"Your Majesty, Australia is actually an island."
The Duke of Wellington looked at Emperor William, who was unwilling to lose the extremely sweet fruit of power, and said thoughtfully: "Although we have deployed a powerful army in Australia, they cannot continue to fight with their horses and sabers.
According to Rakshasa statistics, during the Battle of Adrianople, they consumed an average of 70,000 rounds of large and medium-caliber artillery shells every day, and destroyed a total of more than 15 million rounds of 75 mm and above caliber in several months of fighting. of artillery shells and mortar shells, and destroyed more than 1 billion rounds of bullets of various calibers. The reason why Nicholas I gave up attacking Constantinople was not because he was afraid of casualties, but because his ammunition depot was empty. . The ammunition consumption of the defending Turks was also very alarming, almost one-third that of the Rakshasa. If it were not for our full supply from the UK, Sudan would have lost everything long ago!
In addition, both warring parties also need a large number of guns and barrels to replenish. Even if a cannon is not destroyed, its barrel only has a lifespan of firing hundreds to a thousand rounds of ammunition. If 70,000 rounds of artillery shells are fired every day, it means that 100 gun barrels will be used and scrapped.
If our thirty divisions in Australia were to fight with the ammunition consumption of the Adrianople Rakshasa Army, they would have to consume two million rounds of artillery shells and more than 100 million rounds of ammunition every month, in addition to replacing several Thousands of gun barrels and countless gun barrels need to be supplemented with at least hundreds of cannons and tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns, and various other supplies that cannot be produced in Australia. This means tens of thousands of guns every month Tons of transportation! If we no longer have sea control, how can we transport tens of thousands of tons of supplies to Australia? "
Emperor William was of course very dissatisfied with the Duke of Wellington's explanation. He asked sullenly: "Have we never considered maintaining the Australian battlefield in the event of supply interruption? We have so much time to do so without any hindrance. We have continuously transported supplies and personnel to Australia. In fact, we have transported more than 300,000 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 to fight for a year or even Two years of supplies?”
"Your Majesty, in fact, according to the standard of a division consuming 1,000 tons of various combat materials in a month, we have prepared enough materials for the Australian and New Zealand Corps of the Army to last for 12 months of operations." The Duke of Wellington quickly explained to Emperor William He paused and then said, "But what about after 12 months?"
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," Sir Hardy said, "the Royal Navy originally planned to first severely inflict heavy damage on the Ming Dynasty Navy through a well-planned decisive battle, and then rely on the Solomon Islands, New Guinea Islands, East Indies, and New Hebrides Islands to create an absolute defense force for the Australian continent. Defense circle.”
"Have you never considered failure?" Emperor William asked. "Has the Royal Navy never considered the day it will fail?"
Hearing this question, Sir Hardy was really speechless.
The UK is, after all, an island nation!
In today's era of strong ships and powerful guns dominating the oceans, if an island country loses its powerful sea power, it will be a problem to even protect the absolute security of its homeland. In this case, besides suing for peace from the new ocean hegemon, 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, does not have sea power, still wants to send troops across the sea to land on other people's coastlines?
Seeing that Sir Hardy was speechless, Emperor William just snorted heavily 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 important things three times!
So Emperor William said "Indian Empire" three times, which of course meant it. He, Emperor William, could not lose the Indian Empire, because without the Indian Empire, he would no longer be an emperor.
The Indian emperor is the real emperor! Do whatever you want, get whatever you want!
Moreover, according to the constitution of the Indian Empire, he, the Indian emperor, has the right to deprive Princess Victoria of her right to inherit the throne, and then designate his illegitimate son as the Indian crown prince - in fact, the local nobles in India, regardless of whether they are Hindus, Devotees or Sikhs believe that a son born to a "little wife" is more qualified to inherit the throne of India than a niece
The local elites and capitalists in the UK cannot lose the money tree of India. Without the market and wealth from India, the UK will have no way to maintain its current status as Europe's number one industrial country. After losing its status as Europe's number one industrial country, the security of the British mainland will also be lost. And can a UK that has lost absolute security still become a paradise for European capital and talents?
Or will Britain in the future become a European Little Ming Dynasty relying on the protection of the Great Ming Dynasty? If it comes to this, who will rule Britain? Is it King William IV? Or Queen Victoria?
Therefore, once the British Empire surrenders to the Ming Dynasty and asks for mercy, Victoria will definitely be pushed to the throne and become the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Empress of India!
Because for the British Empire, it would be more beneficial for the Zhu family’s daughter-in-law Victoria to come forward to sue for peace than for Emperor William to come forward to sue for peace.
But then Emperor William will lose everything. Even his life!
How good would it be to be laid to rest? This is much more honorable than being abdicated in favor of a worthy person, and you can also have a grand burial. Maybe Queen Victoria can be a filial niece for a time, find a geomantic treasure land in India for Emperor William, 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 suffering a major defeat. Oh, of course not. According to British "case law", it is the duty of the Army to help His Majesty the Emperor to be "decent". The British Navy is the Royal Navy and cannot do such a thing.
"What plan?" Emperor William asked quickly.
Sir Hardy secretly glanced at the frowning Duke of Wellington - this Duke was a white-faced, treacherous face, and he looked 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 land the Ming Army in Australia, and then dispatch our latest fast-breaking carrier cruiser to attack the Ming Army's logistics line.
The Ministry of War estimates that if the Ming Empire wants to defeat the 30 divisions that have arrived in Australia, it will have to dispatch at least 50-60 divisions. Even the Ming Dynasty will find it difficult to maintain a comfortable logistics line. Therefore, as long as we can attack their tight logistics line, victory on land will be expected. "
"A fast destroyer cruiser?" Emperor William immediately became interested, "What kind of ship is that? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
"Your Majesty the Emperor," Sir Hardy said, "I am talking about the Fury-class plan. It is an upgraded version of several modified aircraft-carrying armored cruisers. It has a tonnage of more than 20,000 tons and is equipped with the latest kerosene mixed-burning boiler. The power system of the steam turbine can output up to nearly 50,000 horsepower!
In addition, this class of aircraft-carrying cruiser also has two triple-mounted 12-inch bow turrets and a 180-meter-long flight deck. It also has a hangar that can accommodate 48 carrier-based aircraft.
This design allows the Wrath-class to have extremely high speed, powerful firepower and enough carrier-based aircraft to perform various attack missions. It is expected that it will be the best destroyer in the history of the world. "
(End of chapter)
