The Navy's annual summary meeting is not like the Army's mid-year meeting, which reflects the fine style of the military at a glance, and the Navy here is more like a business meeting.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the attitude of some of the degraded top brass of the Navy and the current top brass of the Navy; in order to ensure that the top brass of the Navy would not be purged because of "fear of war," some admirals took the initiative to stand up and shoulder the responsibility on their shoulders.

The royal family was very angry at their behavior, and dismissed a number of high-ranking naval officers from their posts, and gave the navy the most severe punishment - reducing the annual military allocation.

Perhaps it was the final madness, the defeated royal family blamed the Navy for the outcome of the Civil War, believing that the main reason why the war would be lost was that the Navy did not play an adequate role. If the navy can break through the Federation's blockade on the sea, directly attack the Federation's coastal cities, or even land, it will be enough to turn the tide of the war in the early stages of the war.

But in fact, the navy is not doing too well, but it is not so bad, at least the federal navy was intercepted on the sea, and did not let the federal navy plunder the east coast and expand the advantage, and their performance has passed.

You must know that if the Federation can supply by sea, maybe there will be no empire and royalty now, and everyone will be their own people!

The disappointment of the Imperial Family made the Navy very dissatisfied, and the dismissed generals did not return to the Navy after Magus overthrew the Imperial Family, but instead used their prestige and connections in the Navy to start a business.

At present, almost all of the largest shipping companies in the empire are controlled by these retired admirals, and a large part of the profits from their operations are used to support the navy. In addition, the Navy still has its own business, which has allowed the Navy to maintain its current size without funding from the Ministry of Defense, and it has not declined.

It must be mentioned here that the new government and the navy had one contact at the earliest, and their demand was that the navy give up its business, stop accepting external financial assistance, and at the same time reduce the size of the navy.

In the words of those generals, they can take off their military hats and uniforms and become ordinary people, but the establishment and size of the navy, as well as its autonomy, must not be shaken, and this is the insistence and reliance of the entire navy.

As soon as Vice Admiral Chris led Durin into the hall, someone took the initiative to come over, most of them were vice admirals and admirals of the navy, as well as the ship kings of the Empire.

"I've wanted to meet Mr. Doolin for a long time, and I must thank you for your support of the Navy, because with such a wonderful patriotic businessman as you, the Navy is able to ensure the safety of the Imperial Seas!", said Admiral of the Imperial Navy Headquarters, Quinn.

Admiral Quinn looked very kind, his eyebrows were already white, and he gave people a kind feeling when he smiled. Thomas told During that Admiral Quinn was one of the iconic figures of the martial arts faction in the navy, and he advocated that the navy should be more on its own than the Empire, and that the Empire's navy should be expanded to dominate the seas, forcing the cabinet and the Ministry of Defense to face up to the role of the navy.

It is said, but it is said that the plan to disguise the navy as pirates to plunder on the current high seas came from Admiral Quinn. This plan greatly made up for the lack of military spending in the navy, and the more specific situation was only known to the higher-level admirals, Thomas was only a small high-level who had just been promoted to rear admiral, not a real high-level in the strict sense, and there were many things he did not know.

After the two shook hands, Admiral Quinn lowered his voice, "You can take a walk around the base now, or chat with other friends, have a bite to eat, and when our event is over, there will be a small meeting, you must come then!", after saying that, he straightened up and shook hands with Durin again, "Our female soldiers are very welcoming, see you later!".

Durin didn't even need to think about it to know what this guy was thinking, and he was starting to be wary of the Admiral. Hinting at him doing these things on the territory of the Navy, there is a good chance that some things will get out of hand.

Seeing off Admiral Quinn, Durin chatted with several other ship kings, although he did not have any ships under his own hands, but everyone knew that the naval base in Otis City was equivalent to Durin's, but it was in the name of the navy.

The entire Naval Base in Otis City and the Naval Base of Mondona on the West Coast were fed on Doolin's money, and now Doolin was not only engaged in the simple business of smuggling goods, but also by sea. Some companies, such as the alcoholic beverage producers he authorizes, go through his channels for about one-third to one-half of their shipments.

The main thing is that it's safe, fast and no worries.

