Chapter 1015: English Channel Layout

Xu Fei saw that there were not many days left before the deadline, and now he was hanging on the coast of Portugal with nothing to do, which made Portugal, which was not very militarily strong, suffer enough;

Every day the fleet's naval guns bombarded the Portuguese coastline, and it was only after mid-August that the task force entered the Bay of Bicais and began shelling the Spanish and French coasts.

The Allies had lost all their elite ground forces since they were forced to abandon North Africa, and this time the last line of defense in Europe was in the English Channel;

They decided to conduct a decisive battle at sea with the narrow terrain of the Strait, and in addition to preparing to delay the war for the production of armaments, they also wanted to re-establish an army sufficient for an effective defense of France and Great Britain.

Churchill had been criticized for the war and the domestic economy, and after many inquiries, the House of Commons of the British Empire had passed a motion to overthrow the Cabinet;

Both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, which had supported him, now abandoned Churchill's cabinet, but for the sake of war they kept Churchill in the prime minister's position, because none of them had the courage to take over the current mess.

At the Prime Minister's Office in London, England, Churchill convened the last military-political conference, at this time the Japanese army was less than 50 nautical miles away from Quimper, France, and would enter the English Channel if it continued to cross Brest;

Their war plan for this time used the English Channel as the last barrier, and if lost, the fleet that destroyed the Japanese army could run rampant on the European continent.

"What about the number and combat effectiveness of that super fleet that destroyed the Japanese army?" Churchill's vulture, who was already emaciated, slowly looked at the Chief of General Staff Allen and asked.

The total number of warships that destroyed the Japanese task force was less than 100, but the Allied Combined Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea still does not know how it was completely destroyed;

Churchill had previously contacted the similarly troubled Truman. Once the war in the English Channel was lost, not only Europe, but also the remaining fleets of the American continent could not stop the pace of the Japanese attack.

Marshal Allen's expression at this time was extremely solemn. He saw that most of the people present were naval and air generals, and the need for victory in this war was not only the British Empire, but also the main military force of the Allied forces in Europe was the navy, and once it was lost, the land of Europe would become a battlefield under the iron heel of the Japanese army.

He was silent for a while, and then said slowly:

"The superfleet that destroyed the Japanese army is now shelling the French coast and will be able to enter the English Channel in a day or two at most, judging by the intelligence sent from Portugal, Spain and the French coast. Their super-battleship was named Kunlun;

The giant battleship Kunpeng, which had participated in the naval battles of the South China Sea and the East China Sea, was used as a frigate, a giant aircraft carrier of the Baodao, which was far larger than our aircraft carriers, and as for their small frigates and destroyers, they had never seen them hit the coast. The attack was completed by these three large warships;

However, our General Staff and Admiralty have studied that the weapons and equipment used to destroy the Japanese army will definitely not be produced as auxiliaries, and those small ships must have their role.

Now we have received the news that our battleship still can't resist the 800 giant cannon on the Kunpeng. The super battleship Kunlun reported to the personnel who were lurking on the island and reef to investigate. The battleship had at least twenty-four eighty-zero cannons, as well as four super-cannons with a caliber of more than one meter;

We don't have many giant warships at hand, and we are ready to annihilate this fleet in a war of attrition, except for taking advantage of the narrow position in the English Channel to immobilize that superfleet. ”

"Annihilation? Will this strategic arrangement be able to win? Churchill asked suspiciously.

After a series of defeats, Churchill no longer believed in the so-called powerful allies, he was not a Truman and a madman, and even after the defeat he was at least somewhat sober;

For the analysis of the series of actions of the Japanese army in the Mediterranean, he personally concluded that the North African theater was just a place where the opportunity to destroy the Japanese army was waiting for to completely annihilate the main force of the Allied army;

Now the warships that destroyed the Japanese army were about to hit the British mainland. Far inferior to the Mediterranean Combined Fleet, the English naval battle did not have a chance, he seemed preoccupied.

Alan understood the pressure on Churchill's heart. At this time, Churchill was equivalent to having stepped down, but the king and the House of Representatives had left their cabinet behind, and Churchill could only go to the countryside to farm after the war.

"We have placed nearly thirteen,000 shore defense guns on both sides of the English Channel, and as long as their fleet dares to approach the coast, we will use shore defense guns and warships to encircle and attack them;

In the areas of Plymouth, Taunton, Southampton, Portsmouth, Brighton, Dover and Colchester, we have built at least a thousand airfields, and more than 50,000 warplanes are on standby in the area;

And on the French front line, we still have nearly 10,000 fighters, and as soon as the naval battle begins, our army and air forces will blockade the strait;

The super battleship and a giant aircraft carrier that destroyed the Japanese army were no more than a few hundred fighters at most, and they could not get air superiority under a hundred times the number, not to mention that the carrier-based aircraft on dozens of our aircraft carriers would also attack and bomb their fleets at the same time;

In this Channel operation, we will use the coastal air force and the huge fleet to cover and contain each other, and we must block or destroy the enemy's super fleet here. Marshal Allen said, pointing to the map of the strait.

It seems to be an extremely reasonable arrangement, but with the huge number, the threat of destroying the Japanese fleet, which has only a few warships, does not seem to be great;

If in the future, even if the Mi Guoyan encounters such a big blockade attack, it is estimated that all the aircraft carrier battle groups will be sent to surround the surroundings and gradually eliminate the naval and air forces of the allies.

Churchill also kept nodding his head when he heard this, the widest of the English Channel was only 240 kilometers, and the narrowest was only 30 kilometers, and the shore defense artillery on the coast on the narrowest channel could already completely block the English Channel, and where the coastal defense artillery and aircraft were arranged the most;

As long as the navy is undefeated and the Japanese army does not dare to send a landing force to the British Isles, then the development and production of the British Empire can continue, and theoretically such calculations are already perfect.

Marshal Allen pointed to the strait more than four hundred nautical miles long and said:

"For this campaign, we threw in all the fleets in the Atlantic, the Mi fleet, the British fleet, and the rest of the Dutch fleet here;

This time, the Mi Army invested five Titan-class and six Montana-class battleships, the number of various aircraft carriers was as high as 51, and the number of cruisers, destroyers and submarines was more than 1,000;

Our remaining two George VI-class giant battleships, four London-class battleships, four aircraft carriers, and the remaining three hundred battleships were all engaged in this war;

As commander of the Southern Fleet was Andrew. Marshal Cunningham, commander of the Northern Fleet was Jonas of the Millet Army. Howard. Admiral Ingnum, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force is Marshal Charles, and the land defense is under my personal command. (To be continued......)