Britain has the most extensive colony in the world, from Africa to Asia, and then to Americas. Wherever the sun shines, there is their land. Therefore, Britain is also called Empire on which the sun never sets.
Other countries in the world are all coveting the vast colonies of Britain. Especially Germany and United States, as two rising powers. By the time they rose up, the world had been almost divided, and they just picked up some scraps that others didn't want. Watching countries such as Britain and France plunder a large amount of wealth through their vast colonies. But they could only work hard to develop industry and economy, which naturally made Germany and United States feel very unbalanced.
At the end of the 19th century, Americans chose the decadent and backward Kingdom of Spain as the target of its attack, and took away Cuba and Philippines from Kingdom of Spain as its own colony.
Germany, on the other hand, has a bigger appetite than United States, and directly targets Britain and France. If Britain and France can be defeated in the war, then all the colonies belonging to these two countries will belong to Germany. This will make Germany become the world's number one colonial power.
Although United States's industry is developed, its military strength is far less powerful than Germany's. Therefore, Americans can only look at the war launched by Germany with envy. Of course, for the benefit of United States, Americans naturally does not want Germany to win the war. In that case, a powerful Germany will not be of any benefit to United States. Therefore, Americans will make small moves in private to support Britain and France against Germany. However, Britain and France is like Adou who cannot be supported. Even though United States invested huge sums of money, they still failed miserably on the battlefield. And seeing that he was about to be defeated, this naturally made Americans very anxious.
British Prime Minister Asquith knows very well that overseas colonies are the foundation of the British Empire and their most precious wealth. Without these colonies, British Empire would cease to exist. However, when the war was about to be lost, Prime Minister Asquith was also willing to use these colonies as bargaining chips in exchange for more possibilities for the British Empire to win.
"Churchill, we can transfer some colonies to United States in exchange for their warships. However, I hope it is the worst colony. Our core colonies absolutely cannot Give it to Americans. In addition, Americans will definitely open his mouth. We must reduce the losses of the British Empire as much as possible." Prime Minister Asquith said.
"Yes, Prime Minister." Churchill nodded. Prime Minister Asquith was able to let go, which made him very satisfied. At least, with the support of Prime Minister and Cabinet, his plan can continue to be implemented. If Americans can obtain those Capital Ships, Royal Navy will have the strength to compete with Germany again.
"Mr. Churchill, Americans only have 12 New-style Battleship. Even if we add these 12 New-style Battleship, we only have 20 Capital Ships, right? Compared with Germany people, the gap is still too big." Minister of War Richard Haldan said.
"Yes! We used to have more Capital Ships than Germany, but we couldn't defeat them. Not to mention that now we have fewer Capital Ships than them. What if we fail again?" Colonial Secretary also raised questions.
Prime Minister Asquith immediately looked at Churchill. He did not want to lose again after investing a huge amount of money this time. In that case, it will undoubtedly be in vain.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, American battleships are different from ours. Our battleships emphasize speed and firepower and despise defense. This design idea has been proven to be wrong. The Americans adopt a design that emphasizes defense and firepower and despises speed. This means that the overall performance of American battleships should be no worse than that of the Germans. When we fight the Germans, we don't have to worry about those aspects." Churchill said.
"In addition, in addition to purchasing warships from Americans, we can also ask French Navy to cooperate with us in combat. Capital Ships of French Navy has ten ships in service so far., including four 'Courbet-class (i. e. Courbet class)' Battleship, three 'Bretagne-class' Battleship, and 'Normandy-class' The first three ships of Battleship. At this critical moment, French Navy should cooperate with us in fighting. If we are defeated, they will also fail. In this case, plus the ten of French Navy. Battleship, we have thirty Capital Ships. At least the number of Capital Ships is not much different from that of Germany." Churchill continued.
"In addition, there are Italian Navy. They also have several Battleship, including the 'Dante' number Battleship, three ships' Conte di Cavour-class'Battleship and two ships'Duilio-class'Battleship if Italy people can join. If they come, we will be able to gather 36 Capital Ships. This is no less than the Germany in terms of quantity, and it is not inferior to them in terms of quality. If you have a little better luck, it is not impossible to defeat the Germany people." Churchill revealed his plans for the multinational navy Combined Fleet.
In fact, before this naval battle began, Churchill was thinking about how to make a comeback if Royal Navy lost. Originally, he expected that even if Royal Navy lost, he would still cause heavy casualties to the Germany people. But now it seems that Germany people are more powerful than he imagined. When he was ready to give up on this plan, he was unwilling to surrender to the Germany people, so he decided to give this opportunity a try. This is the only plan that can be thought of to deal with Germany people.
Britain Cabinet Ministers are very interested in this plan proposed by Churchill. This is mainly because they are really unwilling to bow to the Germany people. If you can defeat the Germany people, no matter how high the price is, it will undoubtedly be worth it.
"To purchase a warship from Americans, you also have to unite French and Italy, which is probably very difficult." Prime Minister Asquith said.
"Prime Minister, no matter how difficult it is, as long as you can defeat Germany, then everything will be worth it." Churchill said.
Prime Minister Asquith nodded, then looked at the other Cabinet Minister: "Everyone, what are your opinions?"
"Prime Minister, I think you can give it a try. After all, even if you fail, it won't be worse than now." Minister of War Richard Haldan said.
Other ministers also agreed. In their view, the current situation is undoubtedly the worst. It couldn't be worse than this.