I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 734 The Terrifying Fleet
Pitt the Younger just frowned slightly, signaled the court officials to close the huge white windows, and then turned around and continued to talk to George III about how to ensure that the opposition would not hinder Parliament.

He had already made corresponding arrangements for possible protests or even riots among the people, so there was no need to worry at all.

In fact, the Security Committee had mobilized 5 militiamen two months ago and stationed them around London on standby.

The British militia is not a ragtag army - the militia in wealthy places like London is even better equipped than the British Army.

In the early days of the founding of the United States, the country followed the example of its former leader and simply withdrew the Continental Army and relied on militia to conquer the world.

Sure enough, just over ten minutes later, rhythmic military drum sounds were heard from the north side of Downing Street.

A large group of militia appeared in front of St. James's Palace in neat rows, with densely packed flintlock rifles erected behind them, like a steel jungle.

The army stopped and an officer rode forward, shouting at the demonstrators to disperse immediately.

The workers, who were struggling to make ends meet, began burning straw figures with the names of politicians or factory owners written on them, and shouted even louder:

“Lower the price of sugar!”

“No unauthorized reduction of wages!”

“We have the right to live!”

"Please ask Prime Minister to come out and see us!"

The officer waited for a while and called out a few times. Seeing that the demonstrators not only refused to leave but began to surge forward, he decisively signaled behind him:
"Disperse them!"

"Yes, sir!"

More than one hundred militiamen in the front row immediately followed the drumbeats, marched forward in formation, and under the command of the officers, smashed the crowd in front of them with the long wooden sticks in their hands.

The demonstrators immediately picked up sticks, shovels and other objects to fight back, while workers in the distance continued to throw stones at the militia.

The streets in front of St. James's Palace were suddenly in chaos.

George III glanced towards the window and said to little Pitt:

"You must defeat our enemies as soon as possible, otherwise this situation will be uncontrollable sooner or later."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Please rest assured."

The king nodded and picked up the Principle of Population and started reading again:
"Remember, you only have one chance."

The conflict on Downing Street became more and more intense. When a stone as big as a goose egg hit the shield in front of the militia officer, the officer's face suddenly turned gloomy and he pulled out a pistol from his waist.

As he fired his rifle into the air, the soldiers behind him immediately raised their flintlock rifles with bayonets.

The militiamen in the front row holding wooden sticks dispersed to both sides, leaving the demonstrators exposed to gunfire.

Several leading demonstrators gritted their teeth and continued to move forward, waving their hands and shouting:

"Don't be afraid, we just want to see the Prime Minister, they won't shoot!"

"Everyone follow me, in order to buy cheap candy..."

However, they had only taken a dozen steps when the flintlock muskets on the opposite side began to spew out flames.

The three leaders and a dozen workers behind them fell in a pool of blood. The only leader who was not shot looked at the bodies beside him in horror, turned around and ran back.

The demonstrators did not expect the government to actually open fire, so they fled in all directions.

A large number of police officers then emerged from all directions, began blowing whistles and arrested the demonstrators.

Screams, whistles, and curses became the main theme that could be heard in St. James's Palace at this moment. The next day.

The front pages of major newspapers in London were almost all filled with news such as "An illegal riot broke out in Downing Street, but the rioters were dispersed in a short time and the police arrested dozens of people."

At the same time, the newspapers also published the news that the parliament decided to suspend the "Habeas Corpus Act" and would pass the "Ordinance to Prevent Illegal Workers' Associations", and called on citizens not to participate in any rallies or demonstrations.

Not a single newspaper reported anything sympathetic to the demonstrators.

Because news censorship has begun across the UK.

……

North coast of the English Channel.

Plymouth Harbor.

The passionate music filled every corner of the port. A band of more than 80 people sat upright on the stage on the south side of the port, playing their best.

The tall soldiers of the British 2nd Grenadier Guards, dressed in bright red uniforms and holding flintlock rifles, lined up from the port entrance to the fleet mooring, forming several red human walls.

Under the solemn and majestic gaze of the soldiers, British Foreign Secretary Lord Grenville smiled and talked with diplomats from Prussia, Austria, the Netherlands, Hanover and other countries beside him, walking towards the outer harbor accompanied by the sound of music.

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Behind him were a group of senior British naval and army officers, as well as several senior executives from the Plymouth Dockyard.

"Thank you all for coming to this fleet review. Oh, look, here you can see the greatest fleet in British history."

Grenville gestured southeast: "It will always and fully defend the interests of Great Britain and our allies!"

Diplomats from Prussia, Austria, the Netherlands and other countries looked over and were all shocked.

In the spacious naval port in the distance, there were more than 40 huge warships floating quietly on the sea.

Those huge figures, like giant beasts that can tear everything apart, give people a great sense of oppression.

However, at this time, those "giant beasts" were arranged in neat square formations, as if they were controlled by the gods, ready to devour the enemies pointed at by the gods at any time.

You know, these are all battleships above level 4! There are also a large number of cruisers and frigates in the distance, with a total of about a hundred ships.

And they were only warships from the Mediterranean Fleet and the Bay of Biscay Fleet.

This is enough to show the terrifying power of Britain, the maritime hegemon.

As they got closer to the naval port, the appearance of those giant beasts became clearer.

The densely packed masts looked like a forest emerging from the sea, covering most of the naval port. An adult was not even as tall as a wooden board on the side of the ship.

If you put any two ships together, they would be almost as big as the royal palace of their country!

More than ten minutes later, Grenville and his party passed through a very wide gangway and boarded the "Victory", the flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet docked at the pier.

After everyone was on board, Admiral Jervis, the British Secretary of State for Naval War, came to the front of the team and proudly introduced to everyone the world's most powerful first-class battleship under their feet.

"She is 227 feet long and has a mainmast height of 205 feet...

"In the Atlantic Ocean, with a favorable wind, we can reach a high speed of 8 knots...

“She has three gun decks and can carry more than 100 cannons! The firepower is enough to destroy any enemy ship, even a small fleet.

“而她的船壳是厚达2英尺的橡木，可以在100码之内抵御24磅炮的直接射击。即使32磅炮，在300码的距离上也无法击穿她！”

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