Magic Industry Empire - 744

“Dear Remito, are you serious?”

The Chief of Naval Staff of the Candela Empire, Chrysler Isorie, put down the documents in his hand, frowned and looked at Remito Russell on the opposite side, his face full of puzzlement.

The deputy chief of staff in front of him is the subordinate he has always admired and relied on the most. Everyone identified him as the best candidate to take over the position of chief of naval staff after he retired.

In many cases, he would safely hand over the important matters of the Naval Staff to Russell to handle it directly. Firstly, it was a test of Russell, and secondly, it could be regarded as an advance of Russell’s prestige in the Naval Staff in preparation for him to take over in the future.

Russell has always handled these matters very well, and has never made any mistakes, which made Isorui’s Chief of Staff very satisfied and relieved.

But this time, the report he submitted made the Chief of Staff Isorie feel…a bit weird after reading it.

What a joke!

The Candela Imperial Navy is facing its worst crisis in history?

If it does not change immediately, the Candela Imperial Navy will completely lose control of all sea areas?

This is simply alarmist!

On this continent, apart from the Marlow Empire, let alone any country’s navy that would pose a threat to the Candela Empire’s navy, even many countries simply don’t have a navy organization!

What surprised and ridiculously the Chief of Staff Isorui was that in this report, he actually claimed that the biggest threat came from… from the frigate fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce!

When he saw this line in the report, Chief of Staff Isory almost squirted out all the tea he was drinking.

It’s just a chamber of commerce. What qualifications does it have to compare with the dignified Candela Imperial Navy? Is it even a threat to the Candela Imperial Navy?

However, after years of cultivation and trust in Russell, Chief of Staff Isory finally calmed down.

Russell has been under his hand for more than two decades. He knows Russell very well. He knows that Russell is definitely not an alarmist. He also knows Russell’s deep love for the Candela Imperial Navy.

Since he solemnly handed over this report, he would definitely not be deliberately alarmist and sensationalizing.

What’s more, if such a thick report is completely nonsense, it is impossible.

But after reading the entire report, Chief of Staff Isorui fell into deep thinking.

He believes that the report submitted by Russell is absolutely true, because Russell certainly will not, and there is absolutely no need to lie to him.

But if what this report says is true, then what kind of sea-going ship of the New Flying Merchants Association’s escort fleet actually possesses such terrifying strength, it is really too amazing.

If it is reasonable to say that a ship made entirely of iron, then an iron ship with a total weight of several hundred tons and a volume larger than the Thunder-class battleship is completely a fantasy.

Chief of Staff Isory thought for a long time in his mind, and he couldn’t imagine what the report described in the report is “a circle larger than the Thunder-class battleship, full-body steel casting, streamlined shape, and pure white appearance”. What it looks like.

And apart from the appearance, what the hell are the various novel so-called “magic artillery”, “magic reambows”, “magic rockets” and so on that are matched on these sea-going ships described in the report?

The chief of staff of the magic weapon Isorui has heard of it, but isn’t this kind of thing that only a handful of super powerful magicians can have? Why does this new flying business association own so much?

And judging from the power of these military magic machines described in the report, they are even stronger than the legendary magic weapons.

If it is said that even a Thunder-class battleship can’t sustain under such a fierce attack for less than five minutes, then this new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet is really like the report said, it will definitely be invincible on the sea.

Thinking of this, the Chief of Staff Isory suddenly thought that he seemed to have received a report before, saying that a mysterious fleet appeared in the southern waters of the empire, fighting pirates everywhere, and beating the pirates in the southern waters to the horror. The seas are much calmer and peaceful.

Could this mysterious fleet be the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce?

“Master Chrysler, I’m very serious.” Russell stared at the Chief of Staff Isory, with a serious expression, nodded slowly: “In fact, from this report alone, you can’t intuitively feel the new flying chamber of commerce convoy fleet. It gave me a shocking feeling. In the days of spending more than half a month with them, I have seen them defeat a group of pirates and have a very intuitive feeling about the power they have exerted. I am very sure, this The fleet has even surpassed this era. If we do not react quickly, once the Maro Empire discovers the existence of such a fleet and is equipped with the same ships, then we will face Ma again in the endless sea. In the Luo Empire, there will be no power to fight back.”

