In the Mediterranean Sea in the height of summer in August, the temperature reaches more than 50 degrees Celsius under the sun. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The hull of the Galaxy on the high seas is so hot that it can cause blisters when you touch your hands on the deck or on the iron railing. The cabin is like a big steamer.

Unsure of what the Donghua Empire was trying to do, and not knowing how long the Galaxy would stop in the Mediterranean, Captain Jones asked the crew to stop bathing and being well nourished as usual.

Because if the Galaxy stays in the Mediterranean for a long time, there will be a shortage of fresh water and food carried on normal voyages. Captain Jones had to ask the crew to cut back on food. On the day of anchoring, the food standard was lowered.

In order to save water, Captain Jones, who used to take a shower twice a day, took the lead in not bathing. A week later, all the crew members on board were covered with a foul smell. People have lost weight, their physical fitness has declined, and the number of sick people has increased.

The frigate of the Royal Navy of Donghua once sent people to shout at the British freighter Galaxy, claiming that it could provide oil, water and food for the other side.

Who would have thought that Captain Jones would flatly refuse, and all the crew members on the ship made it clear that in order to maintain the dignity of the British Empire, they would rather save water and eat than a drop of oil and water in the Donghua Empire.

Today's Mediterranean Sea has become the bathtub of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy. In such a diplomatic incident, the Italian Navy did not even send a single warship to the vicinity to inquire about the news.

A spokesman for the German government openly declared that the British had been working on chemical weapons of mass destruction, and that they had used them extensively during the First World War. To this day, many German veterans of the First World War have been permanently disabled as a result of injuries sustained by British poison gas bombs.

Therefore, the German government had every reason to believe that the British freighter in the Mediterranean was likely to be loaded with raw materials for the manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction. Otherwise, the British crew would not have refused to be inspected by the Royal Navy of Donghua.

When Germany and the Donghua Empire sang and harmonized like this, the Axis camp was happy, and the Allies camp immediately tightened their heartstrings.

If the Donghua Empire joined forces with Germany against Britain at this time, it would definitely be a great disaster for all the countries of the Allied bloc.

U.S. President Edgar Hoover hastened to speak publicly, calling on both the East China Empire and Britain to remain calm and restrained, and that no matter what happens, everyone can sit down and negotiate a settlement through diplomatic and political consultations.

Hoover stressed that the meeting of the Seven Powers on Crescent Island has just ended, and everyone has finally ushered in an armistice and peaceful environment, and we must not start the war again because of some unnecessary misunderstandings.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was quick to respond to Hoover's remarks, claiming that the Galaxy incident was a deliberate diplomatic conspiracy against the British Empire by the East China Empire. It was the Donghua Empire that deliberately wanted to slap the British Empire in the face in front of the whole world. The British Empire has retreated again and again, and there is no way to retreat!

The Soviet newspaper Pravda immediately published a commentator's article, clearly pointing out that all anti-human, anti-social, and anti-moral biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction should be banned. War is a collision between servicemen and servicemen. The international community should reach a consensus that all countries in the world can unite to impose sanctions on any country that dares to use chemical weapons of mass destruction on the battlefield.

A spokesman for the Japanese military offered a different view. Claim that no matter what kind of weapon, there is only one characteristic, kill the enemy! Any weapon that can kill the enemy as quickly as possible in the most effective way and protect itself is a good weapon.

In fact, modern warfare is a contest between countries over the level of industrial science and technology. Biochemical research is also an important discipline that belongs to modern science. Strengthening the research of biochemical projects will play a huge role in promoting the development of advanced medicine for mankind.

The Italian official also commented on this matter, saying that there is no country in the world today that is a little more developed in medicine and chemical industry that does not openly and covertly develop chemical weapons. Therefore, it was not a big deal for Britain to buy chemical raw materials from India, and the reaction of the Donghua Empire to this matter was a little too abnormal. It's a bit of a drunkard, not in the sense of alcohol.

