(Ask for a leave tomorrow, the old man at home has a big birthday, he has to be busy for a day, and he has no time to code words, Sao Rui!) ）

"Man, the situation is not under my control, and this fire is not lit by me, and at this point, none of us can retreat!" Li Yaoyang said categorically!

Cecil pushes the pawn:

"I'm not joking with you, if you continue to make trouble, your consequences will be very serious, and many people will already see you as a thorn in the flesh!"

"I know, but it's still the same sentence, I can't retreat, and I dare not retreat."

Didn't he know? He knows too well that the biggest problem comes from his skin color, and the Chinese are the original sin in an ugly country.

But what can he do? At this point, he had to put it down, and as long as he dared to stop, those arrogant white men could teach him to be a man again!

Then he said:

"You are cheating, knowing that you are going to lose, so you push the chess pieces and stop playing."

"Come back later, get down to business, man, and get it done."

Li Yaoyang frowned:

"Who the hell makes you so jealous?"

Cecil opened his mouth:

"You already know my background, don't you?"

Li Yaoyang originally wanted to say that he didn't know, but he still didn't say the words when he came to his lips, so he nodded helplessly!

"Hendry?"

Nodding again.

"This big mouth, I knew it was him!" Cecil's face was speechless.

Then he sighed:

"Now that you know my background, you should know that the person who can make me so jealous must have a lot of background, so... Stop it, at least after this stage. ”

Li Yaoyang keenly grasped the message in the words:

"Past this stage? You mean he's in a critical period right now? ”

Cecil laughed:

"You're so smart, and you're a little jealous."

"Don't be afraid, I won't ask you to borrow money..."

"Is this a matter of borrowing money?"

"Just kidding, seriously, you at least tell me who it is, even if you die, you have to let me die, right?"

"Can't tell!"

"Well, then... Let me stop this special issue when it is sent out. ”

Seeing Cecil so serious, Li Yaoyang finally knew the seriousness of the problem, and sometimes there was nothing wrong with taking a step.

After all, the person who can make Cecil fear must be the person he can't provoke!

In the weekend edition, the Atlantic Journal once again published an article that outraged countless drinkers and victims:

[I have to admit that in the past few years when the prohibition was first announced, it has achieved certain results.

For example, the wineries on the surface have completely disappeared, the phenomenon of wife beating has decreased, and the number of drunk people lying on the street has also decreased.

But as Prohibition deepened, unexpected phenomena appeared.

Many ugly people have become hypocrites, and before the ban, they drank as much as they wanted, and admitted it when they drank, and it was no big deal.

With the ban, drinking alcohol becomes like stealing.

It is necessary to drink alcohol is illegal, so the person who drinks must be the one before the person and the other after the other, which undoubtedly causes the moral decline of citizens.

As mentioned in the previous article, during the prohibition period, the authorities arrested 500,000 people, of whom about 300,000 were sentenced.

It cannot be ruled out that a small number of people have committed crimes, but most of them have no criminal record, but only because they drank a little alcohol.

In addition, the ban was enacted, alcohol became unavailable, prices skyrocketed, and a black market appeared.

Those who can't afford it, steal it.

What to steal, to steal industrial alcohol?

Even though it's poisonous, drunkards care about it, and some drink it.

These liquor makers actually went to steal industrial alcohol, so a "chemical war" was fought between the relevant departments and the moonshiners.

As mentioned in the first article of this feature, the authorities have come up with a strange way to mix industrial alcohol with impurities and even toxic substances to make it difficult to drink.

Of course, some people say that they are not really adulterated with poison, but only publish news that all industrial alcohol contains poison, and whoever drinks it will die.

It's just to scare the gangsters and moonshiners and make them intimidating.

But moonshiners don't do it for nothing, they work hard to learn chemistry, or they hire so-called chemists to "purify" industrial alcohol.

The relevant departments ordered the alcohol manufacturing plant to mix more and more poisonous and complex substances to increase the difficulty of purification.

As a result, a unique "chemical warfare" unfolded between the government and moonshiners.

There are many toxic components in industrial alcohol, including methanol, anthracene, kerosene, strychnine, gasoline, etc., among which the most abundant content is undoubtedly methanol.

