In the imperial capital, the press office of the Imperial Academy, a long-awaited press conference was held.

Hundreds of newspapers from all over the Chinese Empire, as well as reporters stationed in China from dozens of countries around the world, were waiting at the press conference early in the morning.

Today, the Chinese Empire is going to release a series of bombshell news, and powerful reporters have already knocked on the side, and they have roughly known that the naval battle between China and Britain in the Solomon Islands has just ended, and the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy has won a decisive victory.

This is a big piece of news, and for journalists, publishing it as soon as possible will greatly increase their popularity. However, reporters from European and American countries are not too happy, although they are not used to seeing the Royal Navy of the British Empire dominate the world, if the navies of other European and American powers win the British Imperial Navy, they will not be too disgusted, anyway, the world's sea power has belonged to the West for hundreds of years in modern times, but now the Chinese Imperial Navy has defeated the British Navy, which means that the Chinese Imperial Navy will dominate the world sea power in the future, which makes the West embarrassed!

"Absolutely impossible!" A British reporter said in disbelief: "Our British Empire has dispatched hundreds of warships this time, and the Chinese Imperial Navy has not dared to fight head-on for the past six months, and has been chased all over the world by the British Imperial Navy, how can it suddenly win?" ”

"That's right, it must be the Chinese Empire who deliberately let out rumors that their navy had won in order to appease the national sentiment." A French journalist chimed in and said that he most hoped that the Chinese and British navies would lose so that the French navy could rise again.

"Well, too, the people of the Chinese Empire have always liked to deceive themselves! Maybe it's a lie! An American journalist snorted coldly, angered by the warming relations between Britain and the United States, at the Chinese Empire's attempts to divide the United States.

Recently, the civil war between the North and the South of the United States is coming to an end, and the victory of the Confederate States of America in the north is imminent, and the United States of America in the south can no longer withstand it and is about to be defeated. This is because the Chinese Empire is in an unfavorable military posture that is "embattled". After half a year of fighting in the Pacific theater, the Imperial Chinese Navy did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the British Navy, resulting in the government of the United States of America in the south being unable to obtain military supplies from the Chinese Empire, while the Confederate States of America in the north had strong industrial strength, and the army was all cultivated by the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, all of which were Chinese-style equipment and extremely strong combat effectiveness, while the government of the United States of America in the south had just received the support of the Chinese Empire, and although it had obtained some Chinese-style equipment, it could not form an effective combat effectiveness in a short period of time. So this time the Civil War, the Lincoln government couldn't withstand it, and now there is only half of the state's territory left, and defeat is already a certainty.

When several reporters from the Chinese Empire heard the words of these foreigners, they immediately scoffed, and those who had a quick mouth immediately mocked: "Hey, some people are like their country, they have been defeated repeatedly, and they don't have a long memory at all. Thought it was a great power in the West. Dare to run to the East to pretend to be B, what is the result, our Chinese Empire is teaching them how to be human again! ”

"That's it, a country with a big palm. Dare to compete with our Chinese Empire! ”

"Also, some countries are taking the aid of our empire, and they even say that they are talking nonsense about us, which is really raising white-eyed wolves!"

Several Chinese Imperial reporters spoke loudly. Clearly targeting those British, French, and American foreigners, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the entire hall.

When the two sides were about to clash, the big man arrived.

Just after nine o'clock. Zhang Peilun, the minister of the Imperial Court of China, appeared at the venue with a red face, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"It turned out to be Lord Zhang Peilun, the minister of the Chinese Empire, who personally presided over the press conference, it seems that the rumors should be true!"

The expressions of some foreigners suddenly darkened, and they felt that the defeat of the British Navy was probably true, otherwise it should be the ordinary press spokesman of the Li Fan Yuan, not Zhang Peilun, the number one minister of the Li Fan Yuan.

Regardless of the outcome, as journalists, these foreigners want to get the final confirmation from Zhang Peilun's mouth.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I will personally preside over today's press conference, and before answering questions from reporters, please allow me to release two messages."

When the big drama came, everyone held their breath and stared, for fear of missing a word.

"First thing: Three days ago, a large-scale naval battle broke out between the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the main fleet of the British Royal Navy in the waters of the Solomon Islands.

As soon as the words fell, the entire hall was in an uproar.

"Great, our Imperial Navy really won!"

"Did I hear it wrong, it's incredible, they actually defeated the Royal Navy of the British Empire!"

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"Silence! Quiet! ”

The host of the venue hurriedly maintained order, and Zhang Peilun, who was standing on the podium, had long expected such an uproar, so he was not surprised at all, he didn't even mind, he liked to see the happy expressions of domestic reporters and the painful depression of foreign reporters.

"The second thing: His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire has issued a decree that all the officers and men of the Chinese Empire's Divine Strategy Army need to make persistent efforts to resolutely counterattack the British and Japanese invading forces, and let them know what a stupid thing it is to invade the Chinese Empire, and they must pay a heavy price for it."

