Admiral Quinn is able to confront the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, so he naturally has the confidence.
The gap between the imperial government and the navy in the past thirty years was his greatest reliance.
For more than thirty years, except for the first few years, the Navy used the military expenditures of the Imperial Ministry of Defense as expenses, and then for more than twenty years it has been self-financing military expenditures. Although the whole navy doesn't say it, in their hearts they still have some complaints against the Ministry of National Defense and the Cabinet. If you don't give us food to eat, then we will have to find food for ourselves!
It is precisely based on such a weakly antagonistic position that Admiral Quinn and even the young officers in the navy believe that the current navy no longer needs to rely on anyone to survive, even if the other party is the Imperial Ministry of Defense, or cabinet.
This is also the main reason why the martial arts faction actively wants to expand the Imperial Navy's voice in the ocean - if one day the Imperial Navy really faces a difficult choice, they can still have a retreat.
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, who has completely different ideas from Admiral Quinn, believes that the Imperial Navy is the Imperial Navy after all. Even if there are more than 20 years of conflicts between the Navy and political subjects, the Imperial Navy is still the Navy of the Empire. This will never be the case. Will be shaken.
Now some people in the Ministry of National Defense have begun to take the initiative to contact the Navy and have negotiated part of the agreement. This is a good sign. Once the Navy is reintegrated into the empire as a whole, there will be further development.
Military expenditure is only one aspect, and also includes some advanced technologies and various weapons.
In this era of rapidly changing science and technology, many new inventions are coming out every day, and many old things will be eliminated. If we cannot keep up with the development of the times, even if the Imperial Navy is one of the strongest navies in the world, it will be very difficult. It is possible to be eliminated soon. Changes in military equipment often mean that the war situation may show a one-sided trend. If you don't want to be eliminated, you must keep up with the development of the times. However, the navy does not have the research capabilities. They do not have these foundations and lack sufficient funds to do so. Engage in military research.
Moreover, to take a step back, the navy is composed of citizens of the empire. They all have their own families, parents, wives and children in the empire. With such a bond, even if the Navy wanted to cause trouble, he would sit back and watch as the differences between the militant faction and the Empire grew larger and larger. In the end, it would only be the Navy that would be unlucky.
It is impossible for the navy soldiers to choose to betray the country and leave here with the generals and go to other places to struggle for survival. This is destined to have no future for the martial arts faction and no way out.
The biggest difference now between the fighting faction and the capitulation faction (the fighting faction's name for the commander-in-chief) is whether to accept the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, whether to return to the overall military system of the empire, and whether to disarm.
These are all contradictions, and it is precisely because of these contradictions that this small meeting was prompted.
The commander-in-chief, who wanted to move closer to the empire, decided to tidy up the chaotic business of the navy at the request of the Ministry of Defense, at least to make it less chaotic and to be more restrained in appearance. This involves some businesses other than their own duties, such as the shipping of the shipping king and Du Lin's shipping.
With Thomas on the side to explain some of the internal conflicts and external pressures of the Navy to Dulin, Dulin had a better understanding of the current situation of the Navy, but at the same time he also had a doubt, that is, why at this time
Why didn't the contact between the Ministry of National Defense and the Navy start a few years ago, or a few years later, but why did it start just when the leadership was about to change
This is actually not the best choice. The power of a cabinet is about to pass from the hands of the new party to the hands of the old party. This also means that many things that the cabinet has promised to the navy now can be directly denied after the old party comes to power.
This is not a joke between friends. If you don’t admit it, you won’t admit it. It is related to the internal security of an empire and the mood of the entire navy. They should choose a more appropriate time to talk to the Ministry of National Defense and the ruling party about these things instead. Now.
Unless..., the people who come into contact with the navy are not members of the new party, but from the old party!
Thinking of this, Du Lin seemed to understand something. In the final analysis, the conflict between the Navy and the Empire involved only three participants: the original royal family, the current New Party, and the Navy itself. Among the three, the other two parties the navy faces appear as "enemies" and they do not have the conditions for cooperation. But the old party, which has never appeared, can appear as a "friend", then it all makes sense.
If the old party proposes negotiations to bring the Imperial Navy back into the arms of the empire on the grounds of "overthrowing the current cabinet and Ministry of Defense", then this time point seems to have become normal, and they can negotiate everything before the change of term. content, and then quietly wait for the election to begin.
