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On the chair in the war conference room, Lin Haijiang was rubbing his eyes with eggs, Li Anmin, Jia Wuji, Tang Zhiqiang, and Ma Jiang all stood aside and didn't dare to say anything, because the expression on the Führer's face was very calm and calm, and it was normal if it was usual, but today the Führer's left eye was a little blue, and the Führer's expression looked very funny. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

If the silence before the storm was terrible, then they would all mention a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand cautions now, because Lin Haijiang would definitely not be the kind of small-bellied chicken intestine master, nor would he definitely wear such a small shoe as a small shoe behind your back.

But His Excellency the Führer doesn't have that surname at all, especially Li Anmin, who knows Lin Haijiang very well, and he stood aside with a straight face and refused to say anything, Li Anmin believed that if anyone who didn't open his eyes really laughed today, the Führer would definitely order the gendarmes to drag it down without saying a word, and turn his two eyes into panda eyes.

Lin Haijiang admired Jiang Rong'er's style of doing things without light or heavy little girls, but a handkerchief of a few taels could be thrown so far, as much as ten meters, it was really evil enough!

For Sir McDonald, who took over Hong Kong as the capital of Hong Kong after Bao Ling, Lin Haijiang remembered that in fact, in history, Sir McDonald was the sixth governor of Hong Kong, and due to a series of roles caused by the great changes in history, Sir McDonald did not go to Canada to serve as governor, but was sent to Hong Kong.

According to the investigative information provided by the Ministry of Intelligence, Lin Haijiang was surprised to find that this Sir McDonald turned out to be an Irishman?

You must know that the Republic of Ireland only came out of British colonial rule in 1922, and Ireland gave Lin Haijiang the impression of a peaceful and quiet country, and the northern part of Ireland was called Northern Ireland, and later generations still belonged to the United Kingdom, and bloody conflicts broke out frequently.

Most Chinese confuse British with Irish, but if in the UK, when asked where someone is from, someone says I'm Irish instead of the name of the city, this is trying to show a desire to read the integrity of the country.

Ireland is a Western European country, west of the Atlantic Ocean and east of the Irish Sea, across the sea from the United Kingdom, in the 12th century, the British invasion caused a heavy blow to the Celtic culture, Ireland is the passage from North America to Europe. The Irish belonged to the Celts and were the descendants of the first generation of inhabitants of the European continent.

Lin Haijiang remembers that in the history of about 3000 BC, continental European immigrants began to settle on the island of Ireland, in 432 AD, St. Patrick came here to spread Christianity and Roman culture, and at the twelfth century Ireland entered a feudal society, and then was fully invaded by the British, until King Henry II established the rule of love, and since then the English king has become the king of Ireland.

In 1800, the Treaty of Patriotic Alliance was signed, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established, and it was completely annexed by the British, and in just four years from 1845 to 1849, there was a terrible famine in Ireland, about a million Irish people either starved to death, or died of disease, and about a million Irish fled from their homeland, it can be said that about two million people have accounted for one-third of the total population of Ireland at that time, and Britain still only plundered Ireland during the entire famine. Heavy taxes left Ireland almost destitute, so the vast majority of Irish people who survived the famine hated Britain to the core.

Therefore, Lin Haijiang is very curious about Sir McDonald's identity as an Irishman, as an Irish nobleman can be accommodated into the British high society, and Sir McDonald has also been given a heavy responsibility, which shows that this Sir McDonald is very unusual, you must know that most of the Irish are not reused in the UK, they are always out of place for Britain as a whole, and only a very small number of Irishmen like Sir McDonald can be said to have integrated into the British Empire in their careers. But Lin Haijiang believed that the more such an Irishman, the stronger his belief in national reading, and perhaps Sir McDonald could reach some private agreement with him.

The relationship between the Chinese Empire and the British authorities has deteriorated for a long time, and the reason for this can be said to be very simple: Lin Haijiang signed with Britain and France during his tenure as the governor of Nanyang in the Qing court, including the Hainan Island construction project and the loans from Britain and France, only about one-third of them were in place, and then due to the deterioration of relations between the two sides, Britain and France unilaterally tore up their commitments, which Lin Haijiang had nothing to do with this.

In fact, Lin Haijiang is preparing to conduct a large-scale naval training to show the British the strength of the Chinese Empire, although the British may have collected all the intelligence of these ships a long time ago, but having advanced ships does not mean having a fleet with strong combat power, and the British have not relied on the tonnage and number of ships to win in several naval battles in history, but rely on their well-trained sailors and experienced Royal Navy officers.

In the previous naval battles, the armored protection cruiser fleet of the Chinese Empire had an absolute overwhelming surname, whether it was against the third-class sail battleships of the British Royal Navy fleet or the ships of the French Navy, however, if both warring sides used the same class of warships and artillery, Lin Haijiang's Imperial Navy fleet was likely to become a submarine formation, after all, the century-old navy did not refer to all ships, and there were also personnel reserves to update and replace, and it was easy to train an officer with a naval ship deck professional, but it is probably very difficult to train a qualified captain of an armored protection cruiser, so much so that it is even more difficult to train a qualified and experienced commander of a detachment!

