Chapter 323: This Is Yang Mou, Everyone Has It! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
Zhuge Weidao, inspired by Daoguang, gave Emperor Wilhelm a whole plan!
This conspiracy is the Suyinshi Canal that Emperor Wilhelm had to defend.
If Emperor Wilhelm abandons the Suyinz Canal, then Zhuge Weidao will send the Persian Gulf Fleet into the Red Sea to take the Suyinz Canal - although the strength of the Persian Gulf Fleet is not enough to compete with the first and second Indian fleets for sea supremacy in the western Indian Ocean, but under the cover of a sea battle, they can still divide a part of the fleet to cover thousands of marines to seize the canal.
Once the canal fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wilhelm could not insist on "Wilhelm died and divided", and he, the "First Emperor", would become a puppet that was set up.
And if the "Yin Shi Huang" wants to defend the Suyinshi Canal, then Zhuge Weidao has also achieved its goal. If Kaiser Wilhelm wanted to defend the Suyinz Canal, he would have to mobilize a considerable part of his fleet into the Red Sea.
At that time, the British and Indian navies in the Indian Ocean will not have enough troops, and if they still want to block the Persian Gulf Fleet, and also want to avoid a naval battle to cut off the lines of communication between Britain and India, then Kaiser Wilhelm's Second Indian Fleet will have a lot of work.
And once the second Indian fleet is pinned down in the western Indian Ocean, the first voyage battle of Zhuge Weidao will be active. It can immediately maneuver to the eastern Indian Ocean, cut off the communication line between the Malay Peninsula and India, and cooperate with Guan Tianpei's main force of the Nanyang Fleet and the army to besiege the Malay Peninsula.
Once the Malay Peninsula was seized by the Ming Dynasty, the Strait of Malacca would be completely under the control of the Ming Dynasty. When the time comes, the Ming Navy will go to the Indian Ocean if it wants to go to the Indian Ocean, and if it wants to go to Australia, it will go to Australia. It's full of life!
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"Your Majesty the Emperor, did that He Shen and Yiwei provide any convincing evidence?"
In the conference room of the Warrior, Kaiser Wilhelm was hurrying in with Prime Minister Amsterd, Foreign Secretary Staunton, Admiralty Marquess Nelson, and War Secretary Hugh. Goff and others convened an emergency meeting.
At the meeting, it was Foreign Secretary Staunton who expressed doubts about the news that the Ming might seize the Suyinshi Canal. He is almost a China expert, has lived in Daming for many years, and is still relatively familiar with Daming's domestic and foreign affairs and style of acting, and he does not think that Daming will adopt such a radical policy.
"But it seems possible for them to occupy the Suyinshi Canal!" Lord of the Admiralty, Marquis Nelson, shook his head and said, "Their Persian Gulf fleet is made up of many old warships and cruisers, and they have lost the ability to engage new warships and cruisers in the ocean. But in the elongated waters of the Red Sea, they are still useful.
Moreover, our forces in the Gulf of Aden and the Suinz Canal are so weak that they cannot withstand their Persian Gulf fleet at all. ”
"But the forces we deployed in Su Yinshi are under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom!" Staunton said, "Once the Ming Dynasty attacks the Suyinshi Canal, then the United Kingdom will immediately be in a state of war with the Ming Empire."
And Austria, Prussia, the United States, the Netherlands, Hanover, Bavaria, the Kingdom of Sardinia and other countries where the United Kingdom has concluded a military alliance will also side with the British Empire and join the war!
At that time, the Ming Empire will face a joint attack by the eight Western countries! ”
Marquis Nelson shook his head, "Naval battles are won or lost depending on the quantity and quality of new battleships and aircraft carriers. It has nothing to do with the number of countries participating in the war...... And we don't have a single aircraft carrier now, and we don't have aircraft that can fight at sea. The number of cutting-edge Victory-class battleships is also only eight.
So we can't afford to lose the Suyins Canal!
As soon as we lose the Suyinz Canal, it will be possible for the Ming aircraft carriers and new battleships to enter the Mediterranean. By that time......"
