Before entering the dreadnought era, Britain built a large number of Pre-dreadnought. Although German Navy has already started to catch up with British Navy in terms of Capital Ships. However, in terms of the number of Pre-dreadnought, British Navy still has about twice the advantage. It can be seen that Britain built a total of how many Pre-dreadnought ships.
After British Navy's "Fearless" number Battleship was put into service, the Pre-dreadnought that was being built or already built by various countries was immediately released, making it instantly obsolete. Also outdated are Royal Navy's own Pre-dreadnought. However, Royal Navy is rich and doesn't care. They believe that as long as they remain at the forefront of naval development, British Navy will always be number one in the world.
However, the subsequent development of the facts made Britain's face swollen. In the era of dreadnoughts, German Navy successfully achieved corner overtaking, surpassing British Royal Navy in one fell swoop. And in one naval battle after another, British Navy was knocked off the altar. Under such circumstances, British Navy's situation is undoubtedly very bad. If they are still unable to defeat German Navy, then it seems inevitable that Britain will lose this war.
Portsmouth Naval Base was originally one of the most important military ports of British Navy. However, after Scapa Flow's military port was put into use, in order to prevent German Navy from entering Atlantic Ocean, Royal Navy deployed almost all Capital Ships there. Those left behind at Portsmouth Naval Base are just some old and weak battleships. Among them, there are a large number of Pre-dreadnought.
"General, Naval Minister's order!" A Communications Officer rushed into Royal Navy's office at Portsmouth base Commander.
Commander Vice Admiral Cavisson, took Telegram disapprovingly. He thought that there would be no important tasks for him anyway. After all, the entire Portsmouth Naval Base is in a state of neglect.
However, after Vice Admiral Cavisson watched Telegram, he felt like a different person. As Royal Navy's senior general, he undoubtedly has a lot of fighting spirit. However, due to helplessness, there is no other way but to muddle along. Now, a new combat mission has been issued, which naturally makes him more confident.
"Command the base, sound the alarm, and everyone return to the ship immediately!" Vice Admiral Cavisson ordered.
"Yes, General." A staff officer immediately went to give the order.
"Woo!"
The shrill siren sounded over the military port, and the sailors immediately put down what they were doing and ran towards their battleships. Good training enables the officers and soldiers of Royal Navy to react immediately.
"Order all eight 'Edward VII-class' Battleship, two 'Swift-class' Battleship, six 'Duncan-class' Battleship and five 'London-class' Battleship, and 'Minotaur-class' Armored Cruiser, 'Warrior-class' Armored Cruiser, 'Devonshire-class' Armored Cruiser, get ready in one hour, leave the port and prepare for battle!" Vice Admiral Cavisson ordered.
"General, are we preparing for a decisive battle with the Germany people?" an officer asked. After all, this time they dispatched as many as 21 Battleship and 13 Armored Cruiser. Although these battleships are all old-fashioned battleships. However, the performance is still good, accounting for about half of all the battleships in Portsmouth Naval Base. With so many warships dispatched, it was obvious that something big was about to happen.
"A decisive battle with the Germany people? Have you been kicked by a donkey? What kind of warships do we have? If you go to a decisive battle with the Germany people, you will die!" Vice Admiral Cavisson said coldly.
If we say ten years ago, Vice Admiral Cavisson would still have the confidence to lead such a powerful fleet and sweep across the navies of other countries in the world. But now? He didn't dare to say such an answer again. The fleet he led seemed huge. But these old Pre-dreadnought and Armored Cruiser are simply vulnerable to the new and cutting-edge dreadnoughts.
Even Royal Navy, the most cutting-edge Capital Ships, was sunk in a decisive battle with German Navy, let alone their old Pre-dreadnought and Armored Cruiser. Once they go to a decisive battle with German Navy, they will only be easily sunk by others.
"General, what are we going to do?" another officer asked.
After all, they dispatched 21 Battleship and 13 Armored Cruiser this time. Together with other small and medium-sized warships, there were more than 60 ships in total. In terms of the number of fleets alone, this is undoubtedly a very large fleet. Obviously, Vice Admiral Cavisson did not organize such a huge fleet to go out to sea for a ride.
"Mr. Churchill issued an order asking us to go to Le Havre. Germany people are attacking Le Havre, Those bastards of Expeditionary Force are about to lose their strength under the fierce bombardment of the Germany people. So, Mr. Churchill hopes that we will reinforce them immediately. Our battleship is no match for German warship. However, there is no problem in using the huge main gun to bully the infantry of Germany. I want to see it. What will it look like when Germany people are torn to pieces by the cannonballs fired by our huge Naval Gun!" A ferocious smile flashed across Vice Admiral Cavisson's face.
It has been almost a year since this war broke out. British Empire, who used to dominate the world, is about to be defeated in this war. This makes many Britain people blame all this on Germany people. I think all this is caused by Germany people, and Germany people are the culprits. If Germany people hadn't started the war, British Empire wouldn't be in this situation. This naturally causes many Britain people to hate Germany people.
For the British Empire soldiers, whether they are the army or the navy, they all hope to defeat the Germany people, or cause them more casualties, and avenge their dead comrades.
This time, Vice Admiral Cavisson naturally had this purpose.
For them, bombarding German military of Encirclement Offensive Le Havre is undoubtedly a very simple and easy task. They only need to keep firing based on the coordinates provided by British Expeditionary Force. The powerful battleship main gun shells will tear all those German military soldiers into pieces.
At four o'clock in the afternoon on May 7, a huge fleet of British Royal Navy left Portsmouth Naval Base. This fleet went straight through English Channel and headed to Le Havre on the other side of the strait.