On March 25, 1833, a large group of gentlemen and ladies had gathered around Chichester Pier in Portsmouth Military Port. A red carpet was also laid out on the pier, and a navy military band and an honor guard in bright military uniforms were arranged. At a glance, it was clear that a distinguished guest was about to land in England at Portsmouth Harbor.
Now is a special period, the British Civil War has broken out! Although it has not yet reached the point of taking serious action, the prelude to the civil war has begun. However, from the chaos in London on the 17th to the present, the Royal Navy has always used the sign of "political neutrality" and has not declared its allegiance to any party. The Port of Portsmouth, the home port of the Royal Navy, and the neighboring city of Portsmouth were also controlled by the Royal Navy's marines when the chaos first broke out. It is also currently in neutral.
In addition, Plymouth Naval Port in southwest England and Scapa Flow Base off the coast of Scotland are currently under the control of the Royal Navy and are in a neutral state.
But everyone knows that the "political neutrality" of the Royal Navy is just a cover to be sold at a high price! Because the Royal Navy has hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, thousands of large and small warships, gunboats, transports, and dozens of overseas bases. The annual maintenance cost alone is an astronomical amount of pounds. Who will pay for it if it continues to be neutral?
Also, the full name of the Admiralty of the British Empire is the Department of Naval and Colonial Affairs!
In other words, both the navy and the colonies (excluding India) are supported by naval officers. It is common for senior naval officers to serve as colonial governors or senior officials. If this colony disappears, the "money path" for naval officers will be reduced by more than half.
Therefore, if you want to win the support of the Royal Navy, you must be able to support the Royal Navy and maintain enough colonies so that the Navy men can make some money - the asking price is not low, but it is also worth the money. After all, the Royal Navy has hundreds of thousands of people, and even in the UK it can pull out hundreds of thousands of armed personnel!
Moreover, the Royal Navy now has the ability to control the English Channel, which means that any party in the current civil war can obtain support from the outside as long as it gets their support.
Therefore, whoever the Royal Navy supports will have a great chance of having the last laugh.
But who will the Royal Navy support?
The whole of Britain, and even the whole of Europe, stared with wide eyes at the every move of the British Admiralty who ran from London to Portsmouth.
Today, the Royal Navy, which is in the midst of "neutrality", seems to be about to make a choice!
Chichester Pier is a wharf controlled by the Royal Navy! Moreover, the military band and honor guard placed on the pier, as well as the officers and soldiers performing security duties around the pier, are also marines sent by the Royal Navy!
Now I don’t know who that person is?
The gentlemen living in Portsmouth who got the news, as well as the spies sent by the parliaments of the cities in the United Kingdom who were in a wait-and-see state or still had the freedom to choose to observe the movements of the Royal Navy, all rushed to Chichester. It was impossible to get close to the dock, but they could still watch a warship pass through the mouth of Portsmouth and appear in sight from a few hundred meters away.
Everyone craned their necks to get a closer look. Some people were prepared and even took out binoculars. Those who couldn't understand started asking each other.
"What kind of boat is that? It looks like a cruiser."
"That's a cruiser, it seems to be the Ming Dynasty's warrior class!"
"Da Ming's ship? It came so fast!"
"No, no, it doesn't seem to be the Ming Dynasty's ship. That white background and blue cross flag doesn't seem to be the Ming Dynasty's naval flag."
"Blue cross on a white background? St. Andre's flag? A cruiser of the Rakshasa Navy?"
"Who does Rakshasa support now?"
"The Queen, the Tsar has issued a statement supporting Queen Victoria as the legitimate monarch of the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire!"
"Then the Royal Navy greets the Rakshasa Kingdom's cruisers with such grand ceremony, does it mean that they have turned to Her Majesty the Queen?"
"That's not necessarily true. After all, the Rakshasa Kingdom is now the most powerful country in the West!"
When someone mentioned that "the Rakshasa Kingdom is now number one in the West," the people around them suddenly fell silent.
Before this war, there had always been two recognized firsts in the world. The Ming Dynasty was number one in the East, and Great Britain was the number one in the West. Although the national power of Ming Dynasty is recognized to be stronger than that of Great Britain. But at the same time, it is certain that the overall strength of the West is stronger than that of the East. Therefore, in the minds of these white-skinned people, the West still overwhelms the East. Although Great Britain, which leads the West, is not as comprehensive as the Ming Dynasty in terms of national strength, it is actually number one in the world. And the Ming Dynasty itself seemed to have always acknowledged this, until the war broke out. When the war started, not only did Great Britain not lead the West to beat the Ming Dynasty, but it was easily beaten by the Ming Dynasty. Even the number one brand in the West was beaten. I have to give it to Rakshasa!
It’s so sad to think about it!
When I was feeling sad, someone suddenly shouted: "Royal Guards. Look! The Royal Guards are coming to protect many carriages!"
Now everyone's spirits were up again, and they all looked towards the road leading to the dock that was tightly protected by the Marine Corps. I saw a group of royal guard cuirassiers wearing bearskin hats riding tall horses, galloping in neatly.
There are currently two Royal Guards in the British Empire. One is the Royal Gurkha Guards, which are the personal soldiers of Emperor William. The other is the Old Royal Guards, the personal soldiers of Queen Victoria.
And those wearing bearskin hats are the Old Royal Guards, Queen Victoria’s personal soldiers!
Now the cuirassiers of the Old Royal Guard were escorting a group of carriages. Could it be that the person sitting in the carriage was Queen Victoria?
The Queen's arrival in Portsmouth does this mean that the Royal Navy has turned to the Queen?
Just when everyone was confused, the Rakshasa cruiser on the sea had already fired a salute!
This is the sound of a cannon shot from the cruiser Aurora. The cruiser Aurora that entered Portsmouth Harbor today was the cruiser Aurora that rushed all the way from Naples.
After five or six days of continuous travel, the Rakshasa cruiser carrying the Ming Dynasty King Zhu Xiyou finally arrived in the UK.
And this also means that the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa, the two most powerful countries in the East and West, will now support Queen Victoria!
"Boom boom boom"
Amidst the salute, the cruiser Aurora has docked. And the carriage escorted by the old royal guards also stopped beside the red carpet at the pier. The doors of the carriage were opened one by one by the attendants accompanying the carriage. They were all dressed like beasts, and they were well-dressed big shots. Among them were the short, chubby Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, the prime minister appointed by Victoria, and the first person in uniform in the Royal Navy, the First Minister of the Admiralty, Sir Hardy.
Seeing these people getting out of the carriage, everyone knew the position of the Royal Navy, so they all cheered spontaneously.
"Long live the Queen!"
"Long live the United Kingdom!"
"God save the Queen!"
The cheers reached Queen Victoria's ears, which made her feel a little relieved. Years of training as a British emperor also allowed her to behave very close to the people at this time, frequently waving to the cheering people.
(End of chapter)