The world's major news outlets have mixed opinions about Japan and Italy. Because all governments know that Italy in Ethiopia and Japan in China have used a large number of poison gas bombs. Caused heavy human injuries to the military and civilians of Ethiopia and China.

However, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donghua Empire immediately refuted the official Italian view, stating that the Great Donghua Empire has the world's most advanced medical, biotechnology and chemical technology. However, the Great Donghua Empire has never disdained to research and manufacture anti-human, anti-social, and anti-moral biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, it was solemnly promised that no matter which country the Great Donghua Empire was at war with, it would not use biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction on the battlefield.

British officials immediately pointed out that the napalm/gasoline/bomb and cloud burst bombs manufactured by the Donghua Empire were typical weapons of mass destruction. It is an unconventional weapon that is more vicious than gas bombs.

Regarding the response of the British, Cheng Gong didn't take it seriously at all.

The reason why this "Galaxy Incident" was made, to put it bluntly, was actually Emperor Cheng's personal bad taste. The purpose is to slap the British people in the face in front of the whole world and to provoke the British government.

Despite the fact that Britain has now been rotated by East China, the Soviet Union, Germany, and Japan, British diplomats in China still maintain the arrogance and arrogance that the British are accustomed to. The officials of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, who were born partially, had a natural fear of the foreign people.

In order to alleviate the pressure of their respective wars, Britain and the United States both bet on China, which also belonged to the camp of the Allies. Both countries have sent plenipotentiary envoys to China to be stationed in China, strongly urging China to strictly fulfill its responsibilities and obligations as an ally and to immediately expand the scale of its war against Japan, otherwise it will inevitably be severely punished by the camp of the allies.

In the face of the threat from the British and the Americans, none of the high-ranking military and political leaders of the national government, including Chairman Chiang, dared to take it lightly. But if he really wanted to let the national army fight the Japanese army to the death, Chairman Chiang was really a little afraid in his heart.

Fear of Japan has always been a piece of Lao Jiang's heart. Now the Japanese army is beating the Americans to death, and with the strength of the United States, the Japanese have occupied half of the country's territory, and the strength of the Republic of China is not even one-tenth of that of the United States. If the Japanese don't come to fight Huaxia now, Lao Jiang will already be Amitabha. If Huaxia wants to take the initiative to provoke the Japanese, he will never dare.

Although it is said that Japan's strategic focus has now shifted to the North American theater. But in Asia, the Japanese army still had 500,000 Kwantung Army and 300,000 Southern Dispatch Army.

The Communist Eighth Route Army has always been known for its bravery and fearlessness on the battlefield, but the millions of Eighth Route Army have not been able to shake the puppet Manchukuo garrisoned by the 500,000 Kwantung Army, which is enough to show that the strength of the Japanese army has far exceeded that of the Japanese army during the outbreak of the full-scale war between China and Japan in 1937.

To tell the truth, Cheng Gong knew very well that the actions of Britain and the United States in persecuting the Nationalist Government in Nanjing were indeed a bit difficult for a strong man.

Although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have been investing heavily in industrialization in recent years, their foundation is too poor. Even if Cheng Gong left a number of advanced machinery and equipment to Yan'an, it was in vain that there were no qualified skilled workers to operate these precision machine tools.

According to Cheng Gong's estimate, if the Kuomintang and the Communist Party do not fight a civil war and give them five years, they will be able to train the first generation of primary industrial workers.

The problem now is that even the mighty river crab god could not prevent the Kuomintang and the Communist Party from fighting in China, and all the little industrial base that the two parties had accumulated over the years was spent on this kind of internal friction.

The Japanese government has now made it clear that it does not intend to let the Kwantung Army out of the border, nor will it allow the southern army to send troops into the Yunnan-Guizhou border. Without the pressure of foreign war, the Chinese people's instinct for infighting was immediately revealed. (To be continued.) )