"Resist to the end! Never back down! ”

On London's Downing Street, the strongest demonstration in the history of the British Empire broke out to protest the military invasion of the British colony of Ceylon by the Chinese Empire.

Tens of thousands of Britons soon gathered in front of the Imperial Chinese Embassy in Britain, chanting slogans such as defeating Chinese imperialism and defending the dignity of the British Empire.

This was an organized and premeditated action, and you must know that the British Empire has never broken out into large-scale demonstrations because the British colonies were occupied by other countries for many years, because colonies are colonies and have nothing to do with the lives of the people of the British Empire.

In front of the Imperial Chinese Embassy in Britain, a group of Imperial Chinese Divine Army soldiers were on high alert with guns, and hundreds of British Imperial police personnel were on the periphery, blocking the crowd.

It is necessary to make the Imperial Chinese Embassy feel frightened, but not to allow the demonstrators to attack the Imperial Chinese Embassy, which is a measure of proportion, testing the wisdom and ability of the planners.

Obviously, this matter was deliberately done by the Prime Minister of the Coalition Cabinet, William, or it was to build public opinion and put pressure on the Chinese Empire.

Since the current military strength of the British Empire, coupled with the combined military strength of Russia, the United States, Japan, and France, is inferior to the Chinese Empire, a war with the Chinese Empire is self-defeating, and it will lose the last pair of pants of the British Empire.

But in this way, the Chinese Empire easily occupied the British Ceylon colony, and William was even more unwilling, so he could only find a way to fight a war of words with the Chinese Empire.

The war of words of public opinion, sometimes far more powerful than war, stimulates the anti-Chinese fighting spirit of the people of the British Empire, in exchange for the sympathy of the people of the world for the British Empire, this is what William wanted to do.

If the Chinese Empire cannot be defeated militarily, it must find a place in public opinion.

This was the only way William could fight back against the Chinese Empire.

William seems to have forgotten a little, though.

It is true that a war of public opinion can cause embarrassment to the Chinese Empire in a short period of time, and cause international public opinion to criticize the Chinese Empire.

However, after a long time, if the British Empire still does not take military action in response to the Chinese Empire's invasion of British Ceylon, then international public opinion will understand that the British Empire is really declining and will not dare to collide with the Chinese Empire militarily.

At that time, the wind of public opinion will change, and in the era when the strong are respected, public opinion will always be a tool for the strong to bully the weak, and the British Empire will be at a disadvantage.

The battle for British Ceylon began, and the Chinese Imperial Army, as before, found all kinds of excuses to attack the British army in Ceylon, and the British army passively resisted because of the lack of a supreme commander and the influence of a long-term policy of non-resistance. As soon as the Chinese Imperial Army attacked, the British would retreat, ceding the city to the Chinese Empire.

In this way, two months later, the British army abandoned the last Ceylon town and returned to the British Indian colony.

The Chinese Imperial Army then occupied the whole of Ceylon, and as usual, the military operation ended, because it would take some time for the Chinese Empire to digest the whole of Ceylon.

Internationally, China and Britain are engaged in a war of words.

In addition to protesting, the British Empire moved out of international axioms and demanded that the Chinese Empire withdraw from Ceylon.

In this regard, the Chinese Empire said that the Chinese Empire's overseas Chinese in Ceylon needed protection, and the Chinese Empire's Shence Army would not be evacuated for the time being.

The army of the Chinese Empire just didn't leave, and the British Empire had no choice, and I could only curse when others beat me, which was a very shameful thing.

However, the Chinese Empire stirred up trouble in Ceylon and finally occupied Ceylon, because international public opinion was on the side of the British Empire, so the Chinese Empire would not make any more big moves against the British Empire in the short term.

As a result, the British Empire once again traded space for time, gaining precious respite.

In the shipyard of Portsmouth Naval Base, Fisher, the first sea lord of the British Empire, had reached the point of forgetting to sleep and eat, sleeping only two hours a day, leading a large number of outstanding engineers of the British Empire to develop steam turbine systems day and night.

It has to be said that war is the most powerful driving force for the explosion of science and technology.

Under the threat of high-pressure war in the face of the encroachment of the Chinese Empire, the patriotic spirit of its scientific researchers was stimulated, and their potential also exploded, and they were often able to exert their full strength, or even exerted their extraordinary strength.

Parsons was one of the leaders in the steam turbine project, and he went from being a deputy to being quickly promoted by Fisher to a leading specialist.

Originally, Parsons was supposed to develop a steam turbine system in his own home, and then set up his own company and make a fortune. Unfortunately, personal strength is limited after all, Parsons relied on his own strength to develop steam turbines, and did not make an inch of progress for many years, but the Chinese Empire quickly developed the steam turbine system with the strength of the country, hundreds of experts gathered, and made the Chinese Empire's dreadnought occupy the world, and became the hegemon of the world ocean for a time.

