"Count, in your opinion, the main battlefields of this future world war will be in India, Australia, and the seas around them?"

In the face of the British Prime Minister's question, Earl Nelson, the soul of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, just shrugged his shoulders lightly and said helplessly: "Otherwise, where else could it be?" If the Ming Dynasty is not able to quickly subdue Japan, we may be able to use Japan as a base to launch an attack on the core mainland of the Ming Dynasty in the future...... But now, there is no such possibility.

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Of course, our British Isles are not within their reach, and I suspect that the Orientals have not even considered attacking Europe. They should want Malacca, the East Indies, Australia, India, and perhaps expand their possessions in North America, and at most make Ali Pasha of Egypt and the Emperor of Mexico vassals..... Oh, and maybe some ground on the east coast of Africa.

And we have to stop them, not only in India and Australia, but also in the Indian Ocean, in the South Pacific, in the Strait of Malacca. In fact, the confrontation on the ocean is the key to the victory or defeat of the world in the future! If I guess correctly, the next world war will be completely different from the Napoleonic Wars, the main battlefield of the next big war will be at sea, and the side that wins the sea supremacy will surely become the final winner! ”

"Earl," Robinson asked, "is there any certainty of victory?" ”

"Yes!" Earl Nelson nodded, "But you can't rely on the power of the British Empire alone...... Even if the Indian Empire were to be completely on our side, our population would only reach 60% of the Ming Dynasty at most, and our industrial strength would probably only reach one-third of the Ming Dynasty. If we assume that the naval strength of both sides was 1:1 at the outbreak of war, then after the outbreak of war, they will be able to build ships twice as fast as us!

I mean, they will ship ships at 3 times the fastest speed that we can achieve with full mobilization! We build one, they build three...... The long distance between the Ming mainland and the British Isles, as well as the vastness and wealth of the Ming mainland, determined that the war would inevitably be long. It may take more than 30 years to tell the winner! ”

"More than 30 years?" Robinson's head was bigger, "Wouldn't that be as long as the French Revolution and Napoleon's defeat?" ”

"Maybe even longer!" Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of the Admiralty, took over the conversation and said, "For Australia, the western part of the Americas, the Indian subcontinent, the eastern and southern parts of Africa...... Maybe the entire land of the Near East, and the power to rule the world's oceans, isn't it worth 30 years? Moreover, the war potential of the Ming Empire and the British Empire could not be compared with that of Emperor Napoleon's France? ”

"A 30-year war......" Robinson took a breath, "can we really fight that long?" ”

Viscount Palmerston touched the very neatly trimmed beard on both sides of his cheeks, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, this future world war is different from the Napoleonic Wars, and it does not decide the division or unification of the European continent...... This war is a struggle between two civilizations and two races for world leadership and living space for hundreds of years to come.

If we win, then their East Asian race will have to retreat to their East Asian homeland, where they will have to survive for hundreds of years in a world dominated by our white Westerners...... If we lose, then the production space of the white man will be greatly compressed! Spit out at least half of what our race has achieved since the Age of Discovery!

Moreover, the Ming Empire, as a super empire, will definitely have the power to dominate the world after winning the world war. Our children and grandchildren will be ruled by those yellow-skinned, black-haired Orientals for hundreds of years to come! ”

Viscount Palmerston paused, looked at the British Prime Minister, and said word by word: "So...... The future world war is not a war between Britain and the Ming Dynasty, but a war between two civilizations and two races! Now, all the races of East Asia have been united under the banner of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, but what about the white race in the West? Mr. Prime Minister, do you think that we can defeat the 400 million people of East Asia by relying only on our more than 20 million whites in England and 200 million slaves in India?

Should France, Rakshasas, Prussia, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the United States, and so on, stand by and watch? ”

Robinson touched his chin, "But...... How should we draw these countries into the camp against the Ming Empire? Will they take our side because of the color of their skin and their faith in God? ”

Viscount Palmerston shook his head: "The only thing that can impress these countries is interests....... However, I still believe that between the Ming Empire and the British Empire, they are always inclined to the British. Therefore, we should turn the Versailles naval peace conference into a peace conference for the Western powers to contain the Ming Empire! ”

"Western powers contain the Ming Empire? How to curb it? Robinson asked, "Is it necessary to conclude a treaty against the Ming Empire?" ”

"No, no, no, this is very difficult to do at the moment," Viscount Palmerston shook his head, "but before the conference begins, we should work out with the Western powers present a principle of two and a half times the total tonnage of the Navy...... The ratio of the total naval tonnage of our British Empire and the Ming Empire can be 1 to 1. But after adding other Western naval powers, the ratio of the total naval tonnage of the West and the East should be 2.5 to 1! ”

"2.5 to 1?" Robinson thought for a moment, "If we negotiate 3 million tons with the Ming at the Versailles Naval Conference, then the total naval tonnage of France, Rakshasas, Prussia, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the United States should also reach 4.5 million tons?" Can they make it? ”

In this year, those who can build an ironclad ship are the Ming Dynasty, Great Britain, France, Austria, Rakshasa , Prussia, Sweden, the Netherlands and other eight countries, and even the United States is enough to choke. Moreover, in terms of the level of shipbuilding, the Ming Dynasty and Britain are two horses, France and Prussia are so-so, Austria and Rakshasa are barely catching up, the Netherlands and Sweden can build at most, and the United States ...... At most, you can build a shell, and you have to buy bulletproof steel plates from the UK. What Portugal, Spain, the Kingdom of Sardinia, how far from it!

"Actually, they can't make it," said George. Yoshilu took over the British Prime Minister's question, "but they will not refuse the quota allocated by the Navy Council...... If there is no quota, they will not develop the navy. But with the quota, they have the motivation and demand for development!

Because if they don't develop, other countries that have received the quota will develop a navy that can defeat them with our help! ”

"There are countries that will try to build ships in order to become a real naval power, such as France, Rakshasa and Prussia," said Palmerston proudly.

And some countries will not have the quota to build ships with our help, such as the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria.

Others procure warships...... Or lease our ships, like Portugal, Denmark, the Kingdom of Sardinia.

There are even some countries that will buy our old ships, such as the United States. ”

Viscount Palmerston lit himself another cigar and said as he smoked: "But the navy they build up in any way may be of use to me in the future!"

And we can also help these countries build ships and train naval officers and sailors, and gradually promote the formation of an alliance to contain the Ming Dynasty.

As long as this alliance is established, then the 3 million tons of Daming will not face our 3 million tons.

It's 6 million or 7 million, or even 7.5 million tons of the entire Western civilization to fight them for a maximum of 3 million tons! ”

Viscount Palmerston took another long puff of cigar smoke and said with a smile: "Even if there are not so many warships built in the end, and the entire West is only 6 million tons or less, the Ming Empire will still be afraid...... Maybe they won't dare to continue the course of the war! For us, even if the status quo is maintained for a long time, it is perfectly acceptable. ”