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    Although the British screamed loudly about this attack, they wished they could immediately encourage the United States to join the Allied Powers to fight against the Central Powers.  Please search to see the complete list!  The fastest updated. However, the response caused by this incident in the United States is quite limited.  Americans have always had a bad impression of Britain. When the war first broke out, the Associated Press conducted a poll. The results of the survey showed that most Americans hoped that the Germans would give Britain a hard beating.  Dayton, and the vast majority of Americans opposed the United States joining the war.  As the war continues, this tendency to oppose the United States' participation in the European war becomes more and more obvious. At this time, almost any politician who dares to say that he wants American children to fight on the European battlefield will only lose support.  It will plummet immediately.  The reason for such a result is, of course, that when American newspapers reported on the war in Europe, they concentrated on reporting on the barbarity and cruelty of the war.  For example, the New York Times has published numerous reports on the crazy use of chemical weapons by both sides in the war. The shocking numbers and pictures in those reports, especially those soldiers who were poisoned by mustard gas, were rotting all over and their skin was covered with  The picture of soybean-sized herpes made Americans who were still far away from the war become increasingly opposed to any proposal for the United States to join the war.  Under such circumstances, Americans generally came to the conclusion that Europeans are all beasts, and the war in Europe is just a bunch of bastards biting each other.  How could a noble, virtuous chosen person of God jump to Europe to join a war between a group of devils and beasts?  Therefore, if the Europeans want to fight a war, let them fight it themselves. It has nothing to do with us Americans.  This view has naturally become a common concept among American people.  Therefore, although the British vigorously promoted that the Germans killed innocent people indiscriminately and even dared to kill peaceful Americans, among American people, the Germans said that the British deliberately lured the Germans to attack passenger ships in order to drag the United States into the fire pit of war.  However, more people in the United States believe it.  Of course the Germans have to make necessary representations.  So poor Captain Hafs naturally became the scapegoat and must be punished.  But this punishment must not be too severe. First of all, most people in Germany are very sympathetic to Captain Hafs's experience, especially in the submarine force. Most people have a negative attitude towards Captain Hafs.  Huge sympathy. If the punishment is really severe, it will seriously damage the morale of the submarine force.  Secondly, since the Germans claimed that this matter was a British conspiracy from beginning to end, then Captain Hafs¡¯s problem was not that he violated the convention and massacred civilians, but that he failed to see through the British conspiracy, which caused the empire to suffer unfavorable consequences.  It should be a loss.  And considering that Hafs is just a captain, it is really difficult for him to see through such a conspiracy.  So of course his punishment should not be too severe, because it is not that Hafs is incompetent, but that the British are too cunning.  In addition, if Hafs is severely punished, doesn't it mean to the Americans that we should bear the main responsibility for this matter?  So, the unlucky Hafs was just kicked to the reserve team.  Even this kick to the reserves is a joke, because this reserve unit will soon be converted to active duty, and then Captain Hafs will naturally return to active duty.  It's just that promotion and other things will definitely be affected to some extent.  ¡­ ¡°Have you decided that the German naval captain named Hafs would be a good candidate?¡± Scrooge asked.  "Yes, this German guy was very depressed after being sent to the razor reserve, because he is a very ambitious person. Although this punishment is not severe, it will interfere with his future path. So he hopes that he can make meritorious deeds in the future and let him  He would seize any opportunity to become famous. On the other hand, his previous performance in the German Navy was actually good. Although he was punished this time, he actually won more attention and sympathy when he returned.  He will have more opportunities when he is in the army," Graystone replied.  "Then contact him according to your plan." Scrooge said, "Besides, I have another question to ask you." "What is it, Dad?" asked Graystone.  He was a little worried that there was something he wasn't doing well enough.  "The propaganda department in your hands has performed very well recently. However, you must pay attention to that in the future, we will gradually prepare to change the tone of propaganda." Scrooge said, "In addition, if we can make the German High Seas Fleet  Just fight to the death with the British. " Scrooge said this because the United States will join the war sooner or later. If it does not join the war, how will it participate in the carving up of Europe in the future?  