Empire Conquest

Chapter 633 - 629: Fate Shall Not End

By the time Spur arrived, the rescue efforts had not yet concluded.

He waited outside the emergency room for over ten minutes before the doctor emerged.

"How is it?"

"Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and the situation has stabilized. There’s no immediate threat to life, but the patient remains unconscious and will need monitoring once awakened."

Hearing this, Spur finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Don’t linger too long; the patient now needs rest."

After another reminder, the doctor then stepped away.

The patient undergoing emergency treatment was Tanimoto, currently the Fleet Chief of Staff for the 5th Fleet.

Prior to this, considering Tanimoto’s identity, Spur hadn’t informed him about the fleet’s surrender, to be precise, he hadn’t been completely truthful.

On the contrary, Spur had told him that this was just a temporary measure.

A lie was still a lie.

When the Liangxia ship-borne aircraft and those warships appeared, no matter how convincing Spur’s fabricated stories were, they couldn’t fool Tanimoto.

This was not a temporary measure at all, but an act of surrendering to the Liangxia Navy!

For Tanimoto, who had fled from the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom to seek the restoration of his homeland and had fought bloodily for the Newland Federation, this was obviously an unacceptable outcome.

That’s why he had chosen to hang himself.

He didn’t use the traditional Saiyi method of suicide, which is seppuku, not because he lacked courage, but because he didn’t have the appropriate tools.

On a Newland warship, except for the Military Police tasked with maintaining order, nobody, including Fleet Commanders, was allowed to carry firearms, knives, or any weapons.

As for ropes, they were everywhere on the warship.

Looking at the still unconscious Tanimoto, Spur felt a bitter taste in his heart.

If he could turn back time and make the choice anew, Spur would still choose Tanimoto as his deputy.

After working together for so long, Spur had come to regard Tanimoto as one of his own, having long forgotten that Tanimoto was a Saiyi military officer who sought refuge in the Newland Federation.

Tanimoto was indeed a very competent Chief of Staff.

In a sense, Tanimoto had made Spur, or it could be said that without Tanimoto, there would be no Spur as he was today.

Back in the Southwest East Ocean, it was Tanimoto who issued the warning that led Spur to order a reduction in speed, eventually turning towards Aus at the Cook Islands.

Given the situation at the time, if Spur had continued as planned towards Transfer Island, they would have encountered an ambush by the 22nd Special Mixed Fleet within a few days.

When the Liangxia Navy sent troops to Boss Bay and launched a fierce attack on Jibu Fortress, it was still Tanimoto who suggested that Spur should not take the risk of venturing into the Fan Flame Ocean.

The fact likewise proved that this suggestion had saved Spur, as several of the Liangxia Navy’s Special Mixed Fleets were waiting for an opportunity in the Northeast Fan Flame Ocean.

Even not so long ago, Tanimoto once again fulfilled his duty as a Chief of Staff.

Had it not been for Tanimoto’s prior suggestion to take the Fleet to the Caribbean for training, based on previous plans, keeping them in the Bermuda Sea Area would have likely resulted in Huacheng orders for Spur to lead the Fleet to support during the Bulan Kingdom’s coup.

Then, they would have inevitably faced a decisive battle against the Liangxia Navy’s Sunset Ocean Fleet.

Even if victory was achieved in the Sunset Ocean, it was highly possible that the Newland Fleet would suffer heavy losses, thus losing the bargaining chips for negotiating with the Liangxia Empire.

For Spur, that could have likely resulted in returning to the homeland due to the loss of the Fleet’s combat capabilities.

Then, during Wallace’s flight to Gold Bay to find Nizi, Spur might have faced not just a few Military Police sent by the Hale faction but perhaps an assassin.

Don’t forget, Spur was a Fleet Commander personally promoted by Nizi, a member of Nizi’s direct lineage and confidant.

If those rumors were true, that is, Rofuss had been killed by Chur and it was Hale who had sent Chur to the Grey Palace, then the highly suspect Secretary of State would definitely not let off anyone who posed a threat to him, and might not need to invest much effort in Spur, the confidant of Nizi.

Put more plainly, as long as Hale decided he could not bring Spur back around, he would inevitably take decisive action.

One had to admit, Tanimoto had been diligent and responsible in the position of Chief of Staff, not betraying Spur’s trust, and deserving of his title as Newland Navy Brigadier General.

Sadly, Spur had deceived him.

But what could be done about it?

Nizi had already made up his mind, and Wallace had gone to Honu Island yesterday, setting up a provisional government in Honolulu, adjacent to Treasure Harbor.

Under Nizi’s orders, about 2 million Newland soldiers on the Howay Islands had already sworn their allegiance to Wallace.

However, when making the announcement to the outside world, they did not say they would surrender to the Liangxia Empire.

Nor could they say surrender, they could only say that they were conducting ceasefire negotiations with the Consortium Group, led by the Liangxia Empire, and had to temporarily cease all military operations for this.

According to the message from Nizi, the special envoy of the Liangxia Empire had already arrived at Fleet Headquarter, and the related negotiations were underway.

The most important thing was that the Liangxia Authorities had already recognized that Wallace was the legitimate President of the Newland Federation, thereby ensuring that the agreement reached with the Wallace government had legal force.

Under the leadership of the Liangxia Empire, the other members of the Consortium Group had also recognized Wallace as the President of the Newland Federation.

In addition, dozens of Neutral Countries announced over the past two days that they recognized Wallace as the legitimate President of the Newland Federation and had severed diplomatic relations with the Huacheng Authority.

Regardless, for Spur, the war was over.

The key point was that Spur was the Commander of the 5th Fleet, commanding only three Special Mixed Fleets, and simply didn’t have the ability to influence the overall situation.

Not wanting to surrender, so he would lead the Fleet back to the home country?

Clearly, not to mention that Spur would not do such a shameful foolish thing, the vast majority of officers and men of the 5th Fleet would not agree to it.

Surrender or not was one thing, the most pressing issue was that almost all officers and men believed that Chur, who had close ties with Hale, was responsible for Rofuss’s death, and Hale’s purpose in doing this was to covet the presidential throne, to become the dictator of the Newland Federation!

The visit to Gold Bay by Rofuss’s personal secretary and the tapes he brought were the most compelling evidence!

The key also lay in the fact that over eighty percent of the dozens of Captains were personally appointed by Nizi.

These Captains were all Nizi’s confidants.

Of course, Wallace was indeed the legitimate President of the Newland Federation.

Faced with this situation, Spur obviously couldn’t help Tanimoto.

All he could do was save Tanimoto’s life.

As for whether Tanimoto could come to terms with this after waking up, that was beyond Spur’s control.

After staying in the sickroom for a few minutes and calming his emotions, Spur got up and left.

Outside, the speedboats carrying the Liangxia Navy officers and soldiers had already arrived.

Additionally, a very strange aircraft had come.

After asking the Staff, Spur learned that it was a helicopter.

The Newland Federation also had similar aircraft, just not yet ordered by the military.

As arranged, the Liangxia Navy officers and soldiers would take over all the battleships of the 5th Fleet and escort the 5th Fleet to join the Liangxia Second Fleet, hundreds of kilometers away.

However, Spur had to leave the "Ethe" first.

That helicopter had come to pick him up, and on the approaching "Nanzhu Sea," a seaplane was ready to take off.

Taking Spur away was mainly to prevent unforeseen complications.

Of course, this was also an order given by Bai Zhizhan, saying that there was a more comfortable environment on the flagship.

In fact, Spur also wanted to meet the opposing Commander as soon as possible, the legendary admiral of the Liangxia Navy, Admiral Bai Zhizhan!