"His Excellency Winston, do you have any good solutions?" Hearing Churchill's words, two fires of anticipation suddenly lit up in Studi's eyes, and he asked anxiously.

Churchill glanced at the Navy Chief of Staff, but there was no expression of joy on his face, saying: "Since the outbreak of the European War, the Allies have failed to win many times. The resentment and depression in the hearts of the British people have been accumulated in succession of defeats, so there are current protests and demonstrations throughout Britain. Therefore, we only need to find the victory we deserve in the Allies to ease the current situation."

"Is it an ally?" Studi asked suspiciously by keenly capturing the key in Churchill's words.

Churchill nodded slowly and said, "At present, the power of the German army's lineup has reached its peak. For a long time in the future, our army will not be able to compete with them head-on. Although the main force of the German navy has been dormant in the port for a long time, no one can doubt the huge power contained in this fleet. If you want to start from the Germans, the difficulty and risk will be great. However, other countries are different. Whether it is Austro-Hungary or Italy, its army and naval strength is hugely different from Germany. Heretics on the Asia Minor Peninsula are even more of a group of sick men and bad horses. Britain can easily crush them! In the next stage, we should first attack these countries so as to firmly grasp the Mediterranean in the hands of the Allies. If you want to kill a ferocious crocodile, you should avoid its sharp teeth and choose to hit its soft abdomen."

Studi said with some confusion: "But you, the current Britain seems to have no extra power to deploy to the Mediterranean. Forces from various federations such as India, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand need to be given priority to deploy to the French battlefield; the French are urgently needing our army to take over the northern defense line so that all their forces can be put into the competition in Paris. In the naval field, our main ships are so short that we can't even draw two Invincible classes to the Far East, so how can we reinforce the Mediterranean?"

"I am going to draw the main ships of the large fleet to rush to the Mediterranean to completely defeat the maritime power of Austro-Hungary and Italy!" Churchill's eyes showed a hint of firmness and said flatly, "After Italy joins the Allies, the geographical restrictions of the Austro-Hungarian Navy will also be eliminated; it can be foreseen that the current calm situation in the Mediterranean will be broken in a short time. This is not only a huge threat to our Mediterranean route, but also an excellent opportunity for us to win."

"Scapa Bay is located in the far north of Scotland, desolate and remote, with tight guard; if we secretly send a squadron, it will be difficult for the Germans to find that the large fleet is absent. As long as we plan properly and think carefully, it will be completely possible to transfer a squadron into the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean waters are relatively narrow, which undoubtedly provides reliable external conditions for warships to arrive at the battlefield in time to support them; when the Allied fleets fight fiercely with our Mediterranean fleet, this squadron transferred from the large fleet into the Mediterranean will determine the victory of the naval battle in one fell swoop!" Churchill said with a cigar in the exit, with a fat and short finger on the Eastern Mediterranean region, and slightly raised his tone.

"But you, it's a long journey from Scapa Bay to the Eastern Mediterranean. Even if the Germans cannot enter Scapa Bay to investigate the lineup of the large fleet, our squadron is likely to be exposed on the way! If the German Navy takes the opportunity to dispatch all its might and the large fleet that has lost its numerical advantage, how will it choose?" Studi's face was shocked. It seemed that he didn't expect that the fat man in front of him would have such unreliable ideas. He immediately raised his own objection, "More than a month ago, Sir Fisher's proposal to send a battle cruiser to suppress the German Far East Fleet was rejected at the meeting?"

Churchill shook his head and said, "General, I think we have fallen into a misunderstanding of fixed thinking before. We always want to assemble as many warships as possible on the land so that we can guarantee to defeat the Germans in the sea decisive battle. For this reason, we will allow the Speer fleet to hunt our merchant ships in the Far East. However, after paying so much, we have gained the confidence to fight the German Navy head-on? The answer is undoubtedly no!"

"At present, the number of main ships of the local fleet and the German Navy is 34 to 26; including the seven Germans' decisive battle armor patrols equipped with 6 to 8 11-inch main guns. We have almost no advantage in terms of quantity. After all, there are too many uncertain factors in naval battles. The advantage of firepower projection of the large fleet alone is obviously far from becoming a key factor in our confidence to fight the German Navy."

