"General, the Germans are beginning to evacuate." In the distance, the main force of the German High Seas Fleet, like a long dragon of steel, began to turn and release smoke, and under the smoke screen, the steel dragon accelerated towards the open sea, and the remaining auxiliary warships provided cover near the main fleet like dragon claws. "Do we continue the pursuit? The staff officer asked, looking at the silent Jericho.

"Let's go!" A few words spat out from the corners of Jericho's mouth. The Germans couldn't fight anymore, so why wasn't the British like that? Do you have to fight to break the net? In addition to the armored cruiser that was too low to catch up, Jericho also pressed his old roots, and the two sides played to a draw. This result is quite acceptable. If you do some more paper articles, the German fleet sank 4 superdreadnoughts, and lost 3 superdreadnoughts and 2 dreadnoughts themselves. Maybe it can be considered a victory by those media outlets. At least it is enough to deal with public opinion and the public. If it can end like this, why do you have to fight to the death? There is a saying in Europe that says don't stop the fleet coming home. It won't do you any better if you continue to fight.

Is Jericho cowardly? Not at all! By this time, Jericho had gone from being a general to being the architect of the British Royal Navy's strategy. In his eyes, now the two sides are not thinking about how to continue to beat each other to death, but how to end the game, whether it is at sea or on land! After three years of war, the Allies and the Entente suffered huge losses on both sides. The war had deviated from its original purpose, and there were even claims within the British that it could be stopped if Germany was willing to restore the pre-war borders. It's just that this establishment was suppressed by public opinion, and after the Americans joined, the Entente was once again full of confidence and was finally abandoned.

Now Jericho knows what the Royal Navy needs most. On the one hand, it is necessary to ensure the security of the British Empire itself, which is absolutely unshakable, and on the other hand, it is necessary to leave as much as possible for the Royal Navy, whether it is a warship or an experienced officer and men. The Germans ran out of navy, Germany would still be an army power, but if the British navy ran out. What is the UK? With the loss of maritime supremacy, this empire on which the sun never sets will eventually fall apart. Not to mention the Dominions that were attached to the British Empire. Even those colonies in the Indian Far East and Africa could not be saved. The world's first-class powers are not only Britain and Germany. The industrially developed United States and China, which has been demobilized and has been accumulating strength, are more terrible than Germany, and from a national strategic point of view, Jericho must always leave a sword that can be used in the British Empire!

As a result, in today's battle, it lost 2 percent of its combat strength. The loss of the War-Weary made Jericho's heart ache even more. After the war, Britain will definitely reduce its armaments significantly, and the only ones that can really be retained are these 15-inch artillery battleships and those super battleships that are being built on the slipway. So the war has been going on so far, Jericho really can't afford to fight, and he doesn't want to fight! As for how to go on the road ahead. Jericho also had a general direction. The battle was a battle of great attrition on both sides. The High Seas Fleet will not be able to go to sea again for at least four months, and in the case of the bitter war between Germany and China, it will cost a lot of resources and manpower to repair the big guys of the High Seas Fleet, and it is a question whether Germany can muster together so many resources in a few months, let alone go to war! So the probability of another large-scale battle in the North Sea this year is not very high.

"In the course of a few months, Majifen's American fleet should be able to defeat the Italians in the Mediterranean, right?" Jericho said in his heart that Magiffen was born in the Beiyang Naval Division, and the two sides also met in the Spanish-American War. This man is indeed a talent. Let him defeat the Allied Mediterranean Fleet with an advantage, according to which it is not a big problem. As long as the situation in the Mediterranean is stabilized, the American fleet can move north to defend the North Sea with the British fleet. At that time, Jericho was not afraid of the German High Seas Fleet at all, and in Jerichault's view, Britain had finally survived the most critical moment, of course, this had a premise that the Mediterranean Sea would not make any more moths.

After the battle, Jericho was in a good mood, but Scheer was different, although the losses on both sides were about the same, but Jericho achieved his goal. Blocked the attack of the High Seas Fleet, but Scheer did not accomplish his goal, well, this goal may be too high, and it would have been an almost impossible task to inflict heavy damage on the British Grand Fleet and force Britain out of the battle. Even with 6 refurbished super dreadnoughts, it won't work, because the Germans know how to improve, and the British are not stupid, and they also know how to strengthen, but Scheer didn't expect that the original British super dreadnoughts who were originally hung and beaten were actually angry. Three strikes and five divided by two will take out two German capital ships.

