In the past few days, some news reports from the Chinese Imperial Military have aroused widespread concern and active discussion in the entire Western world. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the most powerful country in the world, almost every news that happened in the Chinese Empire was actively reported by the media of all countries around the world.

Among them, the countries of the Allied camp tend to report more positive news than negative news.

The countries of the Entente camp, on the other hand, actively reported negative news about the Chinese Empire and rarely reported positive news.

As for those other European and American countries that are neither members of the Entente nor members of the Allied Powers, regardless of the positive or negative news, as long as it can attract attention, they will all report on it as soon as possible.

Invisibly, the Chinese Empire has become the center of attention of the people of the world, a veritable world central power, just as all countries in the world have paid attention to all kinds of big and small matters of the United States in later generations, showing that the Chinese Empire has become a world hegemon and is highly valued by all countries in the world.

"On the 13th of this month, in the waters southwest of Ezo Meiyi, a major battleship of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy was seriously bombed during training, killing at least thirteen people, including three officers."

The Times of the British Empire recently reported another piece of news about the casualties of the Chinese Imperial military, which quickly aroused widespread heated discussions in the Western world.

"It is reported that the battleship that caused the accident is the powerful battleship Thunderstorm of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which belongs to the second ship of the Thor class battleship and is the most powerful super dreadnought battleship in the world."

"The Thor-class battleship is the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in early 1889, which belongs to the world's most powerful and advanced super-dreadnought battleship, four of the same class, with a standard row of 34,000 tons and a full load of more than 38,000 tons, equipped with four triple 15-inch 50-diameter main guns, and the armor thickness is predicted to be 12 inches of Chinese special steel, and the speed reaches a terrifying 25.5 knots, but the cost is 20 million yuan beyond the reach of all countries."

"However, the battleship Thunderstorm, which is so expensive, has frequent accidents not long after it is in service."

"It was previously reported that the Thunder, a battleship of this class, was towed back to the dock for overhaul after less than half a year of service, allegedly because the power system overheated, causing the transmission system to stall."

"The same accidents occur frequently, and some military observers of the Chinese Empire have analyzed that this may be that the Chinese Imperial Navy has to speed up the development of super-dreadnought battleships in order to always lead the navies of Europe and the United States, resulting in frequent problems with some equipment."

Military experts from France said that this shows that the so-called super dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire may not be the most powerful battleships in the world. Judging from the frequent accidents of the Thor-class battleships, it shows that the strength of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is probably just a tiger of paper, after all, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has not conducted large-scale naval battles for more than ten years, and some new equipment may be exaggerated. ”

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The Western media have hyped that the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is a paper tiger, and it no longer has the majesty of defeating the Royal Navy of the British Empire more than ten years ago.

For a time, the Western media hyped up the theory of the military decline of the Chinese Empire, and most of the Allied governments were very excited, believing that in the long run, the Chinese Empire would lose its world hegemony.

"These fools can't even see the deeper meaning of this, and they can't listen to persuasion, it's really damned!"

Just after the Entente summit, Harris returned to the White House with an angry face.

From afar, Roosevelt smelled a strong smell of medicine.

"What's wrong? Who provoked you to get such a big fire? ”

"It's not the group of dead fat people at the summit, they didn't bother to listen to me when they saw that I was just a war minister, and even sneered at me, retaliating against you for not attending this summit, thinking that you didn't take them seriously."

Harriston said with a wry smile, telling Roosevelt what had happened at the summit.

Roosevelt shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said: "I can't help it, the Chinese Empire is building a huge fortress fortification and naval base on Rey Island, and I must go to Panama in person to see with my own eyes in order to accurately judge the true intentions of the Chinese Empire." ”

Harris sighed: "You will be Mr. President soon, you should learn to trust others, otherwise you will be tired to death every time you have to go to the field to investigate in person!" ”

Roosevelt smiled bitterly: "No way, I used to get used to it in the Military Command Department, and I always couldn't trust these braggart guys, and I was relieved to see it in person." ”

Harris asked rhetorically, "How?" See the giant fortress fortifications built by the Chinese Empire on the island of Rey? ”

"See!" Roosevelt suddenly frowned, darkened his face, and said heavily: "I'm afraid, ours is the Panama Canal is about to lose its effect." ”

Harris was surprised: "Is it that serious?" ”

Roosevelt nodded and said, "It's very serious!" I was traveling to Panama on the USS Philadelphia, and while passing through the island of Rey, I was suddenly bombarded by the island's fortified shells. ”

"What?" Harris was shocked and angry at the same time: "What do they (the Chinese Empire) want to do? Do you want to go to war with us (the United States) immediately? ”

Roosevelt shook his head and said, "It's not enough to start a war, but it must be to give me a dismount!" ”

