10 Downing Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom.

Dudley, who succeeded Churchill as Britain's new Admiralty. Pickman. Rogers. Sir Pound was sitting in front of Churchill at the moment, his face flushed.

His "flushed face" was not flushed with excitement or happiness, but from shame.

After all, the first battle after becoming the Minister of the Navy ended in a crushing defeat, and no one would feel embarrassed in this round.

"Ugh." Churchill looked at Sir Pound, sighed and said, "Sir Pound, this battle of Jutland with the German High Seas Fleet is our first battle since the declaration of war against Germany, and it should be a great victory to inspire the people of the whole country to strengthen their determination to resist the war. But instead of winning, we ended in a crushing defeat in this first battle, which made me unable to explain to the people and my allies. ”

"Prime Minister! The defeat at Jutland was primarily my responsibility, and I was too light to give the Germans an opportunity. Sir Pound bowed his head and consciously turned his back on the pot, "I will apologize to the people and the allies and resign." ”

"You are indeed too underestimated to the enemy, no matter what, you should not only send so many warships, the lion fights the rabbit still needs all his strength!" Churchill reproached with a straight face, but quickly slowed down his expression and comforted, "But you don't need to resign, after all, England is in dire need of personnel right now." ”

Churchill was reluctant to resign Pound, who he had promoted to the post of Secretary of the Admiralty and was the backbone of his own party, and if he resigned, it would do him no good.

"Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister." Pound thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

Although it was a shame to apologize to the whole country and allies such as France, it was good that his black hat was saved, Pound thought.

"But you have to learn this lesson! The German High Seas Fleet is no longer the same High Seas Fleet as it was in the last war! Churchill said.

"I will, Mr. Prime Minister." Pound nodded, "Also, Mr. Prime Minister, do you need me to go down and arrange for the new fleet to set sail?" We also have the possibility of remediating the Kraken plan. ”

"Kraken" is the name of the British blockade of the North Sea, which is taken from the name of the Norwegian sea monster in Norse mythology, implying that the Royal Navy will blockade the North Sea like the "Kraken" and pull the German naval warships that dare to oppose them into the North Sea abyss.

It is a pity that the German High Seas Fleet was so powerful that instead of being dragged into the sea by the "Kraken", it violently beat the "Kraken" and cut off several of its tentacles.

"There is no time, it will take at least 2 weeks for us to assemble a fleet, and the Germans are fully capable of launching and resolving the Norwegian campaign in these two weeks, and after they gain Norwegian land, they will definitely deploy a powerful roadbed air force in Norway to deter the entire North Sea and ensure the safety of their North Atlantic outlets." Churchill shook his head and said, "We have lost the opportunity to completely blockade the North Sea." ”

"Can the Germans solve Norway in 2 weeks? And what if our support forces arrive without incident? Sir Pound asked, "I have arranged for the transport ship to be coordinated, and the troops supporting Norway can leave for Norway at once." ”

"When I say that Norway will be dealt with within 2 weeks, I mean counting our troops." Churchill said helplessly, "Without the support of the naval forces, how can we repel the two-sided attack of the German-Finnish army on land with only 300,000 allied troops?" You tell us to disband the assembled transport fleet and cancel your support for Norway. ”

"Disbanding the transport fleet? And what about the 50,000 Polish troops who had already arrived in Norway? ”

"We don't have the ability to take care of them, before the Mediterranean Fleet arrives on the mainland, we can't just rely on some old ships of the Mediterranean Fleet to defeat the cutting-edge German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea, but we can't defeat the German High Seas Fleet, and no matter how many transports we go, we can only send them to death." Although Churchill was extremely unwilling, he had to admit that under the threat of Germany's powerful naval aviation, the North Sea, which was originally the backyard of the Royal Navy, had completely belonged to the Germans.

"Well, well, it looks like we're going to abandon our Polish allies again." Sir Pound sighed, stood up and walked out of the Prime Minister's House, heading to the Admiralty to carry out Churchill's orders.

"And what can be done about it, who made the cabinet after the last war so stupid? came up with two naval treaties, but in the end they cheated themselves. Churchill looked at Sir Pound's departing back, grumbled to himself, and then turned to the secretary beside him and ordered, "Inform Congress that I will hold an urgent meeting in the afternoon on the construction plan of the new warship!" ”

On the evening of the same day, Berlin, Germany, the Führer's estate.

Lyon and Sofia usually prefer a quiet environment, so the Führer's estate never holds any drinking parties or anything like that, at most some guests will visit.

But tonight is a special case, Lyon held a rare reception in the manor tonight, inviting all the German military and political leaders, but this party was held to celebrate the victory of the High Seas Fleet over the old enemy British Royal Navy, so these usually high-ranking military and political officials are only supporting roles tonight, and the protagonists are the combat heroes of the High Seas Fleet in this battle.

"Albrison, the ladies in the capital are more beautiful than the nurses on our ship." Ansel leaned against a pillar and smiled at the girls in beautiful dresses around him, and said to Albridson on the side.

"I bet you wouldn't have dared to say that if Mia were here." Albridson also stared intently at the beautiful girls around him.

"Mia? Mia, I can't believe that her suitors can be lined up from the medical cabin all the way to the flight deck. Ansel pouted.

While the two were chatting, a tall girl walked in front of the two and smiled when she saw the two in naval aviation uniforms.

"Wow! It's beautiful! Ansel was amazed by the girl's smile on her back.

"yes, it's beautiful." Albrison, who is usually a little dull, was also attracted to the eyes, and said, "I also saw her smile at me." ”

"Obviously smiling at me!" Ansel smiled and bumped Albridson on the shoulder, then straightened his brand-new Naval Aviation uniform, and said, "Hey, Albrison, you said that if I went and invited that girl to have a drink, would she say yes?" ”

Listening to Ansel's question, Albridsen did not answer him, but looked behind Ansel, nervously stood up straight, stretched his right hand forward, saluted, and shouted: "Long live the Führer!" ”

"Poof!" Ansel smiled, "You don't want to answer me, you don't have to lie to me like that, do you?" ”

"I think she'll promise you." Behind Ansel came a voice familiar to all Germans.