In the early morning, the temporary British government station in the air-raid shelter is still brightly lit at this moment.

It was another sleepless night, and the smoke of bombing during the day had just dissipated, and another bad news came.

The British and Japanese coalition forces were defeated in the naval battle, and even the flagship sank. The fleet commander General Michel is now unknown in life and death.

When everyone received this news, their first reaction was: "Just kidding". The Far East Fleet alone could suppress the Nanyang Fleet. How could the British and Japanese Allied Forces lose?

Unfortunately, after repeated verification, it was proved that this is reality and not a prank.

Forced to accept this reality, Prime Minister Campbell's three views were subverted. It turned out that the Royal Navy was no longer invincible.

With this understanding, Campbell was in a bad mood. What should I do if the Royal Navy could not hold the ground?

The most confused person was Swinding, the Secretary of the Navy. Although the battle report on the front was clearly stated, the reason for the failure of the war was attributed to: the enemy's air force participated in the war.

As for the aircraft carrier, they have always been hiding behind and have never been exposed from beginning to end. Anyway, they are all bombing, so the British warships participating in the war naturally cannot tell the difference.

War is cruel. If you lose, you lose. No matter how many reasons you have, it cannot change the fact that the war fails.

How powerful the enemy's air force is, you can tell by looking at the current office location of the cabinet government. If there is a slight solution, they will not fall to this point.

After a brief eye contact, the room quickly became silent and everyone fell into a state of at a loss.

It feels quite a bit like: "I am confused by the fruits on the tree, and you and me under the tree."

After a cup of coffee, Foreign Minister Adam took the lead in breaking the silence: "The failure of the Navy Battle of Malacca has had a very bad impact on the overall strategy of the empire.

I am not very clear about military issues, but diplomatic troubles are absolutely devastating.

The enemy will not give up. Perhaps this news will spread all over the world tonight or tomorrow.

Our allies who are not firm in their position may be in trouble again. To appease them, the empire will have to pay a greater price.

The best way to solve the problem is to prove that we have the strength to win the war, otherwise it would be difficult for them to do their best."

He was used to playing the trick of making money by making money from nothing, and now he had to show tangible benefits. Adam obviously was a little uncomfortable.

However, the cruel reality is right in front of you. The era of pure fooling is over. Now everyone has learned it well. No matter how big the painting cake is, it cannot satisfy your hunger.

Even if you can’t eat the big cake for the time being, at least you have to let everyone smell the fragrance, otherwise they will not be willing to do their best!

Navy Secretary Swinding: "According to the intelligence sent back from the front line, this defeat was mainly caused by the enemy's ambush, the air force and submarines that we had ignored in the past have now become the enemy's magic weapon to win by surprise.

The same trick is only the first time we can work, and as long as we are prepared, the situation will be very different.

However, we must face up to the role of the Air Force in naval warfare. I propose to form HNA to specifically deal with the enemy's air force threat."

The previous content was fine. After hearing the proposal to "form HNA", Air Force Secretary Atilio immediately couldn't sit still.

With the Navy having HNA, does the Army also need to have HNA? The Army and Navy have their own air force, so what else do the Air Force?

When it comes to the survival space of the Air Force, Attilio must strive for it.

"No, the Navy and the Air Force are both very professional and strong branches. Focusing on one side is the best choice. Taking both of them into consideration will only make the four different things."

Swinding shook his head: "But your Air Force can't bear such heavy responsibilities now. Even the security of London cannot be guaranteed. How can we guarantee that the Air Force will defeat the enemy?"

It’s not that he wanted to seize power, but that the British Air Force’s performance was too unsatisfactory. Since he couldn’t count on it, he had to go on it himself.

Although the Royal Navy does not have a complete air force organization, there are still many reconnaissance aircraft, and there are even a small number of fighter jets and bombers.

If you expand it, it will be an air force. Don’t ask for it’s so powerful, as long as you can hold up the enemy air force during naval battles.

After all, the English Channel is only a little distance. If the enemy forcibly initiates a landing, the Royal Navy can only fight within the enemy's air force coverage.

Atilio rolled his eyes disdainfully: "Our Air Force is not good, can we just form HNA?"

The Holy Roman Empire is the world's largest air force power, and the size of the air force is at least twice that of ours. How can we compete with them without thousands of fighter jets?

Do you have enough pilots or enough crew members? Do you think you can do these jobs by just finding a few people?"

The personnel are a flaw, and this thing is not something that can be found just by saying that it is possible. Although there are many aviation clubs in Britain, the scale is very small.