He paused, and continued: "The cannonball fell on the sea less than five hundred meters away from the Philadelphia, and exploded violently, like a huge thunder, and the exploded water column was as high as two hundred meters, and the air wave could shatter all the glass windows on the Philadelphia. ”

Harris frowned, "That's supposed to be the 16-inch cannon on Rey Island!" Only the cannonballs fired by this terrifying giant cannon are so powerful! You're not hurt, are you? ”

Roosevelt shook his head, still in shock, and said, "It's not hurt, but it's worse than being hurt!" ”

He continued: "Do you know how far we [the USS Philadelphia] are from the Isle of Rey? The captain deliberately took the farthest route, at least 35 kilometers from the island of Rey, but their shells still hit! ”

Harris said: "I heard that the Chinese Empire's 16-inch 50-fold barreled artillery can reach a range of more than 40 kilometers at most, and it seems that this is indeed the case!" ”

Roosevelt nodded: "I have made a field trip, the left side of Rey Island is 55 kilometers away from the coastline, and the right side is 38 kilometers away from the coastline, once the Chinese Imperial Army deploys 20 16-inch (406 mm) giant guns on Rey Island, it will completely blockade Panama Bay." ”

Harris was puzzled: "Didn't you say that the left side is 55 kilometers from the coastline?" Their 16-inch cannon shoots 50 kilometers at most, and we still have 5 kilometers to pass through the battleship! ”

"That's what those bastards are saying!" Roosevelt said angrily: "But I actually measured the water depth of Panama Bay, and the water depth is only 1 to 4 meters within 2 kilometers of the coastline, and the water depth only reaches 8 to 10 meters after at least 3 kilometers from the coastline, and the draft of our most powerful battleship is 8 to 10 meters!" ”

Harris said: "That means it's just right to pass, that's reasonable!" ”

Roosevelt glared at Harris angrily and said, "You're not a soldier, you don't understand!" This is in peacetime, and in the event of wartime, will the Imperial Chinese Navy not allow our capital ships to pass safely from there? Directly on the bottom of the sea, a bunch of anti-channel obstacles, even covered with water radium, we have no chance at all! ”

Harris suddenly realized and said nervously: "What can I do then?" If it can't pass through the Bay of Panama, then the Panama Canal, which we built at great expense, is useless! ”

Roosevelt nodded, and sat in his chair for a long time without speaking.

Harris gritted his teeth, and the thought of spending a lot of money to build the Panama Canal and ending up working in vain made him so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Roosevelt said, "If necessary, we must first capture the island of Rey!" ”

Harris agreed: "If you want to attack Rey Island, you must first attack Panama, and use Panama as a springboard to open the Panama Canal!" ”

Roosevelt thought about it again and said, "However, when the war broke out, even if we wanted to take Panama and Rey as quickly as possible, we would definitely pay a huge price, but the problem was time!" In a few months, in the Pacific direction, will our Eastern Fleet and Asian Fleet be able to withstand the attack of the Imperial Chinese Navy and hold out until we open the Panama Canal? ”

Harriston has nothing to say, and it's almost impossible to solve it unless ......

Unless there is no declaration of war, a sneak attack on Rey Island first, maybe it is still possible!

Roosevelt and Harris looked at each other and thought of this solution.

However, the two know very well that once they attack Rey Island, it will be good if it succeeds, but if it fails, then the war will break out, and the United States will be too passive, and the Pacific direction will be completely beaten.

"Since we are going to attack Rey Island, we simply attacked Pearl Harbor and Guam together, anyway, a sneak attack on one will break out into a world war, and it is no different from a sneak attack on three."

As the Chinese saying goes, this is called a sheep is also a drive, and a flock of sheep is also a herding.

"This idea needs to be carefully studied and considered, let's talk about the summit first, what do you think of the Chinese Empire's army has been in frequent accidents in recent times, don't tell me that you are also the same as those dead fat people, thinking that the military strength of the Chinese Empire is declining, and it is a paper tiger."

Roosevelt thought for a moment and said, "According to Chinese tradition, all dynasties and dynasties were the most powerful armies in the founding period of the People's Republic of China, and they were almost invincible in the world. However, the further back it goes, the more nested it becomes, and in the end it will inevitably become a paper tiger, just like the Qing Dynasty. ”

Harris nodded and said, "Normally, this is indeed the case, this is the innate inertia of the Chinese!" However, I don't think that the strength of the current Chinese Imperial Army has declined, on the contrary, I think that their strength is still growing, and it is skyrocketing. ”

Roosevelt was surprised: "Oh? Tell us what you think! ”

Harris said: "I think that in recent times, the Chinese Imperial Army has had frequent accidents, which may be that their weapons and equipment are indeed defective, but it is more likely that they are in high-intensity military training, because any equipment has a service life, and if it is in high-intensity actual combat training, the equipment damage rate will skyrocket." ”

