Chapter 296 Navy Code Book

Charles's fleet returned to anchorage to heroic cheers.

Whether they were French soldiers or British soldiers, or the Australian Army, the New Army, or even the African Legion, everyone was crowded on the side of the passage. They waved everything they could find at the fleet, including national flags and handkerchiefs. , and rags, and shouted in different languages:

"Welcome to your triumphant return!"

"Well done, Ciel!"

"A beautiful battle, perfect command!"

…

Tijani looked at the warships and the crowd that were retreating with the warships. His eyes were a little confused, a little excited, and mostly flattered.

What he has always pursued is the art of war, the moment when the equipment comes into play and leads to victory. Now he finds that this feeling of being recognized by everyone and immersed in cheers seems good.

Ciel was somewhat used to it. He looked at the cheering crowds on both sides with an expressionless expression, and calmly raised his hand and waved in response.

The crowd seemed to be interacting with Ciel, and the cheers were instantly pushed to another climax.

Soon, Charles saw a small wooden boat waiting at the mooring, and several British soldiers stood on the wooden boat ready to board the ship.

Tijani also noticed this, and he excitedly said to Charles: "They are the signalmen of the Queen Elizabeth. They must have brought us congratulations and awards!"

"Really?" Charles smiled softly.

If it was "congratulations and commendations", the person who came should not be the signal corps, at least it should be a colonel-level staff officer or even Lieutenant General Roback himself.

…

The atmosphere in the "Queen Elizabeth" island conference room was rather strange.

Lieutenant General Robek had a smile on his face, but everyone could tell that his smile was far-fetched.

The officers were silent. From time to time they glanced at Lieutenant General Roback, as if they wanted to see what his attitude was.

General Geplat walked in with his head held high. The reason why he came late was because General Roback did not notify him of the meeting.

He first found Charles's transport ship, and after asking, he learned that the two of them had been called here by Lieutenant General Robek.

As soon as General Geplat saw Charles and Tijani, a proud smile appeared on his face, and he shouted at the top of his lungs from a distance:

"Well done, Ciel, and Tijani."

"I reported your victory to the Admiralty. The Minister is very satisfied with your performance."

"The minister said that this is the combat style of our French Navy. We are never afraid of fighting. If there is something blocking the way to victory, we will solve it first!"

…

The expressions of the British officers instantly became very ugly, especially Lieutenant General Roback, because it was he who ordered the "limited reinforcements" of the battleships, which is what Guy Pratt said was "fear of fighting".

When General Geprat sat down, Lieutenant General Robek cleared his throat and looked at Charles with a forced smile: "Congratulations on your victory in the first battle, Colonel. But..."

Lieutenant General Robek's voice turned low: "As a soldier, you should understand that military orders are as strong as the mountain. What you did today disrupted our overall combat plan."

O'Connell took over the topic with a calm tone and a slight smile on his face:

"Yes, Colonel."

"I'm not sure if you know it, but the troops at Cape Helles are waiting for you."

"The troops on W Beach and S Beach were launching an attack on the enemy to cooperate with your landing. However, you did not land but chose to bomb the submarine."

O'Connell is trying every possible means to find justification for Roback's anger. He believes that only in this way can he maintain relations with Charles and even France.

"Really?" Charles asked calmly, "Then, why haven't I heard of the so-called 'cooperation' before?"

Lieutenant General Roback didn't want to answer: "That's our battle plan..."

Ciel said "hmm" and looked at General Robek in confusion, with a mocking smile on his lips.

Lieutenant General Roback suddenly realized that he had fallen into Shire's trap: if the British army's battle plan did not need to be told to Shire, then of course Shire's battle plan did not need to be told to the British army.

The Shire was therefore not responsible for the alleged "loss" at Cape Hayles.

This shrewd bastard, he might have thought of this loophole a long time ago.

Robeck regretted that he should have pretended to throw a "battle plan" to this arrogant Frenchman before the war!

Now, the only thing left to do is to grasp the "disobeying orders" aspect.

However, just as Lieutenant General Roback was about to speak, General Gaiprat got there first.

"My fault, Lieutenant General!" General Geprat apologized to Lieutenant General Robek with a smile: "I know the entire plan, and they originally wanted to discuss it with you. But for confidentiality reasons, I decided not to make the plan public. This turns out to be correct!”

Lieutenant General Robek was stunned.

If General Garplat knew the plan, then Ciel wouldn't even be considered "disobeying orders."

Just when Lieutenant General Roback was still thinking about what charges he could use to suppress Charles' arrogance, a staff officer came in and handed Lieutenant General Roback a telegram in a panic.

Lieutenant General Roback glanced at the telegram, and suddenly looked at Charles in shock, and then at the staff officer, as if to confirm the authenticity of the telegram.

The staff officer nodded slightly.

Lieutenant General Robek gritted his teeth, finally sighed, and softened his expression unwillingly.

…

The telegram was sent by the Lord of the Admiralty, and simply wrote a few words: "Cooperate with Charles and do not interfere!"

This made Lieutenant General Roback very confused.

It was the Admiralty of the Navy who wanted to target Ciel in the first place.

Because if Charles wins, the popularity of the Admiralty, who single-handedly initiated the Battle of the Dardanelles, will be affected. Everyone will think that what he can't do but Charles can do.

Lieutenant General Roback did not understand what made the Admiralty suddenly change his mind and turn to support Charles's "self-assertion".

The answer is simple.

After the victory at sea, Charles sent a telegram to General Winter: "Sink the submarine, offshore, the Germans may not have time to destroy the code book!"

General Winter was discussing the war with his staff at the Ypres headquarters. He believed that terrain like Ypres should involve more navy and army coordination. Only in this way can unnecessary casualties be reduced to defend this muddy land.

When he received the telegram, he jumped up as if being pricked by a needle: "God, the German naval code book!"

General Winter knew how important this was.

At this time, the blocked German fleet was ready to move: Britain sent a large number of warships to fight in the Daniel Strait. This was obviously the best time for the German fleet to break out.

The British Navy is worried about this matter. They don't know when the Germans will launch a surprise attack on the blockade fleet.

If the Allies could obtain the German naval code book at this time and decipher the German naval telegrams, it would mean that the German operation had failed before it even started!