1825 My New Daming

Chapter 460 Rescue the British Empire?No, it is to save Kaiser Wilhelm! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Your Majesty, Australia is practically an island."

The Duke of Wellington looked at Emperor William, who was unwilling to lose the incomparably sweet fruit of power, and said after consideration: "Although we have deployed a powerful army in Australia, it is impossible for them to continue fighting with horses and sabers.

According to the statistics of the Raksha people, during the Battle of Adrianople, they consumed an average of 7 rounds of large and medium-caliber shells every day, and destroyed a total of more than 1500 million rounds of 75mm and above caliber in several months of combat. shells and mortar shells, and more than 10 billion rounds of bullets of various calibers were destroyed. The reason why Nicholas I gave up attacking Constantinople was not because he was afraid of casualties, but because his ammunition depot was empty up.The ammunition consumption of the defending Turks is also very alarming, almost one-third of that of the Rakshasa.If it weren't for our full supply from the UK, Sudan would have lost everything long ago!

In addition, the warring parties also need a large number of gun replenishment and barrel and barrel replenishment. Even if a cannon is not destroyed, its barrel can only fire hundreds to a thousand rounds of ammunition.If 7 rounds of shells are destroyed every day, it means that 100 barrels will be used and scrapped.

If our thirty divisions in Australia were to fight at the ammunition consumption of the Rakshasa Army in Adriaburg, they would have to consume 200 million shells and over 1 million rounds of ammunition every month, and would need to replace thousands more Gun barrels and countless barrels, and at least hundreds of cannons and tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns, and other various supplies that cannot be produced in Australia. This means tens of thousands of tons per month of traffic!If we do not have the right to control 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 with a sullen face: "Didn't we never consider maintaining the Australian battlefield in the event of supply interruption? We have so much time to go without hindrance." In fact, we have transported more than 30 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 that a division consumes 1000 tons of various combat materials a month, we have prepared enough materials for the Army's Australian and New Zealand Army to last 12 months of combat." The Duke of Wellington quickly explained to Emperor William He paused, then said, "But what about 12 months from now?"

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," said Sir Hardy, "the Royal Navy originally planned to severely damage the Ming Navy through a well-planned decisive battle, and then rely on the Solomon Islands, New Guinea Islands, East Indies, and New Hebrides to build an absolute defense of the Australian mainland." Defensive circle."

"Have you not considered failure?" Emperor William asked, "Has the Royal Navy never considered a day of failure?"

Hearing this question, Sir Hardy was really speechless.

Britain is an island nation after all!
In today's era of strong ships and powerful guns dominating the ocean, if an island country loses its powerful sea power, even the absolute security of its homeland will be a problem. In this case, apart from seeking peace with the new ocean overlord, what else can it do? What?France and Rakshasa can still seek to dominate the mainland without sea power. If Britain, which is alone outside the mainland, has no sea power, would 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 let out a heavy cold snort, 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 the important thing three times!

So Kaiser William said "Indian Empire" three times, which of course is obvious.He, Kaiser William, could not lose the Indian Empire, because without the Indian Empire, he would no longer be an emperor.

The emperor of India is the real emperor!Do whatever you want, get what you want!
And according to the constitution of the Indian Empire, he, the Indian emperor, has the right to deprive Princess Victoria of her succession to the throne, and then designate his illegitimate son as the Indian prince. In fact, the local nobles in India, regardless of whether they are Hindus, Tianfang believers or Sikhs believe that sons born to "little wives" are more qualified to inherit the Indian throne than nieces
The rich and capitalists in the UK also cannot lose the cash cow of India. Without the market and wealth from India, the UK will not be able to maintain its current status as the number one industrial country in Europe.After losing its status as the number one industrial country in Europe, the security of the British mainland will also be lost.And can a UK that has lost its 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 this is the case, who will rule Britain?Is it King William IV?Or Queen Victoria?
Therefore, once the British Empire surrenders to Ming Dynasty and begs for mercy, Victoria will definitely be promoted to the throne and become Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India!

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

But when the time comes, Emperor William will lose everything, even his life!

How good would it be to die?This is much more face-saving than being abdicated, and there can be a beautiful funeral. Maybe Queen Victoria can be a filial niece, find a geomantic treasure for Emperor William in India, and build a mausoleum for Emperor William.

"Your Majesty, of course we have a plan for the most difficult situation!" Sir Hardy already knew His Majesty's intentions, and the Royal Navy actually prepared a plan that Emperor William was unwilling to die after a major defeat. Oh, of course not To help His Majesty the Emperor "decent", according to the "case law" of Great Britain, that is the duty of the Army, and the British Navy is the Royal Navy, so it cannot do such a thing.

"What plan?" Emperor William hurriedly asked.

Sir Hardy took a peek at the woebegone Duke of Wellington—this duke has a big white face, a treacherous face, and he looks like a shameless traitor!Sir Hardy of the navy withdrew his loyal gaze, looked at Emperor William and said: "Your Majesty, the Royal Navy's plan is to let the Ming army land in Australia, and then dispatch our latest fast-breaking aircraft cruiser to attack the Ming army's logistics line.

The Ministry of War estimated that if the Ming Empire wanted to defeat the 30 divisions that had already arrived in Australia, it would have to dispatch at least 50-60 divisions. Even the Ming Dynasty would have difficulty maintaining an efficient logistics line.So as long as we can attack their tight logistics line, victory on land will be expected. "

"Fast delivery aircraft cruiser?" Kaiser William immediately became interested, "What kind of ship is that? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"Your Majesty," Sir Hardy said, "I'm talking about the Fury-class plan. It is an upgraded version of several refitted aircraft-carrying armored cruisers. It has a tonnage of more than 2 tons and is equipped with the latest kerosene-fired boilers. The power system of the steam turbine can output nearly 5 horsepower at maximum!

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

Such a design allows the Fury class to have extremely high speed, powerful firepower and enough carrier-based aircraft to perform various attack missions. It is estimated that it will be the best delivery ship in the history of the world. "

(End of this chapter)