Colonial empires in a world ruled by elves

The shipyard

In the Powonida capital of the Bretaigne empire, Navy Minister Walmsley Chuck, a man who enjoyed cigars, was looking out of an imposing shipyard.

“Chief Engineer, how is the assimilation of the technology of the Republic of Gallus and the Diustic Empire going?”

The chief engineer, a man dressed in a yellow uniform, smiled and invited the minister to see the interior of the shipyard.

“We have learned quite a bit from the two nations, especially the superior artillery of the Diustic empire and the improved engine of the Republic of Gallus.

With those two technologies, we are improving our ships, also following your request to defend the ships from any magical air threat.

We are installed anti-aircraft automatic cannons and machine-gun nests. “

Walmsley Chuck, who had a cigar in his mouth, looked at the boats with joy “We have to keep up this pace as we modernize all the boats in the three fleets before the end of the year.

According to the treaty, the Diustic empire will build submarines, frigates and destroyers. They will be in charge of the defense of the deep sea.

I have heard that many scientists are devoting to radar research. The goddess materials for wireless radio saved us a lot of trouble.

As for the Republic of Gallus, they are building heavy cruisers, light cruisers and aircraft carriers.

We have to upgrade all the fleets and build as many battleships and super battleships as we can.

I hope we continue to increase construction capacity. We cannot be left behind by the air force and its floating fortresses. “

The chief engineer showed a proud smile “With the improvement of the factories and the blessing of the goddess in creating this place, our empire has doubled its naval production capacity.

We hope that before the end of the year, this will quadruple and during the war we will be in the process of increasing our production tenfold.

Although our army and air force can only cry for the lack of weapons.

Walmsley Chuck started laughing “They must know that our empire has to use the navy to protect its interests.

In this case, it is even more vital because we do not know what is behind the blessed protection of the goddess. That is why the navy should never stop being in production.

If we allow the elves to make a beachhead on the continent, war will be brought to our land. We must be prepared to avoid that scenario.

Although if I’m honest, I thank the goddess because she united three nations that have many differences in a continent where you have to work as a team.

By the way, I would like to see the Queen Valarie. That ship is the most modern under construction in the shipyard, right? “

The chief engineer nodded and walked around the shipyard.

“Construction was delayed a bit as we added the upgrades to their diesel engine and asked the Diustic empire for a heavy artillery package.

Because our gun factories are updating their machinery and it will take months for them to be up to date.

The surplus artillery that they had under construction or built is being destined to the coasts for use as a coastal defense battery. “

Walmsley Chuck smoked his cigar “Coastal defense is a real problem at least in the short term, thank goodness than the human liberation army.

It is to provide the troops to defend the coast of the continent from any kind of enemy; we are only in charge of building the bunkers and coastal batteries.

Although the only good thing is that most of our coastal defenses were accommodated by the goddess around the continent.

We only have to build about a third of the defenses on the continent and keep the coastal defenses we have modern. “

The chief engineer stopped at one of the docks of the shipyard, where a huge battle battleship was floating.

Which looked quite modern, as it did not have the traditional coal engine chimneys.

“This is the battleship Queen Valarie. The floating base is built, so we are only working with the interior.

It will have 10 350mm cannons with an automatic loader that will be able to fire two rounds per minute.

It will also have 15 150mm cannons with autoloaders capable of firing eight rounds per minute. “

Walmsley Chuck was surprised and looked proudly at Queen Valarie “She is a beautiful ship and will have a fairly high destructive capacity. I am sure the elves will urinate when they see her in action.

They may have magic, but I doubt they can make artillery as superior as ours. Living on magic has made them conformists.

How long can it be completed? “

The chief engineer smiled “We hope that before the end of the year it can float in the sea. It could be even earlier, but we always have to do a lot of tests before.

But I can assure you that before the end of the year, you will have this ship floating for the human liberation army navy. “

Walmsley Chuck, who had finished his cigar, threw it on the ground and stepped on it. “I hope so, engineer, because we will need all the firepower we can get to win the war.

This is a war of extermination, where defeat means losing everything. It is not a war between nations where the population only changes sides.

Those cursed elves will enslave us and even do abominable acts against us. We always have to be on the offensive.

I just hope that we can completely erase the elven threat from this world. It would be our greatest act of humanity. “

After this, Walmsley Chuck and the chief engineer walked inside the ship under construction while the engineer explained all the characteristics of the ship.

From the armor of the entire ship, to how the ammunition rooms will be placed inside the great ship.

After watching the ship for a while, Walmsley Chuck left the shipyard and went to the lords’ chamber so he could work in his office.

Because he had to improve many things within the work in the shipyards, for this he would propose to the prime minister a reform to attract more population from the former colonies to the factories and shipyards.

They had to continue increasing the production of materials for war because I do not know they could afford to lose against the elves.

On the way to the House of Lords, he looked with pride at the beautiful Powonida capital, which was brimming with life from both native citizens and citizens of the former colonies.

Which had already adapted to life in the city since 6 weeks had passed since they arrived in that world.