Li Huailin wasn't the only one who was speechless. Everyone in the meeting room was speechless. The gap between them and the enemy was too big. Whether it was the number of people or the number of ships, it was a ten thousand to one difference. How the hell could they win?
"Didn't I ask you to build a navy?" Li Huailin couldn't help but say.
"Hey, Your Majesty, I can't even create a ship in two days," Wilken said. Wilken could not help but say, "Currently, the only ship in service is my Janviesha. All the naval personnel in service are my men. The entire naval department is just an empty shell. They don't even have an office space."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the time is too short." Oliveira, the Minister of Finance, stood up and said, "You just said a few days ago that you want to build a navy. The navy department's financial application has just been approved, and the money hasn't been sent to Minister Wilken yet. Nothing has been started yet."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I didn't expect the navy to start so soon," Geert said. "I was planning to build a navy building after the new palace's cabinet is built, but we don't even have an office now."
"I …" Li Huailin facepalmed. He looked at Yamala and asked, "If the navy of the Dorimut Empire departs today, how many days will it take for them to reach us?"
"Your Majesty, according to our inquiries, it is estimated … tomorrow night," Yamala said.
"F * ck, so fast? In one day and one night? "Li Huailin was stunned.
"Yes, the warships of the Dorimut Empire are very advanced. They can sail very fast, and we are not far from the Triorion Continent," Yamala replied.
"So we have to build a navy of tens of thousands in one day?" Li Huailin spread his hands. "What a joke."
"Your Majesty, it is unrealistic to build a navy in one day." Legg, the Minister of Military Affairs, stood up and said, "I think we still have the advantage on the ground. If they want to invade us, it is impossible to rely on the navy alone. Our continent's important cities are all inland, so even if the other party controls the sea, it won't affect us much. As long as the other party dares to go inland, we'll definitely give them a head-on blow. "
"Yes, Your Majesty." "Yes, our land forces have the absolute advantage." Of course, Legg's words were agreed by everyone. Everyone felt that the 10000 to 1 Marine ratio was too desperate. Let's play the Land Army.
"Hey, hey, you guys have been with me for so long. When have you ever seen me passively waiting for someone to hit me?" Li Huailin said unhappily, "If they don't get off the boat, are we going to just watch them walk around on the sea? What if they're just swimming around without attacking? They'll lead our troops around in circles, and once we stop following them, they'll come down and fight us. When we're there, they'll get back on their ships and continue moving. What should we do then? "
"Your Majesty, they will at most destroy the cities around the coastline. There are no important cities there. We can just evacuate the people in the city." Legg said.
"Nonsense!" Li Huailin slammed the table. "Let me tell you, although my land is big, there is not an inch of it extra. What do you mean by there are no important cities on the coast? Legg, are you out of your mind? Isn't the land by the sea my land? Aren't the people by the sea my people? Are you saying that you don't want to be the minister anymore? "
Li Huailin's words were truly righteous, powerful, and resonant. In fact, everyone in the meeting room had the same opinion as Legg. Legg just said it, but he didn't expect to be scolded by Li Huailin. Moreover, the scolding was so reasonable. Everyone felt guilty and couldn't help but lower their heads. Legg's face was red from the scolding. He felt like he wanted to find a hole to hide in.
Of course, what Li Huailin said was right. The main idea was that if he was lazy, he would spend so much time on those guys in East Asia. Of course, there would be no problem with Legg's method. A city by the sea? How could Li Huailin have the time to care about whether the city by the sea would be destroyed or not? Whether the people in the city would be killed or not had nothing to do with Li Huailin, okay? What Li Huailin was unhappy about was that according to Legg's method, this matter would become a protracted war. How long would it take for them to attack? What if they really dragged it out slowly? He didn't have so much energy to do this.
What Li Huailin needed now was to make the Japanese and Koreans call him father. Everyone in the meeting room thought that it was normal for a war of this scale to last for a few months. Of course, Li Huailin wouldn't really fight with them for a few months. This was the biggest difference between the two sides.
Of course, these guys definitely didn't know what Li Huailin was thinking. Instead, they looked at Li Huailin with admiration. After all, what Li Huailin said was really reasonable.
"Your Majesty, I …" Legg hurriedly wanted to apologize, but he was directly interrupted by Li Huailin.
