Chapter 1129 A World Power with Global Leadership Responsibility (Plus 3rd Bullet)

A few days later

Emperor Li Fushou and his entourage arrived in the Republic of Virginia for an official goodwill visit to the country.

The Ocean Empire did not know what British interests were in North America, and neither concerned nor intended to worry about other people's affairs, let alone do anything abusive, and it turned out that it was not worth it.

I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch.

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At the same time

In Bristol, in the south of England, a vicious bloody case occurred that shocked the British Isles.

Churchill, who had just emerged from the political maelstrom of London, was on his way to Bristol to participate in a book launch when he was attacked at gunpoint by a local Chinese retired veteran.

Churchill was shot once in the chest and once in the left shoulder, and escaped with the desperate cover of his bodyguards.

However, in the mutual shooting, a total of 5 bodyguards, 2 policemen and 11 innocent local people were killed, and more than 20 people were injured, resulting in a bloody incident that shocked the British Isles.

This retired Chinese veteran is armed with a zero-type semi-automatic rifle, and his marksmanship is accurate and lethal, and he is not a ruthless character that the local police can deal with at all.

Until the bullet ran out in the end, the local police rushed up to subdue the man, who knew that he also left a grenade for himself, and after it was revealed, the frightened people on the spot scattered and ran.

The Chinese veteran shouted with all his might; "Whoever offends the empire will be punished even if he is far away, Churchill...... When your time comes, I will be the first and not the last to kill you."

After speaking, he sounded the fuse, and it exploded with a "boom......

As a result of the book campaign, many local British journalists were present, and the bloodshed quickly made headlines and caused a strong reaction in the British Isles.

During the war

Millions of young British men have been conscripted into the army and sent to the battlefields around the world, and there is a huge gap in the social fabric that has left the entire British economy running poorly, and there is a huge shortage of labor.

As a member of the Entente bloc, the Republic of China did not send troops to the European front, but it did provide a considerable number of laborers, especially young men.

These Chinese laborers came to Europe and undertook all kinds of heavy manual labor, making an indelible contribution to the final victory over the Allied bloc led by Germany.

In the post-war period, many French and British women married Chinese laborers and had children, especially in France, where there were more than 200,000 families, and in England, where tens of thousands of families were born.

In addition, there are more than 37,230 families formed by retired soldiers of the Ocean Empire and British women, mainly in the central and southern regions of England, and a small number of them live on the island of Scotland.

Especially in some neighborhoods and towns in Bristol and Southampton, Chinese families already account for one-third or even more than half, and have a significant influence in the local community.

And this is not counting single parent babies, throughout the war, the Ocean Empire's million-dollar expeditionary force landed in England one after another, and after large-scale training, they went to the European theater.

Two years later, there were at least 300,000 single-parent families in the UK, and after the withdrawal of the Ocean Empire, many British single mothers packed their bags and took their children and embarked on a long journey to Australia to find their relatives.

Due to the rapid rise of the Ocean Empire, its military and economic strength, and the high importance of the situation of the diaspora, the Chinese were generally treated equally in Europe, and there was little discrimination.

It is now 19 years, it is the Republic of China period, Chinese laborers have long cut their braids, and won the love of local European women for their hard work, steadfastness, stability and restraint, and most Chinese have established families here.

Another ethnic group of Chinese people is a retired veteran from the Ocean Empire, and the Chinese veteran who committed the bloody crime is one of them, and his shouting "I am the first, but not the last person to kill you" is not a false threat, but a real threat to Churchill's life.

After the incident, the British police dispatched a large number of arrests and arrested hundreds of retired Chinese soldiers in the central and southern regions. "The glory of the empire cannot be discredited, and if there is an opportunity, Churchill will be killed."

With the urgent intervention of diplomatic envoys, most of these retired Chinese soldiers were released, and only a dozen or so who had hoarded firearms and ammunition with the obvious intention of carrying out the attack were still detained and examined, and were not released.

These are extremely dangerous people, who are only a beat slower than the retired veteran of the Bristol massacre.

