Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 137, Wang Ting's dispute

Crowder sighed deeply and expected the worst situation to appear. The merchant fleet is gone. This is not only the failure of Mr. Morssan and others, but also means that hundreds of families in Bailu Town have lost their loved ones.

Mrs. Maria said in the letter that the news is still blocked, because Wang Tingli is too arguing about this matter, mainly because the new route is related to the strategic shift of the kingdom's sea power. The Royal Navy Department intends to continue the original strategic plan and cooperate with the Army to launch an offensive against the Anti-Africa Five-Party Alliance, with the intention of defeating the land-sea military forces of the Anti-African Five-Power Alliance in a crucial campaign.

As long as the occupied port cities of the five anti-Austrian five countries are strategically important and then force the other side to cease fighting and ceduce those port cities to the kingdom, then the kingdom’s sea power can be greatly expanded, and each port city By compiling a sea fleet, there is no longer any need to worry that the route leading to the seven overseas direct jurisdictions of the kingdom of Nubiana is blocked by the enemy.

Although the strategic plan developed by the Royal Navy is very good, it is full of uncertainty and the possibility of accidents. The main point is that no one can guarantee that after the war between the kingdom and the anti-African alliance, will the situation be as smooth as planned and whether the kingdom will win.

The most blame is that the war kingdom needs to pay a lot of casualties to win, and whether it can guarantee that the war will not be delayed for a long time, and that the kingdom and the anti-African alliance will eventually be exhausted and lose both. No one can win, or even complete the strategic goals of the booking...

Most of the military command and strategic plan of this era was conceived by the top-level power figures. The following officials follow the guidance of the above powerful people to develop a strategic plan. The biggest problem is to overestimate one's own underestimation of the enemy. Imagine the army on your side as a strong man who can't die, and imagine the enemy as a bean curd. It is not unreasonable to find out that many of the plans have been implemented. It is not uncommon to see the South and the North.

Just like the strategic plan formulated by the Royal Navy, it has not been approved by the Ministry of the Army. Without him, according to this plan to implement, then the Department of the Army will have the greatest cost, with a country's army against the five-nation coalition forces, defeat the enemy to occupy the port city and then handed over to the Admiralty. This means that the army has the greatest strength, the most blood, but the war has become the Department of the Navy.

Although the Navy also faces the maritime joint fleet of the anti-African alliance, the Army Department still believes that it is ridiculous to launch a full-scale attack on the joint land military forces of the five countries only for the occupation of several port cities. Do you think the army of the kingdom is not dead? There is nothing wrong with dealing with one or two countries. It is possible to deal with five countries at a time. The Army Department is really not sure.

The most fierce objection to the strategic plan of the Royal Navy is the Duke of Kryuss Mann Duncan, the father of the kingdom. His father was the former invincible commander Marshal Dubok Man. Duncan, the right arm of the first king Sterling IX. So he is not afraid of the always strong kingdom of the Navy. In the face of Sterling X, the heads of the Admiral are all water, and they don’t see if they can get a few breads. What is it? Do you think that the fearless fleet of the kingdom can rival the joint fleet of the Anti-African Five League? The warship combined fleet on the bright side is twice as big as the fearless fleet...

Kristus was quite the first to face the court ministers of Sterling X and several confidants, and the strategic plan of the Navy was refuted as nothing. He was the commander of the Admiralty, Andrek von Carlos. On the spot, he threw white gloves on the face of Prime Minister Kryus, and the sword was about to fight with him. He almost turned into a court farce.

Sterling X is also very embarrassed, and Marshal Andrek is his most staunch supporter, especially after he succeeded to step on the throne, he developed the slavery of the slave continent, built the kingdom's sea power, and formed the fearless fleet. He made an extraordinary contribution and was one of his most esteemed kings.

However, Prime Minister Kryus did not make a mistake. The strategic plan formulated by the Admiralty was really flawed. First of all, the anti-Olympic alliance’s maritime forces and the joint fleet were imagined as dogkeepers. They believed that they did not dare to take the initiative to the kingdom. attack. Then, as long as the fearless fleet and their defensive tactics will not break out, and the army of the kingdom will occupy several of their port cities, the joint fleet will surrender. This will ensure that the fearless fleet will not lose the battleship due to the naval battle, and it will be able to compile and surrender the combined fleet warships to expand the power...

Sterling X also did not understand why the Admiralty was so sure that the combined fleet would not take the initiative to attack. The interpretation of Marshal Andrek’s navy is that the maritime forces of the five countries are combined to form a joint fleet. They are certainly not in harmony. They will want to keep their own warships. They are not willing to lose their maritime power because of naval battles, so they will not take the initiative. attack.

This reason sounds very reasonable. I can think about it and think that it is not very reliable. I pin my hopes on the enemy's disunity and inconsistency. Sterling X thinks that the Prime Minister of Kryus is right. Since it has already opened up another route to the mainland of Nobsia, what are you waiting for? If you are not waiting, you should start immediately and shift the focus of the Kingdom’s sea power. Go to this new route.

The plan proposed by Prime Minister Kryus was to dismantle the fearless fleet and split the fearless fleet into two. One-third of the fleet stayed at the port of Neru and was responsible for the daily patrols in the eastern seas of the kingdom. Two-thirds of the fleet was transferred to the Beringa Lake in Bailu Town, which separated Bailu Town from the southwestern three counties into the kingdom's directly-administered military town, upgraded to the city, formed a new storm fleet, and was responsible for sweeping and destroying new routes. Gangs, maintaining the safety of the new route.

