Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Colonel Holland, who was scolded by General Jean Sur, looked a little ugly. He silently took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to General Jean Sur. "Your Majesty General, this is related to the fate of the French Navy."

General Jean Soul took the document angrily. The stamp on the cover of the document showed that it was a letter sent by the Admiralty in London.

"A few days ago, Prime Minister Reynaud has promised to sail all warships to British ports. Now, the British Empire Cabinet has made a decision: the French fleet should join the British Navy to resist Germany, otherwise it will be scuttled."

When he saw this, General Jean Sur could already feel sparks rising in front of his eyes. Why should the fate of the French navy be decided by a British cabinet meeting? What do the British think of themselves? As their own meat?

These damn British!

He glared hard at Colonel Holland and asked General Suhr to continue looking down.

"While the present Government of France may consider that the terms of their armistice with Germany are consistent with these undertakings, His Majesty's Government, from our past experience, are convinced that the Germans will seize the French fleet when they think fit and use it against them. Britain and its allies fought.”

"We have hitherto been your comrades in arms, and we cannot sit back and watch your best ships fall into the hands of the enemy. We are determined to fight to the end, and if we win - and we think we can - we will never forget that France was Our allies, our interests are the interests of France, and our common enemy is Germany. If we win, we solemnly declare that we must restore the glory and territory of France."

General Jean Suer resisted the urge to tear the letter into pieces and continued reading.

"For this purpose, we must ensure that the most elite ships of the French Navy will not be used by the enemy to attack us. Therefore, the French fleet in Mirskbil must act according to one of the following methods:"

1. Sail with us as we continue to fight for victory in the war against Germany.

2. Reduce the crew and sail to British ports under our supervision. Reduced crew members should be repatriated as soon as possible.

3. Then reduce the crew and sail with us to a French port in the West Indies, such as the Martinique Islands, where the ships can be disarmed exactly as we require, or they can be handed over to the United States for safekeeping until the end of the war. Crew members can be repatriated first.

Almost every method here is formulated with a superior attitude. Your French fleet must do this!

Moreover, General Jean Sur became even more angry when he saw the following.

"If you reject these fair and reasonable suggestions, then I would like to ask you, with my deepest apologies, to scuttle your ship within six hours. Finally, if you fail to comply with the above measures, then I will have no choice but to scuttle your ship within six hours." By order of His Majesty's Government, use all necessary force to prevent your ships from falling into German hands."

"This is too much!" General Jeansur, who was about to get angry, saw a calm-looking Hoffman on the side. "Hoffman, you, no, your headquarters already knew about this?"

"Yes, uncle." With that, Hoffman took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to General Jeansur. General Suhr was shocked when he saw it. The content was exactly the same as the ultimatum delivered by Colonel Holland. "Then why didn't you tell me earlier? I was prepared anyway?!"

Fortunately, all the warship boilers are out of flames. If they want to fight, they must start a fire. Moreover, for a steam engine, the boiler has just been ignited and cannot drive the steam turbine. If you want the warship to start, you still need to wait.

During this period of time, it was enough for the British to bombard them dozens of times, and the British were now well prepared.

"Uncle, don't be anxious. Since the headquarters already knew it, how could it not have a plan?" As he said this, he called for the guards and controlled Colonel Holland.

"Then what should we do now?" General Hoffmann, who must have been a little overwhelmed, said with great ease. "Let the fleet burn the boilers?"

"..." As soon as smoke comes out of the chimney of one's own warship, the British will discover their intentions and even open fire on their own warship immediately. General Jeansur looked at the document in his hand again, and suddenly realized that since the Germans had a clear grasp of the British plan, how could they be unprepared?

After thinking about this, General Suer no longer hesitated and ordered. "The fleet starts the boilers."

"Yes!" The adjutant was about to turn around and leave when Hoffman added. "Use the shortwave radio to send a telegram to the British fleet. Order them to surrender immediately, or sink them!"

Colonel Holland shouted. "Your Excellency General, you will ruin the entire French naval fleet. You must think twice before you act!"

Hoffman sneered. "Colonel Holland, you will soon see what is called 'the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole behind'! Do you want me to guess what warships are in the fleet sent this time? The code name of your fleet is 'Fleet H' Right? The flagship should be the Hood; the two battleships Resolve and Sovereign; the aircraft carrier Arenas; the light cruiser Aretosa and Enterprise; and the Faulknor, Foxhound, Vision, Guard, Keppel, and Agile , Wrestler, Horse Sentinel, Vortigern and other destroyers. How about that? Am I right?"

"You, you..." Colonel Holland stared at Hoffman with a horrified expression, and felt a chill creeping from the soles of his feet to the top of the sky.

At this time, the lookout post of Fleet H noticed thick black smoke rising from the port in the distance. It was obvious that the opponent's warship was about to start!

After World War I, almost all battleships eliminated coal-fired boilers and adopted heavy oil boilers. However, heavy oil cannot be ignited directly. Diesel must be injected into the boiler first and then ignited, and then heavy oil can be injected. In the meantime, severe incomplete combustion will occur.

In this way, black smoke comes out, but when the warship is sailing normally, the black smoke is not large.

Lieutenant General Somerville frowned after receiving the report from the lookout post. Did Colonel Holland convince the French, or did the French want to fight to the death with their own side? "Any news on Colonel Holland?"

"General, the French sent a clear communication, asking us to surrender immediately, or they will sink us!"

Lieutenant General Somerville was stunned. How could this Frenchman be so confident? But he couldn't care less. The French's position was already obvious. In this case, he could only choose to implement another backup plan!

Although Lieutenant General Somerville resisted this alternative plan from the bottom of his heart, he now knew that he had no choice.

As a soldier, it is your duty to obey orders.

"Attention, I am Lieutenant General Somerville, attack the French fleet and destroy all French warships!" Holding the microphone, he finally gave the order.

"boom!"

The first one to fire was the flagship Hood. The power of the main gun salvo was staggering. The huge air pressure from the gun muzzle pressed a wide shallow pit into the sea near the ship's side. The ear-splitting sound spread along the sea water. seabed.

"They fired! They fired!"

There was no need for the sonar operator to remind him, as the ear-splitting sound echoed inside the submarine beneath the sea surface.