Even in the 21st century, airplanes are toys for a few people, not to mention now. Who can afford to play except for a very small number of local tyrants?

But these second-generations who can afford it are either rich or noble, and are rarely willing to work hard on the battlefield.

These are rare and have been captured by the Air Force long ago. Even the crew members were requisitioned, including pilots and crew members of civil airlines, which have now been forcibly merged by the Air Force.

Even so, the British Air Force still felt difficult when defending London.

Seeing that the quarrel was escalating, Campbell interrupted: "Don't argue anymore. At this point, what we need is to work together.

If the Navy wants to form HNA, then the personnel problem will be solved by itself.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs tries to communicate with its allies to see if it can support a group of pilots first, including aircraft production, and entrust some of them."

It can be seen that Campbell is really tired and now he doesn't even want to say one more sentence.

He hasn't had a good night's sleep since the London bombing began. He wanted to have a good night's rest today, but he caught up with this situation again.

...

It was not only the British government who could not sleep all night, but also the politicians from European countries who received the news from the Vienna government.

Only European countries, as neighbors, can truly understand the power of the Holy Roman Empire.

Since the bombing of the British Isles, everyone has been full of confidence in the Holy Roman Empire winning the war, but the turning point of the war still came too quickly.

You should know that less than a week after the war broke out, the awesome British Empire fell into trouble, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

The Russian Empire was the biggest hit. Unlike the small European country where no one is the boss, Russia is also one of the hegemonic competitors.

But he was at a disadvantage and was unable to compete with Britain and Shenluo, but as the third in the world, the Russian Empire never gave up its ambitions.

The Tsarist government, which had originally expected the fisherman to benefit during the competition between the eldest and second brothers, suddenly found that its allies were cheating.

The Nanyang Fleet defeated the British-Japanese Combined Fleet, and the obvious unscientific thing happened so openly, and it was achieved at a slight cost.

Whether to go south now has become a problem that the Tsarist government must make decisions at the moment. This has made Nicholas II worry.

Navy Secretary Leonid: "The situation has changed too quickly. It turns out that the British are strong outside and do the middle. They have the title of world overlord, but they have no matching strength.

The Royal Navy may not be as powerful as we imagined. For the benefit of the empire, the strategy of moving south must be launched as soon as possible.

When necessary, we can give up the Far East first. Time is not waiting for me. If we don’t take over India as soon as possible and create a certain fact, if we really wait for the war to decide the outcome, we may not have anything to do with us."

It is not surprising that the navy wants to go south. Russia lacks high-quality seaports. Although Constantinople is good, it is under the nose of the Holy Roman Empire.

What's more, the Mediterranean has become the inland sea of ​​Shinra, and there is obviously no opportunity for the Russian navy to carry out the operation. Even if they barely enter, there is no benefit to them.

The same is true for the Baltic Sea. Not only is there a strong Nordic Federation at the door, but it also faces the two major powers of Shinra and Britain.

It is already the limit to getting a piece of the pie, and it is impossible to get regional hegemony.

The subcontinent and the Far East are available. The terrain of the far east is severely restricted and has difficulty in connecting with the local area. Even with the Siberian Railway, it cannot be changed.

In contrast, the subcontinent is much better. It is not only rich, but also easy to rule. It is the best colony in the world.

Minister of Internal Affairs Viacheslav: "The eastward strategy has reached this point. If you want to see, you must win. You cannot give up easily.

The strategy of going south seems beautiful now, but in fact it is also full of difficulties. Not to mention that the British are not weak in India, they can't get through that level of allies.

With so many member states of the Mainland Alliance, who doesn’t want to get a share of the pie? Why do we have the exclusive right?

Even if we really win, we will probably vomit out most of the benefits that really belong to us may not necessarily be as generous as defeating the Japanese.

There is another important factor that we have to consider. Given the importance of India to Britain, we may have entered India and the British government surrendered.

Without the British, why can we control the Indian region before the Holy Roman Empire?"

The deer in India is too fat, and everyone wants to come up and share a piece of meat. The Russians are drooling, and other members of the mainland alliance are no exception.

If the Russian Empire really takes over India alone, it will immediately fall into the target of public criticism. If you don’t want to be beaten by society, you will have to vomit it sooner or later.

Foreign Minister Mikhairovic: "The Marquis is right, we must be cautious when it comes to going south.

Even if you really decide to go south, it is best to communicate with the Vienna government first and divide their respective interests in advance.

With our family alone, we have not swallowed the strength of the Indian subcontinent. Blindly sending it into our mouths, you may be choked."

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Chapter completed!