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February 1, 2758 (1917).

Just when the Chinese were preparing for the Spring Festival, a shocking news was broadcast in the "News Network" that night - London has fallen!

When the news broke, the whole world was stunned. You know, since the 11th century "William the Conqueror" conquered London, this is the first time that the city has fallen to a foreign enemy in more than 800 years. And this is still the heyday of the British Empire, and the majestic empire of the sun never sets has even been taken to the nest.

In a teahouse near the Neijiang Industrial Yuanjia Zone, a group of workers who had just had a long Spring Festival holiday gathered inside to talk nonsense and point out the country. Since the outbreak of the war in Europe, everyone gathers in the teahouse to watch the news, and it has become a common way of leisure and entertainment. That's right, the Chinese people are basically watching the European war as a big drama now.

The ratings of various programs about the European competition are extremely high, and their popularity is no less than that of the World Cup and the Olympic Games in later generations. Those mud-legged people who couldn't type a few years ago are now full of British, French, German, Italian, army, navy and air force, as long as a few people are together, they will fight in Europe if they have nothing to do. Coupled with the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the great increase in consumption power, teahouses in various places have also done a booming business. In order to attract business, these teahouses often hire a few commentators who have been transferred to the role of storytellers, who specialize in analyzing and commenting on the war in Europe.

Anyway, in the past two years, China's teahouses have a tendency to develop towards clubs and salons, after all, it is more enjoyable to brag and fart together than to play at home. Of course, according to the different customer groups, these teahouses are also divided into different types such as military, historical, political, financial, scientific, etc.

At present, this Li San teahouse is a typical military and political teahouse, and the customers in it are basically lovers of military weapons, that is, the military mansion of later generations. At this time, the full-time commentator has not arrived, and everyone is sitting together drinking tea and bragging.

"Damn, this British devil really doesn't need to be beaten, so he's kneeling......"

"I heard that the ...... was conquered by the Germans because the king ran away and was demoralized"

"The capital of the British devils is besieged, it's strange that the king doesn't run, if he doesn't run, then the fifth will have to squat in prison and count lice at this time......"

"It's not enough to count lice, I heard that Qiao Lao Wu is the cousin of the second emperor of the German Emperor, why wouldn't Wei Lao Er let his cousin squat in prison like the big head soldier. ”

"To say, in order to fight for that big position, father and son and brother still kill each other, what is this cousin? I see, if the second brother of Nawei catches Qiao Lao Wu, he may be slaughtered with a knife, or a glass of poisonous wine, and three feet of white silk......

"Go, go, you've listened to too many storytellings. What kind of poisonous wine, three-foot white silk, people white-skinned devils don't like this, they are generally locked up, they are locked up in the temple of the foreign monk, or they are specially built to build a tower to detain them. ”

"Isn't that the same as our suppression of goblins here? Isn't the Fahai of "The Legend of the White Snake" just the White Lady in Leifeng Tower?"

"But isn't it, your brother doesn't understand, this is called suppressing luck, it is the method of foreign devils, and if you catch the king of the enemy country, you will be locked up to suppress luck. Perhaps, Wei Lao Er's tower for his cousin has been repaired......"

Wang Qinian also became a military fan a few years ago, and he is also a frequent visitor here, and today he is also inside, hearing that these people are more and more unreliable, he can't listen to it anymore, so he said: "Cut, what Qiao Lao Wu, Wei Lao Er." It was George V and Wilhelm II, and they were not brothers with the same name as the previous ones. ”

Those people all smiled and said disapprerovingly: "Hehe, the names of these foreign devils are too complicated, we can't figure it out, anyway, it's almost fine......"

Wang Qinian, who was really going to give them popular science, was suddenly choked and rolled his eyes.

At this time, someone next to him said: "I think, we shouldn't sell those warships to the British, what a good warship." It's really not worth it to sell like this......"

Wang Qinian saw that this person was also a colleague of Xingke Group, surnamed Liu, born as a bookkeeper, and now working as an accountant in a vehicle factory. Everyone calls him Accountant Liu. If in the past when I was in the Qing Dynasty, a person like Wang Qinian would not be qualified to talk to him at all, and Mr. Ledger is also a scholar, so it would be strange that he would take care of you with a mud leg. But now it's different, don't talk about a bookkeeper or an accountant or anything, even the factory director, secretary, chief engineer, Wang Qinian can talk to the same thing. Besides, now Lao Wang is also a graduate of the staff university, and he also has a senior diploma.

He smiled and said, "Hehe, Lao Liu, what's wrong with this? The ones we sold are all old ships from the past, which have long been outdated! What's wrong with using them for land now?"

