859 Final-class battleship
When Emperor Meiji heard the news, he immediately felt like a stimulant, and he immediately asked the British ambassador to inquire about the situation.
When Emperor Meiji saw the British ambassador, he asked directly, "Mr. Ambassador, is it true that you said that Britain has dispatched the latest type of battleship to launch a military operation against Burma?" ”
The British ambassador smiled and nodded, "Of course it's true, our newest battleship is about to be dispatched." ”
Emperor Meiji smiled and said, "I heard that your country's latest battleship is very powerful, but I don't know how powerful it is?" ”
The British ambassador smiled mysteriously and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I want to keep this matter a secret, but don't worry, when we defeat the fleet of the Chinese Empire, I will invite you to board the battleship to visit." ”
"Well, thank you for being able to help our Empire of Japan in times of crisis, and thank you to the British Empire." As he spoke, Emperor Meiji actually stood up and bowed his head in salute, which was a great honor for the British ambassador.
The British ambassador hurriedly stood up and said some polite words, which roughly meant that Britain and Japan are friendly and fraternal countries, and now that Japan is in trouble, Britain will certainly come to the rescue.
In fact, the reason why Britain dispatched large battleships to attack Burma was entirely for its own interests, and had nothing to do with helping Japan.
Myanmar used to be Britain's largest grain production base, timber production base, oil production base in Asia, before Myanmar independence, the British had explored the oil fields in Myanmar, and before the exploitation, Myanmar became independent, and today, the oil economy is becoming more and more important, the British coveted the Burmese oil fields, and then moved the determination to recapture Myanmar.
Burma is also the most important timber raw material base of the United Kingdom, almost all the decks of British warships are imported from Burma, Burma has a high-quality teak, which is most suitable for making battleship decks, without Burmese wood, the cost of British warships has soared, and economic interests have prompted Britain to recover Burma as soon as possible.
Britain wanted to recapture Burma and did not directly attack Burma, in fact, the British side also knew that it was impossible to regain the whole of Burma and restore the former colonial rule, so what Britain had to do was only to obtain greater benefits from the Chinese Empire.
Based on this strategic starting point, the British did not directly attack Burma, they wanted to make the Chinese Empire submit, so they sailed the latest battleship to Calcutta, India, and invited the Chinese Imperial Navy officials to visit, claiming that this move was to strengthen regional military mutual trust and better maintain regional prosperity and stability.
On February 4, 1905, the British ambassador sent a letter of invitation to Lin Fei, inviting officials of the Imperial Chinese Navy to visit Calcutta, the latest British battleship, the final class battleship.
When Lin Fei saw this name, he felt very strange, "Final Class" was really not the style of the British battleship name, and he didn't know why they came up with such a name.
It turned out that Britain had a very high opinion of this type of battleship, believing that this type of battleship was the most powerful battleship, which to some extent represented the final form of the battleship, so it was named "Final-class battleship".
Lin Fei saw that the British had made such a type of battleship, and he also wanted his subordinates to find out, Lin Fei thought about it and decided to let Qin Hui, the commander-in-chief of the submarine force, lead the team to lead two Dynasty-class battleships and two Emperor-class cruisers to visit Calcutta.
The reason why Lin Fei asked Qin Hui to lead the team was mainly because Qin Hui had a lot of opinions about Lin Fei recently, in the process of annihilating the Japanese Navy, Qin Hui and the submarine force had been watching from the sidelines, and there was no chance to participate in the war at all, Qin Hui asked Lin Fei many times to approve the submarine force to participate in the war, but Lin Fei believed that the aircraft and aircraft carriers were enough to annihilate the Japanese fleet, so he did not order the submarine to attack.
Lin Fei asked people to go to Qin Hui, but he didn't expect that the time was not long, the phone on the table rang, Lin Fei picked up the phone, only to hear that the person on the phone was Lin Fei's subordinate sent to find Qin Hui, he said in a panic: "Your Majesty, it's not good, our submarine commander Qin Hui was kidnapped by a group of thugs." ”
"What do you say? This is Dayu City, how could someone hijack my submarine commander away, it is simply unreasonable. ”
"Report to Your Majesty, we don't know what's going on, we have already sent someone to find Commander Qin Hui."
"As soon as there is news about Qin Hui, report it to me immediately." Lin Fei put down the phone, and drew a big question mark in his heart, who did this matter.
After an hour, the phone rang again, Lin Fei picked up the phone, and this time the person who spoke was Qin Hui, "Your Majesty, may I ask you what is the matter with me?" ”
Lin Fei was taken aback when he heard Qin Hui's voice, and hurriedly asked, "Who kidnapped you?" ”
"Alas, it's not clear on the phone, forget it, let's not talk about it yet, Your Majesty, I'll see you right now." After Qin Hui finished speaking, he put down the phone, and it didn't take long for Qin Hui to appear in front of Lin Fei.
