Be Wary of the Island Nation

"Your Majesty, the Island Nation has backed down. It seems Admiral Spee's bombardment of Tokyo was highly effective after all—they have been scared out of their wits!" Imperial Foreign Minister Wachth wore a broad smile.

"Yes. However, I do not think they were frightened out of their wits by our bombardment of Tokyo, but by the determination Admiral Spee displayed. Not only did they bombard Tokyo, they also shelled the Imperial Palace. Emperor Taisho was probably scared stiff enough to wet himself. The Island Nation should understand very clearly that if they refuse to compromise, what awaits them will be even harsher blows from the Empire's Expeditionary Fleet," Oscar said.

Oscar knew that Vice Admiral Spee's follow-up battle plan was already prepared: attacks against every coastal city in the Island Nation. If Vice Admiral Spee truly carried it out, they would make the Island Nation pay an even more terrible price. Conservatively speaking, several million people of the Island Nation would probably die in the bombardments. The devastating blow the Island Nation would suffer could well be imagined.

However, Oscar regretted that the Island Nation had chosen to compromise at the last moment. He would actually have preferred them to remain hard-line. That way, even if they had to bear some infamy, they could make the Island Nation pay a sufficiently bloody price.

Though Oscar was now the Emperor of the German Empire, the disgust and hatred for the Island Nation buried deep within his soul could never be forgotten.

"The Island Nation got lucky this time. If they had refused to compromise, we would have had to continue slaughtering our way through the Island Nation!" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said.

"The Island Nation overestimated itself. Their audacity is simply too great. They actually wanted to seize the Empire's colonies,