Chapter 464

Just when Churchill was waiting impatiently, there was a knock on the door of his office. Suddenly, Churchill was shocked. At the same time, there are some apprehensions in my heart. After all, he was worried what if it was bad news? so what should I do now?

"Come in!" Churchill called out the door.

The secretary immediately opened the door and walked in. Churchill looked at the secretary's face, trying to see some problems from his face. Churchill could clearly sense that the secretary was pretending to be calm. But in fact, the panic in his eyes had completely betrayed him.

"God! Did the British Empire fail again this time? However, we couldn't beat the Germans, and failure is normal. As long as we can hit the Germans hard, then our plan will come true." Churchill said Comfort yourself. In his view, it is almost impossible for the Royal Navy to defeat the German Navy. However, if you want to fight the German Navy to the death, then it should not be a big problem. Therefore, Churchill was still somewhat optimistic about this naval battle. However, after seeing the secretary's expression now, he suddenly felt a little uncertain. He also faintly felt that something unexpected happened.

"Your Excellency, this is a telegram from the Grand Fleet Command," the secretary said.

Churchill nodded: "Put it here!"

After the secretary put down the telegram, he immediately turned and left, as if he wanted to escape from here. This made Churchill stunned. But at the same time, this also made the shrewd him guess something, which made his heart sink continuously.

"Alas! It seems that our loss this time will be greater than expected! However, the reality is the reality, and no one can change it." Churchill sighed, then picked up the telegram on the table, and read it carefully. up.

It's just that Churchill's face turned pale when he saw half of the telegram. The loss of the Royal Navy in this naval battle in the telegram made him deeply hit.

"Damn it, how did we lose so many warships? What's going on? John Jellicoe and David Betty, what are they doing?" Churchill roared angrily.

22 battleships, 5 battlecruisers were sunk, and another 3 battleships and 1 battlecruiser were severely damaged. In addition to the sunk cruisers and destroyers, the essence of the Royal Navy was completely destroyed in this battle. destroyed. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Royal Navy. It can even be said that the backbone of the Royal Navy was interrupted in this battle.

The loss of so many warships certainly caused a great loss to the Royal Navy. However, no matter how many battleships are lost, they can be rebuilt. As long as there is a chance, with the strength of British shipbuilding, it can be completely rebuilt. Among other things, those battleships and battlecruisers that are being built overtime in the shipyard, once they are in service, can restore the strength of the Royal Navy and even take it to a higher level. Of course, the prerequisite is that Britain has the ability to obtain the resources to build these warships. Otherwise, the battleships would not have been completed.

However, the Royal Navy lost so many elite sailors in this battle. Even with warships, they cannot fully display the combat power of these warships! Therefore, this is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the Royal Navy. It is easy to build a warship, but it is not so easy to train a qualified naval soldier. I don't know how long it will take for the elite sailors lost this time to recover.

Although Churchill knew that the British Navy would definitely lose this time, he never thought that it would lose so badly. In addition to those capital ships that were severely damaged, the British Navy now only has 7 battleships and 1 battlecruiser, namely the battleship 'Dreadnought', the battleship 'Giant', the battleship 'Queen Elizabeth', and the battleship 'War Spite' Battleships, Battleship 'Warrior', Battleship 'Revenge' and Battleship 'Resolution', and Battlecruiser 'Tiger'. Among them, except for the battleship "Fearless", which was intact, the rest of the battleships were severely damaged in the naval battle. If they wanted to restore their combat effectiveness, they would have to stay in the shipyard for at least two months or even longer.

There seemed to be quite a few remaining battleships. But compared with the German Navy, it is far inferior. Even, this caused the Royal Navy's ranking in the world to drop from first to third or even fourth. This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the British Empire, which has been the overlord of the sea for hundreds of years.

"We have lost so many capital ships, what about the Germans? It would be great if we could cause the same amount of losses to the Germans. In this way, we can rely on many pre-dreadnoughts to compete with the Germans Domination of the sea. Relying on the number of pre-dreadnoughts, we may not lose to the British." Churchill thought. As if he had grasped the last straw, he quickly flipped through the next telegram, trying to find the loss of the German navy recorded above.

However, when he found the relevant content, he couldn't help being stunned.

"How is it possible? We lost so many battleships, but only sank one battleship of the Germans, and severely damaged several of their battleships. Twenty-seven to one! How could it be like this? Could it be that we Has the gap with the Germans reached such a point?" Such a battle damage ratio made Churchill completely speechless, and even made him a little desperate for the future.

Churchill has always been a very determined person. Otherwise, he would not be valued by Prime Minister Asquith and become the Secretary of the Navy.

Even when the Royal Navy was at a disadvantage, Churchill was not discouraged, but actively tried to find ways to get the Royal Navy out of trouble.

But now, the result of this naval battle has left Churchill with little confidence. It can be seen how hard this failure has hit them.

"It's over, this is completely over. The Royal Navy will never have a chance to come back. The British Empire will also lose completely in this war. By then, the British Empire will probably cease to exist." Churchill murmured murmured.

Obviously, the defeat of the Royal Navy this time was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the British Empire, making it even more difficult for them to win the war. Once it fails, the British Empire will cease to exist in the style of the Germans.