On March 25, 1833, around the Portsmouth Military Harbour, around the Chestster Docks, a large crowd of gentlemen and ladies had gathered. A red carpet was also laid out on the docks, and a navy band and honor guard in bright uniforms were displayed, and it was clear at a glance that a distinguished guest was about to land in England in Portsmouth Harbour.

It's a special time, the English Civil War has broken out! Although it has not yet reached the point of making a big move, the prelude to the civil war has begun. However, from the London chaos on the 17th to the present, the Royal Navy has always flaunted the sign of "political neutrality" and has not declared allegiance to either side. The port of Portsmouth, which was the home port of the Royal Navy, and the neighboring city of Portsmouth were also controlled by the Royal Navy's marines at the beginning of the chaos. It is also currently neutral.

In addition, Plymouth Military Harbour in south-west England and Scapa Bay Base off the coast of Scotland are also currently under the control of the Royal Navy and are in a neutral state.

But everyone knows that the Royal Navy's "political neutrality" is just a cover for the price to be sold! Because the Royal Navy has hundreds of thousands of officers and men, thousands of large and small warships, gunboats, transports, and dozens of overseas bases. The annual maintenance cost alone is an astronomical amount of pounds, and it has been neutral, who will pay for it?

Also, the full name of the Admiralty of the British Empire is the Ministry of Admiralty and Colonial Affairs!

In other words, both the navy and the colonies (excluding India) were the oil and water of naval officers, and it was common for senior naval officers to serve as governors or senior officials of the colonies. If this colony were gone, the "money" of naval officers would be reduced by more than half.

So if you want to win the support of the Royal Navy, you must be able to afford the Royal Navy, and keep enough colonies for the Navy lords to have a little place to make a little money - the asking price is not low, but it is also worth the money. After all, the Royal Navy has hundreds of thousands of people, and even in Britain itself, hundreds of thousands of armed men can be pulled!

Moreover, the Royal Navy now has the ability to control the English Channel, which means that any side in the current civil war can receive outside support as long as it has their support.

Therefore, whoever the Royal Navy supports will have a great chance of having the last laugh.

But who will the Royal Navy support?

All of Britain, and indeed all of Europe, stared wide-eyed at the British Admiralty, which ran from London to Portsmouth.

And today, the Royal Navy, which is in the midst of "neutrality", seems to have a choice!

Chichester Pier is a Royal Navy controlled dock! Moreover, the military band, honor guard, and officers and soldiers who performed guard duties around the dock were also marines sent by the Royal Navy!

I don't know who the one is now?

The gentlemen living in Portsmouth, who had received the news, and the eyes sent by the councils of the cities of the United Kingdom, who were on the sidelines or who had chosen to be free, to observe the movements of the Royal Navy, all flocked to the Chichester Docks. It was impossible to get closer, but they could still watch from a distance of several hundred meters as a warship passed through the mouth of the sea in Portsmouth.

Everyone craned their necks to see what was going on, and some of them had already been prepared, and they even took out their binoculars, and those who couldn't understand asked each other about it.

"What kind of ship is that? It looks like a cruiser. ”

"That's a cruiser, it seems to be a strong man class of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Daming's ship? It's coming so fast! ”

"No, no, it doesn't seem to be the ship of the Great Ming. That blue cross flag on a white background doesn't seem to be the Ming navy flag. ”

"Blue cross on white background? St. Andrew's flag? Cruisers of the Rakshasa Navy? ”

"Who is Rakshasa supporting now?"

"Queen, the Tsar has made a statement in support of Queen Victoria as the rightful monarch of the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire!"

"Then the Royal Navy greeted the cruisers of the Rakshasa Kingdom so solemnly, does it mean that they have fallen to Her Majesty?"

"This. Not necessarily, after all, the Rakshasa Kingdom is now the number one power in the West! ”

When someone mentioned that "the Rakshasa country is now the first in the West", the people around them suddenly fell silent.

Before this war, there had always been two recognized firsts in this world. The Ming Dynasty is the first in the East, and the British is the first in the West. Although the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is recognized as stronger than that of the British. But at the same time, it is also certain that the overall strength of the West is stronger than that of the East. Therefore, in the minds of these white-skinned people, the West still overwhelms the East, and the Great Britain, which leads the West, although its comprehensive national strength is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, is actually the first in the world. And Da Ming himself seems to have been admitting this, until the outbreak of this war, as soon as the war began, Da Ying not only did not lead the West to beat Da Ming, but was also easily beaten by Da Ming, so that even the number one brand in the West had to be given to Rakshasa!

It's sad to think about!

Just when I was feeling sad, someone suddenly shouted: "Royal Guard. Look! The Royal Guard has protected a number of wagons! ”

Now the big guys' spirits rose again, and they all looked towards a heavily guarded road leading to the docks. I saw a group of cuirassiers of the Royal Guard wearing bearskin hats galloping neatly on tall horses.

The current British Empire has two royal guards, one is the Royal Gurkha Guard, which is the personal army of Kaiser Wilhelm. The other is the Old Royal Guard, which is Queen Victoria's personal soldier.

And the bearskin hat is the old Royal Guard, that is, Queen Victoria's own soldiers!

Now the cuirassiers of the old royal guard escorted a carriage over, and the person sitting in the carriage was none other than Queen Victoria?

The queen is coming to Portsmouth, does this mean that the Royal Navy has fallen to the queen?

Just when the big guy was puzzled, the Rakshasa cruiser on the sea had already fired a salute!

It was a cannon shot from the cruiser Aurora. Today's departure into the port of Portsmouth was the cruiser Aurora, which had been galloping all the way from Naples.

After five or six days of continuous travel, the Rakshasa cruiser carrying Zhu Xiyouan, the king of Daminglu, finally arrived in England.

And this also means that Daming and Rakshasa, the two most powerful countries in the East and West, are now supporting Queen Victoria!

"Boom Boom"

In the sound of the salute, the cruiser Aurora had already docked. The carriage, which was guarded by the old royal guards, also stopped at the red carpet by the docks. The door of the carriage was opened one by one by the attendants who accompanied the carriage, and all of them were well-dressed beasts. Among them were the short, chubby Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, the Victorian-appointed Prime Minister, and the first man in the Royal Navy to wear a uniform, the First Secretary of the Admiralty, Sir Hardy.

Seeing these men get out of the carriage, everyone knew the position of the Royal Navy, and they all cheered spontaneously.

"Long live the Queen!"

"Long live the United Kingdom!"

"God bless the Queen!"

The cheers reached Queen Victoria's ears, which made her heart relax a little, and years of training as an English emperor also allowed her to behave very close to the people at this time, waving frequently to the cheering people.

(End of chapter)