The Imperial Chinese Navy secretly attacked and encircled the British troop fleet, and did it seamlessly before and after, leaving no handle.

No matter how the British military investigated, they could not find any clues, and all the British troops involved were missing, and even the bodies could not be found.

The British military was furious, and there were all kinds of indications that it was the black hand of the Chinese Imperial military, but unfortunately there was no evidence to blame the Chinese Empire.

After all, in this era, except for the Chinese Empire, ships from other countries could no longer communicate with the land once they entered the sea, so the British military could not get any information about the Karan fleet.

However, the biggest beneficiary of this matter was the Chinese Empire, with more than 20,000 British troops on the Karan fleet, the only military force of the British Empire in the Solomon Islands and New Zealand Islands, and the British Empire was unable to mobilize troops from other colonies to quickly fill the military power vacuum in the region in a short period of time. Even if the British army set out from India immediately, it would take more than half a month to arrive.

And in this half a month, it was enough for the Chinese Imperial Army to occupy the Solomon Islands and the New Zealand Islands.

The British were so angry that they flipped the table and smashed the glass, knowing that it was the Chinese Empire that did it, but there was no evidence.

However, in the coalition cabinet, Saul and William unanimously agreed to launch a public opinion offensive, accusing the Imperial Chinese military of attacking the British troop fleet.

In the past year, the British Empire has been criticized in terms of public opinion, especially the Viking incident, which made the British Empire lift a stone to shoot itself in the foot, and was completely suppressed by the Chinese Empire in terms of public opinion. Although there is no direct evidence that the Chinese Empire did it this time, in terms of public opinion, military strategists and journalists who like brain supplements like to make up their brains like conspiracy theories the most, which absolutely makes the Chinese Empire lie down.

The news was quickly exposed, and the whole world was in an uproar, and the direction of international public opinion was indeed pointed at the Chinese Empire as predicted by Saul and William.

Especially in the British Empire, conservatives and radicals led public opinion and condemned the Chinese Empire, and countless Britons donated money and materials to support the military construction of the British Empire and clamored for war on the Chinese Empire.

Although the Chinese Empire is not wronged at all, in terms of public opinion, the Chinese Empire will never admit it. On the contrary, we must fight back with all our might, and we must not lose the war of public opinion.

You must know that modern warfare is no longer just a contest of force, but also between countries, and with the improvement of the living standards of people all over the world, the IQ of the people of the whole world is also improving, so the war of public opinion has also become the key to determining victory or defeat.

In the face of widespread questioning and condemnation by international public opinion, the Imperial Court of China urgently intervened, and the Information Office promptly held a press conference to clarify the truth.

To quote the famous words of politicians, you will not admit it even if you are killed! Shameless to die and play tricks to the end, this is the highest state of politics.

"Although the main force of the Viking Empire has been wiped out by the Chinese Imperial Navy, there are still a large number of remnants of pirates, they have advanced warships and submarines provided by the British Navy, they were originally supported by the British Empire, but the British Empire was forced to abandon the Viking Regiment. The pirates felt betrayed by the British Empire and were bound to retaliate. So this time the disappearance of the British troop transport fleet, we have intelligence that the remnants of the Viking Regiment were responsible! ”

Journalists from all over the world who attended the meeting were dumbfounded, and in the face of the seamless answer of the spokesman of the Chinese Empire, they could not find any evidence to prove that the Chinese Empire had done it.

Originally, they had come to swear to attack and question the Chinese Imperial Government with the sharpest words, but the reporters all wilted one by one, as if they had made a big move to kill them, and they smashed into the air.

At the same time, more information was exposed in the words of the spokesman of the Chinese Empire.

The Vikings still have a lot of remnants!

Once funded by the British Empire, the Vikings are now taking revenge on the British Empire!

What do these two messages mean?

The highly sensitive reporters were immediately interested, and their attention to the disappearance of the British Empire's troop carrier fleet quickly decreased, and they focused on the Vikings again. After all, the British troop transport fleet is missing, and the victims are only the British Imperial military, and the threat of the Viking Regiments is related to the safety of the lives and property of people all over the world. For journalists from all over the world, they are more concerned about people's livelihood because they are ordinary people themselves.

