Chapter 1189: The Last Battle
"Your Majesty, this is the model of the secret treaty between the Reich and the Kingdom of Italy, and the Imperial Legation in Switzerland formally signed the treaty with the Minister of the Kingdom of Italy in Switzerland. By the time the post-war negotiations were made, this treaty would become the Empire's main post-war treaty against the Kingdom of Italy! Imperial Foreign Minister Wei Yuan said. He also did not seem to have imagined that, in the end, the Italians would really agree to raise these harsh conditions proposed.
"Hmmm! However, it seems that the Italians are determined to try their courage this time. However, the Empire won't let them get their way! Long Yufei said with a smile. In order to keep the country, the Italians would even agree to these conditions put forward by the empire, which shows how big their plans were.
"Your Majesty, whether the Italians want to lie down or not, when the next war comes, the empire will defeat them lightly!" General Sun Hao, chief of the General Staff, was very confident. The Imperial Army, Navy and Air Force were very good in this war. There is no doubt that the military strength of the empire has now become the world's first.
Long Yufei nodded, now, the strength of the Empire's * army is comparable to no country in the world. After the end of the war, the military strength of the empire will also increase again. A large number of new technologies that were not used in this war will also be applied to the military. When the next war breaks out, the Empire's military power will grow by leaps and bounds. Therefore, it is simply impossible to pin the hope of defeating the Empire in the next war.
"The operational plan of the General Staff against the British. How's the preparation? Time is running out! Long Yufei asked.
At a time when the Empire was using diplomatic means to settle the Kingdom of Italy, preparations for war against Britain were in full swing. A large number of troops were massing near the English Channel, shiploads of munitions and other war materiel. They were also shipped to the front. The warships of the 1st and 5th fleets of the Imperial Navy also began to gather in the English Channel. And this qiē shows that the war of the Empire against Britain is about to begin.
"Your Majesty, the Empire's preparations for war against Britain are proceeding according to the original plan. It is expected that in another week or so. We're ready to do it! When the time comes, the Imperial Army and the Marine Corps. Landing in Britain under the cover of the Admiral's Navy. Chief of the General Staff, General Sun Hao, said.
"This battle is very important for the Empire. The destruction of Britain could only represent the end of the war. And the British. will inevitably be unwilling to be destroyed by the empire, so they will definitely fight back desperately. I hope that the empire will be able to destroy Britain at the least cost. Long Yufei advised, seeing that the war was about to end completely, there was no need to pay too many casualties for this war.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Chief of the General Staff, General Sun Hao, nodded. Seeing that the war is about to end with the victory of the Empire, it is indeed too worthwhile to die on the battlefield now. But. In war, there will definitely be deaths. The responsibility of the General Staff is to reduce casualties as much as possible.
"Ladies and gentlemen. This war has been carried out to the last moment, and we are about to win the war. The more we get to this point, the more we can't relax. We have to make sure that there are no problems in the war! "Long Yufei doesn't want the boat to capsize in the gutter in the end.
The ministers replied loudly, saying that such a thing would never happen. Although, for thousands of years, there are many things that fall short at the last moment. But. Such a thing would never happen to the Imperial Army and Navy.
With the countries of the North Atlantic military alliance either perishing or simply surrendering. The world war is also about to end. For this world war, many people or countries originally thought that it would be a protracted war. However, what everyone did not expect was that the Asia-Europe military alliance headed by the Chinese Empire won a solitary victory in the war in just one year. The rest of the countries, with the exception of the United Kingdom, have already been defeated. And Britain is also destined to be defeated. Britain, which is trapped on an isolated island, is nothing more than a trapped beast after the overseas transportation line is cut off. Victory is just around the corner.
The clouds of war began to gather over the English Channel as the imperial armies began to gather along the English Channel. Almost everyone's eyes are on here, and everyone is watching this final battle. Of course, almost the vast majority of people believe that this final battle must have ended with the victory of the Chinese Empire. And they were concerned about how much damage Britain could inflict on the Chinese Empire.
