"In just one day, the North Atlantic defense line of the Entente was on the verge of collapse. The U.S. Navy was heavily damaged, and there were only 9 Super Dreadnoughts left in the entire Allied fleet in the entire Atlantic, and most of them needed to be repaired in the dock. The German Navy broke through the blockade of the North Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean by surprise. There is a direct imbalance in the balance of maritime power in the entire Atlantic region. If the German navy succeeded in inflicting heavy losses on the Allied maritime forces in the North Sea, then the outbreak of a major war in the Portuguese waters completely shook the foundations of the Entente to continue fighting, and the North Atlantic transport lines were already quite fragile. What is even more terrifying is that even if the United States and Britain launch new ships this year, the Allies will still not be able to regain their superiority at sea, and even if the Allies do not launch new ships, we will only be able to barely gain the upper hand in the second half of next year, and this is still a situation in which we will not make any mistakes at sea. After the end of the Battle of Portugal, Vice Admiral Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, said this in his report to the president, in a very unoptimistic tone.

Similarly, the defeat in this battle made Britain and France feel a bitter chill. After the Grand Fleet was heavily damaged, the American fleet was also defeated, and the Allied fleet in the Atlantic occupied an absolute advantage. This is tantamount to a sharp knife in the neck of Britain and France, which are extremely dependent on sea transportation lines. As long as the other party gently sends it forward, it will be fatal. Britain and France, which had already wanted peace talks, could not sit still at all, and in a private high-level meeting between the two countries, Britain and France expressed their willingness to back down. As for the United States? When it comes to this kind of fight, the Americans probably don't have the courage to continue fighting. With the sea lines in crisis, the United States, even if it has a strong industrial production capacity, will not be able to use it on the battlefield. Facing a war that is difficult to win. The United States has no intention of continuing to fight.

The Entente had already begun to think about how to end the game, and the Allies were also thinking about how to end the game instead of continuing to fight, in the eyes of ordinary people. In this battle, the Confederate Navy won a resounding 2-for-5 victory. There are also quite a few armored cruisers and destroyers of all kinds knocked out, and the whole sea is very good, so why not fight? In fact, if you look at it from the battleships with combat capabilities, the result of this naval battle was 3 for 5, although the battleship Bismarck sank, but the boiler room and engine room were damaged. The underwater part is damaged, and it also brings 5,000 tons of seawater, which is even more tragic. The port he docked in was not capable of repairing such a huge warship, so it could only be repaired simply, and if it was to be towed back to Italy by tugboat, it had to be said. It's a daunting task! So in a short period of time. The Allies had only 12 capital ships at their disposal. This sentence is like playing chess, when the battle is at the end, any chess piece is precious. Moreover, naval battles are the easiest to leak, and they will lose all the games if they are not careful. When the battle is fought to this point, the Allies dare not guarantee that they will continue to fight and they will always win! What's more, the entire Allies did not have a single new ship, except for two more Bismarck-class battleships that Germany could put into service in 1919. The stamina is completely gone.

From the perspective of national strategy, the vast majority of the members of the Allied Powers at this time had already achieved the purpose of participating in the war. Italy was content to acquire land in the Balkan region and part of it from Austria-Hungary, and as for Africa, Libya's colonies were expanded to the extent that it could acquire part of the land even if it could not completely eat Algeria. There are also parts of Egypt. Needless to say, Austria-Hungary became a completely Austro-Hungarian territory. In turn, a large amount of land was acquired from Russia. Turkey did not lose either, not only retaining its original territory, but also gaining territory in the Crimea and Transcaucasia, and greatly increasing its strength. Spain was also pleased that the Spanish Sahara had been enlarged and that Germany had agreed to give Spain security guarantees. The fortress of Gibraltar was also taken. There is even hope for some benefits from Portugal. Although he can't compare with other countries, who let him join too late? One pays, one gains.

As for Germany, the boss of the Allied powers, it has already made money from Eastern Europe, and it is clear that it is difficult to push off the Western Front immediately. What do you say about the Army? Germany is powerful, but Italy and Austria-Hungary are not powerful. Although the US and British armies are not top-notch, they are also strong, and the United States is beginning to get better. It doesn't make much sense to hit this kind of Cheng dù anymore. Therefore, even after winning the Battle of the Atlantic, Germany still did not change its original strategy, and still aimed to end the war as much as possible. Of course, the specific conditions can be changed according to the situation. The five-year war brought Germany not only a drain on its national strength, but also a large loss of population.

On the other side of the globe, there is a group of people watching the situation in Europe. "We have acquired the land, and the remaining task is how to build this land, and the additional millions of square kilometers of land are still too big for the current Huaxia, and it is difficult to completely eat it in a few decades with our industry alone. So we need products and machinery from other countries. And in order to get these things, I think the first thing I have to do is get them to stop fighting! Xu Jie said half-jokingly at a high-level meeting in China.

There is an old saying in China that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country. This sentence is very reasonable, and Xu Jie has to add a sentence that it is more difficult to build a country! Look at Xu Jie's plane, starting from Tsarist Russia, Russia has been controlling and preparing Siberia for hundreds of years, but what is the result in the 21st century? In the same way, in the current era of very low level of productivity, even if China has a relatively sufficient population, the large amount of capital and industrial products required for various infrastructure construction is not what China can provide, or even what any country can provide now! Occupation by force is only the first step, building it well, bringing benefits, and finally firmly controlling it is the most important thing! So, the First World War had to end. Huaxia needs to import some industrial products to develop the newly acquired land!

So, after the end of the Battle of Portugal, everyone began to think carefully about how to end the war, but everyone understood that the treaty to be signed was just a truce, and neither side achieved their ultimate goal, Britain and France not only failed to destroy the great enemy of Germany but made him stronger, and although Germany gained a lot of benefits, it also failed to achieve the goal of defeating France and dominating the whole of Europe, and even the United States was on the side of the enemy. Wilhelm II's ambition was not realized, and he was still a little unwilling!

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