Just when Churchill was getting impatient with waiting, there was a knock on his office door. Suddenly, Churchill was shocked all over. At the same time, I also felt a little uneasy. After all, he was worried what if it was bad news? What to do?
"Come in!" Churchill shouted to the door.
The secretary then opened the door and walked in. Churchill looked at the secretary's face, trying to see some problems on his face. Churchill could clearly feel that the secretary was pretending to be calm. But in fact, Panic in his eyes has completely betrayed him.
"God! Did British Empire fail again this time? However, originally we couldn't defeat the Germany people, so failure is normal. As long as we can severely damage the Germany people, then our plan will be realized." Churchill comforted himself like this. In his opinion, it is almost impossible for British Royal Navy to defeat German Navy. However, if you want to fight German Navy to the death, then it shouldn't be a big problem. Therefore, Churchill is still somewhat optimistic about this naval battle. However, now after seeing the secretary's expression, he suddenly felt unsure. He also vaguely felt that something unexpected had happened.
"Sir, this is Telegram from Fleet Headquarters." The secretary said.
Churchill nodded. "Put it here!"
After the secretary put down Telegram, he immediately turned around and left, as if he wanted to escape from here. This made Churchill stunned. But at the same time, this also made him astutely guess something, which made his heart sink.
"Alas! It seems that our losses this time will be greater than expected! However, reality is reality and no one can change it." Churchill sighed, then picked up Telegram on the table and read it carefully.
However, Telegram had only seen half of it, and Churchill's face turned pale. The loss of Royal Navy among Telegram in this naval battle deeply affected him.
"Damn, how come we lost so many battleships? What is going on? What are those two guys John? Jellicoe and David? Beatty doing?" Churchill roared angrily.
22 Battleship and 5 Battlecruiser were sunk. In addition, three Battleship and one Battlecruiser were severely damaged. In addition to the cruisers and destroyers that were sunk, the essence of Royal Navy was completely destroyed in this battle. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Royal Navy. It can even be said that Royal Navy's backbone was broken in this battle.
The loss of so many battleships certainly caused Royal Navy to suffer a great loss. However, no matter how many battleships are lost, they can still be rebuilt. As long as there is a chance, with Britain's shipbuilding strength, it can be rebuilt again. Apart from anything else, once Battleship and Battlecruiser are being built overtime in the shipyard, once they are put into service, they will be able to restore the strength of Royal Navy, or even take it to a higher level. Of course, the prerequisite is that Britain has the ability to obtain the resources to build these warships. Otherwise, these battleships would not be completed.
However, Royal Navy lost so many elite sailors in this battle. Even if we have battleships, we cannot fully utilize the combat power of these battleships! Therefore, this blow is undoubtedly fatal to Royal Navy. It is easy to build a warship, but it is not so easy to train a qualified naval soldier. I don't know how long it will take for the elite sailors lost this time to recover.
Although Churchill knew that British Navy would definitely lose this time, he never thought that he would lose so miserably. Including those Capital Ships and British Navy that were severely damaged, there are now only 7 Battleship and 1 Battlecruiser, namely the 'Fearless' Battleship, the 'Colossus' Battleship, and the 'Queen Elizabeth' Battleship, 'Warspite' number Battleship, 'Valiant' number Battleship, 'Vengeance' number Battleship and 'Determination' number Battleship, and 'Tiger' number Battlecruiser. Among them, except for the Dreadnaught Battleship, which was intact, the rest of the warships were severely damaged in the naval battle. If they want to restore their combat effectiveness, they will have to stay in the shipyard for at least two months or even longer.
There seem to be a lot of these Capital Ships left. But compared with German Navy, it is far inferior. In fact, this caused British Royal Navy's ranking in the world to drop from first to third or even fourth. This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the British Empire, who has been the maritime overlord for hundreds of years.
"We have lost so many Capital Ships, where are the Germany people? It would be great if we could also cause the same amount of losses to the Germany people. In this case, we can rely on the many Pre-dreadnought, let's compete with the Germany people for sea control. With Pre-dreadnought's numbers, we may not lose to the Britain people," Churchill thought. As if he had grasped the last straw, he quickly looked through the next Telegram, trying to find the losses recorded on German Navy.
However, when he found the relevant content, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"How is it possible? We lost so many Capital Shipss, but only sunk one Battleship of Germany people, and severely damaged several of their Capital Shipss. Twenty-seven to one. Ah! How could it be like this? Has the gap between us and the Germany people reached this point? "Such a battle loss ratio made Churchill completely speechless, and even made him a little desperate for the future.
Churchill has always been a very determined person. Otherwise, he would not be valued by Prime Minister Asquith and become First Sea Lord.
Even when Royal Navy was at a disadvantage, Churchill did not lose heart, but actively tried to find ways to get Royal Navy out of trouble.
But now, the result of this naval battle has made Churchill no longer confident. It can be seen that this failure dealt a huge blow to them.
"It's over, it's completely over now. Royal Navy will never have a chance to make a comeback. British Empire will also completely lose this war. By then, British Empire will probably cease to exist." Churchill murmured.
Obviously, Royal Navy's failure this time was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the British Empire, making it even more difficult for them to win the war. Once it fails, British Empire will definitely cease to exist based on the way Germany behaves.