there are even fewer pilots willing to serve as death squads.
This type of suicide attack piloted by planes is doomed to be impossible to continue. It is estimated that there is such a wave, and even if there are still later, it is difficult to scale.
How is the situation in the small town of Greer? How long can our landing troops be able to hold on here? "
It's not that Franz looks down on the British, there is really no such cultural tradition of "killing oneself" in Britain. It is already a record to be able to make up a death squad pilot, and it is not realistic at all.
If it was really easy to get, the fighter jets involved in the attack during the day would not be so much.
If the British assembled three or five thousand pilots to die in one go, they would be able to cripple the combined fleet in one wave.
This is obviously impossible. If it is replaced by the Japanese, it may be possible to make it together. However, it also takes a certain amount of time to do ideological work. After all, only a few have such a fearless spirit.
Minister of the Army Feslav: "The terrain of Greer is complex and inherently unsuitable for large corps operations, which is very beneficial to our subsequent defensive operations.
At present, we have invested an airborne regiment and an infantry regiment in Greer, and will determine whether to continue to increase troops according to the actual situation.
Unless the enemy can block the sea and air at the same time, they can't take Greer from us! "
The army is strong, that's what's good. Once the nails are laid, they are very difficult to pull out when the backup is unobstructed.
What's more, Greer was originally the landing point carefully selected by the military. Considering that the enemy would counterattack long ago, he deliberately chose the small town of Greer, which was not conducive to the development of the large army.
Unable to give full play to the strength of the military, what we are fighting for is hard-core combat power. If this can't be kept, the Shinra Army will be embarrassed to have a foothold in the world.
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