In the original history, the joining of the Americans gave the Germans the final fatal blow, but after that, the PalestiniansDuring the peace conference, the United States did not obtain a status commensurate with its power.  Even the United States, as the proposer of the League of Nations that was later established, was actually squeezed out by Britain and France.  The various interests in Europe were also divided up by Britain and France, and the Americans received very limited benefits.  There are many reasons for this, but the most critical reason is that the British navy still has the advantage.  It would be great if the Germans were willing to play with their fleet against the British.  Although the current German fleet cannot defeat the British fleet, in history, the German High Seas Fleet had a fight with the British Grand Fleet in Jutland. In that battle, the Germans took advantage of the British's bravery and used battleships to attack them fiercely.  The British battlecruisers were taught a lesson.  Then, after the British fleet arrived, they took advantage of the darkness and quickly escaped back.  In the final calculation of the exchange ratio, the Germans also had a clear advantage.  Therefore, many people in later generations who knew little about military affairs came to the conclusion after "studying" the exchange ratio in this battle, that is, if the Germans were not so cowardly in the Battle of Jutland, but heroic  If they fight the British to the end, then the final victory will be Germany's. Once the British fleet is annihilated, Germany will definitely win the Great War.  However, Scrooge knew that anyone who said such a thing could use a line from an old movie to describe it, that is: "Your soldiers are not good at it, and you don't understand tactics." Because the Germans' beautiful battle losses were higher than the actual  The above is based on using battleships to bully battlecruisers.  As for the battle between battleships, it is another matter.  More importantly, in war, the significance of numerical superiority is not understood by those military novices.  It's like a group fight on the street. If five people fight against four people, it's likely that both sides will be injured. Everyone's losses will be similar. But if fifty people fight four people, those four people will never have the chance to injure four of the other party before being beaten down. Generally,  Generally speaking, the result should be that all four people were knocked down, and the fifty people had zero casualties.  The number of battleships in the German High Seas Fleet has reached two-thirds of the Grand Fleet, but if it chooses to fight to the death with the Grand Fleet, it would be a miracle to be able to destroy one-half of the Grand Fleet at the cost of annihilation.  .  Of course, if the German Navy is willing to play like this once, although failure is certain, the British losses will not be small.  By that time, the status of the U.S. Navy will be greatly improved, and the national status of the United States will also be greatly improved. In this way, American businessmen will naturally have a greater say in carving up the European market in the future.  Therefore, it would be great if the German navy could come out to fight the British.  Of course Graystone knew what Scrooge meant, but it was not that easy to get the German fleet to follow the American baton.  "Dad, what can you do?" Graystone asked.  "If you ask about how to deceive the Germans, I don't have any." Scrooge said, "The Germans are not fools and are not easily fooled. But in a sense, it should be possible to guide them properly.  For Germany, what they most want to see is of course that the United States joins the Allies. Of course, you know that this is unlikely. One of the reasons is that we can definitely find a way to make the Germans think that we are worried about the British navy.  They have destroyed half of the British navy, so we don't have to be afraid of the British navy, so we can stand on Germany's side. What's more, if the German navy always stays at the Kiel naval port, what is the value of its existence?  As the blockade continues, Germany will only become weaker and weaker. I heard that after the Battle of the Marne, the war has failed. If the blockade continues and the situation cannot be opened on the land battlefield, Germany's defeat is almost inevitable.  "So the Germans should also think about what will happen after the defeat, right?" Scrooge smiled and said, "By then, the situation in the world will definitely be significantly weakened.  Germany, they will carve up Germany's colonies and demand huge compensation. In short, the French definitely want to completely "harmless" Germany. The British may be relatively tolerant. They still need to keep Germany.  To contain France to a certain extent. But obviously, at that time, the only one who was most able and willing to speak for Germany was the United States, because we hoped that Germany could help us contain Britain. However, if the British navy was still that powerful,  It¡¯s hard to say how much say we in the United States can have. Therefore, even for the sake of Germany after the defeat, they should weaken the British navy as much as possible before surrendering. ¡±¡­ p
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