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Tang Jianzhang stood in front of Li Weiguo with his head bowed, his back soaked with cold sweat.

Li Weiguo didn't say a word, and quietly looked at the twists and turns.

The hall was silent, and a pin drop could be heard.

The more this happened, the more Tang Jianzhang felt that he was in huge trouble, and guessed that there was something wrong with the Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau.

It's just that he doesn't know what went wrong, and Tang Jianzhang himself is confused.

Li Weiguo ignored him, and Tang Jianzhang didn't dare to take the initiative to ask, so he stood honestly.

He tried to give Wang Kaitai, Zhang Peilun and others a look, but no one paid attention to him, which made him feel very bad.

"How is the construction of Wuhan Greater Kyoto progressing?"

Hearing Li Weiguo's inquiry, Wang Kaitai hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, all the projects in Great Kyoto are progressing smoothly. So far, our forecast of the national economic development shows that the economic benefits brought by the relocation of the capital are huge, and it is expected that the economic growth rate will continue to maintain a growth rate of 10% this year. ”

For the Chinese Empire, a 10% economic growth rate, that would be quite terrifying.

You must know that the Chinese Empire is currently the most economically developed country in the world, and there is no one, not even the United States.

The economy of the Chinese Empire grew by 10 percent a year, and the GDP brought by this growth rate was equivalent to the GDP brought by the economic growth of other countries by 70 or 80 percent, or even hundreds or thousands of percent.

The fundamental reason lies in the fact that the total basic national economy of the Chinese Empire is huge, and even if the growth rate of a country with a small basic economic aggregate is several hundred percent, it is not as good as the growth rate of a country with a large basic economic aggregate of 1 percent.

In recent years, the economic growth rate of the Chinese Empire has dropped from 200% when the founding of the People's Republic of China scared the world to 10% today.

However, even if the growth rate of only 10% is multiplied by the huge economic aggregate of the Chinese Empire, it is still quite ferocious, and it makes all countries in the world envious and jealous.

"Your Majesty is wise, this move of the capital has revitalized the huge consumption potential of the central region and stimulated economic growth. Now, those who oppose the relocation of the capital are probably going to shut up. ”

Zhang Peilun added on the side.

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "The people who oppose moving the capital are all people who are deeply rooted in Beijing and have great interests. Moving the capital has harmed their interests, and they will not shut up. Of course, as long as the people of the whole country are prosperous, I will not hesitate to offend these interest groups. ”

"Your Majesty is wise, and the minister has learned that those remnants of the former dynasty have recently begun to stir again. Now that the capital has been moved, the center of power will immediately go to Beijing, and I am afraid that they will be even happier. ”

Tang Jianzhang finally found an opportunity to speak.

Li Weiguo glared at him and said, "Did I let you speak?" ”

Tang Jianzhang hurriedly pleaded guiltily: "If the minister is derelict in his duties, please teach Your Majesty a hard lesson, Your Majesty is good at beating and scolding the minister, just don't ignore the minister!" ”

Li Weiguo snorted coldly and ignored him.

The more you value Tang Jianzhang, the more you don't tolerate him making mistakes, this is the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

Seeing this, Zhang Peilun smiled slightly, and immediately reprimanded Tang Jianzhang and said: "Lord Tang, the American Navy has commissioned advanced new submarines, and sent more than a dozen such new submarines to try to sneak attack the Imperial Navy battleship Tiger Heron, you are in charge of the China S.H.I.E.L.D., and you have let the Imperial Navy not have the slightest relevant intelligence preparation, this is a serious dereliction of duty!" ”

Tang Jianzhang then understood what was wrong, and threw a grateful look at Zhang Peilun.

"Your Majesty forgives the crime, and the minister will immediately investigate this matter thoroughly, and if there is any dereliction of duty, he will be severely punished!"

Li Weiguo snorted coldly, angry and angry, but I have to say that he still values Tang Jianzhang very much.

It's just that in Li Weiguo's view, Tang Jianzhang is loyal and capable, but he is not bold enough and has insufficient ability to adjust the personnel within the China S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau.

This time, the lack of all the information on the latest American submarine may have something to do with the personnel changes within S.H.I.E.L.D.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. Americas Station is estimated to have a problem, you run it in person, and if you don't deal with it, don't come back!"

Li Weiguo explained the key to the problem in one sentence, and Tang Jianzhang was instantly alert and knew what the problem was.

"Obey! Let's go! ”

Li Weiguo waved his hand, and Tang Jianzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and withdrew from the hall after saluting respectfully.