Some of these ingredients are not toxic ingredients claimed by the relevant authorities, such as nicotine, quinine, and strychnine.

Some people may say that these ingredients are all mixed up by the Hey Gang and the moonshiners.

For example, nicotine is a medicinal liquor that they make by soaking tobacco leaves in wine.

Quinine and others are medicines added directly to wine, and the purpose of moonshiners is nothing more than to make medicinal liquor that can make people more excited, strong, and have great tonics.

This kind of wine is poisonous wine, and if you drink too much, you will definitely die, and if you drink less, you will easily become blind.

Not to mention whether this speculation is true or not, even if it is true, the relevant departments are not responsible?

……】

Subsequently, the article also pointed out the names of many parliamentarians who took bribes from moonshiners, and directly let them see the light and die!

However, after this article, the Atlantic Journal seemed to have forgotten about this feature, saying nothing about alcohol prohibition and only reporting sporadically about it.

At the same time, the report on Black Widow has also been re-emphasized, and a new column has been opened to talk about it.

It's all about hyping up the new play at Hudson Theatre.

It soon became rumored that Hudson Theatre would be rehearsing for a new situation, which was none other than the recently popular "Black Widow".

But "Black Widow" hasn't even been staged, and Pelop calls him first to inform him of the good news, and in half a year, the Atlantic Theater Center will be able to open its doors.

This is indeed good news, and Pelop called to inform him and remind him that he had to make a classic play to be worthy of this great building!

Yes, he would like to call this theater great!

"Okay, I'll think about it!"

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"What? Writing plays for my father? Cecil was taken aback.

"Yes, the battle in the Atlantic, to be exact, I'd like to see the details." Li Yaoyang said.

"This..."

"I have to read the materials to know if I can adapt it into a screenplay."

"But I don't understand, will the naval theme really be accepted by the audience? How do you present the scene of the fierce battle of the battleship and the shock of the roar of the cannons? ”

"You don't need to worry about that, don't underestimate Broadway's ability to innovate on stage! And we'll focus the story on people, not on the battles themselves! ”

"Okay, I see, let me figure it out."

Not to mention, Cecil was very efficient, and it took two days to get a detailed file of the original battle.

[On December 7, 1917, in Scapa Gulf, Orkney Islands, more than 100 large and small warships of the Royal Navy Grand Fleet gathered here, and tens of thousands of naval officers and sailors boarded the deck, climbed on the mast, looked forward and waited with bated breath.

A few streaks of smoke appeared at sea level in the direction of the harbor entrance, and several caged masts leaped out of the sea, and finally four majestic warships formed a column from far and near, slowly sailing into the anchorage, flying the Star-Spangled Banner high above their masts.

A tsunami of cheers erupted from the British warships, and everyone shouted enthusiastically to the fleet, waving and dancing their hats, expressing their most sincere welcome.

There's a reason why British officers and men are so excited, since August 1914, the Grand Fleet of the Sunset Empire has been engaged in more than three years of standoff, friction and collision with the German High Seas Fleet on the other side of the North Sea.

Now, for the first time, they are looking forward to a reinforcement of battleships from across the Atlantic, the 9th Battleship Squadron of the Ugly Navy, which will join the Grand Fleet and fight alongside the British warships for the rest of the war......

When the ugly country declared war on Germany and participated in a stop as a member of the Entente bloc, the naval battle situation of the war seemed to be in a state of equilibrium.

The two most powerful fleets in the world are still facing each other across the sea, and even the Battle of Jutland has not brought about a significant change in the pattern of engagement in the North Sea, but the situation is changing in the Atlantic. Eight Chinese Net

The German Navy began to carry out "unrestricted submarine warfare" in 1917, and in a short period of time dealt a devastating blow to the sea lifeline of the Sunset Empire, directly threatening the very foundations of their existence.

Although Germany's implementation of "unrestricted submarine warfare" was one of the direct reasons for the ugly country to participate in the war, the ugly country did not have a clear understanding of the actual impact of submarine warfare.

On the one hand, it takes some time for the effect of breaking the engagement to appear, and on the other hand, it is also a deliberate concealment by the Admiralty of the Sunset Empire, and it was not until the first high-level meeting between the British and American navies after the Ugly Country entered the war that John Bull confessed his current predicament to his new allies.

