Chapter 460 Save the British Empire? No, save Emperor William! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Your Majesty, Australia is actually an isolated island."

The Duke of Wellington looked at Emperor William who was unwilling to lose the incomparably sweet fruit of power, and said thoughtfully: "Although we have deployed a powerful army in Australia, they cannot continue to fight with their horses and sabers.

According to the statistics of the Rakshasa people, during the Battle of Adrianople, they consumed an average of 70,000 rounds of large and medium-caliber artillery shells every day. In the several months of fighting, they destroyed a total of more than 15 million rounds of 75 mm and above caliber.

of artillery shells and mortar shells, and destroyed more than 1 billion rounds of bullets of various calibers. The reason why Nicholas I gave up attacking Constantinople was not because he was afraid of casualties, but because his ammunition depot was empty.

. And the ammunition consumption of the defending Turks was also very alarming, almost one-third of that of the Rakshasa. If it weren't for our full supply from Britain, Sudan would have lost everything long ago!

In addition, both warring parties also need a large number of guns and barrels to replenish the barrels. Even if a cannon is not destroyed, its barrel will only have a life of firing hundreds to a thousand rounds of ammunition. If 7 rounds of ammunition are destroyed every day,

Ten thousand rounds of artillery shells means that 100 barrels will be used and scrapped.

If our thirty divisions in Australia were to fight with the ammunition consumption of the Adrianople Rakshasa Army, they would have to consume two million rounds of artillery shells and more than 100 million rounds of ammunition every month, in addition to replacing several

Thousands of cannon barrels and countless gun barrels need to be supplemented with at least hundreds of cannons and tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns, and various other supplies that cannot be produced in Australia. This means tens of thousands of guns every month

Tons of transportation volume! If we don’t have control of the sea, how can we transport tens of thousands of tons of materials to Australia?”

Emperor William was of course very dissatisfied with the Duke of Wellington's explanation. He asked sullenly: "Have we never considered maintaining the Australian battlefield in the event of supply interruption? We have so much time to do so without any hindrance.

In fact, we have transported more than 300,000 troops to Australia, and even transported a large number of livestock and coolies from India. Don’t we have enough preparations in Australia to maintain 30 divisions for a year or even

Two years of supplies?”

"Your Majesty, in fact, according to the standard of a division consuming 1,000 tons of various combat materials in a month, we have prepared enough materials for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps to last for 12 months of operations." The Duke of Wellington quickly explained to Emperor William.

He paused and then said, "But what about after 12 months?"

Emperor William turned his attention to Sir Hardy, the First Sea Lord, "Sir, I want to know the navy's plan!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor," Sir Hardy said, "the Royal Navy originally planned to first severely inflict heavy damage on the Ming Dynasty Navy through a well-planned decisive battle, and then rely on the Solomon Islands, New Guinea Islands, East Indies, and New Hebrides Islands to create an absolute defense force for the Australian continent.

Defense circle.”

"Have you never considered failure?" Emperor William asked, "Has the Royal Navy never considered the day it will fail?"

Hearing this question, Sir Hardy was truly speechless.

The UK is, after all, an island nation!

In today's era of strong ships and powerful guns dominating the oceans, if an island country loses its powerful sea power, it will be a problem to even protect the absolute security of its homeland. In this case, besides suing for peace with the new ocean hegemon, what else can it do?

What? France and Rakshasa can still seek to dominate the continent without sea power. If Britain, which is alone outside the mainland, has no sea power, will it still want to send troops across the sea to land on other people's coastlines?

Seeing that Sir Hardy was speechless, Emperor William just snorted heavily and said: "Although Britain is an island country, the British Empire is also a world empire. She owns more than just the islands of Great Britain and Ireland where the United Kingdom is located.

, and Canada, Australia and the Indian Empire! The Indian Empire! The Indian Empire!”

Say important things three times!

So Emperor William said "Indian Empire" three times, which of course meant it clearly. He, Emperor William, could not lose the Indian Empire, because without the Indian Empire, he would no longer be the emperor.

The Indian emperor is the real emperor! He can do whatever he wants and get what he wants!

Moreover, according to the constitution of the Indian Empire, he, the Indian emperor, has the right to deprive Princess Victoria of her right to inherit the throne, and then designate his illegitimate son as the Indian crown prince - in fact, the local nobles in India, regardless of whether they are Hindus, Devadanians or

Sikhs believe that a son born to a "little wife" is more qualified to inherit the throne of India than a niece

The local dignitaries and capitalists in the UK cannot lose the money tree of India. Without the market and wealth from India, the UK will have no way to maintain its current status as Europe's number one industrial country. After losing its status as Europe's number one industrial country,

The security of the British mainland will also be lost. And can a Britain that has lost absolute security still become a paradise for European capital and talents?

Or, in the future, Britain will become a small European Ming Dynasty that relies on the protection of the Great Ming Dynasty? If it really comes to this point, who will rule the UK? King William IV? Or Queen Victoria?

Therefore, once the British Empire surrenders to the Ming Dynasty and asks for mercy, Victoria will definitely be pushed to the throne and become the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Empress of India!

Because for the British Empire, it would be more beneficial for the Zhu family's daughter-in-law Victoria to come forward to sue for peace than for Emperor William to come forward to sue for peace.

But then Emperor William will lose everything. Even his life!

How good would it be to be laid to rest? This is much more honorable than being abdicated in favor of a worthy person. You can also have a grand burial. Maybe Queen Victoria can be a filial niece for a time, find a geomantic treasure for Emperor William in India, and build a William mausoleum.

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"Your Majesty the Emperor, of course we have a plan for the most difficult situation!" Sir Hardy already knew His Majesty the Emperor's intentions, and the Royal Navy actually prepared a plan that Emperor William was unwilling to die after suffering a major defeat. Oh, of course not.

According to British "case law", it is the duty of the Army to help His Majesty the Emperor to be "decent". The British Navy is the Royal Navy and cannot do such a thing.

"What plan?" Emperor William asked quickly.

Sir Hardy secretly glanced at the frowning Duke of Wellington - this Duke was a handsome man with a treacherous face, and he looked like a shameless traitor! Sir Hardy of the Navy withdrew his loyal gaze and looked at Emperor William and said

: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Royal Navy's plan is to land the Ming Army in Australia, and then dispatch our latest fast-breaking carrier cruiser to attack the Ming Army's logistics line.

The Ministry of War estimates that if the Ming Empire wants to defeat the 30 divisions that have arrived in Australia, it will have to dispatch at least 50-60 divisions. Even the Ming Dynasty will find it difficult to maintain a comfortable logistics line. So as long as we can tighten up on them

If the logistics line is attacked, victory on land will be expected."

"A fast destroyer cruiser?" Emperor William immediately became interested, "What kind of ship is that? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor," Sir Hardy said, "I am talking about the Fury-class plan. It is an upgraded version of several modified aircraft-carrying armored cruisers. It has a tonnage of more than 20,000 tons and is equipped with the latest kerosene mixed-burning boiler.

The power system of the steam turbine can output up to nearly 50,000 horsepower!

In addition, this class of aircraft-carrying cruiser also has two triple-mounted 12-inch backpack-style bow turrets and a 180-meter-long flight deck. It also has a hangar that can accommodate 48 carrier-based aircraft.

This design allows the Wrath-class to have extremely high speed, powerful firepower and enough carrier-based aircraft to perform various attack missions. It is expected that it will be the best destroyer in the history of the world."
Chapter completed!