(For the contents of the previous chapter, chapter 328, please check the previous repetition of chapter 326)

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"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! ”

"China and Britain are at war again after five years!"

"The Chinese Empire accused the British Navy of a sneak attack and declared war on Britain!"

"The British Empire also accused the Chinese Imperial Navy of a sneak attack and declared war on the Chinese Empire!"

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All over the world, newspapers are flying all over the world, and they are all talking about one thing, that is, the outbreak of the naval battle of Guam between China and Britain, and then the two countries declared war on each other.

This time, the British government learned wisely and stood up to guide public opinion as soon as possible, slandering the Imperial Chinese Navy for attacking the British Navy first, deliberately ignoring the two key words "Guam" and "Hawaiian princess". Countries and people who have a favorable opinion of Britain will naturally believe the words of the British government in preconceived notions.

More nations, however, were sensible and shrewd, and they quickly found the message they were looking for in the casus belli of China and Britain.

The site of the naval conflict between China and Britain was Guam, which had been an overseas territory and military base of the Chinese Empire five years earlier, and according to the Sino-British Manila Treaty, the western Pacific Ocean was the sphere of influence of the Chinese Empire, and Guam was located in the center of the Western Pacific.

In addition, the Chinese Empire announced that the British Navy had attacked the Chinese Imperial Greeting Fleet with the intention of kidnapping and killing the Hawaiian King and the Hawaiian Princess. The Hawaiian princess was personally canonized by the Chinese Empire Emperor Li Weiguo, and the British Navy wanted to intercept and kill these two people, the purpose was obvious, because of the Hawaii problem.

Therefore, this time there was no need for the Chinese Empire to make too many justifications, and politicians from Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Russia and other countries immediately guessed the reason for the whole incident. It must have been the British Navy that ran near Guam to intercept the Chinese Imperial Greeting Fleet, and as a result, a conflict broke out between the two sides. The British could not escape the charge of being wronged.

However, after all, the European and American countries are all Westerners, and they know that the British are at fault, just like the Battle of Manila Bay five years ago, even if Britain took the lead in attacking the Chinese Imperial Fleet, it was taken for granted in the eyes of Westerners. After all, the Chinese Empire was dominated by the East, and in the traditional sense, it was a camp hostile to the West.

However, the military of various countries is concerned about another piece of information, and that is the outcome of the naval battle of Guam.

The British Navy dispatched six ironclad ships and four armored cruisers to intercept the four battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy (battleships are the name of the Chinese Empire, and the West still calls them ironclads for the time being), and the final result was that the British Navy claimed that they had sent the Imperial Chinese Navy away, but the thought of the casualties on both sides turned out to be boring.

The four Hsiungfeng-class battleships of the Chinese Empire suffered only minor casualties, with no more than forty casualties. However, the British Imperial Navy sank one armored cruiser, two revenge-class ironclads were heavily damaged, and finally they were towed back to Australia by tugboats, and the other three ironclads and three cruisers were each wounded, killing and wounding thousands of people.

You went to beat someone but were beaten up by others in turn, which was an interesting story discovered by military experts from various countries, and it soon caused the "brick families" in Europe and the United States to stand up and comment.

Brick Berg, a column of the Reich Voice in Berlin, Germany, said: "With 10 warships, you can't beat 4, and they have sunk one and damaged many of them." If the navy of the British Empire is at this level, then soon the navy of our German Empire will also be able to dominate the world. ”

Humiliation in the face of the German media. The British Times was also going to scold the British Navy, but it could only stand up and mock the Germans.

The young special critic Tyukiel immediately shouted to Berg in the air: "I am afraid that you Germans will not be able to get the battleships, and the money you spend on the Chinese Empire will be wasted, and in the face of the powerful British Empire, you yourself do not even have a decent shipyard, and you still want to count on dominating the world." Dream on! ”

Berg was furious, anyway, it was also a brick family, nothing else, there were still bricks, and immediately slapped a brick across the English Channel. "The shipyards of our German Empire are about to be completed, and more than a dozen warships built in the Chinese Empire have also been completed one after another, even if they are temporarily detained by the Chinese Imperial Navy, they will be used against your British Navy." We are convinced that the Chinese Empire is trustworthy, and even if our warships are requisitioned, they will give us sufficient compensation. However, you Britain sent all the capital ships to the Pacific Ocean, and if the French navy suddenly attacked at this time, you Britain probably couldn't hold on for a day and surrendered on your knees immediately! ”

Berg was so bad that he didn't want to quarrel only with the British, so he deliberately brought the French in.