In the past, the warships of the Chinese Empire rushed to the South Seas or the Indochina Peninsula to carry out tasks, and most of them would choose Hong Kong to stay in Hong Kong to add coal and water, the main reason is that Hong Kong has high-carbon and high-quality white bituminous coal from India, and the Chinese Empire still does not have the strength to mine high-quality white bituminous coal, which is also one of the reasons why Lin Haijiang was desperate to launch the Battle of Two Rivers and Two Lakes.

Soon, Hong Kong Island entered Lin Haijiang's line of sight, Xia Xue calmly stood in the captain's position and issued passwords continuously, the Hainan began to slow down, the Indochina Peninsula also followed the 30-degree turn to slow down, the Chinese in Victoria Harbor The sound of firecrackers sounded since they saw the warship, the sound of gongs and drums, and shouts were endless, Lin Haijiang put down the binoculars, he knew that these were the spontaneous actions of the Chinese on Hong Kong Island, since he was in Indonesia at that time to protect overseas Chinese in the current Southeast Asian province of Indonesia, The Chinese diaspora throughout Southeast Asia regard themselves as the backbone and savior.

At present, most of the middle and low-level officers in the Imperial Army and Imperial Navy are from the Chinese in Nanyang, and while constantly sending talents and soldiers, the Chinese families and people in Nanyang have also raised funds for the empire for free many times, otherwise with Lin Haijiang's speed of spending, I am afraid that the empire's finances would have been in danger of collapse.

Soon, the Hainan was hoisted at the highest elevation angle of the main guns according to the international naval ship exchange ceremony, and the crew began to stand on the side, while only one small boat sailed out of the harbor as a guide, and the sailors on the three British fourth-class sail cruisers in the harbor were laughing and playing, and the flagpole of their ship was empty?

Lin Haijiang sometimes has a very bad temper, for example, he gives respect to others, but some people are shameless, originally this visit was a show of force, the purpose is to tell the British to be careful, uncle, I am not easy to mess with!

How can you see that the welcome ceremony in Victoria Harbour was very lively, but it was all spontaneous by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese, and the British Consulate in Hong Kong did not react at all after receiving the notice? Lin Haijiang felt that not only his head of state, but even the Chinese Empire had been slapped in the face.

Lin Haijiang knew that if he was ruthless with the British now, the British would have a hundred good reasons to wait for him, and in the end let him have no temper at all, and he would make a fuss if he didn't do it, after all, he asked to visit, and there was no diplomatic relationship between the Chinese Empire and the British Empire, and there was no mutual consul, so it can be said that the British handled it very properly, you can be angry at will, it's no problem to show off your might, I don't care about you!

However, Sir McDonald's approach made Lin Haijiang extremely angry, Lin Haijiang couldn't stand it the most is to be despised, because at the moment the Chinese country is divided, the internal bar is not stopped, naturally there is no international status, and Lin Haijiang, who wants to be a great national, as the head of the Chinese Empire, the entire Southeast Asia, most of the Indochina Peninsula and half of China are in the bag, the head of the Chinese Empire who has expanded the territory of the Han nation for the first time in nearly 500 years, Lin Haijiang has a very persistent belief, that is, to maintain his own dignity, No one should be taken lightly.

Lin Haijiang looked at Xia Xue with a calm face, recalling the little laxity and accidents in Xia Xue's file, Lin Haijiang knew that Xia Xue was not a good girl, because a good girl's hobby could not be to command behemoths across the sea and frontier, after all, this is a big killer crystallization of human wisdom, ordinary girls will not like it, even if they like girls, they also like the romance and affection of the sea, or they are handsome naval officers, and they rarely like warships, After all, the warships of this era still lacked the modern beauty of later generations.

Wei Haiwei, the deputy captain who was standing on the side, saw that Lin Haijiang's expression was not good, so he quietly reminded Xia Xuedao: "The head of state will be very angry, first lower the full flag, drive back to see the situation, and then talk about it!" ”

Xia Xue said to Wei Haiwei with an expressionless face: "The other party's ride has reached our neck, what else is there to be polite?" The face was given by others, the face was lost by oneself, and now the Führer and the entire Imperial Navy and the honor of the Empire have been provoked, and we can directly refuse if we are not welcome! Since we have accepted our visit and are doing this again, this is a deliberate provocation and an attempt to provoke a war. ”

Wei Haiwei cautiously glanced at the head of state who was lighting a cigar, and whispered to Xia Xue: "My aunt! Please, be quiet! Are you going to break the sky? The Führer can be in the bridge! ”

Xia Xuetou didn't reply: "Before he touched my position, or before I died, I was the commander of the Hainan, and I was responsible for my actions, and at the same time, I was even more responsible for the honor of the Imperial Navy!" ”

Wei Haiwei suddenly perked up when he heard Xia Xue's words, when did he become inferior to a girl? The honor of the Imperial Navy belongs to every officer and sailor of the Imperial Navy, and it also belongs to the entire Chinese Empire, the British Royal Navy spent about 180 years to build the honor of the British Royal Navy, the French Navy spent 120 years to become an opponent that no country or force dared to despise, the Dutch Navy spent 90 years to change from the world's coachman to a gardener at the doorstep, and the navies of the Prussian city-states spent 50 years to be driven back from the sea to the shore.

