North East Australia, Arafura Sea.

After annihilating the Viking Regiments off the coast of Malacca, the Imperial Chinese Navy marched eastward to clear the remnants of pirates in the Papua Islands, the Solomon Islands, and the New Zealand Islands.

These places are British colonies, although the British have not yet fully occupied these places, but internationally, the British have declared that they are colonies of the British Empire, and the European and American powers have not raised objections, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

Now, with the arrival of the Imperial Chinese Navy, under the pretext of exterminating pirates, preparations are being made to occupy these three places militarily.

Since the Fifth Sino-British War, when the British Navy suffered a crushing defeat in the Solomon Islands, the British Empire has strengthened its military buildup in these areas.

Today, the British army has established two military fortresses in the Papua Islands, one in the south of Papua Island in Moresby Bay, and the other in the north of Agalai, two military fortresses, echoing north and south, to control the entire main island of Papua.

The intelligence department of the Chinese Empire had already reconnoitred the two forts and drawn up a detailed military deployment map, which was now placed in front of Li Weijun for his reference and that of the Marine Corps Commander Liu Yongfu.

"I propose to launch an attack on the Moresby Fortress and the Agaré Fortress at the same time, and the naval shelling is at hand to destroy the artillery fire of the two British fortresses and break the British army's will to resist, and then I command the marines to rush to the beach and land, and strive to take these two fortresses within a week."

"No! The Imperial Court is negotiating with the British, and if we suddenly attack at this time, I am afraid that a war will be detonated! ”

Li Weijun and Liu Yongfu had a disagreement, the former was more conservative and hoped to wait for the results of the negotiations before making a decision, while the latter was more radical, believing that the Chinese Empire was strong and should fight whoever it wanted, occupying the island of Papua first, dealing a heavy blow to the British, but forcing the British to make concessions at the negotiating table.

"The British will not give up the three islands of Papua, Solomon and New Zealand so easily, I think the British are stalling for time, they are preparing for war, we can't give them time to prepare!"

Liu Yongfu insisted on his point of view and persuaded him with painstaking persuasion.

Li Weijun frowned and said, "Then I will send a telegram to the Ministry of War to get authorization!" ”

"No!" Liu Yongfu immediately stopped: "If you send a report to the military department first, then the military department will know our intentions, if the military department does not agree, and in turn gives us an order not to attack privately, then we will be completely useless." ”

Once the Ministry of War clearly issued an order not to attack Papua privately, then it would be impossible for Li Weijun and Liu Yongfu to do it, because that would mean disobeying the military order and going to court martial, and if they didn't do it, they would be shot, which was not a joke.

At this moment, Liu Yongfu's plan was to seize the loophole of the Ministry of War, because the Ministry of War did not explicitly give them orders, neither said that it agreed to attack Papua, nor did it say that it would not allow the attack.

Li Weijun understood what Liu Yongfu meant, but he was a good baby and would not act without a military order.

Liu Yongfu had no choice but to persuade bitterly: "Lao Li, the fighter plane is fleeting, and now the British are still stepping up the construction of fortifications, if they completely repair the fortifications, we will attack again at that time, how many people will die!" ”

Li Weijun asked rhetorically: "Then do you know that if the war is detonated, it will be a great catastrophe, and the empire will have to fight a full-scale war with Britain, the United States and Japan, and how many people will have to die!" ”

"There are no immortals in war!" Liu Yongfu thought for a while and said, "Do you think this is good?" Let's make an excuse to test the reaction of the British army? Maybe the British army will choose to forbear, then won't we take advantage! ”

Will the British put up with it? There is some truth in risking death, after all, the British are not ready for a full-scale war with the Chinese Empire, and they are also trying to avoid the outbreak of war, which can be seen from the fact that the British took the initiative to negotiate with the Chinese Empire and bargained.

Li Weijun was a little moved.

Liu Yongfu continued to agitate: "Don't worry, if the British army resists fiercely, we will stop the attack immediately!" ”

"This ......," Li Weijun hesitated.

"Don't do this, that! It's a small-scale military conflict, and it won't detonate a full-scale war! Liu Yongfu persuaded again.

"Alright! But you have to make sure that if you lose the attack, you must stop! ”

"I know that!"

Liu Yongfu smiled and reached an agreement with Li Weijun.

