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In the brightly lit conference room, Queen Victoria was sitting on the throne in her most solemn attire, the ministers were whispering to each other, all talking about the war, and some well-dressed generals were also in this conference room, constantly looking at their watches, and their faces looked a little anxious. All of them are waiting for the latest report on the battle in the South China Sea.

Thanks to the development of telegraph technology, the people of London could now experience naval battles at the first time, perhaps thousands of miles away. Since the first cannon fire of the naval battle, Arthur. Hood reported progress to Singapore every hour. The Singapore Fortress will immediately relay the news to London to inform the Admiralty, the Cabinet, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

So far, the news seems to be good. The Chinese lost four battleships - although they were only Saxony-class from New Japan, they were also battleships after all! In addition, three Chinese armored cruisers and four Chinese armed merchant ships were confirmed to be sunk, and there were also a large number of heavily damaged and medium-created ships.

The British, although not lightly damaged, lost the armored cruisers Orlando and Aurora, as well as two Jewel-class, and a large number of battleships. But the most valuable battleship remained intact.

It's now eleven to four, and the British Empire is leading by a big score! Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. The British Empire had the most powerful navy in the world, and no matter how miserable the war was fought on the land of North America, it could not change the fact that the British Empire still ruled the seas! As long as the Eastern Fleet can defeat the Chinese navy, India's security will be guaranteed, and there is even hope that Australia will be kept.

As for North America...... The situation is bad, but it is not yet the time to despair. The 600,000 Confederate Army under General Jackson's command remained stubborn in Kansas City, unwilling to surrender. Although it was inevitable that the entire army would be annihilated in the end, it would be able to contain at least Jujuan's army of 800,000 before that. Therefore, in the past few months, the Chinese army on the North American battlefield has not launched another large-scale offensive. It was only through military oppression and political inducement that Jujuan forced Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas to join East China in the three Confederate states.

His mother, Mathilde, was stationed in New Orleans, the capital of the newly established Kingdom of France, and also cooperated with Jujuan to put forward a proposal for the Kingdom of Mississippi, hoping that Missouri and Arkansas could secede from the Confederate States of America and establish a Kingdom of Mississippi with her as the monarch - Jujuan was, of course, the crown prince of the Kingdom of Mississippi. And the Donghua army also has the right to be stationed on the country's soil. But the property and life of the white inhabitants of the Kingdom of Mississippi (of course, only private property, and all lands belonging to the state or union belong to the royal government, which will be distributed to Chinese immigrants free of charge) and their lives can be fully guaranteed, and if they do not wish to become citizens of the Kingdom of Mississippi, they can also obtain citizenship of the Kingdom of New France.

Although the whole kingdom would sooner or later be annexed to Donghua, this plan was undoubtedly a relatively acceptable failure for the whites of Missouri and Arkansas, who were destined to fall into the hands of Donghua. So the legislatures of these two states vetoed the decision to join the American Empire a few weeks ago. A bill was passed to establish the Kingdom of Mississippi, and Mathilde, the Empress of Mexico, was elected their queen.

But the loss of Missouri and Arkansas was expected. Even if these two states joined the American Empire. The Empire was powerless to protect them - and this was the reason why Missouri and Arkansas legislators were opposed to joining the Empire, so why should they pledge allegiance to an Empire that was unable to protect them?

But the British-American Empire was not without nothing in the process of the collapse and collapse of the Confederate States of America. North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia have all joined the empire. Although there are only four states, they are all the most densely populated states in the Confederate States of America.

In addition, many Americans from Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas who were unwilling to be "yellow slaves" migrated to the land of the American Empire. There were even quite a few English-speaking "New Frenchmen" who went to the American Empire to volunteer in the army to fight the yellow race to the end. And Thomas, who held on to Kansas City. Admiral Jackson also rejected Mathilde's high position (though he did not pledge allegiance to the American Empire) and said that he would hold out in Kansas City to the end (presumably meaning surrender when he ran out of food).

And after receiving hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from Britain and the four states that had originally belonged to the Union, the British-American Army had increased to more than 2 million men, and the forces for a counteroffensive were certainly not available - according to intelligence. Donghua has received 200,000 troops from China every month for the past six months, and Donghua itself has mobilized to the maximum. Now King Juan must have more than 2.5 million troops under his command.

Still, the British Empire's General Staff believed that the defensive position on the North American battlefield should be maintainable, not only because of the 2 million British and American troops, but also because there were more than 30 million American mobs on the land of the British-American Empire, and Juan's army was really too deep. It is almost certain that there will be endless guerrilla warfare. And once he adopts too violent means to suppress it, it will make the white people of the world have the same hatred and hatred, and then the war will be fought endlessly...... It's really going to be a lose-lose game.

Moreover, really letting Zhu Juan fight a unified North American empire is probably not what Zhu Jishi and Zhu Guoxiong, the future emperor of the Ming Empire, want to see, right?

As for the situation in Europe, it is actually acceptable. France is certainly strong. But Germany has also risen. The Russian army has been losing ground in battles since the spring of this year, Finland is in danger, Lithuania has been completely lost, and on the battlefields of Belarus and Ukraine, the Russian army has retreated to the Minsk-Kyiv line. This also seems to be an acceptable armistice...... If nothing else, there will be a situation in Europe after the war in which Great Germany and Landsy are evenly matched, and the complete weakening of Russia can prevent France from uniting Russia to strangle Germany. In this way, the British Empire could strike a balance between Lancy and Greater Germany.

The big guys in this room. There is now the idea that a ceasefire can be reached along the current Line of Actual Control on all fronts...... Even if Britain makes some more concessions in the South Sea Islands, it will actually be a victory for Britain! After all, through this war, the British Empire "really" controlled the American Empire, and also obtained four states of the Confederate States of America. A "new empire" based in North America has taken shape. On the European continent, the balance between France and Germany is also relatively favorable for Britain.

So now it is only necessary to wait for the final victory of the British Eastern Fleet in the naval battle in the South China Sea, and then ask Mathilde to intervene in the armistice...... If Zhu Jishi still wants to hold on, he is not afraid, as long as the sea control is firmly controlled, the British Empire can keep India, and at the same time constantly harass the islands of the South Seas and the coastal areas of the Indochina Peninsula under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the design of a new generation of 20,000-ton battleships and 10,000-ton armored cruisers has already been completed. These two warships have a greater endurance of more than 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 kilometers), and they can harass China's southeast coast from Singapore! It is the core of the Greater China Economic Circle, and if shipping along China's southeast coast is completely cut off, Zhu Jishi may have to consider a truce.

Prime Minister Benjamin. Disraeli and Admiralty Robert Brown. Churchill glanced at each other, and at the same time turned to Milne, the chief of the Imperial General Staff, who could no longer hide a smile on his face.

Because in his opinion, the score of eleven to four has already explained the problem! Great Britain won a most crucial victory! The world empire has been preserved!

"Report, Admiral Hood reports that the Remilis and the Victory have sunk......" At that moment, Sir Dowell, the Second Sea Lord, rushed in with a grim face. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )