"After the end of the South China Sea War, General Makanov and General Essen successfully left the Japanese fleet behind temporarily, but after entering the East China Sea, they were once again targeted by the Japanese notification ship. In order to avoid being bitten by the Japanese fleet again, Makanov fleet decided to lead the fleet through the Tsushima Strait, because this is the closest road to Vladivostok. If you enter the Pacific Ocean and then head north, the Japanese fleet is very likely to take a shortcut and block the Russian fleet's doorstep waiting for the Russian Navy."

"But unfortunately, in the Tsushima Strait, the fleet led by General Makanov accidentally entered the Japanese minefield. The two Liurik-class fast battleships unfortunately got into the lightning. Fortunately, their damage was limited, so it would be impossible to return to Vladivostok, but you can still go to Lushunkou. There is also a light cruiser that touched the mine and sank." In the White House office, Secretary of State Elihu Rutt reported to Roosevelt the information he received recently.

"General Benson, what do you think of this situation?" Roosevelt frowned and said after a while. In his opinion, the situation is very bad now. The Russian navy was severely damaged before the assembly was completed, while the Japanese navy suffered very limited losses. As time goes by, winter in the northern hemisphere is coming, and Vladivostok will definitely be frozen. In this way, the Russian fleet in the port will be unable to move for at least a few months. As long as the Japanese fleet that has gained maritime advantage can stare at the Russians in Lushun, their maritime transportation lines will be unobstructed.

"This is different from the script we started designing, isn't it?" Secretary of State Root sighed.

"The Russian Navy has no chance anymore. All our plans, whether it is to start using the Russian fleet to restrain and consume the Japanese fleet, or to take advantage of the Japanese-Russian war to expand our influence in the Far East, there is no suspense in the war at sea, and the Russians will lose. The only question is how long they can last." General Benson said with some regret.

"The Russian fleet still has at least half of its strength. We can continue to sell it to Russian warships. The war may turn around next year." Rut objected.

"No, no, before the warships in Vladivostok can sail out of the harbor, the Japanese will capture the Port of Lushun and then sink or capture all the six battleships there. After March next year, the Russian Navy will have only one military port in the Far East and a limited fleet. General Makanov is indeed very powerful, but unfortunately, their environment is too bad. After the war, the Russians may still have some interests in the Far East, but it is obviously impossible to rely on them to restrain Britain and Japan." General Benson said.

"This is not the worst. I have a premonition that after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians will turn to the British and French side, and an old-time alliance of powerful countries will appear in the world, Britain, France and Russia control Europe, Asia, Africa, and then Japan controls the Far East. The United States of America will be locked in America by this huge alliance, and they will even penetrate into South America!" Roosevelt's gloomy face told everyone that he is in a very bad mood now!

"This is really bad news, and we really don't have a good way to solve this situation. Domestic capitalists may be worried about how to deal with overproduction." Rut said helplessly. As the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United States, he still has a good understanding of the entire international situation. Just earlier this year, Britain and France, the old enemy who had been fighting for hundreds of years, decided to shake hands and make peace! They redistributed each other's interests in the world and then decided to deal with the common crisis together!

Anyone can see that with the alliance between Britain and France, after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, whether to obtain enough pounds and francs to overcome the economic crisis or to fight against Austro-Hungarian encroachment on the Balkans in the situation of weakening the country, Russia will choose to form an alliance with Britain and France. Even if the British help Japan in the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians must do this because this is the only way.

Think about it, how terrifying the power of this alliance is! Three countries with a colony area of ​​more than 10 million ordinary kilometers have formed an alliance, and there is still a country or organization in this world that can compete with them? The conflict between the United States and Britain and Japan is too deep. Whether it is in the Far East market, the revenge of a single arrow in the US and the Spanish-American War, or the current conflict in the financial world, the United States in this plane can only reach the opposite side of Britain and Japan, and the strength of the other party is obviously not a good thing for the United States.

"In this world, there is an organization that can compete with this terrifying alliance. If we can support them and let the war ignite in Europe, then we will still have a chance to break the deadlock in the past decade!" After a while, Roosevelt suddenly said.

"Are you talking about Germany and Austria? Among these two countries, Germany has a certain strength. Austro-Hungary is too weak to compare with any of the three major powers. As for the Italians? Although he still has the label of an ally on his head, I believe that neither we nor the Germans will think that Italy is a friend that can cooperate with." Rutt said.

"Yes, the Italians' unstable and even tend toward Britain and France made this alliance that seemed evenly matched immediately different. To be honest, I am not optimistic about Germany and Austria. Although Germany is very strong, its navy is not as good as Britain. The army needs to deal with France and Russia, two traditional European army powers, as well as the British expeditionary force at the same time. In addition, the discontinuation of Shanghai's transportation line, I don't think they can win this war." Benson said.

"But for us, it doesn't matter whether Germany and Austria win. As long as they fight with the British and consume the British's strength, we will never participate in this war. We will just add a fire to both sides and make them fight more intensely, right?" Rut said.

"I'm afraid that's not the case. If Germany and Austria fail soon and the consumption of Britain and France can be completely compensated by the Germans, then they may be stronger after the war is over! If they can get the accumulation of the German Empire over the past few decades, we will be left far behind!" Benson said.

"Are you kidding? I think the Allies have an absolute advantage in the Navy, but in terms of the army, Germany is the most powerful army now. Whether it is the performance of the British Army in South Africa or the performance of the Russian Army in the Far East, I don't think it is excellent." Rutt said half-seriously and half-jokingly.
Chapter completed!