British Admiralty Fisher and Foreign Minister Marquess Lansdowne, heard from Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour said that Britain might lose some of its colonies in Asia, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, the powerful British Empire has always turned any region or country into its own colonies, and when will it be its turn to lose its colonies?

However, no one thought that there were so many dreadnought battleships in the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, and the navy that Britain has always been proud of has made people clean up ruthlessly, and even the sea control of the whole of Asia is in the hands of others, and Britain can't do it if it wants to send more troops to the Asian colonies.

British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour continued: "Other colonies can be lost, even the three important port cities of Singapore, Penang and Malacca in the Straits Settlements have been lost, so that Britain has lost the right to control the Strait of Malacca, and it cannot hurt the foundation of our British Empire, only India, the most important supplier of raw materials to our Britain, we must not lose, otherwise most of our British factories will have to shut down, and the impact on our Britain will be great, and our whole Britain will be in chaos." ”

Lansdorn hesitated for a moment and said: "Although we have strengthened the strength of the Indian Army over the years because of Lin Daxin's relationship, most of them are Indian troops, and their combat effectiveness is relatively weak. If the Dingbei Army in Tibet launches an attack on our India, our India will really be in some danger. I have to admit that the combat effectiveness of the Dingbei Army is much stronger than that of our Indian army. ”

Originally, the British army in India was only about 200,000. The vast majority of the troops are mainly Indians, and Britain relies on the 200,000 army to rule India with a population of more than 200 million, and it is very stable, making India the most important supplier of raw materials to the British.

However, after Lin Daxin's rise, the British inevitably had scruples, so they doubled India's army to more than 400,000 troops, and there was also a regular army composed of British. Garrisons were also increased in Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma, bringing the total number of British troops to 100,000 in the three colonies.

However, it now seems that even India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma have these 500,000 troops, and the hundreds of thousands of Dingbei troops in Tibet have already made the British tremble, and the British themselves know in their hearts how tragic the combat effectiveness of the Indian army is.

Indians are almost world-famous for their looseness, laziness, and indiscipline, and the army composed of Indians can be imagined in combat effectiveness, and sometimes it is most appropriate to describe the army composed of Indians as strange.

Arthur? Balfour as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Of course, he knew about the 500,000 troops in India, so he told his plan, "I am also very pessimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Indians forming an army. So I'm going to have the Malaysian colonies and the Straits Settlements, most of the army withdrawn to India, and the army that broke out of Hong Kong. After entering Vietnam, he immediately retreated to Burma. Then return to India and strengthen India's defenses. For India. We now have to make a choice. ”

When Fisher heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "Prime Minister, what about our Malaysian colonies and Straits Settlements?" Withdrawing most of the army, isn't this giving up the colony to Lin Daxin? ”

Arthur? Belfort said with a wry smile: "We just leave these land forces in Malaysia, Singapore, Penang, Malacca, these areas, if Lin Daxin sends the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army to attack, can we hold these places?" Think of Hong Kong! There is no way to do this, to withdraw these armies to India, at least to make India's troops much stronger, the Dingbei Army just wants to attack India, and we also have enough strength to resist, gentlemen, India is the most important. ”

Fisher sighed helplessly and didn't say anything more, although he was unwilling, but just like Prime Minister Arthur? As Balfour said, if the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army launch an attack on the above areas, without the protection of the powerful British Navy, relying only on the British Army, it will really be a little impossible to resist!

At this time, Lansdowne next to him frowned and said: "But if we give up these places, the public opinion in the country will be very unfavorable to our ruling cabinet, after all, this is a flight without a fight, and the feelings of the people may not be able to stand it." ”

Arthur? Balfour shrugged his shoulders and said: "I have also considered this, so I am ready to leave some less combat-effective servant troops in the Malaysian colonies and Straits Settlements to organize resistance to the attack of the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army in the future, so that we Britain will not flee without a fight, and I think we should order the Far East Fleet in Singapore, as well as the British warships that fled to Da Nang, Vietnam, to withdraw to the ports of India and stay in the waters of Southeast Asia, and sooner or later they will be packed up by the dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy." ”

Although the Far East Fleet of the British Navy Singapore has transferred a large number of warships to join the Eight-Nation Alliance's Naval Joint Expeditionary Fleet, basically these warships have been lost in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait and the Hong Kong Breakout, but the Far East Fleet also has 4 Duncan-class all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 6 ironclad battleships, 4 new fast protection cruisers, 4 new destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, and the strength is not very weak.

If the Northeast Navy did not have those dreadnought battleships, the remaining warships of the Far East Fleet with Singapore's shore defense guns, plus tens of thousands of British Army, would be enough for Singapore to hold out for a long time under the fierce attack of the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army, but everything has changed because of those dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy.

Singapore also has a lot of coastal defense artillery, but the problem is that none of them can reach a range of 30,000 meters, so when facing dreadnought battleships, they will only be bombarded, and the outcome of those coastal defense guns in Hong Kong is no different.

Admiral Fisher agrees. After all, those dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy are now equivalent to an insoluble existence for the British Navy. In particular, the 7 dreadnought battleships with a larger displacement have an effective range of an astonishing 30,000 meters. The caliber is at least 400 mm or more, and it is definitely something like a prehistoric monster.

Now the remaining warships of the Singapore Far East Fleet, as well as those British warships that escaped from Hong Kong, have encountered the dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, and they can only be sent to death, if they can withdraw to the ports of India, at least they can stay away from those dreadnought battleships, and if the Northeast Navy is really in pursuit, the British Navy in India can continue to retreat to other colonies. At present, the task of the British Navy is to protect ships and men and avoid war, and at the same time, Britain has begun to prepare for the construction of dreadnought battleships.

