In a situation where the Europeans have already made a brainstorm, Datang is secretly and low-key in developing its own colonies. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn fact, there are also opinions in China to occupy the richer South Africa, but compared to the indigenous people of Madagascar and the relatively single environment, South Africa can now be said to be a mess, the Boers control the land, and the local black kingdom is constantly fighting against the colonizers, and the British are also ready to intervene, Datang still decided to wait and see.

At this time, the main players in Europe were actually France, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Prussia, Austria and Russia, and Spain was actually playing more soy sauce. The Germans were still fighting the French on the front foot, and the German army led by Scharnhorst on the back foot merged with the French army and attacked the Anglo-Dutch army entrenched in Belgium. The British have undergone several military reforms, and although the size of the army is limited, the strength is still relatively strong, and the two sides still have a back-and-forth stalemate for a period of time. However, after the Germans increased their firepower and troop deployment, the British and Dutch were no longer able to hold Belgium and had to retreat.

By this time, Britain had effectively ended the conflict on land in the war against the French, and had mainly used the Royal Navy to block the French. The British also wanted to drive the gunboats into the Elbe and bombard the German capital Hamburg. It was only when they got the news that the Germans had some large-caliber shore guns that would pose a great threat to the ships, so they gave up.

Due to the existence of the Tang Dynasty, Britain had to succumb to the second most powerful country in the world, which made the British hate it to the teeth. In Britain, the study and study of the Tang Dynasty has become a prominent science, and if someone can provide Whitehall and George III with an effective way to deal with the Tang people, then this person will immediately become a political star and a guest of the royal family.

At this time, Britain was not a colonial empire at all, only the colonies of Canada, India, and a small number of Caribbean islands, such as Jamaica. and a small number of colonies on the coast of Africa, such as the Gold Coast. In the vast East Asia and Oceania region, the British did not have a single colony, all of them were the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After the appearance of the Datang version of the world map, Europeans had a clearer understanding of the whole world. Especially when they saw the huge area of the Australian continent, they were extremely blushing. Both the British and the Dutch tried to send colonial ships to colonize the area. But once it is discovered by the Tang people, it is humane destruction. A colonial ship carrying more than 60 British ****** was spotted off the coast of Western Australia by a Datang patrol gunboat and sank it directly, causing more than half of the people on board to drown. Later, Datang also lodged a solemn protest to the British, and affirmed that any attempt to covet Datang's territory would be ruthlessly crushed. If the British are obsessed, then Datang may retaliate. The Tang people hinted that if their colonies in Asia and Oceania were invaded by the British, then the Tang could make a move against the British in India.

You know, Canada and India are now the only two large British colonies. It is an important source of industrial raw materials and a dumping market for products in the UK. India, in particular, played an increasingly important role after the Industrial Revolution in the UK. The core interests of Datang are in North America, in East Asia, where Datang operates an extremely powerful force, but it is impossible for Britain to fight Datang here.

However, the British never gave up, and they were lonely and resolute on the road to hegemony.

One was not covered with pig iron armor. A steam warship with 16 British-made rifled Armstrong guns sailing on the Yellow Sea with a British diplomat on board. His name is George? Macartney. At this time, he was looking worriedly at the two ships of the Datang Navy following the British cruiser, which were a Vancouver-class light cruiser and a rainstorm-class frigate.

Macartney's British cruiser, the Lion, also had a displacement of only 3,300 tons, while the Vancouver-class cruiser had a displacement of 4,500 tons. The Lion still uses the two-sided gun layout, which is the layout of the first generation of ships of the Datang Navy, which has long been eliminated. Although the Lion had an 8-inch cannon on it, it was larger than the 155mm naval guns on the Vancouver class. But in the actual fight, the British still will not have too much confidence.

Macartney said to Captain Robbins with some concern: "Mr. Captain, since we entered the South China Sea, the ships of the Datang Navy have been following us like a relay, although we have sent someone to contact them. But they only say that it is routine sailing training. What a hell of a routine sailing training, how can there be training less than 200 yards from someone else's ship! ”

Robbins is also a little apprehensive these days, he said: "The two Datang warships follow us one on the left and one on the right, no matter what speed we drive, they can keep up, I think their speed is much faster than ours." In this way, the Tang people tell us that this water in East Asia is their world. ”

The British had no choice, they were shouldering their own mission, and they could only watch the two Tang Navy warships follow behind them.

With more than 100 nautical miles to go into the Bohai Sea, Macartney and Robbins saw something amazing.

"Okay, that's great......" Macartney felt his body tremble slightly, and the hat of Robbins, the always well-dressed captain of the Lion beside him, was crooked without him noticing.

Robbins is also a very professional naval officer, he immediately found someone to bring the picture album, flipped a few pages, and then said with some strength and depression: "This is, the capital ship of the Tang Navy, the Zhuolu-class battleship, is a big guy with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and there is no ship in the Royal Navy that can compare to her." ”

Unbeknownst to them, the Tang had renamed this type of battleship the Hawaiian-class battleship, which was the second ship formerly named Makino and now the Goodway.

After Macartney panicked a little, he calmed down, looked at the huge battleship that chopped the waves and said: "This is the key for the Tang Dynasty to dominate the Far East and even the world, if the Royal Navy has ships that can compete with it, presumably we don't have to be restricted by the Tang people everywhere." ”

Robbins is a very fair person, he said: "The Royal Navy has the Sovereign class, which should be at the same level as this Datang battleship, but I am still not optimistic about the Sovereign class against the Datang battleship." I think anyone with a brain can know by looking at the appearance that the battleships of the Tang Dynasty are elegant and beautiful, while the Sovereign class is more like a monster that has been saved, and the difference in technology is a little desperate. But I'm also confident that we'll catch up eventually. (To be continued.) )