Journalists at home and abroad were once again scorched by the thunder, what is the situation, why did the Imperial Shence Army carry out a counteroffensive but tell the world with great fanfare, for fear that the British and Japanese would not know?

Only some journalists who are knowledgeable about military affairs understand that this is called to deliver the heaviest psychological blow to the enemy and destroy their will to resist with the aftermath of a great naval victory. The art of war is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and this is the truth. It will be easier to scare the British and Japanese troops first, and then it will be easier to fight.

And for the few politically minded journalists, they understand more deeply that this involves a political game. Because the Chinese Empire won the victory in the naval battle of the Solomon Islands, but as the losing side, the British government was bound to do everything possible to conceal the news, and even publicly accused the Chinese Empire of untruthful information. But now that the Chinese Empire has taken the initiative and made a high-profile public announcement, it is playing psychological warfare. After all, the defeat of the British Navy will not only benefit the Chinese Empire, but also France, Germany, and Italy, which will not be honest, and they will inevitably take advantage of the weakening of Britain's maritime power to expand their own maritime interests.

This is called the wall falling down and everyone pushing it!

"Here's the time for reporters!"

"Okay, fourth in the third row on the left, yes, ladies first!"

"Dear Lord Zhang Peilun. Hello, I'm a journalist from the Deutsche Zeitung, can you tell us about the scale and results of the Battle of Solomon? Thank you! ”

It is the first German reporter again, where is the relationship between ladies and women, and it is clear that Chiguoguo told the world that the relationship between the Chinese Empire and Germany is the most iron.

Invisibly, European and American countries have become more wary of Germany.

"I am more than happy to answer this question, because this is another brilliant achievement created by the Imperial Chinese Navy!" Zhang Peilun smiled and picked up the data that had been prepared a long time ago. One by one, it was announced.

"After the end of the naval battle between China and Britain in the Solomon Islands, the scale and results of the naval battle conducted by our side are as follows:

The British Navy has 475 warships of various types, with a total tonnage of 620,000 tons and at least 100,000 naval personnel; The Imperial Chinese Navy dispatched more than 50 warships of various types. The total tonnage is 180,000 tons, and there are 39,000 naval officers and men.

In terms of naval scale, our Imperial Chinese Navy is in an absolutely weak position, but our Imperial Chinese Navy has the most advanced warships and the best commanders and naval soldiers in the world. In the end, it sank 20 British ironclad ships, 33 cruisers, and more than 370 other warships, destroying more than 70,000 British troops, and our losses were slight. Almost negligible, an unprecedented victory! ”

After Zhang Peilun finished speaking, the audience was silent for more than 30 seconds, and soon reporters from all over the Chinese Empire stood up and applauded and cheered, while reporters from Europe and the United States were in a daze, with all kinds of strange expressions, which was quite exciting. The British journalist, in particular, was eager to find a crack in the ground to hide. In his opinion, the gap in strength between the two sides is so big, and the British Navy actually lost, or it was a fiasco, which is really embarrassing.

This data was processed by the Chinese Imperial Government, which exaggerated the strength of the British Navy, reduced the participation of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and finally exaggerated the losses of the British Navy, reduced the losses of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and deliberately created a strong contrast, so that all countries in the world thought that the Chinese Imperial Navy was too powerful.

It was also a psychological tactic to make all the enemies who were secretly peeping at the Chinese empire afraid.

"Hello, I am a French journalist, may I ask Lord Zhang, your country has won a brilliant victory in the naval battle of the Solomon Islands, do you want to take further action? Just now you said that your army is preparing a major counteroffensive, where exactly is it pointing? Thank you! ”

Zhang Peilun replied: "The aggressor must pay the price, the Chinese Empire is not easy to provoke, we pursue the national policy of [if people do not offend me, I will not offend others, and if people offend me, I will pay back ten times and a hundred times." Where there is a battle, where there is an enemy, we will counterattack there! ”

"Hello, I am a reporter from the New York Times, may I ask Mr. Zhang, now that the reunification of the Confederate States of America is imminent, do you want to continue to help the United States of America and become enemies of the Confederate States of America? Let America be divided forever! ”

Zhang Peilun snorted coldly and said, "Please pay attention to your words and don't speculate." The Chinese Empire never tried to divide a country. As we all know, the Chinese Empire has always responded to the needs of the Confederate States of America, giving them the most advanced weapons and equipment, and giving them the most preferential loans and aid, but in the end, we found that the Confederate States of America actually walked with the United Kingdom, which is very chilling. Britain is the enemy of the Chinese Empire, and we advise the Confederate States of America to rein in the precipice and stop doing things that are quick for those who are close to their relatives and enemies. ”

The American reporter wanted to deliberately disgust the Chinese Empire, but he was unexpectedly solved by Zhang Peilun in a few words, and instead labeled the United States a white-eyed wolf who could not be raised.

