Gao Junshan received a telegram from Sun Yuanhua, minister of military industry, today that two of the 10 Wuchang-class steam engine battleships produced for Britain will be launched in March.

Gao Junshan learned from the London station of the General Affairs Bureau that on the British side, General Cromwell had ascended the throne of the king in June last year, due to well-known reasons, Cromwell did not fully control the situation in Britain, Britain's financial situation was very crisis, and the economy was constantly deteriorating.

According to the information obtained by the London station, Cromwell is already a fifty-eight-year-old man, his physical condition is deteriorating, and it is difficult to say whether he will survive this year, at this time the political situation in Britain is in turmoil, and Gao Junshan decided to wait a few months to see the situation.

He sent Sun Yuanhua a telegram back, the battleship was not handed over to Britain first, and he would make plans after a period of sea trials.

According to the British war report sent by the General Office, the Dutch admiral Michel sailed to the mouth of the Thames in early February with a Dutch fleet of about sixty warships (twenty-four battleships, twenty small warships, and fifteen arsonists). Taking advantage of the high tide of the Thames at night, Michel sent an advance fleet to quietly go down the Thames River and launched a surprise attack on the British army, occupying the British Hillness Battery, and seizing four or five tons of gold and a large amount of timber, resin and other materials stored here.

The Dutch fleet went on a rampage on the Thames, destroying dozens of British ships, and the Dutch fleet even drove battleships under the city of London in an attempt to bombard London. The Dutch fleet returned to the Netherlands only after the two Wuchang-class battleships anchored in the port of London intervened.

"Chief, do you think the British can withstand the Dutch attack?"

In the headquarters in Mumbai, Gao Junshan's Gao Shentian Qiliang raised his doubts.

"There is no doubt that Britain will eventually become stronger, it is only a matter of time. I have no intention of interfering in the affairs of Europe, and we do not have the time, our current task is to grab territory in the Americas, while Europe is still in civil strife, to gain a firm foothold in the Americas, to develop our territory, and to create more living space for future generations. ”

Tian Qiliang asked: "America is so far away from us, if it is a sailboat, starting from Fujian, it will take at least a year to go back and forth, such a long distance, how to manage it in the future?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Isn't it through the telegram now, can you give Ma Jin an order directly?" What else do you have to worry about? ”

"After all, it's too far," Tian Qiliang said worriedly, "Today's America is like Liu Bei's Jingzhou, if something happens, far water can't quench the thirst of the near." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Liu Bei lost Jingzhou because of Guan Yu's carelessness. ”

Tian Qiliang said: "Not really. If Liu Bei's reinforcements could arrive in time, Guan Yu would not be defeated in Maicheng. ”

"As you said, America is in danger," Gao Junshan said this, paused, and seeing Tian Qiliang's eager expression, he said word by word, "I still have a shortcut, and I can get to America in three days." ”

"Three days to the Americas?" Tian Qiliang couldn't believe his ears.

"We can sail from Vladivostok, through the Bering Strait, or we can reach the Americas. ”

Tian Qiliang said: "No one has walked this voyage yet!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Just because no one has walked does not mean that you can't walk." I am ready to personally lead a fleet into the Bering Strait. ”

"If the chief is going to break into the Bering Strait, please take the students with you."

Gao Junshan smiled: "Of course I won't forget you." ”

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At this time, Europe was still in the era of sail warships, and it took a lot of perseverance and courage for them to be able to cross the Atlantic.

At this time, there were only a few colonial countries on the North American continent, including Spain, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. The Dutch and British bases in the Americas had all been occupied by the Chinese state, and there were Spanish colonies further south, because the Chinese navy was concentrating on protecting the territories it had acquired in the Americas, and had no time to look for foreign colonists.

Gao Junshan had a clear order to Ma Jin, to occupy a territory and build a territory, and then try to develop after gaining a firm foothold.

The Dutch and the British were busy with war, they did not realize at this time that the territory of the Americas had been occupied by China, and their fleets to and from the Americas were all annihilated by the Chinese navy, whether you were a fully loaded fleet or an empty fleet, as long as you appeared on the coastline of the Americas, you could not escape the fate of annihilation, none of these fleets could escape back, let alone anyone could swim back to Europe, so the Europeans did not notice the changes that happened in the Americas.

Of course, with the passage of time, what happened in the Americas, the British and the Dutch will definitely know, and Gao Junshan is not afraid that they will know, he has already figured out how to deal with the British, and as for the Dutch, of course, they don't have to pay attention to him.

If the British asked about the Americas, Gao Junshan would tell him that after the Chinese Navy arrived in the Americas, it only fought with the Dutch, and had never seen the British. Can you really get New England back?

It is impossible to give up the lands we occupy in the Americas to the British, and now that large coal mines have been found in the Americas, it is even more impossible for the Europeans to get a piece of the pie.

In order to develop the coal mine, Ma Jin, commander-in-chief and mayor of Chang'an City, issued a mobilization order to the citizens of the city, calling on everyone to actively participate in the management of the coal mine development.

Sun Caixi, who was in Dewang Manor, also received Ma Jin's mobilization order, and he himself had no intention of leaving the manor, because he was busy preparing his flue-cured tobacco factory, but he couldn't ignore Ma Jin's mobilization order, so he found his uncle and younger brother Sun Caike, Sun Caike is the eldest son of his second uncle Sun Siyu, who is twenty-one years old this year.

"That's right, my brother has something to ask for."

Sun Caixi found Sun Caike in the team of clearing the wasteland.

"Brother, what do you say!" Sun Caike is an anxious son.

Sun Caixi said: "We found a large coal mine in the Americas. ”

"I know this, the seven engineers found out last time!"

Sun Caixi said: "In order to exploit the newly discovered coal mines, Mayor Ma held a special mobilization meeting, asking every Chinese citizen to actively participate in the management of coal mining. ”

Sun Caike asked, "What do you need me to do?" ”

Sun Caixi said: "As a disciple of Chongwen, I should actively respond to Mayor Ma's call, but now our manor has just started, and I have to do many things, so I want you to sign up for the mining management of the coal mine on behalf of our Sun family." ”

"I don't have a problem, I'm afraid that my grandfather and my father will not agree."

Sun Caixi said: "Don't worry about this, I will go to my grandfather and your father, as long as you agree, I can go to your grandfather and your father." ”

"I agree!"

The coal mine discovered so far is the Appalachian Coal Mine, the largest coal mine in the eastern part of the Americas.

The Chinese in the Americas were first-class citizens who were not required to do manual labor, and they went to the coal mines to do some managerial work.