"I have to say that the Duchy's navy is still glorious despite defeat. ”

Putting down the report, Freya let out a sigh, and Brunhill and Tyre nodded approvingly.

There was no suspense about the outcome of the naval battle, and the Varyag, which was blocked and beaten in its nest, had no chance to escape or use any tactics, and no matter how long it persisted, there was only one outcome: to become a target ship that was repeatedly ravaged by enemy fleets.

But in any case, the Varyag and his crew did their best, and they did it even better than anyone could imagine.

In order to reduce their losses, the Albians shouted to the Varyag for surrender, and the hardened Colonel Rudnev replied simply: "We will never bow to the hairless monkey - even if there is no return, the dignity of the navy of the United Principality of Rus' cannot be trampled on." In less than 15 minutes, all the masts of the Varyag fell, and the hull above the waterline was covered with holes of all sizes, and began to burn, and it was only a matter of time before it sank.

Before losing the ability to sail, the battered cruiser dropped anchor in the center of the fairway. Then, Colonel Rudnev gave the order to abandon ship and let all the crew disembark. When he learned that the flag keeper Pavel Orenin refused to leave his post, Rudnev rushed to the stern, removed Olenin, hugged the sailor, whose leg had been broken and his ears were deaf, and thanked him for his bravery in raising the new flag after the flag was hit twice in succession during the battle. After all the personnel had boarded the lifeboat, Colonel Rudnev made one final inspection of the cruiser and was sure that there was no one on board. Draped the tattered bow flag over his body and sank into the sea with his beloved battleship.

"According to Stasi's report, some of the sailors heard the captain chanting the slogan 'United Duchy, glory forever', whether true or not, the colonel has been honored forever. ”

With a little embarrassment, Tyre summed up the naval battle.

The glory lasts forever, and it is not an exaggeration at all.

Despite an undeclared surprise attack, the captain was able to keep the ship in the middle of the channel, and used his warship to greatly affect the access to Kaliningrad. Rough estimates. Even if a large number of mages are used to salvage. It will also take at least 3~5 days to resume normal shipping. The original attempt to destroy two cruisers with underwater bombs, quickly occupy Kaliningrad, and prevent St. Petersburg from receiving warning was completely bankrupt.

Despite the somewhat element of luck, Colonel Rudnev's merit and valor. It was enough for him to leave a place in the naval history of the principality.

It is even possible to include a place in the history of the world's navies.

"Naval Charlemagne is hotly discussing Colonel Rudnev. General Tourville speaking to an officer. Tell his men, 'If one day, the princes can command a warship and take part in a battle with such a disparity.' I hope that the kings will fight with such vigor as the commander of the Varyag!'"

Obviously, this is a demeaning approach to Albion, and without regard for the feelings of this racial ally. But this was by no means Charlemagne's only means of irritating Albiang.

Pamphlets began to appear in Charlemagne's streets, highlighting Albion's past violations of the rules of war. The various anecdotes about Albion have been revived like a plague among the people, and have spread to other countries and have an impact on public opinion in those countries.

Albiang, of course, will not remain silent about this, and they are quick to counter-attack.

At the Clock Tower Academy, professors who had lashed out at Charlemagne for his war crimes in the "Seven-Day War," including "undeclared war," began to dance with their pen to clear their country's name. From the podium, which had attacked Charlemagne, they calmly declared: "A declaration of war is not necessary for war, and Albion has not broken the basic laws of war." Theologians, on the other hand, declare that "there is no need to feel guilty about the breach of faith and breach of covenant with the infidels, and after death they will be forgiven by the Mother Goddess and ascend to heaven......

In response, the elves simply shrugged their shoulders and sneered at the selectively blind humans, hoping that they would live long enough to enjoy what they were advocating today with their country in the event of a blitzkrieg in the future.

This was not the case with Professor Theodore Wolsey, a well-known expert on national law at Yale University in the United States, who made a public statement on the Russo-Japanese War in 1904: "Treachery and improper evaluation of Japan's attack on Russian warships are not appropriate...... The essence of the law that permits war is more than a declaration of war. And won the approval of the majority of the people in the United States under the "liberal democracy" system. However, when Japanese planes bombed the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941, he was already an old man and could not personally experience the application of the "war morality" he advocated to his motherland.

I have to say that this is really a pity, and I hope that the experts and professors of this world will not miss such a good thing.

Of course, there are more good things that Albion misses out at the moment than in the distant future. But the elven officers had lost interest in those stupid failures, and they quickly shifted their attention to some bright spots.

"Underwater bombs. ”

Freya flipped to the second page of the report and mentioned with a little excitement:

"I feel like we can try something similar. ”

Brunhill and Tyr groaned and nodded.

It's a good idea.

The Defense Force has already considered this way of using this method when developing the MDS for underwater use, the vehicle is completely ready-made, and the bomb is not much of a problem, and the Navy's "powerful liquid oxygen torpedoes" can be fully used in this kind of task after modification, and the rest is just intelligence support and training. It should be said that this is a very feasible idea.

But Brunhill didn't think it was good enough.

"The speed of destroying enemy ships is too slow, and it can only be used to strike at ships at anchor. ”

Hit the nail on the head. In World War II, both the Axis and the Allies used frogmen and mini-submarines, with the exception of the Italians and the British, who had few successes, and most of them were ships anchored in harbors. The returns are a bit shabble compared to the staggering loss rate.

"In other words, it makes little sense to equip such weapons in large quantities, except for special operations. ”

Till's additional explanation was another prescient one.

In World War II, the Japanese produced a large number of "Jiabiao" and "Huitian" miniature submarines, but the losses they caused to the ghost animals of the United States were almost negligible, and they wasted money and human lives in vain.

"But it's not all the time. ”

Freya retorted:

"If we don't want to encounter the predicament of the Albians today, we will need this special tactic sooner or later, you know, even if it is several waves of intensive bombardment, there is no 100% guarantee that the other side will not have a chance to sink ships and block the port, right?"

Brunhill and Tyre looked at each other, agreeing with the rebuttal.

Unless there is a revolutionary improvement in the weapon, or the MA equipped with a particle cannon is used to suppress it, it is still safer to do something similar to that of the Albion. After all, the cost of developing new equipment and building and using MA is obviously much higher than that of submarine operations, where the technology is all ready-made.

"Maybe we can let the Navy conduct a feasibility study in this area first......"

Considering his words, Brunhill sighed softly.

"But we must wait for the Lord to return, and now our highest priority is to stabilize the situation and ensure that the Archon returns on a predetermined track. ”

Freya and Tyr fell silent, and the air in the conference room grew heavy.

Albion declared war on the United Rus' Principality, and the human camp and the orc camp were heading towards another all-out war, but at such an important moment, the leader of the elven camp was not in his post. It sounds like a joke, but it's a real reality.

It's not that he's idle, it's not cowardly, it's just that at this juncture, he encountered something that could only be solved by him, a transcendent species, and for this reason, he specially mobilized the captain of the personal guard to accompany him, which has never happened so far.

Because of this, Brunhill did not want to make a fuss at this time, and at this moment, all her wisdom and energy were only working on one thing.

"By sending as much aid as possible to the Duchy before the Albians turn their attention to the land battlefield, the success or failure of the plan is within this week. ”

Betting on everything including self-esteem and love, Brunhill, who was committed to passion, clenched his fists, his knuckles faintly white. (To be continued......)