Claude sighed deeply, expecting the worst to happen. The disappearance of the merchant fleet is not only a failure of investment by Mr. Morsan and others, but also means that hundreds of families in White Deer Town have lost their loved ones.
Mrs. Maria said in the letter that the news was still blocked because Wang Tingli was so quarrelsome about the matter, mainly because the new route was related to the strategic shift of the kingdom's maritime power. The Royal Navy intends to continue the original strategic plan and cooperate with the army to launch an attack on the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, with the intention of defeating the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance's land and sea military forces in one fell swoop in the key battle.
As long as you occupy several key strategically located port cities in the five anti-Austrian alliance countries and force the other side to cease the war and cede those port cities to the kingdom, then the kingdom's maritime power will have the opportunity to greatly expand. Each port city By organizing a maritime fleet, you no longer need to worry about the kingdom's routes to the seven overseas territories of Nubisia being blocked by enemy countries.
Although the strategic plan formulated by the Kingdom's Admiralty looks good, it is full of uncertainties and the possibility of accidents. The most important point is that no one can guarantee that after the war between the Kingdom and the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, the war will go as smoothly as planned and whether the Kingdom will win.
The most accusatory thing is how much casualties the kingdom needs to pay to win this war, and whether it can ensure that this war will not drag on for a long time, so that the kingdom and the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance will be exhausted in the end, and both sides will suffer. No one can win, or even achieve the predetermined strategic goals
Most of the military command and strategic plans of this era were thought up by the powerful people at the top. Officials below formulate strategic plans based on the guidance of powerful figures above. The biggest mistake is to overestimate one's own side and underestimate the enemy. Think of your own troops as strong men who cannot be killed by guns and artillery, and think of your enemies as dregs of tofu. It is not uncommon for many plans to turn out to be completely different things only to find out once they are implemented that they focus on one thing at the expense of the other.
Just like the strategic plan formulated by the Kingdom's Navy Department, it was not approved by the Army Department. Without him, if this plan is implemented, then the Ministry of War will spend the maximum amount of money to fight against the five-nation coalition forces with an army of one country. After defeating the enemy and occupying the port city, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Navy. This means that the Army Department exerted the greatest effort and shed the most blood, but the result went to the Navy Department.
Although the Navy Department also has to face the combined maritime fleets of the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, the War Department still believes that it is too ridiculous to launch a full-scale attack on the joint land military forces of the five countries just to occupy a few port cities. Do you think the Kingdom's army is invincible? It's no problem to deal with one or two countries, but the Ministry of War is really not sure about dealing with five countries at once.
The most fierce opponent to the strategic plan of the Kingdom's Navy is the Kingdom's Prime Minister, Duke Kryusman Duncan. His father was the former invincible commander-in-chief, Marshal Dubocman Duncan, and the right-hand man of the late King Sterling IX. Therefore, he was not afraid of the always powerful Kingdom's Admiralty. He ridiculed the heads of the Admiralty in front of King Sterling X because their heads were full of water, and he did not look at how many pieces of bread he could hold in his mouth or what kind of drink he had. It is thought that the Kingdom's Dreadnought Fleet can defeat the combined fleet of the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance. The combined fleet of battleships on the surface alone is twice as many as the Dreadnought Fleet.
In front of King Stirling X and several close court ministers, Prime Minister Creus refuted the strategic plan formulated by the Admiralty as useless. The Minister in charge of the Admiralty, Marshal Andrek von Carlos, was so angry that he dismissed it on the spot. White gloves were thrown at Prime Minister Creus's face, and he drew his sword to duel with him, which almost turned into a palace farce.
Stirling X was also in a dilemma. Admiral Andrei was his strongest supporter, especially after he succeeded to the throne, he planned to develop the continent of Nubisia, build the kingdom's maritime power, and form a fearless fleet. He has made extraordinary contributions and is one of his most trusted ministers in the kingdom.
{} If a war really breaks out, the two neighboring kingdoms will be the first to suffer misfortune, and the Kingdom of Nasseri is the leader in the anti-Austria Five-Nation Alliance. It is both a neighboring country and the defeated general of the kingdom, so the Kingdom of Nasseri is The last thing he wants is a land war with the kingdom. He had been brutally beaten by the kingdom and asked for peace twice, and he had deeply remembered this lesson.
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