Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1073

[Chapter 1064 The war cloud rises again]

Singapore.

Yue Yun and Lei Ming were drinking tea and sunbathing on the armored ship King.

According to the original plan, they were going to attack Jakarta, but after discovering that Jakarta had built a deep trench, they did not take action immediately. Instead, they reported the information about Jakarta to the Royal Study.

Immediately they were ordered to temporarily stop taking action against Jakarta, and were asked to send a group of soldiers to Qingzhou for training in the use of new weapons. It was said that this batch of weapons was called mortars and was specially used to attack enemies hiding in trenches. Fang soldiers.

At the same time, Yue Yun received an order to have his fleet dock in Singapore to join Lei Ming, and once the new weapons arrived, he would immediately take military action against Jakarta.

“Hey, I don’t know when the attack order will come out. It’s not like drinking tea and sunbathing all day long.” Yue Yun sighed. Since the establishment of this armored fleet, the fleet has not fought a real naval battle. , which made him feel like he was holding a sword but couldn’t unsheath it.

Compared with Yue Yun’s eagerness to fight, Lei Ming was enjoying the rare scenery very comfortably. He said: “Your navy doesn’t know how hard it is to fight on land. Fighting all the way to Nanyang, my soldiers were lost in the hands of the enemy.” There are not many, but there are many soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness due to the poisonous insect miasma, so for our army, the soldiers are enjoying this rare vacation. “

Yue Yun glanced at the people swimming in the sea and having a barbecue on the beach. Army soldiers, these soldiers have indeed regained their vitality compared to the first time they saw them.

“That’s true, but our navy is not easy either. It’s hard to be stuck in this tin can all year round.” Yue Yun said with a smile.

Lei Ming looked at the giant cannons on the King’s armored ship with some envy. The caliber of these guns was very large, much larger than the field guns they carried. The power of these giant guns could be seen just from the caliber.

“Don’t take advantage of it and be good. The sail warships of the past were much worse than this. When I first saw your fleet, I wanted to be a navy.” Lei Ming said helplessly.

The two were teasing each other when a soldier boarded the armored ship and handed one of the two telegrams to Yue Yun and the other to Lei Ming.

After reading the telegram, Yue Yun said: “There is unrest within the empire now. It is said that some people want to restrict the emperor’s rights.”

Lei Ming nodded after reading the telegram, “These people who are cheating are simply daring. If I follow my temper, I will directly Destroy the nine tribes and avoid so much trouble. “

The telegram in his hand was sent from the Southeast Military Region Headquarters. Although they are fighting outside, the news within the empire will be sent to them through the telegram.

And the more they can get some circulating news from telegrams from relatives and friends.

“You can’t say that. Do you think the emperor won’t kill people? Now the emperor is still holding back and pointing out what he is planning. Our emperor came out of a mountain of swords and a sea of blood. These people are simply overestimating their capabilities if they want to fight with the emperor. “Yue Yun said.

Lei Ming nodded, “No matter what, this time I will ask someone to issue an order to the military region headquarters, asking them to resolutely support the emperor. If the emperor has dispatches, there will be no delay. You can also send an order to Dengzhou. Let’s fight now. You have to show your attitude outside.

“Well, you should be thoughtful, at least this can calm some young people.” Yue Yun said.

After a pause, he continued: “But you and I don’t have to worry, the emperor seems to have a good idea about this matter, otherwise he would not have mentioned these things in this order and only let them continue to take military actions to seize Jakarta. “

Lei Ming also received an order from Xiao Ming. He said: “The first batch of mortars will be in place in half a month, and then it will be the end of Yagoda.”

After that, he stood up and said to him .

The herald beside him said: “Order the soldiers to assemble and send troops to Yagota in ten days.”

In response, the herald immediately got off the battleship.

Yue Yun said at this time: “I should also prepare. According to our intelligence, this time the Western combined fleet has a tendency to surround us from Yagoda and Malacca. At least thirty reinforcement warships have arrived in Yagoda. This brought the number of warships in Yagoda to more than fifty, and more warships were docked in Calcutta, preparing to break through Malacca. “

Thunder’s expression was solemn. For him, this was the biggest battle between them and the West so far. battle, and the outcome of this battle will be who ultimately wins the dominance of Asia.

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London.

Victoria was also worried about the war in Asia. This time the missions sent by Britain and France failed to achieve any results and returned home with humiliation.

It was under this premise that they finally decided to fight a fierce war with the Chinese Empire in India to force the Chinese Empire to return to the negotiating table, instead of using barbaric methods to seize all their interests in Asia.

After all, India is very important to the United Kingdom. They would rather give up all of South America than India, because this region with a population of hundreds of millions is a huge market and raw material supply and sales place.

Once India is lost, British industry and commerce will suffer serious losses.

“Now, in addition to worrying about India, we may also worry about whether the Chinese Empire will continue to expand westward. After all, according to the latest intelligence, they now have a more terrifying weapon, a rear-loading rifle with metal bullets. A kind of rear-mounted artillery and weapons called machine guns that can be fired continuously. As for the navy, they have dozens of powerful ironclad ships. I am afraid that we have little chance of winning this war. “

Tulip Palace, Murphy. Somewhat pessimistically, he reported the situation of the war to Victoria.

“Is this information reliable?” Victoria frowned.

“This intelligence comes from Cao Kun’s people, and our soldiers who fled from Australia have also proved this. In response to this situation, we must comprehensively reform our national defense system, otherwise we will lose not only India, but probably more “Murphy said: “I suggest increasing investment in military spending and recruiting elite technical talents to study the development of weapons in the Chinese Empire. Now that domestic steam engine technology is very mature, maybe we should do something with these machines?”

Victoria’s brows furrowed deeply, and she said: “From now on, reduce all expenses in the palace, invest all the money saved in the research and development of weapons, and at the same time send envoys to European countries to win their support.”

After a pause, she said: “Also, when sending envoys to the Ottoman Empire, they must not unite the Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire. To this end, all means can be used to destroy the relationship between them.”

(End of Chapter)