The morning after the cruise ship was found, the Navy's top officials, including the Commissioner of the Ministry of Defense, attended a conference call at the same time.
The person who presided over the conference call was not an active Navy officer, nor an important member of the Ministry of Defense, but an ordinary person from society, Lynch.
"… In the process of this incident, our Navy has actually shown some fatal problems, such as our inability to quickly and effectively lock the enemy that may have invaded the Federation's waters."
Lynch's speech made everyone on the phone line silent, because he was telling the truth. The cruise ship was missing for a total of six days, and the Navy didn't find anything during those six days.
They mobilized almost twenty large and small warships to look for the cruise ship, but they didn't find anything.
If it weren't for Lynch's planes that found the cruise ship first, it might have taken them a while to find it.
At this time, a Marine Rear Admiral spoke out, trying to salvage the current situation. "Mr. Lynch, I know that as one of the victims, you are very angry now, but that doesn't mean that the Navy didn't do anything, it's just that we are not as good as you think."
"This is actually not our problem, it's like everyone knows to call the police when they are in trouble, but the police can't immediately appear in front of everyone who needs the police, it takes a process."
"Even if there are no planes, we will find the cruise ship, it won't take much time."
His speech was affirmed by many senior officers, people who have never been to the sea will never know what the real sea looks like.
Many people think that the sea horizon actually extends far, far away, but in fact, the distance between the sea level and the sea horizon is not so far away.
Sometimes, because "not seeing" gives people the feeling that they are going in the wrong direction, they will change their direction and want to go to other places to see, and eventually miss the target.
Lynch's laughter made some Navy generals feel very uncomfortable. Some people wanted to propose to end the meaningless conference call, but the Marine Rear Admiral, who was serving his sentence at home, spoke out.
"Go on, Lynch, I believe that you asked for this conference call, not just to complain to us."
His Excellency the Vice Admiral's words made all the generals listening to the call give up on their previous thoughts. Everyone knew that once the Vice Admiral's sentence was over, he would inevitably become the Federation's new Admiral.
In fact, because he had the experience and qualifications of commanding the Federation's warships to defeat the Invincible Galfra Fleet, he would become the first Navy Marshal in the history of the Federation with real power.
This kind of person's words carried a lot of weight, at least more weight than Lynch's words to these generals and important members of the Ministry of National Defense.
"Generals, you know the cruelty of war better than I do. War will not allow us to compromise on time."
"If we discover the enemy one step earlier, we can prevent our Bay City and port from being attacked by the military."
"The sooner we lock onto the enemy, the sooner we can launch an attack and seize the initiative of the war."
"The word 'take the initiative' is very important in war. The hijacking of the cruise ship also proves this point. If we had used the aircraft from the beginning to carry out a comprehensive reconnaissance, maybe I would have returned to the Federation's land a few days ago."
The Vice Admiral agreed with this point of view. He knew the whole process of the search and rescue, and he also knew that the aircraft did play a big role. "We have ordered two hundred aircraft. Next, we will put them into the new war system as appropriate."
"I'm not talking about this, Sir General. Of course, it has something to do with it."
"I heard that the aircraft have been flying back and forth many times during this period. If our aircraft can take off from more places, then it will inevitably be more useful …"
"Just say your thoughts, Mr. Lynch. We are not good at playing word games with capitalists like you. Let's be more direct."
Someone interrupted. Judging from the voice, he was not young. He was at least a Navy officer of the rank of a major general.
Lynch chuckled a few times. "Well, to put it simply, my idea is to establish a complete maritime reconnaissance area in the Atlantic and Eastern Oceans, build more airports and ports to complete a rapid response."
"Maybe we will know the news as soon as the Guevara People's fleet left the port. Before they know anything about us, we will already be waiting for them halfway."
"The disparity in information can provide us with more opportunities and probability to defeat the enemy. Gentlemen, if our planes could cover the entire Atlantic Ocean, perhaps you would have known what happened to the cruise ship and where it was going a week ago!"
"And some additional supply ports can ensure that our fleet can be resupplied and even repaired at any time, anywhere!"
