"China's four hundred states and counties, otherwise such a big country cannot produce such a divine martial hero as His Majesty the Emperor. Wu Silang, a small country and a wild citizen, is fortunate to be able to serve His Majesty and drive away the ghost animal red deer in the eastern soil, the honor is so good, fortunately! ”

After the exercise, in the face of the loyalty of Wu Silang, a naturalized Japanese, Liu Xian enjoyed it happily. Although the exaggeration made him a little embarrassed. But based on the plot of his previous life, hearing the praise and praise of the little devil like this, Liu Xian was more intoxicated in his heart than listening to the praise of the Chinese people.

"The war is about to begin." It could be a very abrupt, very sudden start!

Liu Xian smiled and watched the prince deal with the generals at the banquet decently. Liu Xian asked him to go down and give wine.

"Peaceful life, peaceful days, are about to break. Perhaps for some, such a war came too suddenly. However, for the East and the West, after the contradictions between China and Britain did not ease last year, but intensified, the war was already doomed. ”

When the Bangkok dynasty lost the war, and China continued to command the Taiping army to cross the Birao Mountains, jump over the Kra Strait, and conquer the five Siamese provinces on the Malay Peninsula, the British should have realized China's unusual intentions.

In the eyes of the Western world, such a move means that a strong China is about to stretch its legs and expand its territory. China wants to 'restore' its former 'status' as the hegemon of the East -- not just the nominal power, but the ruler of the entire Eastern world, as it has been in the past two thousand years. China also wants to seize the interests of the South Seas, and this is the spoils of China's challenge to the victors of the British Empire!

The day came surprisingly quickly.

It's been less than 20 years. China is already strong enough to challenge Britain. At the beginning of the establishment of the new Qin Dynasty, some people in Whitehall said that Liu Xian would make China strong. A strong China would challenge the interests of the British Empire in the Far East. However, it was not included in the realm of true national focus by Whitehall.

They knew that under the leadership of Liu Xianam, China would be revitalized and become a country that could not be taken lightly. But no one believed that China would be so powerful that the British Empire would see it as an adversary.

The British Empire's global strategy has not changed in the slightest over the years, so when Whitehall realized something was wrong last year, they were helpless. The empire has been running like this for so many years, and the great inertia has allowed the British Empire to continue to operate. It would be difficult for Whitehall to draw troops to actually defend the South Seas.

On the contrary, in order to contain China on land, they also need to take the initiative to contact the Russians.

The British Empire was never a great power in land warfare. Although the combat effectiveness of the British Army was not weak at all. But there are few British. Whitehall didn't have that many troops to fight. Didn't the first war of the original time and space directly defeat France and cripple Britain? If it weren't for Lao Maozi's real patience, he would have started with the powerful war machine of the United States. Who on the European continent can resist the mighty German Iron Cavalry?

China's population is heading towards 60,000,000. Losses of a million troops. In today's China, there will be no bones at all, and there will be great chaos at home. But what about the loss of a million troops to the British? The whole of Britain is almost going to wear filial piety. They are now less than 40 million people.

Therefore, if the British want to contain China and really hit China hard, they must support Russia. Only this still huge European steamroller can be able to hit China on land and make China suffer a turning point of defeat.

But the British Empire must also hold on to Southeast Asia. They brought together the East India Fleet and the Far East Fleet, and possibly a few warships from the Persian Gulf and East Africa. Plus the Netherlands and Spain, who beat the side drums, and the Americans, who will definitely fall into the trap. What really made Liu Xian pay attention was not the land war, but the naval war in the eastern sea area.

As far as surface ships are concerned, they are absolutely not qualified to go head-to-head with the British. Liu Xian relied only on airships and submarines. The former is always under intense construction, and the latter has been expanded to 26 modern submarines, all of which are diesel-powered, with landmark snorkels.

Liu Xian knew very little about warships, and even more so about submarines. A lot of the things I know are from Du Niang, and I don't know if it's accurate. The snorkel was one of the few useful items he knew about submarine technology. However, it has made a great contribution to the development of Chinese submarines.

Of course, he didn't know how the specific stunner was designed, but he knew how the snorkel worked, and he said a big framework for his scientists and research experts to reason backwards, and it didn't take long to figure out the ventilator, which is not a difficult thing for the times to technologically difficult.

Now the performance of China's submarines is definitely far superior to that of other countries in the world, and in Liu Xian's own opinion, it is not weaker than the submarines of the original time and space during World War I. Torpedoes have also been improved, both in terms of range, speed, and explosion rate. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the current submarines and the current sea wolves is really off the charts.

Liu Xian came to Lushun with the prince in April, although this is one of the six major naval bases of the Chinese Navy, which is relatively small in size and scale, but there are few foreigners here, and the insurance coefficient is much better than that of Zhoushan and Qingdao.

