"If the Admiralty can get the correct information about the location of the German landing at 6, our 6 th Army will make careful arrangements to ensure that the German landing at 6 will be annihilated on the beach!"
When the British navy was at its strongest, it was mainly undertaken by the Admiralty to send spies to collect information. Even though the naval strength is rapidly declining, Churchill, the head of intelligence, still has a very large scope of control. 6 Military departments often rely on the Admiralty for information. It is also because of the decline of the navy and the lack of superior fortress guns that the British Sixth Army formulated to avoid the firepower of German naval guns against the German Sixth Army.
"Our admiralty will know nothing!" Hill’s statement made the yao taste of the command meeting finally fade.
"The fighter squadron in Furlan was attacked, Branco’s arsenal and Slinton’s arsenal were bombed, and the second regiment army’s 17th division HQ and Dover’s 3rd regiment HQ were attacked. We have determined that some Germans disguised as our sixth army troops did it! In recent months, our local recruits, new armies and colonial legions have increased a lot, which has brought us a lot of inconvenience in identifying and preventing workers. For most officers, at least half of the current British 6 th Army troops do not know that it is almost impossible to check the identity of other soldiers in a short time! It is too difficult to find out this small group of Germans because the German army is approaching our 6 th Army and it is more frequent to mobilize! " Kitchener bullet revealed six army troops nai.
George V suddenly went into a headache. Although he was far from being a hands-on monarch, he was tired of listening to these things.
Lloyd sighed, and there was nothing he could do about it. The Sixth Army was never Britain’s strong point, and its construction lagged far behind the navy.
"Our navy will bring that fleet back from the United States as soon as possible and encounter trouble in the 6 th Military Department. I think it has also strengthened the defense forces of important military targets!"
When Hill said this kind word, he never imagined that it would become a 6-army attack in the near future. Military targets such as armories, military factories, hidden airports and artillery positions have indeed been strengthened, but soldiers guarding bank vaults in Brighton, Portsmouth and London have not increased the local garrison’s attention to these places.
"About 45o people from an infantry battalion of the garrison are on duty around the vault in six shifts, and it takes about 5 minutes to change shifts from O point to 4 hours; In addition to three Maxim heavy machine guns deployed on the north and south sides, the defensive weapons are rifles and pistols in the hands of garrison soldiers; The vault is surrounded by a 2-meter-high fence with or without barbed wire on the top; The vault is 30 to 40 meters wide in the southeast and west, and there are sparse shrubs outside. There is a road in the north. Usually, there are few cars coming and going nearby, and there are about 7o residents! "
On a farm in the western suburbs of London, several soldiers dressed as junior officers of the British 6 th Army are studying a nearby vault. British wealth, especially gold, is famous. It is said that there are astronomical figures in the vaults of several banks in London to form gold, but it is also said that the gold in it has been transferred to Canada far from the war or buried deep in a few royal family members to know the secret location. Anyway, this group of Germans dressed in the British Army have to go in and look at the vault. The answer is also that some important German people are very eager to know.
"We now have 233 people who can cheat and raid!" The speaker is a young man in a military commander. His head is fluffy and sparse, and he looks bald.
"The nearest British garrison is 20 miles away from the vault. If we cut off the outside line of the vault before, it will take about an hour for those British troops to respond if they report according to guns through nearby residents or patrols." Another commandant is familiar with his face. He is the former commandant Karen, who led the attack on the British fighter plane. After that, they also successfully attacked the Branco Arsenal and a British divisional headquarters, forcing the British troops to adjust to a large area near Brighton, which also gave George V a good headache. In the first three operations, this commando team lost a total of 11 soldiers. Compared with their small sacrifice, their achievements are huge. If we successfully cooperate with most German troops to win the iron cross 1st class Medal of 6 Living People, the victims will definitely become national heroes.
"In addition, we can also send some people to ambush reinforcements by the road to delay reinforcements for half an hour!" Xie Dingwei was a member of the second batch of commandos "British The Infiltrator", and their achievements were not small. When an arsenal and a garrison regiment attacked that regiment at night, they encountered a large number of patrols. Although they lost nearly 20 commandos, they successfully induced the British patrol to exchange fire with their own people, making the British army in Dover almost a mess.
