The rejection of Salmond's request was not Jericho's arbitrary behavior, but to this day, the Royal Navy has indeed made a complete plan for future battles. One of the core of this plan is a large number of naval aviation units.

"Commander Jericho, how is the meeting today?" After just finished the meeting in Churchill's office, Jericho was busy holding his own meeting after returning to his office. The person who asked him was his old subordinate, old friend, Lieutenant General Thomas.

"It's similar to what we expected. The North Sea blockade is about to be rebuilt. Sir Salmond wants our aircraft carrier, but I rejected it." Jericho said calmly. Only he knew how much pressure there was behind this short sentence! The so-called power is really nothing in Jericho's heart. At this point, as a naval general, it is a lifelong regret. After all, he is a great minister (military).

He now imagines that he created a victory like the sages of the Royal Navy, which is worthy of history, like Cape Trafalgar. The Royal Navy is facing the biggest crisis in nearly a century, which is enough to threaten an empire that has been formed for hundreds of years. A powerful opponent needs Jericho to do his best to deal with it.

"Okay, don't talk about this anymore. He has passed. At least it has nothing to do with you. We don't have much time left. The end of the Eastern Front Station not only means the destruction of Russia, but also means that the biggest enemy of the Royal Navy is about to return!" Jericho said.

"Your Excellency believes that Prince Ruprecht will re-commande the German fleet?" Thomas frowned and said. The so-called "famous tree" of people, Ruprecht, who has won all kinds of battles, not only achieved his reputation with millions of Russian troops in land warfare. At sea, he also made him the biggest enemy of the Royal Navy with his losses of hundreds of thousands of tons of warships and millions of tons of merchant ships. In Thomas's view, the German high seas fleet with him is incomparable to the situation.

"If nothing unexpected happens, he will be in charge for at least a while. The war in Asia Minor cannot involve his energy. If Russia collapses and the Bavarian Legion goes to Asia Minor on a large scale, then the failure of the British and French coalition forces is only a matter of time. The elite of the German army will gradually move to the western front, but there will be a time difference. During this period, the Bavarian prince can make a guest appearance in the navy. After all, the time span from deployment to implementation is not long."

"The German High Seas Fleet will definitely attack! Because, we want to rebuild the North Sea blockade. If the Germans want to break the noose around their necks, they must launch a maritime offensive again. Fortunately, this time, the battle will be launched at our home court. We can rely on the air base of the Shetland Islands, plus the large fleet, although it may not be able to completely wipe out the German High Seas Fleet, but it is still possible to cause a heavy blow. The plan I support Sir Salmond is largely to be able to fight the German fleet under the advantage." General Jericho said.

"Okay, the fate of the British Empire will be placed on us in the future! Lieutenant General Betty, come up with your plan now. I have prepared everything you need, a brand new fast battleship, aircraft carrier, torpedo aircraft, airship. Don't let the Empire down and the Navy down." Jericho said to Lieutenant General David Betty who had been sitting in the corner.

That's right, it's David Betty, the former commander of the British Royal Navy's Rapid Fleet, who was not in harmony with Jericho and Thomas, is now discussing the future of the Royal Navy in Jericho's office. In fact, after consecutive defeats, Betty's position in the Royal Navy plummeted. Betty, who was once the youngest general in the history of the Royal Navy, the lion of the Rapid Fleet, has now become synonymous with recklessness and extremely poor character. No one wants to pay attention to this general who has suffered repeated defeats, and even Sir Fisher, who once favored him, cannot help.

In the end, Betty stayed in the Fleet to serve as an optional staff position. If it were ordinary people, they would probably be depressed because of this, but Betty, who never surrendered, finally showed his tenacious quality at this time, and he did not give up. Even when the entire navy did not like him, he finally found his old rival, General Thomas, with his plan!

Betty still has the ability, which is certain. He can even be called the first senior Royal Navy official in the entire Royal Navy to use aircraft carriers and large aircraft groups to attack the sea. In history, in August 1917, Betty proposed the idea of ​​air strikes against German military ports with torpedoes. In the later stage, Betty even proposed to produce 200 Thorpeway T1s to launch an attack. This aircraft can carry a 450kg 18-inch torpedo and can be folded!

On this plane, under the extreme pressure brought by the German high seas fleet, the British were forced to find a way out. Therefore, in this plane, aviation power also stepped onto the historical stage in advance. This is the case with the German Navy, and the British are the same!

Betty can be said to be for his dream and for his own duties, and eventually he came to the old rival and presented a brand new fast fleet strike plan! In his plan, fast battleships and aircraft carriers will become the two swords of the new fast fleet against the German high seas fleet.

"The quality of our fleet is incomparable to the Germans. After a battle, even if we have a numerical advantage, the Germans can always evacuate with injuries after destroying several of our warships. After two months, we will lose several main battleships forever, while the Germans are almost unscathed. Such a battle will eventually drag the Royal Navy to death."

"Even if we have replaced the new shells, it may be possible to deal with the Helgolan-class battleships, but for the already crowded Bavarian-class battleships, it is too difficult for us to use shells to destroy our opponents. We can only use torpedoes against the German warships. In several naval battles, the German light cruisers also have an advantage, and the overall speed of the German fleet also has an advantage, so they can always choose to evacuate directly in the unfavorable situation. The final result is that we have no advantage in fighting at sea." Betty said at the time.

At the beginning, Thomas didn't care much, but when he saw Betty's specific plan, Thomas had to admit that this guy had such a big idea and was very good at it!
Chapter completed!