In the shock of Nanming's monarchs, two huge hot air balloons had quietly floated over the Nanming army's camp.

Then something even more shocking happened, as two men with "big wings" leaped out of the basket under the balloon, and then fluttered and slowly landed in the open space in the center of the camp

The next day, the empress of the Southern Ming Dynasty personally went to the port of Mala to explain the situation to Britain and Austria.

That is - the Qing pirates attacked the Dutch fleet and the British ports successively, as both the Empress of the Southern Ming and the King of Brunei can testify.

This conclusion is incredible, but the monarchs of the two countries testified in person, and the British could not say anything.

And they also heard even more exciting news, that is, the so-called "Qing pirates", after leaving, they changed to the banner of "Guangzhou Naval Division", and even took away British warships.

This caused the two high-ranking British officials to shout "impossible", but the way to check the authenticity is also very simple. That is to go directly to the Qing Dynasty to find this so-called "Guangzhou Water Master".

As long as the stolen goods are stolen, no one can deny it, but this is an extremely serious diplomatic incident, even for the-stirring stick of Britain.

Forcibly breaking into a naval base of another country to inspect armaments is no different from a declaration of war.

The head of the British investigation team, Billy Mullen Jr., felt that the matter was very important and needed to report it to Prime Minister Robert Peel, and then apply to Qing Guo for an investigation order through diplomatic means.

This is a normal process, but if you do this, it will take half a year to go back and forth, and the other party can easily evade the investigation of the investigation team, whether it is selling stolen goods or modifying them.

Vice Admiral Raven Hobuck advocated immediately leading the fleet to the Canton naval division, and he really didn't believe that those guys with pigtails could do anything to him.

After all, this fleet is a branch of the North Sea Fleet, and the weapons, the quality of the soldiers, and even the command level of the generals are the highest level in Britain and even in the world.

When the two argued, they turned their eyes to Archduke Friedrich, who hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"We Austrians are not good at naval warfare, and now that the truth has been established, my fleet has other missions to complete. At the same time, I have no authority to transfer troops without orders from my own country, let alone to participate in such frictions that could lead to diplomatic disputes. ”

Billy Mullen Jr., the head of the British investigation team, breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that this Austrian stunned young man would stimulate his stunned young man to do something out of the ordinary.

It was so strange and so involved that Prime Minister Robert Peel did not want the British Empire to be plunged into any other crisis, and even the main purpose of his visit was to appease the Austrians.

But at this time, the development of events has completely exceeded the imagination of London, and such a big loss is enough to knock down the entire cabinet.

If you don't take immediate measures, I'm afraid that your career will end here, but it is better than causing a diplomatic crisis and becoming a sinner in history

Just then Friedrich spoke again.

"But I can give you a piece of advice, send someone to determine the truth of the incident first, and then take decisive action."

"What do you mean?" Lieutenant General Raven Hobak and Billy Mullen Jr., head of the British Investigation Mission, said in unison.

"I mean, there are people here who can find out for you, and of course I don't mean to shield anyone, but also to clear their name. Am I right? Miss Zhu Qiongying. ”

Princess Sneka smacked Friedrich, remembered something, and then changed her words, "Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qiongying still remembers the shock before, the Austrian messenger jumped from the huge "Kong Ming lantern", and the note written by Franz himself, "Don't look for death".

In the face of the other party's operation that was completely beyond her imagination, Zhu Qiongying couldn't afford to resist at all.

She has seen the so-called kung fu of flying eaves and walls on the rivers and lakes, but no one can fall at a height of more than ten meters without dying, let alone dozens of meters.

In fact, all Zhu Qiongying saw was a hot air balloon and a Deegan auxiliary flapping wing aircraft, but these things were completely beyond the cognition of the vast majority of people in the world at that time.

Flying in Asia at this time was still considered a human fantasy, even a miracle, so the intensity of this shock is unimaginable.

The prototype of the so-called Diegan auxiliary flapping wing aircraft was invented by the Austrian Diegan in 1808. He loves mechanical flight, and made a self-made ornithopter driven by manpower.

This mechanism helps a person to achieve a short flight in the air, and in fact his descendants make a living by jumping from a hot air balloon and performing "flying" performances.

However, this thing is a flying machine, but it is more like a hybrid of a glider and a parachute.

In order to increase the success rate of this operation, Franz asked the experts of the Royal Society of Science to modify it to increase safety and reliability.

As for the operators, it is natural to use the actors of the Deegan family, after all, they are more experienced, and as circus members, they also prefer to take on such challenging tasks.

In fact, Franz is not 100% sure of success, but even if the person who jumps falls to his death, as long as the letter can be delivered, it can scare the other party, right?

Zhu Qiongying was still very cooperative with Friedrich, and she immediately said that Nanming could help investigate where the "Guangzhou Sailors" hid the ships.

Naturally, the British side had no reason not to agree, and the Nanming side was also very efficient, quickly found out everything, and even drew up a detailed map of the deployment of the Guangzhou naval division.

Of course, by this time, the Austrian navy had already been carrying spices from Kalimantan to Chenla.

As for why Zhu Qiongying has this ability, of course, it is because those warships were sold to the Guangzhou Navy Division at the behest of Franz.

Coincidentally, after the Opium War, the vitality of the Guangzhou Navy Division was greatly damaged, and the Daoguang Emperor ordered the newly appointed Admiral Fan Zhentao to expand the Navy Division and imitate a new type of warship with broadside guns (in fact, it was a Yi ship).

This new admiral took office three times, so he naturally wanted to make a little noise, so as to "live up to the emperor's grace". So he adhered to the principle of "more, faster, better, and cheaper" and outsourced shipbuilding.

In the end, after several turnovers, this job actually fell into the hands of Nanming's gang of traitors, and it is estimated that the high-ranking officials of the Great Qing Kingdom could not have dreamed of it.

Of course, there is something that they don't expect even more, that is, it will cause a monstrous wave.

Although Lieutenant General Raven Hobuck and Billy Mullen, Jr., the head of the British investigation team, received assurances from the Nanming side, they were still skeptical, after all, the Nanming and the Qing Dynasty were in a hostile relationship.

However, there is no good way for them to verify it in person at this time, but this is a great risk; Either make it a headless case, but London won't believe that pirates did it.

In the end, these two people decided to take a gamble, after all, it was about their own careers, the rise and fall of their parties, and the dignity of the British Empire.

So they broke into the garrison of the Canton Naval Division, and easily found the "plundered" Dutch, British, and Austrian warships.

(End of chapter)