A piece of news quickly circulated in Charlemagne's Admiralty building.

At first, it was just a few offices to discuss, and soon even the guards guarding the gate knew about it.

In order to facilitate the relaunch of the long-delayed negotiations on naval arms control, Emir will send Her Royal Highness Lady El to Lüders to facilitate the conclusion of a package disarmament agreement between the parties.

When the admirals and colonels heard the news, they were all numb for the first time.

Although they are not professional politicians, the navy, as a technical branch, is still quite sensitive to politics. They knew very well how likely this rumor was to become true, and they knew that they had originally agreed to "seventy percent tonnage" when Albiang could not drag it out. Or start a war in one breath in anger, and after entering the war mode, the small calculation of trying your best to compete with the opponent to explode the speed of the warship is completely frustrated.

The pressure of the saint's presence is the same for every country, but it is heavier for Charlemagne, who has high expectations. Realizing that the overall situation was irreparable, in addition to all kinds of lamentations and complaints, scarecrows were also popular in the Admiralty building, and several of the most passionate officers even began to ponder the use of human bombs to let the Pope be "summoned by Mother God" earlier......

The army in peacetime is only a watchdog, unless it is Comrade Brezhnev, who controls the medal, it is very difficult to get a promotion and a medal. For the generals and colonels who were full of hope for a great war and who used blood and fire to achieve their personal ambitions, peace and those who brought it were not welcome.

While the radicals, led by Admiral Tourville, known as the "Fleet Faction," hated it, the admiral who took a steady stance breathed a sigh of relief. In their opinion. Unlike Albian, who can focus on maritime supremacy, Charlemagne must also take care of the defense on land, although the Seven-Day War took Castile by surprise, but with Albion's support, after rebuilding the country's finances and reorganizing the army, Castile will once again take on the task of containing Charlemagne. And because of the Seven-Day War, Castile's will to fight against Charlemagne will be unprecedented. At the same time, whether the United Principality of Rus will take advantage of the civil strife in the human camp to move south, we have to be warned.

The above is only an assumption. But no one who is calm and sane will ignore this. Given that direct confrontation is too disadvantageous. Led by the Prime Minister's nephew, the young Vice Admiral de Maile Blazer, the Conservative Group, known as the "Pactists", from the outset favoured an alternate third option. After all, compared to the future of the whole country, face is not something that cannot be given up.

Seeing that the wood has been completed, the internal differences of opinion have gradually subsided. How to exploit the potential of the "sixty percent fleet". Giving full play to the combat effectiveness of the "seventy percent fleet" as much as possible has become a difficult problem facing Charlemagne's navy. The improvement of combat effectiveness is nothing more than relying on weapons, tactics, and people.

Weapons. The various exploited warships designed by V.E are entering the final stage of argumentation. Tactically, Tourville's "pocket book" for commanders of ships and above that can be carried with them for reference is being printed and distributed. The content is easy to understand. Unify and standardize all kinds of tactical actions in fleet movements, and match them with corresponding flag signals, so as to improve the combat efficiency of the fleet -- even under "complex communication conditions," a huge fleet of 100 warships can quickly perform corresponding actions after the flag is played, just like a normal person waving his hands and feet. The rest is the improvement of the personnel suzhì.

The means of improving the quality of personnel is nothing more than education and training. It should be said that although it is a latecomer navy, the training level of Charlemagne's navy is still relatively high under the direct concern of the prime minister and the strict supervision of Maile Blazer. But this was not enough in the eyes of some naval officers, and the soul of the fleet was Admiral Tourville, the most famous of them. This colonel, who is convinced that "one hundred guns with 100 rounds and one medium shot, is not as good as a cannon with 100 rounds and 100 hits" theory, proposed a "one, two, three, four, five, five" training program that will be held all week long. In accordance with his specific requirements, the fleet stayed at sea for four consecutive months, conducting high-intensity training in various subjects, and in the training, emphasis was placed on "infinitely close to actual combat."

The ocean just after the wind and moon can still freeze people, coupled with the high wind and waves, the fleet is miserable. But this is not the most terrible, Tourville also privately dispatched warships to carry out the "silver altar real yàn". The so-called silver altar is to use magic to artificially raise the water temperature and room temperature, close the portholes and gun ports, and test how long the gunpowder in the battleship's ammunition depot can be maintained at what kind of high temperature. This kind of reality made the officers and soldiers unforgettable for life, and everyone was secretly glad that they could save their lives in this crazy reality......

Sooner or later, this kind of extremely harsh and cruel training will pay the price of blood, but Li Lin and the elves don't bother to care, they pay more attention to the movements of the saints, the church, and the prime minister than the admiral who doesn't take the lives of his subordinates seriously.

After that meeting, both the consortium and the prime minister were ostensibly friendly, but behind the scenes, spies on both sides competed fiercely.

They are not pacifists, and the cannibalism of the human camp is something they would like. But the premise must be to follow the rhythm they set, if the full-scale conflict breaks out too early, the elven camp is likely to fall into the quagmire of a protracted war because it is not fully prepared, which they cannot tolerate. In order to prevent the prime minister's actions from getting out of control and causing unbearable consequences, Stasi followed Li Lin's orders and began to act.

After confirming that the prime minister's target was the Holy Maiden of Jiel, the target of the spies on both sides was the history file of the messenger of peace, and on the premise of trying not to cause people to kill and alarm other forces, around the vague truth, all kinds of actions to steal pillars, spread false news, and falsify files intensified. Faced with the black house with a resource advantage, it was difficult for Stacy to take advantage for a while.

The stalemate lasted for two weeks, until Diana, who was declared "cured" and reappeared in public view a week later, knocked on Roland's door again.

"I would like to entrust your company with assistance. ”

As soon as she sat down, she put away her polite mask, and Diana said expressionlessly.

The matter was so urgent that Diana, who had no affection for the consortium and Roland personally, visited her in person and made a straightforward request.

"Please help us find a piece of jewelry. ”

"Jewelry?"

Roland was stunned for a moment, and immediately guessed who the owner was, and had no time to feel about the fulfillment of Li Lin's prediction, Diana continued in an unquestioning tone:

"It's a necklace with stigmata on it, which someone stole from the Duke of Buckingham's mansion in Albion a few days ago. We hope your company can help find it before next week's welcome party, otherwise—"

She didn't say any more, and Roland nodded at Mantis, who bowed and walked briskly into the phone booth. (To be continued......)