Deutsche Zeitung: "Excuse me, how many remnants of the Vikings are left, and can they still threaten global maritime trade?" ”

Information Department of the Chinese Empire: "According to the intelligence held by the Chinese Empire, the British Empire previously funded more than 200 warships and submarines of the Viking Regiment, and more than 130 ships were wiped out by our Chinese Imperial Navy, and at least sixty or seventy ships remained, which can definitely threaten global shipping routes." ”

The British reporters attending the meeting immediately rolled their eyes, Nima's every word was black in the British Empire!

In particular, one of the British reporters was the military attache of the British Imperial Navy in China, and he knew more or less inside information, so he immediately stood up in anger and asked loudly.

"As far as I know, there are at most about a hundred British warships in the hands of the Vikings, most of which have been surrounded and annihilated by your navy, and the remaining few warships are unlikely to threaten the global trade routes. Is there any evidence for what you have just said? ”

The spokesman of the Chinese Empire asked rhetorically: "I don't know what your identity is?" Is your evidence from a reliable source? ”

The British military attaché's pretended reporter had a hot head, and he immediately replied: "My other identity is the military attache of the British Empire in China, and my evidence comes from the British Imperial Admiralty, which is naturally reliable!" ”

Journalists from all over the world immediately turned to the British Empire's military attache in China, and they realized a huge piece of news.

Sure enough, the spokesman of the Chinese Empire was immediately happy and said: "It seems that the people of the whole world are not mistaken, the Viking group is indeed secretly supported by the British Empire." Thank you, the military attache from the British Admiralty, whose testimony has made the people of the whole world aware of the filthy behavior of the British Empire. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and they turned to the British military attache in China and kept taking pictures.

Poof!

The British military attache in China realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately vomited three liters of blood and fainted on the spot.

Originally, the British Empire secretly promoted public opinion and attacked the Chinese Empire, but the British military attaché's answer in China immediately caused the world's public opinion to turn again, and once again pointed the spearhead at the British Empire, accusing the British Empire of being shameless.

All the British people shut up for a moment, realizing that it was really possible that the Vikings were deliberately created by the British Empire.

In particular, the Chinese Empire deliberately said that the Viking group was betrayed by the British Empire and began to retaliate against the British Empire.

The Downing Street Coalition Cabinet, Saul and William gritted their teeth with hatred, and immediately telegraphed to the British Embassy in China to remove the military attache in China who spoke nonsense and escort him back to China to be severely punished. At the same time, the British Empire officials quickly clarified the facts, saying that the military attache in China was mentally ill.

This is undoubtedly three hundred taels of silver here, and the world is in an uproar again.

"Damn, what do we do now?"

"International public opinion is very bad for us! Even the American government has just expressed its strong displeasure to us! ”

"In addition, the Chinese Empire and the German Empire once again strongly protest against us! In particular, the Chinese Empire demands that we must apologize to the Chinese Empire for the Viking Regiment's incident and make compensation! ”

Thor sighed and glanced at William.

"It seems that the matter of negotiations cannot be delayed! Inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that if the conditions are not too harsh, agree to the Chinese Empire! ”

William said with a wry smile, he couldn't help it. In this Sino-British negotiation, the British Empire was completely defeated.

Sol also said with a bitter face: "Originally, Papua, Solomon and New Zealand, these three islands could still be sold for a good price, but now I am afraid that they have to be ceded to the Chinese Empire." ”

William nodded and said: "Anyway, the Kahlan Legion is gone, and Papua, Solomon, and New Zealand are also occupied by the Chinese Empire. It's a good thing we didn't declare war, otherwise we wouldn't have wanted to come back a penny. ”

Saul said: "It would be good if we didn't pay the money, according to my judgment, the Chinese Empire will buy Papua, Solomon and New Zealand while asking for compensation from the Viking Pirates, and the final result may be that these two funds cancel each other out, we don't have to pay a penny, and the Chinese Empire legally occupies Papua, Solomon and New Zealand." ”

William smiled bitterly: "You are an expert in this area, and your speculation is estimated to be eight or nine." ”

"But that's not what I'm more worried about!" Thor suddenly became serious and said, "Don't you think it's strange that the Chinese Empire deliberately said that the size of the Viking group was huge, and that there were still a large number of pirate remnants, and that it would take revenge on the British Empire?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Saul worried: "I'm worried that the Chinese Empire will adopt the retaliatory tactic of 'giving back to the other'?" ”

William was not very good at Chinese and did not know what it was to give back to the other, so he asked for advice. After listening to Thor's explanation, he suddenly became nervous.