"Then we can make two sets of plans. If we can fool the defenders into hitting the door, our losses can be minimized, but the possibility of cheating into the vault is not great! The second plan is to storm the machine gun group immediately after the failure of the first plan, pay attention to suppressing the British machine gun emplacement, and others should occupy those machine guns as soon as possible after breaking through the British peripheral defense line. This is the action key! In blasting zha medicine, we took the risk of attacking that ammunition depot and making hundreds of kilograms of high-explosive zha medicine to blow up that vault. There should be no problem! " After three operations, the commander of the first commando team, Lieutenant tobias, has obviously adapted to the role of destroyer, and the storming operation is more suitable for wielding his command ability.
"I agree to cheat ChengHua storm! Although the loss will be greater, it is obviously not easy to get into that vault by cheating as before! " At this moment, it was another young lieutenant officer as tobias. He was the commander of the second commando team. In this commando team, Heim played the role of leader, while the commander was more like a coach and captain. However, when encountering different opinions, they were the leader’s opinion. If Captain Karen and Captain Xie had conflicts of opinion, Captain Karen, the leader of the first commando team, took the opinion.
"agree!" Karen doesn’t have much research and practice on actual combat command. After all, he is an excellent spy rather than a omnipotent.
"I agree!" Chief Xie thinks he is smart enough. It is good that this tactical problem is solved by commanders.
"That way, we have about two to two and a half hours to capture the vault and carry the gold, if there is gold in it!" As he spoke, Heim glanced out of the window and saw two trucks "borrowed" from the British army parked on this farm, where the owner and his family were cooking breakfast with these "British brothers".
"If the gold in this vault has not been transferred after the war, I’m afraid our truck can hold one tenth!" Karen said with some emotion that if all the gold in Britain is accepted, Germany will not only recover quickly from the war losses, but also get a rapid exhibition of industry and economy. You know, at present, Germany’s industrial strength is half that of the United States, which is what German rulers are most worried about. The post-war exhibition will become Germany’s number one, and getting as much British wealth as possible is the most important collateral for the German victory
"It’s better to prepare some more carriages and ox carts!" Xie Dingwei looked at the cattle and sheep in the distance.
"What a good idea! It seems that we are going to be Robin Hood robbing the rich and helping the poor! " Tobias stretched himself.
A red sun just smiled from the horizon outside the window.
Chapter 25 Busy day
On December 22, 1914, most of the world was preparing for Christmas. Rich people were busy shopping for holiday things, while poor people were still working hard at Christmas dinner. Children were the most worried.
On the winding side of the Austrian-Italian border, 23.63 million Austro-Hungarian soldiers, 720,000 German soldiers, 50,000 Russian soldiers and 1,000 Turkish soldiers are waiting. This allied force has a large number of Austro-Hungarian infantry, well-equipped German armored units, brave and tough Cossack cavalry and loyal and reliable Turkish soldiers, and more than 7,000 guns are erected, and several war horses are growling in a low voice. Everyone here is waiting for the order to declare war on Italy.
On the Italian side, 1.36 million Italian soldiers from 79 divisions stayed in their own positions with trepidation. Due to the backward economy and industry, many poor soldiers still held old weapons. Some officers needed to buy guns with their own money. Facing the allied Coalition forces with neat equipment and high morale, these Italians were depressed and remorseful. If their government had insisted on Germany, Austria, Italy and triple alliance, they would be glorious winners now. However, the contradiction between Austria and Hungary and Italy has a long history. The Austrian-Italian war is inevitable. The attitude of Italy in the early stage of the war saved the effort to find excuses for war.
The north-south line of the French-Italian border is relatively gentle. In Germany, the French government "kindly persuaded" that the German army and supplies would be stationed at the French-Italian border in the south of France. On the French side, General Hausen, 20,000 soldiers of the 3 rd German regiment and more than 1000 guns were waiting for the attack order. The 30,000 French army was led by Marshal Fuchs as the most loyal spectator. On the Italian side, 260,000 Italian troops dare not neglect the barbed wire in the trenches and the dense minefields. After all, the German fighting capacity has been recognized by the world in the battlefields of France and Poland. Italians can pray that the British can attract more attention from Germans.
In the northern Adriatic Sea, the strength of the Austrian-Italian fleet is almost equal. Hundreds of warships can see the smoke rising from each other’s chimneys. The distance is tense. After the naval battle between Britain and Germany, another large-scale battle of armored warships will be held in the ancient Adriatic Sea. On the Italian side, there are 6 dreaded battleships, 4 armored battleships, 17 cruisers, 35 destroyers and 25 submarines. On the Austro-Hungarian side, there are 5 dreaded battleships, 5 armored battleships, 15 cruisers, 30 destroyers and 14 submarines.
