"Your Excellency, Commander, this is the radio signal from before! The warships of the damn Third Reich radioed targets for their army heavy artillery! That's why their hit rate is so high!"Major General Arthur exclaimed

"hateful! Send out battleships immediately and kill the Third Reich's battleships! No matter what happens, we must drive them away! Lieutenant General Algernon ordered through gritted teeth.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"Rear Admiral Arthur replied.

The Royal Navy immediately dispatched a light cruiser and two destroyers to drive away the destroyers of the Third Reich Navy and prevent them from informing the heavy artillery force of the Third Reich Army of their position.

But unfortunately, there was more than one destroyer of the Third Reich Navy that sneaked into the strait.

After this destroyer was driven away, the remaining destroyers began to appear one after another and continued to direct the bombardment for the heavy artillery brigade of the Third Reich Army.

This The Third Reich had to send warships many times to drive them away, but it was of no use at all.

"boom! boom! boom!"

Heavy artillery shells continued to hit one after another, explosions continued to sound on the sea, and towering water columns rose on the sea.

The losses of the Royal Navy escort fleet and transport fleet were increasing.

There were constant battleships and transports. Ships and merchant ships were hit and destroyed. Even those heavy cruisers, although their defenses were relatively strong, were still unable to withstand it! More than three hundred 210mm guns fired continuously, and the dense firepower was almost enough to cover this sea area Got it

"Your Excellency, Commander, the heavy artillery firepower of the Third Reich is too powerful, and we simply cannot resist it. Unless the navy's capital ships can be dispatched. Otherwise, it may be difficult to withstand the heavy artillery firepower of the Army of the Third Reich."Rear Admiral Arthur said.

Obviously, the Royal Navy escort fleet is now completely at a disadvantage. If they persist, their losses will become greater and greater. Even all the warships may be damaged here.

Algernon The lieutenant general nodded:"Order the fleet to retreat immediately. We can't continue any longer.""

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"Rear Admiral Arthur replied.

Immediately, the remaining warships of the Royal Navy escort fleet evacuated one after another.

The remaining ships of the transport fleet also began to retreat.

But even in the process, they were still attacked by the heavy artillery of the Third Reich Army. Under fire attacks, battleships continued to be destroyed. It was not until they escaped the range of the Third Reich's 0mm heavy howitzers that the Third Reich Army's heavy artillery fire stopped.

In this battle, the Third Reich's three heavy artillery Brigade, the losses were not big. When the artillery brigade was suppressed by the artillery fire of the Royal Navy's heavy cruiser, it lost the 210mm heavy howitzer, and the artillery loss was only more than a hundred people. Compared with their results in this battle In terms of damage, this loss was simply insignificant.

During the two-hour fierce bombardment, the three heavy artillery brigades of the Third Reich sank more than 80 transport ships and merchant ships. The battleships of the Royal Navy also sank. There were a lot of losses. Two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers and twelve destroyers were sunk during the battle.

This is already a considerable loss for the Royal Navy today. After all, even if the Royal Navy returns home, It's a great cause, but it can't bear such losses when it's going downhill!

As for the evacuees, there are less than 20,000 people. At the same time, more than 20,000 people fell into the sea, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead. Winston, the Prime Minister of the Empire, who had been paying close attention to this withdrawal operation, became even more angry after learning that the Royal Navy had failed again.

"Damn it! Why did we fail again! Is it so difficult to safely withdraw the expeditionary army to the homeland?"Winston was very angry.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we did not expect that the Third Reich Army would actually gather so many heavy artillery. More than three hundred heavy guns with a caliber of more than 200 mm were indeed enough to make the Royal Navy helpless."Sir Dudley Pound looked very helpless.

In fact, after he received the loss of the escort fleet, his heart seemed to be bleeding.

The Royal Navy is no longer what it was before, and it simply cannot bear such a huge loss. Got it

"So what do we do next? Do we want to give up the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the expeditionary force?"Secretary of War Leslie Bertha was very dissatisfied.

That's hundreds of thousands of people! Their families, relatives and friends are waiting for their safe return.

What's more, they will also be responsible for the future implementation of the home defense strategy of the Third Reich. an indispensable and important force

"Sir, can the navy dispatch capital ships to suppress the heavy artillery of the Third Reich?"Prime Minister Winston asked.

Although the heavy artillery force of the Third Reich Army is very powerful, Winston does not think that the Navy cannot cope with it.

After all, the Royal Navy still has many battleships. If these capital ships are dispatched in this way, they can easily suppress the heavy artillery units of the Third Reich Army.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it is not appropriate to take the initiative to build the main fleet now. The strait is too narrow and riddled with mines. It would be very dangerous for a battleship to penetrate deep into it. Especially the submarine force of the Third Reich will definitely not miss this opportunity. Once the capital ship is damaged, it will be very detrimental to our subsequent decisive battle with the Third Reich Navy."Sir Dudley Pound said.

Prime Minister Winston's brows immediately frowned tightly.

And the face of War Secretary Leslie Bertha was very ugly. In his opinion, the Royal Navy clearly wanted to You want to preserve your own strength and give up hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops.

Such behavior is too shameless!

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, according to the intelligence we have obtained, the Third Reich has forcibly commandeered the battleships of the Woolly Bear Alliance. As many as 12 warships will greatly increase the naval strength of the Three Empires. Even compared to the Royal Navy, its strength is absolutely comparable. Under such circumstances, if the Royal Navy's capital ships are lost, this will seriously affect our future decisive battle with the Third Reich Navy. Once the Royal Navy fails in the decisive battle, I'm afraid you know very well what the consequences will be, even if I don't tell you."Sir Dudley Pound continued.

Prime Minister Winston's expression changed drastically. He certainly knew that if the Royal Navy failed in the future decisive battle, it would be an absolute disaster for the Empire on which the sun never sets.

Therefore, his I immediately made a decision in my heart. This time the withdrawal plan may have to end in failure._Fei

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