While Angel was the child king in Cyprus, Patton was working hard to become a qualified naval officer.

Patton came to the Mediterranean Fleet as a liaison officer for the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, along with John Fisher, and the battleship Queen Elizabeth is now officially commissioned and is the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet.

As a liaison officer, Patton's job is monotonous, as long as he ensures smooth communication between the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Patton will complete the mission.

However, Patton's ambitions are obviously not limited to this, smart people are always learning to enrich themselves anytime and anywhere, the battleship Queen Elizabeth is the most advanced warship in the United Kingdom, and it can also be said that it is the most advanced warship in the world, and those who can serve on the battleship Queen Elizabeth are naturally the best naval officers in the world, and Patton cherishes this opportunity.

There was a daily exchange of telegrams between the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Mediterranean Fleet, and Patton was tasked with translating the telegrams and sending them directly to John Fisher, and when he was not on duty, Patton often stayed in the operations command room or in the officer's bar of the battleship Queen Elizabeth.

It's hard to imagine that there are bars on warships, and I don't know how much the British love to drink.

Barton's father Buck is a member of parliament for the federal government of Southern Africa, and is also the president of the Southern African Business Federation, in southern Africa, the Barton family owns a farm area of more than 200,000 acres, is an out-and-out landowner in southern Africa, and Buck also owns shares in a number of gold mines in Johannesburg, the real family has a mine, Barton is the most outstanding young man of the Buck family's generation, Buck spares no effort in the cultivation of Barton, and Barton himself is also generous and bold, so in a short time, Patton became the most popular man on the battleship Queen Elizabeth.

"There is no future for the Southern African Navy, you don't even have a decent warship, and you can count on those small sampan-like light cruisers and destroyers that will never be a decisive force in winning the war-" A similar discussion would take place in the bar every time the wine was half-drunk.

"The era of giant ships and cannons has passed, and aircraft carriers will become a key force in naval warfare, as evidenced by the fact that the Duke of Marlborough has just sunk the German battlecruiser von der Tann in the Atlantic, as long as the aircraft carrier finds a battleship, the battleship can only be the prey of the aircraft carrier-" Patton grew very quickly, and with a group of the best naval officers in the world, it was easy to improve.

The Duke of Marlborough was the first aircraft carrier to be delivered to the British Navy in Southern Africa and the first aircraft carrier in the world.

The emergence of southern Africa had a great impact on the navy, and in another time and space, it was not until the Second World War that carrier-based aircraft began to undertake the task of attacking warships, and in this time and space, during the East Indian War of Independence, bombers had successfully sunk warships.

The von der Tann battlecruiser sunk by the Duke of Marlborough was the first battle cruiser built by Germany, and the von der Tann battlecruiser in another time and space sank the British Navy's Indefatigable battlecruiser in the Battle of Jutland.

"If our battleship Queen Elizabeth had discovered the battlecruiser von der Tann, the battlecruiser von de Tann would not have been able to escape." Someone immediately refuted Patton, although the aircraft carrier had shown its fangs, but the giant ship cannon was still the mainstream idea of this period.

"The battleship Queen Elizabeth can't catch up with the battlecruiser von der Tann—" Andrew Brown Cunningham was Patton's first friend on the Queen Elizabeth, and he was now the shooting prosecutor on the battleship Queen Elizabeth, a position called Chief of Guns in the Southern African Navy.

Cunningham was Britain's pre-eminent admiral in World War II, he served as Lord of the Admiralty, then as Admiral, was made a viscount, and accepted the surrender of the Italian fleet in Malta on 10 September 43, the first Allied general to enjoy this honor.

"Hahahaha, yes, carrier-based aircraft have long legs that battleships don't have—" Barton laughed and toasted Cunningham and casually rang the bell next to the bar.

This meant that everyone in the audience was invited to have a drink, and although the number of more than a dozen officers present was not large, the alcohol on the warship was expensive, so it cost a lot of money to invite a round.

But obviously, this money is not a problem for Patton, which is also the reason for Patton's popularity, even the officers who were hardened by Patton and Cunningham can't hate the bold Patton, and when they are ticked tock, they will reply with a bang, compared with politicians who are glamorous on the outside and dark on the inside, the military is still simple and direct.

Hearing the bell ring, the bar burst into enthusiastic cheers, and Barton's ears immediately burst into sycophancy.

"Thank you for the wine, Barton—"

"You're such a nice guy!"