In April 1917, Admiral John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord of the Sunset Imperial Navy and former commander of the Grand Fleet, met in London with Rear Admiral Sodensimus, the special envoy of the Ugly Nation to the British Navy.

During the meeting, Jericho revealed that the recent loss of tonnage of merchant ships due to unrestricted submarine warfare has reached 610,000 tons per month, and the Imperial Navy of Sunset has no good solution to this.

He also expressed pessimism that at the current rate of losses, the Sunset Empire would surrender by the end of the year due to hunger.

Jericho's message shocked Sims and the ugly country.

In July, Jericho, Sims and Admiral David Betty, commander of the Grand Fleet, met in Scarpa Bay.

This time, the Sunset Imperial Navy officially requested the Chou Navy to send 4 Dreadnought battleships and 6 destroyers to join the Grand Fleet.

John Bull hopes that the arrival of these reinforcements will allow the Grand Fleet to retire five obsolete King Edward-VII-class dreadnoughts, freeing up 4,000 officers and men to be attached to new light cruisers, destroyers, and submarines.

Despite General Simms' verbal assurances to the Sunset Empire, the Ugly Admiralty initially rejected John Bull's request.

Like other navies of this period, the Chouguo Navy was a believer in Mahan's theory of sea power, and Professor Mahan always emphasized that the primary principle was that the main fleet should not be divided under any circumstances.

Admiral William Benson, Chief of Naval Operations of the Ugly Nation, and Admiral Henry Mayo, Commander of the Ugly Atlantic Fleet, were very worried that if John Bull was defeated, the Ugly Navy would face the challenge of the German High Seas Fleet alone.

Moreover, after entering the war, the Navy of the Ugly Country has already sent destroyers to participate in escort operations, and they are unwilling to send the most important capital ships to European waters, which will weaken the self-defense capability of the Ugly Country.

At the same time, Admiral Benson also had to consider the potential possibility of a second war with Neon in the Pacific direction, and since the Russo-Japanese War, relations between Japan and the United States have become less harmonious.

For these reasons, in the first six months of the war, the Navy of the Ugly Kingdom sent only destroyers, not battleships, to the European theater of operations.

In August, Admiral Mayo visited London for a series of talks with the top of the John Bull Navy, after which Admiral Benson also led a naval delegation to the UK.

By interviewing the two admirals finally personally felt the severity of the situation, John Niu suffered very serious losses in the unrestricted submarine battle, and before that, Rear Admiral Sims had already reported this fact to the DC more than once.

The attitude of the Admiralty of the Ugly Kingdom changed immediately, and Admiral Benson sent a telegram to the Secretary of the Navy, Joseph Daniels, suggesting that four dreadnoughts be sent to join the Grand Fleet of the Sunset Empire immediately.

In particular, he pointed out that "if the Entente forces achieve any more favorable or decisive result without the participation of the ugly fleet, it will be difficult for us to give a satisfactory explanation for our absence." ”

Daniels trusted his assistant and immediately approved Benson's suggestion.

Now that reinforcements are a foregone conclusion, the next question for the Ugly Navy's navy is to choose which warships to undertake this expeditionary mission.

The John Bull Admiralty asked the Chou side to send coal-fired dreadnoughts, but the German naval blockade made it difficult to ensure the supply of fuel for the oil-fired warships.

As coal-producing countries, they were able to provide sufficient fuel security for coal-fired warships.

As a result, the newest Nevada-class and Pennsylvania-class battleships of the Ugly Navy, all of which are fuel-powered warships, were excluded from the dispatch list.

In the end, Secretary Daniels chose four coal-fired battleships, the New York, the Wyoming, the Florida, and the Delaware, to form the 9th Battleship Squadron.

Although the four ships mentioned above are not the newest dreadnoughts of the ugly navy, they are no less formidable, they all have a speed of 21 knots and are armed with 10~12 305mm or 356mm naval guns.

The commander of the 9th Squadron was Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, who was highly knowledgeable about the Navy and was friendly and amiable.

These characteristics make Rodman a perfect fit for his future role, which is a role that is both fleet commander and diplomat.

After five months of hesitation, the Navy finally sent a main fleet to the battlefield in the last week of November 1917.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.