In the German Embassy, German Ambassador Hannadsen looked at the special envoy, Mr. Hans, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, with an excited face behind his back. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Just now, they got the news that the Kunlun Mountain, the flagship of the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Empire, had been confirmed to have been sunk.

This is definitely good news, because as long as the fleet of the British Empire defeats the fleet of the Ming Empire, then the Southeast Peninsula will be considered a winner.

As long as the combined fleet of the British Empire and Ceylon rested on the prestige of a great victory and went north to shell Guangzhou and Shanghai, the Ming Empire would have no reason to continue fighting.

"In any case, the Ming Empire has to carefully consider our suggestions this time, at least, to spit out the Southeast Peninsula to us." Special Envoy Mr. Hans said with a smile.

In his opinion, the Ming Empire should have sat down at the negotiating table a long time ago, had a good talk with him, and then bargained for a more decent peace treaty.

After all, in the eyes of diplomats, any war is the most inferior political means. Waging war is time-consuming, laborious, and costly, and is a display of brute force that should be avoided.

Now that brute force has been demonstrated, the rest should of course be left to the diplomats, exchanging some benefits with each other, and then having a civilized meal, and finally shaking hands and making peace.

"They will definitely come back to the negotiating table, as long as we defeat their fleet and capture Luzon, the Ming Empire will have to end the war." Ambassador Hannathan nodded.

In fact, from the very beginning of this war, the army and air force of the Ming Empire left a deep impression on other countries that were concerned about the Asian theater.

The power displayed by the new type of tanks and the new types of aircraft on several local battlefields has aroused the alarm of other countries.

The rush to end this war is also the idea that countries are ready to invest in research and development, and the idea of surpassing or equaling the gap in these new weapons is at work.

Germany, for example, is already developing a new tank against the No. 2 tank of the Ming Empire. And the British's Queen 2 fighter is not inferior in performance to the Ming Empire's Sky Breaking 2 fighter.

As long as other countries are given time, it is not difficult to catch up in science and technology, and soon the Ming Empire's innovative ideas in weapons and equipment will be wiped out.

"Before, Sun Fang was reluctant to sit down and talk to us. Now, I guess he asked us to talk, right? Hahahaha. He smiled meaningfully, and his face couldn't hide his joy.

If the front-line troops fight well, of course, they are the most powerful support for diplomats. Although reluctant to acknowledge the importance of war, diplomats also like the muscles of their own countries.

"We don't have to worry, just wait here for the news of the British victory, and the invitation from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Empire." Ambassador Hannathan said happily.

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Thousands of miles away on British soil, a telegram from Asia made the faces of the British admirals turn green. They looked at the news that had just come from the front and felt that they must have read the wrong content.

What does it mean that an airplane bombed a battleship? What do you call the sinking of the battleships Reckless and Collingwood? A good expeditionary fleet, eight battleships, just sank a quarter like that?

"This damn Balek? Lem, how much the fleet in his hands is worth, doesn't he know himself? An old general with a white beard slapped the table and scolded.

Next to the scolding general, a bald admiral also had a gloomy face: "Balek? What exactly is the purpose of this telegram? ”

The telegram explained in detail that the Ming Empire had a very powerful bomber that could carry large bombs, penetrate the horizontal armor of battleships, blow up battleships, and cause losses to the fleet.

What is even more worrying is that the telegram also said that the battleship St. Vincent was wounded, which was also caused by the damage caused by the other side's bombers.

A gray-haired old general sitting on the other side of the conference table frowned, and waited until the scolding was enough, before he slowly asked, "No one has thought about it, how are we going to face this kind of thing?" ”

His words silenced everyone as they began to think. In this situation, it seems that the cost of separating the winner from the battlefield has become high.

The original plan was to annihilate the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Empire with an overwhelming advantage, and then threaten the coastal areas of the Ming Empire to force the Ming Empire to accept peace terms.

Now it seems that it is true that the fleet defeated the Nanyang Fleet, but the planes of the Ming Empire made it a dangerous task to attack the coastal cities of the Ming Empire. It is not possible to lose battleships, which is unacceptable to the British.

After thinking about the final solution, the white-bearded old general, who was the first to scold the street, opened his mouth to suggest: "Now it seems that we can't wait to divide the victory and defeat, make appropriate compromises, and finish the battlefield in Ceylon." ”

Although his words were not long, they conveyed more than enough: first of all, the statement that there was no time to distinguish the winner was an indication of the pessimism of the British side that could not expect victory.

Appropriate compromise means that the original conditions are not negotiable, and even some of the terms can be canceled.

Of course, the last sentence to settle the battlefield in Ceylon is, to put it bluntly, to help Ceylon achieve peace on the southeastern peninsula - in other words, it is the direction of the peninsula that Japan demands, and we don't care!

Hearing his suggestion, several admirals were silent, and together they looked at the man with the marshal's epaulette, waiting for the other to speak.

"Since...... None of you can predict victory...... Then I will submit this conclusion to His Majesty the King! The admiral heard the analysis of his subordinates and said slowly.

It's not that he's indecisive, in fact, from the moment he got this message, he knew that this expedition might not be so smooth.

Although it destroyed Chittagong and crushed the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Empire. But to take the entire fleet and fight to the death with the Ming Empire, this is definitely not something that Britain wants to see.

If coercion doesn't work, then you can only induce. It would be enough to compromise and cede some of the benefits and keep the outcome within what the British Empire could tolerate.

Looking at his subordinates, the admiral stood up and walked to the door of the conference room: "The rest of the things are up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to operate, go back and carefully analyze and analyze to see how to deal with the air threat......

The door was slammed shut, leaving everyone in the conference room looking at each other.