At noon, the whole sun just rose on the horizon, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire replaced the old Emperor Joseph in the palace and read out the declaration of war against Italy.
Citizens of Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary fought side by side, allies and friendly countries that love peace and strictly abide by neutrality in the war. On this day full of fighting atmosphere, I would like to announce an important decision to the world on behalf of Austria-Hungary.
Italy and Italy believe that the government regards the treaty of alliance signed by Germany, Austria and Italy in 12 years and renewed for four times in 17, 191, 19o2 and 1912. After the war broke out in 1914, Italy refused to fulfill its obligations as an ally and agreed to negotiate privately between countries in violation of the treaty of alliance and national morality. We are now solid Russian allies, which can prove that our great Austro-Hungarian soldiers have the right to punish such a country that has lost credibility and posed a great threat to our Austro-Hungarian empire, and we are most loyal to Germany and Hungary.
Two days ago, China submitted a final ultimatum to the Italian government, kindly demanding that the Italian government hand over the culprit of violating the alliance treaty, ban the old government controlled by British spies and reorganize the new government controlled by the Italian people. In order to ensure the security of the countries in the Austria-Hungary alliance, China asked Italy to reduce its troops and send troops to maintain law and order. Regrettably, the Italian government rejected this peace proposal.
Therefore, I officially declare that Austria-Hungary Italy will enter a state of war from now on!
This seemingly passionate declaration of war has not caused too much madness. Since the Sarajevo incident, people all over the world have become accustomed to war. For most ordinary people in Austria-Hungary, it is more important to fill their stomachs than to punish their treacherous neighbors. For the German people, the main force of the German Empire is disdainful to attack a weak country like Italy. To the Russian and Turkish people, their governments are just sending a symbolic force.
After the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Italy, Germany, Russia and Turkey also declared war on Italy in the same morning. This morning was terrible for the Italian people. When they woke up, they found that their country’s so-called neutrality was crushed to pieces by four powerful enemy countries. These people either surrendered to the allies to overthrow their government or silently took up arms to resist with their own troops. Remember that they are descendants of the great Roman Empire. There are not many Italians who can inherit that tenacious and brave spirit, and even fewer than a dozen small political parties declared that the current Italian government is invincible, and called on the people to rise up and respond to the just cause carried out by the allies.
At 3o’clock, after the declaration ceremony of the allied countries was over, the allied forces attacked Italy from both east and west.
At the border between Austria and Italy, thousands of artillery pieces roared earth-shattering, and several shells fell on Italian land like a terrible meteor shower, and they exploded into an explosion, which sounded almost seamless from a distance; More than 12o Austro-Hungarian planes crossed the border and bombed some military facilities in Italy, and they fought fiercely to stop Italian planes.
On the French-Italian border, French soldiers sat on the hillside with great interest to watch the German shelling of the Italian border defense line in the distance, and more than 70 German planes and 10 German airships performed bombing and school shooting. Knowing that German aviation weapons were powerful, the Italians did not deploy planes on this side, but secretly handed over some French defense weapons to them to resist before surrendering.
In the Adriatic Sea, the warships of the two sides lined up in their respective battle formations and pushed into each other. As the thunderbolt sounded, the large-caliber naval guns of the two sides bombarded each other, and the tall water column mixed with rotten fish and rotten shrimp kept rising. The long silence of this sea area was finally broken.
This morning, most people in the world focused on the Italian battlefield, while the British were obviously more concerned about the exciting landing 6 exercise across the strait.
Calais France
"Everyone ready to board 6! Charge to the beach in 2 minutes! "
On a flat-bottomed boarding ship, a lieutenant shouted at the soldiers. Behind the ship’s thick steel plate, 137 soldiers were armed with rifles and looked serious, waiting for the moment when the steel plate was put down, while the stern motive was screaming desperately. There, two high-level machine guns were also trying to dump bombs on the beach not far away.
Around this six-boarding boat, hundreds of six-boarding boats and small-tonnage ships are heading for Calais Beach. From a height, these ships look like dense combs. They are dragging white water marks to Calais Beach. Somewhere far from the beach are some medium-sized transport ships. On the other side, soldiers will swim to the beach in some places with deep water. Next to these medium-sized transport ships, small and medium-sized warships are supported by close fire. They shoot small and medium-sized shells and draw low flat arcs to strike the beach targets more accurately and directly.
