Chapter 394 This time, there is no way out!

"Oh!"

Tan Sitong just drank the tea in his mouth and sprayed out like rain. He probably soon realized that this was a serious cabinet meeting, so he quickly raised his hand to apologize. At the same time, he found a rag to clean the table in front of him.

But his laughing scene not only did not make everyone feel strange, but also felt normal, because even Prime Minister Li Enfu touched his earlobe twice, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Wittheft occupies Dili?! Isn't he going to Vladivostok? Why are you going to occupy East Timor? Rong Kai took the lead in breaking the silence. He did not understand the military, but it did not mean that he could not understand the map.

At present, it is known that Borneo Island is occupied by Xinhua. Although Sarawak still belongs to the United Kingdom, no one can replace Xinhua's core position there, but few people know that the nearby Sulawesi Island is also under the control of the New China Army, and when it was announced that the province was established two years ago, it was also incorporated into Borneo. Provincial jurisdiction.

As the connection point between the South China Sea and Australia, the strategic location of East Timor is quite important. The military has also studied whether to occupy it. Anyway, the establishment of the Province of Borneo has divided the Dutch East Indies in half, so there has always been a call in the army, simply fighting East Timor, the Malugu Islands and Guinea Island. .

However, considering that the expansion was too fast in the past few years, there are not only Dutch forces on the island of Guinea, but also Britain, Germany and France. I'm afraid that it will really become a public enemy of Europe, and it really needs to calm down after the reunification of the country. Unexpectedly, I haven't stretched out my claws, but Witkhft is on business and goes to occupy it. He doesn't Are you crazy?

At present, Dili is a Dutch colony!

They kindly added coal to you. You didn't appreciate it and swallowed East Timor, and now even the emperor has temporarily given up. What's worth occupying?

You have to occupy the half of New Guinea in the Netherlands. According to the emperor, where is the world's largest refined copper mine, and he said that he saw it from a book called "The Best of World Geography". Although the existence of this book has yet to be confirmed, because according to private inquiries to several noble concubines, the royal Tibetan There is no book in the library at all, but there is the world's most handwritten notebook by the emperor himself, but it is full of strange symbols. No one can understand except the emperor, but this does not hinder everyone's trust in the emperor's ability to encircle the land! Therefore, the Ministry of Resources has long sent people to Chayafeng to look for it secretly for a few years. Although it has not been located, if you go to occupy there, you can naturally declare war on the annexation of Russia and slowly find it!

"Where is the Netherlands? What about the East India Fleet? It's rude to us when we rob Borneo. After contacting Britain, how can we wither when we meet the Russians? Is this the traditional virtue of the country of tulips? Zhao Long shouted rudely.)

"What's the news in Europe?" Li Enfu waved his hand to make everyone quiet. He frowned and continued to ask, "Is it the instigate of Russia, or is it he on the spur of the moment?"

"From the current point of view, it should be that Witkhft is good at making ideas." Duan Fei continued: "At present, the Netherlands has protested to Russia, saying that as a neutral country, their interests should be protected internationally, and it is said that the Netherlands is already turning to Germany and France to ask Witkhft to leave immediately."

"Please Germany and France? Why don't you go to England? The Dragon Warlord on the side was puzzled. Although the British Far East Fleet had been repaired in India for two years, it only added two London-class, but this was not because Britain had no warships, but because Britain had made every effort to carry out the Intrepid and follow-up plan in the past two years. Except for speeding up the completion of the eight Edward VII class, it did not build any new ones. The order.

But even so, with the three royal powers stationed in Singapore, the United Kingdom still has ten battleships, including three old men, two centurion and two London-class, which are still the same or even slightly superior maritime forces in the region as Xinhua. What's more, they have defended the Strait of Malacca. Why don't you look for it? On the contrary, does Britain give up the near and seek the far?

"I'm afraid the Netherlands won't trust the British anymore." Chen Ping lighted a cigarette, took a smile and said, "Duan Fei's last incident caused Britain and France to spit on each other. The French were so angry that they announced too many details of the concentration camp system implemented by Britain in Boer. Although the Boers established a reading country, they were descendants of the Netherlands after all. Originally, the Netherlands was the most resolute in the war. Opponents, now that so many Boers have been killed, there is a high voice against Britain in the Netherlands.

