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The small car, after turning left along Charlie Street, drove into the famous White Hall and looking at the British Navy headquarters building not far away, Churchill only felt hot all over. The bow strings on the continent across the strait became tighter and tighter, and his naval minister seemed to be stuffed with an explosive bag under his buttocks, and he felt uncomfortable.

He doesn't like this feeling, just like the gloomy weather in London. With his surname, he prefers a stormy offensive, just like he decisively decided to seize the battleship ordered by Osman not long ago!

So not long ago, as Prime Minister Asquith suggested, he should first declare war, and then launch a full-scale shelling of the German coastline, forcing the German high seas fleet to come out for a decisive battle, and then looking for an opportunity to kill William II's sea stick.

However, as soon as his plan was put forward, he was scolded by the Prime Minister, thinking that he had nothing to do, because Britain was still hesitating. In the eyes of the Prime Minister and the people, as long as Belgium is still there, Britain will not be threatened, and it should watch the fire across the shore.

Watching the fire across the shore? Humph!

Churchill snorted coldly from the bottom of his heart. The arrogant William II was thinking about ruling the whole of Europe. How could he give Britain a chance to watch the fire across the shore? However, he is only the Minister of the Navy now, and there is no way to influence the decision-making of the Prime Minister's Office. He can only watch the sky on the other side of the Strait getting gloomy.

Thinking of this, Churchill felt more and more irritable. He turned his head and saw Lieutenant General Frederick Hamilton, the Second Minister of Maritime Affairs, who was also distracted and seemed to be thinking about something. He immediately asked, "Hanlton, are you worried about the situation again?"

Churchill's words woke Hamilton up and shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Churchill, I'm thinking about the Far East."

"Far East? What's there to worry about? Churchill was surprised and said, "Lt. Admiral Phillips has taken over the Far East Fleet, Seymour is in Australia, Major General Campbell and Cameron are in India, and Major General Will is in Johannesburg. We have blocked all roads from the Far East to Europe. Do you think the United States will open the Panama Canal?" Mr. Churchill, I'm not worried about the Chinese, but the German Far East Fleet, Spee!"

"Shi Pei? The German Far East Fleet?

Churchill was even more surprised that Spee's fleet had only two large armored cruisers, and under his own arrangement, the British Royal Navy's fleet surrounded the Far East had a total of six Nelson-class battleships, two battlecruisers and as many as twelve old-fashioned battleships! With such a strong force, not to mention two German cruisers, even if there are a few more, it is not difficult to defeat yourself.

"Sir Churchill, you don't know Spee. He is a stubborn guy. I'm afraid he will enter the Indian Ocean!"

"Indian Ocean? This is impossible!" Churchill shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry, as long as he enters India, our fleet in the Far East will beat him hard!"

Seeing Churchill's confident expression, Hamilton suddenly smiled bitterly. The new naval minister was obviously more enthusiastic about politics than the navy, and he didn't know how difficult it was to track a small fleet on the vast sea, but before he could continue to speak, the car had stopped in the navy. In front of the building.

After the car was stable, Churchill immediately forgot Hamilton's worries and rushed into the building. He liked this way of walking. At least in the eyes of others, he felt that he, the Minister of the Navy, was racing against time for the future of the country.

The conference room of the Admiralty Committee in Whitehall remains the same as it was when it was built in 1725. As the highest authority of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, it has witnessed many major historical events, such as the sentence "We won" when reporting on Trafalgajie. A great victory, but the loss of Lord Nelson!"

Of course, this sentence is also included.

"Damn it, the war broke out, and the Germans entered Belgium!"

As soon as Churchill and Hamilton walked into the conference room, the voice suddenly came from the outside. Not only the two of them, but also Lord John Fisher, who was sitting in the corner thinking about something, suddenly stood up and his eyes widened as if he couldn't believe it!

The German army entered Belgium!

God, Belgium is a neutral country, a neutral country protected by the United Kingdom! And the other side is the most important Dover. Once Germany enters the western waters of France along the Belgian coastline, then Britain can announce its withdrawal from the war!

"Hamilton, contact John Jellico immediately and let him be ready to escort the transport ship."

"Carl, go and tell Brigadier General Tillett that I need Harwich Squadron to set out immediately and start patrolling along the German coast."

"Damn it, we must escort the army to land immediately!"

Churchill roared and rushed out of the office. He was ready to see Prime Minister Asquith to study countermeasures as soon as possible, but as soon as he left, another news once again detonated the conference room of the Admiralty.

"The German Far East Fleet is no longer Zuo Shibo. Spee and his four cruisers, as well as 10,000 armies, have all disappeared!" -

"It's time!"

"It's time!"

Duan Fei rushed into the Xiangluan Hall of the new garden excitedly. Before he could continue the third sound, a soft voice like glutinous sugar had already come out of the inside with anger: "Brother, what are you shouting in the early morning? It's a dream.

"The children are fighting again?" Duan Yueer puffed her hair and walked out of the bedroom with a lazy face.

In addition to the emperor, this sister is the only one who can give Duan Fei a headache. Seeing her appearance, she hurriedly accompanied her smiling face and said, "It's all my fault. Is the emperor up?"

"Yesterday I was with Sister Fang."

