Chapter 750 Freedom to Plunder
Gabriel nodded and said: "I agree with Marshal Dixon that Siamore does have his own uniqueness. I personally think that reusing him will do more good than harm. There are three reasons.
First, the alliance is changing, and as a part of it, we cannot stay out of it. For a long time, our energy will be involved on land, and we cannot bet too much on the East China Sea.
Although the explorer fleet has shown its own strength, it also has its own fatal flaws that cannot be avoided.
The number is scarce, and the isolated tree is hard to support. Once it is damaged, it will cause a devastating blow to our maritime strength, which is only one aspect.
On the other hand, whether it is ammunition supply or material supplies, the explorer fleet relies heavily on ports, making it difficult to conduct long-distance combat.
I believe that the East China Sea will soon discover our shortcomings and make use of them.
If the fleet led by Siamore can be completely absorbed and adapted, then it will attack and defend with the explorer fleet at that time, thus perfecting our naval power.
Second, Siamore led a team to attack the hinterland of the East China Sea. Not only did he take over his family, but he also captured a large number of shipbuilders. He has already shown his determination to join us.
If we break our promise without sufficient reason, who will dare to trust us easily in the future, and who will dare to surrender to us on a large scale?
This is a typical example of setting up surrender generals. If this matter is handled properly, it may be an additional blow to the East China Sea.
After all, they are a community of interests. In terms of cohesion, they are far inferior to us. Shiamore also has a lot of influence there.
Maybe it can help us bring more people over, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the East China Sea without bloodshed.
Thirdly, Siamore is an experienced captain, whether it is traditional maritime warfare or sailing experience, he is very rich. It is the talent that our military leaders are scarce. Using him will greatly promote the military leadership of the navigation industry. develop. "
Gabriel's main chief of staff finished speaking in one breath, and everyone nodded repeatedly.
The problems he analyzed were basically logical, and they all had similar analyzes in their hearts, but they were not as thorough.
He can stand out from many chiefs of staff and indeed has his own uniqueness.
"You just analyzed the pros and cons, what about the cons? Is there any solution, let's talk about it together." Sean continued to ask expressionlessly.
Regarding the handling of Siamore, at the beginning of the recruitment, there has been some consideration, and the internal opinions have generally reached a consensus. Now that the old matter is brought up again, it may not mean to test the newly promoted chief of staff.
"There are also three disadvantages, one is the most core and critical issue, loyalty.
But what I want to ask is that loyalty is not innate, but acquired.
Throughout the development process of our entire military leader, this problem runs through all the time. We can reunite several races with different backgrounds, beliefs, and signs, and form a big family, striving for the same ideal. , the surrender led by Siamore might not be able to integrate into us.
I also know that there is a lot of risk in it, but it is not the style of our military leaders to give up without trying.
I believe that as long as we give them a chance, with the advantages and policies of our military leaders, we will definitely be able to absorb them into our system. I have full confidence in this.
The second disadvantage is that Siamore may become self-reliant, and the squadron he brought will unite with him and become an independent warlord within us, which will eventually lead to a big tail.
This concern is not without, but as long as it is handled properly, it should not cause serious trouble.
Our starting point has two aspects.
On the one hand, to maintain the strength of the explorer fleet itself, the warships captured from the East China Sea, especially the three Dreadnought-class warships, should be refitted as soon as possible.
I think the direction of modification is no longer purely firepower. The explorer fleet is already strong enough, and we should start with the fleet's own shortcomings as a transport supply ship to increase the attack and defense radius of the explorer fleet.
At the same time, speed up the construction progress of various ports along the coast of the Dunau Plain to form a more comprehensive defense network.
On the other hand, only the military power is given to Siamore, and no production and construction rights are given to him, especially the shipbuilders, all of which are in our hands.
When the time comes to support the self-respect of the army, it will be rootless duckweed, unable to make a climate, and can only cling to us.
