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MacDonald and Stanley go toe-to-toe, representing the interests of their respective parties, and this kind of thing is common in all Shijie countries, and the opposition parties will always drag the ruling party back until they drag the ruling party out of power, and when the opposition party comes to power, the ruling party that has stepped down will in turn drag the other party's hind legs, and this phenomenon has been going on and on.

The British cabinet held an emergency meeting, but no substantive opinion was reached because the two parties in the coalition cabinet were-for-tat and dismantled each other. However, for the British military, the results of the Battle of the Tang Dynasty attracted the attention of the Royal Navy, who were staunch admirers of the Giant Ship Artillery Doctrine, and they wanted to know how the Don aircraft carriers destroyed the Japanese battleships.

Although the spokesman of the Datang press had already made a statement, accusing the Japanese battleship of being too poorly armored and lacking anti-aircraft firepower, which led to the sinking of the Tang army's aircraft. A large number of generals within the British Navy believed it, but it is not excluded that a few military geniuses realized the huge liliang of aircraft carriers in future naval battles.

They believe that in order to maintain the strength of its empire, it is required to build a large number of aircraft carriers, and in the next three years, at least seven large aircraft carriers with a displacement of 20,000 to 30,000 tons, plus one aircraft carrier with a displacement of 20,000 tons, a total of eight large aircraft carriers, should be twice as many as the four large aircraft carriers currently in service in the Tang Imperial Navy, so as to reflect the strength of the British Navy.

However, their jihua once raised. It immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the generals of the British Navy with the giant ship cannon doctrine, and it was better to build seven large aircraft carriers than to build seven battleships or modernize and upgrade the warships in service in the British Navy to strengthen their air defense.

Since the British military had not yet mastered the real details of the battle of the Don-Japan. How the main battleship of the Japanese Combined Fleet was sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Tang Army, and who was more powerful in the battleship or aircraft carrier, they have not yet had conclusive evidence to make a decision, so the British Admiralty approved a delegation of officers headed by the Secretary of the Navy, Baron William-Edmund-Ironside, to make a formal state visit to the Tang Empire, asking to thoroughly find out the secret of the Tang Army's defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and then decide whether to build aircraft carriers or other warships.

The next day, the British minister to the Tang Empire submitted an application to the Ministry of Defense of the Tang Empire. His Royal Highness Zhang Meng, commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Tang Empire, was asked to send an invitation to the British Ministry of Defense to promote in-depth exchanges between the Tang and British armies.

The Ministry of Defense of one country and the Ministry of the Navy of another country, this is an unequal invitation. If it had been the previous one, Zhang Meng, who was low-key at that time, might have personally sent an invitation letter to the British Royal Navy in the name of the commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force. But now that Zhang Meng wanted to keep a low profile, the elimination of the Japanese Combined Fleet made him a Shijie celebrity, hailed as the most outstanding military strategist and strategist of the twentieth century. His every move was closely watched by Jeon Shijie. If Zhang Meng sent an invitation letter to the British Admiralty, it would be inferior.

Obviously, the British did it on purpose, and if Zhang Meng did so, Quan Shijie would still think that the Tang Empire was still one level lower than the British, and the relationship between Britain and the Tang Empire would become subordinate and inclusive.

In the end, Zhang Meng did not answer, but ordered Vice Admiral Li Haichen, Minister of the Navy and commander of the First Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, to send an invitation letter to the British Royal Navy in the name of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire. In this way, there is reciprocity between the departments of the two sides.

This was much to the displeasure of William and his British Admiralty. This shows that Britain and the Tang Empire have now become reciprocal state-to-state relations.

At the same time, there was another wording that made the British very unhappy.

It turned out that the Tang Empire, as a member of the British Commonwealth, called the Royal Tang Imperial Navy to the outside world, has now changed the invitation to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and the position is reversed, which means that the Tang Imperial Navy is no longer nominally subordinate to the British Royal Navy battle sequence, but is equivalent to the British Royal Navy.

This move of the Tang Empire was obviously to take advantage of the defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and to take the opportunity to adjust the bilateral relations between the Tang Empire and the British Empire, and the two sides were no longer subordinate and inclusive, and the Tang Empire demanded that the relationship with the British Empire be reciprocal.

The British were very unhappy, but they did not dare to offend the Tang Empire, after all, being able to defeat the Japanese Combined Fleet proved that the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire had a strong Liliang. Although the British Royal Navy is still the second largest navy in Shijie, and they are confident that the gathering of all warship resources is enough to suppress the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, it is impossible for them to do so, which means that in the Pacific Rim region, Britain's policy is still moderate, that is, it used to be gentle towards the Japanese Navy, but now it has become a gentle treatment of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.

It was just an adjustment of the object, which meant that the British had to recognize the military presence and status of the Tang Empire in the Pacific Rim.

William hesitated again and again, and finally had to put down his identity, accept the invitation of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and lead a group of more than 300 people from the LinkedIn Navy Officer Corps to the Tang Empire.

William originally wanted to go to the Tang Empire in a low-key manner, but at this time, the Tang Empire was eager to expand its international influence and establish the image of a military power, so the Tang Ministry of Foreign Affairs followed Zhang Meng's order and held a press conference for William and his party, and the result was known to everyone.