Churchill paused, and then said: "In addition, the decisive battle of a fleet is not only a military issue, but also a problem of national strategy. Compared with the Germans with land power as the cornerstone, the British fleet is obviously more precious and cannot be lost; once the fleet loses too much, what should we use to maintain the global colonial and maritime trading line? You must know that in the current industrial era, it will take at least two and a half years to build a new battleship; once the main battleship sinks, the entire navy will inevitably face a long-term lack of combat power. These factors force the Royal Navy to avoid the decisive battle of a fleet with extremely high uncertainty as much as possible."

"In other words, even if the Germans suddenly make up their minds and let the high seas fleet sail into the North Sea for combat cruise, the local large fleet will avoid a decisive battle with it?" Study said with wide eyes.

"If we cannot accurately identify the details of the other party and make the most effective response, then we should indeed avoid direct confrontation with the Germans. If not, how could Jeliko have been cruising in the northern Scotland waters, but never going south to go deep into the North Sea?" Churchill took a deep breath of the cigar and said with a sigh, "Although I don't like Jeliko, I have to admit that he is indeed one of the only clear-minded wise men in the Royal Navy. Sir Fisher chose him to hold this crucial position, not only for personal preference."

"I understand what you mean. Since the current large fleet does not have the conditions to fight the German navy, in most cases, we must first avoid it; then we might as well give up this task fundamentally and make every effort to solve the difficulties that Britain encountered overseas." Study nodded slightly, but there was still a look of confusion in his eyes that he had never understood. "But, a large part of the reason why the main force of the German navy is still dormant in the port is because he is afraid of the lineup advantages of our large fleet. Once our main ship appears in the Mediterranean, what should the Germans go out to come to the door when they see the opportunity?"

Churchill's face showed a little complex look, as if proud, bitter, and sad, and said softly: "If the Germans want to seek a decisive battle, do we have to fight? As long as we use light ships that are far more than the Germans in our hands to lay a large number of mines, and cooperate with the 67 active submarines in the Royal Navy, it is enough to make the German main fleet fleet frightened during the cruise near the coastline of Britain. Besides, we will not draw too many main ships to go to the Mediterranean. The fleet in Jelico's hand is still a force that kills the Germans. I think these Germans will be afraid."

"But even so, we cannot explain to the angry people. The German reconnaissance fleet's bombardment of Britain has already triggered large-scale protests and riots. If the whole family of the German High Seas Fleet came to the door in a wave and the local fleet still did not move, Mr. Winston, you and I will not only be sued in the military court, but also become the most shameful sinners of the Saxon nation in three hundred years, but it will be 100% for receiving bullet envelopes!" Study said anxiously, and his words also changed due to anxiety. "Otherwise, we will transfer a few ships from the Straits Fleet to the Mediterranean?"

Churchill stood up with difficulty, his deep eyes looked straight through the window at the large black demonstrators at the distant gate, and said in a gentle tone: "As long as the fleet we have drawn can win a victory that the entire Allied Group is urgently needed in the Mediterranean; then even if the stain of being hit by the German fleet without fighting back will be washed away. The reason why the people are now screaming

The yelling to let me Churchill, not Kitchener, step down was nothing more than being stimulated by the successive defeats and suffering from their most trusted navy. It did not use a victory to fill their anxious and fearful hearts. And the victory in the Mediterranean will be enough to solve all this at this stage. What's more, from the previous situation, the German navy may not have the will and determination to fight to the death, and such extreme situations may not happen."

"Boom!" A rolling thunder suddenly exploded in the sky. Churchill looked up and saw that the sky outside the window was completely covered by dark clouds. From time to time, a blue-purple lightning flashed up instantly, and then brought a more violent thunder. The wet wind whistled and danced, mixed with the unique atmosphere of heavy rain. After a moment, the heavy rain poured down. The London citizens who were demonstrating in front of the Admiralty Building were very angry. While evacuating the scene in a mess, they shouted and cursed the damn ghost weather and the naval wine bags that had descended from Churchill to collude and try to dispel their justice. Seeing the empty entrance to the Admiralty, Churchill smiled and said, "Now, we can go to Sir Fisher to discuss this issue."
Chapter completed!