On the evening of March 22, British First Sea Lord Churchill, aboard a destroyer of Royal Navy, secretly left Britain and went to United States. There is only one reason for taking a destroyer, and that is that the destroyer is very fast and can cruise at a speed of nearly thirty knots. In this case, it only takes less than three days for Churchill to arrive at United States.
Originally, Prime Minister Asquith decided that British Ambassador to the United States would discuss the purchase of United States Battleship with Americans. However, Churchill refused. Churchill believes that it will be very difficult to convince US government to agree to sell those battleships to Britain. Ordinary diplomats simply have no way of doing this. Because it will involve many issues of exchange of interests between countries. An ambassador alone may not have that much power to talk to Americans.
Churchill is an important member of First Sea Lord and Cabinet of the British Empire. In addition, they are discussing the purchase of warships, so it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for him to take the initiative. Churchill also believes that he has the ability to persuade Americans to agree to their request.
Churchill goes to United States with the expectations of all members of British Cabinet. They all hope that Churchill's visit to United States will be successful. After all, forming the Three Kingdoms Combined Fleet and purchasing the battleship from Americans will be the most critical step. If you can't buy a battleship, even if the Britain, France, and Italy Three Kingdoms form Combined Fleet, they will definitely not be a match for the Germany people. So, if Churchill cannot succeed. Then, the entire plan has no chance of success.
As one of the major powers in the world, United States is also very concerned about the decisive naval battle between the two countries British-German. The naval battle between the two countries in British-German had just decided the winner. The United States stationed in the British Ambassador pavilion and some intelligence personnel immediately took action to find out the details of the naval battle. After Churchill received Telegram from Grand Fleet, Americans also almost figured out the entire naval battle. They immediately sent this information back to the country.
United States Secretary of the Navy Daniels, after receiving Telegram, everyone was stunned. American Navy also did a lot of analysis and War Game regarding the maritime duel between the two countries British-German. They believe that German Navy has undoubtedly taken a huge advantage. However, British Navy has been a maritime overlord for hundreds of years, and his background is undoubtedly very strong. Therefore, they predict that even if German Navy wins the final victory, it will inevitably pay an extremely heavy price.
Such a result is undoubtedly very beneficial to United States. German Navy, which suffered heavy losses, can no longer pose a threat to United States. And United States may also be able to take advantage of this opportunity and make some small moves behind his back to trick Germany.
As emerging powers, United States and Germany both hope to smash the world colonial system built by Britain, France and other countries and strive for more benefits for their countries. However, United States absolutely cannot allow Germany to win this war. Because a powerful Germany is more threatening to United States than a weak Britain and France.
If possible, United States even hopes to join Allied Powers in the battle to ensure the defeat of Germany. After defeating the Germany people's ambitions, they gradually replaced Britain and became the world's hegemon.
But it is a pity that Allied Powers's army performed too poorly in this war. United States also has no confidence that he can win the war after joining the war. For this reason, they naturally need to think about it carefully.
Coupled with the threat from Germany people to United States, United States had no choice but to remain neutral no matter how unwilling he was.
Therefore, US government is very concerned about this naval battle. If Germany loses, or Germany pays a heavy price, it will not be enough to block Britain. Then, United States's support for Britain will probably be restored immediately. But unfortunately, the result of this naval battle caused Americans to be slapped hard again. All their plans seemed so ridiculous in the face of German Navy's clean victory.
"God! How could the Germany people be so powerful? Haven't the Britain people been the maritime overlords for hundreds of years? How could they be defeated by the Germany people so easily? And the losses were so huge!" Minister Daniels couldn't believe this result at all.
He then asked people from the American Navy department to immediately contact Britain to confirm the authenticity of the information before reporting it to President Wilson.
An hour later, Minister Daniels finally confirmed that the information was true. This result made Daniels speechless for a long time.
"Germany people are too powerful, so powerful that Britain people were defeated so easily. It seems that Republic of America will never be able to start a war with Germany people before they are strong enough. Otherwise, we will definitely fail." Minister Daniels sighed.
Although the United States has strong industrial strength, its military strength is too weak. Even now they have realized this problem and have begun to strengthen their armaments. However, this cannot be accomplished overnight. Germany, while having strong industrial strength, also has the most powerful army and navy in the world. Its overall strength is undoubtedly much stronger than that of the United States.
Although, it is already evening United States Eastern Time. But Minister Daniels still got in the car and went to White House to report the relevant results of the British-German naval battle to Woodrow President Wilson.
"Your Excellency, just a few hours ago, Germany and Britain decided on the North Sea," Minister Daniels said.
Woodrow President Wilson nodded. "If I guessed correctly, the Germany people should have won! After all, their navy has too many advantages."
"Yes, Your Excellency. The Germany people have won this naval battle, which means that German Navy will replace British Navy and become the maritime overlord. Your Excellency, I suggest that we remain neutral in this war. Otherwise, once the Germany people are angered, the consequences will be very serious." Minister Daniels said with a serious face.
Woodrow? President Wilson was stunned for a moment, and then he thought of something, "What? Did the Germany people achieve a great victory?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, the President. The Germany people defeated the British Royal Navy at an extremely small cost. In this battle, the Germany people only had one Battleship sunk, and several other Battleship and Battlecruiser were severely damaged. However, they sank 22 Battleship and 5 Battlecruiser of the Britain people. In addition, they also severely damaged three Battleship and 1 Battlecruiser of the Britain people." Minister Daniels said.
Woodrow? President Wilson, his mouth opened so wide it could almost fit his fist.