The footsteps of "Dongdongdong" are heavy and rapid, and you know there is no good news. However, the officers on duty in St. James Palace have long been accustomed to it. Everyone is focused on the work at hand. Not interested in taking another look. As for everyone's mood, it can no longer be described as "heavy", but already "numb", not "win", but "lose"!
Unlike the previous "captive" British emperors, this time's Emperor William of Great Britain is the real emperor. His Indian throne was legally usurped by his own ability and the support of Great Britain in accordance with India's "usurpation" procedure. Come.
And after he succeeded in usurping the throne, in order to get rid of the big pot of resistance to the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court of the United Kingdom delegated power to Emperor William - allowing him to be the real emperor in India! No matter how much you want to tax, how much you want to be extravagant, how much you want to act perversely, the upper and lower houses of the Parliament in London can't control it. Because during those years, in order to prevent the United Kingdom from prematurely falling into a full-scale war against the Ming Dynasty, and also to prevent the United Kingdom from incurring huge debts due to its resistance to the Ming Dynasty, the British Parliament abolished various legislation related to colonial India. So if they want to take control, they have no choice but to rely on it. Theoretically speaking, the William Court of India at that time was a sovereign and independent court and government, just like the governments of France, the United States, Rakshasa and other countries. The British could interfere, exert influence, and manipulate behind the scenes, but it was impossible. These courts and governments were managed by the relevant laws passed by the Parliament.
In this case, Emperor William naturally had a staff group to assist him. Without a staff group, how could his wise instructions be translated into specific orders issued to the navy and army of the Indian Empire?
When Emperor William left Bombay and came to London, of course his staff also came with him. Moreover, a military command center was set up in St. James Palace where Emperor William lived, and a long-wave radio station and some radio stations were set up. It also cooperated with the Indian Command, Australian Command, Mediterranean Command of the British-Indian coalition, and the North Atlantic Command of the British-American coalition. , Caribbean Command, and North American Command established direct and timely liaison. Although these headquarters did not all obey the emperor's command, they still had to report truthfully to His Majesty the Emperor after a defeat... This truthfulness and all kinds of bad news were of course summarized to Emperor William's staff The group is here!
Whenever there is bad news, Major General Charlie Elliot, whose legs are not very agile and has to use crutches to walk, will make the unique heavy and rapid footsteps (including the sound of the crutches hitting the floor) among a group of staff members. rang in the ears of the staff officers.
But early this morning, the footsteps of "Dongdongdong" came...
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, and then continued to immerse themselves in a pile of messy work.
This group of elite officers drawn from the Royal Navy and the "Parliamentary Army" were somewhat accurate in predicting the situation. Of course, Major General Charlie Elliot brought bad news. The Chinese fleet was approaching Brisbane.
"Approaching Brisbane? It's too fast, isn't it? How many warships are there?"
In Emperor William's office, the emperor himself, who was having a small meeting with the Prime Minister Duke of Wellington, Lord of the Admiralty Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of War Gray, and Foreign Secretary Robert Peel, suddenly stood up from his seat and let the room The tense air inside became thicker and thicker.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Chinese apparently bypassed the Solomon Islands and New Guia and broke in from the open waters between the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides.... According to the Australian Command report, last night Daming The navy's large fleet arrived on the ocean less than 50 nautical miles away from Moreton Island. There were about dozens..."
Emperor William became excited when he heard this number: "What? Only a few dozen ships?"
"No, not dozens," said Charlie Elliot, "but dozens of square miles of ships!"
"Dozens of square miles?" Emperor William was stunned for a moment, and then murmured after a while, "When did square miles become the unit for calculating the number of warships?"
"Your Majesty the Emperor," said Charles Elliot, "that's because the Chinese have too many warships, covering dozens of square miles of ocean, and they can't even be counted..."
"This, this..." Emperor William was speechless. The Ming Emperor's warships were now not counted in strips, but in square miles!
How can we fight this battle?
"Duke," Emperor William looked back at the Duke of Wellington, who had defeated Emperor Napoleon on the battlefield, "our army has defeated the greatest soldiers in the world, and they can definitely defeat the Chinese... .Yeah?"
"this......"
The Duke of Wellington could not answer such a question.
Because it was not the British army that defeated Napoleon, but also the Rakshasa Kingdom, Prussia, Austria, Spain and many other European land powers that were bribed by Britain to join the anti-French alliance.
And of course, Rakshasa’s General Winter!
And in Australia today, there are only 30 divisions of the British army... There are only 30 divisions, no more people are going to Australia. Moreover, among the more than 300,000 officers and soldiers who make up these 30 divisions, about 100,000 are brave Indian Asan, 50,000 are criminals or descendants of criminals exiled to Australia, and 50,000 are tramps recruited from Ireland. , there are 50,000 mercenaries hired from the European continent, and the rest are the real English and Scots...
"Your Majesty the Emperor," Lord Gray, leader of the Whig Party and Minister of War, saw that the Duke of Wellington was pretending to be deaf and had to bite the bullet and answer the emperor's question. area for at least 12 months to target the war.”
"What about 12 months from now?" the emperor asked, "can the navy use the Fury-class aircraft-carrying cruiser to regain control of the sea?"
After hearing this question, several ministers sighed - the purpose of persisting for 12 months is of course in exchange for an optimal peace treaty.
As for the Fury level...if nothing goes wrong, it should be ready for use within 12 months. But how effective can one or two rage levels be?
"Your Majesty," said Viscount Lord Palmerston, Minister of the Navy, "The Furious class is a delivery ship. If nothing unexpected happens, it will cause great losses to the Ming Dynasty's logistics line. But before it is put into use, the Royal Navy lacks A tool for breaking diplomatic ties in the Pacific. Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be a difficult period on the Australian battlefield... We must rely on the efforts of 300,000 Australian troops and the excellent command of General Gough, as well as the unity of hundreds of thousands of Australians, Only then can we get through the difficulties.”
Emperor William looked at Duke Wellington again, and Duke Wellington nodded and said: "Hugh is an outstanding soldier, good at defense, and can face all difficulties."
Emperor William was a little relieved and said to Charles Elliot: "Charlie, send a telegram to Sir Gough..." He thought for a while and then said; "The telegram reads: Dear Hugh, my brother , our empire and Western civilization have reached the most critical moment. The eyes of the entire world are focused on the southern continent. Its gains and losses and your struggle will determine the dominance of human civilization in the next 1,000 years. I hope you can carry forward the greatest In order to protect the West and for all mankind to bask in the glory of Anglo-Saxon, fight with your best efforts in Australia until victory. And I will also pray to Almighty God and let the Creator give you courage. and strength......"
