At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Henry Brown. Campbell. Banavin heard British Admiral Secretary Fisher say that it was impossible for the British Navy to send many more warships to form a support fleet to join the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and nodded in agreement.

This decisive battle at sea between the joint expeditionary fleet and the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy made the British Navy and the navies of other six countries suffer too great losses, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has lost nearly half of the strength of the entire Entente and the Central Powers. The Commonwealth countries, as well as the British mainland, what to guard!

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banavin opened his mouth and said: "General Bridget's telegram is very clear, the Joint Expeditionary Fleet is already on its way back to Europe, and the next plan of the Navy will be decided after the Joint Expeditionary Fleet returns to Europe!" After all, in this naval battle, including our Royal Navy of the British Empire, the losses of the navies of various countries are too great, and whether we can compete with the Chinese Imperial Navy for control of the Asian seas can wait for our Britain to communicate with several other countries before making a decision. Now the main task of our Royal Navy of the British Empire is to recover its strength as soon as possible in order to deal with the subsequent battles. ”

Fisher let out a sigh of relief, relieved his extremely depressed mood after knowing the losses of the British Navy in this naval battle, and then said: "At present, there are 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships under construction in our British shipyard. Nearing completion, another 8 King George V-class dreadnought battleships are also beginning in the shipyard. At the same time, the keel was laid, which means that our British Navy currently has 16 super dreadnought battleships under construction. In addition, in many of our shipyards in the United Kingdom, there are a large number of other types of warships, including large fast armored cruisers, submarines, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats, etc., which are under construction, and if these warships can be built and entered service with the Royal Navy of the British Empire, it will be enough to make up for our losses in this naval battle. ”

The British Navy lost 15 dreadnoughts and 16 all-steel battleships this time, but the strength of the super dreadnoughts is not comparable to the dreadnought battleships, let alone the all-steel battleships. The commissioning of 16 super dreadnought battleships, not to mention making up for the losses of the British Navy this time, is enough to raise the strength of the British Navy by 2 steps.

However, after saying this, Fisher, as the British Secretary of the Navy, was still very depressed, if the British Navy did not suffer such a huge loss in this naval battle, and wait for 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships and 8 King George V-class dreadnought battleships to enter the naval service, then the British Royal Navy may have a chance to surpass the navy of the Chinese Empire and regain the position of the world's naval supremacy, but the reality is that 16 super dreadnought battleships are in service. The Royal Navy of the British Empire wants to overpower the Imperial Chinese Navy again, and it has become ethereal.

You must know that when you were building warships, people were not idle, according to the intelligence of the British Navy. There are 12 super dreadnought battleships currently under construction in the Chinese Empire, and all of them are of the same class, according to the latest intelligence. The Chinese Empire has now begun to build another era-spanning warship.

Fisher continued: "According to intelligence, the navy of the Chinese Empire. There are currently 12 super-dreadnought battleships that may be nearing completion, and the navy of the Chinese Empire is preparing to begin construction of a warship known as the Battlecruiser. And there are 12 of them, and at present these 12 battlecruisers have begun to lay keels and start building in the shipyards of the Chinese Empire, and the form of our British Navy is very not optimistic. ”

British War Secretary Henry Wiley frowned and asked, "Battle cruisers?" What kind of warship is that? ”

Fisher said: "This kind of battle cruiser is faster than the dreadnought battleship, the caliber of the main gun is not weaker than the dreadnought battleship, and it is thinner than the dreadnought battleship in armor, and the role of the battle cruiser can hunt large fast armored cruisers, because the main guns of the battle cruiser can already attack the large fast armored cruiser before it enters the range of the large fast armored cruiser." The battlecruiser can even fight against the battleship, and if it is not defeated, the high speed of the battlecruiser can also evade the pursuit of the battleship, which is a very good battleship. ”

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banervin sighed and said: "Our intelligence department has confirmed that the 12 battlecruisers of the Chinese Empire have begun to be built, and the 12 super dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire will be in service in about 1 or 2 months. ”

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banavin also already knew about the Imperial Chinese Battlecruisers, and he had already ordered the Admiralty to begin designing the British Navy's own battlecruisers.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, asked at this time: "Our 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships have also been built for a long time, I don't know when our 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships will be able to enter service in the Royal Navy?" ”

Fisher replied: "The construction of eight Orion-class super dreadnought battleships has entered the final finishing work, and with the simplistic sea trials, it will take about two to three months before they can enter the ranks of our navy one after another." ”

If there are no 12 super dreadnoughts of the Chinese Empire that are about to be commissioned, the service of these 8 Orion-class super dreadnoughts is definitely exciting news for the British, but now that more super dreadnoughts of the Chinese Empire are in service, the news that the 8 Orion-class super dreadnoughts are about to be put into service is only for the first time Marquis Lansdorne, who heard the specific service time, said: "That's okay, so that the gap between our Royal Navy and the Chinese Empire's navy is not too wide." ”

Fisher was speechless when he heard this. When did the dignified Royal Navy of the British Empire fall to such a point, but if there were really no 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships about to enter service with the British Navy. In terms of strength, the British Navy was outnumbered by the Navy of the Chinese Empire. Pull a long distance.

