Another World: Naval Storm

Chapter 178 Liam's Instructions

"If your Majesty could always maintain his steady character, he would be a good emperor!" Nicholas sighed. His family had been loyal to the royal family for hundreds of years. Now the army and navy are turning their backs on the royal family. Although the emperor has felt it and taken remedial measures, he would not have thought of the seriousness of the matter.

He returned the salutes to the soldiers on guard and walked slowly to the medal awarding hall. He could already see the imperial officials waiting in front of the stairs, including the emperor. Leo's eyes swept from the smiling faces of Marshal Piltz and others to the expressionless emperor of the empire.

The unity of the navy made it impossible for the emperor to succeed in his actions, but as Nicolas said, if the emperor could remain calm, he would be considered a qualified politician, the war would go more smoothly, and Leo and even the navy would not dare to disobey orders often.

The emperor now realized that his little tricks would not only fail to kick Leo out of the navy, but would instead offend the naval officers and soldiers and make the royal family even more unpopular.

So the emperor's remedial action began. He first approved a huge amount of funds for the navy to ease the conflict between the navy and the royal family. Then he announced that he would personally award Leo the medal, taking the lead in showing a high profile. If Leo had any disrespectful words or deeds during the solemn awarding ceremony, the emperor would be very happy. Now the supreme leader of the Draco Empire is still the emperor. The emperor has given face to you, Leo, how dare you be arrogant? If Leo behaves humbly, it's better. At least in the eyes of outsiders, the navy still respects the emperor and the royal family!

Spring has arrived on the island of Orkney in northern Caledonia, but it has not yet dispelled the gloom that shrouds the island.

In front of the apartment building, two gendarmes leaning on the hood of a car smoking looked at each other, and neither of them wanted to take the first step.

"Jack, we can't stay here forever, the mission must be completed!"

"I know, smoking this cigarette will delay us a little, and the higher-ups won't blame us!" Jack sighed.

The Union Jack, which had been flying high, was turned into a wet cloth by the wind and frost. The two gendarmes took the last puff of their cigarettes, threw the cigarette butts on the wet ground, left the open-top military vehicle with the license plate of the gendarmerie headquarters, and strode towards Alex's apartment in heavy leather boots.

A shrill alarm sounded from the watchtower deployed on the Scapa Flow promontory. The tense coastal artillery and several destroyers on standby took quick action, and the Royal Navy's most important naval port fell into chaos.

"Is it a Drake submarine? The First Reconnaissance Fleet should also be resting..." Liam asked for some unknown reason, and then she remembered that these things had nothing to do with her and the Royal Navy no longer needed him.

Heavy footsteps approached from the corridor outside the house, and Liam slowly stood up.

"Time flies, Alex, I won't live with you anymore! Your snoring is still as loud as when we were in Xunyang! I remember Leo couldn't sleep for several days because of you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two gendarmes knocked on the door and came in, saluting Liam and Alex respectively.

"General, your time is up. The command requires you to return to the base military police headquarters before tonight!" The military police spoke in a very soft tone. This was the lowest voice the two military police used. Normally, they had very loud voices.

"Hiss!" Alex couldn't help but tremble. It seemed that the Royal Navy was not going to let Liam go.

The navy has always been the cornerstone of the Talen Kingdom and the biggest reliance for maintaining a colonial empire. The Talen people have ruled the ocean for a hundred years and understand the ocean better than any other country, and they are more dependent on the ocean. It is precisely because the colonies need to continuously provide blood transfusions to the mainland that the Talen government has spent huge sums of money to build a large fleet of more than 30 battleships, regardless of the financial difficulties and economic decline, even those outdated warships have to be built continuously.

In the Battle of Simbrica, the Kingdom of Talen lost not only those battleships, but more importantly, the spirit and heritage that the Royal Navy had nurtured for hundreds of years. Without the battleships, the Kingdom of Talen could still rebuild another fleet with all its heart and soul, but the loss of those well-trained elite sailors and invincible morale was a loss that could not be measured in money.

Now it is not the most urgent issue for the Grand Fleet to restore the number of battleships and replenish the lost officers and soldiers. If we cannot take a pragmatic attitude to face this war, then even if the Royal Navy restores its pre-war strength, it will most likely be defeated by the Drake Navy.

But unfortunately, the Admiralty and other Talen officials, including the new Prime Minister and Admiral, preferred to focus on pacifying the people as quickly as possible, launching another round of recruiting and expanding the army and navy, and doing their utmost to restore the balance of naval power between Talen and Germany.

It's not that there are no smart people in Talen, such as Prime Minister David Kazan George, who is busy eliminating dissidents and establishing his authority. As a politician, he only wants to lead Talen to win the war and seek some benefits for himself and his party. As for some problems, he doesn't want to delve into them and dares not solve them. His ultimate goal is to smoothly survive the war as prime minister.

Sally Jefferson was more concerned with the design and construction of naval weapons. In his opinion, the quality and quantity of warships could solve the plight of the Royal Navy. Liam also wanted to reform the Royal Navy, but it was too late. Even if he still had time, the resistance within the Royal Navy would not allow him to do so. Sometimes he was also very naive.

"General, you are not wrong! You cannot be blamed for all the mistakes. Those idle officials and naval designers in the Navy Headquarters should be put on trial. No, they should be sent directly to the guillotine!" Alex danced with joy and roared angrily while blocking the door. "Before the war, powerful countries rose up all over the world. With Talen's national strength, it is simply not possible to support the continued implementation of the two-power policy. That is an outdated and conservative policy! Maintaining the global presence of the Royal Navy is dispersing the Royal Navy's precious manpower. However, those officials in the Admiralty who only know how to sit in the office smoking cigars and drinking red wine to get hemorrhoids are still fantasizing that the Royal Navy can fight against the whole world!"

"Okay, calm down. The Royal Navy doesn't need a defeated general like me anymore!" Liam hugged her partner and friend of more than 20 years who couldn't control his anger. She patted his back and tried to persuade him, "Marshal Jellicoe and I took the initiative to take the responsibility for the failure of the Grand Fleet at the Admiralty meeting. Alex, Jefferson will send his people to take over the fleet. Anyone who has any relationship with me, Marshal Jellicoe, Marshal Fisher, and Prime Minister Hochukis will be suppressed. But it doesn't matter. The Royal Navy is short of people and will use you. Please hold on, Alex! You have to hold on even without me. You can't abandon the Grand Fleet because of anger!"