Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 282 Chapter 282 Ministers of Tarun Kingdom
"You actually said that my fleet was wiped out!? You want to tell me that my 70 warships... Tier 1 battleships! All sunk!?" The king of Tarun Kingdom sat on his throne and held his hands The glass in it fell to the floor.

This hall is not very magnificent, and the Tarun kings of the past generations are not considered extravagant. They rarely renovate their palaces, because they invest a lot of income in feeding the fleet.

Therefore, the Tarun Kingdom has a very large number of warships. In addition to the first-level warships, there are hundreds of second-level warships and armed merchant ships to ensure the safety of their routes.

The king who had just opened his mouth to question stood up angrily at this time, walked up to his prime minister, and asked angrily: "That's 70 battleships! That's 70 battleships! Those battleships are enough to destroy a country! But you told me, They're all gone...all sunk! Are you crazy, or stupid? Huh?"

"Your Majesty! This is very likely to be the case! Our rout has brought back some captives sent back by the enemy, and it has been confirmed that these captives indeed belong to our fleet." The Prime Minister's face was also very ugly, but he could only bite the bullet and say .

Although he is unwilling to accept the reality, he understands that if he does not quickly think of a countermeasure, this kingdom built on the sea will almost come to an end.

As a prime minister, he certainly does not want the king he is assisting to become a prisoner, nor does he want the kingdom he governs to be destroyed, so he must do his best to help the lunatic in front of him tide over the difficulties.

"Your Majesty! The matter has come to this, we must find a way to deal with the crisis before us." A naval general had no choice but to persuade him at this time.

The surrounding ministers talked a lot. After all, they had just heard the news that all the warships of their own side were sunk.

That's 70 warships!It is almost the property of the entire Tarun Kingdom.This kind of loss is not easy to bear.

The king's face was still ugly. He looked at the speaking admiral and asked loudly, "What can you do? What can you do? Huh?"

"We, we want, we want, we need to replenish, replenish warships! More warships!" The naval commander replied nervously.

His answer was unsatisfactory, because those battleships were all sunk, and now a few new ships have been rushed into the water, which can't change anything at all.

The power balance between the two sides is too great, and the quality advantage of the other party cannot be compensated by the quantitative advantage at all. This is the most fatal problem.

Obviously, the Datang Group has very powerful new warships. This is also an exact news from the prisoners who were repatriated.

These prisoners have all experienced that naval battle, and their memories of the horror of the enemy are still fresh.They brought back very important news, news about the ironclad battleship.

It is no secret that the Datang Group owns warships made of steel. After all, these captured sailors have all seen those powerful warships.

They were interrogated separately, but they gave almost the same information: the enemy's steel battleship could calmly fire at a distance of 1000 meters and sink the sailing warship.

And this news was also confirmed by the army side: when attacking Hotwind Harbor, they encountered unprecedented shelling, and the shells used by the opponent were very powerful, even more powerful than the shells provided by Cyric.

Assembling such shells on battleships is obviously impossible for ordinary sailing ships, so it is easy to understand that those sailing warships were sunk.

Thinking of shells, this seems to be another unsolvable problem: traditional wooden warships can no longer withstand the attack of such shells.

The defense is too fragile, which makes the expensive sailing warship lose the meaning of existence. The only way to strengthen the defense is to find a way to thicken the hull to resist the attack of shells.

But this has caused another problem: the thicker hull and steel covering will further increase the ship's own weight and slow down the already very slow speed of the warship.

Without speed, these tortoise shells will be more difficult to control, which means that it will be more difficult to mobilize, and fleet coordination will become worse-this is another kind of worse.

"The information brought back by the captives who were sent back is really shocking. I even think that this is a bluff of the other party..." At this time, a minister pretended to be profound and said his own words. idea.

"A bluff? Are you saying that they didn't wipe out Varen's fleet? Or are you saying that our defeat on land was fake?" Another minister next to him sneered and said sarcastically.

The two of them usually have different political views, so it is not surprising that they are arguing at this time.

