Another World: Naval Storm

Tarrant, 10 Downing Street.

"What are the chances of success of this plan?"

"Fifty percent..." Fisher could only answer the Prime Minister's question reluctantly.

"The odds are too slim!"

"Sir, the Royal Navy has a 100% chance of winning, and a 50% chance of capturing Leo's fleet!"

"Oh?"

"We have three main shipping routes. The Leo Fleet is currently mainly active in the Atlas Sea. As long as we can catch them, the Royal Navy can sink the Leo Fleet!" Fisher was also helpless about the Leo Fleet. The Royal Navy was powerful, but there was nothing they could do if they couldn't catch the Drakes.

The Kingdom of Tarun has three main sea transport routes: one is the Arctic Ocean route; one is the Atlas Sea route that travels between the Caribbean, Yemelica, and the West Bharata Islands; and one is the route that goes through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea and then through the Suez Canal to enter the Red Sea, Bharata Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.

"Using a fleet as bait, the price is too high. You know, every shipload of supplies is precious now!" Prime Minister Balfour was reluctant.

"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. Besides, if Leo's fleet is discovered, most of the ships will flee in all directions. The Drak people can't sink many transport ships."

"That's it, Taren must bear the necessary losses!"

In order to transport supplies, more than 300 convoys were organized in the Atlas Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the Bharata Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Each convoy consisted of a few to several hundred merchant ships and escort ships.

These fleets sailed fast or slow on the oceans, and many times they had to force their way into the death gates of the Drakkan subordinates, which cost them a heavy price.

After the outbreak of the war in 1914, technologically immature submarines had already sunk 396 ships belonging to the Allied and neutral countries under the Atlas Sea. Such losses were unbearable for the Allies. Such results prompted the Drake Navy to increase the number of submarines built, and also made those officers who doubted Leo's unrestricted submarine combat plan finally acknowledge the important role of submarines.

The Drake Empire's submarine force had a brilliant record. By the beginning of 1916, 964 merchant ships of the Allied Powers and neutral countries had been sunk, while the Drake Navy lost only 148 of its 22 submarines. These merchant ships, transport ships, etc. undoubtedly became the prey of the Drake Navy, and the losses were heavy.

This seriously affected the blood transfusion to the Rakshasas. There was also a shortage of supplies in Tarun, which was very unfavorable to the war situation.

In addition, the patrol of the Leo fleet in the Atlas Sea made the Talen small and medium-sized warships that came to hunt the Drake submarine hesitate, fearing that they would encounter the Leo fleet. In desperation, Fisher had to resort to this bad strategy, using a transport fleet to lure the Leo fleet, and sending the Royal Navy to form an encirclement, waiting for an opportunity to act.

Stanley Port once again came out in full force, the commander was Vice Admiral Dewiton-Sturdy, who had met Leo once before. The same formula and the same scale, the damaged battlecruisers have recovered their combat effectiveness. A fleet consisting of 3 battlecruisers, 3 armored cruisers, and 3 light cruisers has arrived in Cape Verde, intending to block Leo's fleet's retreat.

The fleet from Talen's homeland has also set out. The strongest among them is the 1st Squadron of the Talen Royal Navy Battlecruiser, led by Liam. This is the first battle between friends.

The 4st Battlecruiser Squadron of the Royal Navy, HMS Tallon, includes four battlecruisers: Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, and Tiger, with four other cruisers cooperating in the operation.

There was also a fleet consisting of three battlecruisers, Indomitable, Indefatigable and Otilo, and three cruisers from the Second Battlecruiser Squadron, setting up a dragnet from three directions.

"General, this operation Leo..."

"As a friend, I hope I won't meet him, but as a soldier, it is my duty to destroy the enemy!" Liam's eyes were firm. He was not a person who would show favoritism. Besides, there was no mercy on the battlefield and no one knew what would happen.

Alex remained silent. After all, they had been friends for many years. Although they had different positions, their friendship would last forever.

Liam patted Alex on the shoulder and said, "If I can catch him, I will send him to the best prisoner-of-war camp! When the time comes, I will go to accompany him whenever I am free. I hope he can drink by then."

"General, he would do the same if he caught you!" Alex's words were a little cold, causing Liam to roll her eyes.

Leo doesn't know about the Taren people's trap yet. A submarine reports that a huge fleet has been discovered, and Leo plans to eat it up in one bite.

The entire fleet was worried, as they faced a dangerous journey with an unknown chance of life or death. Ever since the Drakes' unrestricted submarine warfare began, news of ships being sunk came in every moment, putting too much mental pressure on them.

37 merchant ships loaded with supplies and soldiers, accompanied by the rescue ship Trond, set out from the Bharat Mumbai port and followed the G15 convoy of the Royal Navy of Tarun to the rendezvous point in the central Atlas Sea.

In order to increase the number of troops, the government of the Tarun Kingdom at that time began to recruit soldiers from its colonies. Bharat was one of the most important colonies of the Tarun Kingdom, with more than 130 million soldiers serving in the Bharat Army. The ships were transporting soldiers to support the Onebaroa battlefield.

At the beginning, the Tarun Kingdom refused to recruit Bharata soldiers because they felt that the Bharata people were not qualified. They believed that the Bharata people could at most be police officers directing traffic. The Tarun people preferred to use white soldiers.

But later, as the scale of the war expanded, the supply of soldiers decreased sharply, so they began to recruit soldiers from Bharata. It can be said that the reason why the Bharata Army was willing to fight for the Tarun Kingdom, in addition to being its colony, was that the Tarun government had promised to return Bharata's freedom and allow it to govern itself after the war.

As a result, many Bharata people responded to the call and signed up for the army, and the nobles of various princely states rushed to provide large amounts of weapons and money. Intellectuals, overseas students, and pro-Tarun factions also called for fighting for independence in newspapers.

In addition to the soldiers, Tarun also forcibly transported away millions of tons of food and military supplies. In addition, the Bharata people also had to bear hundreds of millions of gold pounds in military expenses. The ordinary people of Bharata suffered greatly.

The nobles of the local princely states made a fortune, and the upper-level bureaucrats of Bharata treated the national finances as their own relief station. Taxes were increased layer by layer, and the Tarun people were given as much as they asked for. The rest was divided among the people up and down the interest chain, and they lived a very carefree life.

In the last few years of the war, all the participating countries had a hard time, especially Bharata. There were consecutive years of poor harvests and epidemics, but they still spared no effort to support the Tarun people. By the end of the war, about 1000 million Bharata people had died.