Chapter 768： Angry British (1/2)
”Mr. Secretary of the Navy, the Mediterranean Fleet urgently!” Churchill, who was shaving, was dragged out of the bathroom. Now Churchill, who was looking at soap bubbles, was no longer angry. However, as a competent minister of the Navy, he immediately received the telegram.
”Today, the transport fleet transporting the Australian and New Zealand Dominion Army forces was attacked by the German fleet. Except for 2 escaped by chance, all 38 transport ships were sunk or captured. The Rhyming Defense was responsible for the attack. The armored cruiser, the light cruiser Sydney and the light cruiser Melbourne were sunk. The loss of personnel has not been counted, but the number of survivors in the army is about 6000.”
”I knew it! Despicable! Shameless! The Americans and Argentines played us together, and we were like monkeys! We were played around! Did Prince Louis and Sir Jericho know the news?” Churchill wiped a handful of them. It was the soap foam face asked.
Soon, Churchill thought of where the German warships involved in the attack came from! No wonder the Germans will deliver the Argentine battleship, it turned out to be out of the North Sea! A map of the world appeared in Churchill's mind for an instant, from the North Sea, across the entire Atlantic Ocean, then around the Horn of Africa, and across most of the Indian Ocean... Apart from other things, setting aside the hostile stance of the two sides, it is either a madman or a genius who can make this plan! From the effect point of view, the person who proposed this plan should obviously be considered the latter!
”Prince Louis already knows that General Jericho is on his way to London.” the subordinate said.
”Attention, we must block the news, not only block the people, but also block the cabinet! Otherwise, the navy will not do anything! Those politicians whose heads are not as good as monkeys will only be bad things!” Churchill immediately reminded.
”By the way, the first Japanese fleet to Europe was also attacked. The battleship Satsuma and the battleship Aki were sunk, and the Japanese transport fleet was also attacked. According to the survivors, they probably lost. Ten thousand officers and soldiers.” An officer said.
”That warship has never done so much damage to the British Empire in a war, watch it, and let those politicians who can only point fingers to watch! These troubles are just the beginning, and this fleet will become the empire on the Indian Ocean route. The cancer, they will keep us bleeding!”
Now complaints and anger are no longer useful. After meeting with the prime minister, the latter expressed willingness to temporarily suppress this matter in order to prevent political issues from affecting the navy’s operations. But Prime Minister Herbert Henry asked Churchill to solve this problem as soon as possible and use two German battleships to pay tribute to the dead in this naval battle!
Politically, the British Prime Minister immediately protested to Argentina, but soon, Argentina said that the warship was accidentally detained by the Germans, which made Argentina very angry. The insufficient number of Argentine officers and soldiers who received the ship made it necessary to use Germans, and who knew that at sea, The Germans took control of the warships. This approach made Argentina also express great indignation, and Argentina subsequently confiscated German assets in Afghanistan. And the diplomatic relationship with Germany will be from the master level to the charge d'affaires level. Well, whether the British believe it or not, Argentina is an explanation anyway.
The British did not dare to make this matter a big deal. After all, they had just started the war and lost the strength of two divisions at sea. The spread of this kind of incident will cause great shocks whether it is military or political. So how to treat as cold as possible is the key. And at this time, the British naturally did not have the ability to sanction Argentina. So this matter can only be shelved for the time being. Then slowly it stopped.