The Navy's annual summary meeting is not like the Army's mid-year meeting, which strictly reflects the good style of military personnel. The Navy's annual summary meeting is more like a business meeting.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the demoted senior navy officials and the attitude of the current senior navy leaders. In order to ensure that senior naval leaders would not be purged because of their "fear of war," some naval generals took the initiative to step forward and shoulder the responsibility. superior.
The royal family was very angry about their behavior. They dismissed a group of senior navy generals and gave the navy the most severe punishment-a reduction in annual military allocations.
Perhaps in a final act of madness, the defeated royal family blamed the outcome of the Civil War on the navy, believing that the main reason why the war was lost was that the navy did not play an adequate role. If the navy could break through the federal blockade on the sea and directly attack federal coastal cities, or even land on the sea, it would be enough to turn the tide of the war in the early stages of the war.
But in fact, the navy did not do very well, but it was not that bad. At least the federal navy was intercepted on the sea, and the federal navy was not allowed to plunder the east coast and expand its advantage. Their performance was passable.
You must know that if the Federation could supply supplies by sea, maybe there would be nothing to do with the empire and the royal family now, and everyone would be their own people!
The disappointment with the imperial royal family made the navy very dissatisfied. The dismissed generals did not return to the navy after Magus overthrew the royal family. Instead, they started doing business with the help of their reputation and connections in the navy.
At present, almost all of the largest shipping companies in the empire are controlled by retired naval generals, and a large part of their profits are used to support naval military expenditures. In addition, the Navy also has its own business, which allows the Navy to maintain its current scale without any funding from the Department of Defense and has not declined.
It must be mentioned here that there was one of the earliest contacts between the new government and the navy. Their request was that the navy give up its business, stop accepting external financial assistance, and reduce the size of the navy. In the end, the talks collapsed, and then the navy was created. current situation.
In the words of those generals, they can take off their military caps and uniforms and become ordinary people, but the navy's organization, scale, and autonomy must not be shaken. This is the persistence and reliance of the entire navy.
As soon as Lieutenant General Chris led Dulin into the hall, someone came over. Most of these people were vice admirals, admirals of the navy, and ship kings of the empire.
"I have been wanting to meet Mr. Dulin for a long time. I must thank you for your support of the navy. Because with an outstanding patriotic businessman like you, the navy can ensure the safety of the empire's waters!" The empire was speaking. Admiral, Naval Headquarters, Quinn.
Admiral Quinn looks very kind, his eyebrows have turned white, and he gives people a kind feeling when he smiles. But this was all an illusion he showed. Thomas told Dulin that Admiral Quinn was one of the iconic figures of the militant faction in the navy. He advocated that the navy should rely more on itself rather than the empire and expand. The imperial navy's dominance over the oceans forced the cabinet and the Ministry of Defense to face up to the role of the navy.
It is said, just said, that the plan to have the navy disguised as pirates and plunder on the high seas was the idea of Admiral Quinn. This plan has greatly made up for the Navy's lack of military spending. Only higher-level naval generals know the more specific situation. Thomas is just a junior high-ranking officer who has just been promoted to rear admiral. He is not a true high-ranking officer in the strict sense. He doesn't know There are still many things.
After the two shook hands, Admiral Quinn lowered his voice and said, "You can walk around the base now, chat with other friends, and have something to eat. After our activities are over, there will be a small-scale meeting , you must come when the time comes!" After that, he stood up straight and shook hands with Du Lin again, "Our female soldiers are very enthusiastic, see you later!"
Dulin knew what this guy was thinking without even thinking about it, and at the same time, he began to be wary of the general. By suggesting he do these things on Navy turf, there's a good chance something could get out of hand.
After seeing off Admiral Quinn, Dulin chatted with several other ship kings. Although he did not own any ships, everyone knew that the Odis City Naval Base belonged to Dulin, and it was only in the name of the navy. under the name.
The entire Odis City Naval Base and the Mondona Naval Base on the west coast are supported by Dulin's money. Now Dulin is doing more than just smuggling goods, but also shipping. For some companies, for example, about one-third to half of the goods of the alcoholic beverage manufacturers authorized by him go out through his channels.