"You're saying that the Imperial Chinese Navy is also going to attack us under the guise of the Viking Regiment?"

"I'm afraid so!"

Saul sighed: "According to my understanding of Li Weiguo, the Emperor of Guanghua of the Chinese Empire, this emperor has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, revenge does not happen overnight, we borrow the Viking pirate group to pit the Chinese Empire, Li Weiguo will definitely not fight back, annexing Papua, Solomon and New Zealand, this is just a appearance, acting for the world to see." In fact, I am afraid that the Chinese Empire has already made war against our British Empire, but without a great fanfare. ”

William frowned and said, "If that's the case, we have to step up our preparations!" Fortunately, our new dreadnought battleship is about to enter service, and the Admiralty says that the sea trials are good. Although he did not participate in the actual battle, there were doubts about whether he could defeat the Chinese Imperial Navy, but it was definitely no problem to protect himself. ”

Thor nodded and said, "I hope!" The Chinese Empire was so powerful that they began to build four more powerful battleships, and the military pressure on the empire at sea remained severe for the next three years. ”

William smiled: "Don't worry, our patriotic education has paid off, a large number of British people have donated, and at the moment we have raised enough funds to build four more powerful battleships, there is no problem at all." As long as we speed up the pace of construction and enter service with the new warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, then there will be no serious military pressure, and then we will be able to take a breath. ”

Today, the Queen Mary-class battleships built at the British Imperial Navy Shipyard have all been launched and are undergoing military sea trials, and in a few months they will enter service without any problems.

At the same time, the shipyard dock was empty.

Half a year ago, the Chinese Empire approved the 3984 naval defense budget of Jianyuan, approving the construction of four more powerful battleships. According to the information released by the National Defense Department of the Ministry of War of the Chinese Empire, the four new battleships will have a displacement of more than 25,000 tons, equipped with four triple 343 mm 50 times the diameter main gun, comprehensive heavy armor protection, and a design speed of 20 knots, all of which will be built at the Jiangnan Shipyard of the Chinese Empire, and are expected to be completed and put into service in 3987 (1887).

The Admiralty of the British Empire thought of nervousness, first, it was half a year behind and would bear the strategic pressure and military risks of half a year, and second, the four new battleships of the Chinese Empire were equipped with 343 mm 50 times the diameter of the main gun, which once again surpassed the Queen Mary-class battleships with 343 mm 45 times the diameter of the main guns that had just been put into service in the British Empire, especially the opponent's speed of 20 knots, while the fastest speed of the Queen Mary-class battleships of the British Empire during sea trials was only 17 knots, which made the British Navy very nervous.

You must know that for a long time, the warships of the British Empire were inferior to the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy in terms of speed, and every naval battle suffered a big loss of inferior speed to the other side, which made the British Imperial Navy remember deeply and was also very jealous.

Of course, if the British Imperial Navy learned that the data of the newly built battleships announced by the Chinese Empire were full of moisture and the actual performance was stronger, it would probably be frightened immediately.

Despite this, Fisher was also a head two large, anxious almost gray hair.

How to increase the speed to 20 knots is a very serious problem, and the steam engine must be improved, otherwise it will not be possible at all. At the same time, the British Empire's cannon casting technology was not suitable for the development of 50 times the caliber of the main gun, up to 45 times the caliber, and no matter how high it was, the accuracy of the main gun would be affected. Unless the existing casting technology of the main cannon is changed, it is also learned from the Chinese Empire's use of the tube sleeve cannon technology. The other is the construction of a larger caliber gun.

In the end, the British Admiralty decided not to change the technology of casting artillery, after all, to change the technology would have to change all the factory equipment, which was too expensive. Therefore, the traditional wire winding gun technology was continued to be used to build battleships equipped with 14-inch 45 times caliber guns to counter the 343 mm 50 times diameter main guns of the next class of battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Invisibly, the British Empire was led by the nose by the Chinese Empire and embarked on the road of giant ships and artillery, and a large-scale naval arms race began. (To be continued.) )