Since the construction of the first wave of 10 bases, the Navy's domestic bases have not been built again in recent years, but many overseas bases have been newly established. For example, North Korea's Jeju Island base has the greatest role of deterring Tokyo.

The submarine force is the secret weapon of the Navy, which has never been publicized and exposed to the outside world over the years. With a large amount of investment every year and the hard work of a large number of scientists and experts, the current Hailang 5 submarine can be described as the result of ten years of sharpening a sword.

"Our strength, comprehensive national strength, and industrial output value are absolutely inferior to Britain, let alone the union of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia. But the fundamental reason why the father still has to persist in fighting this war and have the confidence to win it is these new weapons. They're killers.

can beat Britain, France, the United States and Russia with a stick. And then we'll win! ”

"So my father has been asking for secrecy for the past few years, and he would rather reduce the output than allow it to be leaked."

"Of course. The killer feature is in a new one! Your stuff is known to your opponents, how can you still come to the killer feature? Liu Xian faced the sea breeze, looked at the sunset on the sea, and did not slow down his preaching to the prince: "These things are different from light machine guns. The advent of light machine guns was also beneficial to infantry combat, but it was not a fatal change. ”

"Whether it is a tank or an airship, its future presence in the war is not comparable to that of a light machine gun. Moreover, the technical aspect is not very difficult for the West, if it is not kept secret, if there is another war, maybe Britain, France, the United States and Russia will have more than ours. ”

"But the limitations and flaws of the airship are still too great and almost irreparable. As I told you, it's a matter of business to combine engines, propellers, and gliders to make a machine that can actually fly into the sky. ”

The prince nodded hurriedly. Facing his father, he can only nod now. Liu Xian didn't let him officially cut over the important affairs of the court, fortunately his brothers were also in school, and no one entered the court early, otherwise he would have to die in a hurry.

Liu Xian never told his son that he wanted to train him to be a 'constitutional emperor'. In China, the constitutional monarchy, the presidential system, and the cabinet system are no longer news in the West. Although the new Qin was an absolute monarchy empire.

No matter how filial the prince is, he is still a young man. Energetic and driven, who would want to be an emperor with limited real power?

What young man is not full of pride? Especially the princes. I'm afraid that everyone has the ambition to 'paint' the world.

Liu Xian is cultivating his son, not confining his son. Let the prince's left-handed airship army intervene in the army, and it is not without the consideration of reassuring the prince.

In mid-April, Liu Siam met with the envoys of Korea and Southwest Japan in Lushun, who were still old men of those years -- Kim Hongji and Saigo Kobei. Liu Xian was specially summoned to meet them. Not for anything else, but for the sake of Tokyo Japan.

Liu Xian didn't believe that Tokyo and Japan would honestly wait for China to split the victory with Britain, France, the United States, and Russia. They will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to start a war. And the spearhead of this war, whether it is Korea or southwest Japan, must be called.

On the land battlefield on the Western Front, the British needed to pull the big guys on Russia. On the land battlefield on the Eastern Front, the British had to come to power in Tokyo and Japan.

Japan has a population of 42 million, more than the British people in the British Isles. Even though it is split into two, the population of Tokyo Japan is between 25 million and 30 million. As long as the armament is in place, it is still possible to pull out hundreds of thousands of troops.

If Britain and Tokyo Japan really reached an agreement, Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other powers would go all out to arm Tokyo Japan, and the latter would have the strength to fight on two fronts, beating Korea on one side and advancing into Liaodong along the Korean Peninsula, and pressing southwest Japan on the other side.

Liu Xian naturally didn't want to see this scene. In particular, the Japanese troops entered Korea, and the situation in the latter country had not yet stabilized, and the aftermath of the Donghak-do uprising that started last year lasted until the beginning of spring this year, and there are still remnants of volunteers in some mountainous forests. If Tokyo and Japan had marched into Korea at this time, they would have been able to sweep through 3,000 miles without much effort.

Liu Xian didn't say much to Jin Hongji and Saigo Kobei, but only faintly reminded them that Tokyo Japan might hook up with Yangyi, and asked them to go back and tell Shangfeng to be careful and vigilant. The kingdom will send them armaments in the near future.

Drums don't need to be hammered. Jin Hongji and Saigo Kobei immediately understood what the emperor meant. This is to raise military alert for two. Thinking about it further, ah, Shangguo is going to war with Yangyi, so shouldn't he be vigilant. After all, Tokyo Japan is stronger than the two of them.

And Tokyo has hooked up with Yangyi for a long time, and if it gets Yangyi's support again, it will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

"Hello Lord Kim."

"General Saigo is good."

"I don't know if you have any time lately, so it's better to visit one or two here." Saigo Kobei had a smile on his face as if it were a flower.

"Haha, it's an honor. If the general comes to visit, he will be very happy. (To be continued......)