Chapter 375: Scarpa Bay Naval Base
The sneak attack is the most shameful, why were the Americans so angry when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor? It was because the Japanese did not declare war and directly blew up, and the alternate declaration of war will only make people more angry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
And now, does Germany want to bomb the naval base of the British without saying anything? This is a huge project, and if it succeeds, it is conceivable that the British Navy will be devastated!
"Do we still need to declare war?" There was a cruel sneer on Ciric's face: "We launched a war against Poland in order to avenge our Führer, but Britain and France took the initiative to declare war on us and occupied our border territories, and since they have declared war on us, it is a state of war." ”
It's really a sneak attack.
After all, the declaration of war between Britain and France was a joke, and the fighting between the two sides in the border area was more like playing at home, just look at the performance of the British and French armies.
Anyway, Poland has been destroyed, and what Britain and France hope most at present is a fight between Germany and the Soviet Union!
It's a pity that it's destined to disappoint them.
Germany and the Soviet Union, of course, there are contradictions, but Germany and Britain and France, but there is more blood feud, the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, was imposed on Germany by Britain and France, every German, when they think of the situation at that time, will remember deeply.
England, France, and even more so the enemies of Germany!
In this era, if you want to become a great power, you must be a naval power, and Britain, as an old naval power, has a strong navy, and at the same time, there are many naval bases.
In later generations, the main British naval bases were Portsmouth, Plymouth and Fassrennes, the most important of which was Portsmouth, which housed 60 percent of Britain's surface ships.
The Port of Tmallmouth is located more than 100 kilometers southwest of London, bordering the commercial port of Southampton to the west and the English Channel to the south. The city is located on Porterey Island, with the Isle of Wight as a natural barrier to the south and the main British island to the north.
The sea area of the port area is more than 6 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide, which can accommodate the berthing of huge ships of the aircraft carrier class. The harbor has a mild and calm climate all year round, making it easy to anchor and defend.
As a result, Portsmouth Harbour served as an important military base for the Royal Navy for nearly 500 years.
However, the port of Portsmouth was not the largest port in Britain before World War II, and in this era, the largest port of the British Navy was Scapa Bay Naval Base in Orkney County, which was also the main fleet anchorage of the British Royal Navy in the British Isles.
Scarpa Bay is a semi-enclosed water in the Orkney Islands, the northernmost part of Scotland, England, surrounded by the main island of the archipelago, Hoy Island, South Ronasay Island and a small island, is a good natural bay, about 24 kilometers long, 13 kilometers wide, with an area of 130 square kilometers.
The geographical location is quite important, with 3 shipping lanes connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. In both world wars, Britain controlled the North Sea accordingly.
Judging from the map, the German navy, wanting to go out of the Atlantic, either through the English Channel or through the North Sea. In times of war, it is impossible to pass through the English Channel, then it is only possible to go through the North Sea.
Therefore, the battle for the North Sea is the main naval strategy of Germany and Britain in this era. The British Scapa Bay Naval Base was a five-finger mountain above the head of the German Navy.
For the Germans, Scapa Bay was also one of the most humiliating places for their navy.
During World War I, the Imperial German Navy made every effort to build a huge navy with 40 battleships, 4 super battleships, 7 cruisers, 144 destroyers and torpedo boats, and 28 submarines in order to compete with the British Navy.
In the Battle of Jutland, they sank a total of 3 British battle cruisers, 3 cruisers and 8 destroyers, and the results were outstanding.
It's a pity that those despicable politicians surrendered, and Germany was betrayed by politicians when it was not defeated.
At the end of World War I, the German High Seas Fleet was seized under the armistice. Seventy-four German warships, escorted by the Allied fleet, sailed into Scapa Bay.
At this time, the German officers and men made a decision that stunned everyone, and in order to prevent the fleet from falling into the hands of the enemy, they decided to scuttle their own warship!
A few days later, taking advantage of the gap between the British fleet's training at sea, all the warships opened the sea-opening valves and watertight hatches, and the most heroic self-sinking operation in the history of the Navy began.
Of the total 74 German warships detained, 52 sank to the bottom of the sea, including 11 of the 10 battleships and all 5 battlecruisers. The tonnage of the sunken warships was 95% of the total tonnage of the seized fleet.
This self-sinking is also with German tragedy, they will not let their warships fall into the hands of the enemy!
When it comes to Scarpa Bay, every German Navy is filled with righteous indignation.
The once mighty navy has disappeared in Scarpa Bay, and what is lost from it, must be taken back from there!
For the navy, it takes a long time to prepare for a training trip, so every time they come back from going to sea, they will also anchor for a long time.
And now, just a month after the last time it went to sea and returned, the fleet is once again preparing to leave!
Faced with such an arrangement, the sailors complained in their hearts that they had not spent enough time with their girlfriends on the shore, but they also knew that there was a reason for this sudden order.
Of course, it's still a problem for the Germans! The Germans quickly defeated Poland, much more than anyone expected, and at the same time, the Soviets actually took action, and the two countries jointly divided the whole of Poland.
slapped Britain and France hard, and slapped the dog to see the master, which is clearly slapping the master's face, in particular, Britain and France are both well-known powers, they want to save face, and they both declared war on Germany, and as a result, the Germans actually dared to carve up Poland with the Soviet Union!
Now, the Germans have to be given something awesome!
In addition to military exercises on land, at sea, it is time for the Royal Navy to completely block the Northern Sea route and cut off German supplies by sea!
Britain is also a little anxious, their army cannot achieve superiority in front of Germany, but their navy is absolutely superior!
The time to prepare was very short, and the moment of separation was the most worrying for the sailors, and now, this night, was the last night before the assembly, and tomorrow, they would return to the warship, prepare for the day, and the day after tomorrow, they would set off.
On this night, many sailors are spending a sleepless night with their lovers.
The moonlight shone across Scapa Bay, and the waves crashed against the shore.