In the history of the navies of all the world, no country's navy has established its status as a large navy by winning a few victories by chance under conditions of total asymmetry of power, and it is likely that the continuous efforts will lead to an embarrassing situation because of the mishandling of certain things.

Lin Haijiang took a deep breath, the conversation between Xia Xue and Wei Haiwei stopped in his ears, the first wave of the current global pattern has just passed, the world's colonization and righteousness forces have been divided, and China is also one of the colonial targets of the European powers, but because of China's vast territory, the situation is complicated, and it is an ancient country with a history and civilization, it is very far away from Europe, so the European powers cannot turn China into a Mediterranean garden or an African backyard model, They can only get what they want from China through constant wars.

The essence of the Chinese Empire is to rise in it, which is tantamount to completely cutting off the extravagant hopes of the European colonial empires in Asia, and they will lose not only their interests in China, but also in Southeast Asia and Indochina, which the European powers can tolerate.

However, even Britain, the world's largest naval power, wants to form an absolute advantage over the Chinese Empire in the Far East within three to five years, and finally translate this advantage into eliminating Lin Haijiang's forces, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it with the strength of the country, so Britain is looking for allies in Europe.

Obviously, the purpose of this trip did not seem to have been achieved because of the attitude of the British side, Lin Haijiang looked at the battleship slowly sailing into Victoria Harbor, and decided to keep silent, he wanted to see how his subordinates would deal with the situation?

In the Governor's Mansion on Nathan Road, Sir McDonnell was smiling at a cup of fragrant coffee, and Senior Minister Victor, who had just arrived at the Governor's Residence, wiped his sweat and looked at His Excellency the Governor who was leisurely and said eagerly: "The huge fleet accompanied by Lin Haijiang, the head of the Chinese Empire, has arrived in Victoria Bay, and it should dock at this moment, right?" We have received a note from the other side and acknowledged that even if there is no diplomatic relationship between the two sides, it seems inappropriate for you not to go to the pier to greet you, or even send someone to meet you? ”

Sir McDonald took a sip of coffee and hesitated for a moment: "It's not inappropriate for us to do this, since there are no diplomatic contacts, then Lin Haijiang's trip can be defined as a private visit, I have no friendship with Lin Haijiang, and it is common sense not to greet him, which Chinese people can go to greet him, they are all yellow!" I am the Governor of the British Empire, and although he is the head of state, he is nothing in front of me until diplomatic exchanges are established! ”

Envictor felt a little amused by Sir McDonald's excessive self-confidence, he believed that if Sir McDonald saw with his own eyes those behemoths that almost blocked Victoria Harbor, especially the two giant ships that had received news from the empire to be confirmed by many parties, he would definitely not speak in this tone, and in Envictor's opinion, Sir McDonald's tricks were something that children did not want to play, and there was no political meaning at all.

Enwick thought for a moment and continued to say to Sir McDonald: "These can not be mentioned first, but if it is not possible, we can use the fire in the muddy bay to push but not to meet the matter of giving gifts!" However, Commodore Ou Lei of the navy did not return the salute after the other side raised the full flag, and also hoisted the full flag, and did not send a port authority guide ship to assist in docking. ”

Sir McDonald frowned and said, "Isn't it serious not to raise any full flag?" ”

Enwicktor took a deep breath and said: "From the perspective of the navy, it is a provocation, and in a serious way, it is equivalent to a direct insult, a signal to declare war!" ”

"Ahh Sir McDonald couldn't sit still this time, so he bounced up from his chair and paced back and forth and scolded Brigadier General Ole for being a big idiot!

Sir McDonald immediately ordered someone to prepare the carriage, and he wanted to go to the dock in person, don't look at Sir McDonald's words, he can not take Lin Haijiang seriously, but in fact, Sir McDonald has heard a lot of things about Lin Haijiang from the mouth of Earl Baoling, including beating Earl Ergin, and now Earl Ergin is still recuperating, which shows how much stimulation he suffered after returning from China.

"That guy is crazy, why provoke that guy? Everything we do must be controlled to a certain extent! Don't you understand this idiot? "Sir McDonald's roar at Onwicktore made Onwicktor feel helpless, the order was given by you yourself, what do you want to make the eastern barbarian leave in shame and consciously, the people below will naturally do it, no one has ever heard of that kind of thing, does the dignified Royal Navy of the British Empire still need to pay attention to any proportions?

(To be continued)