The crisis of war in the United States and Germany, which was so easily lifted, left everyone's country dumbfounded. The www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion was even more disappointed by the British, who had great expectations for the United States. Originally, they were waiting for the conflict between Germany and the United States to further intensify and war break out. In that case, there would be much less pressure on the UK.

There were even those within the Royal Navy who believed that it was not impossible for the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy to defeat the German Navy if they acted together. The performance of the German Navy is undoubtedly excellent, and the Royal Navy cannot compare with the warships of its class. However, if the numerical advantage is large enough, they are not without a chance of winning.

But alas, in the end, the Americans retreated directly. In the face of the great strength shown by the German Navy, the Americans, frightened and, fearing defeat, retreated directly. This makes the current situation of Britain undoubtedly worse.

The fact that the Americans stopped attacking the no-sail zone established by Germany undoubtedly showed that they were acquiescing in the actions of the Germans. Even the Americans have acquiesced, other countries, is there any other choice? It is foreseeable that Britain's overseas trade will be cut off as a result. Unless, the British are willing to fight for huge losses, use their own merchant ships, and continue to transport all kinds of supplies. Otherwise, Britain will not have the slightest supplies. What kind of consequences this will have, it is natural to imagine.

It will be very easy for the Germans to defeat the British. Or even do nothing, just besiege Britain all the time. When the time comes, Britain itself will collapse.

Prime Minister Asquith has been in a very bad mood for the past two days. The current situation is undoubtedly very critical for the UK. Even Prime Minister Asquith believes that the British Empire may not be able to overcome this hurdle. No one could have imagined that Germany would be so strong that it would push the mighty British Empire into this situation within only half a year of the start of the war.

In view of the current situation, King George V summoned Prime Minister Asquith and asked him about the situation of the war. Throughout the conversation, King George V was very pessimistic about the current war situation. It is clear that His Majesty, who has only been on the throne for a short time, has little confidence in defeating Germany.

Although, Prime Minister Asquith kept reassuring King George V that the British Empire was far from exhausted, and that they still had enough strength to continue fighting. But apparently, King George V didn't believe much of it at all. Even Prime Minister Asquith himself felt that his assurances were so weak.

Immediately after returning from Buckingham Palace, Prime Minister Asquith convened a cabinet meeting.

"Gentlemen, what shall we do now? The Americans have backed down, and it is impossible to count on them to join the war and help us defeat the Germans. What's next? Prime Minister Asquith asked.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is unbelievable. The Germans seized so many merchant ships from the Americans, and even killed a lot of American civilians, but the Americans didn't even dare to let out a fart. Sending the fleet out to sea was nothing more than a show, and then fled back. Are they still a powerful country in the world? "Foreign Secretary Edward? Sir Grey shook his head helplessly, obviously disappointed with what the US government had done.

"After all, the Americans have not fought any major battles, they have a strong industrial power, but their military power is a mess. It is understandable that the Germans were so frightened and retreated. Admiral Winston Churchill said.

"Did we scare them by informing them that the main forces of the German Navy were exhausted?" Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd? George asked.

"Of course not. Even if we don't inform them. With the Americans' own intelligence capabilities, they will soon find out. At that time, they may still complain about why we didn't report to them, which would affect the cooperation we might have. It's just that I didn't expect the Americans to be so small and so easily frightened. Churchill's face was also full of helplessness.

In Churchill's view, the United States was now the only country that could help them out of their predicament. However, now the Americans have retreated, which is undoubtedly a direct indication that they have no foreign aid anymore. Next, it was up to them to deal with the Germans on their own. And their own strength is really enough!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Americans have backed down. Well, it's useless to talk about this now. The key question is, what should we do now? Prime Minister Asquith asked.

Indeed, the question before everyone is undoubtedly what to do next. These cabinet ministers are undoubtedly very shrewd. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had the opportunity to get to where they are now. The current situation is very bad for the British Empire. Although it is not impossible to win, they have to admit that the odds of winning are very slim.

"Your Excellency Churchill, without the help of the Americans, would the Royal Navy not have the slightest certainty of defeating the Germans?" Prime Minister Asquith asked.

All eyes were on Churchill. Who made the Royal Navy the backbone of the British Empire? The hegemony of the British Empire has always been based on the strength of the Royal Navy. Without a strong Royal Navy, the hegemony of the British Empire would be like a tree without roots.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, with the current strength of the Royal Navy, it will be very difficult to defeat the Germans. All of our battleships combined, there were 26 more, two more than the Germans. All of our battlecruisers combined, there were six more, six less than the Germans. What's worse is that the number of our new warships is so small that it is completely incomparable with the Germans. I am sure that the performance of the German battleships is already well known to everyone. So, I don't need to say more. I can be honest with you, unless it was the Germans who made an unforgivable mistake in naval warfare. Or rather, our luck was bursting. Otherwise, we don't have any chance of winning. Churchill said.

Churchill's words, like a basin of ice water, made the hearts of these ministers of the British Cabinet cold one by one. Everyone can understand what Churchill meant, that is, the Royal Navy has almost no chance of winning. Such a result is naturally bad news for everyone. It can be said that from now on, the British Empire will face the biggest life-and-death crisis in hundreds of years.