While the Germans were lamenting the battle off the coast of Forth that had just ended, the Allies were rejoicing. Rejoice at the success of the Grand Fleet in repelling its opponents. Although from a tactical point of view, the losses of both sides are half a pound. After the battle, the strength of the British Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet was still evenly matched. However, it greatly boosted the morale of the Entente forces. Because in the eyes of the Allied high-level leaders, as long as there is no accident in the North Sea, then the US fleet, which has absolute superiority in the Mediterranean, can squeeze the Allied Mediterranean Fleet back in an orderly manner, and even directly lay mines and blockade the main military ports of the other side, and then recapture Egypt and the vital Suez Canal with the cooperation of the army. At this point, it almost completely cut off the opponent's foreign aid supply line. And without foreign aid, the defeat of the Allies was only a matter of time.

There are indeed some subjective elements in this series of inferences, such as underestimating the material base that Germany obtained from the occupied territories, and underestimating the combat power and mobilization level of the Central Powers. But it has to be said that the Entente had reason to rejoice. The entry of the United States into the war is enough to make a footnote to the strategy just now! In terms of manpower, tens of thousands of ships of various types could transport millions of tons of various supplies and about 300,000 American troops to Europe every month through the sea passage through the Guò Atlantic, and the transportation capacity of this powerful vessel has exceeded the consumption of the Entente countries. On the front line, freshly armed American GIs are also beginning to replace the exhausted French army, albeit with a hodgepodge of British, French, and Chinese weapons for the time being. But it doesn't matter, America's powerful industry can provide the Entente with enough weapons and ammunition as long as it passes through the transition period. Time was on the side of the Entente.

The strategic favorable situation allowed the Entente to focus on the war at hand. With more ideas, the reason is simple, the naval battle in the North Sea and the campaign in France have just ended. The Germans needed to be corrected and could not afford to launch a new offensive, and the Allies needed to replenish their forces in addition to the great attrition they had just experienced, and neither side would make any major moves for several months. In the Mediterranean, the U.S. fleet was slowly squeezing the Italians, and the other side had been avoiding war. Therefore, the Entente countries considered it necessary to lay out the world after the end of the war, and it was necessary to punish Germany, Italy, Austria and Turkey. But the Entente could not just look at these countries. The country that had just been built from the ruins of a collapsed empire and the great power of the Far East were the objects that they had to pay attention to.

"This warship is not over yet, but Huaxia has become the biggest beneficiary of this war. They sold arms and supplies to the warring parties in exchange for the money, technology, and political benefits they needed for development. By the way, they can also get a lot of territory from the collapsed Russia in the north. From then on, the number one power in the world was not necessarily Britain, but China. This country, which dominates nearly half of Asia, is a great threat to Britain, France, and China. "At a high-level meeting of the Entente, the representative of the United States made such a request. That is. How to limit the expansion of Huaxia!

Britain and France were not very enthusiastic about the Americans' proposals, for the simple reason that for the French, the interests of Southeast Asia were really limited, and after the end of the war, France, which was not particularly thick, could be said to have run out of oil. Even if Huaxia really did something to Indochina, what could the French do? Run away thousands of miles away and fight with Huaxia again? Isn't that looking for death? The British thought something about the same. Although Britain had great interests in the Far East, China after crossing the Strait of Malacca could directly threaten India, the most brilliant jewel in the crown of the British Empire. But the British knew that after the end of this war. For at least a decade or so, Britain will not engage in a head-on conflict with any major power.

Facing two allies who don't work well together. The final result of the discussion was after the end of the war. The plan to form an alliance to brush the Far East together was abandoned. But in any case, it is necessary to add some blockage to China, such as supporting a new Russian government to contain part of Huaxia's forces. And if the new Russian government wants to be able to contain this behemoth, then this new Russia must be strong enough. According to the opinion within the Entente, Russia could acquire most of the lost lands in Eastern Europe before the war, and at the right time the Entente could provide it with some assistance if the new Russian government offered it a succession. Of course, the exact time is to be determined.

Soon, however, the Entente found an "opportunity". According to intelligence, Germany seems to have suspended the repatriation of prisoners of war and the return of equipment, and for this reason, the Russian Provisional Government was in a very bad relationship with Germany. That is to say, the differences between the two sides have arisen, and this has provided an opportunity for the Entente, but there is a saying that both opportunity and crisis coexist, and in this case Germany must have given up its support for the Russian Provisional Government in order to gain something. Soon the top leaders of the Entente thought that this was a signal, a signal of warming relations between Germany and China! It didn't take long for Britain and the United States to get the news that China had resumed arms exports to Germany. Although China has not made any moves against the Entente for the time being, the news that Germany will also use this time to supplement still makes the leaders of the Entente feel terrible!

"Maybe it won't be long before we and the other party can use each other's ammunition, we use the equipment provided by Huaxia, and then fight each other." Pershing made a very cold joke when he got the news. However, before the United States industry could fully exert its strength, the large number of troops of the Entente still needed to be supplemented by the equipment provided by Huaxia. Moreover, judging from the reputation of the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, the infantry equipment provided by Huaxia is still much better than that of the French. One of the second lieutenants said that he would rather have one machine gun produced in China than three Shaosha machine guns! The latter is too prone to failure, and the performance is not too high or low. The range and firepower as a machine gun are not enough, and as a rifle it is too heavy, and a fireteam is needed to provide ammunition.

The situation in France and the North Sea theater can be summed up in terms of rest and accumulation of strength, while the Mediterranean theater has always been under the shadow of a sword. Under the command of Magifin, the American fleet crushed the Allied Mediterranean Fleet to the core. And step by step. If nothing else, the Allied fleet had only two options, one was to fight to the death, and the other was to be locked in certain ports as a storage fleet. But neither outcome could stop the U.S. Army's strategic attempt to sweep across North Africa and regain control of the Suez Canal. There are even quite a few who believe that the eventual collapse of the Allies will begin in the Mediterranean. First by sea, then by land!

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