Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏreadx; Chapter 475 Linjiang Fortress Group

"But what about our own troops?" At this, John Brown's face was filled with grief.

"There are millions of British troops concentrated on the battlefield in Egypt, but unfortunately there are only 1,000 machine guns and only 500 artillery pieces.

"I don't know if the domestic economic crisis is really so serious that the cabinet no longer has the money to purchase enough weapons and equipment for the army.

After saying this in one breath, John Brown took a deep breath, and the angry look on his face relaxed slightly.

Then, after calming down his agitation, John Brown stared into Bannerman's eyes in front of him and said with a serious and serious expression: "Although I know that in the British Empire, whether it is the government or the people, almost everyone thinks that the most important thing is always the navy."

"But please don't forget that it is always our army that will decide the outcome of the war."

"If the combat effectiveness of our army really falls behind other army powers in the world, then even if our navy can dominate the world, it will not be able to win any war that determines the fortunes of the country!"

John Brown's words were deafening and sent a huge shock to Henry Campbell Bannerman at this moment.

Perhaps, he didn't know that this colonel, who was still angry in his expression, admired the skirmisher tactics of the squadron.

However, the comparison of the following numbers made Bannerman see that the gap between the British Empire and the Chinese and American armies in terms of weaponry and equipment was still so huge.

This situation has to worry Henry Campbell Banneman a little.

Moreover, John Brown's words just now are also very correct, although the navy is the most powerful weapon to maintain the hegemony of the British Empire in the world, no matter how strong the navy is, it is impossible to go ashore, so the final decision on the victory of a war can only be the army.

Therefore, no world power dares to relax in the slightest degree in the building of its army.

"Colonel, can you show me all the notes you have about military affairs during the three years of the Sino-American war?"

"It will be my pleasure, Sir!" John Brown said with an irrepressible look of excitement on his face.

Nothing excites John Brown more than the results of his many years of research, being respected and even accepted.

Then, John Brown quickly turned around, pulled a black suitcase from the corner of the cabin wall, and opened it.

Because in this suitcase, which is about half a square meter and no more than 30 centimeters deep, except for a few British Army military uniforms, almost all the rest are thick notebooks and military books.

Moreover, from the traces on their bodies, Bannerman could guess that these books and notebooks had basically been used by the British colonel in front of him, and he usually looked through them, because the center of the covers of many books had almost been partially worn off.

"Mr. Colonel, did you sort it out?" Bannerman looked surprised.

"Yes, Mr. Sir, these eighteen notebooks are all the results of my painstaking three years of research, and they record all my observations, understandings, and analyses of this Sino-American war." At this, John Brown had a look of pride and excitement on his face.

These books and notes are John Brown's greatest and most precious treasure at this moment.

"Colonel John Brown, on behalf of all the upright and courageous citizens of the British Empire, I would like to thank you for your selfless dedication to this country.

Hearing this, John Brown's expression suddenly became excited, "Thank you very much, Sir!"

"I should say that I am the one who is grateful! Moreover, as a citizen of the empire and a high-ranking cabinet official, these are also things I should do!"

"Knock knock ......!"

As soon as Bannerman finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.

Seeing this, Bannerman immediately gave John Brown a look, and then after seeing him quickly pack the box, Bannerman looked up and said, "Please come in!"

"Squeak"

With a slightly hoarse push on the door, a young man wearing a black narrow sleeve stand-up collar new hanfu walked in.

Liang Cheng, who was an official in charge of receiving British envoys participating in the Sino-US peace talks, said in fluent English that he was a young boy in the United States: "Mr. Minister, now that our warship has arrived in Linjiang, we will disembark here and then take the train to Chicago!"

After listening to his words, Bannerman nodded expressionlessly.In fact, as early as when he came, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese People's Army had already explained the itinerary to him.

Because after the end of the Yili War, in order to block the pursuit of the U.S. Army, the retreating Huojia Army Army of the Northern Front of the American Theater of Operations demolished almost all the railroads in Indiana, Ohio River and Michigan.

. Therefore, now if you want to go to Chicago to participate in the Sino-US peace talks, in addition to taking the St. Lawrence River and the waterway of the Great Lakes, Bannerman from the United Kingdom can only board a ship from New York and then take a train to Memphis, and then take a boat along the Mississippi River to the north, and then go upstream, originally Burlington, Iowa, of course, has now been renamed the Chinese People's Army Jingzhou Province Linjiang County, and then take the railway from here to Chicago.

"Okay, we got it! When we're cleaned up, we'll get off the boat right away." Bannerman said with a calm expression.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you outside!"

"Thanks, we'll be out soon!"

After listening to the bearded British envoy's words, Liang Cheng smiled and nodded, turned around and pushed the door and walked out.

It was only then that Bannerman turned his head, with a hint of caution on his face, and said to John Brown, "Mr. Colonel, what we have just said is not to be mentioned to anyone, and please be sure to protect the contents of your box, they are very important for the construction of our British Imperial Army!"

"Yes, sir, I will treat the contents of the box as my life, and I will never let them happen to me in the slightest!"

Hearing this, Henry Campbell Bannerman patted John Brown on the broad shoulder with satisfaction.

"Let's go, let's go out, don't let people wait in a hurry!"

"Yes, Sir!" encouraged John Brown.

However, after stepping out of the cabin and seeing the surroundings clearly, the originally calm expression on Henry Campbell Bannerman's face suddenly became solemn, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.

"What's wrong with Jazz?"

At this moment, looking at Bannerman, who was standing at the door, John Brown behind him couldn't help but ask strangely.

"Look?"

With that, Bannerman moved to the left and moved out of the way for John Brown to walk out.

"Phew!"

After seeing the situation clearly, John Brown's face immediately changed.

I saw that at this moment, less than two hundred meters away from the dock where they disembarked, a huge fortress was bathed in golden sunlight, like a lying dragon, pillowed on the east bank of the Mississippi River.

The whole fortress has three large, six small and nine huge fortress-like single fortresses, each single fortress has a gap of nearly two hundred meters, nine fortresses are combined, and the two kilometers of the river bank on the west bank of the Mississippi River are under its deterrence.

After looking at the dazzling reflection on the blue-gray fortress made of reinforced concrete pouring ten meters high in the distance, the dense firing ports and the dazzling reflections on the cannon muzzles, John Brown couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a mighty steel fortress! If the Americans want to attack it from the front, it must be another meat grinder-like war!"

Hearing this, Bannerman also nodded solemnly, compared to the powerful role played by this fortress in the war. As the British negotiator participating in the Sino-US negotiations this time, he paid more attention to the political purpose of the Chinese reflected behind this fortress.

"Colonel Brown, how many forts have we seen on the Mississippi River?"

Although he couldn't figure out the purpose of Bannerman's question, John Brown quickly replied, "This should be the twelfth!"

"Twelfth, just on the Mississippi River, which is more than 1,000 kilometers from Memphis to Burlington, there are twelve huge forts, so on the remaining 20 million kilometers of the river, I believe there will be no fewer forts like this!"

Thinking of this, Bannerman raised his head, looked at the steel fortress in the distance and whispered: "It seems that the Chinese have made up their minds to swallow all the American land west of the Mississippi River."

At this moment, looking at the two Brits, after seeing the Linjiang Fortress, they looked shocked.

And the reason why the British came over from the Mississippi River is also to use these fortresses to show that the bottom line of Huo Jiajun's Sino-US peace talks this time is that all the land west of the Mississippi River must belong to us!

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