Chapter 856: The British's Athletic God

The exposure of every new weapon in China is accompanied by a brilliant victory. This seems to have become some kind of 'truth'! For example, now, because of the air raids in Heraklion, the whole world has realized the power of aircraft carriers, and realized that there is such an "unsolvable" warship on the ocean.

As long as they are given room to wield, the Super Dreadnought-class battleships will also become vulnerable and vulnerable in front of one aircraft after another.

Especially when everyone realized that the 12 aircraft carriers that had made great contributions to the Ottoman Empire were converted from 12 large Chinese container carriers, and overnight, China's navy changed from an 'imperial shortcoming' to a thick and strong 'golden thigh'.

The newspapers and public opinion in Western countries are in mourning, and China has the spare capacity to prepare 12 aircraft carriers for the Ottoman Empire, and they know that they themselves will not lack these powerful new warships.

Where should the Western world go in this war?

The only navy that can give them confidence has also become no longer superior, and even at an imaginary disadvantage, so how can the Western world continue to fight? As a result, the British Empire's position in the Western world has become less prominent.

The only consolation that the six European and American powers and their followers can take comfort is that China's geography is too unique, and the entire Pacific Ocean is like a large closed bathtub, firmly blocked by the Americas and Oceania. The British kept an eye on Malacca, and they deployed a considerable number of warships in the Greater Andaman Islands, and after the planes were exposed, the British fighters were also being transferred to India in large quantities.

The Chinese aircraft carriers are heading west, and it is too difficult to threaten the Mediterranean and Europe across a vast Indian Ocean. And to the east. On the other side of the Americas is the vast Atlantic Ocean, across which it reaches out to Europe. In terms of the combat capability of aircraft carriers in this era, it will be very difficult.

The British are vigorously strengthening the Australian guards. The strategic intentions of the Europeans changed very quickly, and the British had already switched from offensive to defensive in terms of the sea.

The scope of activities of the Chinese Office in Europe in Germany and Austria has been greatly reduced, and the German government has imposed restrictions on travel and movement, but some public information and some open secrets can still be gathered. The British, Germans, Italians and French all hurried to build small warships, and in the case of thousand-ton destroyers, the anti-aircraft firepower was extremely powerful.

"The Europeans are not dead yet!" Emperor Xiao Liu had regret on his face. If the air raids in Heraklion really make the Europeans lose confidence, their own father can take advantage of the trend to 'make a comeback'. Completely crushed the will of the Europeans to fight. This is the end of the war that China has been preparing for for years. Pity......

Liu Xian put down the information in his hand, took off his glasses and said, "Europeans won't die so quickly. "It's a gambling table, people on both sides have sat down, and the stakes are the crown of world hegemony. The Europeans lost a few times in a row, but they still had a lot of money, so they won't stop there.

"The next step is to see how far the Japanese can use the aircraft carrier. Look at how slippery they are! ”

An air raid on Heraklion dealt a heavy blow to the combined French-Italian fleet, even worse than the Battle of Thrace. But the French Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Fleet were still very strong, and the French and Italian fleets behind them also had strong shipbuilding industries. And more importantly, the water depth of the port of Heraklion is not deep. It was less than 10 meters, and many of the sunken warships were sitting in the harbor. It only needs to be salvaged for restoration, although not all of it can be restored, but some of it can be restored. Soon re-formed combat effectiveness.

Again, Europeans eat at first sight and grow wiser. It will be much more difficult for the Ottoman fleet to carry out a sneak attack in the coming days. Whether Thrace or Heraklion. The victory was achieved entirely because these two wars were unprecedented in history. Later, the French and Italians were on guard. It is unlikely that the plane will be able to achieve such a smooth work.

Just when Emperor Xiao Liu had a small meeting with his Lao Tzu. A meeting is also taking place at 10 Downing Street in the UK. There were not many attendees, but compared to the small meeting in Beijing, which only had a father and son, the scale of the meeting at 10 Downing Street was much larger.

