Liu Xiangzhen, aboard the "Longjiang," was also stunned by the massive explosion.
Although he had harbored similar concerns before, Liu Xiangzhen had always felt that the Newland Navy would not resort to such despicable tactics.
Besides, framing others would be too difficult.
The crux of the matter was the inability to prove that Liangxia's submarines sank the merchant ships with torpedoes—at least not obtaining sufficient, concrete evidence.
Without evidence, on what grounds could one accuse the Liangxia Empire?
After all, it was the Tiaoman Empire that implemented unrestricted submarine warfare, not the Liangxia Empire, which possessed sea control and had no reason to let its submarines act recklessly.
In fact, the Liangxia Empire was one of the few nations in the world that openly opposed the development of submarines.
