Chapter 1370: Shame
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The main fleet of the Chinese Navy, a huge strike group of 34 capital ships and four aircraft carriers, entered the English Channel and headed for the Strait of Dover, which immediately attracted the attention of the German side! You know, at this moment, the German Army is landing in Britain through the Guò Dover Strait, and all the logistics supplies are also being transported to the UK through the Guò Dover Strait! If the Strait of Dover is cut off by the Chinese, then the German army of nearly a million in Britain will become a rootless tree, and once China wants to go to war against Germany, then those German troops will become turtles in the urn!
"Your Excellency, the situation is very bad, except for a few small warships left by the Chinese to protect the logistics supply line, the rest of the warships have all entered the English Channel, and it is expected that by noon tomorrow, the Chinese will arrive in the Strait of Dover and possibly enter the North Sea!" At that time, the sea passage between us and Britain will be cut off by the Chinese, which is very unfavorable for us! "Commander of the High Seas Fleet of the German Navy, Franz. Feng. Admiral Hippel said. Reinhart. After the martyrdom of Admiral Schell in the Battle of the North Sea, Admiral Hipper became commander of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet. It's just that the German Navy's high seas fleet at that time was severely damaged and had completely become a storage fleet! Fortunately, the British Navy was also unlucky, and the main force was wiped out by the Chinese Navy, and now it has been annexed by the German Navy!
"So, what exactly are the goals of the Chinese? If they attack us. Can we win? Field Marshal Tirpitz, Minister of the German Navy, said with a gloomy face. The main forces of the Chinese Navy entered the English Channel in a big way. Inflicted a heavy strain on the German Navy!
"Your Excellency, Marshal. We do not yet have the strength to fight with the Chinese! The Chinese used 34 capital ships, including 4 powerful 'Tang-class' battleships and 5 'Han-class' battleships, while ours had only 13 battleships and 4 battlecruisers in total, which was only half of the Chinese! Among them, there is only one 'Bavarian-class' battleship that can confront the Chinese' 'Tang-class' battleships! If we go to war, we will probably be defeated! "Franz. Feng. Admiral Hipper said!
"Your Excellency, our odds are very small indeed! The Chinese are menacing this time, and we are probably not their opponents! Capital ships alone. We are only half of the Chinese! What's more, the Chinese also have four powerful aircraft carriers, which carry at least three hundred aircraft, two-thirds of which are torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers capable of posing a lethal threat to warships. If the Chinese dispatch carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers, we will most likely be wiped out! Admiral Benck also spoke. He is the chief of staff of the High Seas Fleet!
"Hell, how can this be? What the hell are the Chinese going crazy? If we add the British Navy, will we be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese? As for the aircraft carriers of the Chinese, we can use naval aviation and even the Air Force against them! In addition, we have no less submarines in the North Sea! If we fight hard with the Chinese, it is not necessarily our failure in the end! Field Marshal Bohr, Chief of Staff of the German Navy, said with some annoyance! This move by the Chinese Navy. It really pushed the Germans into a corner, if they fought against the Chinese Navy. The German navy is likely to be completely destroyed, and if the war is avoided, then Germany's reputation will be greatly affected!
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, although the British still have 19 capital ships in the Navy, these warships are just ordinary 'dreadnought' battleships, and there is not a single super battleship. And among the capital ships of the Chinese, there are more than half of the super battleships! As for the fighters of the naval aviation and the air force, subject to the problem of range, the time spent in the air of our fighters is not as good as that of the Chinese, and the performance of the fighters and the pilots are also worse, and if there is a battle, we may not be able to win! In addition, even if we can fight with the Chinese, we will lose both, or even die together! Can't beat the Chinese either! The Chinese also have a Pacific Fleet, and six 'Hanshin-class' battleships are transporting treasures back home! Finally, according to the information we have received, the Chinese are also secretly building more powerful battleships, which are expected to be ready for service by the end of the year. The new aircraft carrier of the Chinese will also be commissioned at the end of the year, the gap between us and the Chinese is too big, if we fight for consumption, we are not the opponent of the Chinese at all! "Franz. Feng. Admiral Hipper said with some frustration!
The generals of the German Navy were silent for a while. Indeed, compared with China, the gap between the German Navy is getting bigger and bigger, and it is not easy to defeat China! They did not want to go to war with China until they were ready, but because of the conflict between the two armies in Britain, the contradictions between the two sides had been further aggravated, and if it was not handled well, war was very likely to break out. The German Navy, on the other hand, will be the first to be attacked by China.