While the British were arranging their Indian defenses, their eyes were soon drawn to the fighting on the northern front in Russia, and the city of Krasnoyarsk, which had been suspended for a few days, was again lively because of the weather.

Early in the morning of June 20, 1892, in a small village more than 20 kilometers east of Krasnoyarsk, the headquarters of the five field armies of the Dingbei Army was located here. Wang Hongjun, commander of the First Field Army, stood in a small courtyard and watched the rising sun. shouted a few words "rely on" in his mouth, and then turned back to the other four army commanders and said: "Grandma is a bear, it's finally sunny, and today we will attack according to the plan." Contacting the air force to bomb positions outside the city, didn't the meteorological team from Shenyang say that it would be sunny in the next three days. Our five armies must strive to take the city of Kra in these three days. ”

Wang Peng, commander of the Fifth Field Army, said with a smile: "Our five field armies have also been aggrieved for so many days, and we can vent it today." It is somewhat difficult to take the whole city of Krasnoyarsk in 3 days, but it is difficult to take the eastern city on this side of the Yenisei River in 3 days. There shouldn't be any problems. “

Zhang Limin, commander of the Second Field Army, continued: "With the air support of our fighters, I believe that there should be no problem in taking the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk, but the railway bridge is the key, and it cannot be taken completely, and the other half of Krasnoyarsk on the other side of the Yenisei River, we will not be able to fight, and the General Staff sent another telegram, conveying the rector's emphasis once again that the railway bridge must be taken down, so that our army will continue to advance westward in the future and create a powerful condition." ”

Wang Hongjun nodded and said: "Then we will do it according to Lao Duan's method, send a capable force, and at the right time for us to attack Dongcheng, interspersed with the railway bridge to occupy it, as long as this elite army can guard the passage from Dongcheng to the railway bridge, then the railway bridge will be saved, by the way, Lao Duan, have you selected this army to capture the bridge?" ”

Duan Qirui, commander of the Sixth Field Army, said at this time: "I have already transferred one regiment of troops from my Sixth Army to prepare for the task of interspersing and seizing bridges. ”

Deng Zichao, the commander of the Third Field Army, frowned and asked: "The timing of seizing the bridge must be grasped well, early this elite army will be attacked by the enemy forces on both sides of the strait, and if it is too late, maybe the railway bridge will be blown up. ”

Duan Qirui used the index finger of his right hand to point upward, and then said with a smile: "I'm going to take the airborne!" ”

Early in the morning of June 20, the weather turned sunny, and Joyles, the commander of the French Army and the commander of the entire coalition army, knew that the battlefield had been quiet for several days, and the flames of war were about to ignite again, and his face could not help but look solemn.

In the fierce battle of June 15 day and night, the four armies of France, Russia, Italy and Austria lost nearly 70,000 people, although the four armies in the east of Krasnoyarsk had 800,000 troops before the fierce battle, but they lost so much in just one day, so that the commanders of the four armies, including Joyls, trembled in their hearts, according to the intensity of this loss, and at the same time if the Northern Army could maintain this attack intensity, Krasnoyarsk might not be able to hold it for even 10 days.

10 days may be too much, after all, the casualties of the troops to a certain proportion, they basically lose their combat effectiveness, and the average troops can be killed and injured half without collapsing, they are already considered elite troops, so at this glance, it is unknown whether the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk can hold the 5-day strong attack of the Dingbei Army.

So during these rainy days, Joyls tried his best to send more troops to strengthen the defense, but the armies of France, Italy and Austria-Hungary that had entered Russia had already arrived in Krasnoyarsk, and it was in the eastern city, so Joyls could only keep asking Russia to increase the number of troops in the eastern city.

The Russian troops near Krasnoyarsk have been transferred, and they are unable to mobilize more troops in a short period of time, so they can only transfer 50,000 troops from the west of Krasnoyarsk to the east of the city through the Guò railway bridge, and another army has also entered the east of Krasnoyarsk City, which is the 50,000 army sent by the British to join the northern front, but only 20,000 of the 50,000 army are the regular army of the British, and the other 30,000 are servant troops composed of black Africans.

The commander of the British Army, Collenhardt, stood beside Joyce and said: "The sky is clear, it seems that the Dingbei Army will attack us today, General Joyles, although our British Army only arrived here yesterday, but as a member of the Eight-Nation Alliance, our British Army is never afraid of battle, and you can send our British Army to the front line at any time." ”

Joyls nodded and said: "The position outside the city currently has 3 corps of the Russian Army, 4 divisions of our French Army, 2 divisions of the Italian Army, and 3 divisions of the Austro-Hungarian Army, although some of these troops suffered a lot of losses in the fierce battle a few days ago, but they still have a total of 300,000 troops, I hope they can hold on for a while longer, if there is a crisis in the position outside the city, I will mobilize troops from various countries in the city to support, including your British Army." ”

The army of the Eight-Nation Alliance has built a huge defensive position with a span of nearly 10 kilometers and a depth of 4 kilometers outside the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk City, relying on the nearby terrain, and even those positions that were bombed by planes of the Dingbei Army a few days ago and were damaged were repaired by the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance in the rain, and the 300,000 armies of France, Russia, Italy, and Austria have already entered the positions outside the city, waiting for the attack of the Dingbei Army. (To be continued......)

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