Chapter 515 The Death of Emperor William (please subscribe, please vote)

After hearing the news reported by Charles Elliot, Emperor William was immediately confused!

Ming Navy carrier-based aircraft actually flew to London to drop bombs! This shows that the Royal Navy has given up its political neutrality and completely supported Queen Victoria. After Emperor William obtained the long-wave radio station from Rothschild's bank, the

The immediate plan was to contact the Marquis of Nelson in India and ask him to try to stabilize the Royal Navy so that they could continue to remain neutral and prevent external forces from intervening in the British Civil War.

However, I did not expect that the influence of Marquis Nelson was not enough to prevent the Royal Navy from turning to Queen Victoria - by doing so, the Royal Navy destroyed the principle of neutrality that they had adhered to for one or two hundred years, and then became a tool in the British domestic political struggle.

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But what was the reason that prompted the Royal Navy to abandon neutrality and support Victoria, the heir to the throne who had been hijacked by careerists and rebels, when the legitimate king still occupied London?

Could it be that the main fleet of the Ming Navy has now sailed into the English Channel?

Is this impossible?

What surprised Emperor William even more was that the Prussian army had actually occupied the Kingdom of Hanover. Isn't this too fast?

And this incident was as serious a blow to Emperor William as the Royal Navy's fall to Victoria! Because the armed forces loyal to Emperor William now, in addition to Gurkha mercenaries and some British local militia loyal to the emperor, were German troops numbering no less than 20,000

.The backbone of these German troops are all from the Hanoverian Army.

Once Hanover is occupied by Prussia, the British King's German Infantry Regiment will probably have no intention of fighting.

In addition, how could Hanover collapse so quickly? Ernst August should have left 30,000 troops to garrison Hanover. Nakoto’s elite professional army could deal with the Prussian mobilization troops, and it would not be a problem for one to defeat three!

Why did Hanover collapse? What happened? How many troops did the Prussians send to attack?

Thinking about these unanswerable questions, Emperor William was already sweating, and then slowly became cold again. He stood up suddenly, rushed out of his bedroom barefoot, George Elliot followed closely.

behind him.

He has other bad news to tell the emperor - the headquarters at St. James's Palace is losing contact with the local areas (places loyal to the emperor). From last night to now, 60% of the local headquarters have lost contact. Still

There are at least 10 army units loyal to the emperor who have also been contacted a lot. I wonder if they were wiped out by the enemy or defected?

There are several forts in the lower reaches of the Thames River and cannot be contacted. Those forts are the key points to prevent ships supporting Victoria from entering the city of London along the Thames River!

In addition, Guildford, southwest of London leading to Portsmouth, was originally under the control of a small group of German local militia (loyal to the emperor). Contact was also lost this morning!

In the direction of Windsor Castle, it seems that a large number of people are gathering!

All signs indicate that the rebel group headed by the Duke of Wellington that hijacked Victoria has received strong support from external powers and is about to launch an attack on London.

Emperor William rushed barefoot into his temporary headquarters in the bunker of St. James Palace. Inside, a group of German-speaking officers were discussing chaotically. Phones were ringing everywhere. Just calm down and listen, the shells were exploding.

The sound of explosions was getting louder and louder. Seeing the arrival of Emperor William, these officers, most of whom came from the Kingdom of Hanover, gathered around as if they had seen a savior. They all asked the Emperor to make a decision quickly.

Not to mention what kind of determination the emperor should make?

However, Emperor William can also guess what these people mean - what determination can be made now? The London Industrial Area cannot be defeated by determination! If the London Industrial Area cannot be defeated, once the Duke of Wellington's army arrives, Emperor William can

There are London Commune inside and army traitors outside. Even if the emperor has three heads and six arms, he cannot win.

So now I have no other choice but to run away!

Thinking of this, Emperor William stood there barefoot and issued an order loudly: "Inform the British King's German Infantry Regiment and the subordinate units of the Royal Gurkha Guards to return to the camps around St. James's Palace as soon as possible! Those who stayed to guard the defense line around St. James's Palace

The troops immediately began preparing dry food, and the staff of the Vehicle and Ammunition Command immediately began planning a breakout route. The target is Dover!"

As soon as his series of orders came out, the staff present were stunned.

The "determination" they urged the emperor to make was actually to surrender to Queen Victoria or to defend London in order to obtain better conditions, rather than to break out and escape to Dover.

Because Britain is an island country, and the Royal Navy has turned to the enemy. Without the Royal Navy releasing water, it would have been impossible for Emperor William to board a ship from Dover and escape to France.

Of course, the possibility of the Royal Navy releasing the water is not small. After all, Queen Victoria did not really want to get rid of her uncle. She was very likely to order the Navy to release William to France.

But there was no way she could let go of more than 20,000 Gurkha mercenaries and the British King's German Infantry Regiment!

There’s no way to let it go!

It was impossible for Napoleon II to send enough ships to Dover to transport more than 20,000 people to France. It would be good to be able to transport one or two thousand people.

In addition, there are still some people in various parts of the UK who support the emperor and regard the emperor as the legal monarch of the UK. But if he abandons London and escapes, then he will no longer be the monarch of the UK.

West of London, Windsor Castle.

When Emperor William was mobilizing troops and planning to break out of London, outside the walls of Windsor Castle and in the vast wilderness, there were all British Army officers and soldiers with live ammunition.

After the Royal Navy made its position clear and the Ming Navy's Atlantic Fleet staged the famous "ship review" scene, some armies and localities that were still waiting and watching all turned to Queen Victoria.

Several industrial cities in central England that once accepted the leadership of the London Commune also defected after receiving Victoria's amnesty and promises of land distribution.

Now in the entire United Kingdom, only the capital London and its surrounding areas are still under the rule of Queen Victoria.

The London Commune has also sent representatives to contact Windsor Castle. In addition to asking for a pardon, the leaders of the London Commune also hope that Queen Victoria can give specific measures on the promise of allocating land... They hope to establish some agricultural projects.

Organizations such as mutual aid societies help farmers with small plots of land.

In addition, they also asked the Queen's government to protect the interests of British workers and allow them to have more benefits and higher wages.

Victoria did not agree to their request, because both the Duke of Wellington and Zhu Xiu believed that it was better to use a battle to regain London now rather than peaceful negotiations!

Because only then will the future United Kingdom government have enough prestige to rule.

Moreover, the British Army supporting the Queen's government has also been assembled.

More than 60,000 regular troops have gathered around Windsor Castle.

With only an order from the Queen, they can go and take back London.

Under such circumstances, Queen Victoria certainly could not agree to the London Commune's request...even if the Queen's government would adopt the same policy after the war.

But now is definitely not the time to compromise!

"Dear Alexandra," Zhu Xi's voice rang in Victoria's ears, "please give the order to send out troops...but never order the troops who are loyal to you not to harm your uncle William."

Victoria was stunned for a moment, "Why?"

Zhu Xiyou said solemnly: "Because in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was an emperor who once issued such an order... He was unwilling to hurt his uncle who was his enemy, and in the end he lost everything.

Therefore, please leave William’s fate to the decision of our Heavenly Father, the Emperor!”

Victoria nodded: "Okay, I listen to you!"
Chapter completed!