Another World: Naval Storm

There are two battlefields. Here, destroyers are fighting against destroyers, and on the other side, the two Talen light cruisers, Rime and Adventure, are fighting against the light cruiser Ancient Dragon.

Both the HMS Rime and HMS Adventure were old-style cruisers launched more than a decade ago. Their full load displacement was less than 76 tons, and their main guns were only mm.

The Ancient Dragon cruiser is a new type of cruiser designed by the Drake Navy for anti-intervention warfare. It has a full load displacement of 4400 tons and a main gun caliber of 105 mm. It has stronger firepower and solid defense than ordinary Talen light cruisers.

The Ancient Dragon quickly suppressed the Talen cruiser in the battle. With the help of its skills, the Ancient Dragon's precise bombardment put great pressure on the two Talen light cruisers.

At 7:12, at the military dock on Heligoland Island, the First Scouting Fleet's flagship battlecruiser Moltke, the battlecruiser von der Bella, and the Seydlitz were all ready to depart at any time, while the light cruisers Strahd, Hrasson, and seven other light cruisers, as well as the eight destroyers of the First and Fourth Squadrons and the five torpedo boats of the Third Squadron had all been started.

Leo, standing on the command tower of the battlecruiser Moltke, was full of confidence. Although he felt sad about the losses of Mitterrand's fleet, he also believed that great results might be coming.

Victor thought that the loophole he had discovered was deliberately set up by Leo. If there was no loophole, how could the Taren people come to him on their own initiative?

He now has a lot of chips in his hand. In addition, considering that he wanted to consume as many warships as possible from the Harden Fleet, Leo specially borrowed a light cruiser squadron from the Second Reconnaissance Fleet. If it weren't for Marshal Piltz's coordination, Leo would have been almost spat out from the Second Reconnaissance Fleet headquarters.

Except for the Mitterrand fleet's rash attack that disrupted the plan and caused some losses, the rest was going according to Leo's idea. Now that his five warships were trapped in the siege of the Talens, he could only pray that they would hold on a little longer and wait for the rescue of the First Scouting Fleet.

As long as the first reconnaissance fleet arrives, Leo will have the advantage. Even if the Talens still have a lot of troops in the dark, he is not afraid.

"General, the Mitterrand fleet won't be able to hold out for long. Should the battlecruiser squadron set off early? They have already been prepared!" Lieutenant Hiller suggested in a low voice.

"Then let's go! Let the following warships be ready and send out one by one!" Leo thought about it and agreed. Now the situation of Mitterrand's fleet was indeed not very good from a God's perspective. There were only three battlecruisers anyway, and the Talens had no radar, so it was impossible for them to eat Leo in the sea fog.

"Your Majesty, urgent war report!" Emperor Drake's aide-de-camp rushed into the conference room, where the emperor was holding a coordination meeting with senior officers of the army and navy for the next phase of combat deployment. The stalemate in the war on the east and west fronts made the Drake Empire very uncomfortable, and meetings to study countermeasures continued non-stop.

"A Royal Navy squadron of Talen shamelessly attacked our Heligoland Island. Vice Admiral Leo has led all the warships of the First Scouting Fleet into battle!"

"This bunch of BZY bastards!?! I don't fight them, but they come to launch a sneak attack!" Emperor William, who was already dissatisfied with the war, immediately changed his expression and roared angrily.

"Notify General Apewen and have the Ocean Fleet attack! Go support Leo and make sure the Talens never return! This is my order!"

"Your Majesty, we have a call from the Ocean Fleet Headquarters, General Apevin has mobilized the 1st and 2nd Battleship Squadrons of the Ocean Fleet to participate in the battle!" The aide-de-camp took out the second telegram and continued to report.

“??? Who gave the order? How come I didn’t know?” the emperor asked in confusion. Two telegrams came at the same time. How could Apewen have predicted it?

"It's Admiral Piltz, the Minister of the Navy!" said the aide-de-camp, looking at Piltz.

Everyone in the conference room looked at Piltz standing in front of the sand table.

*****

In the early morning of September 9, Admiral Jellicoe, the commander of the Ocean Fleet, who got up early, strolled along the dock, which was lined with warships. This was his fleet, and getting up early every day to patrol it had become his regular habit.

"kindness?"

"Hmm?" He asked with a greeting on his face.

"Where is my battleship? Where is my first battle patrol squadron?" Jericho angrily asked Major General Biden who was accompanying him.

As the commander-in-chief of the ocean fleet, his subordinates went out without his permission, which was disrespectful to him. The authority of the veteran navy was being ignored.

"Well~ a few days ago, Prime Minister Wen Huoqiukis agreed to a plan submitted by Brigadier General Victor to lure out Leo's First Reconnaissance Fleet and then encircle and annihilate it. The Harden Fleet and the First Cruiser Squadron served as the main force of the assault, and Vice Admiral Liam's First Battlecruiser Squadron was responsible for support." Major General Biden was a little timid. After all, this was his immediate superior, and Admiral Jericho's violent temper was well known to the world.

He had no choice but to continue to explain: "Liam said that he was carrying out a top-secret operation ordered by the Prime Minister himself. It was not a regular military operation, and this operation did not require the mobilization of the main force of the Grand Fleet, so..."

"So he just ran away secretly?"

“No, he secretly mixed the combat briefing with a pile of documents and put it in your office…” Major General Biden’s voice became lower and lower.

"??? Are you trying to fool me, this bastard? Would I stop him from going if there was an order?" Suddenly, Jericho seemed to have thought of something.

"Wait, you said it was Prime Minister Hochukis who gave the order himself? Directly to Liam, Harden and the others?"

"As far as I know, yes!"

"Does First Lord Fisher know of this?"

"It seems... I don't know!" Biden lowered his head.

"Okay, okay, the Minister of the Navy doesn't know, and my Ocean Fleet doesn't know either. There is no discipline, what does he take us for? Will he be able to directly order the Royal Fleet to mutiny one day?" Biden trembled, fearing that Admiral Jericho would draw his gun and shoot him the next moment.

"General, should we order Liam to come back?"

"Why come back? Since it's the Prime Minister's order, let him go!" Jellicoe was not angry with Liam. He treated Liam as his own nephew and liked Liam very much. What made him angry was that the Prime Minister intervened in the command of specific operations without going through the Admiralty and the Ocean Command.

When Admiral Jellicoe returned to his office and read the crude and flawed plan, the veteran who had fought for the Royal Navy for half his life was shocked.

"What the hell is this! Connect me to the Navy Department and get Fisher!"

"General, Marshal Fisher has resigned!"

"Why?" Jericho was surprised to hear that Marshal Fisher had resigned, and he calmed down a little.

"I heard that it was because of this plan that Marshal Fisher and Prime Minister Hochukis had a fierce argument, and the next day Marshal Fisher submitted his resignation report!" Major General Biden recounted many events that happened during this period.