"What's the use of France and Germany? It's better to beg our emperor. Maybe I will kill and solve it for the Netherlands. Long Guozhang interrupted depressedly beside him. He really couldn't figure out what the hell was going on with Vitheft's defeated army. Are you in a panic?

"What's the reaction of the British?"

"Not yet." As soon as Li Enfu finished speaking, Tang Shaoyi immediately said, "Britain is surprisingly silent this time, but the Russian Secretary of the Navy has been visiting Britain recently."

"Does the UK want to violate the agreement?" Yan Fu raised his eyebrows.

"That's not true, but we suspect that Britain may transfer two Chilean ordered battleships to Russia through a third country." Duan Fei took out the prepared documents and handed them to Li Enfu. He continued, "These two second-class battleships were purchased from Britain from Chile before the emperor's previous visit to the world, but Britain was afraid that Chile would be handed over to us to prepare for Russia, so it had been in its hands, but the construction speed was suddenly accelerated recently. We suspected that it was to be sold. Signs of."

"Fast-class second-class battleship, also known as the agility class."

Chen Ping's eyebrows jumped and remembered the two battleships that McKinson came to Yanjing for business not long ago. He and the emperor talked with him. According to previous intelligence, the two second-class battleships being built in Britain were originally the Constitution and Liberty purchased by Chile. In the displacement of 12,000 tons, two were loaded. With a double L45/254mm main gun and 14 190mm secondary guns, the firepower of the secondary gun even exceeds the Duke class, and the speed has reached 19 knots. Although the armor is slightly thinner, it is still two excellent battleships, especially the utilization efficiency per ton of displacement, which is almost perfect.

According to McKinson, according to the above weapons standards, with Xinhua's current technology, unless oil-fired boilers and steam turbines are used, the displacement will definitely exceed 13,000 tons.

This is the gap, which is unnoticed, but it does exist.

If the intelligence department's analysis is established, it will be alert. Not to mention how much impact these two battleships will have on the war situation, and does this mean that Britain is going to tear up the previous agreement? After all, the bite of Britain two years ago is still a little painful, not to mention that South Africa is over. Britain has completed the Intrepid test, and it does have the ability to slap it back.

Thinking of this, Chen Ping immediately asked, "Is this your intelligence department's guess, or have you heard the exact news?"

"It is speculated that the intelligences' idea was triggered by the sudden acceleration of construction, and it is said that other South American countries have inspected these two battleships, so we feel strange."

"Which country is it?" Chen Ping continued to ask.

"It's Ecuador, which is said to strengthen the naval force, but according to the South American intelligence station, Ecuador has no strength to pay the money at all, and it is made by Chile. Ecuador is adjacent to Chile. There is no reason for them to offend Chile to buy the two battleships.

Rongkui was not interested in caring about whether it was a cover or not, but asked, "Chen Ping, what do you think of this Wittheft? Why do you want to occupy Dili?

Chen Ping, who was thinking about the influence of two battleships, temporarily ended his association and laughed, "My speaker, what else can I think? We were not scared! Because we have now controlled most of the key waterways from the Indian Ocean into the Pacific Ocean, unless the Russians are willing to take a detour through Chile, then go straight down along South America into the U.S. protection circle, and finally cross the Bering Strait. Otherwise, where do you let them go to Vladivostok?

"Then he has to get through the Zonggu Strait!" Long Guozhang curled his lips and really looked down on Vitheft's courage.

Chen Ping nodded and said, "In my opinion, Witthoff not only did nothing wrong, but did it right, because he knew that if he rashly entered our waters, he would definitely be intercepted by us. If it was light, it might be expulsion. If it was serious, he would not want to be a prisoner this time."

"So if I am a Russian commander, if neither Britain and France are willing to open the base to offend us, we will also find a front-line base for the fleet first. You should know that if I cross half of the earth from Russia to the South China, almost half of the coal will be consumed from the Red Sea and across the Indian Ocean alone. If there is no There is a place to replenish, so you don't even have to fight. Just watch them turn off and use them as iron coffins.

"So, do you think Russia will not give up Dili?"

