By the time the Imperial Navy ships sailed out of Portsmouth Military Harbour, the harbor was in ruins. The most important naval base of the British Navy was destroyed as if it had been plowed over again. The coastal fortifications that the British Navy had entrenched were all destroyed. Inside the shore defense artillery, heavy losses.

The Portsmouth shipyard was also destroyed, and the warships under construction were either sunk or completely destroyed. It can be said that the last hope of the British Navy was also cut off because of this. It is almost impossible for the British Navy to rise from scratch.

Of course, the Chinese Navy has paid a lot of price for destroying this naval base, as well as the Portsmouth shipyard. Three battleships were badly damaged and had to return home for repairs. Six more battleships received minor injuries and could be repaired simply at the shipyards of the Azores.

Although the price paid is not small, overall, it is acceptable. After all, a total of 12 battleships that the British Navy was about to build and were under construction were almost destroyed. The destruction of the Portsmouth shipyard and the killing of a large number of shipbuilders devastated Britain's military shipbuilding industry. Even if it recovers in the future, the gap with the Chinese Empire will become wider and wider.

When the Portsmouth military port was destroyed, the Portsmouth shipyard and the warships under construction were destroyed, and the report was placed in the British Admiralty Chancellor Charles. Sir Adam's desk. His Excellency seemed to have aged ten years all at once. He knew that from now on, the Royal Navy of the British Empire was really finished. The glory of the Royal Navy will cease to exist.

After the destruction of the Navy. The British had to devote all their forces to the development of the army, trying to build a strong army to hold the homeland. Defend against the impending invasion of the Chinese Army.

Over time. The cold winter is gradually moving away, and spring is coming! When the weather warms up, a new round of attacks by the Chinese Empire is about to begin. The Imperial Army, for this offensive, had already been preparing for a spring of time.

On February 23, 1855, Emperor Long Yufei took Prime Minister Lin Zihao, Foreign Minister Wei Yuan and other important ministers to the Imperial General Staff Headquarters to listen to the introduction of General Sun Hao, Chief of General Staff, and the Minister of Operations on the new round of attack plans of the Imperial Army.

"陛xià. After months of preparation, the Imperial Army's preparations on the battlefields were complete. When the weather is right, we will launch a large-scale attack on the enemy, defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and win this war! "The Chief of the General Staff, General Sun Hao, appeared full of confidence.

Long Yufei nodded: "Well, let's talk about your battle plan!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lieutenant General Liu Zhongming, Chief of Operations, nodded. Tomorrow, he will leave the Empire and go to Europe to take command of the war. In order to make it possible for him to rush to Europe as much as possible. A 'Geosha-class' destroyer of the Imperial Navy will send him at full speed. At the speed of a 'Earthshatter-class' destroyer, it only takes about half a month to travel from the Empire to Europe.

"陛xià. Ladies and gentlemen, this time the Imperial Army's counterattack is called the 'Spring Offensive'. 'Spring Offensive'. It is divided into three parts in total. First of all, the Western European part. It was divided into a southern and northern route. On the southern front, the Imperial Army had already assembled the 15th Army in the Iberian Peninsula. The 16th Army, the 13th Army, the 14th Army, the 17th Army, the 18th Army and the 19th Army, a total of 7 armies, with a strength of nearly 1.3 million people. In addition, the Spanish Army, totaling 800,000 men, would be under the command of the Imperial Army. Thus, on the Iberian Peninsula, we have at our disposal a total of 2.1 million troops.

On the northern front, the Imperial Army had assembled two army groups in Belgium, namely the 20th Army and the 21st Army of the Imperial Army, with a total of two army groups and 360,000 men. In addition, there are 200,000 men in the Kingdom of Belgium under the command of the Imperial Army, so that on the Belgian side we will have 560,000 troops.

The task of the troops on the Southern Front was to annihilate the 1.5 million Anglo-French forces entrenched in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula after the spring offensive was launched. After that, he crossed the Pyrenees and invaded the south of France. The task of the troops on the Northern Front was to hold on to Belgium and wait for an opportunity to recover all the territory of the Kingdom of Belgium. When the conditions are ripe, attack the French mainland from the north of France.

