Another World: Naval Storm

"Marshal, can I? Marshal Jericho's place..." Liam was a little unbelievable.

"Of course I will come here only if he agrees! In addition, the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship that will be in service in May next year at the latest will be commanded solely by you, Vice Admiral Liam!"

Fisher continued to say to the excited Liam: "Liam, summarize the lessons learned from the Battle of Ship Burial Bay. If you fall, you must get up! We will fight with the Ocean Fleet again, and it may be larger and more tragic than the Battle of Ship Burial Bay. You must cheer up!"

"Come on, let's have a drink. I hope that after this drink you will become the high-spirited Royal Navy again!" Marshal Fisher invited the red-eyed Liam and the stunned Alex to drink together.

*****

After the celebration, the Drake Navy held a high-level meeting to summarize the lessons learned from the Battle of Shipwreck Bay.

The turmoil in the navy's top brass has been affecting every aspect of the Drake Navy. The negative impact will not change with the navy's victory, but it will only be slightly weakened.

Fortunately, no one wants to drag the empire to its death, and the various naval factions will compromise with each other as long as their fundamental interests are not involved. Their united stance against foreign enemies also gives outsiders the illusion of naval unity.

"I have reason to suspect that the Talens have cracked or obtained the Navy's secret code!" Leo threw out a big bomb right at the start!

"That's impossible!" Leo's words immediately made some intelligence departments and naval technical bureaucrats slam their desks. "General, please be careful with your words! Draco's secret code is the best and most difficult to crack in the world!"

"Will the intelligence be leaked?" Major General Nicolas, who had been transferred to the captain of the battleship King of the Ocean Fleet, raised another possibility, which resulted in an even more intense argument.

"Bullshit! No Drak person would betray their country! We are the most united nation in the world!"

"You have to know that there are more than just Drakes in the empire!" Some people expressed their dissatisfaction in a sarcastic tone.

"Don't talk nonsense! Those who serve the Drake Empire are Drake people. Don't get off topic!"

"That means there's something wrong with the Navy Department. They have a mix of good and bad people there, and there's no guarantee that someone will leak the information!"

"How many times were the actions of the Ocean Fleet reported to the Navy Department? The Navy Department didn't even know how the information was leaked?" Admiral Bollinger, Chief of Naval Staff, defended the Navy Department.

"Then how did the Talen know?"

"You ask me, how would I know?" Admiral Bollinger said irritably. He knew that being the Chief of Naval Staff was not a good thing. Everything he said was targeted. If the emperor had not forced him to take the position, he would not have come here to suffer.

Leo looked at this group of people with a headache. Their stubbornness and extremism almost made these high-ranking naval officers quarrel so hard that the roof was about to blow off the roof. He didn't want to add fuel to the fire because of the little thoughts of some individuals.

Only a small number of people in the Ocean Fleet knew the specific plan of the Battle of Shipwreck Bay. Many of the details were Leo's spur-of-the-moment ideas. Even the Emperor of the Empire and the Minister of the Navy Baker were not aware of it. It was almost impossible for the Navy to leak the information.

But Liam's fleet did indeed block Leo, so the most likely scenario was that the secret code was indeed leaked.

"Gentlemen! Can you please listen to me first?" Leo patted the table to attract everyone's attention. "Let's not talk about the possibility of intelligence leakage, but we should be so confident about the security of the secret code!"

"General, what is your basis?"

"The Empire's secret code is indeed very complex and difficult, but if we Drakes can compile it, can no one from the Talens or even the entire Allied Powers be able to crack it? The times are changing, and technology is advancing. As naval commanders, we can't take it for granted that the secret code will always be safe!"

"What's more, how many warships and transport ships has our navy sunk so far? Many of them have code books. Do you know whether they destroyed the code books, navigation logs and other confidential carriers before sinking?" No one can guarantee it. In the last life, CCTV's military programs also introduced many cases where the failure to destroy intelligence and secret codes in time caused heavy losses to their own side.

Everyone pondered for a long time and it was indeed very possible. They had also seized some secret code books from the Tarun people, but the Tarun people would replace them every once in a while, so the loss to the Tarun people was not too great.

"Lieutenant General, what should we do? No one knows how far the Talens have deciphered the code. Do we have to reprogram the code book?"

"Yes, if we are lucky enough to decipher a small part, we will have to replace all the code books, and our loss will be too great!"

"If we don't replace it, the loss will be even greater! It's better to be safe than sorry!" Leo retorted, "If the Talens have already completely cracked our code book, do you know how much information the navy has leaked during this period? How much loss can this information cause us?"

"What suggestions do you have, Leo?" Marshal Apewen, who had been watching them arguing, spoke up.

"First, replace the secret code as quickly as possible, which requires the Navy Department to organize linguists and code experts to reprogram; second, check the recent top-secret telegrams to recover unnecessary losses as much as possible; third, the Navy intelligence department should decipher the Allied secret code as soon as possible to turn passivity into initiative." Leo said seriously.

"Then how do we transmit messages during the code book change?" someone asked.

"The use of wireless telegraphy should be avoided during this period?"

"How is this possible? The navy has so much information every day. What if important things are delayed?"

"There happens to be an expert here who understands technology, so let's ask him how long it will take to compile the code book! Before the code book comes out, we must overcome some difficulties!" Leo looked at the seat next to him.

"It will only take a few days! It will be quick and won't delay much!" said a technical officer in a suit.

"So short? Are you sure? Then why did you say the loss would be huge?" Leo opened his eyes wide, he really didn't expect it to be so fast.

"If we work 24 hours a day, we can edit the new code book faster, but it takes time to reissue the code book! In addition, the printing cost is also high. The loss is indeed not small!" The technical officials repeatedly assured everyone that they would ensure the navy's communication needs as quickly as possible.

"Oh...oh, that's the best. I believe that in a few days, there will be no problems with the Drake Navy!" What's going on? Leo sat down angrily.

"What's wrong with Leo?" Vasir quietly approached Nikolas and asked.

"He wanted to do something fancy, but he failed!" Nicholas almost laughed out loud.

"Well? I understand!" Vasir reacted quickly and understood everything. Minimizing wireless telegrams, wouldn't that give freedom to the ocean fleet controlled by the young faction?