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Winston Churchill, the Secretary of the Admiralty, has just sent the Prime Minister's Office back, and the current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for Britain. Russia did make peace with Germany, which made it no longer necessary for Germany to have to worry about fighting on two fronts. It was foreseeable that soon the Germans would launch a large-scale offensive on the Western Front. Whether the Anglo-French forces could withstand the German attack would be directly related to whether they could hold out in this war.

In such a situation, not only the French are arming more troops like crazy. At the same time, Britain was also trying to strengthen the expeditionary force, trying to withstand the future German attack.

And the British Navy has not yet come out of the heavy losses. Although, the 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships have already entered service, and the 'Vengeance-class' battleships are about to enter service. This allowed the British Navy to regain its strength compared to before.

However, Churchill was not at all optimistic about the future decisive battle at sea. Because he knew very well that even if the British Navy had ten more battleships armed with 381 mm guns, it would probably not be the match of the German Navy. Therefore, he could only pin his hopes on those battleships that would be built later. It's just that Germany obviously won't give them that much time. The German Navy was frantically strangling Britain's sea lines. All British merchant ships were either sunk or captured. As a result, Britain, which was extremely dependent on maritime trade, was already on the verge of death. If it weren't for the fact that American merchant ships had been transporting all kinds of supplies to Britain, perhaps they would not have been able to hold on a long time ago.

As if in order to further intensify the attack on Britain, the German Navy's submarines and broken fleets launched attacks on British fishing boats. As a direct result, the amount of seafood that Britain can obtain from the sea has dropped dramatically.

Britain is a highly industrialized country, and its domestic grain production is not high, and most of the food they consume comes from abroad. As an island nation, seafood is also an important food on the table of the British. In order to avoid famine after the sea transportation lines were cut off, the British government called on fishermen to increase their catches to ensure the domestic food supply.

But unfortunately, when more and more fishing boats were sunk by the Germans, it directly caused those fishermen to dare not go to sea again. Even if you go to sea, you just go around the sea, so how many fish can you catch in that case? This also makes the possibility of famine in Britain much more likely.

Prime Minister Asquith summoned the British cabinet ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"No, we can't let the Germans run rampant anymore. Otherwise, before our cutting-edge warships were built, Britain would have been dragged down. At that time, Britain will lose all the way in this war. The colonial system that the British Empire had been sustaining for centuries was about to collapse. Churchill muttered.

It would be best if the German Navy could be defeated in one fell swoop and the current crisis could be resolved. But it's a pity that the current Royal Navy simply doesn't have such strength.

"The Germans have a very strong fleet, especially with the presence of battlecruisers equipped with 380 mm guns, and even if we send 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships into battle, we may not be able to bargain. Since, there is no way to deal with the Germans' broken fleet, then find a way to deal with their submarines. If the submarines of the Germans could be dealt with, our threat would be much smaller! Churchill thought.

The share of the losses inflicted by the German Navy on British merchant ships was not the largest. It was those submarines that seemed inconspicuous that became the main force in cutting off the British sea transportation lines.

Especially with the German Navy in its hands, a large number of merchant ships and transport ships could be dispatched to supply these submarines and increase their stay in the ocean. These submarines, with their elusive attack methods, made people unguardable, and directly caused British merchant ships to pay great losses. A large number of British merchant ships were sunk by German submarines.

Although the German Navy's broken fleet was very strong, it was impossible to completely blockade the British coast because of its numbers. If the submarines of the German Navy can be solved, then the crisis in Britain can be alleviated to a certain extent.

Under such circumstances, Churchill gave an order directly to the British Grand Fleet, asking them to find a way to deal with the submarines of the Germans.

John? After receiving the order, Admiral Jericho also had a headache. The submarines of the Germans, hiding under water to attack, were not so easy to detect. Although, British scientists, developed sonar. However, the sonar of this period was extremely rudimentary, and it was not at all like the sonar of later generations, which could accurately locate underwater targets.

Therefore, the British Navy launched several attacks against German submarines, but did not achieve much success.

Although, from the outbreak of the war to the present, Germany has also lost more than a dozen submarines. But with the exception of a very few that were sunk by the British Navy, most of the rest were lost due to their own failures.

The loss of these submarines, in exchange for the cutting off of Britain's sea transportation lines, is undoubtedly worth the price.

In John? Admiral Jerichault came up with a battle plan for the British Navy in order to fulfill Churchill's orders. John? After seeing the plan, Admiral Jericho was very satisfied, and immediately flew to London to report the battle plan to Prime Minister Churchill.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is the battle plan we have come up with. The submarines of the Germans, who often surfaced, threatened our merchant ships with naval guns, surrendered to them. Unarmed merchant ships, many of which were captured under such circumstances. So, we can take advantage of this situation to ambush the German submarines, or rather, to set a trap for the German submarines, waiting for them to step in themselves. "John? Admiral Jericho said.

The British Navy planned to prepare twenty merchant ships. On these merchant ships, small-caliber rapid-fire guns were secretly arranged, and they were pretended to return to the British mainland from North America, or from the British mainland to North America. As soon as a German submarine surfaced and was ready to capture the British merchant ships, the British sailors, dressed in civilian clothes, manipulated the small-caliber rapid-fire guns to attack the German submarine and sink it.

There is no doubt that this is a very stupid approach. However, in the absence of other options, Churchill had no choice but to adopt such tactics.