The day after Naval Review ended, Oscar and von Kidron Wachth boarded the "Nassau" Battleship and set off back to Germany. Prince Edward rushed to the pier in person to see them off, which demonstrated the friendship between British-German and the two countries.
British Navy and Naval Review are undoubtedly shocking. The whole world was shocked and shocked by the powerful strength shown by Royal Navy. Some countries even firmly believe that British Empire is the most powerful country on the planet.
Of course, some countries have decided to increase investment in the navy because of this. For example, Americans on the other side of the ocean is wealthy and has enough financial resources to carry out an arms race. The small countries in the East also strengthened their belief in developing their navy. They have many similarities with Britain. Since the Britain people can become world hegemons in one fell swoop, they believe that they may also become the next British Empire.
As for Oscar, we can see that British Empire is strong on the outside and strong on the inside. In the past, British Empire dominated the world. If someone was dissatisfied, just send a powerful navy to teach the opponent a lesson. But now, looking around, Britain, which has begun to decline, can only use Naval Review to show off its force to frighten other countries and consolidate its position.
What's more, Germany has already determined the goal of overthrowing Britain and replacing him. How can he be frightened by the show of force by Britain? Britain people participate in the battleships of Naval Review. Except for the cutting-edge dreadnoughts, the rest are just old Pre-dreadnought. For Germany, this is no threat at all. As long as German Navy defeats Britain in terms of dreadnoughts, British Navy's remaining Pre-dreadnought will be completely at their mercy.
After representatives and special envoys from various countries left Britain, Britain's society gradually returned to calm. Although, König has been replaced. But it has no impact on the political situation of Britain. Monarch Under the constitutional system, König's power has been greatly compressed, and there is not much real power at all. The power of the country is almost always in the hands of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister.
British Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith held a Cabinet meeting. Among the previous Cabinet, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. After the term of the previous Prime Minister expired, he successfully became British Prime Minister.
However, Prime Minister Asquith does not think that the position of Prime Minister is a good job. While others were serving as Prime Minister, Britain was able to bring peace to the world and dominate the world. However, when he served as Prime Minister, the situation was becoming increasingly tense. The Germany people are becoming more and more aggressive at sea and want to challenge the Britain people's maritime hegemony. On the other side of the ocean, Americans ranks first in the world in terms of industrial output, and is also unwilling to be just an industrial power instead of a world-class military power. Despite winning over France and Russia, Prime Minister Asquith is still not sure of victory in the future war.
Then King George V ascended the throne and held a grand Naval Review to shock other countries. This was Cabinet's decision.
"Gentlemen, how is the effect of our Naval Review this time?" Prime Minister Asquith asked excitedly.
"Prime Minister, our Naval Review, the effect is very effective. At least, many countries are stunned by Royal Navy." First Sea Lord McKenna said with a smile on his face.
"Very good, very good. This is the result we want. Let the whole world know that Royal Navy of the British Empire is still the most powerful navy in the world. Any attempt to provoke British Empire will be crushed by the powerful Royal Navy." Prime Minister Asquith said excitedly.
"Prime Minister, our French allies and Russian allies, are envious of Royal Navy's strength. They also want to build a powerful navy." Foreign Minister Edward Sir Gray said.
"No, no! The mission of French and Russians is to develop the army and contain the Germany people on land. The task of developing the navy and defeating German Navy will be undertaken by Royal Navy. I believe that Royal Navy will complete this task well." Prime Minister Asquith said with a smile. The power of Royal Navy allowed him to find confidence, and the hegemony of mission British Empire is still impregnable.
"Yes, what Prime Minister said is right. The powerful Royal Navy can definitely beat Germany people to the point of peeing and making teeth. Just like the original Spain people and Dutch, like French, was defeated by us time and time again. No one can take away the sea power from the British Empire," said Colonial Secretary Lewis Vernon Harcourt. The reason why Britain was able to seize so many colonies around the world is inseparable from the power of Royal Navy. Without a powerful navy, Britain's colonies might have been seized by others long ago.
Almost all the ministers laughed. Everyone was very optimistic about the future situation, believing that Britain would definitely be able to defeat Germany and other enemies and defend their world hegemony.
However, among the many Cabinet Ministers, one person did not have a smile on his face, and his mind was not dazzled by the success of this Naval Review. This person is Churchill. Although now he is Home Secretary of Cabinet, but before becoming Home Secretary, he was also First Sea Lord. He knows the situation of the navy very well.
"Prime Minister, gentlemen. Everyone seems to be too optimistic about the current situation. Maybe my words don't sound good. But that is the fact. If we are blindly arrogant, British Empire may face a disastrous defeat in the future. That will cause us to lose world hegemony. Lose hegemony and lose overseas colonies. To Will British Empire still be strong? I'm afraid it will be reduced from a world hegemon to a second-rate country. Therefore, we can't continue to be blindly optimistic. We must be vigilant and do our best to develop our military strength. Only in this way can we defend British Empire's Hegemonic Status!" Churchill said with a serious face.
Indeed, Churchill's words did not sound very good to other ministers, and many of them looked unhappy. They might even want to rebut it verbally if they could.
Prime Minister Asquith, but he didn't care about Churchill's words. He already valued Churchill very much, otherwise he would not have entrusted him with important tasks. If Churchill has unique insights, he is willing to adopt them.
"Mr. Churchill, do you have any suggestions?" Prime Minister Asquith asked.