Chapter 2385： The war is not far away II (1/2)

”This is the file I organized.” Major General Hood was about to disassemble the file and send it to Thomas, but the latter did not take it.

”Betty hasn't come yet, our meeting has not started, now there is no need to unpack these important documents, we just treat it as a gathering.” Thomas said.

”You are more and more like General Jericho, especially dealing with people and things.” Major General Hood thought about it and put the file aside. There were a total of three people participating in this meeting. Of course, Thomas was not to mention, and Major General Hood was in charge of sorting out the data of the fast fleet and the artillery part of the large fleet in the Norwegian sea battle, and Betty was in charge of sorting out the information about aviation operations. And now the agreed meeting time has not arrived. If Major General Hood begins to report to Thomas formally at this time, then when Betty comes in, it will undoubtedly be very embarrassing.

To be honest, Betty is not a popular person in the Royal Navy. This is the case in history, and even more so in this plane. The reason is simple. Betty has been in the Royal Navy in several important failed battles... ..... In the Battle of Dogle Sandbar, Betty almost killed the entire British battlecruiser squadron. When Thomas's fleet was ambushed, Betty's evacuation was also criticized. In the final battle, the aircraft carrier squadron that used up a lot of resources in Betty's hands did not perform well. Just such a person, you can hardly get his colleagues to show him a good face.

Though Thomas also slid his horse, but no matter what, he could barely be considered a tie when he was against Earl Spey in the Indian Ocean. He also sank the battlecruiser Blücher in the North Sea, which was also a small victory. In the final battle, the Thomas Fleet also maintained the last dignity of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Of course, Thomas will be an important reason, and this is also the result of Jericho’s words and deeds. Although in many people’s eyes, Jericho ruined the Royal Navy, Jericho’s personality charm is still respected. Most of the people who have worked with Jericho think that Jericho is just an accident!

As Jericho’s successor, Thomas does not like Betty, but his manners are considered thoughtful, he will not embarrass the latter, and he tries to defend Betty in front of his colleagues.

”Well, let me just talk about it casually. Let me talk about an old-fashioned question. Every officer always makes a perfect plan for the last war. Our thinking is wrong, and even if we have much more funds than the German High Seas Fleet, People and warships, we still can't beat them.” Major General Hood said.

”Are you saying that our warships are backward in performance and conservative in design?” Duff asked.

”This is one of the problems, but not all. We pay too much attention to the number of fleets. In order to ensure absolute superiority in numbers, we have abandoned a lot. In fact, historically, the performance of the Royal Navy's warships has never been in this world. At the top, this is the case in the sailing era, and the same is true in the modern era. However, later history has proven time and time again that when the resources of the two fleets are close, the elite route of the battleship is undoubtedly more important than the quantitative route!

”When we built the Edgar-class protective cruiser, the Germans came up with the Munich-class armored cruiser. In the Japanese-Shinkan Sea Battle, the Japanese Navy, which had absolute numerical and tonnage superiority, was almost caught by a German armored cruiser of the Beiyang Navy. Turn it over.”

”Subsequently, in the Philippine naval battle, the combined U.S.-Russian fleet also had numerical advantages, but it was still crushed by the Japanese Navy, which had four Hyuga-class second-class fast battleships. In fact, the Japanese only had four Hyuga-class battleships. Elite, other warships are very ordinary, but relying on this little elite, the Japanese won a brilliant victory.”