The disappearance of dozens of warships and more than a hundred thousand sailors and soldiers was no small matter. They might conceal it for a while, but in an information-driven society like this one, how could they keep it hidden for long?
"As long as no aircraft carrier was lost..." Tang Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. "At least we'll have an answer for the people back home..."
Aircraft Carriers carried enormous symbolic weight. They were floating national territory. If one had truly been lost, the whole country would have erupted in outrage...
But as long as the Carrier Strike Group remained intact, public confidence at home would hold steady. Even if every other country came bearing down on them, Great Chu's formidable power would give it nothing to fear.
After all, the Great Chu of this world was far stronger, and far more deeply rooted, than a certain Later Roman Empire in the Mirror World!
"It's not that simple... That fleet can't sail back either. You'll understand when you see it..." Fan Liren gave a bitter smile.
"What do you mean?"
"The enormous passage that was big enough for an entire Aircraft Carrier to pass through somehow vanished. Now only small boats can get through...
The crews can rotate out, but the fleet itself can't leave."
"That can happen?" Tang Changsheng stroked his chin.
"Yes. So we can only ask you to go and take a look. See if you can find a way to bring the Carrier Strike Group back...
And the spatial passage is in the Mediterranean Sea, not in Great Chu. Countries like Lunying and North America are probably itching to make a move...
So we'll be sending two Aircraft Carrier fleets over there.
Well, the country is in mourning, so we can't hold a wedding.