Zhang Peilun was invited to have a telephone conversation with the British Foreign Minister at the Imperial Court of China, and the two negotiated compensation for the Viking Pirates.

"Lord Zhang, please understand the difficulties of our British Empire. Although there were many British veterans in the Vikings, their actions were not representative of the British Empire. ”

"Your Excellency Aris, let's not talk about this for now, let's just talk about the warships of the Viking Regiment, all the battleships of the British Empire, you can't deny this!"

"This is indeed our negligence, the retired soldiers colluded with the active military rebellion and took away these warships!"

"I'm not satisfied with your explanation! The British Imperial Navy, a heavily defended naval base, was easily occupied by unarmed veterans, and no one would believe your words! ”

"Master Zhang, I guarantee with my personality that this is indeed a misunderstanding!"

"Leave your personality to the British Empire! I have enough evidence here that every warship of the Viking Regiment, from officers to sailors, is a whole formation, and all of them have served on the original battleship, you don't tell me it's a coincidence, if one is a coincidence, then dozens of warships are the same, it's definitely not a coincidence, and a premeditated act! ”

When Aris heard this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and secretly scolded James, a fool, wouldn't he break up the original organization and reorganize it? It actually left such a big flaw and handle for the Chinese Empire!

If James was still alive, he would probably crawl out of the coffin and scold Aris. Because James took over this task in too much time at that time, if he wanted to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the pirate group, he couldn't break up the original organization and reorganize it. All this was caused by the British Admiralty's urgency to see the results of the battle as soon as possible.

Believe it or not, that's how we answer. It is indeed a coincidence that we have no plans for the British Navy to attack your country posing as pirates, and we are willing to make some reparations for this. ”

Zhang Peilun snorted coldly, knowing that the other party had no words to defend, so he said: "The terms of compensation have been issued to you, and as long as your country agrees to the above conditions, then unnecessary wars can be avoided!" ”

Ariston smiled bitterly, he didn't expect his opponent to be so powerful, and after talking nonsense for a long time, he finally returned to the starting point.

"Your country's conditions are too harsh, forgive us for not agreeing to them all! However, we can pay £10 million in compensation to the families of the victims and sincerely apologize to them. ”

"No way!"

This time, Zhang Peilun was very crisp and vetoed it directly.

Aris's diplomatic ability could not be exerted at all in front of Zhang Peilun, so he had to give in: "Lord Zhang, do you think this is good, after all, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, etc. have spent a lot of effort on our British Empire, and they can't be given to you easily, but you can buy the Solomon Islands by redemption!" ”

Zhang Peilun waited for this sentence, peaceful redemption is one of the tasks assigned to him by Li Weiguo, after all, once a war breaks out, military spending will be astronomical. In contrast, it is more cost-effective to redeem peacefully.

"I agree to this proposal, I can erase your compensation by 10 million!"

Poof!

Aris almost spurted three liters of old blood.

"I suggest that the price be left to the embassy personnel on both sides to negotiate! I hope to be able to visit your country in the near future, or if you can ask the British Empire in the near future, how about we sit down and have a good talk? ”

Zhang Peilun snorted coldly: "You don't want to take the opportunity to delay time, right?" ”

Aris rolled his eyes, he couldn't imagine that the other party was so shrewd, and he guessed his intentions at once, which made him, the foreign minister, very faceless!

"Master Zhang is too worried, we are by no means delaying time, we are sincerely negotiating with your country!"

"Alright! Do as you say! But if I find out that you are making small moves in private, our Chinese Empire will declare war at any time! ”

"Understood, understood!"

Hanging up the phone, Ariston breathed a sigh of relief, although it didn't have the desired effect, but at least the Chinese Empire agreed to let him visit China. It will take two or three months to get from Britain to the Chinese Empire at the earliest, and it is good to be able to buy these times for the British Empire.

Just as Aris was about to take a break for a cup of tea, the phone rang again urgently, and the secretary immediately answered the phone.

"This is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"

"What? The Imperial Chinese Navy forced its way into Port Moresby and was shelling Fort Moresby? ”

Poof!

When Aris pricked up his ears to hear it, he immediately squirted out a mouthful of tea and coughed violently.

"Oh no, my lord! Just now, the Imperial Chinese Navy suddenly broke into Port Moresby and was shelling Fort Moresby! ”

Ahem!

