"Earl, in your opinion, the main battlefields of this future world war will be in India, Australia, and the waters surrounding them?"
Faced with the question from the British Prime Minister, Earl Nelson, the soul of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, just shrugged lightly and said helplessly: "Where else could it be? If Ming Dynasty could not quickly subdue Japan, we might still be able to use Japan as our leader in the future. The base launched an attack on the core of the Ming Dynasty... But now, there is no such possibility.
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Of course, our British Isles are not within their reach. I even doubt that those Easterners have considered attacking Europe. What they want should be Malacca, the East Indies, Australia, India, and perhaps expand their territory in North America. At most, they can turn Ali Pasha of Egypt and the Emperor of Mexico into their vassals... Oh , and perhaps occupy some territory on the east coast of Africa.
And if we want to stop them, we must not only deploy defenses in India and Australia, but also fight in the Indian Ocean, the South Pacific, and the Strait of Malacca. In fact, the confrontation on the ocean is the key to victory in the future world war! If my guess is correct, the next world war will be completely different from the Napoleonic War. The main battlefield of the next war will be at sea. The party that wins the control of the sea will definitely become the final winner! "
"Earl," Robinson asked, "are you sure of victory?"
"Yes!" Earl Nelson nodded, "But we cannot rely solely on the power of the British Empire... Even if the Indian Empire is completely on our side, our population can only reach 60% of the Ming Dynasty at most. As for industrial strength I'm afraid it can only reach one-third of the Ming Dynasty. If we assume that the naval strength of both sides was 1:1 when the war broke out, then after the war broke out, they could also build ships at a rate twice as fast as ours!
I mean, they're going to build ships 3 times as fast as we can with full mobilization! We built one ship, they built three ships...The long distance between the mainland of Ming Dynasty and the British Isles, as well as the vastness and wealth of the mainland of Ming Dynasty, determined that the war must be long. It may take more than 30 years of fighting to determine the winner! "
"More than 30 years?" Robinson's head got big. "Isn't that as long as the time from the French Revolution to Napoleon's defeat?"
"Maybe it will be longer!" Viscount Palmerston, Minister of the Navy, took up the topic, "For Australia, western America, the Indian subcontinent, eastern and southern Africa... and maybe the entire Near East, and the rule of Isn’t the power of the world’s oceans worth fighting for 30 years? And how can the war potential of the Ming Empire and the British Empire be compared to Emperor Napoleon’s France?”
"A 30-year war..." Robinson took a breath, "Can we really fight for that long?"
Viscount Palmerston touched his neatly trimmed beard on both sides of his face and said solemnly: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the future world war is different from the Napoleonic War. It will not determine the fate of the European continent. Split or unify... This war is a struggle between two civilizations and two races for world leadership and living space for hundreds of years to come.
If we win, then their East Asian races will have to shrink back to their homeland in East Asia, and in the next few hundred years they will have to struggle to survive in a world dominated by us Western white people... If we lose, then the white people's The production space will be greatly compressed! Everything our race has achieved since the Age of Discovery has been spit out at least half!
Moreover, as a super empire, the Ming Empire will definitely have the power to dominate the world after winning the world war. Our descendants will be ruled by those yellow-skinned, black-haired Orientals for hundreds of years to come! "
Viscount Palmerston paused, looked at the British Prime Minister, and said word for word: "So... the future world war will not be a war between Britain and Ming Dynasty, but a war between two civilizations and two races." war! Now, all the East Asian races have united under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, but what about the Western white people? Mr. Prime Minister, do you think you can only rely on the more than 20 million white people in the UK and the 200 million in India? Can slaves defeat the 400 million people in East Asia?
Should France, Rakshasa, Prussia, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the United States, etc., just stand aside and watch? "
Robinson touched his chin, "But...how should we draw these countries into the camp against the Ming Empire? Could it be that they would take the initiative to side with us because of the color of their skin and their belief in God?" One side?"
Viscount Palmerston shook his head: "The only thing that can impress these countries is their interests... But I still believe that between the Ming Empire and the British Empire, they will always lean towards the British. So we should move the Versailles Navy The peace conference became a peace conference for Western powers to contain the Ming Empire!"
"The Western powers contain the Ming Empire? How?" Robinson asked, "Are we going to conclude a treaty against the Ming Empire?"
"No, no, no, this is difficult to do at the moment," Viscount Palmerston shook his head, "However, before the meeting begins, we should work with the participating Western powers to formulate a naval tonnage that is two and a half times that of the Eastern powers. The principle... The ratio of the total naval tonnage of our British Empire and the Ming Empire can be 1:1. But after adding other Western naval powers, the ratio of the total naval tonnage of the West and the East should be 2.5: 1!"
"2.5 to 1?" Robinson thought for a moment, "If we negotiated 3 million tons with the Ming Dynasty at the Versailles Naval Conference, then France, Rakshasa, Prussia, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, and the Kingdom of Sardinia The total naval tonnage of countries such as the United States and the United States should also reach 4.5 million tons? Can they build it?"
The eight countries that can seriously build an armored ship these days are the Ming Dynasty, Great Britain, France, Austria, Rakshasa, Prussia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Even the United States is struggling. Moreover, in terms of shipbuilding level, the Ming Dynasty and Great Britain are the best, France and Prussia are so-so, Austria and Luosha are barely catching up, the Netherlands and Sweden can only build a few, and the United States... the most If you can build a shell, you have to buy bulletproof steel plates from the UK. Portugal, Spain, and the Kingdom of Sardinia are still far behind!
"Actually, they can't build it," George Elliot took over the British Prime Minister's question, "but they will not refuse the quota allocated by the Naval Conference... If there is no quota, they will not develop the navy. But with the quota, they have the motivation and demand for development!
Because if they don't develop, other countries that have received quotas will develop a navy that can defeat them with our help! "
Palmerston said proudly: "Some countries will work hard to build ships in order to become a real naval power, such as France, Rakshasa, and Prussia.
And some countries will build ships without quotas with our help, such as the Netherlands, Sweden, and Austria.
There are other countries that purchase warships...or lease our ships, such as Portugal, Denmark, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Some countries will also buy our old ships, such as the United States. "
At this time, Viscount Palmerston lit another cigar for himself, and while smoking, he said: "But no matter which way they build the navy, it may be used by me in the future!
And we can also help these countries build ships and train naval officers and soldiers, close relations with them, and gradually promote the establishment of an alliance to contain Ming Dynasty.
As long as this alliance is established, Ming's 3 million tons will no longer have to face our 3 million tons.
Instead, the entire Western civilization has 6 million, 7 million, or even 7.5 million tons to fight them, with a maximum of 3 million tons! "
Viscount Palmerston took another long puff of cigar and said with a smile: "Even if so many warships were not built in the end, and the entire West only had 6 million tons or less, the Ming Empire would still be afraid... maybe they wouldn't dare. We continue to promote the war process! And for us, even maintaining the status quo for a long time is completely acceptable."
