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At 1 a.m. on November 29, a car drove to the palace gate of Xinhua Palace, which had already been closed. After the guards guarding the palace launched the car, they immediately strengthened their vigilance, and the weapons in the hands of several guards were already aimed at the car.

At this time, an old man dressed in the uniform of an imperial general stepped out of the car with a stern expression.

"I'm going to see His Majesty soon, go and tell me!" The old man said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Director Wei, please wait!" The Praetorian Guards knew this old man, he was General Wei Zhiyong, the director of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, who had mastered the Imperial Intelligence Bureau for more than 20 years.

A few minutes later, Admiral Wu Hao, the chief of the guard, came out of the palace and did not ask what Admiral Wei Zhiyong was doing in the future, but only introduced him into the palace. He knew that when General Wei Zhiyong came to see Wang Yuze at this time, he must have something important.

Wang Yuze, who had already slept, also got dressed again and came to the study. When he arrived, Admiral Wei Zhiyong was already waiting for him. After seeing Wang Yuze, General Wei Zhiyong hurriedly saluted respectfully.

"Director Wei, what's going on?" Wang Yuze waved his hand, stopped those false courtesies, and asked directly.

"Your Majesty, the Military Intelligence Bureau has just received news that one of our merchant ships was sunk by the British in the North Sea, and two of the more than forty crew members on board were killed!" Admiral Wei Zhiyong said.

Wang Yuze's brows couldn't help frowning, although China and Britain were already at war, both sides were still relatively restrained. Whether in the Indian Ocean or in the Atlantic, warships from both sides will actively avoid each other when they meet. Neither country wants to be at war at this time, and this is for both sides. It's all good. But now the British dared to attack Chinese merchant ships, even if these merchant ships were transporting strategic goods for Germany, but didn't the British think about the consequences of doing so? Could it be that the "peace" between China and Britain is about to break down because of this?

"Chief of Guard, go and ask the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of the General Staff, and the Minister of the Army and Navy to come and see me!" Wang Yuze said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wu Hao bowed and left the study to give orders.

"What's going on?" Wang Yuze asked. He always felt that something was not normal. It stands to reason that the British understand very well that it would be in no interest for them to end the state of peace with China. While China will cancel the transport of strategic goods to Germany by sea, it will certainly do the same against the British colonies. Now the naval power of the United Kingdom. Almost all of them have been transferred back to Europe, and only a few old battleships remain in the Indian Ocean region, and it is impossible for them to be an opponent of the Chinese Navy. If China were to attack India and Australia, the British would not be able to resist it. The reason why China allowed Britain to send the resources and manpower it had obtained from India and Australia to Europe was because it wanted Britain to fight the Germans on the continent. Not to mention anything else, as long as China blockades India and Australia, it will be able to make it impossible for the British to eat and walk around. Unless the British are kicked in the head by a donkey. Otherwise, they would not have attacked Chinese merchant ships.

"Your Majesty, at 4 p.m. local time, the convoy led by the merchant ship 'Huaxing' was sailing towards the port of Hamburg, Germany, when a British destroyer suddenly appeared. Ask our fleet to stop and be inspected. The 'Huaxing' replied, and they immediately returned to the sea. But it was at this time that the British destroyers attacked. The weak hull roots of the 'Huaxing' could not withstand the attack of the rapid-fire guns, and it sank to the bottom of the sea in less than fifteen minutes. And the British destroyer fled after sinking the 'Huaxing'! Admiral Wei Zhiyong introduced.

"Can you find out exactly what the destroyer of the British Navy did?" Wang Yuze asked.

"陛xià. This one is more difficult. The destroyers of the British Royal Navy are in the hundreds, and with some old destroyers, this number will be even more. Moreover, the style of the destroyers is not much different, and there are no accurate pictures, so it is difficult for us to determine the identity of the destroyer! Admiral Wei Zhiyong said. He understood what Wang Yuze meant, but in the absence of definite evidence, he could only think that the British Navy had sunk the merchant ship 'Huaxing'.

Soon, the prime minister, the foreign minister, the chief of the general staff, and the minister of the army and navy all rushed to Wang Yuze's study. On the way here, they already knew what was going on. They were furious that Chinese merchant ships had been attacked and that there had been casualties. However, everyone is also a little puzzled, is the British really crazy?

