Chapter 201: Tirpitz's Prophecy

Tirpitz's somewhat rough face flashed a thought, looking at the powerful artillery not far away that was slowly passing through the rostrum under the enthusiastic cheers of the masses, and couldn't help but say in a somewhat high-pitched voice: "Yes, Mr. Minister! Although the British navy is indeed very strong, the navy cannot go ashore! Moreover, the British mainland is close to tens of thousands of nautical miles away from the Far East, and their logistical supply lines are more than ten times longer than those of the Chinese!" At that time, as long as the Chinese and People's Army release their dozen extremely fast cruisers, unless the British transfer all their fleets to the Far East, they will also face the dilemma of insufficient logistical supplies!" As a senior naval officer who has studied naval warfare deeply, Tirpitz understands that it is impossible to encircle and suppress those extremely fast warships on the vast sea without exceeding their strength by more than ten times! Although the Royal Navy of the British Empire, as the world leader, does have this kind of strength, their interests are too extensive, and their navy still has a large number of areas to be stationed, I am afraid that the British will not spend so much jīng for a worthless East Indies!

"And I just made a simple calculation, they participated in this parade of artillery, there are about 400 70mm caliber artillery, 250 105mm caliber heavy artillery, 180 150mm caliber heavy artillery, 203mm caliber heavy artillery 50, plus the more than 100 100mm caliber heavy artillery that fired the salute just now, that is to say, just the light and heavy artillery they took out is nearly a thousand! And that's certainly not all they had, at least I'm sure they didn't take out all the artillery that had been captured from the Dutch and Portuguese armies in the war! From this, we can imagine the extent to which their artillery has reached! Even if they lose even logistics supplies, they can only rely on reserves. With so much artillery firepower, how many lives will the British have to rely on to fill it! You must know that their current population is just over 10 million, and the number of their army has just reached 320,000, and the British simply cannot afford such great losses! Unless they want to step down!"

After a pause, Tirpitz continued: "And we have just seen the flag representing their unit in the hands of the soldiers who participated in the parade, the fifth division to the forty-third division, and the five divisions of marines behind, that is to say, they have at least forty-eight divisions of regular troops in their hands! That means that the number of each of their divisions is at least 10,000 or more, and even if it is calculated according to the scale of 10,000, their number is 480,000! Compared with the regular army of the British, they are even more than nearly 200,000! You must know that they are not a Qing ** team equipped with broadswords and spears and not many rifles! They are all equipped with rifles, and the scale of their artillery is comparable to that of the British! Mr. Minister, I doubt that the Far East's intelligence about the Chinese People's Army will be transmitted back to Europe, to Britain. Does Prime Minister Gladstone have the determination to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops for their ally Holland, and risk defeat in the East Indies, thousands of miles away!"

Having said so much in one breath, Tirpitz, who had never spoken much, couldn't help but take a deep breath. The reason why he said so much at once was that he found that the current Chinese People's Army was too similar to the current German Empire! The same rise through war, the same strong army, the same weak navy, and the same strong external threat! These are the same backgrounds. Let Tirpitz unconsciously tilt the balance in his heart in favor of the Chinese People's Army! Of course, in addition to these reasons, there is also a very important point that he stems from resentment of the navy of the British Empire! Because Germany wants to realize his dream of a big navy. Then the first thing that will be faced is the now powerful British Navy!

He looked at this cold-faced officer with some surprise, and didn't understand what was going on with this wooden guy who looked like a machine more than a flesh-and-blood man! But this question only flashed in his mind and disappeared completely! Because he had been attracted by this naval officer's strength analysis! Although there was not much strong factual basis, it was just a comparison of groups of numbers, and most of them were speculations! But this time Schleier believed his judgment!

Because after a few short exchanges in the past few days, he found that this naval officer named Tirpitz had a quasi-strategic vision and extraordinary military talent! Almost all of his previous predictions about the Chinese People's Army came true! This also increased the persuasiveness of his remarks just now!

When the long procession slowly disappeared at the end of Zhōngyāng Street, the victory parade without much preparation was declared over!