Although the French bricks hated the Germans, they felt that Berg's words were reasonable, the British capital ships were all concentrated in the Pacific Ocean, and the British Isles were only a few dilapidated warships patrolling, which was no match for the powerful French navy. If the French navy suddenly attacked, it was really possible to capture Britain in a short time.

The French bricks then became hotly discussed, and some of them had a high-profile support for the French government, which was bombarded by the British bricks.

"There's a kind of fighting, if you don't fight, you're a grandson!"

Experts from other countries were stunned, this Nima was obviously discussing the naval battle of Guam between China and Britain, but the bricks of Britain, France and Germany began to fight first, which is really super off-topic.

However, the brick family that can go off topic is the real brick family, isn't it!

The bricks of other countries were too lazy to watch the bricks of Britain, France and Germany tear B, so they continued to return to the topic of talking about the naval battle of Guam.

The US military brick family is most concerned about the naval battle of Guam, because Britain and the United States have recently become closer, and there is hope for the great cause of US reunification, thus offending the Chinese Empire, and the stronger the Chinese Empire, the more threatening it is to the United States. This time China and Britain went to war again, and perhaps the United States would also be involved.

However, the Americans' navy has never become stronger, and it has been dragged down by the civil war that has lasted for more than ten years, and there is no decent navy until now, so naturally there will be no naval bricks, and it is impossible to see clearly the mystery of the naval battle of Guam.

However, a news report from Japan has attracted the attention of naval bricklayer artists from all over the world.

"The Treatise on Sea Power, written by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, explains the inevitable path of future world hegemony, and any country that cannot control the seas will not become a real power. And the Imperial Chinese Navy was unswervingly following the path pointed out by His Majesty the Emperor, and that path was undoubtedly correct, for even if the British refused to admit it, they did advance on that path, and held back the advance of the Chinese Empire in front of them. This is the reason why the Chinese and British navies will inevitably collide fiercely. ”

Soon, a man known to the world was Saigo Komichi, a Japanese naval officer who believed in the books written by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, his rival country.

The military brick-builders of Europe and the United States then picked up the "Theory of Sea Power" again and compared the path taken by the Chinese and British navies. Soon they discovered that the resemblance was striking.

If the Chinese Empire wants to rise to become a world hegemon, it will inevitably confront the current world hegemon, the British Empire, head-on, and a decisive battle of fate is inevitable. The problem is that the way the Chinese Empire broke the British naval hegemony in the world is exactly what the "Theory of Sea Power" tells about, controlling the islands, peninsulas, and bays to dominate the sea, and proving its strength through giant ships and cannons.

Every naval battle between China and Britain is nothing more than a struggle for sea power, and Britain's recent decline in global hegemony is precisely because the Chinese Empire has challenged Britain's maritime supremacy.

Only by seizing supremacy at sea can we seize world supremacy!

Suddenly. Military bricklayers from all over the world understand.

It is no wonder that the British have always belittled the "Theory of Sea Power", because they are worried that other countries will understand the essence of the "Theory of Sea Power" to challenge Britain's maritime hegemony, and Britain and the Chinese Empire are fighting to the death, isn't it because the Chinese Empire is following the road of striving for world hegemony in "The Theory of Sea Power"?

All of a sudden, the military strategists of various countries understood that if they wanted to compete for world hegemony, they had to first compete for maritime supremacy.

The idea of giant ships and cannons is precisely the necessary theory for striving for supremacy at sea.

Giant ship. The tonnage of the capital ships of the Chinese and British navies is getting bigger and bigger.

Cannons, the main guns of the main ships of the Chinese and British navies are manufactured in larger and larger calibers. The multiple diameters are getting longer and stronger.

Isn't this exactly the actual combat embodiment of the cannon of the giant ship?

The Chinese Empire is already on the road of competing for world hegemony, and other countries have this ambition, and Germany has even seen this truth clearly, and is already forming an alliance with the Chinese Empire and following in the footsteps of the Chinese Empire. We are also preparing to compete for world hegemony.

As a result, the United States, Tsarist Russia, Italy, France, Japan and other countries quickly set off a frenzy of giant ship cannonism, and the military of various governments began to vigorously tilt towards the navy, and launched their own giant ship cannon projects, and ship designers became sought-after goods for a while.

Countries have set off a shipbuilding frenzy. This upset the British.

That's right, the British government has long been aware of the challenge of "Sea Power" to British world hegemony, and wanted to deliberately suppress it, but in the end it failed.

