"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Anti-Chinese riots in the Dutch East Indies! ”

A piece of news from the latest newspaper quickly spread around the world.

Twenty years ago, anything about the British would be the first to make headlines in newspapers around the world.

Today, the British are weak and the Chinese Empire is rising.

As a result, the protagonist of the newspaper headlines became the Chinese Empire. Anything about the Chinese people will be reported on the front pages of various countries as soon as possible.

It can be seen that the status and importance of the Chinese empire in the international community are self-evident.

"The Chinese Empire finally can't help but attack the Netherlands, and now our British Empire is about to have another ally!"

Downing Street Houses of Parliament, William said with a laugh when he saw the news.

"However, the Netherlands is weak, and it has long been dissatisfied with the prestige of three hundred years ago, and one more Netherlands seems to have nothing to do with the overall situation!"

Defense Secretary Cook shook his head and said.

William smiled: "You don't understand this!" Politics, in the international arena, with the support of one more country, regardless of size, strong or weak, are all useful! At least, if the Dutch support us, even if it is of little use against the Chinese Empire, it will be useful against the German Empire. The Chinese Empire was not European, but Germany was European, and it would be very beneficial for us to oppress the German Empire and not be able to enter the war or to delay it. ”

Cook asked rhetorically, "So what are you going to do?" ”

William thought for a while and said: "The Chinese Empire will soon take action against the Dutch East Indies under the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese, we must solidarity with the Dutch and condemn the Chinese Empire together, and after the Dutch lose the Dutch East Indies, they will definitely take refuge in us, and it will also help us persuade more European countries that if we can form a common anti-China alliance for the entire Western world, it will be the best result." ”

The entire Western World Alliance?

Cook was also a little excited, looking forward to it.

"Where are our Dreadnought battleships?" William asked suddenly.

Cook replied: "The four Queen Victoria-class battleships have just cut the horizontal deck and are dismantling the original power systems, and the new steam turbine systems are being built intensively, and are expected to be launched next spring and completed the year after." ”

The Queen Victoria-class battleships, which were originally started in 1885, were too weak in speed because they were still equipped with an old-fashioned steam engine system, and they were no match for the Dreadnought-class battleships of the same type in the Imperial Chinese Navy, and even the Helgoland-class battleships of the German Navy could not beat them.

With the successful development of the British Empire's steam turbine system, the British Imperial Navy had to tow the four Queen Victoria-class battleships that were preparing to install the turrets back to the dock, cut open their bellies, dismantle the originally installed power system, and then install the Parsons steam turbine system.

In this way, the British Empire lost more than 24 million pounds for no reason, equivalent to about 4 million yuan.

This was all pitted by the Chinese Empire, and William was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood every time he thought of spending so much unjust money.

The most critical issue is not money, but precious strategic time.

Although the British Imperial Navy shipyards had worked overtime to refit the Queen Victoria-class battleships, they would still be a year later than the Helgoland-class battleships, the first true dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy.

In this year's time, the British Imperial Navy will face military pressure from the powerful German Imperial Navy from the Baltic Sea direction, and will have to watch the Imperial German Navy show off its might.

"What about the American side?"

"The U.S. Navy also sent a representative to China to order dreadnought battleships from the Chinese Empire, but the Chinese Empire refused, so they asked us to acquire steam turbine technology."

William suddenly snorted coldly, and the United States asked the Chinese Empire to buy dreadnought battleships, which showed that Grant was not optimistic about the steam turbine technology of the British Empire, but unfortunately hit a wall.

"Grant thought that if the Chinese Empire was willing to export dreadnought battleships to the French Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire, it would agree to sell the dreadnought battleships to the United States as well, what a dream!"

"The Chinese Empire built dreadnoughts for France and the Tsarist Empire because they felt that France and Russia could not pose a threat for the time being!"

Cook then asked, "Shall we give the steam turbine technology to the United States?" ”

"Of course I have to give it! But you have to pay a price! ”

William was already ready to rob the United States, after all, the British Empire was too short of money, and the arms race with the Chinese Empire required a lot of money, so he had to attack the United States.

At the same time, the United States was also anxious to get its hands on steam turbine technology, after all, the American Navy was also pitted.

In addition to the Virginia-class battleships under construction, like the Queen Victoria-class battleships of the British Navy, they had to stop work, cut their bellies open, and prepare to dismantle the original power system and replace it with a steam turbine system.