"Damn it! What the hell is going on? ”

"An emergency meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, Prime Minister, please come over!"

Enraged, Aris hurried to the Ministry of Defense, and the two were not far away, arriving in a few minutes.

Saul is in a hurry, and Defense Secretary Cook is reporting back.

"According to the urgent telegram of the defenders of the Moresby Fortress, the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy forcibly entered Moresby Bay, under the pretext that two soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army were missing, suspected of being captured by the defenders of the Moresby Fortress, and asked to send troops into the Moresby Fortress to search, and the Moresby Fortress Defender Rear Admiral Karan refused the unreasonable demands of the Chinese Empire, and as a result, the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet opened fire. Major General Karan asks for instructions, do you want to fight back? ”

"Fight back! So what are you waiting for? Everyone has opened fire, why not fire back? Some military militants immediately roared excitedly.

"Shoot back! At this time, to fire back is to start a war, and we are not ready for war at all! The Lord and the faction were quick to object.

"Don't fight back? Do you have a door in your head? Are we going to be beaten? Waiting for the Chinese Imperial Shence Army to capture the Moresby Fortress? Massacre of our military and civilians? The main battle faction was suddenly angry, and they looked like they were going to kill.

"Isn't it just a few shells from naval ships? Didn't their land forces launch a ground offensive? Focus on the big picture! The Lord and the faction immediately sublimated the problem.

Thor turned to Aris and asked, "How's the negotiation going over there?" ”

Aris replied: "The Chinese Empire has just agreed to negotiate a solution to the problem, and is willing to buy the Solomon Islands, New Zealand and other colonies by peaceful means. ”

Cook suddenly said angrily: "This is playing us, this side agrees to negotiate, and the other side starts a war?" ”

Thor waved his hand and asked Aris, "What do you think?" ”

Aris thought for a moment and said, "I think this is putting pressure on us to compromise at the negotiating table!" ”

Thor nodded and said, "That's right, that's what it means!" Then the sudden shelling of Moresby Fortress by the Imperial Chinese Navy was only a small-scale military provocation. ”

Cook suddenly frowned and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you mean?" ”

Thor sighed and said, "Now the situation is not favorable to the Empire, even if we unite with the United States and Japan, we don't have much chance of winning, we need time to prepare, so bear with it if you can!" ”

"I know what to do!" Cook sighed, turned around and picked up the phone: "Pass my order, telegraph the defenders of Moresby Fortress and not counterattack the Chinese Imperial Army!" ”

At the same time, in Moresby Bay, dozens of warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy opened fire violently, and shells rained down on the Moresby Fortress, which instantly blew up the entire Moresby Fortress into a sea of fire, and black smoke billowed out of the sky.

"Haha, Lao Li, see it! The British did not return fire! ”

Li Weijun was also nervous and excited, but fortunately the bet was right, and the British really chose to endure it.

In the defensive artillery hole of the Moresby Fortress, the guard Karan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Damn it, let us not resist! Is this still the British Empire? ”

Thundered! Thundered!

There was a violent vibration overhead, and a large amount of sand fell, choking Karan to cough.

Dozens of British officers came to petition for the battle, but when they learned that the Ministry of Defense had issued an order not to resist, they were immediately furious and scolded Cook of the Ministry of Defense for being a soft egg.

In the Forbidden City, the S.H.I.E.L.D. had intercepted the information about what had happened in Moresby Bay, quickly reported it to the Ministry of War, and also sent it to Li Weiguo's desk.

Soon, when Zhang Peilun of the Li Fan Yuan learned about it, he was immediately furious, and went to the military department to quarrel with Wu Yong, and then went to Li Weiguo to complain.

"Your Majesty, Li Weijun's unauthorized actions have had a bad impact on the next Sino-British negotiations, please send a decree to severely punish you!"

Li Weiguo was also taken aback when he learned that the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet had shelled the Moresby Fortress, so he hurriedly called the military personnel of the military department to inquire.

"What the hell is going on?"

Lin Jiyun was in a cold sweat and hurriedly told what had happened.

Wu Yong smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the British have chosen a policy of non-resistance, so that the empire can adopt the tactics of encroachment step by step!" ”

Cannibalization step by step?

Li Weiguo was stunned for a moment, what the hell is this? (To be continued.) )