I believe that Donghai Kingdom's hatred for them is still higher than ours.
Before the East China Sea Kingdom is completely wiped out, as long as we don't force too much, there will be no repetitions on Siamore's side, otherwise he will become a capricious villain himself, and no one will dare to give him the slightest trust.
The last drawback should be the plundering wolf nature of the surrendered soldiers of the East China Sea State. I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to get rid of this nature.
However, this predatory wolf nature is not purely a disadvantage, it mainly depends on how it is used.
Just like before, didn't guiding them to the East China Sea also brought us huge benefits and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy?
I believe that Mr. Dubin and his ministers are now about to cry but have no tears, and they deeply understand the pain of being robbed by others.
My personal analysis is roughly these. Although I have no way to guarantee Siamore and the fleet he leads, if the military leader chooses to give them a chance, I am willing to serve as their military staff and keep an eye on their every move.
If they want to do something unfavorable to the military leader, they must first step on my dead body. "
"Three advantages and three disadvantages, it not only deeply analyzes the problem of surrendering troops led by Siamore, but also involves and connects our next two issues." Sean's eyes revealed With a hint of appreciation, he looked around and said, "What do you marshals think? Is there anything you need to add?"
"About the issue of whether to use Siamore, Chief of Staff Gabriel has analyzed it very thoroughly." Di Kelong put down his teacup and said, "But how to use it? How to adapt it? If it is adapted, do you need to modify it?" Are their warships being remodeled? Have the crew undergo special training? To what extent has the warship been remodeled? To what extent has the crew been trained? None of these sensitive things were mentioned.”
"It's not that the chief of staff didn't think carefully, but the marshal's temper is too hasty. What we just discussed is how to deal with Siamore. Before we reach a consensus on this, it's meaningless to discuss too detailed things. Xiao En laughed, "The marshal's question has already expressed his attitude. So, do you support the chief of staff's analysis?"
Marshal Di Kelong couldn't help laughing and said, "That's right, I'm indeed too impatient, but after listening to the chief of staff's analysis, I really can't think of a reason to object, what do you think?"
"I think we can give them a chance. If it works well, everyone will be happy. If it doesn't work, we can suppress him once and kill him a second time." Marshal McKee waved his fist and said.
"I support this decision."
"I support it too."
Several other marshals voted in favor one after another, including Kelman's main chief of staff who was not sensitive to the surrender of Siamore. It was not that he had reversed his prejudice against them, but the general situation facing the leader of the Eternal Night Army. , so that they should not invest more energy here, and it is not a bad idea to use Shiamore temporarily.
"Unanimously passed, this matter is settled." Sean made a final decision, "Chief of Staff Gabriel, you have heard the question raised by Marshal Dixon just now, and you can continue to talk about it in this regard." View it!"
"I think there are two ways to use Siamore and the others. The first is to completely reorganize them as a whole group and turn them into a regular fleet of ours.
However, it takes a long time and energy to do so, and it faces many obstacles, especially in terms of the ownership of warships. Most of them are private in nature.
And once we choose to do this, we must treat them equally, no matter in terms of equipment or battleship modification, otherwise we will create conflicts by ourselves.
The second method is to guarantee their autonomy to a certain extent and employ them as sea mercenaries.
Just like the popular mercenaries on the mainland, every war and every mission is paid.
There are many advantages to doing this.
First of all, we don't need to consider their loyalty in the short term. Anyway, the two parties are bound by interests. At that time, it is enough to ensure that both parties have enough common interests.
Secondly, if they don't pledge allegiance to us, we don't need to treat them equally, and we can openly use double standards.
They want supplies, services, equipment from our military leaders, yes.
Not only do you need to spend money to buy it, but you also need to have corresponding merits. In this regard, we can completely use the mature standards of the mercenary industry.
I believe our military leaders have enough unique materials to attract them to spend a lot of money on it.
