Just as Churchill was getting tired of waiting, there was a knock on his office door. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 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 to do?

"Come in!" Churchill shouted out the door.

The secretary then pushed open the door and walked in, and Churchill looked at the secretary's face, trying to see something wrong with his face. Churchill could clearly feel that the secretary was pretending to be calm. But in fact, the horror in his eyes had completely betrayed him.

"Oh God! Could it be that this time the British Empire has failed again? However, we couldn't beat the Germans in the first place, and it was normal for us to lose. As long as we can inflict heavy losses on the Germans, then our plan will be realized. Churchill comforted himself. In his opinion, it was almost impossible for the British Royal Navy to defeat the German Navy. However, if you want to fight with the German Navy, it should not be a big problem. Therefore, Churchill was still somewhat optimistic about this naval battle. However, now after seeing the secretary's expression, he suddenly felt a little bottomless in his heart. He also vaguely felt that something unexpected had happened.

"Your Excellency, this is a telegram from the headquarters of the Grand Fleet." The secretary said.

Churchill nodded: "Put it here!" ”

As soon as the secretary put down the telegram, he turned and left, as if he wanted to flee from here. This stunned Churchill. But at the same time, it also made him guess something shrewdly, which made his heart continue to sink.

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

However, halfway through the telegram, Churchill's face turned pale. The loss of the Royal Navy in this naval battle in the telegram made his whole person deeply shocked.

"Damn, how could we lose so many ships? What the hell is going on? John? Jericho and David? What the hell are Betty guys doing? Churchill roared angrily.

22 battleships, 5 battlecruisers were sunk, and three more battleships and one battlecruiser were heavily damaged, plus those cruisers and destroyers sunk, the essence of the Royal Navy was completely destroyed in this battle. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Royal Navy. It can even be said that the backbone of the Royal Navy was broken in this battle.

The loss of so many warships certainly made the losses of the Royal Navy very large. However, no matter how much the battleship is lost, it can be rebuilt. Given the opportunity, with the shipbuilding strength of the United Kingdom, it is entirely possible to rebuild. Among other things, the battleships and battlecruisers that were being built overtime at the shipyards could restore the strength of the Royal Navy once they were commissioned, or even to the next level. Of course, the prerequisite was that Britain could afford to have the resources to build these ships. Otherwise, these ships could not be completed.

However, the Royal Navy lost so many elite sailors in this battle, even if it had warships, it would not be able to fully exert the combat power of these warships! So, for the Royal Navy, the blow is undoubtedly fatal. It's easy to build a battleship, but it's not so easy to train a qualified naval soldier. I don't know how long it will take for the elite sailors who 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. With the addition of those battered capital ships, the British Navy now has only 7 battleships and 1 battlecruiser, namely the battleship 'Dreadnought', the battleship 'Giant', the battleship 'Queen Elizabeth', the battleship 'Warweary', the battleship 'Warrior', the battleship 'Revenge' and the battleship 'Determination', and the battlecruiser 'Tiger'. Among them, except for the battleship 'Dreadnought', which was intact, the rest of the battleships were heavily damaged in naval battles, and if they wanted to regain their combat effectiveness, they had to stay in the shipyard for at least two months or more.

The remaining capital ships seem to be quite a few. But compared to the German Navy, it is already far inferior. Even, this made the British Royal Navy's ranking in the world fall from the first to the third or even the fourth. This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the British Empire, which has been the hegemon of the seas for hundreds of years.

"We lost so many capital ships, what about the Germans? It would be nice if the Germans could inflict the same amount of damage. In this way, we can rely on the numerous former dreadnoughts to compete with the Germans for sea supremacy. Relying on the number of former dreadnoughts, we may not necessarily lose to the British. Churchill thought. As if he had grasped the last straw, he hurriedly flipped through the next telegram to find the losses recorded on the German Navy.

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

"How is that possible? We lost so many capital ships, but only sank one battleship of the Germans, and severely damaged several of their capital ships. Twenty-seven to one! How did it come to this? Is the gap between us and the Germans already reached such a point? Such a battle loss ratio made Churchill completely speechless, and even made him a little desperate for the future.

Churchill was always a very strong-willed man. Otherwise, he would not have been valued by Prime Minister Asquith and would have become Lord of the Navy.

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

But now, the outcome of this naval battle has left Churchill with little confidence. It can be seen how big the blow of this defeat is to them.

"It's over, it's over. The Royal Navy never had a chance to turn the tables again. The British Empire will also lose completely in this war. At that time, the British Empire will probably cease to exist. Churchill muttered.

Obviously, this defeat of the Royal Navy was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the British Empire, making it even more difficult for them to win the war. In the event of defeat, the British Empire would cease to exist in the German way.