Chapter 468: The Combined Fleet of the Three Kingdoms (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

Britain has the largest colonies in the world, from Africa to Asia to the Americas. Wherever the sun shines www.biquge.info there is their land. Therefore, Britain is also called the empire on which the sun never sets.

The rest of the world coveted Britain's vast colonies. In particular, Germany and the United States are the two emerging powers. By the time they rose, the world had almost been divided, and they just picked up a little bit that others didn't want. Watching Britain and France and other countries rely on their vast colonies to plunder a lot of wealth. And they can only work hard to develop industry and economy, which naturally makes Germany and the United States very unbalanced.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Americans chose the decaying and backward Kingdom of Spain as the target of their attack, taking Cuba and the Philippines from the Kingdom of Spain as their colonies.

Germany, on the other hand, has a greater appetite than the United States, and directly targets Britain and France. If Britain and France could be defeated in the war, then all the colonies belonging to these two countries would belong to Germany. This would catapult Germany to become the world's leading colonial power.

Although the industry of the United States is developed, its military power is far less powerful than that of Germany. Therefore, the Americans can only watch the war launched by Germany with envy. Of course, for the sake of the United States, the Americans naturally did not want Germany to win the war. In that case, a strong Germany would not do the United States the slightest. That's why the Americans will make small moves in private to support Britain and France against Germany. However, Britain and France are like Adou who cannot be supported, and even though the United States has invested a lot of money, they are still defeated on the battlefield. And seeing that they were about to be defeated, this naturally made the Americans very anxious.

British Prime Minister Asquith knew very well that the overseas colonies were the foundation of the British Empire and their most valuable asset. Without these colonies, the British Empire would have ceased to exist. However, in the face of losing the war, Prime Minister Asquith was willing to use these colonies as bargaining chips in exchange for more chances of victory for the British Empire.

"Churchill, we can transfer some of the colonies to the United States in exchange for their warships. However, I hope for the worst colony. Those core colonies of ours will never be able to give to the Americans. In addition, the Americans will definitely open their mouths. It was necessary to minimize the losses of the British Empire as much as possible. Prime Minister Asquith said.

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Churchill nodded. Prime Minister Asquith was able to relent, and he was very satisfied. At the very least, with the support of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, his plans can be carried out. If we could get those capital ships from the Americans, the Royal Navy would have the strength to face off against Germany once again.

"Your Excellency Churchill, the Americans only have 12 new battleships, and even if we add these 12 new battleships, we only have 20 capital ships, right? Compared to the Germans, the gap is still too big. "Secretary of War Richard? Haldan said.

"Yes! We had more capital ships before than the Germans, and none of them were able to defeat them. Not to mention that now we have fewer capital ships than theirs. What if you fail again? The Colonial Chancellor also questioned it.

Prime Minister Asquith immediately looked at Churchill, and he did not want to lose again after investing heavily in this time. In that case, it will undoubtedly be in vain.

"Your Excellency, the battleships of the Americans, unlike ours. Our battleships, which valued speed and firepower, despised defense. This design approach has been proven wrong. The Americans followed a design that valued defense and firepower and despised speed. This made the American warships, in terms of overall performance, supposed to be no worse than the Germans. We don't have to worry about those aspects when we fight the Germans. Churchill said.

"In addition, in addition to buying warships from the Americans, we can also ask the French Navy to cooperate with us in the war. The French Navy's capital ships have been commissioned so far, including four 'Colbert-class' battleships, three 'Brittany-class' battleships, and the first three 'Normandy-class' battleships. At a critical juncture like this, the French Navy should fight with us. If we are defeated, they will also fail. In this case, with the addition of ten battleships of the French Navy, we have thirty capital ships. At least in the number of capital ships, it is not much different from the Germans. Churchill continued.

"In addition to this, there is the Italian Navy. They also had several battleships, including the battleship Dante, three Count Cavour-class battleships, and two Duirio-class battleships. If the Italians can join in, then we will be able to assemble 36 capital ships. This is no less numerically than the Germans. In terms of quality, it is also not inferior to them. If we had a little better luck, it would not be impossible to defeat the Germans. "Churchill laid out the plans for his own multinational naval combined fleet.

In fact, before the battle began, Churchill was thinking about how to turn the tables around if the Royal Navy lost. Originally, he also expected the Royal Navy to inflict heavy casualties on the Germans even if it lost. But now it seems that the Germans are stronger than he thought. When he was about to abandon this plan for a while, he was unwilling to bow to the Germans and surrender to the Germans, so he decided to try this opportunity. This was already the only plan that could be thought of against the Germans at the moment.

British cabinet ministers were very interested in Churchill's plan. This was mainly due to the fact that they were also really unwilling to bow to the Germans. If the Germans can be defeated, even at a great cost, it will undoubtedly be worth it.

"It will be very difficult to buy warships from the Americans, and at the same time to unite the French and Italians." Prime Minister Asquith said.

"Your Excellency, no matter how difficult it is, as long as you can defeat the Germans, then everything will be worth it." Churchill said.

Prime Minister Asquith nodded, then looked at the other cabinet ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think you can give it a try. After all, even if it fails, it won't be worse than it is now. "Secretary of War Richard? Haldan said.

The other ministers also chimed in. In their opinion, the current situation is undoubtedly the worst. It couldn't get any worse than that.