Although Britain's campaign to conquer Eastern Rome had been planned from the start as a coordinated advance by land and sea.
Leon remembered that before the war began, the task he had assigned the navy was to pin down Eastern Rome's strength as much as possible. Whether troops or supplies, every bit they could reduce on land would count as the navy's contribution once the war was over.
From breaking through the Mediterranean at the beginning to now pushing deep into Eastern Rome's heartland, the Aegean Sea, all he felt for this newly formed branch of the military was concern. He feared that his naval battle groups, which had only just begun to show promise, might be swallowed whole by Eastern Rome through one careless mistake!
He had never expected the navy to be able to attack...