There are also 4 newly built Lexington-class battlecruisers, which were not built by the British Empire because of lack of money, and the American Navy was unwilling to lag behind the Chinese Imperial Navy, so it closely followed the Yunzi battlecruisers of the Chinese Empire and quickly started the Lexington-class.

Today, the bowels of the American Navy are black with regret. Without a steam turbine system, whether it was a battleship or a battlecruiser, it was not powerful enough and could only be ravaged by the Imperial Chinese Navy. Only by replacing the steam turbine system can they be qualified to fight the main battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

As a result, the American Navy was even more miserable than the British Imperial Navy, and lacked time to replace the new steam turbine system, so the British wanted to slaughter them, and they had to accept it.

Fortunately, the British Empire urgently needed the support of the United States, so it was impossible to slaughter Germany, France, and Russia as the Chinese Empire did.

Eventually, the United States got its wish and acquired the steam turbine manufacturing technology of the British Empire. However, the price was to order 36 steam turbine systems from the British Empire at a unit price of 6.5 million New pounds each, which was more expensive than the most advanced steam turbine systems in the Chinese Empire, and to give the British Empire a low-interest loan of $1 billion.

Grant knew that he was slaughtered by the British Empire, but he had to accept this harsh condition, because none of the battleships of the American Navy could beat the battleships of the Chinese Empire at present, and the military pressure in the Pacific direction was too great.

As for the Imperial Japanese Navy, the British Empire was also ruthless, so naturally it had to be slaughtered severely. It's just that the price in Japan is slightly cheaper than in the rich United States.

As a result, Japan and the United States finally got real steam turbine technology and began to build dreadnought battleships in the true sense of the word.

The U.S. Navy is currently refitting 6 Virginia-class battleships and 4 Lexington-class battlecruisers, and the cost of refitting is very high.

The Imperial Japanese Navy had previously built only two Fuji-class battleships due to lack of funds, which were also eliminated. For the Japanese Empire, the two Fuji-class battleships that were bought by tightening their belts and saving money were eliminated as soon as they entered service, which was also quite a pain in the ass.

The Japanese Naval Arsenal is currently unable to build its own dreadnought battleships, so it has to order from the British Empire, and it is mortgaged in the form of national bonds, and two Asahi-class battleships are built at the Armstrong Shipyard in the United Kingdom, with the same specifications as the Queen Victoria class of the British Empire, considering that the Japanese Navy is a defensive force, so the armor and firepower have been increased, and the speed will reach 20 knots.

Just when Britain, the United States, and Japan were tightening their belts and building warships in full swing, the Imperial Chinese Navy, which was far away in the Qizhou Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, took military action against the Dutch East Indies in the name of protecting overseas Chinese.

The Dutch were immediately full of inward flow and begged the Chinese Empire not to fight, but unfortunately it was impossible.

Even the British Empire has adopted a policy of non-resistance, and how can the Netherlands, a small country with a large palm, compete with the Chinese Empire.

The Dutch East Indies would certainly not be able to be saved, and the Dutch Speaker had no choice but to agree to negotiate with the Chinese Empire, intending to sell the Dutch East Indies to the Chinese Empire for a good price.

It's just that at this time and that time, the Chinese Empire sent troops, so naturally it will not buy from the Dutch at the original price.

The Dutch also knew that they could only make concessions, and finally sold more than one million square kilometers of the East Indies to the Chinese Empire for 3 million yuan.

The Dutch vomited blood in distress, knowing that the East Indies are rich in spices and oil, and the annual tax revenue for these two items alone is as high as 10 million yuan, and now it is sold to the Chinese Empire for 3 million yuan, which is really a loss.

But what can be done about this, who makes the Netherlands a small country and the Chinese Empire a big and powerful country, in this world of the jungle, if you can't beat it, you will have to suffer.

It's just that the Dutch were more ruthless and sold the Dutch East Indies to the Chinese Empire, but when they withdrew their troops, they distributed a large number of reserves of arms to the local natives, and claimed that the Chinese Empire's Shence Army had the most grudges, and that it would definitely retaliate against the Chinese for slaughtering the Chinese.

As a result, a large number of local natives, who had been given weapons to the Dutch, gathered together and launched a rebellion.

For a time, the entire East Indies was in flames.

When the news reached the Forbidden City, Li Weiguo was immediately furious and ordered the troops of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army stationed in Lanfangzhou, Australia, Papua, Singapore, Luzon and other places to quickly march into the East Indies to suppress the local indigenous rebellion.