Roosevelt suddenly said: "You mean, the Chinese Imperial Army is conducting a lot of high-intensity combat training?" This is also too extravagant, you must know that a super dreadnought battleship like the Thor class, if it is not moved in the port, it costs a lot of money just to raise it every day, if it is high-intensity combat training, a shell will cost thousands of yuan, and the artillery will be scrapped, how much will it cost! ”

Harris judged: "There is only one possibility, that is, the Chinese Empire is actively preparing for war, and only in this way can it be explained that their military equipment has frequent problems, which are caused by intensive training." ”

Roosevelt was shocked and said: "Your judgment is not impossible, if this is really the case, then it means that the Chinese Empire is preparing for war?" ”

Harris smiled bitterly: "This is all your fault, you forgot that it was you who ordered the Panama Canal to start construction day and night, in exchange for you are the emperor of the Chinese Empire, what will you think?" ”

Roosevelt immediately empathized and said: "If I were Li Weiguo, I would never allow such a thing to happen, and I must strike first!" ”

"That's right! It's a preemptive strike! I think that when the Panama Canal was opened, it was when the Chinese Empire went to war against us! Harris said in the affirmative.

Roosevelt's expression suddenly became heavy, and he said: "It seems that I was wrong, I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to build the Panama Canal, if the war starts too early, our navy is not ready!" Wait at least another two years! ”

Harris smiled bitterly, "If it were you, would you be ready for your enemies?" ”

Roosevelt shook his head and said, "I'm not going to give my enemies time to prepare!" ”

Harris nodded, "That's right! The Chinese Empire will not wait for us to be fully ready! ”

Roosevelt said: "However, the Chinese Empire could have launched a thunderous blow against us ten years ago, and at that time we were far less powerful than we are now!" ”

"Yes! I don't understand either! Harris said: "But I have a feeling that I have met that guy Li Weiguo, he is a very shrewd person, and he will not make such low-level mistakes." I always have a feeling that we have been led by Li Weiguo's nose, and we seem to have been dragged into a huge pit by him, don't you think that following in the footsteps of the Chinese empire to carry out a large-scale arms race has seriously dragged down the development of the national economy? ”

Roosevelt nodded and said, "I also feel this way, I feel like being cheated, but I can't guess how I was cheated!" Perhaps this large-scale arms race is Li Weiguo's deliberate trick on us! It's a pity that we knew it was a pit, but we had to jump in! ”

Harriston smiled wryly.

Six thousand kilometers away from the White House, the Ezo Islands - the Big Island.

Li Weiguo took the harem beauties and children on vacation on the most beautiful green beach.

It is one of only two green beaches in the world. From a distance, the entire beach looks like a delicate piece of jasper displayed between the sea and the sky, which amazes everyone who sees it.

The main ingredient of green sand on Green Beach is peridot, which is said by locals to be the teardrops of the goddess of volcanoes. It is said that if someone picks up green sand and returns home without permission, they will be retaliated against by the goddess. For thousands of years, the reverence for the gods of nature has in fact protected this precious sandy beach.

The area is covered with miles of solidified lava flows, and there are no roads at all.

However, Li Weiguo and his family can be airborne in an airship, or they can take a warship and land here in a dinghy.

Sometimes, Li Weiguo also likes to walk on foot, and he has the right to travel on mountaineering.

The entire beach is dark green, and the sand is made up entirely of olive emerald fragments, making the view breathtaking.

Of course, Li Weiguo spent a few hours with his wife, concubines, and children at most, and he had to deal with government affairs most of the time.

After the accident of the battleship Thunderstorm, it returned to the Pearl Harbor dockyard for repairs.

This incident also alarmed Li Weiguo, and he had to suspend his vacation with his wife and concubine, and returned directly to the Pearl Harbor Naval Base to personally inquire about the matter.

"Your Majesty, this accident has been investigated clearly, it was the failure of the automatic loader, which caused the gun bolt to not be closed, and the ****** exploded, causing more than a dozen officers and soldiers in the turret to die in the line of duty."

Li Weijun, commander of the Pacific Fleet, reported the accident to Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo said: "There have been a lot of accidents recently, and public opinion is uproaring!" ”

Li Weijun explained: "Your Majesty, in order to prepare for war, we must strengthen live-fire training, and even treat training as actual combat. But the more problems you have in training, the fewer problems you will have in real combat. ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "I understand all this!" I don't mean to blame you! I just remind you to know that the life of naval guns is limited, so you must replace them in time, and you must calculate the time well, so as not to delay the business. ”

Li Weijun said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers all know this." The reason for such high-intensity training is to first scrap these naval guns, and then return to the dock in time to replace the new gun barrels, which will never delay the right thing. ”

Li Weiguo nodded, said no more, and accompanied by Li Weijun, went to comfort the wounded. (To be continued.) )