The atmosphere in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, China, was heavy, and the air seemed to be condensed.

Smith, Hollande and Conger's eyes were staring at Tang Shaoyi like knives, if their eyes could kill, they would have smashed the little old man in front of him to death.

However, Tang Shaoyi is still leisurely, the more the atmosphere of the other party, the more violent he is, the more he feels physically and mentally happy, like a spring breeze, as if every pore on his body is singing, and the spirit of the whole person seems to have returned to his youth, and he seems to be full of spirit.

"You submitted an urgent note to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs for this trivial matter? Are you guys idle? This is Tang Shaoyi's answer.

Hollande jumped to his feet on the spot, furious, and said angrily: "Your Excellency, is this your response?" Don't you know what's going on? Hundreds of thousands of troops in Yunnan have entered a state of combat readiness, and hundreds of thousands of troops have been mobilized to the south, what do you want to do? Do you want to provoke a war? ”

"Don't be so impulsive." Tang Shaoyi became more and more calm, his expression was gentle and elegant, and he smiled, "'Drill'." Wouldn't it have been a diplomatic briefing? Isn't it quite normal for our army to conduct non-targeted military exercises on the territory of our country? Every country has military exercises. ”

Smith's nose was about to be crooked, and he shouted, "Is this also called a normal military exercise?" Are there any military exercises to mobilize a million-strong army? ”

Tang Shaoyi said with a smile: "Image, please pay attention to the image!" Listen to me. The whole world knows that China is backward, and although we easily defeated Japan, we don't know how the combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht compares with that of the Western powers. For this reason, before the formal engagement, according to normal logic, the combat effectiveness of our army cannot be compared with that of Western powers such as Britain and France. Of course, our country also has our country's advantages, and our advantage is that there are many people. We have a population of 500 million and a vast strategic depth, and for this reason, militarily, of course, our country needs to give full play to our advantages, that is, the strength of our troops. If we take the maximum military mobilization ratio of 10:1 in the West, then China can mobilize 50 million combat soldiers, and its mobilization capacity is almost unlimited. If we look at the proportion of casualties in the world war, then I am very sure that once a war breaks out, the casualty rate in our country is even smaller than the birth rate, which means that a war of this intensity can theoretically be carried on almost indefinitely. Naturally, our military exercises need to reflect the characteristics of our country, and in addition, our commander-in-chief prefers to have momentum, so it is normal for the scale of the exercises to be larger. How can there be such an exaggeration as a million, the other troops are all local garrisons and logistics support units, and the main force of the real exercise is only five armies, which is already very few. ”

Smith, Hollande, and Conger were almost collapsing, and they couldn't hear it, and Tang Shaoyi's words were threatening. With a population of 500 million, 50 million troops can be mobilized to conduct an unlimited war at the level of a world war, which is simply an extremely shameless military threat.

"Five armies! That's fifteen divisions, and according to your country's establishment, there are 23,400,000 troops, and all the armies of our country in the United States together are no more than this size. Conger couldn't help but scream.

Tang Shaoyi glanced at Conger and said, "That's because of the superior strategic geographical location of the United States. But your navy is already the largest in the world, and your most advanced capital ships surpass the 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships of the British Empire, the world's largest maritime power."

Smith listened, his face was gloomy, although what Tang Shaoyi said was true, but the ambassador of the British Empire, who had been the overlord of the sea for hundreds of years, was still angry and angry in his heart when he heard this. Of course, his heart was more vigilant and fearful, lest the position of the British Empire would be replaced. As a seasoned diplomat, he naturally understood that Tang Shaoyi's words were somewhat discordant, but what they said was the truth, and it was a conspiracy that came out of the blue.

"Your Excellency, such a tense situation could lead to conflict at any time, and thus war."

Tang Shaoyi smiled: "As a civilian official, I don't like war. Our people also want to live in peace and contentment, not to war. However, the peace we hope for is based on fairness and justice, and we do not want to live in humiliation. ”

Smith said angrily, "So you want to start a war. Your military ordered a surprise attack by the HNA planes to intimidate our British Empire's patrol fleet in the South China Sea. ”

Tang Shaoyi's face sank, and he said sharply: "The South China Sea, that is the sea of China, my China's sea has its own China's navy cruising arch, and if the fleets of other countries enter without permission, it is aggression!" It is you who want to provoke a war! ”

Hollande and Conger woke up from a dream and stared at Smith with incredulous eyes, and they suddenly understood why the Chinese were suddenly so nervous about large-scale military movements, it turned out that it was the British navy that touched the nerves of the newly rising new China. China, which had just defeated Japan and emerged from grace, was extremely sensitive, knowing that China's history of humiliation began with the Opium War launched by the British from the sea.

Smith also said angrily: "The Royal Navy of the British Empire has been crisscrossing the ocean for more than 300 years, and no country has been able to stop the pace of the Royal Navy of the British Empire!" ”

In an instant, the smell of gunpowder seemed to rise, and the entire conference room was silent, Tang Shaoyi and Smith both glared angrily, and the intersecting eyes of both sides seemed to burst into sparks.

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The British Far East Fleet detachment was still heading north, and although the Chinese fleet had made several dives to deter, they did not carry out a real attack, and gradually made it clear to them that the Chinese Navy was only intimidating them.

