If the total annihilation of the Anglo-Dutch fleet was a major loss for the coalition forces, then for the Netherlands alone, it was a catastrophic consequence, Britain lost some warships was nothing, he had a strong industrial production capacity, and within two or three years he could rebuild a number of more advanced warships, but the Netherlands was small and weak, and every loss was equivalent to cutting meat!

Seeing that no one in the room made a sound, he couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency Raglan, after they left, we have analyzed that the fleet of the Democratic Alliance is very likely to be hidden in Poyang Lake, and will unite with the Shizhongshan Fort to block our army.

However, the terrain of Shizhong Mountain is narrow, and it is already very difficult to deploy fifty or sixty artillery pieces, even if he uses mines, our army will be defeated and retreat, how can it be completely annihilated? There is something strange about this matter, and it must be investigated. ”

"Not bad!" "If it is said that our fleet was wiped out because of the fierce fighting, then where are the fragments of the NLD warships? As everyone knows, the NLD forces have painted their warships silver-gray, while our warships are all black, but in the past few days, every piece of debris that has drifted through the river is black, and not a single piece is silver-gray. This is simply incredible, if he really has this ability, then we just retreat, what else to fight? ”

Fernand also said: "This matter must be investigated clearly, otherwise it will have an unpredictable impact on the morale of the army, and the unknown threat is the most disturbing. ”

"Alas~~" Raglan turned around and sighed: "How to investigate?" Can our people go to Shizhong Mountain to check the scene? ”

Everyone fell silent, and now it was not the same as it was twenty years ago, the Qing-British War twenty years ago. The Chinese enthusiastically served as the leading party for the British army, but only twenty years later, the Chinese became unprecedentedly patriotic, not to mention ordinary people, even compradors working in foreign banks, did not dare. I don't want to spy on information for foreigners.

Why this change? On the one hand, the cohesion of the state towards the people has gradually increased, and only when the country truly represents the interests of the people will the people identify with the country and take the initiative to safeguard the national interests.

On the other hand, there is strong pressure from public opinion, and it is not shameful to work for foreigners, but selling state secrets to foreigners will make the whole family unable to raise their heads.

Finally, with the healthy development of the economy, the remuneration for the services of foreign banks is not necessarily higher than that of working in local enterprises.

For example, Suzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Group, his high salary is well-known in the industry. Another example is a Chinese bank, whose salary income is the same as that of the Bank of New York City, and there are many foreign trade enterprises and factory executives who are also crowded into the list of high salaries, so there are so many opportunities in front of them, even if the foreign boss threatens to be fired or demoted, so what?

There is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay!

This makes it difficult for the coalition fleet to obtain first-hand useful information after entering the Yangtze River, but it is up to them to do it themselves. I'm afraid that as soon as I left the fleet, I was arrested.

Total annihilation. It has become a huge stone pressing on the heads of the coalition forces, making people breathless, which is beyond their understanding, if they have to find an excuse, they can only be described as miracles, but will the gods protect the Chinese who do not believe in God?

"Lord Raglan. Lord Raglan, it's not good, it's not good, something is wrong. Just then, a secretary stumbled in. There was a look of panic on his face.

"What's going on? Speak well! Raglan flickered in his heart, and the other three looked at him in disbelief.

The secretary said with a sad face: "Gentlemen, the Democratic Alliance army did not avoid the Yangtze River at all, it escaped into the open sea long before we arrived, he attacked Singapore two months ago, all the supplies and supply ships were robbed, the forts were also destroyed, the Malays were killed more than 100,000, we are finished, and we will starve to death in a while." ”

"How is that possible?" Raglan rushed over like a gust of wind, grabbed the secretary's neck and roared: "Even if we are tricked by the NLD forces, but they only have a dozen warships, where can they have the ability to capture Singapore, the Singapore battery has a hundred heavy guns!" ”

"Hmm~~" The secretary's face was red when he was pinched, his hands and feet were waving, and he struggled desperately, which showed that Raglan was in a rage.

"I'm sorry, I was impulsive!" Raglan immediately realized his gaffe and let go of his hand, but the falcon-like gaze was still staring at the secretary.

"Ahem~~" coughed a few times, and the secretary said angrily: "It's Menlev, it's this old guy who betrayed the coalition forces and Russia, he lied that he captured the fleet of the Democratic Alliance, deceived Mr. Gavenner's trust, and was allowed to dock at the port"

"Gentlemen, this is a handwritten letter from Mr. Gavenner!" After a lot of complaint, the secretary took out Gavenner's letter.

"Menlev, damn it, I'm going to kill him!"

"Oh my God, why should there be such a race of Russians in the world? They have no manners, no faith, no righteousness, mercenary and low morals, so please exile the Russians to hell! ”

"The Russians are not reliable at all, it's all you Britain who have to pull Russia in, everyone sees, his 50,000 army is like a fart, it will be silent when it is released, and his navy has betrayed us, and Britain has to bear part of the responsibility!"

All of a sudden, the pot exploded in the house, and the first news can be described as bad news, so the robbery of Singapore is a disaster, this morning, it was hit twice in a row, what day is this?

"Enough!" Raglan was so dizzy from the noise that he couldn't bear it anymore.

After this roar, the room fell silent, Raglan took a few breaths, and said expressionlessly: "Gentlemen, the worst has happened, it is useless to complain, we must come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, now everyone can tell their opinions." ”

No one answered Raglen's words, and everyone's hearts were very uneasy, in fact, similar dilemmas have appeared repeatedly in the history of melee in Europe, and the difference this time is that the fleet is deep in the heart of China, tens of thousands of miles away from Europe, like duckweed without roots.

Raglan turned to his head and asked, "How many days can we have our food?" ”

The secretary thought for a while, and then said, "At most, one month, after a month, we will run out of food, and we will have to go ashore to grab some food." ”

In fact, there are a lot of fish in the Yangtze River, but Europeans do not eat freshwater fish.

Raglan nodded, and said: "Gentlemen, we now have two choices, the first is to stop caring about the war in China and return to China immediately, and the second is to hold on for a period of time, during which time we will ask France for help. (To be continued......)