Since the Chinese Empire had just received the East Indies and relied on the strong support of the local Chinese for various affairs, when the East India Chinese representatives collectively petitioned to take revenge on the natives of the East Indies, Li Weiguo did not hesitate to approve it.

Even if there is no petition from overseas Chinese representatives, the Chinese Imperial Shence Army will do it, which is something that any colonizer must do. When the Dutch occupied the East Indies, it was also a massacre, and later they killed too many people and had insufficient labor, which allowed the Chinese to come and live in business.

It is the same today, except that the population of the Chinese Empire is N times larger than that of the Dutch, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of labor. Because the population of the Chinese Empire has increased rapidly recently, the census data of the 20 years since the founding of the Chinese Empire show that the native population of the Chinese Empire has reached 400 million, and the population has increased by 150 million in 20 years.

At the same time, due to the difference in the treatment of the native citizens of the Chinese Empire and the nationals of the vassal states, the major vassal states of the Chinese Empire have also constantly called for improving their living standards, hoping that the Chinese Empire will treat the people of the Chinese Empire equally, so that the living standards of the people of the vassal states will also be on par with the citizens of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, counting the population of more than a dozen surrounding feudal states, the total population exceeded the 500 million mark.

In this way, if an additional 100 million people want to improve their living standards, they will have to raise their wages and arrange more jobs.

As a result, the Chinese Empire could only make a fuss about the colonies.

Australia, Papua, New Zealand and other places have moved in large numbers of native citizens of the Chinese Empire and citizens from vassal states, and they are divided into sixth-class citizens.

The native citizens of the Chinese Empire were naturally the first class, the citizens of the vassal states were the second, the white Europeans and Americans were the third, the black Africans were the fourth, the friendly natives were the fifth, and the unfriendly natives were the sixth.

In Luzon and Lanfang Prefectures, the Chinese Imperial Shence Army swept through for ten years, and it can be said that they basically killed all the unfriendly natives in the area, leaving only the obedient natives to do the lowest jobs.

Now, the experienced Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, under the pretext of suppressing the indigenous rebellion, has begun a frantic sweep again.

This is a race war that has never stopped throughout history. Whether it's a winner or a loser, everyone thinks it's normal behavior.

Of course, after the Chinese Empire acquired the Dutch East Indies, it immediately expanded the local oil fields to increase crude oil production.

Every day, large quantities of cheap crude oil are constantly loaded onto ships, and then transported to petrochemical plants along the coast of the Chinese Empire for refining, high-grade oil is allocated to the military for strategic material reserves, low-grade oil is used for civilian use, and crude oil waste is processed into asphalt and other engineering materials, which are used to build oil roads, building roof waterproofing, etc.

The Chinese Empire is the world's largest automobile producer and consumer, and the Imperial Chinese Army and Navy are large consumers of oil, so occupying the oil base of the East Indies has greatly reduced the cost of crude oil imports for the Chinese Empire, which means a drop in oil prices for the Chinese Empire nationals, and a significant reduction in logistics supply expenses for the military.

In particular, the Imperial Chinese Navy, more than 1,000 warships of various types, most of which have been modernized and upgraded, used to burn coal, but because of low thermal efficiency, now all of them are replaced by oil, so all of them are large oil burners.

In particular, battleships will consume 40 tons of heavy fuel oil if they go out for combat readiness patrols every day, and more than 1,000 warships of various types, if they train and cruise every day, will consume as much as 2,000 tons of fuel on average every day, and at 30 yuan per ton of heavy oil, that is, 600,000 yuan, and 18 million yuan a year for oil alone.

It can be seen from this that it is very expensive to raise a navy, especially if you want to maintain world hegemony, the cliff is a gold-swallowing hole.

That is, the Chinese Empire can afford to maintain such a luxurious and huge naval force, and even the British Navy can only burn low-quality coal to maintain the navy, which shows that the gap between the national strength of China and Britain has become wider and wider.

The daily wear and tear of the warships of the British Imperial Navy, which burned inferior coal, was very large, and when the war started, there were even more disadvantages.

In short, the capture of the Dutch East Indies by the Chinese Empire was equivalent to obtaining a steady supply base of oil. For the British Empire, this was the least desirable outcome.

Similarly, the people of the Japanese Empire were panicked, because in the entire Asia-Pacific region, only the Japanese Empire was still arguing with the Chinese Empire, and all other countries became vassals or overseas territories of the Chinese Empire.

As the last nail in the Asia-Pacific region, it may be forcibly demolished by the Chinese Empire at any time, and the future of the Japanese Empire is bleak. (To be continued.) )