Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

The sun never sets on the empire itself, the Admiralty.

Winston, who had just become Secretary of the Admiralty, threw the cigar in his hand on the table.

He had already received the news that the transport fleet departing from the Maple Leaf Colony had been attacked by the submarine forces of the Germanic Imperial Navy, and all the transport ships had been sunk.

This made his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

“Damn Germans, are they all water rats? I only know that hiding under the water to launch a despicable and shameless sneak attack, and not daring to fight with us at all, is simply too insidious, too despicable! Winston cursed.

“Your Excellency, the total destruction of the D7 transport fleet is too big a blow for us. This month, we have lost 200,000 tons of transport fleet. If this continues, the speed of our merchant ship construction is far from comparable to the speed of loss. In another year or two, I am afraid that we will have no merchant ships to use. Admiral Hedworth Moox, Chief of Staff of the Navy, had a serious expression.

Winston nodded, his face very ugly.

Indeed, the loss of these merchant ships alone is already worth a lot. If you add the goods carried on these merchant ships, their losses are even greater.

Although, before the outbreak of war, the Sun Never Set Empire had the largest merchant ships in the world. The total tonnage is as high as more than 10 million. Moreover, the Germanic Empire’s shipbuilding speed was very fast, and it was able to replenish lost merchant ships in time.

However, as the threat of the submarine force of the Germanic Imperial Navy increased, the loss of merchant ships in the Empire was also increasing, and the speed of loss was also getting faster and faster. As a result, the shipbuilding speed of the Sun Never Setting Empire could not keep up with the loss rate of their merchant ships.

In addition, a sunken merchant ship could mean not only the loss of the merchant ship and the cargo it carried, but also the loss of sailors. Compared to merchant ships that can be rebuilt, those lost sailors are valuable assets!

It takes a lot of time to train a qualified sailor! When the losses of sailors are increasing, soon the entire empire will face that even if there are enough merchant ships, there will not be enough sailors to drive these merchant ships!

At that time, the entire Sun Never Set Empire will suffer a devastating blow.

You know, the Sun Never Sets Empire is a country composed of islands with few native resources. But fortunately, they control more than 30 million square kilometers of overseas colonies. Among these colonies, there are many colonies rich in resources.

It is precisely by exploiting and plundering overseas colonies that the Sun Never Sets Empire has been able to develop into the most powerful country in the world and has to control world hegemony for hundreds of years.

However, all the resources and wealth of overseas colonies need to be transported back to the mainland by merchant ships!

Once there were not enough merchant ships, or not enough sailors. Then, the Sun Never Sets Empire simply could no longer transport resources back to its homeland. This will hit the industry of the Sun Never Set Empire hard. Even the living needs of the domestic people are not satisfied.

Especially now, during the war, the operation of the war machine needs to swallow a lot of resources. If there are not enough resources, then the war machine cannot operate at full capacity. The potential for war will also be greatly diminished. One can imagine what a heavy blow this will be to the Sun Never Set Empire.

“We have to find a way to stop the Germanic submarines from attacking our merchant ships, and we can’t let them do whatever they want.” Otherwise, we will suffer a heavy blow, and it will be even more difficult to defeat the Germans again! Winston said, gritting his teeth.

Originally, the Royal Navy blocked the coastline of the Germanic Empire in order to cut off the maritime trade routes of the Germanic Empire, so that the Germanic Empire could not obtain overseas resources, thereby weakening the war potential of the Germanic Empire until it trapped the Germanic Empire to death.

Even the Germanic Empire acquired a lot of resources through various means before the outbreak of war. But the cost of war is very large, very staggering.

As long as the blockade of the Royal Navy of the Empire continues, they will definitely be able to achieve their goal and consume the Germanic Empire alive.

But now, the Germanic Empire has counterattacked the Empire with a broken fleet and submarine forces.

Although, it will not completely cut off the sea transportation lines of the Sun Never Set Empire. However, the huge loss was enough to make them hurt into the bone marrow.

If this continues, the Germanic Empire can also use the diplomatic fleet and submarine force to trap the Empire alive on several islands.

“Your Excellency, it’s time for us to think of a way. The Navy is working on a new type of equipment, a device called a submarine detector. Although it has not yet been successful, if developed and equipped with troops, it will be possible to find Germanic submarines from under the surface. As long as you find them, it will be much easier to deal with! Marshal William May, commander-in-chief of the Navy, said.

“Yes, Your Excellency, Minister. The main reason why the Germanic submarines caused us huge losses was because their attacks were stealthy and made us defenseless. If you can find them and let their tracks leak. Then they don’t want to pose too much of a threat to us anymore! Admiral Hedworth Moox also said.

Winston nodded: “Increase the research on this new type of equipment, the Royal Navy must equip this advanced equipment as soon as possible, we absolutely cannot let the Germanic submarines continue to be arrogant.” ”

“Yes, Your Excellency!” Marshal William May and Admiral Hedworth Moox both answered.

“Beyond that, we have to think of other ways. Especially before new equipment was developed, it was necessary to find a way to deal with the Germanic submarines. Winston continued.

“Your Excellency, the Royal Navy recommends that the whereabouts of our convoys be kept as secret as possible. The Germanic submarines often resorted to ambushes against our convoys. This made it necessary for them to know in advance about the route and size of our transport fleet before they could ambush them.

If we could avoid leaking this information, the Germanic submarines would be much less of a threat to us. ”

Admiral Hudworth Moox continued.

“Your Excellency General, you consult with the Military Intelligence Bureau to see how to keep it as secret as possible!” Winston said.