Lin Fei looked at Qin Hui for a while, and found that Qin Hui's face was full of exhaustion, as if he had experienced a big battle, Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "Qin Hui, what's wrong with you?" ”
Qin Hui sat down on the chair and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, I have been insulted. ”
"What do you say? Insult? Who insulted you? ”
Qin Hui sighed heavily and said, "Your Majesty, this morning, that little girl from Yubing, led a large group of people to break into my dormitory, grabbed me out of the dormitory, and then took me to the Blood Phoenix Special Forces station, and married Yubing in front of a large group of people. ”
"After I got married, I entered the cave room, and I was insulted by that little girl of Yubing, alas, I am so tired and tired......" Qin Hui said with a sad face, but Lin Fei smiled when he heard it, and said with a wicked smile: "You kid is cheap and behaved, it's really hateful, forget it, don't talk about this matter, the British let us send someone to visit their final-class battleship, you take two dynasties and two emperors." ”
When Qin Hui heard Lin Fei say this, the tired look on his face was swept away, and he smiled: "Really? That's great! But what kind of cargo this final-class battleship is, I've never heard of it before. ”
Lin Fei's expression sank, "This type of battleship is very mysterious, and I can't figure out the details, you go to visit this time, find a way to touch its bottom in detail, and prepare for us to sink it." ”
"Your Majesty, sinking the final class battleship, can we let our submarine forces take action?" Qin Hui stared at Lin Fei pitifully, waiting for Lin Fei to nod.
But Lin Fei didn't nod, but shook his head and said, "No need, for the British's final-class battleship, I still plan to use planes to sink it." ”
Qin Hui shook his head again and again, sighed for a long time, and walked out......
Qin Hui rushed to Calcutta with two dynasty-class battleships and two emperor-class cruisers, Qin Hui's marriage robbery by Yu Bing, the deputy captain of the Blood Phoenix Special Forces, was already known to the whole fleet, and Qin Hui was ridiculed by all kinds along the way.
Coming to Calcutta, I met a British cruiser outside the port, under the leadership of this cruiser, the Chinese Imperial fleet entered Calcutta, and as soon as I entered the port, I saw four huge warships docked on the dock from a distance, and those warships, each of which was two large Dynasty-class battleships, was obviously very powerful.
Qin Hui disembarked at the dock, and a middle-aged British general greeted Qin Hui in person, and the person next to him introduced Qin Hui: "This general is the commander of the final battleship fleet, Admiral Stanleys. ”
An admiral personally served as the commander of the fleet, which shows the importance that the British side attaches to the final-class battleships, and Stanleys looked at Qin Hui with a condescending and arrogant temperament, because Stanleys saw that the displacement of the dynasty-class battleships of the Chinese Empire was only about 10,000 tons, and the super-large battleships of the Huaxia Empire had not been launched, so he was very disdainful of the Chinese Imperial Navy.
In order to "fool" the world, Lin Fei specially claimed that the Chinese Empire wanted to build a super-large warship with a displacement of 30,000 tons, which was Lin Fei's "flickering", and the super-large warship would naturally not be launched, so the British were fooled.
Stanleys said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Qin Hui, I will personally take you to visit the final-class battleship, I hope what you are about to see will not surprise you." ”
Qin Hui secretly thought in his heart, your final-class battleship is powerful, and it is just a moving target in front of our submarines, so there is nothing to be afraid of, but Qin Hui did not say so on the surface, but politely agreed.
Stanleys continued: "You have come from afar, it has been very hard, so let's go to the inn today to rest, and tomorrow we will visit again." ”
Qin Hui agreed to come down and stay in the post house, the waiters in the post house were all lovely blonde beauties, so Qin Hui chatted with them: "Have you heard of the final battleship? ”
What Qin Hui didn't expect was that these little girls had also heard of the final-class battleship, and they all said: "Of course we have heard of it, we have heard that the final-class battleship is the most powerful battleship in the world, and it is an unsinkable battleship, nothing can sink it." ”
Qin Hui couldn't help laughing, "Who did you listen to these words?" ”
"Everybody says that, those naval officers, and navy soldiers, by the way, some foreigners, say the same."
Qin Hui really didn't expect that a group of little girls who didn't like military affairs would feel that the final-class battleships were invincible, and it seemed that the British had quite high expectations for the final-class battleships.
Qin Hui couldn't help but begin to fantasize about the day when the final battleships were all sunk by the Huaxia Empire, and the Huaxia Empire had nothing to lose, what would be the reaction of the British, they must not be able to find a tune in crying...... (Canghai shared the writing story on the WeChat public platform, please find it on WeChat-qietingcanghai, that is, listen to Canghai's pinyin, reply 2 to watch, if you have any comments, you can also leave a message directly on the public platform.) )