At this meeting, the British used projectors for the first time. There are mainly two sets of pictures shown to everyone, one is from the 12 aircraft carriers of the Ottoman Navy, and the other is from the aircraft carrier Athletic, which the British themselves are preparing to build.

The all-access flight deck learned from the Chinese, the front and rear 3 elevator operations, the hangar, the aviation gasoline depot, and the ammunition depot are all available.

With the shipbuilding and design capabilities of the British, it was not at all a problem to create an aircraft carrier, there was a problem with their aircraft. Aircraft capable of taking off from the deck, aircraft capable of landing on the deck, this is the most important factor affecting the aircraft carriers of the British.

According to the design of the pattern, the speed of the Athletic God aircraft carrier should reach at least 25 knots per hour, and the maximum speed of the 12 aircraft carriers of the Ottoman Empire is only 16 or 7 knots.

"It's all about the plane. We are lagging behind in the planes, and it is useless for the battleships to be advanced. "An aircraft carrier is a completely different kind of warship, which is completely incompatible with existing warships. Airplanes are their weapons of battle!

"Then let's go all out and work hard to create the most advanced aircraft carriers, the most advanced fighters under our existing technology, for the future of the Western world, for the future of our respective homeland!"

At the end of the meeting, the atmosphere was very gloomy, and the European countries were once again in the position of chasers, and this time the 'catch-up' was much more difficult than the previous airship. It's no wonder that everyone can be happy!

The mood of the Japanese, which is completely contrary to the bad mood of the Europeans, whether it is Tokyo Japan or southwestern Japan, is very excited when they see the results and good news of the air raids in Heraklion.

Their national self-esteem and cultural dignity have been infinitely crushed by China, like a spring, compressed to the extreme. The current victory is the complete release of the spring, and the huge social effect it has caused makes the Chinese in Japan can't help but sound their own time. That was more than thirty years ago. Didn't the old emperor rely on victory after victory, incredible again and again. enjoyed the hope of the world, and it was very easy to win the whole world.

Victory in foreign wars. For a nation that has been repeatedly oppressed, it has been inspiring to outsiders. Especially the little devils are still a country that wants to break jade at every turn, and the kind of thinking they preach in their traditional culture, bushido, and their previous national repression, how strong their emotions are, and how wanton they are now released.

The 67-year-old Heihachiro Togo has become a 'god' admired by the whole of Japan, and the chief of staff of the fleet, Mayuki Akiyama, has also been named a 'wise general'. These two words are highly regarded in Japan.

The name Heihachiro Togo is also remembered throughout Europe. Ahmed IV bestowed the title of 'Khedive' on Heihachiro Togo in the Arab world. The Khedive means the Governor, one level higher than the Pasha. During the Napoleonic period, the founder of the Egyptian dynasty, the Ottoman general Muhammad. Ali, after expelling the French army from Egypt, established himself as the 'Khedive'. Ahmet IV then awarded the title of 'Pasha' to the Chief of Staff of the Fleet, Mayuki Akiyama, and the title of 'Bey' to the three of Guabu Waiyoshi, Dewa Shigeen, and Shichiro Kataoka.

What Pasha means, everyone should probably know, can be understood as 'general'. And what about 'Bey'? It is a Turkic word meaning "chieftain" or "chieftain", a title in the Ottoman Empire and the Arab world. It has the meaning of "sir" and "lord".

Anyway, a Heraklion air raid was fought, and the Japanese were famous, and the main generals were treated with solemnity from the Ottoman Empire and the Japanese government, middle and lower-ranking officers and countless soldiers. Especially those pilots who have made meritorious achievements in flying planes, in terms of honor, they may not be as good as Togo Heihachiro and others, but they are definitely not inferior to those high-ranking officials in terms of money. This further stimulated the combat enthusiasm of these Japanese.

Money is very important.

What did the Japanese come to the Ottomans for? In addition to the promises that China made to their government. Isn't it just a high remuneration for yourself? 99% of the Japanese on the battlefield were ordinary soldiers, and they could not become a famous general like Heihachiro Togo, who was watched all over the world. All they can get is money, except for the honor of shooting down a few planes and sinking a few warships in the war. In contrast, Japan's national income is a very high return on money. For the vast majority of Japanese soldiers. That's what they're fighting for.

