Chapter 414: The Situation Is Not Optimistic
The situation in the Far East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was as complex and volatile as the Balkans in Europe. The Manchurians wanted to hold the Liaodong Peninsula to consolidate the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin, Maozi wanted to go south to occupy the ice-free port, the footbasin chicken wanted to use this as a springboard to realize his dream of the mainland, and the British used this place as a pawn to balance the forces of all parties.
It can be said politely that the traversers have been squatting on powder kegs since the first day they were teleported here, and there is no possibility of living a low-key life at all. Whether they choose to fight with the great powers with real guns, or take advantage of the contradictions of various countries to blackmail and save their lives, their every move is under the close attention of all forces, and there is nothing worse than this place as the main base.
Britain replaced a pro-Song minister to China, and as soon as this signal came out, the other three began to interpret the intriguing attitude of John Bull behind this incident. The Manchu people, who had just been bombed by the crossing crowd, began to think differently again, and the mentality of those local officials was different, and the Manchu ruling group headed by Cixi was even more determined to exterminate the "pseudo-Song" because of the previous air raids. For this reason, they did not hesitate to sell more rights, and on the basis of the original "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty", they signed a series of supplementary clauses with Tsarist Russia that humiliated the country, intending to lead the troubles to the traversers entrenched in the Liaodong Peninsula.
Seeing that the father of the gold lord seemed to be at odds with the Great Song Dynasty, he had already begun to acquiesce in some of Maozi's military behaviors, and many people in his country immediately began to call for joining forces with Tsarist Russia to get rid of the Great Song people, after all, once the Great Song people fell into a crisis in the Far East, they could at worst force them to give up their demand for a quarter of the reparations for the Sino-Qing War.
Mao Zi saw that the Manchu people and the footbasin chickens were trying to woo him, and he was even more confident in expelling the Great Song people from the Far East. In their eyes, only the Great Song army in the Far East that killed their 6,000 expeditionary forces that lacked supplies had a little combat power, and the Manchurians and footpot chickens were all scum. However, it is also an excellent choice to take two scumbag brothers to the Great Song Dynasty together.
The information piled up on Zhao Yi's desk shows that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the traversal, and unlike the original time and space history, the Chinese people of the footbasin chicken did not privately swallow the part of the war reparations in their hands, and all the silver that was still hot on the hands of the footbasin chicken became military expenses. This time, Cixi and Guangxu rarely reached a consensus, and it was rare for the imperial party and the party to not tear each other down in the formation and training of the new army.
Although Maozi's Pacific Fleet continued to drag on, there was information that Nicholas II had assembled another expedition to the Far East in the area of Lake Belga. This time, Maozi, who had learned to be well-behaved, hoarded a large amount of supplies, and slowly advanced south while establishing a military station.
There was no movement on the mobile phone that passed through everyone's hands, there was no text message about the "emergency", and there was no news about D+x. Looking at the ammunition and fuel records on the inventory list, the rough embryos were worried about the future.
Despite repeated assurances that they had stockpiled enough supplies to hold the Liaodong Peninsula at no cost, those accustomed to the support of the air force and armored forces remained unoptimistic.
The level of the Japanese traitors planted by the people in the footbasin is relatively low, and it is impossible to obtain relatively confidential military information. However, the news they reported back showed that a large number of dock facilities were being built by the footbasin chickens, and many self-built ships had completed the laying of keels. From this information, it can be seen that militarism, which has begun to take root in the four islands, cannot be strangled by the few salvos of BB63.
Intelligence from Europe by the Jews shows that the Footpot Chicken, having been so proud in Europe after receiving war reparations that it has reached the point of frenzied sprinkling silver at the shipyards. Of course, if someone is willing to sell a warship that has just been put into service, then they will not refuse, and the desire of the footpot chicken to turn the tables in the Far East can be said to be obvious.
And what John Bull, the father of the foot basin chicken, did at this time is really unkind to the traverser. They put several large warships on the shelves, and they had the posture to take them at the right price.
In fact, John Bull did not do this just to counterbalance the forces of the people in the Far East, Hans had already begun to increase the total tonnage of his fleet, and the British had to follow the frenzy of building ships in order to maintain their position as the supremacy of the seas. The steam turbine technology that Traversal had previously sold to them had caused the British Navy's shipbuilding budget to rise again and again, leaving John Bull in a situation where the landlord had no surplus to spare, and had to put some warships on the shelves to support the construction of new warships.
"Hemp eggs! This is the butterfly effect, we sold the steam turbine technology to the opium cow a little bit in advance, and the result was that the opium cow sold the warship to the footbasin chicken. Hao Dajian looked at the information sent by the Jews and said helplessly.
"It's time to sell a little bit of technology to Hans, and dig into the pockets of these two guys! Build it, build it, in front of the BB63's 406mm main gun, everything you pile out with silver is scum! Luo Can said.
"How many ants eat elephants! If they pile up all these ships, how many shells will we have to consume! We can't produce shells for Iowa's main guns, and there are at least a few Marinaya Trenches between the technology used to make those things and the ammunition used to produce the Krupp shore defense guns! Zhao Lang said.
"That's why I want to sell some technology to Hans, so that the opium cows don't dare to pull out the fleet and steel with us! Balance, it's not their Saxon patent, we can play it too. Luo Can said.
"I'm worried that the navy will be replenished in a short period of time, and this time it will be difficult for us to sink their warship in the same way as before, and last time they learned to equip the warship with a Maxim machine gun to protect against helicopters." Hao Dajian said.
"Yes, I'm also worried about whether the current inventory of BB63's main gun ammunition can cope with Maozi's Pacific Fleet and the replenished Foot Basin Chicken Fleet at the same time." Zhao Yi said.
"With the power of the 406 mm main gun, the current ammunition reserves should be able to cope with the fleet of Maozi and Footbasin Chicken. That's the battleship's main gun! That's an existence that sinks when you touch it! Hao Dajian said.
"Hehe, you ignore the factor of who is operating these main guns, can you guarantee that those people have a near-normal hit rate? Even with the help of fire control radar, I don't have confidence in them! Zhao Yi turned his head to Luo Can's side as he spoke.
"Hey, it would be nice if there was a key for missile launches, we still have 16 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles on board, only with a key to ensure that a child is fired, there is no possibility of empty!" Luo Can said curtly, it seems that Ya has little confidence in the sailors who operate their guns.