Zhang Peilun said suddenly: "Your Majesty, now that the relationship between China and the United States is tense, the US military dares to sneak attack our surface warships, I am afraid that there will be more and greater military operations in the future, and it is very dangerous to let Lord Tang go to the Americas in person at this time!" ”

Li Weiguo said: "Tang Jianzhang has the ability, but the courage is insufficient, and the reason is that he has been staying by my side and lacks sufficient experience. This time, let him go to the Americas to experience first-hand how front-line intelligence officers fight the enemy all day long, and sleep vigilantly and dangerously. Only if he has experienced it firsthand, will he understand the hard work of intelligence officers and become a qualified director of S.H.I.E.L.D. director. ”

Wang Kaitai felt deeply, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty is wise, this is indeed for the good of Lord Tang, and for the future of the empire, even if there is a danger to life, it is worth it!" ”

Li Weiguo said: "The United States has a profound heritage, far stronger than Britain, and has huge war potential, so I am not worried about a head-on confrontation between China and the United States, but only about the failure of the intelligence system." ”

Zhang Peilun agreed: "What Your Majesty said is very true, any war breaks out, and the intelligence war always precedes the outbreak of war. If the intelligence war fails, it basically determines the defeat of the war, so it is very important. ”

Wang Kaitai thought for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty is worried about what conspiracy is brewing in the United States?" ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "I have to guard against it!" They can avoid the eyes and ears of S.H.I.E.L.D., quietly build new submarines, and quietly sneak attack the warships of the Imperial Navy, without us noticing it in advance. This is very suspicious, what if this time it was not a dozen submarines, but the entire main fleet of the American Navy, and it was not the Tiger Heron that attacked the Tiger Heron, but Pearl Harbor or Guam? ”

Wang Kaitai and Zhang Peilun glanced at each other, their eyes full of shock.

Pearl Harbor and Guam are both bases for the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and if they were attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable. When the Asia-Pacific gateway is opened, the US Navy will drive straight into the United States and join forces with the Japanese Navy, which will pose a serious threat to the coastal waters of the Chinese Empire.

You must know that the offshore industry and commerce of the Chinese Empire are highly concentrated, and the economy is highly developed, and once attacked, the losses are immeasurable.

At this time, the Minister of the Navy Lin Jiyun returned, he had just left, and personally returned to the Admiralty to issue an order, requiring the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that were strategically cruising around the world to be vigilant, avoid cruising alone, and once they found that the situation was wrong, they should immediately report to the Navy for reinforcements.

Hearing the monarchs and ministers talking about Pearl Harbor and Guam, Lin Jiyun's eyebrows suddenly danced.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Pearl Harbor and Guam have been built by the Navy as impregnable, with hundreds of fortress batteries, even if there is no naval defense, if the main fleet of the American Navy dares to come, they will be killed without a place to be buried."

Li Weiguo was immediately happy, although he didn't care about how the Admiralty strengthened the defense of Pearl Harbor and Guam, he also knew that Pearl Harbor and Guam had built a large fortress defense system today.

Needless to say, the defense system of the fortress of Guam was made by the British army during the Sixth Sino-British War, and the military of all countries in the world changed color when they heard it.

Today's Pearl Harbor fort defense system has also been built, the number of fortress artillery, caliber, and defensive strength are far beyond Guam, after all, Pearl Harbor is located in the Ezo Islands, which is the eastern capital of the Chinese Empire and the jurisdiction of the jurisdiction, and its political status is extremely important, so it is natural to strengthen military strength.

"Although Pearl Harbor and Guam are impregnable, the enemy is not necessarily only the American Navy, but also the Japanese Navy.

Li Weiguo reminded that he has always been very careful about Japan. It was a country with no resources, but it was surprisingly united in its resistance to foreign aggression, and China and Japan were invaded by the West at the same time, but China did not get rid of the unequal treaty until a hundred years later, while Japan took only thirty years.

Therefore, in Li Weiguo's view, it is really not cost-effective for the Chinese Imperial Army to invade a Japan that has no resources, and it will be even more cost-effective if, like Vietnam dragged down the United States, the Chinese Empire is accidentally dragged down by Japan.

Therefore, in Li Weiguo's eyes, Japan is just a lump of soaring, disgusting to look at, even more disgusting when touched, and has been struggling with whether to do it.

Lin Jiyun knew Li Weiguo's concerns, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, once the war breaks out, the Imperial Navy will concentrate its forces and destroy the Japanese Navy's combined fleet first, as long as Japan loses its sea dominance, there is no need to worry." ”

"By the way, what's the news about the submarines of the Japanese?" Li Weiguo asked suddenly, thinking that since the United States had secretly developed a new submarine, the Japanese side might also make some moves.

Lin Jiyun replied: "According to intelligence, the scale of submarines in the Japanese Navy has exceeded 500 at present, but it seems that no particularly advanced submarines have been found. In contrast, even if the United States and Japan are allies, they may not share the newly developed secret submarines with the Japanese Navy. ”

That's true.