As for the more than ten miles of waterways from Beringa Lake to Shark Bay, the kingdom can organize manpower to excavate and expand into a canal to ensure that the new storm fleet can be unimpeded. The Kingdom’s two-day navigation to the mainland of Nubsia can temporarily stop for a year, and it will not be delayed until the new route is safe.

Only this proposal put forward by Prime Minister Kryus was also strongly opposed by the Department of the Army and the Department of the Navy. Because adopting this plan requires the kingdom to invest a lot of development and construction funds, the biggest possibility is to cut military spending. The Army Department is ready to recruit 300,000 to 500,000 new recruits and expand the field army to wait for the outbreak of the war with the anti-Austrian five countries.

But now that the new route has been discovered, there is no need for the kingdom to fight for the route to the mainland of Nubiansia with the anti-Austrian five-nation alliance. It is entirely appropriate to ease the situation and make more adequate armaments and then launch a war. Under such circumstances, the Army’s plan to recruit new recruits can be postponed for a year or two, and there is no need to start recruiting right now, just to save military expenses and use it to upgrade to the expansion of Bailu Town.

For the Department of the Army, this is simply to take out the money that has been put into the pocket and give it away. The annual military expenses can only maintain the existing seven empty shelf army, and it is hard to wait until the time to take a big bite. Spit it out, no one wants it. However, the arm can not twist the thigh, if Sterling X finally adopted the plan of the Prime Minister of Kriyus, the Army Department can only accept the account.

As for the Admiralty, it is opposed to opposition. The Marshal Andrek is not willing to dismantle the fearless fleet into two parts, because this fleet is the main force he has carefully built to deal with the anti-African alliance. He believes that once the fearless fleet is dismantled, the fearless fleet will lose its intimidation ability to the joint fleet, which will break the current confrontation. The eastern seas of the kingdom will become a place for the joint fleet to come and go...

However, Prime Minister Kryus believes that the dismantling of the fearless fleet is imperative. The temporary disadvantage does not mean that the joint fleet of the Anti-African Five Alliances can invade the eastern seas without any scruples. They must also consider the consequences of angering the kingdom. The power of the sea does not mean that the army of these five countries can also compete with the kingdom alone.

If there is a real war, the two countries in the neighboring kingdom will be the first to be unlucky, and the Nasri kingdom is the leader of the anti-Austrian five-nation alliance. It is the defeat of the neighboring countries and the kingdom, so the Nasri kingdom is the least. Willing to break the land war with the kingdom. He was violently slashed by the kingdom and he summed it up. He has deeply remembered this lesson.

Mrs. Mariah told Claude in the letter that it was because Wang Tingli had a dispute over the plan proposed by Prime Minister Kryus, and Sterling X was also considering whether to adopt this plan, so the town of Bailu opened up to the slave. The new route of the Vicia continent is still in secret. The reason why she wrote to Claude was because Claude's father, Mr. Morsan, was also involved in the incident.

Mrs. Mariah wrote in her letter that she had already understood the matter and was willing to come forward to talk about the arrest of Mr. Morsan. At the New Year's party, she wrote Claude's letter to Sterling X and introduced that Claude was her student. At that time, the Earl of the Navy Marshal Andrek was also present. He believed that Mr. Morssan and his friends had to be severely punished. It was their adventure that attracted pirate groups from the mainland of Nubbia, which caused the Kingdom to suffer unnecessary losses.

At this time, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Elvic Lee Frank made a fair statement. He satirized the Admiralty every year knowing that it would cost money to build a warship, and then continue to be consumed on the way of the sea route, but it is not as good as the three southwestern counties. Civilian officials and businessmen in local towns are so adventurous and know that they have opened up a new route for the kingdom and have succeeded.

Although the merchant fleet they organized was annihilated by pirates, it also attracted pirates to disturb the central and western waters of the kingdom, but this shows that this new route can completely allow the kingdom and the slaves of the slaves to sail. The kingdom not only did not reward these officials and businessmen who had the adventurous spirit to open up new routes for the kingdom, but also prepared to severely punish them for crimes against the security of the kingdom. This is simply a slip of the world. From then on, no one is willing to take the initiative to serve the kingdom.

The Chancellor of the Treasury said that it makes sense. Prime Minister Kryus also said that it is only a small matter to punish these local officials and businessmen, but the impact on the kingdom will be great. Chasing interests is a human nature. They have opened up new routes. It is also human nature to use this new route to make profits for themselves. After all, they have spent a lot of money for the development of new routes.

Moreover, the merchant fleet they organized was annihilated by pirates, and it also explained the limitations of their vision, and did not understand the situation and the overall situation, so that such a result can be regarded as a lesson. In addition, their confession and the letter written by Mrs. Maria's students also proved that they did not forget the kingdom of the service. They were prepared to report the new route when the merchant fleet returned, but their luck was very bad...

Mrs. Maria finally wrote in her letter that Claude would not have to worry about his father, Mr. Morssan and his friends, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister would speak for them, and Sterling X would not speak to Morssan. Mr. They are punished, and at most they are not punished. However, because they concealed the new route and caused losses to the kingdom, Mr. Morsan’s public office may be lifted, but the national identity will still be preserved.

In addition, Mrs. Maria asked Claude not to leak out the letter about the prime minister's adult, because it is easy to be exploited by the minded. Wang Ting is likely to make a final decision on this plan in February, while the three southwestern counties and Bailu Town will not get news until mid-March...