"You already know what's going on, right? So what do we do now? Wang Yuze asked. Although it is reasonable that the imperial merchant ship was sunk by the enemy, and although the two sides were in a state of war, it was impossible for China to show nothing, at least, the balance between China and Britain was broken.

"Your Majesty, things are a little weird! Although it cannot be expelled that the British did it, it will not do the British any good to do it! It is they who have angered us and suffered even greater losses! They deliberately gave us an excuse! Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said.

"Your Majesty, I also think this matter is very strange, with the current state of the United Kingdom, it will not deliberately offend us. In the past, the warships of the British Navy intercepted our merchant ships, but they only forced our merchant ships to return to the sea, and they were not captured, let alone sunk on the spot. Navy Minister Zhang Cheng also said.

"Do you mean that someone deliberately framed the British?" Wang Yuze said.

"Your Majesty, I don't rule out this possibility. If we attack the British colonies because the merchant ships have been sunk, I am afraid it will be very beneficial to some countries. They're hoping we did. First of all, when we attack the British colonies, we will draw a large number of troops, which is very unfavorable to the American battlefield that we are on, and at the same time, the British have armed a large number of troops in India and Australia, even if the combat effectiveness of these colonial armies is weak, but if we kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, we are afraid that we will also pay a certain price, which is just a consumption of our strength. In addition, if India and Australia were attacked by us, Britain's war potential would also be greatly affected. Prime Minister Ng Dinh Fong said.

Wang Yuze nodded, in fact, he also suspected in his heart that this was a German, after all, such a thing happened to the Germans, which was undoubtedly the most beneficial to the Germans, and the dilemma faced by Germany would be solved because of this.

"It's just that we don't have any definite evidence. Now all the evidence is that the British Navy sank our merchant ships, and that China and Britain are at war, so we can only declare it to the public. Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi also said.

"It seems that we are determined to lose this loss, and we can only put the basin on the heads of the British!" Wang Yuze said. Although, perhaps, it was really calculated by the Germans, but there was no way. Now is the critical moment of the war, and China cannot fall out with Germany. Otherwise, Hua will not be beneficial to both sides. Perhaps the Germans saw this and dared to do so. Even if China knew that the Germans had done it, it could only pinch its nose and admit it, and it had to pretend that it didn't know anything and continue to provide Germany with all kinds of strategic materials. Otherwise, if Germany was defeated in the war, or even if it made peace with the Entente, China would not get any benefits in the end.

"Your Majesty, from now on, is indeed like this. The Germans were probably also dissatisfied with our declaration of war with Britain, so they did so. In this case, it would be difficult for the Empire to continue to maintain peace with Britain! Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said.

"In that case, tomorrow the government will announce it to the people! At the same time, the Admiralty ordered the Indian Ocean Fleet to retaliate against the British, attack the British merchant ships it encountered, and sink all those who dared to resist! Also, order our merchant ships not to go to the Atlantic again! Wang Yuze said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Admiral Minister Zhang Cheng nodded.

"Your Majesty, what about the Army? Are we going to attack India and Australia? With the current capabilities of the army, it is completely capable of launching an attack on these two colonies! War Minister Zhao Bo asked.

"The army does not need to be dispatched for the time being, although we have to give the British a little color, but we can't let the Germans get what they want! So be it, Army and Marines, make a plan and take the Suez Canal. Merchant ships of the Entente were forbidden to pass through the canal. Even if the British wanted to bring back resources and troops from India and Australia, they would have to make a detour to the Cape of Good Hope. In this case, we can be regarded as a breath of relief, but at the same time there is no cheap Germany! Wang Yuze said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the General Staff will come up with a specific plan!" Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said. He had already understood what Wang Yuze meant. Wang Yuze did not want Britain's war potential to be affected too much, and hoped that Britain could continue to use Britain to consume Germany's strength. That's why I won't do anything to India and Australia. Once China solves the United States, Germany's strength will be almost consumed by Britain and France, and then it will be time for China to take India and Australia, and even the Entente's colonies in Africa.

The next day, the Chinese government announced that it would launch a-for-tat outbreak in view of the brazen attacks on Chinese merchant ships by the British. This news also caused a sensation in the country, and a large number of people held a march to demand that the empire send troops to attack the British, even if Britain was far from the empire, but also to launch an attack on the British colonies to avenge the dead Chinese sailors.

The Admiralty also gave orders to the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the warships of the Indian Ocean Fleet set off from various military ports to launch attacks on British and French merchant ships sailing in the Indian Ocean!