It's a pity that the British government doesn't have time to care about the shipbuilding frenzy of other countries, and since it has declared war on the Chinese Empire, it has to go all out.

Off the coast of Guam, a British fleet tried to get close to Guam and attacked.

The commander of this British fleet, named Andrew, made a bet with Fraser that would make the defenders of the Chinese Empire on Guam shudder and regret going against the British Empire.

However, to Andrew's dismay, his fleet had just entered the waters about twelve nautical miles from Guam when it was warned by the guns of the fortress of Guam.

"Death to those who violate the territorial waters of the Chinese Empire!"

This is the flag slogan of the Chinese Imperial defenders on Guam, warning Andrew not to challenge their bottom line.

"Can you really hit twelve nautical miles? What kind of cannon is this, and why didn't the British Empire have it? ”

Andrew was angry, he thought that anything good in this world should belong to the British Empire, and Britain was created by the British Empire first, because the British Empire is the most powerful country.

However, since the rise of the Chinese Empire, the British Empire's world hegemony has been constantly challenged, first the defeat of the Second and Third Yapian Wars, and the British Imperial Army's notoriety, which has become a stepping stone for the Chinese Empire's Shence Army to become famous in the world. Subsequently, in the Fourth Yapian War, the British Imperial Navy annihilated the Imperial Chinese Navy in the Battle of Scarborough Shoal and threw it to Mars, and the Royal Navy of the British Empire once again became a stepping stone for the Chinese Imperial Navy to become famous in the world.

Now there is gossip that the Chinese Empire has surpassed the British Empire in terms of economic aggregate and industrial capacity, becoming the world's first, all of which makes Andrew, a fiercely patriotic old man, angry, so he personally returns to take charge of a British Imperial naval fleet, and he wants the whole world to see how he defeated the Chinese Empire.

However, just now, Andrew made a bet with Fraser and clamored to bombard Guam, but before his fleet could enter the firing range, he was first warned by the artillery bombardment of the defenders of Guam of the Chinese Empire.

Andrew is a lot older, he has a face!

"Attack! Let them know how great the Royal Navy of the British Empire is! ”

The other officers of the fleet looked at each other, secretly scolding Andrew for cheating.

But the officers were crushed to death, and the British officers could only obey.

As a result, Andrew's fleet continued to accelerate closer to Guam, only to be quickly counterattacked by heavy artillery fire from Guam's defenders.

Knock knock!

The artillery of the fortress of Guam opened fire violently, and the rumbling sound of the cannon was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the muzzle of the cannon spewed out flames tens of meters long, and the moment the shells burst out, the entire fortress was trembling.

More than 10 seconds later, a shell weighing hundreds of kilograms roared and fell into the sea, and exploded near the British ship, instantly stirring up huge water columns more than 100 meters high.

The waves splashed violently, splashing hundreds of meters and falling on the officers and men of the British ship, instantly freezing cold and piercing, making people shiver.

A cannon can stir up a column of water more than 100 meters high, what a powerful cannonball this Nima must be!

If you get a shot......

I don't dare to think about it!

The officers and men on the British ships turned pale with fright, and they all looked at the sky, for fear that the shells would fall on their heads in the next moment.

Fortress guns are notoriously powerful, and any warship will be half-crippled if it is hit by a 305 mm fortress shell.

However, the disadvantages of the Fortress Cannon were the long reload time and slow firing rate, which could only be fired once every five minutes.

However, because Li Weiguo attached great importance to Guam, and even personally went to Guam to inspect the work, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy of the Chinese Empire attached special importance to Guam and built a fortress fortification and naval base on Guam.

Eight 305 mm fortress guns were installed alone, as well as 10 254 mm fortress guns, 20 155 mm fortress guns, 40 75 mm fortress battle defense guns, and 20 20 mm Gatling machine guns.

The naval base has 500 coastal defense troops, 54 Chinese personnel, and a squadron of fish and radium boats, a squadron of gunboats, and a squadron of cloth and radium boats.

In addition, an additional marine brigade was stationed on the island, which built many defensive fortifications and was equipped with a large number of advanced weapons and equipment.

Guam's locals are also assembled for military training in peacetime, and in wartime they will be used as a supplement or as a militia.

Because of Li Weiguo's great attention, the entire Guam has been built into a powerful military fortress base by the Imperial Military Department in recent years, known as the hedgehog in the Pacific Ocean, and whoever touches it will be stabbed with blood.

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The next chapter, Chapter 330, will be updated in the previous repeat chapter "Chapter 325 Hawaiian Little Lori", and friends who have already subscribed will not incur additional fees, (to be continued.) )