"General, Washington's order. Sent by the President himself." Admiral Fletcher's secretary handed Telegram to him.
Admiral Fletcher took Telegram and finished reading it quickly.
"It's time to end this farce!" Admiral Fletcher sighed.
Indeed, in his opinion, this was a farce. All the elite forces of American Navy were dispatched just to give an explanation to the domestic people. This is undoubtedly difficult for these naval generals to accept. As a soldier, their bounden duty is to fight for the benefit of the country. But now, they look like clowns. This is undoubtedly very sad.
However, Admiral Fletcher can also understand Woodrow? President Wilson's choice. Who makes the current American Navy so weak? Although, their navy is already considered a world-class powerful navy. However, in front of German Navy, he undoubtedly appears weak. If a war started now, they would have no chance of winning. In order to preserve their strength, they had to choose to retreat.
"Order the fleet to prepare to retreat. After twenty minutes, start turning." Admiral Fletcher ordered.
"Yes, General." The staff officer couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Admiral Fletcher finally issued such an order. Obviously, the officers inside American Navy are not willing to actually break out into a battle with German Navy. Because they know there is no chance of winning.
German Navy raiding fleet, always be wary of American fleet. American fleet's unusual movements naturally cannot be hidden from them.
"General, there is something unusual at Americans." said a staff officer.
"What?" Vice Admiral Spee immediately grabbed the telescope and looked at American fleet. But then he breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he thought Americans wanted to make a dangerous move and launched an attack on them. But now it seems that Americans does not seem to mean this.
"Don't worry, Americans seems to be unable to hold on any longer and is about to retreat. We won this battle." Vice Admiral Spee said with a smile on his face.
Indeed, in this confrontation, Germany still won. After all, Americans is no match for Germany, and he doesn't dare to continue the confrontation like this. He even didn't even have the courage to help Britain people hold back part of German Navy's power. I don't dare, Vice Admiral Spee can understand. After all, if Americans really did that. Once German Navy's main force has eliminated British Royal Navy, the next target to attack must be American Navy. With American Navy's little strength, he simply couldn't withstand German Navy's attack.
"Report to the country!" Vice Admiral Spee ordered.
"Yes, General." The staff officer immediately went to send Telegram.
When Oscar, Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz and others received the news of American fleet's retreat, they couldn't help but laugh.
"Crown Prince, it seems that Americans has made a choice. Britain people have been abandoned. So, next we only need to deal with Britain people." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said with a smile. However, there was obvious regret on his face.
Oscar knows that Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz regrets that Americans does not have the courage to fight German Navy. In that case, maybe they can achieve greater results.
"Your Majesty Marshal, although we have no chance to fight the Americans this time, we will definitely have a chance to defeat them next time. The Americans will not just watch the empire become the world's hegemon. They will definitely challenge the empire. Likewise, If the empire's world hegemony is to be stable, it must suppress the United States. Therefore, the conflict between our two countries is bound to be a war in the future, and the scale of the war in the future may be larger than it is now."
"Your Highness, I believe that under your leadership, Empire will be able to win the final victory. Even Americans will never be able to withstand Empire's progress." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz is very confident in Oscar.
Oscar nodded. Although Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz has great confidence in him, the key point is that he does not have that much confidence in himself! Although, he is the future heir to the Imperial Crown Prince, Empire throne. However, Oscar knows very well that Wilhelm II has a very long life. If things go wrong, Wilhelm II will still be sitting on the throne of the emperor after the next war breaks out. And he is still Imperial Crown Prince.
"Your Excellency, now that Americans has retreated. Then, the Navy's plan for the Britain people can begin to be implemented. I believe that after Americans retreats, no one in our Prohibited Navigation Zone will dare to Challenge again. No one can change the fact that the Britain people are blocked. Maybe the Britain people themselves can't hold back and want to fight us. In that case, our chances of winning will be much greater," said Oscar.
"Yes, Crown Prince. There are only two ways for Britain people to die now. One is to be blocked and trapped by us and dragged to death. The other is to fight with us at all costs and strive to reverse the situation. However, with such a huge gap in strength, the final outcome is still doomed." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz seemed very confident about the future war.
Oscar nodded. According to the information they have received now, Capital Ships of British Navy has been completely suppressed by Imperial Navy in terms of quantity. British Navy The existing Capital Ships includes 5 'Revenge-class' Battleship, 5 'Queen Elizabeth-class' Battleship, 1 'King George V-class' Battleship, and four 'Orion-class'Z Battleship, two 'Colossus-class' Battleship, one 'HMS Neptune' Battleship, four 'St. Vincent-class' Battleship and four 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship, a total of 26 ships. Although in terms of quantity, there are two more ships than German Navy battleship. But in terms of performance, I'm afraid there is no comparison. Especially the first eleven ships are all equipped with 305mm Main Gun and Battleship. There are only 4 ships of German Navy equipped with 305mm Main Gun and Battleship.
In terms of Battlecruiser, British Navy has only one 'Tiger' Battlecruiser, two 'Lion-class' Battlecruiser, and one 'Indefatigable-class'Battlecruiser and two 'Invincible-class' Battlecruiser, a total of only six ships, equivalent to half of German Navy's Battlecruiser. Moreover, the performance is completely suppressed by German Navy.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Royal Navy has no chance of winning. What's more, German Navy also has powerful submarine forces and aircraft carriers to assist in the battle, which will make their chances of winning even higher.