Another World: Naval Storm

Chapter 146 God’s Help

"Leo, what's wrong with you?" Hannah pushed open the door when she knocked and no one answered. Leo was sitting on the chair crying silently.

"War is so cruel!" Thinking of those wounded soldiers, Leo didn't know what else to say. No words could describe his inner thoughts. After twenty-two years of military service and countless kills, he still couldn't harden his heart when facing his own people.

"The Empire will not forget them, and the government will arrange their lives!"

"Haha~~cough cough~" Leo's laughter slowly turned into a cough, "Hannah, you don't understand those politicians and nobles. At most, they can let the wounded soldiers survive, but it is impossible for them to live a good life!"

"But..." Hannah wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Leo.

"There's no buts. If the Empire wins the final victory, they will be treated better, but if we fail, they will just die slowly!" Leo learned about the nature of Western politicians through the wireless network in his previous life. Things like veterans becoming homeless or being crushed to death by tanks can all happen. What else can't they do!

After being dragged downstairs by Hannah to eat, Leo ate a few bites and went back to the study to think.

[Commander, are you free?] The word "cautious" appeared in Leo's mind. Leo shook his head to get rid of the word. How could the system have feelings?

"what's up?"

[Commander, you haven't bought anything from the store for a long time! ]

"Your skill store doesn't have any useful skills. Every time it refreshes, it's all rubbish. I want to save my precious merit points to buy and upgrade the most useful skills and items."

[Commander, I think the skills that are randomly refreshed in the store now will be of great use to you! ]

"Oh? I believe you this time. Open the store and let me take a look!" Leo ordered. As soon as the store panel appeared, he located the skill mentioned by the system.

"System, thank you, you are awesome! This is exactly what I need." Leo couldn't take his eyes off the skill.

[Thank you for the compliment. I am happy to serve the Commander and clear all the Commander's merit points! ]

Leo immediately felt like he was being sucked dry, but he felt it was worth it.

[Level 1 Armored Fortress: Armor of all warships under the commander +5mm] In the era of giant ships and cannons, the importance of this skill is self-evident. Adding 5mm of armor means that the battlecruiser can add hundreds or thousands of tons of steel protective armor without affecting the speed.

"System, next time you have a similar skill, you must tell me. I have been neglecting you too much recently!"

[Commander has set it, the system obeys]

"God help me! Haha, otherwise I wouldn't have time to develop slowly, and what would you use to play with me with your big fleet?" Leo muttered to himself.

Hannah, who had been hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, was relieved when she heard Leo's laughter. She went back to her room and slept with Wen Na.

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On the last day of December 1916, a giant steel ship cut through the waves and approached Kuruk Bay at the southern tip of South America.

The battlecruiser Von der Cassi, the only survivor of Leo's Far East Fleet, finally found a secret supply point left by the navy in the oceans. A merchant ship flying the flag of a neutral country supplied it with coal, ammunition and food.

Leo did not forget the Von der Cassi. Based on Leo's public and private suggestions, the Navy Department secretly added supply points in various oceans, mainly to provide protection for submarines and attack ships.

The Navy Department made use of waste materials and changed the nationality of all merchant ships and cargo ships stranded in neutral ports to facilitate operations. These ships purchased supplies in neutral countries and were dispersed to various oceans as supply points for the attacking fleet, ensuring that there was a fixed supply ship in every sea area.

The battlecruiser Von der Cassi could not break through the blockade of the Talens and return to the mainland, so it could only move around in the South Pacific and South Atlantic. During this period, the battlecruiser Von der Cassi showed its prowess, constantly hunting down Allied merchant ships, sinking more than 30 large and small merchant ships with a tonnage of more than tons. The South Pacific route became a nightmare for Allied merchant ships.

Captain Oak, the captain of the battlecruiser Von der Cassi, was in a good mood. General Leo allowed him to act freely and launch maritime guerrilla warfare with the Allies in the Bharata Ocean and the Pacific Ocean; on the one hand, he attacked the Allied sea transportation lines, and on the other hand, he looked for opportunities to return to the Drake Empire.

In one month, the lone wolf battlecruiser Von der Cassi rushed from the Atlantic Ocean to the East Borneo Ocean and attacked seven merchant ships in succession, sinking four of them, the Talen merchant ships.

By the time the Tarens noticed the presence of the Von der Cassi battlecruiser, panic spread along the coast of Bharat, and the Colombo-Temasek route was even closed for a time.

Insurance rates for merchant ships skyrocketed, and ships were afraid to leave the port. For the Allies, it was embarrassing that a Drak Empire battlecruiser paralyzed shipping in the entire Bharata Ocean.

The bold Colonel Oak ordered the battlecruiser Von der Cassi to sneak into the port of Madras, an important town southeast of Tajikistan, and carried out a bombardment that lasted half an hour, and then escaped before being discovered.

Although the bombardment did not cause any serious damage, the atmosphere of terror intensified throughout the Bharata Ocean. Afterwards, the battlecruiser Von De Cassi bypassed Sinhalese and entered the Arab Sea after a failed attempt to attack Colombo, sinking six Tarun merchant ships again.

In order to continue to interfere with the East Borneo Ocean route, the battlecruiser Von der Cassi turned east again, and repeatedly escaped the pursuit of the Allied warships.

On September 1916, 9, the battlecruiser Von der Cassi disguised itself as a Talen warship and sneaked into the important town of Penang in Taman Malacca in the early morning. It raised the naval flag of the Drak Empire in the harbor and then sank the Rakshasa Empire warship Baibang that was anchored in the harbor.

The battlecruiser Von der Kassel caused a lot of trouble for the Allies, so they formed a joint fleet to encircle it.

Colonel Oak, who had learned a lot from Leo, had already commanded the battlecruiser to sail back to the Atlantic. The Atlantic was more suitable for the operations of the battlecruiser Von der Cassi. The Sturdy fleet had been crippled. Most South American countries remained neutral and had good relations with the Drake Empire, making supplies easy. In the Atlantic, it was only necessary to guard against the Yemerican Navy that suddenly moved south, but none of the Yemerican Navy warships could catch up with the battlecruiser Von der Cassi.

This supply will allow the officers and soldiers on the battlecruiser Von der Cassi to have a good New Year. The beer and sausages specially prepared by the merchant ship satisfy everyone.

"I miss General Leo a little. I won't panic when he's around!" Colonel Oak took a sip of beer and complained to the staff officer beside him.

"Colonel, General Leo has high hopes for you, and the congratulatory messages he sent are all praising you!" the staff officer said with a smile.

"I know. I don't want to bully some unarmed merchant ships all day long. Think about how magnificent the Battle of Shipwreck Bay was. It would be such a pity if I didn't participate in it!" Colonel Oak sighed.

"Didn't the sister ship of the Von der Kasteel, the battlecruiser Von der Bella, participate? It also won the title of unsinkable ship with the Moltke! Just consider it as our participation!"

"Now that you mention it, I feel even more uncomfortable. The Von der Cassi is also qualified to receive the honor of being an unsinkable ship!"

"Then we must find an opportunity to return to our homeland as soon as possible. Commander Leo might be planning a bigger naval battle!"