The embassy in Britain is still trying to mediate, and has said that it will hire the best lawyers for the citizens of the Ocean Empire if necessary, after all, it is not a crime to think and brag is not a crime.

At this moment, for Churchill, the British Isles were full of murderous motives, which made him panic all day, and he was forced to pack up and leave by boat overnight, and go to South Africa for temporary refuge.

He couldn't go to France and the European continent, nor could he go to North and South America and West Asia, let alone India, and the newspapers and public opinion of the Ocean Empire were shouting and shouting at him, and maybe he would be sunk by a bombardment at the Red Sea moat.

Buckingham Palace

"Mr. Prime Minister, I want to know why it has come to this point?" George V walked back and forth with an angry expression, his hands nervously waving in the air, and shouting loudly;

"How long has it been since Great Britain made great sacrifices to win this war?

A new war broke out, and in less than two weeks on England soil, nearly a thousand Chinese who had settled in the south abandoned their families and sailed away in anger.

It was a disaster that the maddened women surrounded the police station and the town hall, and even scratched the Boer councillors all over their faces.

I've heard

The Ocean Empire had completely sided with the French in the post-war arrangement, causing significant harm to the core interests of England, and now I need a reasonable explanation?

Leave that damn Churchill alone and let him go to hell!

The military has been overwhelmed, Lord Kitchener has come several times, and now the Army is mired in a European quagmire and desperately needs a solution to quell the current state of chaos.

The longer it drags on, the more passive we become, don't you understand that, Mr. Prime Minister? ”

King George V's stormy venting did not intimidate David Law and Prime Minister George.

The real power of Britain is in the cabinet and parliament, and the king is only a symbolic head of state, but his bitter face became even more twisted, and he sighed heavily and said;

"Your Majesty;

In order to appease the anger in the heart of the monarch of the Ocean Empire, Downing Street's apology statement is not weighty, and you need to come forward to make a sincere apology in person.

The fact that I made an apology a week ago did not receive a formal response from them at all, makes it difficult to explain the problem.

I am deeply sorry that Emperor Lee is about to step on the face of the British Empire, and I will take full responsibility for this, and will soon submit the resignation of the cabinet. ”

"What? You are a coward who shirks his responsibilities, a coward, and such cowardly behavior is a disgrace to the family. ”

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to have caused you such a trouble."

"Then go fix the problem, God, you damn thing, instead of kidnapping the royal family to wipe your ass, it's incredible."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being blunt, this may be the only solution at the moment......"

Quarrels are quarrels, and things have to be settled.

Next

Buckingham Palace held an official press conference, attended by King George V in person, and publicly apologized for the smear incident that caused a stir some time ago.

He called on the Ocean Empire to abandon its past grievances and unite sincerely, and the friendly relations between the two countries have a long history.

At a press conference

King George V fondly recalled many details of his official meeting with Li Fushou, praised him as a wise and wise monarch with a clear and leading mind, and looked forward to working together to create a bright and great future between Britain and the West.

The shouting was quickly answered, and Emperor Li Fushou, who had left the Republic of Virginia and arrived in the Republic of California on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean for an official visit, said while visiting the newly built museum;

He had received a friendly message from Buckingham Palace, deeply admired the great wisdom of King George V, and the Imperial side was also in favor of eliminating noise and interference, putting aside old suspicions, and continuing to maintain the traditional friendly relations between the two countries.

But before that

The two countries should establish a smooth communication mechanism on mutual trust between the governments, bridge differences, manage frictions, and establish long-term and stable friendly relations between countries.

It is necessary to avoid deliberately provoking incitement by certain sensationalist politicians and forces with bad intentions, which will lead to large fluctuations, sometimes good and sometimes bad, which will affect European and even international stability.

Such an unstable bilateral relationship is undoubtedly extremely harmful to the relationship between the two countries, which shoulder the heavy responsibility of global leadership......

no doubt

In the dialogue between the two countries, the Ocean Empire gained the upper hand and suppressed Britain to the death.

In his speech, Emperor Li Fushou revealed the important message of "the relationship between the two countries between the United States and the United Kingdom, which shoulders the heavy responsibility of leading the world", which is an unprecedented policy positioning for the relations between the two countries, and it is also a new formulation, which has aroused great concern in all countries in the world.

