Another World: Naval Storm

In 1916, the Talen, Fran coalition forces and Drake army were exhausted on the battlefield. The war had reached a critical juncture to determine the outcome. Both sides were trying their best to use all their strength to try to defeat the other side.

In order to finally defeat the Kingdom of Tarun, the Drake Army adopted unrestricted submarine warfare, that is, any ship sailing to the Kingdom of Tarun would be sunk by submarines, so that strategic resources would not be transported to the three islands of Tarun.

However, many of the merchant ships heading to the Kingdom of Tarun at that time were ships of the Yemelica Republic. If a large number of Yemelica Republic ships were sunk in the submarine war, it would likely lead to the Yemelica Republic declaring war on the Drake Empire, which would obviously be a fatal blow to the Drake army whose war capabilities had reached the limit.

1915年6月7日和9月16日，两艘塔伦王国籍的邮轮，达里园公司的卢西尼亚号和织女星公司的拉比克号都在爱尔利修老金塞尔海角海域分别被德拉克潜艇U-14号和U-24号在没有警告的前提下击沉，各自造成了1197名与44名人员的死难，其中包括136名耶梅利卡人。

These two incidents have aroused huge political repercussions. In a stern note to Platinum, Wilson, President of the Republic of Yemelica, criticized the incidents as violations of international law and crimes against humanity, and said that such incidents should not be normalized.

The Republic of Yemelica "may take any means, including but not limited to the use of force," in order to defend the right of nationals of neutral countries to travel to any place they wish for non-military purposes.

Pressure from Yemelica came immediately. The Drakians did not want to create another strong enemy in the middle of the war. Drak Emperor William approved the order to stop attacking neutral passenger ships and only allowed submarines to act according to capture rules. They no longer attacked merchant ships and cruise ships passing through the war zone without warning.

But sometimes a general is not subject to orders from his troops abroad, and the Drake military believes that submarine warfare is more important than whether the Republic of Yemelica is involved in the war, so neutral ships are occasionally sunk.

Due to the defeat of the Drake Army on the Western Front in the Battle of Verdun, and with the Allied counterattack in the Battle of the Somme, the Drake Army began to retreat. At the same time, as the effectiveness of the naval blockade of the Kingdom of Talen became more obvious, the wartime economy of the Drake Empire gradually began to collapse.

After intense discussions, the Imperial High Command reached a consensus. Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who held real power in the Drake Imperial High Command, led the army to put strong pressure on the government, hoping to expand unrestricted submarine warfare and put aside Yemelica's warning. After all, why bother with other things when people are about to die! In the end, the desire for victory surpassed everything, and the Drake submarine war will reach a peak again!

Yemelica turned a blind eye to occasional losses, but after the Drake Empire announced the expansion of the submarine war, Yemelica President Wilson immediately announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Drake Empire.

"Marshal, the Empire is not so foolish, is it? Wouldn't this allow the Yemelica people to join the war faster?" Leo was speechless after reading the document handed over by Piltz.

"I asked His Majesty, and there is absolutely no such thing! The Supreme Command is also unaware of this matter!"

"That's a rumor the Taruns deliberately spread in order to drag the Yemelica people into the war! We should explain it clearly to the Yemelica people and try to stop them from joining the war so quickly!"

"It's too late. Yemelica has declared war on the Empire. Harder days are coming!"

The Drake Empire had long anticipated Yemelica's participation in the war. After all, since they had severed diplomatic ties, it was only a matter of time before they declared war. The Drake people just hoped that time would be delayed as much as possible.

At the critical moment, an incredible thing happened. The intelligence department of the Kingdom of Tarun intercepted the intelligence sent by the Drake Empire's Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Drake Empire's ambassador to Mexicali.

This intelligence showed that if the Republic of Yemelica declared war on the Drake Empire, the United States of Mexico should immediately declare war on the Republic of Yemelica. The Drake Empire promised to provide a large amount of aid to Mexico and, after victory, divide the territories of several states of the Republic of Yemelica into the United States of Mexico.

In the eyes of the Drake people, this telegram was the work of the Taren people. After all, how could the Drake Empire have the strength to travel thousands of miles to arm a million troops? Isn't this a joke?

Unfortunately, ordinary people did not have enough ability to distinguish the truth from the false. When this information was published by major newspapers and media in the Republic of Yemelica, it instantly aroused strong anti-German sentiment among the people of Yemelica.

The United States of Mexico is the forbidden territory of Yemelica, and anyone who wants to interfere will be beaten.

To add fuel to the fire, Drak submarines sank three Yemelika merchant ships without prior warning, and many Yemelika residents said they had had enough.

Yemelika President Wilson took the opportunity to deliver a speech in Congress, saying that justice is more important than peace and the world must create a safe environment for its people.

At the same time, President Wilson asked Congress to authorize him to declare war on the Drake Empire. In the early morning of July 1916, 7, the Yemelica Senate passed a resolution declaring war on the Drake Empire with 6 votes in favor and 86 votes against. From then on, the Yemelica Republic joined the Allied Powers.

"The Tarun people should be very happy!"

"Of course not! After all, it is their strength that is enhanced!"

"I expected that. The situation can't get any worse!" Leo sighed.

This world has changed more than what I remembered in my previous life. At least the Iteli Kingdom, like Italy, is not a fence-sitter. They occupied Tunisia and withstood the attack of the Franks. Although they did not have the strength to attack the Frankish mainland, they did tie up a part of the troops. The Iteli people can proudly shout that they are no longer shameful!

The Ottoman Empire also rose up and taught a severe lesson to the arrogant Tarun people who looked down on the Ottomans in the Dardanelles, thus shattering the Tarun people's plan to open up an Ottoman battlefield.

Under the guidance of Drake's Corps of Officers, the Ottomans laid a huge minefield. Two battleships and one battlecruiser were sunk by mines, and three destroyers were severely damaged.

The Talen coalition forces that wanted to make a breakthrough from the Gallipoli Peninsula were suppressed on the beach. The Talen battleships Colossus, Triumph and Majestic were sunk by torpedoes from the Ottomans and Drakes. This battle caused heavy losses to the Royal Navy.

In addition, the Talen and Fran coalition forces suffered 14.6 casualties, but gained nothing despite such huge losses. This was also one of the main reasons why Balfour stepped down.

What made the Drakes even happier was the rise of the pro-German faction. The commander of the Ottomans, Lemore, became the savior of the Ottomans. His status in the Ottoman Empire was further enhanced, which made it easier for the Drakes to act in the Ottoman Empire.

"Marshal, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the empire, but the people of Xunyang have an old saying that good times will come after bad times. As long as the empire continues to win victories, the scales will always point to our side!" Leo comforted the white-haired Piltz.