After thinking about it, Chen Ping nodded heavily: "No!"

As Chen Ping clearly spit out these words, everyone in the conference room took a deep breath. Once Dili was occupied, even if Russia did not have the strength to build it into a military fortress, as long as it could provide an expeditionary fleet to reach coal, it would have attracted attention. What's more, Dili is still close to New Guinea and Australia. Ya, it is unknown whether Britain will finally take advantage of Australia before the Australian referendum has been started by indigenous riots.

However, after all, Xinhua was not the Qing Dynasty a few years ago. Although it has been overwhelmed by the seemingly bottomless domestic construction for several years, it is a country that is almost complete. With the extension of the railway line, the chimneys are constantly erected, and the roar of machines in various places begins to converge into a movement, and it is crushed. Gradually starting to straighten up.

What's more, as early as the end of the Southeast Unification War, the Prime Minister's Office and the military have secretly accumulated strength for the war. In order to produce enough cheap ammunition, the Equipment Department also shipped the production line to Shikoku Island for the first time, and ordered me to start work 24 hours with grain as remuneration.

In order to ensure sufficient and larger oil consumption, the extension of the oil field has been continuously expanded, and more than a dozen oil wells laid by Huanya Oil Company and Kuwait are also desperately pulling out black**, even the Gulf Oil Company controlled by Australia and Thomas Mining are quietly Quietly transport a ship of oil to the inland to reserve.

Chile's copper, Australia and domestic aluminum, iron ore, nickel, tin, tungsten, chromium, manganese and other ore resources shipped back from several countries are also constantly entering warehouses or being smelted.

Synthetic ammonia factories have quietly changed from one to three, and the output is also expanding. In order to reduce copper consumption, the Ministry of Science and Technology has been organizing many experts to finally develop the copper-covered steel technology proposed by the emperor a year ago, which has greatly reduced the cost and cost of bullets, and also reduced the dependence on copper, making a large number of Copper ingots can be stored.

The shipyard started construction on Sunday night and stepped up the construction of eight capital ships. While ensuring the quality of the arsenal, it also began to adopt the three-shift work method, in order not to stop the machine.

It is the busyness and diligence of these visible and invisible workers that make the material reserves more and more sufficient. Cannons, armored vehicles, trucks, grenades, bullets, airships and other equipment are continuously delivered to the soldiers.

Xinhua is different. After the full launch, it has the ability to fight a large-scale war, but is that enough?

But at this critical moment, almost everyone remembered the thin but never curved back, so Tan Sitong immediately asked, "Where is the emperor now?"

"The emperor went to the flight club, and he asked me to tell you when he left." Li Enfu took a deep breath and looked serious: "This time, we have no way out!"

After saying that, before everyone could react, he spread out the notebook in front of him, held the pen and looked at Chen Ping calmly and asked, "Say it, what else do you need?"

The leaders of various departments also took out papers and pens and put up their ears for fear of missing a word, because everyone knows that this will be the most critical of Xinhua and a war related to the fate of the country.

The emperor is right. There is no way out this time!

Even if there is an endless Arctic Ocean ahead, it must be filled with blood and life! Since you can't choose, it's better to seize the last chance and show your greatest strength while it takes some time to declare war!

Looking at Li Enfu and the helm of many departments, the military representatives suddenly became serious. Under everyone's gaze, Chen Ping changed his eyes with Long Guozhang and others and slowly stood up.

The demand is huge, from socks to leather boots, from sweaters to cotton-padded jackets, from coal to spirits that can relieve tension and cold, from tobacco to high-calorie milk sugar, from flour to meat, almost everything is proposed by military representatives, and then finalized under the discussion of cabinet members.

Tao Chengzhang and other secretaries waiting outside the door may not have thought that this meeting of cabinet and ministers of various departments lasted for two days and two nights.

Two days later, when the last item was confirmed, looking at dozens of haggard cabinet ministers and ministers, young secretaries and officials clearly knew how difficult it was to manage and lead a country.

A crisp card wiping sound with a flash recorded this moment, recording this group of men who were tired but still did not want to bend!

This is a war that bet on Xinhua's future!

This time, there is no way out! ......

(to be continued)