"Your Majesty has arrived!" At this time, the guards outside the door of the conference room sang loudly. The generals in the conference room stood up with solemn faces!
Kaiser Wilhelm II walked into the conference room, followed by Crown Prince Wilhelm, Chancellor Holwig, Field Marshal Falkenhayn, Minister of War and Chief of Staff of the Army, and Foreign Minister Stresemann. Wilhelm II's face was gloomy as if he could drip water, and he already knew the news that the Chinese navy had entered the English Channel in a big way and was approaching the Strait of Dover.
"No contact with the Chinese, how did they reply?" After Wilhelm II sat down, he asked directly.
"Your Majesty, the Chinese replied that they were conducting routine military exercises and did not mean to target any country!" This was stated by the Minister of the Navy, Marshal Tirpitz. However, no one here is a fool, how can they not hear that the Chinese are obviously perfunctory?
"Damn yellow-skinned monkeys!" Crown Prince William cursed viciously!
"If war breaks out, will the navy be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese?" Wilhelm II looked at Marshal Tirpitz and asked word by word! Although he was well aware of the strength of the German Navy, he still hoped to get an answer from Field Marshal Tirpitz! Of course, this answer may disappoint him very much!
"Your Majesty, the navy does not yet have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese! If possible, we should avoid war with the Chinese! Marshal Tirpitz said stubbornly!
A trace of deep disappointment flashed in Kaiser Wilhelm II's eyes, but he could also understand that since the Battle of the North Sea, the development momentum of the German Navy has been curbed all of a sudden, while the Chinese Navy, on the other hand, has been developing at a high speed and is getting stronger and stronger! Now, the gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, which directly leads Germany to be in an extremely disadvantageous position in this conflict!
"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, is the Army sure that the Chinese will be defeated in Britain?" Kaiser Wilhelm II turned to ask Field Marshal Falkenhayn, Minister of War and Chief of Staff.
"Your Majesty, if the navy cannot guarantee the smooth flow of the coastline, the army has no possibility of defeating the Chinese!" Field Marshal Falkenhayn replied directly! The combat power of the German Army is not stronger than that of the Chinese Army, to be exact, it is slightly worse. If the logistics supply line cannot be guaranteed, it will be even more impossible to win! Of course, given that the Navy could not guarantee the needs of the Army, Field Marshal Falkenhayn did not mind shifting the blame to the Navy!
"Since military means cannot solve the problem, let's settle the dispute through diplomatic means!" Wilhelm II said. There is no doubt that this is a great shame for Germany and for him personally! Since its reunification, Germany has struggled to become a world power. But now, Germany is going to bow to the Chinese, which makes him resist from the bottom of his heart! It's just that the emperor is not so easy to be, in addition to having extraordinary talents, he also has to know how to forbear. And now, doesn't Germany just need to be patient and be a turtle with a shrunken head?
"Father, we can't do this, if we back down in front of the Chinese, then what will other countries think of us?" Crown Prince William strongly objected!
"Shut up, there's no place for you to talk here!" Wilhelm II roared, like an angry lion, his eyes full of rage!
Crown Prince William was stunned for a moment, and then immediately shut up! He knew that Wilhelm II was really angry! This time bowing to the Chinese, Wilhelm II could not bear it. The anger has been suppressed, and if he doesn't know each other, there's a good chance he'll hit the muzzle of the gun!
"Your Majesty, the government will immediately contact the Chinese and strive to resolve this conflict through diplomatic means, and try not to let the situation escalate!" But what's our bottom line? Chancellor Holwig asked.
"This conflict is nothing more than an accident! It's better that we both ignore it, and that's it! Kaiser Wilhelm II hesitated, then said. Want the Chinese to apologize and compensate, he knows that this is simply impossible! And Germany could not admit that the fault of this conflict was on them. Therefore, the best outcome of this conflict is that it will not end!
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chancellor Holwig and Foreign Minister Stresemann have already understood what Wilhelm II meant!
"Navy, be ready for battle! Although we hope for a peaceful resolution of this conflict, we should not let that stop us! If the Chinese refuse to back down, then we can't be afraid of them! "Said Wilhelm II!
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The admirals of the German Navy replied one after another! (To be continued......)