Chapter 1275: Trade between Britain and Japan
Slide 1275
"Seriously, I didn't expect that this time the delegation would let you lead the team." Standing on the armored cruiser Hampshire, Lieutenant Admiral Valentin looked at the bleak former Secretary of the Navy Sir Fisher. .
"Hehe, I didn't expect that those guys in Congress would send me here, but fortunately, I finally arranged some things for me. I thought I would be sealed off and insulated from military and politics forever." The port of Nagasaki that has gradually become clear. Sir Fisher, the former Secretary of the Navy, could not help but laughed at himself.
Fisher's life is a brilliant life! He reformed the British naval system, promoted the development of dreadnoughts, and freed the Royal Navy from the shackles of a large number of old ships. His life has played an important role in the continuation of the glory of the Royal Navy, but his biggest mistake, and the only mistake, is to promote battlecruisers... Generally speaking, Fisher is really capable, but unfortunately the sensitivity of the warship technology is a little bit worse. If the armor is thicker, the speed will be lower. Then Fisher's situation is definitely different!
However, history has no ifs. Fischer resigned sadly and became the special envoy of the British Empire to Japan. As the war continued, the British maritime power suffered huge losses in each contest. Note that this maritime power is not just talking about warships and naval personnel, but also includes the British Empire fleet, which was previously ranked first in the world and possessed 40% of the world's maritime transport capacity! This is also a force that cannot be ignored!
However, now, this huge fleet that connects the body and heart of the British Empire like blood vessels has lost too much in the long-term battle. The losses caused by submarines, mines and attack ships every month have been far. Beyond the British ship replenishment speed, the most important reason why the British can support is to rely on their already huge fleet and import ships from neutral countries and allies.
"Simply relying on building and buying ships will not allow us to tide over the difficulties. We need to build a new ship in months to calculate, and the use of deck guns and torpedoes to destroy a transport ship may take only a few minutes. We need to build A complete **** system, at least, deploy destroyers in areas where submarines are rampant. Even if these destroyers can't destroy the submarine, as long as it can prevent the submarine from launching an attack!"
Fisher's opinion was once again adopted by the British senior management. Everyone, including the British Prime Minister, thinks this statement makes sense, but the biggest problem is that it is almost impossible to implement, because it requires too many destroyers, which is absolutely astronomical for the current British Empire!
Fisher did say that the idea is on. Even if the submarine cannot be effectively destroyed, the establishment of the **** system is still effective. However, it is a pity that there is no United States on this plane, and the United States lacks the industry that can be called sky-defying. Hundreds of flat-panel destroyers broke out. Where can the British build so many ships to play the **** system? It is an extremely difficult task to establish a perfect **** system. However, after discussions with the big leaders of the British cabinet, they believe that unless the war is now to be stopped, the **** system must be established no matter how difficult it is. However, the British needed more destroyers, and then they thought of the Japanese...
Japan is now the world's well-deserved third navy. Although it is far from No. 1 and No. 2 in the world... But after all, in the previous small-scale fleet conflict, another strong competitor, the US Navy, was beaten violently. At the same time, in the Mediterranean Sea, two joint force-class battleships were suppressed under the condition of 2V2. After the lawsuit, they were besieged by the Mediterranean fleet of the dominant allied power. know....... After all, the battle against the allied fleets with the best quality of single ships has taken advantage of it, enough for the Japanese navy to show off in front of the British and French navies. Don't forget, it is almost the same type of warship, but in the Indian Ocean, Thomas’ two queens were half dead!
And this time, what Fisher did when he came to Japan was mainly to discuss the issue of Japan's dispatch of the army and navy during the Dardanelles operation, and at the same time to discuss maritime anti-submarine issues, because it involves the dispatch of the Japanese army, so The War Department dispatched Lieutenant General Valentin to participate in this meeting as a deputy envoy. "Our most important purpose this time is to allow the Japanese to provide some destroyers and no less than 3 infantry divisions. This is a task assigned to me by the cabinet, but I hope we can increase this standard by another 30%." Fisher said to his deputy with high spirits.
"Well, I don’t understand about the army. Tell me about your views on the Japanese army." After a while, watching the other party look dumbfounded about the naval issue he was talking about, Fisher decided to listen to the latter. Regarding the idea of the Japanese Army, after all, General Valentine had been on the Western Front for nearly half a year, and he was the first to contact the Japanese Army.
"The fighting will of the Japanese army's grassroots soldiers is very strong. They are fanatical, tenacious, and even bloodthirsty, but they lack the most basic moral constraints and sufficient basic knowledge. In other words, they can use the rifle in their hands. , The machine gun is very good ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ but it is definitely not suitable for driving tanks, cars or other high-tech things." General Valentin said.
"In other words, they are essentially a group of excellent cannon fodder?" Fisher said with a smile. As a navy, there has always been a sense of superiority, and for foreign armies, especially the Japanese army, Fisher's sense of superiority is even stronger.
"The level of knowledge is indeed low." Valentin nodded. "There are excellent middle-level officers, but most of them are more rigid. They even despise the life of a soldier than us. In their opinion, a soldier’s life is only worth 5 yen. They lack flexibility in tactics. During the Russo-Japanese War, it was a detour, and when it came to the European battlefield, the infantry was still a detour. Now, it is still an infantry detour.... We have tried to conduct joint operations with them in armored forces, infantry and air force, but The result can be described as terrible! Infantry units either throw them aside. Fight on their own, or they want to rely on tanks to solve all problems, but do not know to provide the necessary support to the tanks... So , The Japanese Army gave me the feeling that the more complex the organization, the lower the combat effectiveness of the troops compared with the European troops." General Valentin said.
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