However, although it did not last long, the impact it caused was like a tsunami, with Ma Chen as the center and began to spread around! The black-and-white photos faithfully recorded the heroic posture of the Huo Jiajun soldiers and the powerful artillery!

Because of this military parade, all the first days of the past few days have been published, and it has changed from one every three days to one a day! In order to further mobilize the people's emotions and enhance their ability to belong to the Huo Jiajun! To awaken their national self-confidence and pride, the photos of the captured warships of the Netherlands and Portugal have reappeared on the **!

As one editorial after another was published, and newspapers were constantly being published and published! Now the business of the various teahouses was full! It was crowded with all kinds of people who were calling friends after work, and were jubilant, and talking! The role of this military parade had gone beyond Huo Shan's previous purpose of simply trying to deter the British! It had become a big discussion with the participation of the whole people!

Looking at the passers-by who kept walking on the street, looking excited, and discussing with each other! Gviner's eyebrows condensed into a high pimple, and his face showed a thick sense of worry!

"Alas!" sighed heavily, Gwener withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at the British Army Colonel who was pushing the door in, and looked relieved, "Colonel!

"Yes, sir, Mr. Nelson has boarded the liner bound for Singapore, and I have sent ten valiant army soldiers to keep him safe, and I am confident that in two days he will be able to reach the Straits Settlements, and send back to England by intercontinental telegram from there, all that we have seen in Malzene!"

Nodding silently, Gwener turned his head to look out the window again, and then closed the curtains with a bang, as if he wanted to block out the troubles outside the window!

"Colonel, as a senior officer of the British Imperial Army, do you think that if the Empire is really determined to attack the Chinese People's Army in the East Indies, we will be able to achieve the final victory?" asked Gwener, whose voice was low and his eyes were firmly fixed on the serious-looking and tall middle-aged soldier in front of him.

Looking at the hope in his eyes, although Owens wanted to give a positive answer, but the honor of being a soldier made him unable to say things that went against his heart!"If it was before he participated in the parade, then ......!" Thinking of this, Owens couldn't help but shake his head secretly, these have become an irrevocable past!

"Sir! Although I feel extremely honored to be an army officer of the British Empire! I also have to admit that this Chinese people's army in the Far East is almost the same as the soldiers of the Empire in terms of training and armament! Moreover, they have also gained valuable war experience in a series of wars with the Netherlands and Portugal! This is a well-trained, well-equipped, and rich war experience, and a large number of Jīng sharp troops!" Speaking of this, Owens's face showed a rare hint of hesitation, but looking at Gweiner's face, which had become more and more pale, he still gritted his teeth, and finally said firmly: "It is really difficult for us to defeat such an army in the Far East, which is tens of thousands of nautical miles away from the mainland!" Unless the empire is willing to pay for the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and completely cut off their logistics with more than 200 naval warships, it will take another four or five years to finally win the war and destroy the rule of the Chinese people's army here!"

Hearing these words, Gwener already understood that as long as Prime Minister Gladstone and the members of the cabinet believed their KPA investigation report, then this war would definitely not be fought! Sacrificing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and then mobilizing 200 warships, spending four or five years, and even a large amount of military spending, just to give the Dutch the opportunity to recover the East Indies and then obtain the colonies of Sumatra and Borneo! Such a effort and return are really too disproportionate! If Britain really did this, they would certainly become the laughing stock of the international community! And the parliament and the people would certainly not agree with such an opinion! After all, the colonies of the British Empire have exceeded 33 million square kilometers, accounting for more than a quarter of the total land area of the world! There is really no need to pay such a huge price for these two islands, which together are just over 1 million square kilometers!

Moreover, although the implementation of Britain's continental policy really needed the Netherlands! However, just as the former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said, 'There is no eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests!' A very important reason why the Netherlands chose to depend on Britain instead of France or Germany is that the two countries do not share borders, and relying on Britain can not only guarantee the national status of the Netherlands, but also reach the danger of blocking the annexation of Germany and France! The interests of both sides are mutual! Therefore, as long as Britain shows that it always stands on the side of the Dutch, then I believe that the Dutch will not care too much about whether Britain has sent troops or not!