"Very well, your report is very detailed, I am very satisfied. I will read this report from the Navy Command again. If there is something unknown, I will summon you again, and now you can go down and rest, Major Sorens."

Xu Jun raised his head and said to the Navy Major standing in front of him.

"As for your order, my head, please wait for your call at any time."

Major Sorens nodded to Xu Jun in a daze, then turned around neatly and walked to the door with a standard soldier pace to open the door. He turned around at the door and stood attentively and respectfully nodded to Xu Jun and Weirler, who was sitting on the sofa holding a teacup in a daze, then bowed and left the door.

"Haha, Navy..."

Seeing Major Sorens' overly standardized military etiquette Xu Jun couldn't help but smile and shook his head and said.

"What do you think now, my Chief of Staff...well? Weirle... Weirle?"

Xu Jun found that his chief of staff had been in such a dull state since the beginning.

"Battleships, cruisers, destroyers. How many are left, um... three months... no, five months..."

Weirle kept muttering.

After Xu Jun called out several times, Weirle woke up from his thoughts.

"Oh, my head, I'm so sorry, I was distracted just now..."

Weirle put down the teacup in his hand and hurriedly answered respectfully.

"What were you thinking just now, my chief of staff."

"Sorry, my head of state. I was thinking about how many problems this naval victory would bring to our future plans."

Weirle sat upright on the sofa.

"The Navy is so rude that it actually uses our precious warships like this. It seems that Marshal Redell is willing to pay any price to build a new warship.

But doing this will cause great trouble to our future plans. I regret not setting a standard for losses for them in the plan outline. No, we should tell the Navy that we will never allow any losses now.

If it is a month later, we may be able to bear some losses, but it is absolutely not possible now. I am really careless and I am not able to remind you that this is my mistake."

"I understand what you mean, Weille. But you can't blame you. We are not a navy, and we don't know much about naval operations.

So now we can only give the navy a goal and intention of the battle, and at most a planning framework is given to them. It is better to leave the specific implementation to them.

Hard regulations will only restrain their hands and feet, and may cause more serious consequences. I think the result will definitely be worse than now if we are a layman who intervenes in the navy's operations.

Besides, we have no evidence to accuse the Navy of any strategic and tactical mistakes in this battle. I think the Navy's plan is more in line with the actual situation than our plan and is better than I imagined.

Although... the loss this time is indeed a problem... but no one can guarantee that he will not suffer any losses if he wins the battle, which is illogical."

Xu Jun lowered his head and turned the naval report on his desk to the last few pages.

“We have no reason to accuse the Navy of not having a big picture concept.

It is normal for the Navy to not fully understand the overall strategy that the Commander is revising. The latest combat plan is still being formulated. I have not explained these issues in detail to the Navy so far, nor have I personally communicated with Redell. It should be my mistake.

It seems that it is because of insufficient communication. This is a lesson, and we must learn. Do you think I should gather all the supervisors of the Three Military Command to hold a meeting to discuss this issue?”

Xu Jun stood up and took the document and began to pace back and forth in the narrow corridor in the middle of the office.

"Of course, my head, I think your decision is very correct."

Weirle stood up respectfully and answered.

"Oh, sit down and talk, Weirle. Haha, my waist is a little sore. Maybe the chair is too soft, so I get up and move."

Xu Jun waved his hand to Weierle and signaled the respectful chief of staff to sit back on the sofa, and then handed the last pages of the naval report to Weierle.

"Look, hehe, the photos of the navy are taken well, especially the one on the head of Prince Eugen, I like the most. If you bump into it, you can drive her back. Captain Von Hertz is indeed very skilled."

Xu Jun said with a smile.

"My God is more serious than I thought. Is it still the bow of the boat? It looks like I've been chewed and vomited out by something. It seems that I have estimated that I have been less time before, and this boat will basically not be able to return to the sea within three months.

To make matters worse, the Schánhorst injured the bridge by blowing, while the Gneiseno was broken with a large rangefinder.

It takes at least one and a half months to replace the equipment and messy repairs to restore their full combat effectiveness.

In addition, the Luzov was still on the ship platform and refused to launch the water, so our fleet only had two main ships left to fight within a month.

I really don’t know if I should celebrate this successful operation. Anyway, the plan set by the Orthodox Command and you now seem to be impossible to change..."