Perhaps some people considered competing for these channels in Doolin's hands at first, but as one agent after another stood up, these people did not have these ideas, whether it was the navy or the thugs under Doolin, it was not an ordinary force that could be contended.

They talked a lot, mainly about the current international situation, with the end of the war between the Empire and the Federation, there was almost no large-scale war in the world. There may have been some minor frictions, but everyone was more restrained.

Now that the whole world has entered a new era, it is obviously not feasible to improve the status of a country by force, so the economy has become the main direction of development. After the financial tsunami of the Federation, many scholars and experts unanimously believe that in the future, the form of war will evolve from force to economic war, and the failure of the Federation in the financial tsunami is the freshest and most typical case.

A financial tsunami took away at least a decade of economic gains from the Union, and the outcome was much worse than a defeat in a war, and strengthening the national defense system was no longer a contest of military strength, but also of financial and economic resistance.

As long as you want economic development, you can't do without the circulation of goods, an important link, and the Imperial Navy is in the current situation, although it cannot dominate the entire world's oceans, it still has an absolute dominance in the middle of the four continents.

"By the way, you know what's coming from the East!", one of the ship's kings suddenly said something interesting, which attracted everyone's attention.

People's curiosity and exploration of the sea has never stopped, especially the special profession of the navy, they have a pioneering spirit of exploring the sea. Over the years, there have been intermittent people going to the East, but there has never been a ship from the East to the West.

In some historical records, the East has sent missions to the West, but unfortunately those who thought the West was still in the early form of a civilized society, full of barbarism and stupidity, left disappointed.

Coupled with the fact that there is no clear route so far to ensure the safety of the voyage, normal people would never consider this, except for those speculators who want to get rich overnight who would consider trying to go to the East.

But now, this Mr. Boat King actually said that someone from the east had come, which aroused everyone's curiosity, including Durin.

In terms of familiarity with the East, perhaps Durin knows the most about the East of all people, of course, only in the world in his dreams, and he is also very curious about the East.

Seeing that he had attracted the attention of the others, Mr. Ship King continued, "There are two adventurous fellows, one named Gorob and the other named Marken, who got a boat and went to the East, and met the East Mission on the way, and they will arrive on the East Coast in about January. He paused here, "Compared to these two lucky guys, I am actually more concerned about whether the Oriental people have a safe route in their hands, and if they are willing to share, maybe one day I will be able to go to the East to have a look." ”

When a group of people chatted about what little information they knew about the East, and imagined how much benefit the navy would bring if they could win the right to speak on the shipping lanes between the East and the West, Thomas came to Doolin after returning from his work.

The two walked to the corner, Thomas took off his hat and put it on his waist, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sighed, "You definitely don't know what's going on!"

Durin cooperated, "What happened?"

This sentence made Thomas smug, "It scares you to death if you say it, the mission from the East will arrive next month, and it will give me an extra sum of money...... In fact, the bases on the east coast have received additional allocations, and it is hoped that we can show the prestige of the Imperial Navy and let those proud and arrogant Orientals understand our strength. ”

Most of the adjectives such as "arrogance" are an emotion extended from historical manuscripts that record the visits of the Oriental missions to the West, and the royal family was called "barbarous chieftains" by the Eastern Mission, which is enough to make many people remember the arrogance and rudeness of the Orientals.

So this time the Cabinet decided to give the best face to the reception of the Eastern Mission, so that they understood that even if it is barbaric here, it is powerful.

For a while, the entire navy was almost discussing the matter of the Eastern Mission, which made Durin feel that he was out of touch with the latest news, because he had no idea about it before this!

Durin didn't want to talk about what he didn't know, so he asked another question, "Admiral Quinn told me just now that there would be a small meeting later, what is that?"

Thomas looked around and lowered his voice to reveal, "The commander-in-chief and the general staff think that the current distribution of industries is too chaotic and plan to formulate some new rules, which is also related to the situation at the top of the country." To be honest, this year's annual meeting will not be peaceful, the commander-in-chief means to move closer to the Ministry of Defense, but Admiral Quinn thinks that we should no longer be controlled by the Ministry of Defense, do you understand?"