"It seems that the war will not be won in a short time." Scheer looked at the William Harbor in the distance, which was becoming clearer and clearer, and his heart was quite melancholy. The Kaiser began to put treasure on the army, but the army only invaded the French mainland but did not completely defeat France, and then pressed the treasure on the navy, and the high seas fleet only fought to a draw. Table xiàn is even inferior to the army! After the United States entered the war, the balance of strength between the two sides can be described as one or the other's strengths, and the victory on the sea surface has become somewhat far away, although the army side seems to be able to take Paris as long as it makes efforts, but it is uncertain whether the French will surrender after taking Paris, and the specific implementation only seems easier said than done, and the damage caused by the fighting at the beginning of the year on both sides cannot be recovered now, and after the war with China, Germany's imports of various resources have fallen rapidly. The ability to make blood has also been greatly affected.

"We have only two ways to go, the first is to stop the war, and the second is to repair relations with Huaxia to regain supplies, and then defeat the opponent." Facing the Admiral Tirpitz, who came to greet the High Seas Fleet, Scheer said bluntly. Originally, there was another way to continue the original strategy and then lose the war, but after thinking about it, such words were too damning. So forget it.

Originally, Tirpitz was not very satisfied with Scher's performance, the emperor and he were full of hope for this battle, even if they could not achieve a decisive victory, at least they could gain the advantage on the field, but the battle summary on the telegram was a draw, and the German navy and the British had always taken advantage of the battle for more than 3 years, and this time, when the British concentrated on playing to the fullest, the German navy was not able to completely overwhelm the opponent after all.

However, Tirpitz could not blame Scheer and his men, and when he saw the scar High Seas Fleet struggling back into port, he knew that Scheer and the others had done their best. In this head-to-head collision with no fancy, neither side made any obvious mistakes, and the victory or defeat was only related to strength. Neither side has the power to completely overwhelm the opponent. It makes sense to get such a result.

"The Emperor is ready to reward the warriors of the navy in Sanssouci Palace, who deserve to be called the Great Wall of the German Sea." Tirpitz paused and continued: "But after the ceremony, you can't go home yet, there's a meeting that will be attended by the Army and Navy and the Prime Minister. The Army, for its part, has already expressed its concern about the future of the war. The situation in our Navy is also not very good. So there has to be some flexibility. The last few words Tirpitz had already lowered his voice.

"Flexible? What does it mean? Shake hands with the Entente and make peace or ease relations with China? Scheer said in his heart, but soon, Scheer gave up on the first idea, the arrogant emperor would not shake hands with his opponent when he had the advantage on the field, even if the actual situation was not as good as it seemed. Compromise with China was the most likely option, given the traditional friendship between the two countries, and if he was to fool himself, the Kaiser could see it as repairing relations between the two countries rather than as oppression. However, according to Tirpitz, Schell also quickly sensed that the Kaiser had not made up his mind now. It's just that the people below now think that it's time to ease the relationship between the two sides, and the army is like this, and if the navy beats the side drum again, this matter may really be possible.

"Understood, Mr. Minister, the time has indeed come when the Empire is at stake. Our navy also needs to obtain a large amount of supplies from China. We should and must convince His Majesty to restore relations with China, and let the Russians settle their own affairs. Scheer nodded.

"The telegram says that we lost a valuable King-class battleship because of the torpedo machines of the British?" Seeing Scheer has already understood. Tirpitz asked in a different direction. If the Elector had not been lost, then this high seas fleet sortie had indeed been a victory. But at the last moment, because of the turmoil of the Golden Air Force, the war turned from a victory to a draw. Moreover, Tirpitz also keenly felt that the future war would no longer be a battle between the two sides on the ground and at sea, and with the addition of the air force, the form and mode of war would undergo fundamental changes, so he was very concerned about this.

"That's right, we're fighting on the other side's doorstep, within range of their land-based aircraft. The British could already equip their planes with torpedoes, and we did not have any aircraft that could take on tasks against the sea. It is said that in the field of engines we have a bigger gap with each other, and the best engines of the British are about 200 hp higher than ours. Scheer said with a stern face.

"That's a problem. Neither we nor our allies are inferior to our opponents in aviation, especially heavy attack aircraft. Our Giant-type bombers were also inferior to the British V1500. Tirpitz thought for a moment and said. In the future, our Navy needs an independent air force. ”

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