The 33-year-old George is a well-known British military reporter and a staff writer for The Times.
Born into a naval family, as an outstanding graduate of Portsmouth Naval School, he could have become a promising officer and served in the navy.
However, something unexpected happened. Due to a shipboard drill accident, George lost the little finger and ring finger of his right hand forever, and therefore left the navy he loved.
Fortunately, George was left-handed, and his superiors thought it was a pity for him to retire like this. There was even a Royal Navy rear admiral who made it clear that George could still stay in the Navy through the back door if he wanted.
Privately, many people agree with the Major General's words. Didn't Nelson also have one arm and one eye back then? What happened to the two young men's fingers?
But George felt that even if he could not serve in the navy as a soldier, he could still fulfill his duties for the Royal Navy. There are many ways to serve the country, and you do not have to follow a path that is no longer suitable.
In this way, he became a military reporter, following the British Empire's warships as they cruised around the world, and recorded what he saw and heard along the way.
George also served in the navy. Due to occupational diseases, he paid great attention to the naval construction of various countries along the way.
Whenever the cruise was over, he would find a quiet room and seriously write down the current status of the naval construction of various countries along the way, as well as the strange people and strange things on the warships, and publish them in The Times.
Sometimes they are even serialized because of their length.
The British people originally admired the navy, and George's own writing skills were also very solid, so he had many readers.
In just over two years, George became a well-known military reporter and a professional commentator on The Times.
Not long ago, the chase that took place in the North Sea made George very careful.
George regretted the opportunity he missed by not participating in that patrol.
This feeling of regret has troubled George for nearly half a year. Even the outbreak of the Polish War could not distract George's attention!
Afterwards, he concentrated on studying all the information about the "Soviet battleship". Not only did he find connections to see the original photos, but he also privately chatted with the then fleet commander, Commodore Joseph, about all the information about the ship.
Well, this "Soviet battleship" named Peter the Great, in the eyes of Fleet Commander Commodore Joseph, undoubtedly humiliated the existence of the entire Royal Navy.
But one thing Joseph had to admit was that this battleship, or the fast battleship that George preferred, was indeed very elegant and modern.
He once served on the glorious HMS Hood, the glory of the Royal Navy. Although the time was short, he was deeply fascinated by that giant ship.
However, the sudden appearance of Peter the Great surpassed Hood in both appearance and performance!
(After all, Hood has been built for 20 years)
In appearance, Peter the Great and Hood are both slim and majestic.
With the sharp Atlantic bow, the simple and elegant superstructure, and the well-proportioned triple turrets, even outsiders who don’t understand the navy have to admit that this is a very beautiful warship!
After feeling inferior to others in comparison, it’s no wonder that Joseph, who had always been a big fan of Hood, was unhappy with it.
But George who talks about things is different from Joseph!
When George first got his hands on the issue of The Times, which he did not participate in editing, he was fascinated by the ship at first sight.
George also knew that the Germans on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, who had been fanning the flames of the incident, had nothing to do with the development of this matter. If they hadn't watched the excitement and kept reporting on the matter without taking it too seriously, how could the incident have lasted for so long?!
It doesn't matter if the Soviet Union gains face, what matters is that it loses the prestige of the British Empire!
Precisely when it comes to Britain being embarrassed, the entire European public opinion is happy to hear about it. After all, Britain, as the "European troublemaker", has already accumulated so many grievances that every family in Europe has a deep hatred for Britain for several generations.
But what George didn't know was that the German newspapers were making such a fuss, not just to make noise among the people.
In fact, the navies of various countries have already been upset by the news of the birth of this battleship.
Needless to say, the British pursued absolute sea control. How could they allow the Soviet Union, a country with inherently opposing ideologies, to safely allow its navy to grow in size?
The Japanese combined fleet also felt like it was facing a formidable enemy.
After all, the main purpose of the Soviet Union's development of naval technology was to control the Far East. The stages in the Baltic Sea and Black Sea were too small to be worthy of such a high-speed capital ship!
However, Japan currently has no idea about the Peter the Great.
At this speed, the King Kong-class battleship will definitely not be able to catch up.
The Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser can barely catch up, but can the Kaohsiung-class defeat it?!
According to the available intelligence, the 12-inch gun of Peter the Great is not as good as Sun Tzu in dealing with Japan's heavy cruisers of the previous generation?
What if such a similar Soviet battleship appears again on Japan's sea lines of communication... It doesn't take much, just stir up the trouble. Not to mention how much the damage is, the protesting crowd at the entrance of the Navy Ministry will not be overwhelming?
Roosevelt was very open-minded and expressed a very ambiguous attitude on behalf of the US government. It was probably because they had no intention of joining the war that they were so calm.
France, on the other hand, expressed an indifferent attitude. After all, the French people's thinking circuit is always inconsistent with the general trend of Europe. Their eyes are still on the European road, always wary of the armies of their German neighbors.
Because George was born into a naval family and was a top student at Portsmouth Naval School, he later spent nearly ten years in the Royal Navy. Over time, he developed his own network of relationships.
He basically has a certain understanding of the battleships being built in the UK and the battleships of other countries.
To be honest, he still feels that there is probably something fishy involved in the Soviet Union's high-profile sea trial.
Of course, it was impossible for him to guess what private dealings the Soviet Union and Germany had on this boat regarding the Polish issue.
However, this did not prevent him from smelling some strange smells.
A century-old navy! Judging from the Soviet Union’s technological accumulation and scientific talent level, the appearance of this battleship seems a bit too early. How could the Russian Navy, which was once beaten to the point of losing its armor by the Japanese Navy, change in just a few decades?
It has battleship technology that is not inferior to that of the British Empire?!
On the other hand, Germany, which is considered the most likely to challenge the British sea power, has not only not continued to build new warships recently, but has been producing large-scale cruise ships (disguised as aircraft carriers) with great fanfare. They are already in a war, and they are still producing this thing.
, from George’s perspective, he really doesn’t understand what these Germans are thinking?
Finally, George made up his mind to go to Peter the Great to have a look!
Even though the possibility seemed a bit low, he still made a request to board the ship through the Soviet Embassy in the UK. Unexpectedly, the Soviet Union actually replied that it agreed?!
George, whose curiosity outweighed his suspicion, didn't think much about it, and boarded the plane sent by the Soviet Union the next day as arranged (in order to keep the domestic terrain confidential).
With various complicated emotions in mind, and after making a notice in the Thames before leaving, which aroused the enthusiasm of readers, George came to a large military port.
When he saw the huge ship in the port, he immediately recognized the Peter the Great among the three leading battleships. There was no way, in terms of appearance, the Peter the Great was completely better than the Soviets copied it based on the problematic drawings.
Two low-profile and misleading version of the battleship. The freeboard of this low-profile imitation battleship is too low and looks very uncoordinated, and the workmanship seems to be much rougher than that of Peter the Great.
Suddenly, George discovered that something seemed a little wrong. The boilers of these battleships had already started fires, and faint black smoke was coming out of the chimneys...
There was an explosion in his head - these Soviets are going to make big news!