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Chapter 796: It’s Better to Fight Early than Late
It is impossible for a warship to stop to rescue people when it is traveling at high speed. Anyone who falls into the water will surely die.

The "Roar" did not leave and continued to carry out its mission.

The torpedo plane sent the location of the "Growler" back to the exercise command and then left. An hour later, the light cruiser "Wolfhound" belonging to the Russian Pacific Fleet came at high speed.

Compared with the "Growler", the "Wolfhound" has a clear advantage in both displacement and speed, and is completely not on the same level.

"D57, this is the Russian Navy on a mission. Please leave immediately, otherwise we will take coercive measures."

The "Wolfhound" took the initiative to call out to the "Roaring".

"Tell it that we are also carrying out our mission and ask it not to interfere with our work."

Stuart's forehead began to sweat. The Russian Navy's performance was even more unprofessional than the Air Force. The distance between the two ships was too close, less than 100 meters. At this distance, a collision would occur if one was not careful.

The 5000-ton Wolfhound is 120 meters long.

The length of the "Roar" is only 70 meters.

What Stuart did not expect was that the "Wolfhound" did not continue to shout to the "Roaring". After the "Roaring" clearly refused, the "Wolfhound" continued to approach the "Roaring".

"Full speed ahead!"

Stewart hopes to use speed to get rid of the "Wolfhound".

This was doomed to be in vain. The maximum speed of the "Roar" was only 27 knots, and the maximum speed of the "Wolfhound" was 32 knots. No matter how hard the "Roar" tried to escape, it could not escape the "Wolfhound's" five-fingers mountain.

To avoid a collision, the Roar had no choice but to turn and leave.

The "Wolfhound" escorted the "Roaring" all the way back to Darwin Port before calling it a day.

The British did not give up and sent out six warships, led by the battleship "Queen Elizabeth", to continue their surveillance mission the next day.

The "Queen Elizabeth" was commissioned in 1914, with a displacement of 3.1 tons. Its armament system consists of 8 381 mm main guns and a maximum speed of 25 knots. Judging from the data on paper alone, it is better than all Russian battleships.

The "Queen Elizabeth" faced seven Russian battleships led by the "Russia".

"Are the Russians crazy? Do they want to start World War II?"

Colonel Steve, Chief of Staff of the "Queen Elizabeth", was terrified. The Russian Combined Fleet not only had 7 battleships, but also a large number of heavy cruisers and light cruisers, totaling nearly ships. The total tonnage not only had an overwhelming advantage in Asia, but also ranked among the top three in Europe.

The British Asiatic Fleet had only two battleships, the other at Perth.

If Britain wants to gain an advantage in the confrontation with Russia, it can only draw battleships from the Home Fleet for reinforcement.

However, once the capital ships are withdrawn from the Home Fleet, the security of the British mainland will be at risk.

The paradox is that if there is no risk of conflict between Russia and the UK, the UK will not need to withdraw warships from its homeland.

If so, not only would warships not be able to be withdrawn from the mainland, but the two battleships of the Asiatic Fleet would also have to return to Europe to fight.

"The Russians are not crazy, they are just insane!"

Captain Commodore Charles had a fierce look in his eyes, but he was not frightened by the 1VS7 situation.

As long as Russia does not take the initiative to attack, the situation will be under control.

As long as Russia is not determined to go to war, even if the main battleships of Russia's three major fleets are all transferred to East Asia, the Asian Fleet can still maintain strategic stability.

To take a step back, even if the Asian fleet is completely destroyed, the local fleet can still maintain its advantage over the Russian Navy.

The battleship could not go ashore.

But Russia's armored corps was also unable to cross the English Channel.

As for the torpedo planes with deadly attack power——

Charles chose to ignore it. After all, the number of Russian torpedo planes was not enough to overwhelm the Royal Navy.

Russia attaches great importance to this exercise. Not only Peter serves as the commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief of the Amur Military District, Andrei, also came to Coconut City as the deputy commander-in-chief and took charge in person.

In response to unexpected situations that may arise during the exercise, the command center has formulated different plans.

Confrontation is certain to occur, and the chances of friction are high.

If the friction escalates into war, the Combined Fleet will destroy the Asian Fleet first, and the main task of the Amur Military District will be Japan.

After Russia withdrew its troops from Japan, Japan fully turned to Britain and became Britain's most loyal ally in Asia.

Once a war breaks out between Russia and Britain, there is a high probability that Japan will join the war. The Amur Air Force has been deployed to the Busan base and can attack Japan at any time.

"Daniel Kim is ready to launch an attack on Paz at any time."

Andre looked at the huge sand table in the center of the headquarters and felt itchy.

Australia is so big that Port George is 2000 kilometers away from Coconut City and 1300 kilometers away from Perth.

There is no railway between Port George and Perth, and the Western Army is not strong enough. If an attack is launched on Perth, the defense of Port George will be seriously affected.

So the current situation is that, although Britain and Western Austria are already in a state of war, neither the British nor the Western Austrian armies have taken the initiative to attack, and everything is peaceful.

Over 1.5 volunteers have arrived in Theo in the past two months.

Most of these so-called "volunteers" have received military training, and many have even participated in world wars and are experienced veterans.

Compared with the "volunteers", the British Indian troops not only had poor discipline, but also had serious inadequacies in weapons and equipment and training levels. London hoped that Canberra would send troops to participate in the war and invited John Monash, the commander-in-chief of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who had participated in the World War, to come out.

After the end of the World War, John Monash retired with the rank of General and devoted himself to mining and power construction.

Not only did John Monash not respond to London's invitation, he also openly expressed his opposition to Canberra's entry into the war.

This is the consequence of London's disregard for veterans' interests.

John Monash made many contributions during the World War and was knighted by King George V of England.

The treatment of veterans in London broke the hearts of the Anzacs, and John Monash was criticized for this. Many Anzacs believed that as the commander-in-chief of the Anzac, John Monash did not fight for enough benefits for the Anzac.

John Monash was also helpless. The British government turned a blind eye to the expeditionary forces recruited from Britain. It was already a good thing that the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps did not have to pay for their own boat tickets back to Australia.

Britain had already tricked the Australians with the World War.

Even if John Monash licked it again, he would not be so shameless.

Canberra also pretended to obey London's orders but actually disobeyed them.

Look at the joint exercises between Russia and the Grand Duchy of Yuriev. The Russian Navy sent out 7 battleships at once, with all its main forces.

The Royal Navy could not even pass through the Suez Canal, and only had two battleships to keep it together, with no intention of protecting Australia at all.

If the Royal Navy is really willing to fight for Australia, it can transfer its home fleet to East Asia even if it has to bypass Africa.

Since London is unkind, we cannot blame Canberra for being unjust.

More than half of the volunteers who arrived in Theo came from other parts of Australia.

"Then strike. A small strike is not as good as a big strike. A late strike is not as good as an early strike."

Peter is full of domineering power, and defeating the Royal Navy is Peter's greatest wish.

(End of this chapter)