Paris Ritz Hotel meeting room.
Wells, who had rushed back from the Brest Shipyard, sat quietly in front of the warm fire, waiting for Shire. His eyes were fixed on the dancing flames, and he was absentmindedly swirling a glass of wine in his hand.
Wells had been busy at the shipyard manufacturing landing crafts, amphibious landing ships, and deep water bombs.
Ever since Shire's successful landing at the Dardanelles Strait, the shipyard had received a large number of orders from around the world, including from Britain and the United States.
The amphibious landing ships, which could operate both on land and sea, had particularly become star equipment.
Wells let out a bewildered chuckle toward the fire. Amphibious landing operations had always been a global challenge, but Shire's few inventions had easily resolved them.