For example, the castration version of the combat skill, the original version of the inheritance circuit was eliminated.
Add gun modifications, ammunition, and more to your battleship.
Doing so will further stimulate their predatory wolf nature, and like a pack of wolves, they will frantically attack and attack, plunder and plunder again, in exchange for more and more powerful materials from us.
The way we charge them for modification is not limited to cash, prisoners of war, occupied islands, supplies needed by military leaders, new routes, etc., can all be discounted.
At that time, we only need to sit back and enjoy the benefits, and we can use the wealth of the entire East China Sea for our own use. "
When Gabriel's main chief of staff said the last thing, everyone's eyes couldn't help turning to Sean.
Only Marshal McKee, who was half-beaten, couldn't help but said: "Why does the second method of the chief of staff sound so familiar?"
Di Kelong smiled and said, "Is it familiar? This is a detailed version of the Lord Lord's original placement method for recruiting Siamore. I didn't expect the chief of staff to coincide with the Lord Lord's idea."
"The marshal is overrated, but I don't dare to take credit for it." Gabriel shook his head repeatedly, "I was also inspired by the negotiation between Lord Lord and Siamore for this strategy. I don't know if it is feasible or not. .”
"In fact, I have weighed these two resettlement methods for a long time." Sean couldn't help expressing his point of view, "The first method is quite satisfactory, and it's the old path we've taken all these years, and the various difficulties in it are predictable. Yes, the result is also predictable, that is just one more fleet for us.
The second method completely breaks the rules. Leaving aside other things, it has one of the biggest negative effects. What we do is to give them the right to plunder freely at sea.
The pursuit of profit will become their greatest instinct, and under this instinct, the so-called humanity and morality will be trampled into the mud by them.
At that time, their expansion speed and cruelty will exceed our imagination. "
"What does it matter?" Marshal McKee shrugged indifferently, "As long as they don't point their guns at our territory, why should they care about the raging war outside? When our territory becomes the only pure land in the world, there will naturally be A large number of people are pouring into our territory."
This is typical military leadership, where the security and unity of one's own territory is above everything else.
"Sometimes the lord is too merciful. How can there be anything perfect in this world?" Marshal Di Kelong said, "The lord only needs to leave this kindness to his subjects. Can other people live on?" Living a prosperous life is not something we should consider. Being robbed is not their only choice at that time. Joining our Yongye army leader and getting our protection is also a good way out. It is not too late to plan a better future for them."
"Any policy is a step-by-step process. If this policy is beneficial to us right now, we will implement it first. When it feels inappropriate, we can just turn the head of the car temporarily. Anyway, the rudder is in our hands, and we are not directly Participants, even if they have notoriety, can't be completely counted on our heads." Marshal Eriksson also agreed.
"It seems that you all prefer the second strategy." Sean was a little surprised in his heart, and he had never felt that the marshals of himself had such a strong desire for expansion before.
"It's not love, but this strategy is the most suitable for the moment." Kelman's main chief of staff also strongly supported, "This will not pollute the purity of our army, and some dirty things will not be done by our army. Expansion has never It may be carried out in a peaceful environment, why not?"
"Since this matter involves the integration of the two companies, the decision we made here is ultimately a unilateral decision. Whether it is good or bad, it will easily cause the other party's backlash. Let's listen to the other party first. Opinions and choices, it’s not too late to make a final decision.” Sean pondered for a moment.
It's not that he has become indecisive, but that he is in a high position. This kind of decision involves a lot. When making a decision, he should weigh as many aspects as possible, and strive to make the choice that is most beneficial to him.
"Regardless of the choice, the key point is to win the active cooperation of Siamore, and it is a good choice to let him participate." Gabriel was the first to agree.
"I also really want to meet this opponent." Di Kelong also supported.
Several other marshals exchanged opinions, and finally said that they had generally reached a consensus internally, and now it is not a bad idea to let Siamore join in.