Chapter 429 The vast ocean is a casino, Emperor William has a trump card (please subscribe, please vote)

Portsmouth Naval Port.

Several luxury carriages slowly drove into the heavily guarded port area.

The officer guarding the gate of the port looked at the two teams of Gurkha riflemen guarding the carriage in front and behind, and immediately thought of something, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone, stand at attention!"

The originally listless guards suddenly cheered up. They all puffed up their chests and saluted the carriage with their guns raised. When the carriage entered the gate, the officer guarding the gate hurried back to the post, picked up the phone and informed his superiors that "Emperor William has arrived."

news.

The convoy drove directly into the port area and stopped in front of a building filled with senior officials wearing Royal Navy uniforms. The door opened and Emperor William and the Duke of Wellington emerged from inside. Senior officers were waiting on the dock.

They all stepped forward to pay military salutes to Emperor William. Emperor William also wore a navy uniform today and raised his hands to return the salute to the group of officers. Then he and the Duke of Wellington went to outfit a warship near the building.

Walk to the area.

This outfitting area located in Portsmouth Naval Port is shared by several major shipyards such as Bath Dockyard, Armstrong Dockyard, and Royal Dockyard in the UK. There are 6 piers extending into the bay, each of which is paved with rails.

, these rails are directly connected to the dense spider web of England's railway network. Through this railway network, the shipyard in Portsmouth Naval Port can be connected with supporting factories all over England.

On these six outfitting docks, giant steel ships are being completed bit by bit in the hands of busy English workers who are like worker ants, revealing their ferocious faces. Due to the emergency of the war, the outfitting in Portsmouth Military Port

There are as many as a dozen warships being outfitted in the area, all of which are large surface ships with a standard displacement of over 10,000 tons. In order to rush the work, the outfitting area is buzzing 24 hours a day. All shipbuilders have turned on the "997"

"Model", working in two shifts, even worshiping in the church in the military port, just casually worshiping God.

In today's England, there are too many factories that have opened the "997 mode" like the outfitting area in Portsmouth Naval Port. There are tens of thousands at most - even if the British industrial strength is far behind

The Ming Dynasty was an industrial country with a complete range of categories and a complete system. It was capable of independently building all kinds of large warships and all kinds of navy and army equipment and ammunition.

If it did not have such strength, how could Britain bring the two "silly sons" of the United States and India together to fight against the Great Ming Dynasty?

However, Emperor William was still very aware of this reality - although the industry of the British Empire was systematic and relatively complete, compared with the industrial system of the Ming Dynasty, the industrial system owned by Britain was not only smaller in scale, but also relatively backward in technology.

This made it difficult for the British Empire to achieve final victory in a long-term attrition war with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the British Empire has been thinking of a quick victory since the beginning of this war. Specifically, it wanted to use its two advantages of preparing for the war earlier and having a larger shipbuilding industry than the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Ming Dynasty in a short time.

, and force the other party to seek sum.

But as the war between the two sides entered its third year, Emperor William already knew that the British Empire had lost the possibility of a quick victory. Several battles in the Strait of Malacca, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean have clearly shown that the Ming Dynasty

The empire's war preparations are very thorough, and their complete and powerful industrial system can better adapt to wartime conditions.

In addition, the fighting spirit of the Japanese cannon fodder brought by the Ming Empire is completely different from that of the Indian cannon fodder of the British Empire. The combat efficiency of the former is at least ten times that of the latter!

Fortunately, after winning the naval battle, the Ming Empire seemed to be in no rush to attack India. For more than a year after they seized the Strait of Malacca, they mainly only broke the war in the Indian Ocean.

Although they sank and captured hundreds of British and Indian civilian ships and escorting warships, and won several naval battles caused by escorting and breaking diplomatic relations, they did not enter India in pursuit of victory - through the

During the peace talks in Vienna, the British also found out something about the Ming Dynasty. They had no intention of occupying India, but just wanted to dismember the country unified by the British into twenty or thirty countries.

This "silly son" was about to be dismembered and didn't know how to fight to the death. This really left Emperor William speechless!

The other "silly son" of the British Empire, the United States, has a much stronger fighting capacity than India, and it is enough to crush Mexico, another helper of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty has already taken the lead in the American battlefield by supporting Japanese immigrants in Texas and supporting the independence of Florida.

. Even if President Jackson launched a general mobilization and organized an army of millions, it would inevitably be prolonged.

Recently, the U.S. military on the North American battlefield suffered heavy losses in front of the trench defenses of the Mexican-Japanese coalition forces in the Florida swamps and Texas. It is said that the Mexicans and Japanese are equipped with a squad machine gun that can follow the infantry to move quickly. In infantry battles

Possessing an overwhelming firepower advantage! Americans are now looking for individual firearms that can fire continuously like crazy.

"Duke, what do you think of the current situation?" Emperor William suddenly turned his head, as if to listen to the Duke of Wellington's thoughts.

"Let's fight for peace!"

Looking at Emperor William, the Duke of Wellington frowned, calculating like a bookkeeper, "The Ming Dynasty's goal is obviously to weaken the United States, dismember India, and seize Australia. And Pearl Harbor is not only the home port of the Pacific Fleet, but also their support for North America

The logistics transfer center of the battlefield. If we can destroy the Pearl Harbor facilities and the large number of merchant ships parked there, it will have a great adverse impact on Ming Dynasty's operations in North America. At that time, we may be able to use this victory to fight with Ming Dynasty.

The Empire reaches some kind of compromise."

"Yes! But I want to leave the Indian Empire, a country with a population of 200 million, completely to Victoria." Emperor William smiled slightly and stopped in front of several completed huge warships in the center of the outfitting area.

At this time, Emperor William's eyes suddenly shone, and he no longer discussed with Wellington the conditions for peace talks with the Ming Dynasty, but turned his attention to those huge warships.

There were a total of 6 warships that appeared in front of Emperor William, 2 of which were battleships, and 4 were Stitch Monsters - half armored cruiser, half aircraft carrier!

Those two battleships were a pair of sister ships, identical, namely the battleship "Kaiser Wilhelm IV" and the battleship "Queen Elizabeth", which Emperor William had high hopes for.

George Elliot, who was following Emperor William and the Duke of Wellington, immediately introduced: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the standard displacement of the William IV class has reached 29,000 tons, and the full load displacement has reached 35,000 tons! Its main armor belt is thick.

Reached 343-203 mm, horizontal protection 76 mm; turret front 457 mm; command tower front 406 mm!

It also has 10 14-inch 45-caliber main guns, 21 5-inch high-level dual-purpose guns, 21 1-pound anti-aircraft guns and 21 anti-aircraft machine guns. It also has 12 kerosene mixed-fired boilers, and 2 total power

A steam turbine with up to 31,500 horsepower, dual-shaft propulsion, and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots!”

Emperor William nodded and said to George Yilu: "Lieutenant General Yilu, I will now hand over these two battleships and the other four aircraft-carrying armored cruisers to you and Admiral Baga. The British Empire looks forward to your victory.

!”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, our Australian fleet will definitely fulfill its duties!"
Chapter completed!