Zhang Peilun presided over the press conference on this side, and on the other side, all countries in the world got the news that the Chinese Imperial Navy defeated the British Navy and won the victory, which shocked the whole world.

"W-how is this possible?"

The minions of European and American countries who worship Britain and flatter Britain naturally cannot believe that this is true. However, the possibility of falsification is very small, because this is the official news released by the Chinese Empire, and the Minister of the Imperial Court himself stated that there will be no fake, and the British Navy must have suffered defeat.

British fans around the world wept bitterly. The Royal Navy of the British Empire, which they had always admired, was defeated, and when they saw the data written in the newspapers on the streets, they were simply beaten out by the Imperial Navy of China.

A few families are happy and a few are sad.

In Paris, France, French Emperor Napoleon III burst into laughter when he saw the report.

"Why is Your Majesty laughing?" Archbishop Monroe asked.

Napoleon III snorted coldly: "The damned British Navy has finally been defeated, and the defeat is extremely miserable, this time I see what their British Navy says, they refused to admit the last naval battle of Scarborough Shoal, and this time they slapped them in the face." ”

Monroe said, "But Your Majesty. The British were just defeated by the navy, they still had an army, and I heard that there was a country called Japan that was helping. ”

Napoleon said with contempt: "The British Army is also called the Army?" That is, it is okay to bully and bully the backward natives, and they can't defeat the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, coupled with the fiasco of the navy, the day of the defeat of the British Army is not far off. ”

Monroe didn't know much about military affairs, but worried: "It's just that in this way, the Chinese Empire has defeated the British again, and I'm afraid the British will no longer be able to resist the Chinese Empire." At that time, the hegemonic position of the world will be that of the Chinese Empire. ”

"That's not all!" Napoleon III calmly analyzed: "Even if the Chinese Empire wins the naval battle, it will inevitably be weakened, and the number of their warships is not enough, and it is not bad to barely control a Pacific Ocean." It is not capable of taking over the control of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean in a short period of time, although the British Navy has suffered a crushing defeat, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Chinese Empire wants to control the world's oceans. The days are still away. On the contrary, the British naval power was seriously weakened, and in the future to resist the naval military pressure of the Chinese Empire, the British had to consider the development and expansion of the naval power of the French Empire. This was the opportunity for the rise of the French Empire on the sea. ”

Monroe's eyes lit up suddenly, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is wise! ”

Then there was another burst of laughter.

In Berlin, Germany, Wilhelm I called Bismarck to analyze the results of the naval battle of the Solomon Islands between China and Britain.

"What do you think of this report?"

Bismarck smiled slightly and said: "There must be moisture, but the problem is not big, it does not affect the result, it is true that the Chinese Imperial Navy has achieved an unprecedented victory." ”

William I exclaimed: "I can't imagine that the Chinese Empire is so powerful, and in less than twenty years, it has defeated the invincible British Navy." At the beginning, you fully supported the Empire and the Chinese Empire's alliance, and it was indeed a unique vision. ”

Bismarck deepened a little and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we have to reassess the strength of the Chinese Empire. ”

William I was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that?" Do you have any concerns? ”

Bismarck said: "There are only interests between countries, and alliances are only for outsiders." Originally, I thought that it would take at least twenty years for the Chinese Empire to defeat the British Navy. However, the results of the Pacific War made me realize that the Chinese Imperial Navy was growing too fast, it was a terrible military force, and we had to adjust our policy. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The Imperial Chinese Navy's excessively rapid grasp of world maritime supremacy is a huge obstacle and threat to the imperial navy's future dominance in the world."

Wilhelm I was shocked, and Bismarck thought well in the long run.

Bismarck continued: "My original idea was to use the Chinese Empire to contain Britain, and that it would be better for both sides to lose the Sino-British war, and that we should strive to develop naval power in order to gain world maritime supremacy. But now that the Imperial Navy has not yet grown, the Imperial Chinese Navy has already defeated the British Navy, and in less than ten years, the Chinese Empire will completely crush the British Navy and master the world's maritime supremacy, giving us little time. ”

William I nodded and asked, "What good advice do you have?" ”

Bismarck replied: "We must speed up the building of the navy, and in contrast, we can suspend the construction of the army and concentrate more funds on the navy." ”

Seeing that Wilhelm I hesitated, Bismarck persuaded again: "The great defeat of the British navy will shake the rule of colonies all over the world, and this is a great opportunity for us to seize overseas colonies." ”

William I suddenly turned his heart sideways, nodded and said, "Okay, I fully support you!" ”

Like Germany, Italy, as an emerging European power, is also vigorously developing its naval power in the face of the colonies that have been carved up in the world, and is preparing to go to Africa to compete for colonies.

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Kindly recommend a new book "The Rise of the First Sino-Japanese War", which is already 500,000 words, and friends who are short of books can take a look at it first. (To be continued.) )