Accountant Liu said disappreciatively: "If you can exchange it for good land, of course it is cost-effective, but those places are also introduced on TV, they are all deserts and miasma places, I'm afraid you can only grow grass, what good ...... is there?"

Wang Qinian said: "Hey, you don't understand, this land, you can't just look at whether you can grow crops or not. This is called an overseas base, and in the future, when our warships and civilian ships go out, there will be a place to rest. Look at the Russo-Japanese War back then, that old Maozi was just because there was no overseas base, and there were no two places for warships to dock and rest, and it turned out to be miserable, and he was beaten out of by little Japan, who was waiting for work......"

"Well, it seems to be the same thing. Accountant Liu thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Besides, those old ships have been sold, so let's build new ones. I heard that we will build two new battleships this year, which are bigger than the Sun Wu class!" Wang Qinian said mysteriously.

"Really, it's older than Sun Wu's?" Lao Wang, hurry up and tell us about it carefully...... Accountant Liu asked curiously. When the others heard the exciting news, they also gathered around.

"Ahem...... Wang Qinian cleared his throat and said: "This is not the trouble of those white-skinned devils, our Sun Wu-class is the most powerful battleship, but those foreign devils are not convinced." So they built bigger battleships, the Nelson-class that the British started building last year, with nine 406mm guns and 38,000 tons. I heard that they are also preparing to build a larger royal throne class this year, with twelve 432-mm guns and 48,000 tons. The South Dakota class, which the Yankees started building last year, is 12 406-mm guns with 43,200 tons, and they are ready to build six in one go. There is also the Nagato class of Little Japan, the main gun is 410 mm. The Bismarck-class of the Germans, the main gun is 420 mm, which is larger than the tube of our Sunwu class......"

Some people exclaimed: ", how does it sound, this British devil's pipe is the thickest, haven't they been repaired by the Germans?"

Someone immediately said: "What's so strange about this? Didn't you say that there are 3,000 nails in a rotten ship, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse? The opium dealers have been forking cattle for so many years, and they still have no family background?"

"Then what should we do? Compared with the Sun Wu class, these new ships will not have an advantage...... "The masses were worried.

In this era, the masses of the people have a very simple view of warships, that is, "big is beautiful, more is good", the bigger the ship, the better, the thicker the pipe, the better, the more the better. Especially in the past few years, the appetite of the masses has been raised by President Wen, and the consciousness of the Heavenly Empire has almost recovered, and as soon as he heard that his ship is not as big as others, and the pipe is not as thick as others, he suddenly can't sleep well.

"So we can't lag behind, of course, we have to build bigger battleships and thicker pipes......," Wang Qinian said after taking a sip of tea.

"How big, how thick?" asked the guys.

Wang Qinian said: "This is confidential, and it is estimated that it will not be announced until the official start of construction." Anyway, it must be bigger than the Sun Wu class, and the tube will not be lower than 400 mm......"

"His grandmother's, if you want me to say, let's get on the 500-millimeter cannon! Let's see if they still chase after them!" said a militant military fan.

"Hehe, do you think this is an auction, and you will scare others back by offering a high price?" Immediately, a rational person scoffed and said: "Besides, the bigger this cannon is, the more difficult it is to build, how can it be as easy as you think." ”

"Didn't the Germans have 800 cannons?" the news said they used ...... when they were fighting London," a young man who looked like a high school student asked weakly.

"Cut, look at you as a layman. The 800 mm one is a mortar gun, which is completely different from a naval gun......"

At this time, a guy ran over: "Lao Wang, Lao Wang, your wife is calling." I want you to hurry home, your father-in-law is here......"

"Oh......" Wang Qinian hurriedly stood up and said to a few colleagues: "Oh, I have something at home, so I'll go back first." ”

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Hankyung, presidential palace.

The fall of London is just an after-dinner conversation, but at the top is not simple.

"What's going on with the British? Isn't there 7 million people in Greater London? Why can't it hold on to it in just over a month......" said with an unhappy face. He was still full of expectations that the British would turn London into Leningrad, but he didn't expect Niu Niu to be such a waste of wood, so he actually knelt.

Chief of the General Staff Xin Jie said: "Mr. Wen, this is because the Germans landed too suddenly, the British were not prepared to treat London as a battlefield at all, and the war preparation was very inadequate, and London was not a suitable city for defense, which was different from Leningrad......"

", can the British still fight? If they surrender here, the United States may not end?" Wen Deji was a little depressed, don't really play away.

King George V, who was evacuated to Edinburgh, and Prime Minister Lloyd George both delivered speeches today, demanding that the whole of Britain persist in resisting German aggression...... Moreover, although the Germans captured London, they also suffered heavy casualties, at least five divisions were exhausted, and at least five divisions were disabled, and there was no strength to organize an attack in the short term. ”。