Seeing Russell speak very solemnly, Chief of Staff Isorui fell into silence.

After a while, he nodded slightly and said: “Remito, I trust your judgment. If this frigate really has such a powerful power, then of course we should have it immediately. But a ship of two million gold coins… …this price……”

Chief of Staff Isory gave a wry smile and shook his head.

“In order for the Imperial Navy to remain strong, price shouldn’t be an obstacle.” Russell said sternly. “And I think there is still the possibility of the New Flying Merchants Association to continue negotiations. After all, they can’t find anyone else to buy these frigates except us.”

Russell’s statement is actually very correct.

On the entire Sainz continent, only the Candela Empire and the Maro Empire and a few other smaller kingdoms are qualified and need naval establishment.

However, apart from the Candela Empire and the Marlow Empire, which have the conditions to invest heavily in the naval fleet, it is impossible for other small countries to invest more of their precious funds in this.

The Marlow Empire is located in the north of the mainland, too far from the Duchy of Stantin. It is very difficult for the New Flying Merchants Association to get in touch with them, so the only client that can be found at the moment is the Candela Imperial Navy.

The Candela Imperial Navy had no choice, nor did the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

“Even if it can be negotiated, I think the price is still too high.” The Chief of Staff is not as confident as Russell, and sighed: “Russell, let me tell you something. I just finished joining the army three days ago. According to the Ministry’s budget meeting, the military department will reduce the budget input of our navy in the coming year.”

Russell was stunned: “Is it going to be cut? Are you mistaken! The budget of our military department is already very low. If you cut it again, don’t you plan to have the navy?”

Chief of Staff Isorui smiled bitterly and shook his head: “There is no way, the main forces of the military are concentrated on dealing with the Maro Empire, and the budget should be focused on the army. In addition, the empire itself has been budgeting in the military for the past few years. Decline, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, of course the budget of our navy will be reduced.”

Russell can only be silent.

As the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Staff, he not only knows the situation of the Navy, but also knows the situation of the entire Imperial Army.

He knew very well that the overall policy of the Candela Empire Military Department was to fight against the Maro Empire, and the focus had always been on the northern side of the empire, and the army at the junction of the Maro Empire.

The navy has always been questioned since its inception, because many people feel that it is useless to create the navy.

Now that the empire cuts its military budget, the military will naturally cut its navy budget.

“Master Chrysler, can you take the liberty to ask, what is the total budget of the Navy for the coming year?” Russell thought for a while and asked.

“Well… this is not classified as confidential to you, anyway, you will know in a few days.” The Chief of Staff Isorie held out three fingers. “Thirty million gold coins will only be less, not more.”

“Only thirty million gold coins?” Russell was surprised. “Last year, there were 50 million gold coins, but this one cut it in half?”

“The empire’s overall budget for the military department suddenly cut 70 million gold coins, so in fact our navy’s budget cut is much less than that of the army…” Chief of Staff Isoray smiled self-deprecatingly.

“The problem is that we are already very few, so we cut so much…” Russell frowned, quickly made an estimate in his heart, and then found a problem that made his face gloomy. “According to this calculation, won’t our navy be able to barely maintain the status quo next year?”

“Yes.” Isorie’s chief of staff nodded. “So, going to buy these frigates that cost two million gold coins… it’s totally impossible.”

Russell couldn’t help being stunned.

Although he had previously anticipated that it might be very difficult to purchase such an expensive frigate because of budget issues.

But he never expected that the Imperial Navy would be so poor.

With a budget of 30 million gold coins a year, it really can only be regarded as barely maintaining the status quo, and even if something happens, it will not make ends meet.

In this case, how could it be possible to buy such an expensive frigate all at once with a large sum of gold coins?

After a while of silence, Russell still felt unwilling to give up. After thinking about it for a while, he said to Chief of Staff Isory: “Master Chrysler, I still insist on my opinion. In any case, the Imperial Navy must be equipped with these frigates. Because there are only those frigates. In this way, we can guarantee that the Imperial Navy is still the most powerful navy on this continent.”

Chief of Staff Isory frowned: “The problem is that there is no money…”

“Then squeeze out the money!” Russell stepped forward and said loudly. “Master Chrysler, I solemnly suggest that you directly cut off the original naval fleet and replace them with the latest powerful frigate!”