Even such a prominent figure as Fisher once lost his temper, and the shock to those ordinary Britons can be imagined, the Royal Navy, which has long been the spiritual pillar of this island nation, has lost more and more times one time and again, and now it has suffered a heavy blow to the bones, which makes the British feel unbelievable and panic at the same time. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info no matter how strong the enemy was, as long as the Royal Navy was still there, at least the mainland could ensure security, and Britain would always be invincible, but now, the Royal Navy, which everyone regards as the pillar of national protection, has been defeated, so is the British Isles still safe?

Although China is too far away to be able to fight Europe, before the naval battle in the Indian Ocean, who would have thought that the Chinese would be able to completely annihilate what should have been an invincible expeditionary fleet at a small cost of close to zero casualties? Since they can even do this, who can guarantee that they will not be able to hit the British mainland?

Like every country that has been ahead of the world for a long time, the glory of the "empire on which the sun never sets" has caused most British people to have the problem of arrogance and conceit, and it is easy to overestimate their own strength and underestimate their enemies in ordinary times, but once such a country encounters an incomprehensible serious setback, their arrogance and conceit can easily go to the other extreme and overestimate the enemy's strength. Just like the Manchu Qing before and after the Opium War, before the start of the war, they did not take the British seriously, and after they lost the battle, they falsely spread the power of the British ships and artillery, and the more they spread the rumors, the more exaggerated they became, and as a result, they were scared to death......

The same is true of the British now, although they have entered the industrial society, and the people are generally more knowledgeable than the Chinese who have not yet opened their eyes to the world during the Opium War, but because the details of several naval battles are still unknown, they never know how the Chinese Navy fought such incredible disparity in results, and the human instinct of fear of the unknown naturally further fueled the spread of panic, so that the anti-war voice in Britain quickly rose, and no one wanted to continue to fight with such a mysterious and powerful enemy. Let more British young people run thousands of miles away to die needlessly. You must know that until this war has been fought, the number of British soldiers killed and captured by the white army alone is as high as 50,000 or 60,000, how much time has passed? If the fight continues for a long time, God knows how many more lives will be filled?

As for the relatively calm British high-level, they are not worried that the Chinese navy has the ability to fight in Europe, and even many people think that even if the Chinese really have this ability, it is not necessarily a bad thing, because this will definitely arouse the common hatred of the entire Western world, and then Britain's life will be much better.

For example, the Marquis of Salisbury, who did not know how many more days he could sit on the prime minister's throne, took advantage of the blind panic of the people, and described the nascent China as a "yellow curse" like the Huns and Mongols who could endanger the entire Western civilization in his speech, and tried to form an anti-China grand alliance with Britain as the core, on the one hand, to share the aggressive pressure of China, and on the other hand, to use this supranational organization to stabilize Britain's now crumbling Western hegemony.

Li Hui was really taken aback when the news reached China, but he soon relented that except for the Netherlands, which had already allied with him, no second Western power had come forward to respond to the initiative of the Marquis of Salisbury, and there was no situation that Li Hui feared.

"Fortunately, if Wilhelm II had made a mistake for the British, it would have been a little troublesome." Li Hui is talking about the "Yellow and Woe Theory" advocated by Wilhelm II in history. This incident was also an important black spot that Kaiser Wilhelm II was deeply criticized by some Chinese military history enthusiasts in later generations and pointed out that he was anti-China, but in fact, what Kaiser Wilhelm II was talking about at that time was mainly about Japan, which had just won the First Sino-Japanese War, and the purpose was also very clear, that is, he hoped to use the "Yellow and Woe Theory" that was increasingly prevalent in Europe at that time to encourage Tsarist Russia to shift its center of gravity to the east, and in the final analysis, it was for the sake of Germany's national interests.

Now China has not infringed on Germany's interests, and it is so difficult to provoke, and it has no interests but great harm in being hostile to it, but Britain can make good use of the opportunity to take care of itself, and may be able to extort a lot of benefits. In the face of these two choices, anyone with a little brain knows that one is better for Germany, and if he drags the whole of Germany into the quagmire because of his own racial ideas (which may not necessarily exist), and fights for Britain in vain, then Wilhelm II is really a second goods......

To put it bluntly, Western countries have always been extremely realistic, unless there is no way to avoid it, they will not do a loss-making deal that outweighs the losses, not to mention that the powers on the European continent basically have a lot of contradictions with Britain. Unless Britain can provide sufficient benefits, this alliance will not be established in any way, but if Britain does so, the losses will only be greater than that of suing for peace with China, so why bother? The British are not living Lei Feng, how can they sacrifice their own interests to really defend Western civilization? What's more, with the British political system, even if the politicians on the stage have such foresight, they should not think of getting through the three hurdles of parliament, public opinion, and public opinion.

In fact, not only did the other Western powers not have the intention of helping Britain in the snow, but many countries also had the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob. Kaiser Wilhelm III not only publicly expressed his support for the Boers, but also brazenly sent four of the latest Brandenburg-class battleships to the English Channel for a military exercise, which disgraced the new British cabinet.

Fortunately, at this time, two new battleships (the Majestic and the Magnificent) with a comprehensive protective design and Harvey nickel steel armor were completed and put into service ahead of schedule, which greatly increased the confidence of the British government, and France, which had always been eager to take revenge on Germany and regain the lost territory, did not want to see Germany too arrogant, so it sent the main fleet to the Strait to join in the fun, which made the Germans retreat in the face of difficulties and failed to extort any benefits.

However, although France helped Britain, they also did not miss the opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob in the competition for practical interests.

Taking advantage of Britain's saddest days, France took advantage of the colonial border negotiations between the two countries, gaining more than 100,000 square kilometers of land than expected. Unlike Germany, which was only fighting for a little face, the French really took advantage of the opportunity, and the British had to thank them...... (To be continued.) )