"Alright, forget it. I'll pretend I didn't hear it this time." Li Huailin waved his hand. "But I don't want anyone to talk about this anymore. This time, the Dolimute Empire took the initiative to attack us. We must give them the most severe blow, and it must be fast, accurate, and ruthless. They know the strength of the Continental Alliance. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!" This round of bluffing made everyone's blood boil.
"Okay, okay, okay. Anyway, let's go back to the topic." Li Huailin continued. "According to my current plan, my current plan is to ambush, surround, and destroy their troops after they land. But the biggest problem now is the navy. According to my original plan, even if our navy can't defeat them, we can at least trap them in the harbor. Their land troops won't be able to board their ships and escape. Now, it seems that it's completely impossible. Do you have any ideas?"
"Uh … This …" Everyone had a difficult look on their face when they asked this question. You said that in one day, the Navy can stop the enemy's ship, this … This is too difficult, the current gap is 10000 to 1.
"Wilken?" Li Huailin directly looked for Wilken, who was more knowledgeable. "You said that we don't have enough ships. Can we gather all the ships on the continent? The human empires or the dwarves still have ships, right? "
"Your Majesty, let's not talk about whether we can make it in time. The main problem is that we don't have enough ships to fight them," Wilken immediately said. Wilken immediately said, "I've seen the basic information of the enemy's spaceships that Lady Amala got. Their spaceships are so much more advanced than ours. As far as I know, we can't find a better spaceship on the entire continent. I heard that the model I saw was from a few years ago, and I haven't seen the latest model yet. There's no way we can compete with them."
"Yes, Your Majesty. The standards of ship building and sailors on both continents are not on the same level," Geert said. "You really can't blame Wilken. It's mainly because of the different conditions on both continents."
"Damn, aren't the ships here all wooden ships? Is there a difference in technology?" Li Huailin facepalmed.
"Wooden ships?" Amala thought for a moment, then whispered to Li Huailin, "Your Majesty, most of our ships are wooden ships, but the Dorimute Empire has been using iron ships for many years."
"F * ck, this is insane. They're really starting to build ironclad ships?" Li Huailin facepalmed. Now, he had a rough idea of the level of ship building on both continents. The Hua Xia District was probably still building ships in the Middle Ages, while the Dorimute Empire had probably started building ships in the industrial age. The difference was huge. It felt like a cavalry fighting a tank.
Speaking up to this point, everyone looked at Li Huailin with some difficulty. Although the previous slogan was good, Li Huailin's plan was really difficult to execute.
"Can you make up for your lack of ship building skills with advanced tactical concepts?" Li Huailin said after some thought.
"Tactical concepts? What do you have in mind, Your Majesty?" Wilken asked.
"Err … I don't know much about the navy, but since we can't beat them with cannons, we can kite them with aircraft carriers," Li Huailin said casually.
"Aircraft carrier … kite … what is that?" Everyone was confused. They had never heard of this term before. Of course, everyone looked at Wilken. Even if they didn't know, the chief of the navy would at least know. Unfortunately, Wilken was also confused. What the heck was kite flying with aircraft carriers? He had lived on the sea all his life, and he had never heard of such a thing.
"Your Majesty, what is kite flying with aircraft carriers?" Wilken was thick-skinned, so he asked directly.
"It's to find an aircraft carrier. Yes, an aircraft carrier is a ship with airplanes. Airplanes … flying machines, do you understand? Then, with airplanes, you can attack from a long distance. You just have to follow the enemy and attack from the longest distance. That's kite flying, "Li Huailin explained briefly.
"Your Majesty, are you saying that we should load the gnomes' flying machines with goblin bombs and put them on the ships? This … "Wilken seemed to be enlightened." Your Majesty, this is a good idea. The attack range is really long. Yes, kite flying, this is a good tactic … "
"Of course," Li Huailin immediately said. In reality, giant ships and cannons were not eliminated by aircraft carriers in this way.
"But … we don't even have time to mobilize the ships and flying machines, let alone test this tactic." Wilken spread his hands.
"Hey …" Li Huailin felt a headache coming on. Just as he was about to say something, his eyes suddenly lit up. The nonsense he spouted just now had reminded Li Huailin of something. "Wait, we won't be able to change the plane in time, but this isn't the real world after all. We have even more amazing flying tools …"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
"We have flying dragons," Li Huailin said with a smile.
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