In mid-April, Sir Anderson, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, had prepared the merchant ships that would transport the two army divisions of the Lanfang Kingdom to Australia. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The angry Sir Anderson was on fire every day, and he didn't have a good rest for several days, and he looked particularly haggard, but he didn't dare to be angry with the soldiers of the Lanfang Kingdom. Through close observation in the past few months, the army of the Lanfang Kingdom is really strong, and the combat effectiveness of the army of the British Empire is not on the same level as it.

Seeing Sir Anderson's painful appearance, Daniel suggested: "Your Excellency the Governor, it is better to report this matter to the Foreign Secretary, after all, it was under the arrangement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the Kingdom of Lanfang. “

Sir Anderson had no choice but to telegraph the Foreign Office of the matter.

On the morning of May 5, the British Empire, London, Downing Street, the meeting room of the Prime Minister's Office, the main members of the cabinet were here, discussing the affairs of Singapore and Australia, the reason was the telegram of Sir Anderson, the governor of the Straits Settlements, and now the Australian federal government has handled the handover with the governor sent by the Lanfang Kingdom, but the two divisions of the Lanfang Kingdom stationed in Singapore have not boarded the ship for a long time, and they have not left Singapore for various reasons.

The Minister of the Navy said: "According to the agreement, it is not a breach of contract to evacuate before June 15, and we are now considering whether it is too early." ”

The Indian minister said: "The kingdom of Lanfang doesn't have much appetite yet, they don't know what colonization is, as long as the land doesn't need people, who do they want to colonize without personnel?" ”

The foreign minister said: "They are not stupid, the most important thing for the Chinese is people, they can be used casually in the Qing Dynasty, they are easy to manage, they can work, and they are obedient, they are not better than those natives." According to the news sent back by Zhu Erdian, the ambassador to the Qing Dynasty, the Lanfang Kingdom has emigrated from the Qing Dynasty since the end of April, presumably in preparation for receiving Australia. When their people are all over Australia, they can't keep a few pieces of land in the Australian Federation. ”

The colonial minister said: "It is not necessarily the immigrants who are prepared for Australia, they have taken away all the local aboriginal land and distributed it to the Chinese, and they have collected so much land, how many Chinese have planted it, so they must immigrate to farm." ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked: "All the indigenous land has been taken away, and the local indigenous people have not caused trouble?" ”

"Let them work to earn food, and they have been given food stamps for half a year, 30 catties of rice per person per month, it is estimated that there will be no problem in the past few months, and the rice has not been eaten yet, and it is estimated that it will start to make trouble after eating."

The Admiral said: "These are small problems, even if we lose Australia, our losses are not big, if we lose Singapore, we will go to the east of the Strait of Malacca and all the right to speak, and everyone has to prioritize." ”

The Prime Minister said: "Yes, we must not lose Singapore in any case, otherwise, we will lose no influence in the Far East, and we will lose even more." Where did the newly formed Far Eastern Fleet go? Be sure not to conflict with the Lanfang Kingdom. ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister," said the Lord Chancellor, "we have now crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean. Our navy will maintain restraint and will not have friction with the Lanfang Kingdom until the new battleships of the navy are fully equipped; Before the navy does not have the absolute strength to crush the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom, our navy will continue to exercise restraint and will not have another naval battle with the other party; Either we will not fight with the Lanfang Navy, or if we want to fight, we will completely destroy the Lanfang Navy, and let them know that the position of the naval supremacy cannot be challenged, otherwise we will pay a terrible price. “

The Foreign Secretary said: "Don't be too pessimistic, this time the Lanfang Navy sent battleships and battle cruisers to visit the Qing Dynasty, and did not express any opinion on other countries, even Japan, they did not take care of it, they were busy with immigration and business, for this new kingdom without lofty ideals, it is purely an upstart, and it is not worth the Royal Navy of our British Empire to be so careful." In terms of their strategic vision, they have no idea of Singapore's strategic value and military significance, or can they exchange Australia's huge desert area? Would you do that? Our focus is on Europe, on the mainland, as long as there are no problems at home, we can always teach those monkeys who jump up and down how to deal with the sea overlord. “

The Minister of Commerce said: "I don't know anything else, I just know that the Lanfang Kingdom has sent a purchasing group of hundreds of people to the German Empire, and now the Lanfang Kingdom has just been built, and the number of machinery and equipment needed is very huge, and our British Empire must get a piece of the pie, otherwise, where will the face of the British Empire go?" Moreover, the food and salt of the Lanfang Kingdom have begun to hit our colonies, and we must take measures to deal with it. “

The Minister of Industry said: "Let's not pay too much attention to the price of grain in the Kingdom of Lanfang, after all, the price of food is low, which is good for us to stabilize domestic prices, we are an industrial country, we must consider the way out of our industrial products, if the Kingdom of Lanfang sets aside the British Empire and the German Empire, it is extremely unfavorable to us, and we must strike at the German Empire, the most harmful to us in the future is not the Kingdom of Lanfang, he is so far away from us, and it is a backward agricultural country, the German Empire is our enemy, Their industrial momentum is too strong, and that's the biggest challenge for us. “

After the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a telegram to the Governor of the Straits Settlements, patiently doing his work, not to conflict with the Lanfang Empire.

The two divisions of the Lanfang Kingdom did not start waiting for the ship until May 15th, but this has reduced Sir Anderson's pressure by half, as long as the Lanfang Kingdom does not want to stay here, it will be relieved. After all, there are still 2 regiments stationed here, even 2 regiments, and the British do not dare to resist, for fear of causing dissatisfaction in the Lanfang Kingdom again, so they can only wait patiently and implement the plan according to the plan. Sir Anderson felt that he was the most aggrieved governor of the British Empire in hundreds of years.

In order to meet the challenges of the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom, the British Navy stepped up the research and development and production of battleships.

After many discussions and summarization of the information sent from various places, the naval technicians felt that the Lanfang-class battleships of the Lanfang Kingdom were very similar to the Dreadnought-class battleships that they had not yet completed.

The Lanfang-class battleships were all-main gun battleships, equipped with 10 305 mm main guns and strong firepower; displacement of more than 18,000 tons; It was a fast battleship with a steam turbine drive and a speed of 21 knots.

And these properties are well reflected in the unfinished Dreadnought-class battleships.

After many analyses and comparisons, as well as the combat power of the Lanfang-class battleships, the Admiralty determined that this should be the direction of the future development of naval battleships, and it is necessary to seize this opportunity to lay out and produce in advance in order to maintain the supremacy of the Navy. The appearance of the Lanfang-class battleships made all the battleships in the world obsolete in an instant, and if the British Empire did not catch up, it would also lose its position as the supremacy of the sea.

In order to cope with the maritime pressure from the Kingdom of Lanfang and the German Empire, First Sea Minister Fisher proposed: in the case of the dreadnought-class battleships were not completed and there were no sea trials, continue to build 3 similar battleships, named the Bellerophon class, and at least 3 battleships should be put into production every year in the future.

The British Parliament unanimously approved Fisher's proposal, bringing Britain ahead of schedule into the era of dreadnought battleships.

At the same time, Fisher, the First Sea Lord, proposed that the British Empire must surpass the Kingdom of Lanfang in terms of quantity and quality in order to step up the imitation of Lanfang-class battlecruisers and Lanfang-class destroyers.