Just as the Bavarian Legion launched a limited-scale offensive, a huge encirclement and annihilation battle in the distant Indian Ocean also kicked off. The prince's intelligence was not wrong, and the British could not tolerate the Su Xiong fleet showing off their might in the inland sea of ​​the British Empire! After some discussion, the British Empire decided to send their most powerful squadron into the Indian Ocean and encircle these two warships covered with blood donations from the Allied officers and soldiers!

In the port of Mumbai in India, the entire port has been almost emptied. This largest military and civil port in India is now just to stop the broadcast of only 10 ships! 4 fast battleships and 6 light cruisers! With the help of the guide ship, the huge Queen Elizabeth-class battleships entered the port through the tortuous channel in turn. The head was General Evan Thomas' flagship Queen Elizabeth, followed by Warwear, Barrym and Malaya.

The fifth battleship detachment, the pride of the British Royal Navy, in order to allow this fleet to move south smoothly, Navy Ministers Churchill and Sir Fisher have had many verbal battles with Jericho. Jericho was very dissatisfied with the transfer of this fleet to the Indian Ocean and the German fast battleships to play hide-and-seek.

"The German warships were very fast. According to the information we collected, these two warships are very likely to be battlecruisers. The maximum speed of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships is less than 25 knots and there is no speed advantage in the ocean-long pursuit. Since Sir Fisher advocates battleships so much and tries to solve all problems with high speed and strong firepower, then let Betty go."

In order to prevent the German high seas fleet from "breaking away" the war. Jericho is ready to fight the fleet at any time. At this time, a fleet was drawn to the distant Indian Ocean. When he didn't know when he could come back, Jericho naturally didn't want to!

Churchill was a civil servant after all, and he was definitely not as familiar with the navy as Fisher, and Jericho, who was promoted step by step from the fleet. He also asked Fisher if he could let Betty's "Perfect Cat" go out for a walk.

As the father of the battle patrol, Fisher naturally knew what the quality of these goods in his hands was. These warships were actually designed to deal with cruisers. To be honest, the two warships of the Suxiong fleet could be used to eliminate Japanese battleships. Although Samoanyi and others are fearless, from the perspective of defense, it is really no worse than the fearless-class warships of the large fleet. Therefore, Fisher's positioning of these two warships is the queen of the small cannon version, and the things used to deal with cruisers are naturally impossible to deal with fast battleships.

And the most important thing is in Fisher's opinion, the Betty fleet is used to deal with the German battle patrol fleet. From a base point of view, it is not a big problem to have 4 battleship groups in the large fleet, but there are only 10 battleships in total. If there are four battleships in total, it would be very passive. After all, in the British intelligence, Germany has 5 battleships. After missing the most powerful battleships, Fisher believes that the British fleet in the North Sea will fall into "asymmetric passive".

"If we use the battlecruiser formation, then in the North Sea, we will have no way to limit Hippel's first reconnaissance team." After Fisher said this, no matter how reluctant Jericho was, Churchill could only ask the fifth fast battleship formation to attack.

When Major General Thomas brought the fleet to the Gulf of Aden, he understood why the Royal Admiralty was so anxious to demand that he kill Su Xiong as soon as possible! "This was once one of the busiest sea areas in the world. Every day, hundreds of various merchant ships carried hundreds of thousands of tons or even millions of tons of goods into the Red Sea through the place. From India, through the Red Sea and into the Mediterranean and then to the United Kingdom, it is not an exaggeration to call the lifeline of the British Empire. But now, my fleet has sailed in the Gulf of Aden for nearly a day, and the ships I encountered can be counted with one hand! Among them, there are only 3 ships belonging to the Allies!"

"A British ship ran into us and he raised the greetings to us. The crew cheered for our arrival and we responded enthusiastically, but when they asked how long we could kill the annoying German pirates, I couldn't answer. Maybe a week, maybe a month, or even longer, it was not easy to catch two fast battleships armed to the teeth in the vast ocean." Thomas wrote in his diary.

When the British fleet arrived in Mumbai, he realized how much impact these two warships had on the British Empire! After reading the relevant records provided by the Port of Mumbai, he found that almost 80% of neutral countries' transport ships were no longer transporting materials to the Allied countries, and the ship insurance premiums directly increased by more than 3 times! The entire shipping volume dropped by nearly 90%! Because there are not only two battleships in this sea area, but also an unknown number of camouflage attack ships, and the damage caused by these attack fleets is even greater than that of battleships!

(Historically, it is said that in September 1914, due to the Emden attack ship, the sea transportation volume in the Indian Ocean dropped to only 22% of the normal level. The information comes from "The Sea of ​​Fearlessness")

The British Navy distributed in the Indian Ocean has made efforts. The old-fashioned dreadnought and armored cruisers bravely took on the task of covering the fleet, but this was useless. The British discovered that the two German fast battleships could always find these transport fleets quickly, and then use terrifying main guns to get the escort fleet within half an hour, and then slaughter the transport ships with the camouflage attack ships. After throwing away the two front fearless and two armored cruisers and several auxiliary cruisers, the only way for the British Navy to do was to breach!

That's right, you read it right, it's a mine! And it's a mine in his own port! Because just before the mine was blasted, the two battleships rushed into the port of Mumbai and bombarded them in an endless stream. Fortunately, the Germans didn't seem to have many shells, so the losses caused were limited. But even so, when Thomas came to Port of Mumbai, he could still see the ship and machinery that turned into ruins in the distance, and the half-chimney that exposed the sea not far from his berth. Looking at the shadows under the water, Thomas could tell that this was a large ship with a displacement of at least 8,000 tons and a length of more than 160 meters!

"If Mumbai Port wasn't big enough, we might not have allowed your fleet to come here." Major General Cook, who was in charge of the greeting, said bitterly.

"Tell me what's going on now. We're going to kill these guys as soon as possible, not just because of the crimes they committed, but we can't stay in the Indian Ocean for a long time," Thomas said.
Chapter completed!