His words were not repeated, but Kaiser Wilhelm understood.
At that time, France and Rakshasa will be on the side of the Great Ming!
And he, the emperor of India, is about to become a puppet.
"Marquis, you're right!" Kaiser Wilhelm waved his fist, "We can't afford to lose the Suyinshi Canal...... Marquis, what do you say we should do? ”
"We must preemptively send the fleet into the Red Sea!" Marquis Nelson said, "We must send in the main force of the First Indian Fleet...... The old warships of the First Indian Fleet are no longer of much use in the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea is their battlefield! ”
"Marquis!" The Minister of War Hugh on the side. Goff hurriedly reminded, "If we send the First Indian Fleet into the Red Sea, then our naval strength in the Indian Ocean will only be the Second Indian Fleet."
Although the Second Indian Fleet has 8 Victory-class, 12 Indomitable and 2 Blake-class and other cutting-edge ships. But the numbers were still too small to support the Anglo-Indian forces in the Malay Peninsula while protecting the Gulf of Aden-Mumbai shipping route.
Without support from the sea, our army in the Malay Peninsula will be overwhelmed! ”
"What if you are attacked on the belly and back?" Emperor Wilhelm frowned slightly, "General Gough, didn't you guarantee before that our defense in the Malay Peninsula was very strong, comparable to the Adriatic defense line of the Turks, to repel the enemy's attack?" ”
Stop. Goff already understood what Kaiser Wilhelm meant.
The emperor could not afford to lose the Suyinshi Canal...... But he can lose the Strait of Malacca!
"Your Majesty," Hugh. Goff still had to tell the emperor the truth, "We don't have too many troops in the Malay Peninsula...... It was a very large peninsula, and we had only 150,000 troops. Therefore, it is impossible to deploy the same tight and multi-layered defense as the Adrianople line in Turkey. It was only possible to take a key defense on the northern front of the traffic artery. On the southern front, heavy troops were deployed to defend the Malacca Fortress and the Fortress of Xiangmaxi.
And these two fortresses have been controlled by the Ming Navy because of the Strait of Malacca behind them, so there is a risk of being attacked on the back of the line. ”
"How many months can you keep it at most?" Kaiser Wilhelm asked.
"You can keep it for 6-12 months." Stop. Gough gritted his teeth and gave a time interval.
"6-12 months is enough!" Kaiser Wilhelm said with a calm face, "It's enough for us to pull the entire Western world into the battlefield!" ”
"Your Majesty, do you mean the entire Western world?"
"But how do we do it?"
Both First Minister Amsterd and Foreign Secretary Staunton appeared to be less confident.
However, Kaiser Wilhelm was confident. He sneered and said, "When the Strait of Malacca is in danger, they can ignore it." When India is attacked, they can pretend that nothing has happened.
But when the Yellow Peril began to approach the Suyinshi Canal...... Who else can think they can stay out of it?
When the time comes, the whole of the United Kingdom, the whole of Europe, the whole Western world will stand with me! ”
Although Kaiser Wilhelm mentioned the whole of Europe and the whole Western world, what he was really sure of being able to pull into the field was actually only the United Kingdom!
Britain itself has been avoiding general mobilization for war these days, because mobilizing while much of Europe is still at peace, and entering into a state of war would hurt Britain fundamentally.
However, seeing that his rule in India was likely to be overthrown by the Ming Empire, Emperor Wilhelm could no longer care about protecting the United Kingdom.
He now needs the British Empire to exert its maximum strength in this hopeless war.
Thinking of this, he said to Amsterd: "My Prime Minister, I need you to go back to Europe...... You have to do your best to make the Europeans understand that the Yellow Peril is coming, and it is coming soon.
They are attacking India, they are attacking the Suyinshi Canal. This is no longer a distant threat, but a threat that is about to enter the Mediterranean.
If we can't hold India, we can't hold the Suyinshi Canal. All of Europe will be reduced to land under the iron hooves of the Ming Empire!
So, there is no one in the whole of Europe to stay out of! ”