A naval battle involving all the capital ships of the entire Entente and the Central Powers, like thunder and rain, broke out suddenly and ended abruptly, the losses of both sides were very small, and the losses of the Entente were a little more, but there were no losses of capital ships, which was not a lot of losses for the two major groups.

At the strategic level, Britain's attempt to blockade the Baltic Sea was shattered, but it also blocked half, 2.5 million mines, distributed in the sea area of 500 square kilometers, did not blockade the Baltic Sea, it was almost the same, at least the intention was achieved, and future ships and navigation could no longer be as smooth as before, and even had to risk being touched by mines.

The actions of the original Scheer fleet, such as harassing the British navy with the help of the strength of the Scheer fleet, and guerrilla operations, could not have appeared casually until the mines had cleared a part. The main fleet is generally guarded by various fleets, and the probability of mines is generally very low, but who can guarantee that it will not be hit, the Scheer fleet has shown his strength, the strong attack fleet, the cost given by the northwest before, the Admiralty pinched its nose and recognized it, after all, it was taken out from the compensation for returning Qingdao.

But now it seems that the battleships produced in the Northwest are definitely worth this price, and in the return campaign, they are simply shining, the battleships of the High Seas Fleet, even if they are the cutting-edge Bavaria-class, have been compensated for their loss, and the Fantasy-class and Orion have really sunk one or two, and they will definitely feel distressed, and the Admiralty does not guarantee that there will be no such funds, and if they buy a few more, even if they are strong. It's also too expensive.

Ci is not in charge of the army, but he knows millions of mines. If it is not cleared, let the capital ship out. That's not strict, that's stupid, it's really lost, I don't know how big a wave it will be. Even if there is still half of the exit, everyone knows that the ocean currents will move, and the mines will float with the currents, and God knows where they will float for the next period of time. I am afraid that the focus of contention between the two sides will fall on the Baltic Sea estuary, that is, the contention between minesweepers and minelayerers, and the capital ships will generally not be dispatched.

A decisive battle at sea initiated by the British, because of the restraint of both sides, temporarily entered the stage of stalemate, not only at sea, but also on land, and the European war entered a new chapter. This kind of stalemate has never been seen in previous wars.

The time has entered December 1914, and it has been more than a year since the outbreak of the European war in 1913. If it is said that in the early stage of the European competition, the two sides still had the idea of a quick victory. In the course of a year, the idea of quickly beating each other. Basically all already bankrupt, Navy. Army, even airship troops, the two sides fought fierce battles one after another, Germany occupied a lot of advantages, but the resilience of the Entente was quite strong, the United States joined, gave them the foundation to persevere, if there is no way to win quickly, there is only a return to the conventional, with countless lives, in exchange for a small and insignificant advantage, in the middle, Germany on land, with the help of the Sriffin plan to gain an advantage, so big that it cannot be reversed.

After a year of war, both the Entente and the Central Powers found that the possibility of a quick victory in this war no longer existed, and the next thing was a protracted war, using human lives, resources, and all kinds of things to fight, which was far from being as simple as the original, and they began to look for other methods in addition to the original methods of warfare.

This forcible push, allowing the fleet to take the risk of suppressing Germany, contributed to the return of the Scheer fleet, it seems that it was just a British attempt from the naval side, and the result was ultimately a failure, but this failure was not that the British design was not strong enough, but that the combat effectiveness of the Scheer fleet was far beyond imagination. Switching from the army to the navy is not another method that Britain has thought of, and the struggle of the army is a heavy burden for every country, plus the Entente countries do not have the upper hand at all, in this sense, the navy is a different way.

The next European war must be an all-round and all-out war, and if you want to win the war, it is not necessarily overwhelming in terms of combat effectiveness, you need to be prepared in all aspects, and some even find another way.

Relying on the strength of a single country, it may not be possible to carry it out, after the mediation of British diplomats, at the end of 1914, an unprecedented meeting was opened in London, and the London Allied Forces Command, the United States, France, and the British high-level gathered together, at least at the level of generals, and even the main military leaders, in the military, it was already considered the highest, and the discussion between them directly determined the development of the war situation in the coming year.