In the farthest sight are larger transport ships and heavy warships, among which the most striking ones are naturally the three largest aircraft carriers with different shapes from other warships. They are 120,000-ton "Mother Duck", 150,000-ton "Lisa" and 190,000-ton "Prince" with the latest water.
The expected service time of "Prince" was January 1915. The British battle needs to be put into active service one month before the workers and sailors work hard. This is also the first time that its main fleet has been trained together. The surface equipment of this aircraft carrier is perfect, but the crew is still a little unfamiliar with the operation and cooperation, and the pilots of the ship are also grasping every opportunity to practice.
In the "Prince" command room, Chen Tian and many generals are making high-powered telescopes watch this large-scale exercise with relish.
"The Emperor of the Temple has read the declaration of war!" The communication officer handed over a document
Chen Tian took the paper and glanced at it, then handed it to other generals around him. This declaration of war is no longer a secret for him, the German "generation emperor". It is just a reason to join the war against Italy. The battlefield always depends on strength to speak.
"For us in Germany, although this is another two-front war, the current situation is very different at the beginning of the war!" Chen Tiansi is not optimistic about the history of the Italian army’s combat effectiveness, which is the best proof. However, the performance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is getting more and more impressive. This empire is like a weak tree, and the temporary spirit can’t cover up the contradictions. All ethnic groups are like a mess. Not surprisingly, Joseph, the old emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is the only emperor who can’t live for two years. Once the Austro-Hungarian Empire is unstable, it will be a good choice for Germany to annex Austria.
"The only Italian who is not in the wind probably has their navy! According to our information, the Italians already have two water planes, but the current situation may not drag them into service. "Marshal Bohr, the chief of staff of the navy, is not praising the Italian navy, but this hostile naval force will be removed sooner or later in order to ensure the allies to transport in the Mediterranean region.
In Chentiancheng, most of the generals of the Queen’s Navy supported this Bohr, which was a neutral one. It was not until recently that the contact with Admiral of the fleet gradually increased.
"There must be a lot of foreign spies gathered near Calais today, and the busiest must be British spies!" Falkenhayn seems to want to search for those spies with binoculars.
"Not surprisingly, spies from Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries are watching our exercises in a dark corner!" Chen Tian said that he glanced at the third medium-sized ship of Boden 6. Today, the first Boden 6 is composed of infantry, and tanks and armored vehicles will pass through the trestle bank. All this is of course a performance for spies. Even Chen Tian didn’t dare to guarantee how deep his tanks and armored vehicles can wade in the grab stall 6. After several tests, they determined that these iron guys can board 6 ships from near the beach, and the flameout rate in 1 meter of seawater is only about 21.5%. If the seawater depth is more than 2 meters, they will become "submarines".
Around the three aircraft carriers, more than a dozen destroyers have taken up the guard like hounds. Up to now, 90% of German destroyers have been equipped with Na-depth charges. More and more British submarines have been sunk in December, and there are almost no British submarines in the North Sea near Christmas. British spies have finally obtained information about the German Na-depth charges, and the British navy has improved their own hydrophones and depth charges and equipped British warships accordingly. This is for the German submarine force. Of course, it is bad news, but compared with the current weak shipbuilding ability of the British, the new German submarines and newly graduated crew can make up for the losses caused by these new weapons every month.
On the south side of the aircraft carrier formation, that is, closer to the coast, fifteen battleships and armored battleships lined up in two rows, which shocked people’s ears. It was from their main guns of 20 mm or 30 mm that clouds of white smoke rose, and rows of orange shells roared and flew to the beach. After they plunged into the beach, craters with a diameter of several meters or even tens of meters were produced. These battleships will bombard Deng 6 beach with coverage to achieve the plowing cleaning effect.
More than 100 planes shuttled back and forth on the beach. They all took off from aircraft carriers. When actually boarding the sixth battle, most 6-based planes had to take off, land and bomb, which increased the distance. They were likely to support the battlefield in time. At this time, it was necessary to rely on these planes to fight against the sudden appearance of British planes and directly support the beachhead. In addition, the fleet was higher and there were more than a dozen warning and school-launched navies. Most airships in Led Zeppelin would also carry out landing or bombing in actual combat.