They can choose to send their monthly salary to their families in Japan in the form of money, or they can share a part of it in exchange for rice, salt, sugar, wine, meat (mainly canned), and the Chinese side is very kind to the Far East dispatch army, and the soldiers in the army buy supplies at least 25% cheaper than the market. As long as you put a few checks and fill in a few numbers on the monthly salary expression, the Chinese thousands of miles away will be meticulous and conscientiously handle all their requirements for them, which is a completely free service and a kind of preferential treatment given by the Chinese government to soldiers participating in the war in Japan, the Southern Heavenly Kingdom and other subject countries.

In the beginning, many soldiers chose to exchange most of their salaries for food and other items to send home. Because this will make them actually increase their already Youwo's 'monthly salary' in essence. The price of supplies in the army is much cheaper than the price of similar materials in Japan. However, when they soon contacted their families by phone and letter, they found that prices were falling sharply throughout Japan and in the Southern Heavenly Kingdom. Because of their entry into the war, the Chinese government provided various kinds of aid and counterpart trade to Japan and the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, and the prices of various commodities and materials in the territory of these three regimes fell sharply, rushing to the same price level as China.

For example, the price of bicycles in China has dropped to 2 to 300 yuan per bicycle, but the price of bicycles in Japan is still high at more than 5 yen. Whether it is Tokyo Japan or Southwest Japan, the people's opinions on this have long been exploded, but the common people are not at home, and the government in North and South Japan serves bureaucrats, aristocrats, and big capital groups. So the people are making a fool of themselves, and they don't have any use at all.

This time, the prices of various commodities in Japan have dropped sharply, and it is because the little devils have encountered the power of China. In order to enable hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Far East to fight on the front line with peace of mind, China has paid huge manpower and material resources. It's just that because China did not enter the war, it can't be shown.

The people and the general public do not know this. But how could these people not know about the cabinet ministers, central ministers, ministers, and the magnates of the National Assembly in Beijing? Since last year, China has been moving towards a wartime economy.

In order to maintain a peaceful environment for domestic development, and because of the changes in the current situation, the Chinese government has been carefully manipulating this socio-economic transformation, which has lengthened the time and made the destructive power much smaller.

The blue sea and blue sky, the huge fleet is cleaving the waves, and it is advancing towards the south. Six reconnaissance planes, with the fleet at its core, are vigilant for every move on the sea surface within a hundred kilometers.

The Ottoman fleet was lacking in hard power. The aircraft carriers here can't even rely on two reliable battleships, so they must always keep an eye on every move around them when they are active. It would be very tragic to let the fleets of the French and Italians approach the aircraft carrier group.

Heihachiro Togo is not an arrogant person. He was very careful to dispatch reconnaissance planes, with the aircraft carrier formation as the core, to be vigilant for every move on the sea within 100 kilometers from east, west, south, and north, and two reconnaissance planes with two combat squads to circle within 50 kilometers of the aircraft carrier formation.

In terms of this thing, China and Europe and the United States should be on the same level, and there is nothing to keep secret.

The purpose of this aircraft carrier formation sortie, Heihachiro Togo, was the oil fields of Libya. Although the British-controlled Egypt was closer to the Aegean Sea, the British had not officially entered the war after all, and after the Ottomans took control of the peninsula, they obediently relaxed the restrictions on the British oil fields, and only imposed heavy taxes on the oil they shipped abroad, but this is a completely different concept from confiscation. The oil fields of the French, Austria-Hungary and Italians were completely taken over by the Ottomans, and the Germans were 'stranded'! The position of the British is obvious.

Just as the Europeans tried not to touch China as much as possible, the Ottoman Empire would not have taken the initiative to touch British interests now.

China and Britain, the two big countries, are being actively isolated by the 'war'. The two countries themselves are delaying their involvement in the war as much as possible. Everything depends on how the situation develops next! (To be continued.) )