The prime minister looked at the two people who were arguing, sighed, and advised the king standing in front of him: "Your Majesty! It is very certain that the other party has a powerful navy. We must think about it now. , if the opponent’s warship goes south, how will we deal with it.”

Hearing the prime minister's question about how to deal with it, the naval commander who had just spoken said worriedly: "If the other party blocks us...it will be dangerous."

Beside him, a minister in charge of food was taken aback, and immediately said loudly: "Our food here is all shipped by sea..."

"The food is estimated to last for a while. I am worried that the trade will collapse." The minister in charge of trade was even more pale, and lamented with tears.

No way, if the Tarun Kingdom, which relies heavily on shipping and trade, is really cut off from transportation and blocked the port, their losses will be unimaginable.

So he was already desperate, and explained to everyone miserably with a mask of pain: "At most seven or eight days, we who lost the trade route will collapse."

The king is also very worried that this will really happen. If his business is destroyed, what will he do to revive the navy fleet and restore the collapsed army?
When money and food were needed everywhere, these things were gone. This really broke the defense of the king of Tarun Kingdom in an instant.

And the minister in charge of food standing on the other side of him did not forget to stab His Majesty's wound again at this time: "Is the food really enough? There is no supplement by sea...it is also very dangerous."

"By the way, if they have such a powerful fleet, why didn't they go south and attack us..." At this moment, someone finally thought of another question: Since the Datang Group's fleet is so powerful, why didn't they directly attack us?
The naval commander thought for a long time, but only thought of an uncertain possibility: "The other party may be afraid that we will attack Refeng Harbor..."

In fact, he did guess right, Tang Mo was worried about problems in Refeng Port, so he stationed the fleet there on standby.

But the high-level officials of Tarun Kingdom didn't know about this matter, and they immediately imagined that the opponent's fleet docked at Refeng Harbor as the opponent's commander's plan.

Thinking about this aspect, it is even more difficult for the decision makers of the Tarun Kingdom to understand the speed of information dissemination of the Datang Group.

"Hiss...the other party knows that we are going to Refenggang?" A minister looked at his colleague in disbelief.

The colleagues over there spread their hands and shook their heads: "It is estimated that the information has been leaked! Such a large-scale operation must not be completely kept secret."

To mobilize troops and assemble the fleet, if the other party really has an eye on Tarun, they will definitely send the intelligence message in advance... The question is, how did they manage to pass the information so quickly.

"But the other party is too prepared, isn't it?" the official who asked the question asked again with some reluctance.

"It is very likely that Cyric launched the attack first in other directions, which aroused the vigilance of the opponent!" Another minister explained.

"But the other party can stop their own fleet at any time?" This time it was the navy's commander's turn to be unbelievable.

With a gloomy face, the prime minister scolded and brought the discussion back to the topic: "What's the use of talking about it now?"

The king was also restless. Looking at his ministers, he repeated the prime minister's words: "Yes, what's the use of talking about it now? What can I do! Say something!"

"Assembly, assemble the remaining fleet?" A minister suggested.

The navy commander shook his head and said: "We have assembled all the warships now, and we may not even have 150 ships."

"There are still so many warships, so we should be able to fight a battle, right?" After hearing the number, the minister was obviously relieved.

The admiral looked at the minister as if he was an idiot, and then sarcastically said: "Are you kidding? Do you know how many islands we have to defend and how many ports must be protected?"

"Then you said it! Excluding those that cannot be mobilized, how many warships can be gathered?" The minister countered, not to be outdone.

The commander of the navy thought for a few seconds, and finally gave a desperate answer: "The remaining warships, we can gather, there may not even be 30 ships."

The officer immediately complained: "The fleet that General Warren took away is almost all of our mobile forces."

"Warren, that damn bastard, can he run away if he can't win?" For a while, some ministers who didn't understand naval warfare began to criticize the dead admiral Varen again.

Who would let the dead not talk back? What they say now may be refuted by others, but scolding this damned Valen will not be questioned by everyone.

Of course they have forgotten that General Warren was once a famous general at sea.They also forgot that Varen led the fleet to win a small naval battle before and snatched a small island from other kingdoms.

(End of this chapter)