"Once the war breaks out, we will establish an unparalleled huge advantage!"
Lynch's words made all the Navy officers fall into deep thought. The biggest problem with the search and rescue cruise ship was that they could not find it.
No one knew where it went, which was the fundamental reason why pirates wreaked havoc during this period.
They did not have a base, so they would go wherever they could.
If they had a tight hold on a place, they would immediately change to another place to make a living.
As long as they could not catch up with them, they could not be stopped, and there was no way to eliminate them.
At the same time, this also reflected the problem of a backward war response mechanism. What if the cruise ship was an enemy warship or even a battle group?
They stayed in the Federation's West Coast for so long without being discovered. Did this mean that in the past, as long as they wanted, they could have shelled any city on the West Coast at any time?
This was equivalent to being completely defenseless!
Lynch's idea — —
Using aircraft to form a reconnaissance network covering the entire Atlantic and Eastern Oceans, this idea made the Navy officers a little excited.
And they also saw the value of aircraft through this incident. The main thing was that this thing flew too fast, faster than a cruiser, and many times faster!
Speed was the key to victory in war.
Plus a port that could be resupplied at any time, this was something.
Lynch had mentioned this idea to the Vice Admiral before, but the Vice Admiral did not understand what aircraft could do, so he did not give any answer to Lynch.
Now he knew that at least the speed of aircraft was extremely fast. The Navy's fleet went out for a round trip, and the aircraft had already made more than ten rounds. The speed was simply incomparable.
In addition, the aircraft was said to be able to drop bombs, which would play a key role in attacking enemy warships. The Vice Admiral was already a little tempted.
He thought for a moment and said, "Now there are two problems."
"First, we are not sure about the irreplaceable and necessity of the aircraft. Although it is valuable to us in some ways, this value is not enough for us to establish a terrible budget specifically for it."
"You have to show that it is irreplaceable and important. It is not so easy to convince the people in Congress."
"Second, the aircraft is a very new thing. It will take a long time to figure out its specific use. We can't fully develop it at the initial stage of exploration. This requires a process."
"Technology is improving every day. Maybe it won't be long before something new replaces it. I heard … the company's Sky Fortress project is about to be completed. We also need to compare."
Sky Fortress was a very secretive project. Its core content was to build an "Air Battleship".
At least two main cannons. This was the minimum requirement of the Sky Fortress project, but it was enough to tempt the Federation's military.
Once this thing flew above the enemy, there was nothing that could restrain it.
The military had been supporting this top-secret project. Many people thought that this was the real future. At least, they thought so before Lynch's aircraft was introduced.
It was also the first time Lynch heard the name of this project, but he did not care at all. "In two days, there will be a small-scale armed battle. At that time, the aircraft will cooperate with the ground attack force of the Blackstone Security."
"At that time, you will see the specific use of the aircraft. It is definitely not as simple as you think."
"I don't know if the Sky Fortress is the one I know. If it is, I can only say that it is a wrong future. The aircraft is the real future!"
After the call ended, everyone was recalling the series of events caused by this accident.
Lynch, on the other hand, called Lyme. He had to ask if his account was full.
To his slight surprise, Lyme did not answer the phone. Then he called the exchange, and the exchange confirmed that there was no problem with his account at the moment.
The manager's slightly envious tone let Lynch know that he made a lot of money again. When asked about Lyme, the manager said that he had not seen him at the exchange for two days.
This situation was actually very unusual. Other than not going to the exchange on rest days, the financial professionals in Boston would stay at the exchange from morning to night.
Some financial companies even directly rented floors or rooms in the exchange and arranged their own companies in the exchange.
Lyme did not appear for two days. Something must have happened to him.
"Do you have any contact with the media here?"
After Lynch put down the phone, he returned to the bedroom. The girl was still resting.
She had been hiding in the ventilation duct for two days. During this period, she had to solve personal problems twice. This kind of experience … was really rare.
So much so that her spirit had not recovered yet.
"You can call my agent. She knows what to do."
Not long after, the media on the West Coast received the news that Lynch was going to hold a personal press conference. There was big news to be announced!