And that's not all. Just when there is a blockade in front, there are many pursuers behind them. The Japanese former fearless battleships, the USS Himemae, and the armored cruisers Asami and Izumo are chasing from the west coast of Peru. It can be said that even if Count Spee avoided the two battle cruisers, Invincible and Inquisitive, in the end, their greatest possibility will be to be strangled by the British fleet on the Atlantic Ocean. After all, luck cannot always be with Spee. In addition to these battleships, the fleet and personnel that provide supplies to the fleet are even more huge. It can be said that the failure of the Spee fleet is a reflection of the planning and strength of the British Royal Navy on the ocean.

Therefore, for the current United States, it will be quite difficult for the US Navy, which can face the Japanese Navy's broken battleships. It will be quite difficult for the US Navy, which lacks a strong enough fast warship. It is normal that it cannot catch it. If you catch it, it is luck!

"Hey..." Old Roosevelt sighed. After he put down the phone, he took out a document from the bottom of the folder beside the table. The corners of the document were a little worn and had obviously been read many times. He took out the document again and looked through it. This document was a document sent back to China by Secretary of State Lansing, which described the results of the US-German negotiations and the requirements of the Germans. Roosevelt thought the Germans' requirements were too harsh, so he ignored it, but now he needs to read it again.

"Give up oil extraction in the Mesopotamia and reduce tariffs between the two sides to the previous level." Old Roosevelt said silently. Then he looked at the world map hanging on the wall. In the vast Pacific Ocean, dotted lines crisscrossed, which were trade routes related to the core interests of the United States. Now, this route is being harassed by enemy countries. As long as the Japanese sea attack ships are still one day, the American sea transportation will inevitably be greatly damaged. He now understands the situation of the British during the war that year. Hundreds of merchant ships would not want to leave the port because they were afraid of sea attacks. The insurance costs of navigation rose sharply, and panic spread rapidly from the navigation field to the entire social level like a plague.

Military failures can be covered up and weakened, and the impact can be reduced through various social operations, but maritime transportation and economic losses are difficult to cover up. It will greatly affect the foreign trade of the entire United States. With the weakening of US foreign trade, those European powers can use this time to quickly restore the market they had lost before, right? Even in the back garden of Americans, countries in South America, I am afraid that they will consider future trade tendencies? Roosevelt will not forget that many South American countries are actually somewhat pro-German.

"The temporary retreat is for better progress. We are in war. Now, the core of all work should be to let us resolve this war cleanly. The United States, which ended the war, entered the Far East, and gained a huge international reputation, can definitely better deal with all challenges." Roosevelt murmured to himself. After thinking for a full 5 minutes, Roosevelt made an important decision.

"Send a telegram to Secretary of State Lansing, saying that we fully accept the requests made by the Germans." Roosevelt took a deep breath and said to the staff next to him.

"In addition, send a telegram to Colonel Lech to immediately inspect the warships that may be sold in Germany, France and Italy. We must buy enough warships in the shortest possible time, especially fast warships. Money is not a problem, what we care about is the construction period!" Roosevelt continued.

"Do we still need to ask Vice President Taft's opinion?" asked an official next to him.

"No need, before Taft's visit to South America, we had agreed on this possible issue. If I think it's time to compromise, I can make a decision alone. And I believe Congress will understand it. After all, those big consortiums cannot tolerate the routes with gold flowing off like this." Roosevelt said.

Therefore, with the issuance of Roosevelt's order, in this round of the game between the United States and Germany, the United States temporarily retreated, and the Germans regained control over the entire Mesopotamian oil basin and limited the United States' influence in Europe to a certain extent. In terms of trade, the Germans made a gap in the gradually closed US trade barrier. Due to the prevalence of Japanese maritime attack ships, Germany, which currently has the largest ocean-going fleet in the world, has achieved great development in the maritime transportation industry and has formed an overwhelming advantage on other countries. Moreover, after mastering the economic blood vessel of world shipping, it also had a profound impact on other aspects of trade. Of course, this is a later story, and I will not mention it for the time being.

In exchange, the German Navy also gave some goodwill rewards. For example, the two Helgolan-class battleships that were originally in the sealed state have been resealed. These two were severely damaged in the decisive battle of the Norwegian Sea. The ships sealed after returning to the port will be thoroughly repaired and modified, and then they will be the second batch of rapid battleships sold to the US Navy by Germany.

The first two battleships for sale were selected from the high seas fleet. Someone originally wanted to sell the Schánhorst and Gneisenau directly, but considering that the conditions of the two battleships were somewhat poor and had extremely special historical significance. (After all, you have to take care of the face of Admiral Su Xiong, and as the squadron of the German Navy in the Indian Ocean region, it was not good to sell them all.) The German Navy finally decided to sell the Gneisenau and at the same time choose one from the Helgolan-class battleship for sale.

In this way, according to the plan, the German Navy will provide 4 fast battleships to the US Navy in the next nine months. At this point, the number of all the mobilized main ships of the German Navy has become 18. Such a low warship ownership has made the German Navy and even the German government uneasy. So someone within the imperial government asked whether this order could be given to the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Turkey? After inspecting the Gneesenau, the US Navy was not very satisfied with the ship's condition and raised some objections. Therefore, the whole process still needs negotiations, but the German Navy guaranteed that within three months, the first two fast battleships could be handed over to the US Navy with quality and quantity!

Even in private, Ruprecht said that if the Americans' sincerity was achieved, even if the German Navy could not meet the US Navy's requirements for fast battleships for the time being, he would have a way to find a suitable warship, and where the warships came from was naturally self-evident.

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