Zhuge Weidao is now a loser...the whole world except the Chinese circle knows it!
Just as Zhuge Weidao led his first voyage to Bombay in a swaggering way, news about his failure had spread from Bombay to the world. If you buy a newspaper on the streets of London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Petersburg, New York, and many other big cities in the Western civilization circle, you will know the failure of the Ming Empire's navy.
According to reliable information published in these newspapers, the Ming Dynasty's Nanyang Fleet recently encountered a severe attack by the Second Fleet of the Indian Imperial Navy in the Strait of Malacca, losing a total of 11 battleships and 19 armored cruisers!
Now, the main force of the defeated Nanyang Fleet returned to the Batan Island anchorage at the entrance of Dammasi Fortress to rest.
Next, they may cooperate with the weak Ming Army to launch a desperate attack on the strong Tamasi Fortress and the Malay Peninsula, which has difficult terrain and is covered with impassable tropical jungles... But their fate in the end failed. It's already doomed.
And the final fate of a squadron of the Nanyang Fleet that broke into the Indian Ocean may come earlier! Because this fleet with 4 battleships and 4 aircraft carriers was forced into the Indian Ocean by the Indian Second Fleet during the Battle of Malacca, and had to become a wandering fleet with no way out.
Now, because this wandering fleet could not gain a foothold in the East Indian Ocean, it had to flee into the West Indian Ocean, trying to join up with the Ming Dynasty Persian Gulf Fleet that had previously defeated the Persian Gulf, and then lived together in the deserted bay.
Unfortunately, even such an attempt to survive can no longer be realized. Because the Indian First Fleet, which successfully blocked the Ming Dynasty’s Persian Gulf Fleet in the Persian Gulf and supported the Indian Expeditionary Force’s landing in Muscat, had already deployed tens of thousands of real and fake mines before completing its mission and returning triumphantly. At the exit of the Persian Gulf... it would take at least several months for the Ming Navy's Persian Gulf Fleet to clear out those mines, and the supplies carried by the failed Ming Navy fleet led by Zhuge Weidao , there is absolutely no way to maintain it for several months.
The latest news is that the powerful main force of the Royal Navy of the Indian Empire, commanded by Earl Nelson, Admiral Codrington and Lieutenant General James Hood, is preparing to launch a north-south pincer attack on the Ming Dynasty's wandering fleet... The Indian Empire This is what Emperor William declared when he gave a "triumphal speech" to the Indian Imperial Parliament in Bombay!
"Members of the Empire, princes of India! Today, I would like to once again inform you of good news, news about victory!"
In the Indian Parliament Building next to the Royal Palace in Mumbai, Emperor William was speaking on the podium.
As an emperor who has struggled in the House of Lords of the British Parliament for a long time, he is very good at giving speeches. After all, in the era when he was in the House of Lords, the British House of Lords still had great power. In just the past few years, the House of Lords of the British Parliament has repeatedly rejected the Catholic Interpretation Act - according to this law, British Catholics will gain theoretical equality with Protestants... This is of course This cannot be allowed!
The Emperor of India waved a piece of paper that was probably a copy of the telegram and loudly shouted to the MPs below: "According to airship reconnaissance, the Ming Empire's rogue fleet that broke into the Indian Ocean is now being pursued by Vice Admiral Hood's main force of the Indian Second Fleet and is approaching Bombay. ...They are getting further and further away from the Strait of Malacca, and I am afraid they will never have a chance to return. Now Admiral Codrington's First Fleet is heading south, while Vice Admiral Hood's Second Fleet is heading north. Very soon Soon they will form a north-south pincer attack on Ming's wandering fleet...Victory will definitely belong to India and to us!"
"Long live India, long live the Emperor, long live the Navy..."
The excited members of the upper and lower houses of the Indian Parliament became excited after listening to Emperor William's words.
Of course, these leaders who can become members of parliament are not fools. They certainly know who is with them and who is their enemy. The Ming Empire has been "equality" and "equal land" since its beginning more than a hundred years ago. ” and the standard-bearer of “anti-colonialism”!
The members of the Indian Parliament are all high castes, big landowners, and...colonists! Yes, they are all colonists! The only difference is when did you come to India to become a colonizer? Are they the Aryan colonists (high-caste Hindus) who came three to four thousand years ago, the colonists of the Tianfang religion (high-caste Hindus) who entered hundreds of years ago, or the British colonists who came just over a hundred years ago?
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty’s equality, land equalization, and anti-colonial propositions were in conflict with the interests of the various dignitaries in the Indian Empire!
Now that they know that the situation in the anti-Ming Dynasty is good, these representatives of the Indian princes and nobles will naturally cheer for joy.
"Members of the Empire, Princes of India!"
The emperor of the Indian Empire saw that everyone was in a high mood, so he struck while the iron was hot and started asking for money: "In order for us in India to work with the British Empire to defeat the entire Ming Empire faster, the imperial government has just proposed a latest naval expansion plan.
According to this plan, the empire will start construction of several of the world's most powerful super battleships with a standard displacement of more than 30,000 tons in 1831... This will be our weapon to defeat the evil empire of the Ming Dynasty.
The victory I am talking about does not mean to repel them from the Strait of Malacca, but to completely defeat this empire full of evil ambitions!
At that time, we will require the defeated Ming Empire to fully compensate for her ambitions and atrocities...the amount of compensation will reach 1 billion pounds or more!
In addition, the Ming Empire will lose all its vassal states and most of its territory, and will be permanently disarmed, becoming a peace-loving medium-sized country that has been fully transformed by us and no longer poses any threat to India and the entire world.
In order to achieve this goal, I hope that the Indian Imperial Parliament can support this naval expansion plan! "
Of course, supporting the navy expansion plan means paying money... Of course, the money comes from the middle and lower classes in India. The upper class princes, nobles and Zaidaming landlords are only responsible for collecting money for the Indian emperor.
In addition, with the endorsement of the Indian Parliament, the Indian government can issue more bonds in London, Paris, and Frankfurt to raise the funds needed to develop the navy. Before the United Kingdom entered a state of war, Emperor William could only use this method. Raised money.
As for that 30,000-ton battleship... it's actually still being designed by a British shipyard, and it hasn't been designed yet. It’s hard to tell whether construction can start next year.
But this does not prevent Emperor William from making money!
As long as His Majesty the Emperor gets the money, bigger ships can always be built.
"Support! Support! Support..."
In the conference hall of the Indian Empire Parliament Building, there was naturally a voice of support!
However, these Indian parliamentarians who supported Emperor William would never have imagined that the "failed" Ming Dynasty Navy's first aviation battle formation had already arrived in the Indian Ocean less than 100 kilometers away from Mumbai.
Moreover, the first aviation battle formation is still preparing a "desperate" air attack plan - an air attack on Mumbai!
On the flight decks of the four aircraft carriers (aircraft-carrying battlecruisers), bombs have been hung and Ssangyong fighters with folding wings have been lowered. At this time, all preparations for takeoff have been completed.
All pilots were in place, and the propellers of the first planes to take off began to turn. Just waiting for the order from the admiral Zhuge Weidao, he can fly to Bombay, the capital of the Indian Empire.
At this time, Zhuge Weidao was in the bridge of the Shu Zhongwang, holding a map of Mumbai to study what should be bombed?
The power plant, the Royal Palace, Parliament... and Bombay Bank Street all seem to be worthy of being blown up!
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao picked up a pen, drew a few circles on the map, and then handed it to aviation staff Wang Wen and ordered: "That's it... Now, let the aviation force set off for bombing!" "
