At the Naval Ministry in the United States, the newly appointed Secretary of the Navy, Charles Edison, summoned the American Navy's senior commanders to discuss the naval battle between the Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet and the German Navy Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet.
Although the United States had not yet entered the war, the upper echelons of the US government and military knew that their involvement was only a matter of time. Thus, learning more about the German Navy's true strength would help the American Navy defeat it in the future war.
"Gentlemen, what do you make of the naval battle between the Island Nation and Germany? If it were us, could we defeat the Germans? Or rather, what should we watch out for when we fight them in the future?" Secretary Edison asked.
No one believed the figures released by the Island Nation government. Given the United States' influence in the Island Nation, they could obtain the most accurate data. They even knew the detailed course of the entire naval battle like the back of their hands.
Once the United States entered the war in the future, it would have only one objective: thoroughly defeat Germany. Only then could it break free from its current predicament. If it lost the war, the United States might cease to exist. Given Germany's attitude toward the United States, it would never allow a nation that posed such a massive threat to Germany to continue existing. Therefore, the United States had to defeat Germany in the future war. Otherwise, it would have no future.
"Mr. Secretary, according to the real figures we obtained, the Island Nation Navy lost four aircraft carriers, nine capital ships, and large numbers of cruisers and destroyers in this battle. Two more capital ships were severely damaged.