1825 My New Daming

Chapter 225 Protect the ship and trap the enemy, surround India! (Please subscribe, please collect)

"Why can you be invincible if you control the Persian Gulf?"

"Why? What's so good about the Persian Gulf? There's no fresh water on the shore, only sand!"

"Yes, could it be that there are treasures under the sand on the edge of the Persian Gulf?"

"Eighteenth Army Division, have you figured out some secret?"

"This treasure."

Not to mention, those who were able to sneak into high-level figures in the Ming Dynasty controlled by the Zhuge family could more or less get a glimpse of the secrets, so a good seminar on the international situation will soon turn into a treasure hunting conference in the Persian Gulf.

Both Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong also know that there are great treasures in the Persian Gulf, but now is not the time to reveal the secrets, so they both cast a stern look at Zhuge Weidao—you can’t talk nonsense, especially related to black gold if!
If this matter gets out of the wind and the British Empire finds out, it will be a big trouble.

The terrain of the Persian Gulf is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once the British Empire established a coastal defense fortress and deployed a large number of mines at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, it would be difficult for the Ming Navy to enter.

And once the British produce a large amount of oil in the Persian Gulf, then the British Navy may launch full-oil powered boilers and steam turbines on a large scale, which means that British surface ships can have greater tonnage and speed!
Although the British can now obtain a large amount of oil supply from the Pennsylvania oil field in the United States, how can the oil bought at a high price from American profiteers be as good as the oil robbed from the Middle East?

Moreover, once those American profiteers convert the pounds they earn from selling oil into gold and transfer the silver to France, they will accelerate the collapse of the British Empire!

The British Empire was not only dependent on the Royal Navy, but also on Jewish bankers in London!

"Everyone," after just a while, Zhuge Weidao had already thought up his speech. He picked up a baton, pointed lightly at Malacca, then pointed towards the Persian Gulf, and finally struck another wooden stick on the tin Lan Island, "The Persian Gulf, Malacca, and Ceylon Island are located on the west, east, and south sides of the Indian Empire respectively. If we take all these three places, then India will be surrounded by us. Its sea line of communication with the British mainland Will be cut off from us all!
Even if we can't take Ceylon for the time being, as long as we hold the Persian Gulf in our hands, we can still send a breaching fleet from the Persian Gulf to cut off India's route to the Suez Canal.And the fast-breaking ship that rushed into the Indian Ocean from the Strait of Malacca can easily attack Indian transport ships that circle Africa. "

He paused, and added: "Although the Indian Empire still has a huge strategic depth, a large population, and sufficient agricultural products, because India's industrial chain is quite incomplete, it is only a part of the industrial production system of the British Empire. If its foreign trade is cut off by us, the factories in India will soon stop working and production, and the country will soon lose its war potential, and will become an agricultural country with little self-defense ability, and can only be slaughtered. "

At the same time, Britain will also lose an important link in its industrial chain. This will seriously hit Britain's wartime economy, and may even destroy Britain's war capabilities!

"Is it that serious?" Mr. Yu asked, "Daozi, according to what you said, if the route between the British Empire and India is cut off, she will lose without a fight?"

"Of course!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Old man, have you forgotten the fire salt produced in India? Before the discovery of saltpeter mines in South America, the output of saltpeter mines in India accounted for 70% of the world's total production of saltpeter." As mentioned above, the British did not miss our necks with Indian saltpetre! If we cut off the route between Britain and India first, and then cut off the saltpeter route in South America, what would the British have to fight the world war?"

In fact, the method of artificially synthesizing ammonia has long been mastered by the Zhuge family - such an important "heavenly secret", of course it is recorded in the heavenly book.However, there is still a certain distance between knowing the method and realizing industrialized production, and when South American saltpeter is almost open to transport to Daming, the risk of launching a synthetic ammonia project is not small (the annual output of South American saltpeter is hundreds of thousands Ton).But now that the war is imminent, the route to South America is also at risk of being cut off, so the Jinyang Coal Chemical Industry Bureau controlled by the Zhuge family has now begun trial production of an industrial device for the production of synthetic ammonia.

Zheng Guozhong understands chemical engineering, so of course he knows the importance of Indian saltpeter to the British Empire—although the supply of South American saltpeter is almost endless, Indian saltpeter is a strategic resource that the British Empire can control!So since the South American saltpeter, the British Empire began to protect the saltpeter mines in India.

In addition, India has the only cow dung industry in the world. Many Indians have a lot of cow dung in their homes. This can be used to collect nitrate!

Moreover, India still has a population of 2 million and a large number of cattle that can "shit for Britain"!
Thinking of this, Master Zheng nodded and said: "Daozi, what you said makes sense. The siege of India is indeed a good way to defeat the British Empire. If we compete with the British Empire for hegemony, we can win without fighting. It is best not to fight each other. If you can make small fights, don't fight big.

This method of printing and printing English is very good!Now Malacca has our two islands blocked, and Sumatra in the hands of the Dutch can be occupied by us if we say it.If the Persian Gulf in the west can be taken again, there will only be one Ceylon island left. A small fight should be able to take it.

By the way, this Persian Gulf, how do we win it, and how do we hold it? "

Of course Zhuge Weidao had already figured out a way.

"My lord, the Persian Gulf is easy to win," Zhuge Weidao said. "It is slightly more difficult to cross the Straits of Malacca, and the more troublesome thing is to defend the Persian Gulf. My solution is to take advantage of the opportunity of delivering two hero-class battleships, Form a large formation including two heroes, seven or eight old vassals, a few South Island troop carriers, some coal carriers and ammunition ships, and rush across Malacca suddenly, swiftly and resolutely strait.

The fleets placed by the British in Singapore and Malacca are limited in size, and they must not dare to stop them by force.As long as we can cross the Strait of Malacca, we can take seven or eight vassal-class battleships and some other old cruisers, as well as several troop carriers, coal carriers, and ammunition ships, into the Persian Gulf. After entering, we will immediately occupy Ras Al Khaimah, Pirate Bay, Qeshm Island.And lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz!

In this way, even if the British followed, it would be impossible to break through the mines and seven or eight Pharaoh-class battleships equipped with 280mm cannons to rush into the Persian Gulf.In this way, the entire Persian Gulf is under our firm control with seven or eight old battleships and some old cruisers.

If the British do not want our old warships to cut off their passage to the Suez Canal, they must place more battleships outside the Persian Gulf. This can not only contain the forces of the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy, but also Create an opportunity for our fleet to destroy the enemy and break through Malacca and occupy Ceylon. "

Zhuge Weiyi, Minister of the Admiralty, was very satisfied with the plan proposed by his [-]-year-old brother, and added with a smile: "Prime Minister, Daozi's method is very good! Those vassal-class battleships are no longer worth rebuilding. Moreover, their performance cannot meet the needs of decisive battles at sea. They are also used as decorations at home. At most, they are used to defend the near shore. But that's all."

Naval Chief of Staff Zhuge Weiyong also added: "We still have some broken ships bought from the Japanese at a low price. The navy doesn't need them at all. I think we can send them to the Persian Gulf together. What about the Four Heavenly Kings? It's so rough, it's just right to use it as a fort when it's stranded."

Zheng Guozhong looked at Yu Quan again after hearing the words, "Old Man Yu, what do you think?"

"Okay!" Yu Quan nodded, "I think it's okay. Let's do this!"

(End of this chapter)