"Second World War?"
Zhuge Weijiu frowned and asked in a low voice: "How long do you think you can be stable?"
This great military advisor is also capable of calculations, and of course he knows that a world war alone cannot solve the major problem of establishing global order.
Although the previous British Empire was known as the Empire on which the sun never sets, it could not actually dominate the world's oceans - the overlord of the Pacific Ocean had always been the Ming Dynasty! The only oceans that Britain could control, even at its peak, were the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the South Pacific around Australia. The Ming Dynasty controlled most of the Pacific Ocean. In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, it could rely on its advantage of being far away from Europe. In the later period, it could rely on its industrial strength to completely drive the British out of the Strait of Malacca.
Therefore, there was no global order at that time, but two international orders, the Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain.
And the world war in which Ming Dynasty defeated Great Britain - this war is called a world war. It seems a bit watery, but its result was the initial establishment of a global order.
From this point of view, this is a world war!
However, the current global order is not solid and may still be overturned.
Although the Ming Empire was powerful and large. But her location is "too remote", far away from Europe, where there are many powerful countries, and not close to the Americas, where "one United States dominates".
Therefore, Ming Dynasty needs a long period of hard work and further development of science and technology so that it can have reliable bases and allies in the Atlantic Ocean, Europe and North America far away from home. Only then can a truly consolidated hegemony be formed.
To truly consolidate world hegemony, Ming Dynasty needs to quickly and massively invest power in Europe and America (East Coast) in order to completely defeat the power that attempts to dominate one side.
But at present, Ming Dynasty has just begun to establish strongholds, spheres of influence and circles of friends in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and their coastal areas. It will take time to do these things well.
Not to mention anything else, just a few years or even ten years would not be enough to build all the bases such as Guantanamo Bay, Port of Heroes, and Texas Bay.
But even if the Ming Navy's Atlantic Fleet can establish a firm foothold in the Atlantic Ocean, it does not mean that the Ming Dynasty can easily project troops to North America and Europe.
Therefore, whether it is Germany, the United States, France or Rakshasa... there will be opportunities to challenge the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the future!
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao said to Zhuge Weijiu: "Great Military Advisor, I think there can be a 20-year truce period... There will be a world war in 20 years."
"Twenty years..." Zhuge Weijiu laughed, "Taozi, in 20 years you will be over 50 years old, just in time to become prime minister. The Ming Dynasty and the Zhuge family will depend on you."
"Don't worry, Great Military Advisor," Zhuge Weidao nodded, "As long as I'm here, no matter who the opponent is, I, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely win!"
"Okay, okay..." Just as Zhuge Weidao was nodding, a staff officer from the Ming Navy walked over quickly, saluted Zhuge Weidao, then handed him a note and hurriedly left.
"Daozi, what happened?" Zhuge Weijiu asked.
Zhuge Weidao unfolded the note, looked at it, and whispered: "It seems that something big has happened in Europe... Wang Wen has received an urgent military report."
At this time, Zhuge Weijiu had no intention of continuing to watch the coronation ceremony. He pretended to cough a few times, then stood up, left his seat, and walked slowly out on crutches.
Zhuge Weidao and Zhuge Weixue also stood up and stepped forward, one on each side, supporting the old man and walking out, just like two filial sons.
Mr. Zhuge is old, already over 80, and his body does not look very strong. It is normal to feel a little uncomfortable and want to find a quiet place to rest, so no one cares about the support of the two brothers Zhuge Weidao and Zhuge Weixue. Follow the old man and leave.
Although one of them is the admiral of the Atlantic Fleet and the other is the ambassador to the United Kingdom. It can be said that he is a powerful figure in the West. But today they are not the protagonists, and they are not even here to watch the ceremony on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. The one who represents the Ming Dynasty is Lin Zexu, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty.
Inside Westminster Abbey, a separate lounge has been arranged for Ming Dynasty distinguished guests. It is elegantly decorated and very quiet. There are also Atlantic Fleet guards standing guard outside.
When the three Zhuge came over together, Wang Wen, the chief of staff of the Atlantic Fleet, was sitting inside holding a folder and reading - after the main force of the Ming Navy's Atlantic Fleet showed off in the English Channel, they are now going to Scapa Flow temporarily. Living.
However, Zhuge Weidao and the Atlantic Fleet Admiral did not follow to Scapa Flow, but stayed in London.
This is not because of how prosperous London is, but because the Atlantic Fleet is currently performing a diplomatic mission rather than a combat mission.
Gunboats...have always been a diplomatic tool!
Therefore, it is more useful for Zhuge Weidao, the admiral of the army, to stay in London.
However, Zhuge Weidao did not live ashore, but lived on the "Zhongdu Fengyang" command ship with a standard displacement of up to 20,000 tons.
The "Zhongdu Fengyang" is now docked at a military dock on the Thames River in London.
Through the radio on the "Zhongdu Fengyang", major events in Europe and America will be informed of the staff of the Fleet Admiral Department at the first time, and then a briefing will be sent to the Chief of Staff Wang Wen.
Seeing Wang Wen was reading documents with his head down, Zhuge Weidao asked: "What big thing happened again?"
"Admiral, great military advisor." Wang Wen quickly stood up and saluted the two men with a military salute.
"You're welcome, tell me quickly." Zhuge Weidao said as he helped the military advisor sit down.
"I have just received a report from our military attaché on Austria..." Wang Wen said, "The main Austrian army, about 200,000 men, launched an attack at Königgrätz in Bohemia with a Prussian army of similar numbers. decisive battle!
As a result, the Austrians only persisted for two or three days before being defeated by the Prussian army with overwhelming firepower superiority!
The Austrians lost at least 60,000 people in this battle... The entire battlefield was littered with corpses, and there were dead Austrian officers and soldiers everywhere. The Prussian losses were less than 10,000. It seemed that Austria was doomed! "
It had long been expected that the Austrians could not defeat the Prussians... Prussia's mobilization efficiency was too high, while Austria was too fragmented and did not even have a dominant nation. A country like this is slow to do anything.
Therefore, before Austria was fully mobilized, the Prussian army began to violently beat the Austrian Northern Army and the pro-Austrian Prussian state in North Germany.
When the Austrian army completed its mobilization, she had almost lost all of North Germany!
Therefore, the main battlefield of the Austro-Prussian War this time was still in Bohemia.
Judging from the current situation, Prussia has a huge advantage, and Britain is unable to interfere...
And France and the Rakshasa Kingdom formed an alliance with Prussia for various reasons...
Therefore, the situation encountered by Prussia is more favorable than that in another timeline. It is completely possible for Prussia to capture Vienna after defeating the Austrian Empire, or even destroy Austria!
Wang Wen asked at this time: "Military Gate, Grand Military Advisor, are we going to intervene?"
Zhuge Weidao shook his head and said: "We won't interfere this time. Our current primary target is India, while our second target is the United States, and Europe only ranks third. So let's talk about Europe's troubles twenty years later!"
(End of chapter)