Under pressure from the Ministry of Defense, Fisher had to forcibly recruit all ship power system experts and engineers throughout the United Kingdom, and then uniformly assess and assign work, in order to develop steam turbine systems with the greatest strength and speed.

After all, the British Empire retreated step by step, and one colony after another was taken away by the Chinese Empire, and Fisher was not in a good mood, so he was also ruthless.

Parsons was forced to interrupt his family's research on steam turbine systems and joined the Royal Naval Engineering Service as a deputy.

Originally, Parsons was selfish, he hoped that he would develop a successful steam turbine system, so that he could make a fortune and become a millionaire or even a multimillionaire, so he was not very attentive.

Fisher, who was in charge of the research and development, was about to get rid of Parsons, but soon an incident changed Fisher's attitude towards Parsons.

A gang of men in black break into Parsons' home late at night and try to kidnap Parsons and his family. Because Fisher was worried about the leakage of the steam turbine secrets, so all the experts and engineers involved and their families were secretly surveilled, so the MI5 agents in charge of monitoring the Parsons family found out that the Parsons family had been hijacked, and they quickly intervened, and the men in black did not expect another force to intervene, and they were caught off guard and failed.

Afterwards, Fisher finally found out that the men in black were from the S.H.I.E.L.D. of the Chinese Empire, and were ordered to ask the Parsons family to immigrate to the Chinese Empire.

Being able to get the attention of the world's boss, the Chinese Empire, and being able to get the world's most powerful intelligence agency, the Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D., to personally dispatch, illustrates the importance of Parsons.

Fisher immediately guessed that Parsons was hiding something, so with his combination of hard and soft, he finally found out that Parsons himself had already begun to develop steam turbine systems, and the technical progress was even faster than the hundreds of experts presided over by Fisher, no wonder Parsons did not care about the development of steam turbines in the British Empire.

Fischelton picked up the treasure and immediately appointed Parsons chief engineer, promising to pay Parsons five million pounds sterling if he succeeded in developing the steam turbine system, and allowed him to set up the Steam Turbine Company to produce steam turbine systems for the British Navy.

Parsons was also afraid, he didn't expect that the Chinese Empire would know that he was secretly developing a steam turbine system, and he was almost kidnapped by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Faced with Fisher's temptation, Parsons finally nodded in agreement.

At the same time, in the Forbidden City of the Chinese Empire, Cheng Kun pleaded guilty to Li Weiguo with a nervous face.

"Your Majesty, it's all because the minister didn't do what His Majesty explained! Your Majesty, please condemn you! ”

Li Weiguo looked at Cheng Kun with a very unhappy face.

For the British Empire Prime Minister William gave Fisher one year to develop a successful steam turbine system, Li Weiguo initially expressed disdain.

It is important to know that the British Empire in history only completed the theoretical certification and testing of steam turbine systems in 1903, and one of the private ship power enterprises called Parsons played a crucial role.

Li Weiguo has already sent someone to inquire, and this Parsons is really studying steam turbines, and has made a lot of progress. Historically, Parsons would have worked out a steam turbine system in 1900 at most, without outside funding.

However, Li Weiguo was still not afraid of 10,000 in case of emergency, and finally ordered the Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D. to secretly get rid of Parsons, thus completely breaking the British Empire's thoughts on steam turbines, at least it could seriously delay the time of their successful development.

However, the problem lies with Cheng Kun, who learns that Parsons has a high talent for steam turbines, and he loves talents. It was also learned that Parsons had been recruited into Fisher's steam turbine development team, and planned to use Parsons to obtain some information and technology from the British to develop steam turbine systems.

As a result, the original plan to assassinate Parsons was temporarily modified to kidnap Parsons and his family and send them to the Chinese Empire.

Unfortunately, Greed was always mistaken and was discovered by MI5 agents of the British Empire, ruining the entire plan of action.

Li Weiguo looked at Cheng Kun so quietly, and the invisible coercion made Cheng Kun's forehead sweat break out, and his back was instantly soaked.

"Your Majesty, please punish the sins of your ministers! The minister has no complaints! ”

"That's what you said, I didn't force you!"

“……”

"Then you go to the social welfare home and work as a social worker for three months! Remember, every second of a day is not missing! Next time, I'll cut off your head! ”

"Yes! Obey the order! Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing! ”

Cheng Kun withdrew from the hall in fear, and the whole person had been doused with sweat.

Three months of social work?

Cheng Kun suddenly smiled bitterly, if he changed someone else, I am afraid that his head would have fallen to the ground long ago.

Not to mention the serious consequences of the failure of the operation, it is very likely that the British Empire authorities will be alarmed and the discovery of Parsons, a talent in steam turbines, will speed up the development of steam turbines in the British Empire.

It was simply said that Li Weiguo's order was assassination, but when it was executed, it turned into a kidnapping, and in the past, this was the crime of bullying the king, and he had to be killed.

First, Li Weiguo is ready to delegate power, after all, the future world will be dominated by the republic, and any dictatorship will collapse. This is especially true for imperial power, in order to protect the Li family for thousands of generations, delegating power is the best choice.