The Entente countries are not only Britain, France, and the United States, but also Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and Japan, which are the main countries of the Entente, but in the eyes of Britain, France, and the United States, there is no need for other countries to greet them, and it goes without saying that Japan is not only far away in Asia, but also second-rate and third-rate in terms of strength, and it is almost the same grade as Italy, and it cannot be compared with European countries in terms of strength at all. There was also an important country in Europe, Russia, which was no longer so important in the eyes of the Entente.

In the year of war, all the appearances of Russia have no plus points, especially under the premise that the situation in the Far East is precarious, Russia's role has been greatly reduced, even if the United States is still supporting him, the reason for supporting him is that China, countless dollars of weapons were sent to Russia in order to allow him to attack China next year.

At present, the Allies have the upper hand, but the Entente can still hold on, and who can win the European war is directly related to the world pattern in the next few years, but outside this pattern, there are still people who are not involved, needless to say, those countries in South America are all small countries with limited influence, but China is different.

That is, from the beginning of the great changes in Asia, the Entente began to pay attention to China, which was originally regarded by them as a colony, and rose in just a few years, inadvertently, it has become very powerful, especially this time to recognize the capabilities of the Scheer fleet, although there is no exact example to prove that these warships were made in China, but it is very likely.

In itself, a population of 450 million, once fully armed, is a super army power, which has always worried the Entente, especially China, which has never shown its attitude and is still relatively close to Germany.

In this world war, which is involved in most of the major countries in the whole world, you can not send troops, but you have to take sides, if you are an insignificant small country, it is fine, if you are a big country, if you do not take sides, it is easy to be targeted.

In the early stage of the previous war, Britain and the United States targeted China, not only could China not get orders from the Entente countries, but even the sales of ordinary goods were secretly dealt with, which is the reason. The reason why it did not continue is because Britain and the United States have no spare strength, and now the European war may continue, and even part of the strength of the United States has been involved in the European war

Russia is also very good, the tsar is stubborn, let him put almost all his forces in the Far East, in order to conquer Chita next year, take back the land occupied by China, and connect with East Siberia, the wish is good, but the Entente Britain, France and the United States are not optimistic about him, Chita can be captured I don't know, the possibility of East Siberia to get back is also very small, obviously, he can drag China is already good, as for the counteroffensive, it is almost impossible.

For Britain, France and the United States, as long as Russia can contain China for 2 years, they will almost be able to solve the war situation in Europe, and then concentrate the forces of the whole of Europe and the United States to defeat the hidden danger of China, the battle for hegemony of the white race, and one more China, this style of painting is wrong.

The purpose of this closed-door meeting is very simple, to better strengthen the integration between several countries, before, although there is a joint command, but more is only coordination, specific battles, or arrangements between countries, the arbitrariness is relatively large, now, Britain, France and the United States have found that if it continues, not only can not win the European war, but even the risk of defeat under the premise, if it continues like this, it will be a great waste.

This closed-door meeting is also for this preparation, not only to raise the status of the joint conference, but also to link the transfer between the three countries, for example, arms and other unified management, even recruit training such as this will also be carried out uniformly, although the three Chinese languages are different, but Britain and the United States are both English, the difference between French and English is not large, most French, still understand English.

The advantage of this is that the cost of the three countries is subtracted, and all the forces are concentrated on the military, and even the navy can use the funds of one country, with the help of the productive forces of the other country, before Britain and the United States were only in the embryonic form, and now, one step further, France is also included.

In World War I, France was beaten very badly by Germany, almost one-third of its land was occupied, but he is still one of the world powers, and his heritage is still there, not only has a large amount of funds for activities, but also has a huge number of colonies, as long as it is used rationally and sufficient raw materials are provided, the cost of producing weapons and equipment and military materials in the United States can be further reduced.

The colony can also provide sufficient manpower, with the huge and heritage of the United States, it can completely allow the colonial army to obtain better training, and it is no longer cannon fodder that can be discarded casually, the three have negotiated very deeply, in the basic field, industrial production, conscription training and many other fields, at least dozens of memorandums have been signed, and the strength of the three countries, from this closed-door meeting, has also been formally established, one plus one is greater than two, not to mention the perfect combination of the three countries. (To be continued.) )

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