The naval base of Le Havre in western France has now become the former enemy headquarters of the Reich's operations against the British, where Lieutenant General Liu Zhongming, chief of operations of the Reich General Staff, will be in charge of directing the landing operations against the British. In order to ensure the destruction of Britain, the Imperial General Staff would commit the main forces of the 1st and 5th Fleets of the Navy, the 13th Army, the 14th Army, the 15th Army, the 16th Army, the 20th Army and the 12th Army, as well as the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th Brigades of the Marine Corps, totaling more than a million troops.
Of course, this is not only the Empire's army* that has been put into battle, but also the Empire's allies who will also be fighting against the British. In particular, the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Belgium, the iron-clad allies of these two empires, were even more indispensable. As for the Kingdom of Prussia, the Reich was bent on excluding them. After all, Britain has been the world hegemon for hundreds of years, and the wealth they have collected from the whole world will undoubtedly be very staggering. The countries of the Eurasian military alliance are staring at these riches. When the time comes, there will definitely be a fierce scramble.
The last time in Russia, the Russians and the Prussians secretly colluded, which greatly damaged the interests of the Reich. If it weren't for the Imperial cavalry capturing the Imperial Village and seizing more than three billion Chinese dollars of wealth inside, the Empire's losses would have been even greater. In order to avoid a similar situation from happening again, it was undoubtedly a good idea for the Empire to exclude the Kingdom of Prussia from the sequence of wars against Britain.
After all, the army of the Kingdom of Prussia was strong, but their navy was too weak. If the Imperial Navy were to intercept the Kingdom of Prussia, they would not have been able to send their troops to the British.
Of course, in fact, the Prussians also wished that the Reich would be ruined in the British Isles, and the greater the Reich's losses in the British Isles. The gap between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Empire will be further narrowed, which will help them to narrow the gap as much as possible in the confrontation with the Empire, and even defeat the Empire. After all, although the strength of the British army is not strong, as the world hegemon, at the same time, in the past half a year, the British have been expanding their army frantically, which has raised the strength of the British army to a very terrifying point.
Among other things, the total strength of the British Army has increased to more than three million, which is a big challenge for those who want to land in the British Isles and try to defeat the British. With Britain's great industrial power, it was not at all a problem to arm three million people. This, combined with the determination of the British to resist, made it likely that Britain would turn into a quagmire of war.
According to the estimates of the General Staff of the Kingdom of Prussia, if the Chinese Empire wanted to destroy Britain, it would have to invest at least more than 1 million to 1.5 million elite troops and be prepared to suffer more than 500,000 casualties. The military expenditure is even more astronomical. And this is exactly what the Kingdom of Prussia wants to see. They hoped even more that the Chinese Empire would sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire of war in Britain, or even be dragged down. In this case, the Chinese Empire would not have time to suppress the Kingdom of Prussia.
Although the Empire knew this, it was impossible for the Empire to refrain from waging war against Britain. The Empire could not accept the continued existence of the British. As the previous world hegemon, Britain's strength and potential are too terrifying, if it does not completely destroy Britain, but only defeat Britain in expression, then it is estimated that it will not be long before Britain will pose a threat to the empire again. In this case, the empire will have to pay a greater price in the future to be able to destroy Britain and consolidate the empire's position as the world hegemon.
Therefore, in this war, Britain will be completely defeated, Britain will be defeated, and Britain will no longer have the strength to challenge. Although, this will make the empire suffer a certain loss. However, such losses are not unacceptable, and they will certainly be much smaller than those incurred by leaving the war in the future.
Since the main force of the British Navy was annihilated by the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Navy has been blockading Britain, so that Britain's connection with overseas is completely cut off. Although Britain is a powerful industrialized country, it is strictly dependent on overseas markets. Not only did the overseas colonies need to provide Britain with the raw materials needed for industry, but also the overseas colonies needed to provide enough food and other agricultural products to Britain proper.
But now, the navy has been defeated, sea supremacy has been lost, and with it, sea transportation lines have been cut off. As a result, Britain could no longer receive reinforcements from the colonies. Britain can only rely on its own land to feed these two or three million people. However, the grain production in the UK is simply not possible. Over the past few months, there has been a food shortage in the UK, and many cities have begun to implement rationing. It is estimated that if this continues, there will soon be a large-scale famine in Britain. When the time comes, I am afraid that without the offensive of the Imperial * army, the British themselves will not be able to hold out. (To be continued)
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