Time is the most important part of formulating a strategic plan. If you don’t understand the magic of time, you cannot formulate an excellent plan. Why did Xiao Letian dare to launch this arrogance in the Indian Ocean? To put it bluntly, he was trying to control the reactions of both the enemy and ourselves, and even the third party. Time has been calculated. "The sound of nature" Novel www. ⒉
The Zhiyuan opened fire and damaged the French flagship. This indeed represented a declaration of war in international law. It was a decisive blow and there was no room for maneuver.
But does this mean that the war will begin immediately? the answer is negative.
A war between countries is definitely not as simple as gangsters throwing fists after drinking too much. Any national war requires a long preparation time. Even if a war must begin, you have to prepare supplies in advance, formulate strategic plans, conduct diplomatic mediation, and gather troops. ...Then the two sides will have to conduct several intense negotiations. All in all, they must ensure that they have a sufficient foothold in the international arena, and then they can be sure of victory before they can officially exchange fire.
In fact, even nomadic peoples such as the Turks and Mongols who claimed to have all their people as soldiers thousands of years ago had to go through several months of preparation if they wanted to start a war.
Cattle, sheep, horses, and warriors want to gather together, and it will take time for the tribal chief to formulate an offensive route.
If you understand this truth, you will understand the reason why Xiao Letian is confident, because he knows very clearly that France is destined to fall into a losing war in 187o, and it has been less than a year.
Moreover, Xiao Letian understood that because he, the time-travelling butterfly, flapped its wings, Prussia was more fully prepared for war than in its original history. Not to mention the secret arms trade between Xiao Letian and Prussia, Prussia made a lot of money. Pen.
In addition, he will personally join the battlefield. No matter how small a force is, it is a force. Bismarck has more abundant resources than ever before, so the timetable of the war will definitely be advanced.
In less than a year, can French Emperor Napoleon III declare war on the Chinese? He didn't even have time to prepare for war. He believed that with the confusion of British diplomacy and mud, the diplomatic negotiations alone would be delayed for more than half a year.
By the time Napoleon III made up his mind to attack the Chinese, the Prussian army would have already approached Paris.
This artillery fire in the Indian Ocean looks very dangerous, but in fact, as long as you can figure out the trick, you will know Xiao Letian's insidiousness. This is completely a waste of time.
The French are just waiting to suffer a dumb loss. After the Franco-Prussian War is over, I am afraid that the colony in the Bay of Bengal will have to be divided between Prussia and the Chinese. Do you still want to take revenge? Go ahead and dream!
All the foxes in the cabin finally came to their senses. They laughed all night long and opened four or five bottles of wine. After a night of hangover, the combined fleet finally saw the land, which was Galle in Sri Lanka.
Galle was originally an important stronghold built by the Portuguese, but was later conquered by the British. Now Galle Castle is an important base for the British to garrison in the Indian Ocean.
Galle is located at the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka. It is not only a supply place that the fleet must pass through when crossing the Indian Ocean, but also an important military fortress and commercial town.
Sri Lanka's most famous gem industry, nearly half of the sales are completed here, not to mention other cash crops.
When the ship arrived here, it reached the first place where it needed to enter the port for rest. The previous stop in Borneo was completely unplanned, and the lion city of Singapore had so many Chinese people that the British colonists did not dare to let the Qing invaders kill them. The emperor and Chinese Yuan came ashore, which was very detrimental to British rule.
But after arriving in the Indian Ocean, we no longer have these worries. This is the British base camp. The power of the Chinese is extremely weak and the cultural coverage is also very weak. There is no need to fear Xiao Letian's little tricks when staying here.
Another important reason is that you must replenish fresh water, food and coal when you get here.
At daybreak, the British fleet in the Galle port had already begun to disperse the port, driving away irrelevant merchant ships and civilian ships, and all the few trestles were mobilized for the combined fleet to stay.
However, large warships such as the Zhiyuan cannot approach the trestle due to their large size and deep draft. They can only anchor in the open sea, and then the personnel take ferry boats back and forth.
The top commander of the British army in Galle is a lieutenant colonel. His military rank is not comparable to that of Xiao Letian. Even if he is facing the captains of the navy, he is considered a minor player. So the burden of hosting all fell on his shoulders.
Almost all the cargo ships in the entire Caribbean were mobilized. Ship after ship of coal began to be transported from the dock to the sea. The crane of the Zhiyuan coal bunker kept taking off and landing, and tons of selected anthracite were added.
There are also ships that replenish fresh water, which are even more busy. Basically every warship needs at least five or six tons of fresh water. For such a large fleet, you can imagine how much fresh water needs to be mobilized.
Not only that, there are more food, vegetables, fruits, medicines... daily necessities. These supplies need to be prepared by the fleet and then prepared by the British side on the shore.
All commercial activities and the normal rhythm of people's lives in the entire city of Galle were disrupted. All British troops and government officials put aside all their affairs and focused all their energy on receiving the combined fleet.
Xiao Letian looked at the endless flow of transport ships outside the window and sighed in his heart, "It must be worth the favor of the British! Such a large-scale escort mission also has to be responsible for all supplies along the way. The British really spent a lot of money..."
This is not wrong at all. In today's world, the only country that can conduct global escort is the United Kingdom. The only country that can have strong supply capabilities around the world is the United Kingdom.
This is invisible strength. In war, these inconspicuous details are the key to victory, especially in protracted wars. The longer the war goes on, the more this heaven-defying supply capability will influence the war.
When the British occupy all the strategic strongholds in the Indian Ocean, and all the ports where enemy warships replenish fresh water are under the control of British artillery, how do you think this battle should be fought?
"Now is not the time to fall out with the British! The Empire on which the sun never sets is not something that the Chinese can challenge at this time. You have to give in when it's time to give in!"
Xiao Letian sighed and then changed into casual clothes with the help of the orderly. This time the anchorage would take at least three days, and it was time to go ashore for a walk.
But as soon as they arrived on the front deck, a conflict broke out. Although the British reception was meticulous, it was not foolproof. In the end, a quarrel broke out.
"What's going on? Why did our people quarrel with the British?" Xiao Letian asked in surprise.
"Reporter Yuan, our chefs on the Zhiyuan wanted to go ashore, but the British refused to arrange a boat. These master chefs were angry and were shouting!"