The main thing is safety, speed and no worries.
Perhaps at the beginning, some people considered competing for these channels in Du Lin's hands, but as each agent stood up, these people no longer had these thoughts. Neither the navy nor Du Lin's thugs were ordinary forces. Can contend.
They talked a lot, and the main aspect was the current international situation. With the end of the war between the Empire and the Federation, there were almost no large-scale wars in the world. There may still be some minor friction, but everyone is more restrained.
Now that the entire world has entered a new era, it is obviously not feasible to improve a country's status through force, so economy has become the main direction of development. After the Federation's financial tsunami, many scholars and experts agreed that in the future, the form of war will evolve from force to economic war. The Federation's failure in the financial tsunami is the freshest and most typical case.
A financial tsunami took away at least ten years of the federal economic achievements. Such an outcome was much more serious than defeat in a war. Strengthening the national defense system was no longer a matter of military strength, but also financial and economic resistance.
As long as you want to develop the economy, you cannot do without the important link of commodity circulation. Judging from the current situation, although the Imperial Navy cannot rule the entire world's oceans, it still has an absolute dominance among the four continents.
"By the way, did you know? People are coming from the East!" A shipping king suddenly said an interesting thing, which attracted everyone's attention.
People's curiosity and exploration of the ocean have never stopped, especially the navy, a special profession, which has a more exploring and pioneering spirit towards the ocean. Over the years, some people have gone to the East intermittently, but no ship from the East has ever come to the West.
In some historical records, the East once sent envoys to visit the West, but unfortunately those people believed that the West was still in the early form of a civilized society, full of barbarism and stupidity, and left disappointed.
In addition, there is no clear route to ensure the safety of long-distance voyages. Except for speculators who want to get rich overnight, they will consider trying to go to the East. Normal people will never consider this.
But now, the shipping king actually said that people came from the east, which suddenly aroused everyone's curiosity, including Du Lin.
In terms of familiarity with the East, perhaps Du Lin knows the most about the East among all people. Of course, it is limited to the world in his dreams. He is also very curious about the East.
Seeing that he had attracted other people's attention, Mr. Ship King continued, "There were two adventurous guys, one named Golob and one named Marken, who got a boat to go to the East and met each other on the way. The mission from the East will arrive on the east coast around January." He paused here and said, "Compared with these two lucky guys, I am actually more concerned about whether the Orientals have security in their hands. If they are willing to share the route, maybe one day I will be able to go to the East and have a look.”
A group of people were chatting about the little information they knew about the East, and imagining how much benefit it would bring to the navy if they could gain the right to speak about the waterway between the East and the West. Thomas, who had returned from his debriefing, found Dulin.
The two walked to a corner. Thomas took off his hat and put it on his waist. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed, "You must not know what happened!"
Du Lin asked cooperatively, "What happened?"
This sentence made Thomas become proud, "I will scare you to death if I say it. The mission from the East will arrive next month, and I will be given extra money... In fact, the bases on the east coast have all received extra funding. , I hope we can show the majesty of the Imperial Navy and let those arrogant Easterners understand our power. "
The adjective "arrogant" is mostly an emotion extended from the historical manuscripts recording the visits of Eastern missions to the West. The original royal family was called "barbaric chiefs" by the Eastern missions, which is enough to be remembered by many people. Oriental arrogance and rudeness.
So this time the cabinet decided to put on its best face to receive the Eastern envoys, letting them understand that even though this place is barbaric, it is also powerful.
For a time, almost the entire navy was discussing the Eastern Mission. This made Dulin feel like he was out of touch with the latest news, because he didn't know about it at all before!
Dulin didn't want to talk more about what he didn't know. He asked another question, "Admiral Quinn just told me that there will be a small-scale meeting later. What is it?"
Thomas looked around, lowered his voice and revealed, "The Commander-in-Chief and the General Staff believe that the current industrial distribution is too chaotic and plan to formulate some new rules. This also has something to do with the situation at the top level in the country. To be honest, this year's annual meeting It will not be peaceful. The Commander-in-Chief means to move closer to the Ministry of Defense, but General Quinn feels that we should no longer be controlled by the Ministry of Defense. Do you understand?"
(End of chapter)