"Oh." Duan Fei wanted to go immediately, but he looked at the hazy sky, but it was a little difficult. He quickly said, "Sister, help me call me."

"It's so early, they haven't woken up yet." Duan Yueer's eyes turned white and said, "What's the big deal? Let's talk about it later."

"There is an emergency, and Europe is at war."

"What does war in Europe have to do with us?" Although Duan Yueer was puzzled, when she saw that her brother was anxious, she nodded and walked into the hall.

A moment later, Duan Fei saw Li Mo rushing out in untidy clothes. After seeing him, he immediately asked, "Is there a fight?"

"Hmm." Duan Fei just handed the telegram he received to Li Mo, and Duan Yueer also came back. When she saw the two talking, she quickly asked the maid to prepare breakfast. Then she obediently sat next to her and put up her lovely little ears.

"Yesterday morning, the German First Army crossed the border and entered one after another in the remaining months. According to Wang Shizhen, the German General Staff is sending more than one million troops to Belgium at a speed of every five minutes."

"At present, the Belgian army has basically retreated to the fortress, hoping to block the German invasion based on the fortress."

"What about Britain?"

"The news of the British declaration of war has not yet come, but the first batch of troop carriers has left port in the middle of the night yesterday. It is said that the scale has reached 50. In order to ensure the safety, the British Admiralty sent 50 destroyers and cruisers to escort, so we speculate that war should be declared today."

"Yes, Wang Shizhen's last telegram said that he had led the observation group to leave and will arrive at the periphery of the fortress in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. According to him, he also set out with 60 tanks we sold to Germany!"

"This little Maughty finally did the right thing!"

Li Mo patted the table and was so scared that Yue'er, who was half asleep, was shocked. He looked at him an angued and didn't know why he was so excited about the war in Europe.

Before the maid brought breakfast, Li Mo hurried to the General Staff with Duan Fei. When he arrived, he found that there was no scene of busy days ago. With the German army entering Belgium, the suspense of the war had completely disappeared. The task here changed from analysis to special for each [***] teams. Conscription and marching route to do military chess deductions.

Seeing Li Mo's arrival, Chen Pingping said hello, and the corners of his mouths were full of smiles. The meat grinder in Europe has been started, and the four families of Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Austria are all full of energy. This battle will only get bigger and bigger. Bismarck's "Balkan fool" is really right.

On the sand table, the railway lines extending from Germany to Belgium are all gathered in a small column, and the huge fortress lies in the center like a monster, which is Germany's first test.

Li Mo has forgotten how Germany broke through this fortress, but it is clear that it is definitely not possible to rely on tanks, and the air bombardment of airships will not be very good, because Germany does not have incendiary bombs and heavy bombs.

But he doesn't care about this anymore, and even hopes that Belgium can block it for a few more days. As long as the German army delays here for two or three days, France will have enough time to dispatch troops to block it. At that time, the tank will have more power.

When sixty tanks rushed to the French army in a row, the biggest tragedy was about to happen. At that time, God could not stop it!

"Report, the British Prime Minister just made a speech three hours ago and declared war on Germany!" The hand of the clock is just past 14 o'clock, and the communication officer brings the most needed telegram.

"Let's go."

Li Mo nodded to Chen Ping. Britain's declaration of war meant that all the European powers had fallen.

On August 6, 1914, the day after Britain declared war on Germany, the northern border of the Xinhua Empire made waves again, and twelve Russian soldiers suddenly crossed the border and attacked the sentry post.

Next, in the Prime Minister's Office of Xinhua, the Ministry of National Defense immediately asked Russia to explain the matter of cross the border. At the same time, in order to prevent Russia from launching an invasion by the opportunity of the European war, it announced that 300,000 reservist soldiers would be recruited and the conscription site would be placed in the northern border.

At the same time, Germany and Xinhua reached an agreement to transfer the colonies in the Pacific Ocean, including the Bismarck Islands, to Xinhua. As for the amount, it was not announced by the two countries.

From August 7, Germany advanced to the fortress. While being blocked by the fortress, the Ministry of Defense of the Xinhua Empire held a press conference again and announced that it would conduct a large-scale military exercise code-named Longteng in northern Xinjiang. After three months, the total number of investment will reach 500,000!

With this order, trains scattered all over the country began to travel north quickly. For a while, the domestic railway to Xinjiang, Mongolia and Siberia were full of trains, and countless trucks and soldiers began to continue to travel northwest.

With the news that the radio waves completely detonated the world, the whole of Europe was in panic. Is such a big exercise a harbinger of Xinhua's official participation in the war?

Just as the storm gradually spread around, Lenin also quietly arrived in Yanjing. The negotiation process was as fast as lightning, which caught Lenin off guard!

According to the agreement, Xinhua will use the captured Russian veterans to help the Bolsheviks train 50,000 soldiers and provide corresponding equipment at a total price of five million blue coins. At the same time, the two sides signed a secret agreement. According to the agreement, as long as Lenin gains power, Xinhua will automatically have a railway from Western Siberia to Europe. Right of use.

As soon as the European War started, the Far East was about to hold the largest exercise in history, which immediately made the whole world thunder!

Everyone is asking, what are they going to do?

(to be continued)