In Eastern Europe, the Imperial Army had already assembled the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 8th Army, the 9th Army, the 10th Army, the 7th Army, the 4th Army, the 5th Army, and the 6th Army in the Western Siberian Plain and the western Kazakh steppe, totaling 9 armies and 1.75 million men. This part of the army will be under the personal command of the Chief of the General Staff. When the weather warms up, the Imperial Army will invade Russia from the western Siberian plain and the western Kazakh steppe, and completely destroy Russia. The Ottoman Turks also committed a million troops to the north from the Black Sea coast to cooperate with the offensive of the imperial army.

In North America, the Imperial Army's 3rd Army and 11th Army, totaling more than 700,000 men, will strike the final blow at the United States. The 200,000 men of the Spanish Army were to cooperate with the Imperial Army in the attack. After the destruction of the United States, the Imperial Army will continue to attack northward, destroying the French colonies in North America, as well as the British Canadian colonies, and completing the Empire's control of North America! ”

Lieutenant General Liu Zhongming introduced to everyone that in this operation, the Imperial Army was divided into three directions and invested a total of 4.1 million troops. This had already fought more than eighty percent of the total strength of the Imperial Army. At present, there are only three reserves in the empire, the 22nd Army, the 23rd Army and the 24th Army, as well as a few infantry corps. It can be seen that in order to win, the Imperial Army has pressed all its forces.

"What about our enemies? How's their preparation? Prime Minister Lin Zihao asked.

"Prime Minister, our enemies in western Europe are primarily Britain and France. At present, the British Isles have been blockaded by the Imperial Navy, and the British troops can no longer be sent to the European continent. The British * army on the European continent, with only a million people. In addition, the French Army, which originally had 2.5 million troops, is now desperately expanding its army. According to the information we have obtained, the French Army plans to expand by another two million!

As for the Russians, after a series of crushing defeats. The total strength of the Russian Army is now only about three million. Similarly, Tsar Alexander II gave the order to expand the army. It is expected that the Russian army will once again expand its army by two million.

In North America, the U.S. Army has only 700,000 regulars left. The U.S. government has once again relaxed the conditions for recruitment, and is expected to expand the army by one million again! ”

Lieutenant General Liu Zhongming will continue.

"Your Majesty, it seems that our enemy is still very strong!" Prime Minister Lin Zihao frowned. In Western Europe, the French Army and the British Army, which remained on the continent, combined numbered 5.5 million men. Russia will also have an army of five million. The total strength of the U.S. Army seems to be 1.7 million. In this case, not counting the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy, as well as the blockaded British mainland, the Imperial Army has more than 12 million enemies!

And the number of troops that the empire has put into the battlefield is only four million. The two allies of the Empire, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Spain, had only 1.2 million troops in total. In comparison, the empire is able to control less than half the army of the enemy. So, can this battle be won?

"Prime Minister, war is not a simple math problem, and whichever side has the most troops will win. Although our enemy has a large number of troops, almost half of them are Zhao Ming's recruits in a hurry, how much combat power can these recruits have? In addition, after the defeat in the early stage, the morale of the enemy has already suffered a great blow. Without fighting spirit, how much combat effectiveness can they exert themselves? What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army has always been above the enemy. The General Staff expects that this war will be very smooth. It is expected that by the second half of this year, the large-scale war will be over. Chief of the General Staff, General Sun Hao, said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you must have faith in the Empire's army! I am sure that the final victory will be ours. In addition, the enemy's army is growing, which is certainly bad for us, but it is also good. Once all the adult men in Europe are dead on the battlefield, how much power is left of the entire Western world? I wish all the white men were dead on the battlefield! Long Yufei said with a smile. It's just that after listening to his words, the ministers all felt a little cold.

From the perspective of the Empire, the more white men in Europe died, the better it was for the Empire. After all, if the Western world wants to confront empires, people are an indispensable and important factor. If there are not enough people, then how can you fight against the Empire? Of course, it would be a bit inhumane to target civilians. However, killing enemies on the battlefield, this could not be more normal. The Empire could justifiably kill all the adult white men in order to reduce the threat they posed to the future of the Empire.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is very important to the Empire. The battle on the front line, please leave it to you! Long Yufei said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will definitely return victorious!" Admiral Sun Hao and Lieutenant General Liu Zhongming both replied loudly. (To be continued......)

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