Even the United Kingdom, the second naval power of Shijie, sent the first naval minister William to visit the Tang Empire, and brought a huge officer corps of hundreds of people, obviously attaching great importance to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and the international influence of the Tang Empire has expanded, and the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has risen strongly, and there is even a tendency to replace the Japanese Combined Fleet to become the third largest naval power in Shijie.

All countries suddenly couldn't sit still, they had similar ideas to the British military, and they all wanted to know the truth about the defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, after all, they could defeat the Japanese Navy, the third naval power, and its liliang was terrifying, and all countries must know the truth, otherwise they would definitely suffer a big loss in the future.

As a result, the United States on the Pacific coast was the country that was most worried about the Tang Empire, and they followed closely behind Britain and took the lead in requesting an invitation letter from the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire in the name of the United States Department of the Navy. One sheep is also driven, two sheep are also released, for the request of the United States Department of the Navy, the Tang Empire immediately agreed, the same is in the name of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire issued an invitation letter, a two-hundred-member United States Navy officer corps led by Vice Admiral Rebus, the Minister of Military Command of the United States Navy, went to the Tang Empire.

Subsequently, France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Turkey and other countries successively negotiated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then received invitation letters.

It is worth mentioning that the Soviet Union also sent a delegation to visit the Tang Empire, but they seem to have a different purpose. The Nationalist Government also sent a delegation to visit the Tang Empire, and it was clear that the Nationalist Government had no money to take care of the navy, so it must have had another purpose.

The Japanese also wanted to come, they wanted to know the truth about the almost total annihilation of their combined fleet, because the Japanese heavy cruiser detachment that fled back to Taiwan did not participate in the naval and air battles from beginning to end, and they did not know how the Tang Army used aircraft carrier battle groups to destroy the Japanese battleships and aircraft carriers, and there were few survivors of the Japanese Navy who participated in the naval battle, and they did not bring back any valuable information except for the fear that brought the Japanese. Therefore, the Japanese were also eager to know the magic weapon of the Tang Army.

The spies of the special high school organized by Yoshiko Kawashima quickly infiltrated the delegation of the Nationalist Government and went to the Tang Empire together as reporters and other reporters.

At the same time that the Tang Empire was actively preparing to receive military delegations from various countries to visit, Zhang Xinhai suddenly announced that he would abandon the emperor of the Tang Empire and leave Chang'an with his family and return to Shanghai.

Zhang Xinhai and his wife are grateful to Zhang Meng for his filial piety in place of his biological son in the past few years, but this old man has a great temper and wants to save face, so naturally he can't be embarrassed to stay in the Tang Empire as the emperor anymore, he doesn't even dare to see Zhang Meng head-on, so he didn't wait for Zhang Meng to lead the fleet back to the Tang Dynasty, he took his family and left in a hurry.

When Zhang Meng returned to Chang'an, Zhang Wei and Zhang Fu also resigned to Zhang Meng one after another.

"Wei'er, you will always be the eldest princess of the Tang Empire, the door here will always be open for you, I hope you go back to Shanghai to persuade the old man, if he is willing to come back, he is still the emperor here."

Zhang Wei suddenly smiled bitterly: "You also know the old man's temper, if it weren't for your help, it would be difficult for the old man to get through this hurdle." He just feels that he owes you too much, so he doesn't say goodbye, he can't come back, if you have time, go back to Shanghai to see the old man, there is also your home. ”

Zhang Meng nodded, able to immediately Zhang Xinhai's position.

At this time, Zhang Fu said: "Ah Zhong will not return to the Zhang family, I hope His Royal Highness can treat him well, as for Ah Cheng, the old man wants to ask His Royal Highness to let him go back to the Zhang family, I am old, and the Zhang family needs someone to help take care of it." ”

Zhang Meng knew what Zhang Cheng was afraid of, and he didn't plan to clean him up, for the sake of Zhang Fu and Zhang Zhong, Zhang Meng nodded and agreed.

Before leaving, Zhang Wei handed Zhang Meng a letter and told him that it was written to him by Han Qingxuan.

Sending Zhang Fu and Zhang Wei away, Zhang Meng opened Han Qingxuan's letter to him.

The letter said that Han Qingxuan was very grateful to Zhang Meng, and in Han Qingxuan's position, Zhang Meng's killing of Kazuo Sakai was regarded as avenging Han Qingxuan, and being able to take care of Zhang Xinhai and his wife's family shows that Zhang Meng is a kind-hearted person. If he was pretended to be someone else, he would probably choose to deceive Han Qingxuan's body first, and then replace it after he had enough fun, but Zhang Meng didn't do that, which shows that he is a righteous gentleman.

The letter of Zuihou, Han Qingxuan is looking forward to meeting Zhang Meng on another occasion if she is destined.

After reading the letter, Zhang Meng found that there was a photo in the envelope, the photo was a woman wearing a phoenix crown, dressed very beautifully, especially the big elf-like eyes with a look of not eating fireworks in the world, it was Han Qingxuan himself, and the background of the photo was Daming Palace.

Zhang Meng smiled slightly, flipped through the back of the photo and saw a line of small characters written on it. After reading it, Zhang Meng couldn't help but be stunned.

"If I say I like you now, will I become your queen?" (To be continued......)