At 10 Downing Street, the British cabinet has become a mess.

"The information from the Americans, everyone, look, what do you think directly?"

Prime Minister Balfour put a telegram in front of everyone.

According to the Americans, the mighty British Far East Fleet was wiped out, and in just two hours the whole army was annihilated.

The USS Illinois battleship confirmed this information, and the U.S. government sent the message to the British.

The attitude of the Americans is very simple, to see the lively is the first, there is a taunting the British, it is best to further expand the scale of this war.

The loss of all the main force of the Far East fleet, the British interests in the Far East not only could not be guaranteed, but even the interests of India were also facing great threats.

During this period of the British, all fleet strength ranked, the Far Eastern Fleet was second only to the Portsmouth Fleet and the Home Fleet, while the Indian Fleet was one of the last fleets.

The Indian fleet had only two battleships, and they were all old battleships, all of which depended on the Far Eastern Fleet.

The reason why the British strengthened the Far East fleet is also due to the increasingly obvious strategic intentions of eastern Russia, otherwise the British do not need to support Japan to fight Russia.

However, there has been such a change in Southeast Asia, and it is thought that the British people who are absolutely sure of it will accidentally sink the sand, how is it good?

No one can answer Balfour’s question, resign, and thank the Queen of England and the entire British people for their sins.Or to expand the war and crush all the opponents who dare to provoke the British?

Belfort did not know what choice he had to make, especially if the information was true, which would be a catastrophic disaster for Britain.

“Bang!”In the silence of the meeting room, Balfour slapped his hand on the table and shouted to everyone present: "All your opinions."

"Mr. Prime Minister, this matter is not known, perhaps it is a conspiracy of the Americans..."

Before he had finished, he was violently interrupted by Balfour: "Bastard, what a conspiracy, where is the luck of the day, how can Americans deceive us with such fake news."

The angry Balfour was well aware that since the United States dared to report the news to the British, the Americans were sure to ensure the accuracy of the news.

Balfour had no hope from the beginning, it would be a fake news, and only naive fools would consider that impractical possibility.

“Mr. Prime Minister, if this is true, I will respectfully reconstitute the Far Eastern Fleet immediately, and Fan Yize must be paid for with blood.”

“The dispatch of a fleet to the Far East, from the time of the journey to the preparation time, will take at least a month, during which time I am afraid that most of our colonies in the Far East have been occupied by Fan Yize.”

“We still have a strong army, and we can certainly save the situation.”

“Can you count on an army without a navy?”

“The army of the Far East can deal with the colonies, but can it deal with the enemy that can easily defeat the Dutch?”

“Don’t you keep fighting?Let the whole world see our jokes, and Britain cannot afford to lose this face.”

“Once Britain fails, think about the bad consequences, and the ambitious people in Europe will think that we are already vulnerable and will accelerate our provocations.”Especially the Germans.”

...

A group of people suddenly talked about it, each of them said their opinions, and the bellbos was loudly.

Fisher, the Second Secretary of the Royal Navy, who was sitting next to Balfour, listened for a long time, and suddenly took a slap in front of the conference table, and the huge voice made everyone close their mouths.

When Fisher stood up with a serious face, he said, “What should be done now is that the Navy needs more advanced and powerful warships than to put precious time and finances on meaningless matters.”

“What do you call pointless?”Someone asked, “Does it make sense to preserve the glory of England?”

Is it pointless to send a fleet blindly now, and the destruction of the mighty Far East fleet in just two hours is not enough to explain the problem?Are we going to send all the ships to the Far East?If we can defeat Fan Yize at that time, how much will we pay a heavy price, have you ever thought about it?”Fisher retorted with anger.

“Did you let go of this bold guy?”

“It is precisely because we need to restore the honor of the British Navy that we need to develop more powerful warships.”Fisher took a deep breath and explained: "I don't think Fan's fleet can be large enough to overcome our Far Eastern fleet, the only possibility is that Fan Yize has mastered more advanced warship technology, and their warships have more powerful combat power, so we can't be blindly careless, this will directly affect the interests of the British in the world."

In the conference room, most people were silent, but there was no lack of eyes similar to Fisher, but too reluctant to accept the defeat of the Far Eastern Fleet.

Six old star battleships paid a lot of military expenses and a huge amount of energy, and the results were difficult to accept.

After listening to Fisher's words, Balfour was silent for a moment, and decided: "Appoint Fisher as First Minister of the Sea, all the royal funds and shipbuilding technology, the cabinet will fully support, the only thing you have to do is to build me a more powerful warship."

Fisher heard that he shook his head somewhat helplessly and said, “I accept this mission, but the new warships are not so easy to build, at least I need the details of the destruction of the Far East Fleet.”

Historically, the British Dreadnought was only after the Battle of the Sea of Malaysia before the construction indicators and technical data were formally determined.

The goal of building a new type of warship now must be to overwhelm the warship under Fan Yize, and naturally know the detailed information of the fleet under Fan Yize.

Otherwise, there is no way to start.

Belfort, of course, was well aware of this, that he had already thought about it and said, "You're ready, and something else is done naturally."

Fisher made no more trouble and began to look forward to his next work.

Even if this did not happen, Fisher also deeply realized that the current British naval strength must be further enhanced.

This naval battle in the Far East is only a little ahead of history, otherwise Fisher will take another six months before he can be promoted to First Sea Minister, and the construction of the Dreadnought will not begin until next year after the Battle of the Sea of Malaysia.