With Li Fushou's respected status, it is absolutely impossible to open his mouth.

His words reveal a lot of information.

the new positioning of the policy of the ocean empire;

It will strive to become a world power that stands shoulder to shoulder with Britain in international status and shoulders global leadership responsibilities, which is a naked challenge to Britain's global hegemony.

If before the world war

Britain will inevitably launch a global competition for resources, encircle and suppress the Ocean Empire from all aspects of politics, economy, and military, and must stifle its development, dismember its territory, and use military means to directly attack it.

However, not now, Britain has more than enough heart but not enough power.

Looking at the current situation of the Entente, France is completely crippled, and it is already crumbling with the arrogance of the Gallic rooster.

Italy has completely exposed the cowardice of the sloppy strap, what to do, the first place in appetite.

Tsarist Russia has now become a public enemy of the world, and the 17-nation intervention army is participating in the civil war of Tsarist Russia, which is extremely fierce, and the end of the civil war is far away.

In order to defeat the Germans, the British also used all their strength to eat, and this world war caused serious internal injuries to Britain, and it was also a watershed from prosperity to decline.

World Wars

With the progress of the war situation, a large number of human, material and financial resources of Britain were thrown into the bottomless pit of the war, and the number of deaths greatly exceeded the number of people killed after the Napoleonic Wars, and the dawn of victory was not seen for a long time.

However, the cruelty of the war is not only human casualties, but also the huge damage to the overall economy, and the overall national strength has greatly regressed

During the war, Britain suffered heavy losses, and in order to maintain and win the war, Britain had to rely on the support of its colonies and protectorates while obtaining loans from the Ocean Empire.

Unscrupulous exploitation and oppression made the contradictions in the colonies more prominent, and there were frequent riots and rebellions.

In 13-18 years, the UK's national budget increased from £1,975.0 million to £2.5 billion.

The total wartime budget was £14.2 billion, most of which was spent on military orders from the Ocean Empire, as well as other massive imports.

In contrast, Britain's industrial strength has shrunk significantly due to transportation difficulties and a lack of labour.

In 13-18 years, coal production fell from 282 million tons to 227 million tons, shipbuilding fell from 19.3 million tons to 08.2 million tons, and cotton textile exports fell from 7 billion yards to 3.8 billion yards, which is a microcosm of the state of British industry.

During the war

Massive imports from the Ocean Empire hit the market, and British industry as a whole continued to shrink, losing more and more markets.

After the war, Britain faced the impact of new industrialization on its old industrial country. Due to the lack of a large amount of funds to renew fixed capital, Britain's traditional industrial sectors such as coal, steel, metallurgy, textiles, and machinery manufacturing began to decline sharply.

The most striking example of this is the fact that the UK's share of production in all industrial countries has fallen from 30% at the beginning of the 20th century to less than 10% at present.

Compare it to

The proportion of production in all industrialized countries has jumped from 23.4% at the beginning of the 20th century to more than 39.6% at present, accounting for almost 40% of the market.

And this is not the end, the Ocean Empire took the lead in economic transformation after the war, advanced large-scale industrial production coupled with the technological transformation of the second industrial revolution dominated by electrification, burst out with stronger production capacity, and quickly occupied the world market.

The influx of a large number of industrial products into the North American and European markets first destroyed the already backward industrial production capacity of the country, a large number of factories closed down, and the domestic market was occupied.

The capitalists from the oceanic empire made a lot of profits, but they dealt a serious blow to the national industry of the United States, making it difficult for it to develop, unable to resist the strength of foreign capital, and falling step by step.

In order to protect its infant industrial base, the visiting country planned to greatly increase customs revenues, but it was intervened by the Ocean Empire, and even threatened to guarantee trade interests by means of war.

This is the reason why the Ocean Empire rejects US President William Taft's desire for dialogue, and the real reason for not recognizing British special interests in North America.

If you tear your face, you can monopolize the North American market.

All this is where Li Fushou's confidence lies in his proposal that "the two countries are world powers shouldering global leadership responsibilities."

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