Miller and Yorke looked at the Chinese reconnaissance plane hovering in the sky with a headache, as long as the plane was there, then their actions would always be under the supervision of the Chinese side. If war really breaks out, then their detachment will have only one way to die, unless it surrenders.

"General, the Imperial side has called, and a diplomatic note has been sent to the Chinese side and protested."

Miller sneered: "Protest? If the protest is useful, will the Chinese put on this battle? I doubt very much the intelligence of those politicians in Downing Street, do they really want to fight a Chinese army of millions thousands of miles in the East? You also saw the excellent performance of Chinese aircraft, and if they had enough of them, it was entirely possible to bury the Royal Navy of the Empire. ”

York smiled wryly: "Maybe their politicians think differently than our soldiers, right?" "He didn't dare to scold domestic politicians and high-ranking officials as unscrupulously as Miller.

But they didn't know that the reconnaissance planes in the sky were constantly emitting radio waves, and the guide was more than a dozen warships of the South China Sea Fleet coming towards their fleet at high speed.

The Chinese Ministry of National Defense issued an order to the Chinese Navy Command, and the Navy Command sent the order to the South China Sea Fleet, especially Sa Zhenbing was not at ease, as the chief of staff of the Navy, he personally flew to the fleet to "supervise the battle" -- the non-military situation blocked the British fleet in the South China Sea.

Lin Jianzhang, commander of the South China Sea Fleet, said to Sa Zhenbing: "Lao Sa, you actually came to sit in charge in person, don't you believe that we can block the five warships of the British?" ”

Sa Zhenbing sighed and said, "If you open fire, of course I fully believe that the South China Sea Fleet can completely kill them." We have fifteen warships, the flagship is still the 'Jiangxi' pocket battleship, and there are seven cutting-edge warships. But what if the other party just won't retreat? ”

Looking from the command cabin, a column of smoke appeared on the sea in the distance, and the lookout on the warship shouted: "Enemy ship found!" ”

Sa Zhenbing and Lin Jianzhang were taken aback, and sure enough, they soon saw the Chinese reconnaissance plane hovering in the sky, and then saw the detachment of the British Far East Fleet. Lin Jianzhang saw it clearly, and immediately sneered and said, "It's just five broken ships." Empty bombs were fired to warn, and the flag was raised: Tell the other party that this is China's territorial waters, and ask them to leave immediately, otherwise it will be regarded as aggression! ”

"All of them" three cannon sounds, and the flag-bearer of the South China Sea Fleet quickly waved the flag to the British fleet.

The other party's eyes were naturally attracted, and he quickly responded with a flag.

Sa Zhenbing and Lin Jianzhang both looked at it with binoculars, as old navy members, they naturally understood the flag language, and the other party's answer was clearly - "We are the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and we have the right to sail in any sea area of the world." Such an answer made Sa Zhenbing and Lin Jianzhang's faces extremely ugly.

In particular, Lin Jianzhang's face was extremely ugly, and he roared angrily: "Battle alarm, force up!" "In terms of strength, the current strength of the South China Sea Fleet is at least three or four times that of the other side, but the British fleet actually ignores such a difference in strength, so that he can't pull his face when he just boasted about Haikou.

Sharp battle sirens sounded over this sea area, and the South China Sea Fleet entered a combat state one after another, and as the two fleets approached, the naval guns of the South China Sea Fleet were already aimed at Miller's detachment. Although the hit rate of naval guns in battle has always been extremely low, if the distance is enough, the hit rate will increase dramatically, which will be a very dangerous thing.

The behavior of China's South China Sea fleet also startled the Miller fleet, but then relaxed.

York was still a little flustered, and shouted: "General, we must also enter the battle mode, if the two fleets are five hundred meters away or even closer, and the accuracy rate of the ship's guns rises to more than 20%, then they can completely inflict heavy damage on our entire fleet by discussing a salvo." ”

Miller sneered, "Stupid. If we fight them, if something goes wrong, it's a dead end. They will not attack us, and if they did, the Chinese aviation would have sent us to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish. ”

Sa Zhenbing and Lin Jianzhang were a little stupid in the face of this situation. If the other side is not confrontational, the atmosphere will certainly not be tense. But what about the task?

Lin Jianzhang said angrily: "Lao Sa, it's better to ask the commander to kill these bitches directly." ”

Sa Zhenbing said categorically: "No. The commander-in-chief made such a request, naturally because of the commander-in-chief's strategic intentions, and if the commander-in-chief's layout was destroyed, it would cause great passivity to both the country and the commander-in-chief. ”

Lin Jianzhang cried out depressedly: "If you can't drive away, if you can't fight, what should I do?" Didn't you sink it? ”

The speaker was unintentional, listening intentionally, Sa Zhenbing heard this, but his eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh and shouted: "Yes, just hit it!" ”

"Huh?" Lin Jianzhang's eyes widened, almost thinking that his ears had misheard.

Soon, Miller realized that something was wrong, and suddenly five old warships of the Chinese South China Sea Fleet broke away from the formation and accelerated towards the five warships of their fleet. Cold sweat poured out instantly.

The slogan is impressive - our ship was ordered to ram your ship!!