Of course, Li Weiguo also gradually delegated power to the Imperial Cabinet and the Imperial Parliament, so that the transfer of power could proceed normally and slowly, and ensure the stability of the Chinese Empire.

The second is that Li Weiguo knew that Cheng Kun had done bad things with good intentions this time, and he did not control the actions of the people below enough.

Therefore, Li Weiguo wants to kill Cheng Kun's arrogance this time, and at the same time, Cheng Kun has been standing in the position of director of the China S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau for too long, too much power, too much power, and now Li Weiguo can still suppress Cheng Kun if he is alive, and once he passes the throne to his son in the future, he may not be able to suppress Cheng Kun.

Therefore, as a qualified emperor, you must clear some stubborn obstacles for your children and grandchildren.

Cheng Kun made a mistake, Li Weiguo had an excuse to rectify the China S.H.I.E.L.D., and when Cheng Kun came back in three months, his position as director would no longer be as strong as before, and the entire China S.H.I.E.L.D. insiders would change drastically and be firmly in the hands of Li Weiguo.

Just when Cheng Kun was demoted to a social welfare institute to volunteer, and the internal reorganization of S.H.I.E.L.D., the distant British Empire finally took a breath.

Over the next year, Parsons finally completed the development of the steam turbine system, which was successfully developed thanks to the technical support of hundreds of experts around him, the high attention of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and the abundance of funds.

Then came the testing, and the British Empire government was so excited that it immediately began testing the Parsons steam turbine system.

A Fish Radium Boat ran an ultra-high speed of 33 knots during the test, and the entire British Empire immediately cheered.

William, Saul, Cook and other military and political officials of the British Empire were all present, and after seeing the success of the test, they were immediately excited.

Cook suddenly laughed and said: "We also have a steam turbine system in the British Empire, and in the future, the British Imperial Navy will no longer be afraid of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and we will regain all the benefits and glory that belong to the British Empire." ”

The navy cheered, but William and Saul were only happy for a minute, and then the clouds were overcast.

William sighed: "The Chinese Empire successfully developed a steam turbine system ten years ago, but the subsequent construction of the Dreadnought-class battleships has always hidden this secret, and the announced speed is only 18 knots, but in fact it reaches 21 knots. I didn't believe it ten years ago, I half-believed it a year ago when the Germans announced it, and now that we've seen our own successful steam turbine systems, I'm finally convinced. ”

Thor nodded: "The purpose of the Chinese Empire is very clear, deliberately hiding this secret, that is, to let us take a detour, waste funds, material resources, and more valuable strategic time on those outdated battleships, let us think that we are strong, but in fact, the gap with the Chinese Empire is getting bigger and bigger, once we start a war rashly, we will lose very badly." ”

William sighed: "Yes! The Chinese Empire is too insidious and cunning! Digging such a big pit really killed us. The 4 Dignity-class battleships, the 6 Sovereign-class battleships, and the 6 Queen Mary-class battleships that we built in the previous ten years have all gone astray, which is equivalent to creating a pile of scrap iron garbage, wasting 500 million pounds in vain, wasting ten years! All this was caused by the Chinese Empire, which is really hateful! ”

At this time, Cook also calmed down, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

Fisher, too, lost his joy at the success of the test, knowing that the British Empire had paid a terrible price for this day.

William suddenly excited: "Fortunately, we didn't go all the way to the dark and corrected the mistake in time." The Queen Victoria-class battleships under construction, thanks to the slow construction schedule, gave us time to replace the steam turbine system and turn the Victoria-class battleships into dreadnought-type battleships. ”

The British officials and engineers who presided over the construction of the Queen Victoria-class battleships immediately blushed, what does it mean to be thanks to the slow progress of construction? Isn't this pointing at the face and swearing?

However, no one dared to make a sound, originally the slow construction speed was punished, but now there is no punishment, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune!

"We test successful steam turbine systems, do we want to make a public announcement? Do you want to tell the United States and other allies? ”

A senior official asked suddenly.

William snorted coldly and said, "Of course it will be announced!" It must be solemnly announced! We must let the Chinese Empire know that steam turbine technology is no longer the patent of the Chinese Empire, we also have steam turbines, and in the future, our British Empire's battleships will be able to run at a speed of 21 knots, and our Royal Navy will not have to be afraid of the Chinese Imperial Navy. We have to warn the Chinese Empire not to make an inch! ”

He continued: "As for the United States and other allies, tell them too! But if you want to buy steam turbine technology, you have to pay a price! ”

William was ruthless, their British Empire can be said to have spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources for this steam turbine system, and was previously pitted by the Chinese Empire, building sixteen copycat dreadnought battleships, with losses of hundreds of millions of pounds.

William intended to pass on the lost money to countries such as the United States, Japan, Tsarist Russia, and France, so that they could spend huge sums of money to buy technology to make up for the losses of the British Empire. (To be continued.) )