There are interests between countries, and the United States may not transfer its most advanced submarine technology to Japan, even if they are allies.

However, the scale of the Japanese Navy's submarines has reached more than 500, which is a big trouble, which makes Li Weiguo frown.

"Your Majesty can rest assured that the Admiralty has adjusted its combat readiness program and will mass-produce anti-submarine destroyers and medium-sized submarines, as long as there are a hundred anti-submarine destroyers, which is enough to deter the submarine forces of the Japanese Navy."

Li Weiguo is convinced of this, the current naval power system in the world is very noisy, and the Chinese Empire's sonar equipment is advanced, which can easily detect submarine targets in any country, which is also the real reason why the new submarine of the US military was discovered this time.

According to Li Weiguo's speculation, it will be difficult to overcome the noise of submarines for a long time in the future, but the performance of sonar equipment will become more and more advanced, and in a certain period of time, submarines will become chicken ribs.

Therefore, Lin Jiyun's statement that building 100 antisubmarine destroyers can deter the Japanese Navy's 500 submarines is indeed theoretically feasible.

"However, there are no absolutes, and there is nothing wrong with being careful."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister knows!"

Li Weiguo nodded, thought of one thing, and proposed: "At present, the main fleets of the Imperial Navy are gathered in the Pacific Fleet, I think that eggs can't be put in one basket, or it is better to divide them, what does Lin Aiqing think?" ”

Lin Jiyun was stunned for a moment, feeling that Li Weiguo was obviously still worried, so he replied: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the Pacific Fleet has concentrated more than 80% of the elite of the main warships of the Imperial Navy, if you are a little careless, it is indeed worrying. It is better to strengthen the Indian Ocean Fleet, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are adjacent to each other, and it is also the direction of possible invasion by the Entente fleet, and it is deployed separately in peacetime to avoid being attacked by a surprise attack, and joint actions can be carried out in wartime. ”

Li Weiguo nodded and agreed to Lin Jiyun's proposal.

This is a sound strategy. At present, the Chinese Imperial Navy is strong and the Entente is in a weak position, so once a war starts, the most likely strategy adopted by the Entente will inevitably be a sneak attack tactic, in case it is defeated by the Allied fleet, it will be miserable.

There is a saying that barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, and now that the Entente has become barefoot, they are not afraid of anything when they break a jar, but the Chinese Empire has become a shoe-wearer, and it is inevitable to have some concerns when acting, so Li Weiguo has this kind of worry, which is also reasonable.

"How's the war going in Africa?"

Zhang Xiaoliu then replied: "The war situation in South Africa has fallen into a stalemate, although the British army is defeated, but stubbornly hold on to Cape Town, although the Boers win, but they will not be able to take Cape Town for a while, once the British reinforcements arrive, the Boers will be defeated." ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said: "After the defeat of the Boers, there are still European volunteer legions to participate in the war, let's not act rashly and let the Boers doubt our motives." ”

Zhang Xiaoliu nodded and said, "It's Your Majesty!" The courtiers would wait until after the defeat of the European Volunteer Corps and the despair of the Boers. ”

"It's time for the war in Ethiopia to end."

"This ...... I beg your Majesty's forgiveness, it is estimated that it will continue for some time due to the stubborn resistance of the Ethiopian army. ”

Zhang Xiaoliu replied with a blushing face.

Li Weiguo frowned suddenly, he didn't like to hear this kind of answer.

"What's the trouble?"

Zhang Xiaoliu then replied: "On the frontal battlefield, the Egyptian army is not our army's opponent at all, how can the Entente secretly fund it, the Egyptian army is on the front line of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa, relying on the terrain advantage, and the cloth and radium all over the mountains and fields, causing our army's march to be slow. The Egyptian guerrillas constantly attacked the supply lines of our army's rear, which also caused a lot of trouble to our army. ”

Li Weiguo sighed, war is like this, it is easy for a strong country to fight a strong country, but it is not necessarily easy for a strong country to fight a weak country. The weak country has the tactics of a weak country, you don't know that the war of aggression against China by little Japan is also caught in the ocean of war of the Chinese people, and no matter how well-equipped the **** of Niu B is, it was defeated by the Chinese volunteers with millet and rifles.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, just don't make low-level mistakes!"

It is rare that Li Weiguo is magnanimous and did not pursue it, and Zhang Xiaoliu is also relieved.

"What about the Balkans?"

"Back to Your Majesty, at present, almost all the recruits of the empire have been on the front line, and the loss rate is less than three thousandths, and the training has achieved remarkable results."

Li Weiguo nodded, the Balkan battlefield was a large-scale military exercise, and the predetermined results were achieved, and there was finally something satisfactory. (To be continued.) )