Weirle looked at the dozen photos on the pages of the files in depressedly.

"But they finally completed the mission successfully, leaving no shilling for the British. The only troublesome thing is that the Sheffield, which was almost broken by Prince Eugen, spent a lot of time on the fleet to rescue the above materials, and was almost blocked in that area by the British fleet sent to rescue them.

If that kind of thing really happens, this fleet operation may end in tragedy."

"Yes, the report said it was only four hours away. It seems that the goddess of luck is still on our side. I really want to see with my own eyes what the British rescue fleet will look like when they see the slowly sinking British warships."

A smile finally appeared on Weirle's face.

"I'm the same as you think, Weille."

Xu Jun walked to the sofa and sat down next to Weirle.

"And I also want to see the expressions of Kettle and his team's staff. Now they are going to modify the plan again."

"I guess it will be wonderful, and you will see him soon."

Weirle put down the documents and photos in his hand, picked up the teapot on the tea table next to him and added a cup of tea to himself.

Then the wise Chief of Staff began to raise his head and look around looking for Xu Jun's teacup.

"Thanks...."

Xu Jun stood up and walked to his desk, picked up his teacup and handed it to Weirle.

"The Navy is now a foregone conclusion, and it is useless to say anything here. And their mission is done very beautifully. I think the group of accountants from the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Empire are now staring at the treasures.

Five billion pounds, well, it should be equivalent to five hundred billion marks. With this wealth, our path forward will be smoother."

Xu Jun took the tea cup handed over by Weirle and relaxedly sipped with the fragrant flower tea.

"It seems that more than this number is available now. I read yesterday's newspaper and the international gold price has risen again.

If the news that we seized thousands of tons of British gold is revealed by the British media, I am afraid that the price of gold will soar."

Weirle said with a smile.

"Oh, is that? Anyway, the money must be used where the empire needs it most. I will send a telegram to Borman and ask him to inform each department to list a preliminary budget first. This issue must be carefully studied and discussed after we return to Berlin."

"You are right, my head of state."

Weirle nodded and agreed.

"By the way, I promised the Navy to pass the reward from the imperial budget first. I am afraid that they will even be short of repair funds now. There are too many damaged warships this time. And the enemy ships they dragged back, we also need to formulate a repair plan. We must make full use of all the resources at hand."

"Do as you wish, my head of state."

Xu Jun walked back to his desk with the teacup and sat down. He put the teacup down and took out a folded official document from the drawer beside the table.

This was an order he had prepared long ago, and had signed his name on it. Xu Jun handed the document to Weirle.

"I'll hand this over to Major Heinrich later and ask him to send someone to Berlin to hand it over to Martin Borman."

"As for orders, my head."

Weirle respectfully took over the stacked documents.

"Don't you want to know what's written in it? Weirle."

Xu Jun asked with a smile.

"If you're willing to let me know, you'll tell me yourself."

Weirle replied with a smile.

"Haha, you can open it, but except for you, no second person will be allowed to see this document before handing it to Borman."

"As for orders, my head."

Weirle sat back on the sofa and couldn't wait to unpack the folded documents and read them carefully.

"Haha, it turns out that you have already prepared. I thought you forgot about this and wanted to find time to remind you."

After reading the document, Weirler smiled and raised his head and said.

"How could I forget such an important thing, my Chief of Staff. However, this matter involves a lot. You know its importance. If the contents of this document are leaked, the problem will become serious."

Xu Jun answered seriously.

"I understand, my head of state. I think it's better to let Major Heinrich go there personally, as your confidential secretary, know how to do it without any mistakes."

Weirle also made a serious suggestion.

"Well... well, I thought there might be somewhere to be needed, but it seems that there is nothing important now, so let him go there in person.

But you should remind him that this document is very important, so that he can pay attention to safety and not attract attention on the road."

"Of course, my head of state, I will remind him. This document is related to the development of our future plans and the great cause of German revival.

My Head, you are determined to completely solve that difficult problem, and I sincerely admire you for this. And I am extremely proud of myself for being able to witness the great revival of Germany and personally participate in it."

Weirle stood up and nodded respectfully to Xu Jun.

"My Chief of Staff, this is just the first step I have taken for the great rejuvenation of Germany. There are more problems to be solved later. I hope you can continue to help me, guide me, and remind me. Are you willing? Weirle."
To be continued...