Chapter 86: The British Crisis I

At 9 a.m. on June 13, 1909, in the capital of London, the administrative center of the British Empire, the conference room almost exploded, and there were constant shouts and curses. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquithmian sat on the throne with his head tightly locked, and below him were the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State for the Army, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and so on.

Herbert Henry Asquith was upset when he saw the loud voices of these high-ranking people and the noisy members of parliament like shrews. The British Empire has suffered so much, and the important ministers of these countries do not think about how to solve this problem, and they are still making noise here, which is really unusual.

The three major fleets were sunk by mysterious forces, losing more than 100,000 people, and the British Empire has not suffered such a big loss for hundreds of years, which is a resounding slap in the face for the British Empire.

Which country is so vicious? Why was the fleet of the British Empire chosen as a target? Asquith thought at first that the telegram had been sent in error, but after repeated confirmation, he finally believed that it was true.

The British Empire does have many enemies, such as Germany and the Rakshasa Kingdom, and only these two countries are worthy of being enemies of the British Empire, but the navies of these two countries are not equipped with powerful submarines. According to intelligence, many countries are studying submarines as underwater ships, but they have not yet formed a strong attack force.

As for the newly rising Huaxia Kingdom in Papua in the South Seas, this Ming descendant force now has powerful surface warships, and the displacement and main gun caliber have surpassed the main warships of the British Empire. For this mysterious descendant of the Ming people, Asquith felt that he would not fight with them first. Otherwise, with the strength of their two fleets, even if the British Empire sent four fleets to fight them, it would not have a complete chance of victory.

For a war with unpredictable outcome of the war, the British Empire really did not need to start a war, so it sent Field Marshal Donald, Secretary of the Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, to negotiate, and sent the Australian fleet with 80,000 troops to act together, preparing to unite the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Far East Fleet to achieve the goal of deterring this Ming force. But he didn't expect an accident, all three fleets were sunk, with 80,000 troops, such a loss made Asquith difficult to accept, but this is a fact that is difficult to change.

The sinking of the three fleets, is this the work of the mysterious descendants of the Ming people? There is no evidence at this time. Coupled with the loss of the three major fleets, it is even more impossible for the British Empire to mobilize the remaining four fleets to fight to the death against this mysterious Chinese country, which is obviously not in the interests of the British Empire.

The British Empire had so many colonies to maintain that it was difficult to send fleets to it again. The current predicament made Asquith have a headache and couldn't even eat, and he didn't know how to deal with the matter for a while.

Looking at the noisy ministers and parliamentarians below, Asquith kept thinking in his heart.

Phew! Asquith tapped his hand on his desk, motioning for everyone to be quiet. It wasn't until a minute later that the room finally became silent.

"Ministers and Parliamentarians, as you may already know, our mighty British Empire's Indian Fleet in Burma, the Far East Fleet in Singapore, and the Australian Fleet in Australia are all sunk by submarines when the enemy uses shameless sneak attack tactics.

This included 80,000 Army units transported by the Australian fleet. His Majesty King Edward VII, upon hearing this, ordered me to have full authority to deal with this matter, and now you may speak on how to deal with this matter and how to give an account to our people. ”

Both the ministers and the parliamentarians were of the same mind as Asquith, and at first they were completely unconvinced of the facts. The mighty fleet of the British Imperial Navy was sunk by the enemy, and three major fleets were sunk, killing more than 100,000 people.

After Asquith spoke, the conference room suddenly became lively again, and everyone began to discuss with each other.

Winston Churchill, the Secretary of State for Commerce, stood up and looked at everyone and said, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Ministers, Parliamentarians, I personally think that this matter is extraordinary, our powerful British Empire fleet is almost invincible in this world, what country dares to use submarines to sneak attack?"

First of all, the performance of this submarine is very good, not only the attack power is very powerful, but also belongs to the ocean-going submarine. The Kingdom of the Netherlands was also attacked, and the British Empire suffered the greatest losses.

Our British Empire not only lost three fleets, but also lost 80,000 army soldiers and more than 30,000 navy soldiers. The 80,000 army soldiers were ready to sail to the South Seas to deter the newly rising Ming descendants on the islands of Papua. But the 80,000 people were silently killed before they reached the South Seas, and the Australian fleet sank to the bottom of the sea together.

So far, the world has not found that country has such a powerful submarine, even if France, Germany, Rakshasa country, and rice country are all studying submarines, but so far they have not formed a strong attack force. So, these countries have been excluded.

The newly rising Huaxia Kingdom in the South Seas, that is, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty who have been withholding in our Papua colony, not only have a strong shipbuilding ability, but now have dozens of warships with a displacement of about 30,000 tons, and the caliber of the main guns has reached 15 inches.

Huaxia now has two large fleets, both of which have a large displacement of warships. Even their cruisers are about 10,000 tons, and their destroyers are more than 4,000 tons. Their warships have left the British Empire far behind, but it is unknown whether they have advanced submarines.

Personally, I believe that the destruction of these three fleets is inseparable from this mysterious Ming force, and they are the most likely reason to attack our British Empire. First, they attacked the colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but only the north-western peninsula of Papua, which may not deter our interests. But if they eat the South Seas colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in one bite, they will threaten the Strait of Malacca, a maritime fortress in Asia.

Therefore, they used advanced submarines to sink all three of our fleets, which would make it difficult for our British Empire to draw fleets to interfere with their operations.

Second, they were worried that our British Empire would not withdraw from the southeast of the Papuan islands, and that it would turn into a situation of war, so they preemptively attacked us before we were prepared. ”

After hearing Churchill's analysis, Asquith nodded with a smile, worthy of being the leader he fancies, and he must try his best to promote him in the future and let him take power as soon as possible.

Many ministers didn't know anything about this new Mingren power, and only knew that they themselves called Huaxia Kingdom to the outside world.

Blair is just a councillor, but Blair is very strange, why is this Ming descendant so well hidden? The British Empire colonized the islands of Papua for so many years and did not find them? This is completely illogical. I don't know what the colony armies do, is it God who is caring for this descendant of the Ming people?

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