Chapter 516: Target Locked, Guandao!

While Qin Ge and Hai Tian were chatting enthusiastically, a knocking sound appeared at the door.

Hai Tian gave Qin Ge an apologetic look, then went to open the door and saw Emperor Frederick standing outside.

"Hello, Emperor Frederick." Hai Tian smiled.

"Hello, child, is my child inside?" Emperor Frederick asked.

Although this sentence is quite a tongue-twister, Hai Tian knew that what Emperor Frederick was looking for was Qin Ge. He then nodded and said, "The commander is inside, Emperor Frederick, please come in."

"Hmm."

Emperor Frederick smiled and nodded, then walked into the office and saw Qin Ge looking toward the door.

"Hehe, my child, how have you been feeling these past two days?" Emperor Frederick smiled.

Qin Ge laughed embarrassedly, "Seeing everything progressing steadily in the direction of reform feels good, except that I'm a bit too idle."

"Isn't this good? It liberates myself and puts the entire fleet in a very good state; isn't this the purpose of our reform?"

But now, my child, you finding yourself in this situation is merely because the reform period is still short; you haven't yet adapted from the previous rhythm. After a while, you will adapt to this life, and then you won't feel bored.

Qin Ge nodded, "That's right, I'll adapt quickly, but today Emperor Frederick, you didn't come here just to see how I am, did you? What's the matter?"

"Indeed, there are some matters." Emperor Frederick said, "Our fleet is currently operating normally, and this period is relatively stable."

So I came to suggest that, my child, you can take this time to summon more shipgirls out, expanding our fleet's scale once again.

Then, when the time comes, we going to the front line won't necessarily be subject to others; instead, we can create our own port area and front line.

"Create our own front line?" Qin Ge looked astonished at the smiling Emperor Frederick.

"Yes." Emperor Frederick immediately walked to the nearby sea chart, pointing at a sea area along the Pacific and said, "The waters near Donghuang's coastline are mostly Corrosion Level Two sea areas, and pushing outward a bit reaches Corrosion Level Three."

Our Sun Moon Island lies between the Level Two and Level Three sea areas; to the east of Sun Moon Island is Level Three, to the west is Level Two.

Donghuang's Frontline Command is currently located in Ryukyu, while Sakura Empire's front line is now in the Yindu Islands, and Donghuang also has a forward base on Zengma Island, but the Sirens there are not as strong as those in the Pacific.

If we crowd together with them, resources would definitely be insufficient to allocate, and we couldn't leverage the advantage of our Awakened Shipgirls; therefore I think there is a place in the Pacific more suitable for us, where we can establish the foremost front line.

Emperor Frederick, while speaking, placed his finger on a point on the map; upon seeing that point, Qin Ge exclaimed, "Guandao!!"

"That's right, it's here." Emperor Frederick said, "Although Guandao is near the Pacific's center, from the campaign logs of Donghuang and Sakura Empire I found that its corrosion level is not high, basically lying between Corrosion Level Four and Corrosion Level Five sea areas."

However, it is very close to Corrosion Level Six and Corrosion Level Seven sea areas, making it very suitable for our fleet's development.

"But what about supplies? That place is fairly far from Donghuang, Sakura Empire, and the Pan-Asian Nations, right? Oil, supplies, food provisions, etc., are all problems." Qin Ge said bluntly.

Emperor Frederick smiled, "Isn't our fleet cooperating with other factions? Although before it was said to be cooperation, it's more like surveillance; but if we occupy Guandao's position, we can turn cooperation into genuine cooperation."

Qin Ge stood up doubtfully, walked to Emperor Frederick's side and asked, "How so?"

"Guandao's position is strategically perilous, and it can at any time enter Corrosion Level Six and Corrosion Level Seven sea areas to obtain resources, which are desirable but unattainable for the other major factions."

Although they also have the ability to enter those sea areas to obtain resources, the front lines are too long, making them dare not act rashly; thus they can only rely on the front line, occasionally entering to gain some resources.

But we have no such concerns; we need not consider the endless coastline, nor the public sentiment of the factions' locations, etc.

We only need to sortie, constantly improving ourselves, and these things are precisely our byproducts.

Thus at this point we have capital, and we can use that capital to truly trade with other factions; by then, these things will no longer be problems.

Furthermore, the Iron Blood and White Eagle factions have recently been jointly tackling the petroleum refining problem; once they achieve results, we won't need to worry about petroleum supply when we're out there.

Moreover, "Don't you, my child, forget that cat?" Emperor Frederick reminded.

"Mingshi?" Qin Ge said, stunned.

"That's right, I visited her convenience store; her ability is very special—anywhere her mark remains, she can arrive instantly." Emperor Frederick said, "So we can also trade with her; as long as we provide supplies and special materials, don't you think she wouldn't continuously ship things there?"

Qin Ge stroked his chin and nodded, "Emperor Frederick, you did remind me: as long as that cat opens a shop somewhere, she can appear anytime, and as long as the price is sufficient, she can sell anything."

"Even I feel that if the price is high enough, she could even sell her own self."

Emperor Frederick laughed, "So earlier, my child, your concerns were irrelevant; now the most important thing is for us to possess an invincible fleet."

Although we have actually already reached this level, but since we want to cooperate with the Nine Major Factions and lead the world's direction, we must have strength.

And now is precisely our best development period; we can spend one or even two years training a large batch of shipgirls to near full proficiency, and meanwhile cultivate a batch of Awakened Shipgirls.

When everything is ready, that will be the time for us to leave Donghuang and head for Guandao!

Qin Ge involuntarily nodded, "This plan is indeed feasible, but how can we guarantee that the other commanders of the Grand Fleet will follow us there?"

"Hehe, Bisimai and Soviet Russia have already worked on this; after a while, they will be loyal to our fleet." Emperor Frederick said.

Qin Ge's face showed a hint of reluctance, "Really, can this be done?"

"My child, please be sure to remember: when discussing the future, do not bring in the slightest emotion; view it with absolute rationality. Any mixing of emotion will affect your judgment!"