If the New Party is not overthrown, then everything discussed now will be invalidated and everything will remain as it is.
But if the new party is overthrown, the prime minister steps down, and the old party comes to power, then all the things they are talking about will be implemented immediately.
This is not a wrong time, but a very good time!
So, does Mags know about these things
Dulin felt that Maggs knew about it, and it was even possible that he was the one who came up with this plan. His tenure caused the current problems of the Imperial Navy, and as a man with a strong sense of responsibility, he will inevitably solve these problems before he retires. Even if you think about it from another perspective, given the relationship between Mags and Kubal, it is absolutely impossible for him not to know that this old guy is always accustomed to amplifying the effects of everything and pursuing the greatest interests.
The death of his son was like this, using the death of relatives to promote the implementation and implementation of a series of policies. Although some of them seem to have failed from now on, no one can guarantee that Maggs pushed for the adoption of these policies. , not to indirectly promote the establishment of other policies, such as the traffic law that had been controversial before that. This kind of trick is something he often plays.
So when he lets go of the scepter he has held tightly for more than 20 years, he will inevitably use his retirement as the biggest bargaining chip to seek to maximize interests and solve problems within the new party through his retirement. These are his plans to resolve some contradictions in society and even resolve some contradictions in the old party. For such a cunning old man, if he can let the Navy do nothing here, that would be the greatest disrespect to him!
Magers is a very special person. He has the elements that all politicians need. He is the most terrifying pure politician Dulin has ever seen. Politically speaking, he has almost no weaknesses and has made no mistakes. Any decision!
When Dulin thought of this, he couldn't help but continue to think deeply. Since Magus was so great, why didn't he deal with the conflict left over between the Navy and the imperial family? Instead, he intensified the conflict and made the Navy become as big as it is now. situation
In a flash of inspiration, he thought of the situation the new party faced when it first came to power: no money!
Maybe that makes sense.
Forcing the navy to be self-reliant to solve financial difficulties, and after defeat, use limited funds for social development instead of the military. Since the end of the Civil War, the imperial fiscal allocations for military matters have been pitiful. Twenty years have passed since that war, and the Army has only begun to change its equipment. This means that the Army has not received much actual funding in these years.
He used an obvious "mistake" to solve the financial dilemma and put all his focus on the development of the empire. Today, the economic construction of the empire has begun to bear fruit. The army began to replace its equipment in large quantities, and then he used He was "ousted" to put an end to his "mistakes" and allow the navy to return to the embrace of the empire during the old party's rule. It would take another eight years to stabilize the mood of the navy...
Du Lin couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. He admired Mags very much, but he was also extremely disappointed. What he was disappointed with was that he was born too late, and Mags was born too early. If he could have such an opponent who could set his sights on planning decades later, maybe his life would be more interesting!
Every smart person longs to have a formidable opponent and then defeat him.
Maybe Mags is lonely because he lacks an opponent who can use all his strength to deal with it carefully. At the same time, Dulin feels that he is also lonely. With vision and thoughts that are many years beyond this era, he can't even have an opponent. I can’t find it, it’s so boring!
After coming back to his senses, Dulin looked at Thomas and patted the non-existent dust on his shoulder. "I think I understand. In short, this is not a good thing, but it is a good thing, right?"
Thomas looked at Dulin as if he were a fool and said something he couldn't understand at all, and then nodded in agreement, "You're right!"
Next, Thomas took Dulin around the base and got to know many young naval officers. Most of these people had good relations with Thomas. After all, they were all young people and they were all school officers. Du Lin was very kind to these people, taking the initiative to talk to them about topics that everyone had in common, and also exchanged contact information with them.
Thomas didn't know why Dulin valued these officers, but Dulin knew very well that if his guess was correct, after the old party came to power and the navy returned to the embrace of the empire, the first thing the Ministry of Defense would do would be to clean up the navy. The martial arts faction.
A large number of middle and high-level officers will be purged, leaving so many general officer positions that need to be filled. Most of the future naval generals will be born from these young people. This is to get familiar with each other in advance.
Even if you can't become good friends with these young officers in a few casual conversations, at least you won't become enemies with them!
I voted for Maggs, what about you
(End of chapter)