"For victory!"

The young bartender was accustomed to all this, and asked Barton to pay a large pile of rum on the bar for a total of 21 pounds, which was so much a month's salary even in the Navy, which was known for its well-funded and well-paid salaries.

21 pounds was a lot of money at this time, no one had so much cash on him, and Barton paid by cheque from the Rand Bank, which was the only bank that could also exchange gold directly, and the Rand Bank was very reputable.

"You southern Africans are really as rich as the legend says, you must have come from some big family." Cunningham, who witnessed all this, sighed repeatedly, although it was expensive to invite the audience to drink once in a while, Cunningham could afford it, but Cunningham was not willing to invite him several times every night like Patton.

"My father went to southern Africa relatively early, working for the Earl of Nyasaland a long time ago, when the Second Boer War was still going on—" Patton did not deny, referring to his father's infinite pride, who was not used to using the word "family" now.

"And then?" Cunningham, born in 1883, entered the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1893 at the age of ten.

At the age of ten, many people are still coquettish in their mother's arms at this age, and Cunningham is already a soldier and does not dare to write like this.

"And then they started digging for gold, and you may not know that the first gold mine of the Earl of Nyasaland was to house the people who had been deceived into going to southern Africa, when Johannesburg was just a small town, and there was no police station—" Barton began to gush on and on, surrounded by an audience full of people who were always interested in this kind of story, which began at the end of the green and soared above the rapids.

"It's a shame that I wasn't in this story." Cunningham's mood was stirred, and the Second Boer War was the beginning of the weakening of the British Empire, which many people did not realize at the time.

"We didn't have time to participate then, but now we are in the story." Patton has no regrets, sooner or later, each generation will have its own stage.

Before Cunningham could speak, a battle alarm suddenly sounded in the bar, and a large group of half-drunk officers jumped up and rushed out, and some bartenders were reminded to store their drinks and return when the battle was over.

If you drink like this, can you still fight?

This is the century-old navy, which is known for its discipline?

Patton didn't have time to sigh, in order to save space, the passage on the warship was relatively narrow, and the group of officers stumbled to the combat position, some didn't even wear hats, and some had half wet pants, and when Patton rushed to the deck, he found that there was a shoe on the floor at the hatch.

When Patton arrived at the bridge out of breath, John Fisher was waiting for him, and he could clearly see through the telescope that an Ottoman merchant ship was fleeing frantically.

John Fisher frowned when he saw Barton, but didn't speak.

After all, Patton is not John Fisher's subordinate, and when there is no combat mission, it is permissible to drink a little alcohol, don't look at the various prestige of the Royal Navy on the surface, in fact, there are many problems, drinking is drizzle in comparison, and it is not uncommon for more serious situations to be more serious.

"Son, what should we do now?" John Fisher still admires Patton, not because of his professionalism, the Royal Navy has no shortage of highly professional naval officers, and Winston can still be the Lord of the Navy if he doesn't know anything about the navy.

"Catch up, stop the merchant ship, and send someone to board the ship for inspection." Patton did not hesitate, all the waters of the world are the inner lakes of the Royal Navy, and the Royal Navy can do whatever it wants.

"No, no, no, kid, that's how your Southern African Navy handles, the Royal Navy doesn't need to be so gentle, we're not here to uphold justice, we're here to pass on fear, to keep our enemies awake at night-" John Fisher was decisive, the Royal Navy didn't need to follow the rules, the rules were made by the Royal Navy.

There was no need for John Fisher's order at this time, and Cunningham, the shooting prosecutor, had already arrived on the bridge, and his order was just as simple and straightforward: "Fire!" ”

At this time, the background of the Royal Navy was finally revealed, and the warship was to attack and calculate the shooting elements, and the merchant ship that was fleeing frantically was already within the line of sight of the battleship Queen Elizabeth, and when the main gun was fired, Patton clearly saw the shock wave generated by the muzzle, and felt that the speed of the warship was stagnant for a moment, and then a huge roar came.

Patton did not pay attention to the fate of merchant ships, and was targeted by top warships such as the battleship Queen Elizabeth, and the end of merchant ships was already doomed.

What Patton thought was, no wonder the Royal Navy burned so much money, the shells of the 381 main gun were not cheap, and a single shot was hundreds.

It's no wonder that the British don't care so much, and they don't lose money so much.

(The good time for this chapter is 3:10 in the morning, and the brother who drove the bus got up-)