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banervon sighed and said: "This time our navy has lost so much, it stands to reason that we in Britain should increase the number of warships built, but at present, our British finances are in the midst of a large expansion of the naval and land forces, and now it is still in the war period with the Chinese Empire, spending money like water, there are too many places to use money, it is impossible to start a large-scale new shipbuilding plan immediately, and after the 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships are put into service, we will study the new shipbuilding plan of the navy!" ”

The Admiralty, Fisher, knew for a long time that Britain's finances were already a little tight. After all, the construction of eight King George V-class dreadnought battleships and a large number of other types of warships has just begun, and the scale of the British Army has been continuously expanded.

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banavin continued: "The naval battle is now a failure, we don't need to think about seeking a breakthrough from the sea in a short time, the current Russian city of Ufa is the key to this war, and the 200,000 troops that our British Army has added to the Russian battlefield will join the battle to defend the city of Ufa." It is hoped that we, the Entente and the Central Powers, will be able to achieve a vital victory in the city of Ufa. ”

War Minister Henry Wiley, Admiral Fisher, and Foreign Minister Marquis Lansdowne all nodded, and the naval battle was already such a situation, that is, the navies of the Entente and the Central Powers were fighting for their lives again. It is not possible to get out of the family to form a joint expeditionary fleet again with all the money in a short period of time, and now we can only see how the situation is in the land war.

And the city of Ufa on the Russian battlefield. It can be said that the most critical place in the current land war, there are now 420,000 German Army, 410,000 French Army, 170,000 British Army, 210,000 Italian Army, 240,000 Austro-Hungarian Army, and 230,000 Ottoman Turkish Army. and nearly a million Russian troops, all of whom gathered around the city of Ufa to resist the pace of the Imperial Chinese Army as it continued to advance into Europe.

And not long ago in Paris, France, the Entente and the Central Powers continued to increase troops on the Russian battlefield. The German Army promised to send another 1 million troops to join the Russian battlefield, the French Army promised 800,000, the British Army promised 200,000, the Italian Army promised 150,000, Austria-Hungary promised 450,000, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire promised 400,000, which means that another 3 million troops will join the Russian battlefield, and a large part of these 3 million troops will join the battle of Ufa City, and the British 200,000 Army will all rush to the vicinity of Ufa City, and at the same time Russia will step up the expansion of its army units, It is also constantly being transported to the area of Ufa City, which shows how important Ufa City is.

War Minister Henry Wiley sighed at this time and said: "After the defeat of the naval war, the situation of our British colonies in Asia will become more and more difficult, now Nepal and Bhutan have completely fallen, Burma is also occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army, and the remaining half is occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army, it is only a matter of time, those troops composed of Burmese people almost have no combat effectiveness in front of the Chinese Imperial Army, only India has a slightly better situation, in the two cities of Islamabad and Dhaka, Our army, relying on well-fortified fortifications, temporarily blocked the offensive of the Chinese Imperial Army, but after the defeat of the naval battle, the Chinese Imperial Army could land at any port in India and launch an attack on the hinterland of our India. ”

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banavin thought for a moment and said: "For the time being, we don't need to think about the landing of the Chinese Empire from the coast of India, the important thing now is to hold Islamabad and Dhaka, can we hold these two cities?" According to intelligence, outside these two cities, there is one main field army of the Chinese Empire, and the strength of the main field army of the Chinese Empire is very clear to everyone, if Islamabad and Dhaka are not held, then there is no need to wait for the army of the Chinese Empire to attack India from the sea, and our Indian battlefield will be over. ”

Henry Wiley said: "Our British Army has concentrated nearly 600,000 troops in Islamabad, 60,000 of which are the regular troops of our British Army, and in the city of Dhaka, our Army has also gathered about 650,000 troops, including 60,000 regular troops, in addition to we are trying to mobilize some more troops from other parts of India to support these two cities, but whether we can hold it, I dare not guarantee, after all, the combat effectiveness of the main field army of the Chinese Empire is there, and the Chinese Empire also has absolute air superiority." ”

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banervin sighed and said: "Our British, German and French fighter and air defense weapon technology integration plan has begun, but unfortunately the time is too short, there is no exciting news yet, I hope that the designers of the three countries can come up with new fighters and new air defense weapons as soon as possible, and stop letting the fighters of the Chinese Empire dominate the sky." ”

Henry Wiley continued: "India is now cut off from our British mainland, and I only hope that the officers and men of India can hold out under the attack of the Imperial Chinese Army and wait for the situation of the war to change. By the way, Prime Minister, after the defeat of the naval battle, we should also start to worry about Australia's problems, now that the navy of the Chinese Empire has no scruples, it is completely possible to transfer some warships to cooperate with the army and land in Australia, which will be absolutely devastating for Australia. ”

Prime Minister Henry. Campbell. Banervin shook his head and said: "Our British strength in Australia is too weak, even with Australia's own army, it is only a hundred thousand people and a few small warships, if Australia is landed by the army of the Chinese Empire, it is best not to let the Australian troops and the army of the Chinese Empire fight hard, the tactics of the Boers in South Africa can be used as a reference for the Australian troops." ”

Henry Willie nodded and said: "The Prime Minister's opinion coincides with mine, let Australia's British army and Australia's own army, implement the tactics of the South African Boers, can contain a lot of the forces of the Chinese Imperial Army in the vast Australian land, and it is also the best way to prevent the Chinese Empire from occupying Australia in a short time." ”

After a pause, Henry Willy continued: "In addition to Australia, New Zealand, which is not far from Australia, is likely to be attacked by the Chinese Empire, and the entire New Zealand has less than 10,000 British troops, plus New Zealand's own 50,000 or 60,000 troops, if it is attacked by the Chinese Empire, it seems that it will have to adopt the same tactics as Australia." (To be continued.) )