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Then the results of the second election came out, and the National Congress Party, as expected, became the winner and was responsible for controlling the daily work of the Ministry of Supervision.Xiang Zhongfa, the party secretary of the Hualan Communist Party, became the first speaker.The national government agencies began to reorganize intensively, but in the process of forming the government, Zhao Shouhong unexpectedly invited six people including Zhou Wuhao from the Hualan Communist Party, and four people including Shao Lizi from the National Congress Party to join the government. part of the new government.

For Zhao Shouhong's approach, the people all over the country praised it as a model of generosity, and the atmosphere of competition between political parties that should have been tense had also eased a lot.Although everyone has different political views, they are all Hualan people after all, and they are working hard for the prosperity of Hualan country.Healthy competition is okay, but the interests of the country's political system must be taken into account. After Zhao Shouhong made a gesture, the relationship between the parties has eased a lot.

While Hualan Kingdom was busy with the general election, the Saar Empire was having a tense discussion.The Saar Empire government had just had a general election, and MacDonald, who was born in the Labor Party, replaced Baldwin as the new helm of the Saar Empire.

The increase in power does not add much joy to this excellent politician, because what he has in his hands is a mess.The advent of the Great Depression era dealt a heavy blow to the newly restored industry and commerce of the Saar Empire.Although the Saar Empire and Gaul quickly established an offensive and defensive alliance, relying on colonies all over the world, which eased the domestic economic contradictions to a certain extent, the economy of the Saar Empire still inevitably declined.

By the end of 1929, the national economic level of the Saar Empire had dropped by more than one-third from its peak after the war, and the gross national product had dropped to its lowest point in ten years.The unemployed population in the country exceeds [-]% of the total population, and a large number of hungry people are starving for food, waiting for the government's rescue.

After the negotiations on the London Naval Agreement broke down, the government of the Saar Empire originally planned to rebuild a powerful navy to protect the empire's huge colonies and important lines of communication.However, the sudden economic crisis turned the ambition of the empire into a spectacle in the water, and the construction of new warships that had just begun was forced to stagnate.Originally, all countries were in an economic crisis, and the growth of the navy was also at a standstill. It seemed that the Saar Empire was still the world's number one naval power, but this situation quickly changed, and the Hualan Kingdom was rapidly rising.

Taking advantage of the consumption of surplus materials after the outbreak of the domestic war, and the promotion of the construction of a large number of new regions, the Hualan country's economy has not been affected by the economic crisis, but has shown a thriving situation.

In order to stimulate economic growth, Zhao Shouhong suddenly announced a new shipbuilding plan in the name of the president.Hualan Kingdom's newly formed four oceanic fleets are uniformly refurbished, and each fleet will add at least three aircraft carriers and two battleships, as well as enough cruisers and destroyers.In addition, Hualan's submarine force will be doubled in size and stationed in Hualan's islands in the Eastern Ocean.

Such a huge shipbuilding plan made the Saar Empire dumbfounded. They knew that once this plan was completed, the Hualan Kingdom would establish itself as the most powerful country in the sea.With sufficient sea power, it will seek corresponding rights and interests. The next step for Hualan Kingdom is to seek control of important sea lines of communication. This is the path that every maritime hegemonic country must take.

This is the process that must be experienced in the alternation of old and new hegemony, and it is also what the Saar Empire is most worried about.In order to avoid this from happening, the Saar Empire held a special meeting, hoping to discuss a solution.

Prime Minister MacDonald looked at the many ministers and said, "Everyone can speak freely and express their views on this moment."

"I think the Naval Conference should be reopened to force Hualando to make concessions." The Keeper of the Seal Thomas first expressed his opinion.

"I think the diplomatic note should be issued directly. After all, the naval conference has been aborted once, and it will be very difficult to hold it again. If the new conference is directly rejected by the Hualan Kingdom, the Saar Empire will lose face." Foreign Minister Hender Sen's thinking is obviously more mature.

"If we cooperate with the Hualan Kingdom, we may be able to ease the relationship between the two countries. It may be a good idea for the two sides to jointly control the maritime hegemony." The first lady in the history of the Saar Empire, Minister of Labor Margaret Tet's thinking is obviously more conservative.

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"This is impossible. No country will share hegemony with other countries. Once Hualan has absolute maritime power, our acceptance will only allow the other party to control hegemony faster. We are equivalent to giving up the maritime rights and interests of the Saar Empire. Give it away," Chancellor Philippe Philippe said.

The Admiralty of the Admiralty, Churchill, who had been standing in front of the fireplace, drank his beloved Havana cigar and looked at the fire for a while.When everyone expressed their views on this matter and expressed their respective positions, he did not say a word.MacDonald quickly discovered this situation, and he turned his head and asked, "Mr. Churchill, this matter belongs to the Navy after all. As the Secretary of the Navy, what do you think?"

Churchill raised his head, looked at the earnest gazes of many cabinet members, and showed his signature gloomy smile: "I think the Saar Empire can have two strategies, up and down. The best strategy is as Ms. Margaret said, Xiang Hualan However, our ultimate goal is not to maintain the hegemony, but to transfer the maritime hegemony to the Hualan country peacefully, so that the Saar Empire will not suffer huge losses when the old and the new change. "

"This is absolutely impossible. Once the Saar Empire lets go of its maritime hegemony, the colonies will definitely be taken away by the other side. Our entire country will suffer an unprecedented impact. Can this be called a peaceful transition?" Thomas, the Keeper of the Seals, immediately retorted.

"Then isn't there a bad idea? Churchill, why don't you tell me about it?" MacDonald asked.

Churchill took another puff of his cigar, and slowly exhaled the smoke into the air before saying: "The worst strategy is to send out the local fleet to destroy Hualan's navy before it is formed. As long as the Hualan navy can be eliminated, it can be destroyed as it was 80 years ago. Also sign the alliance under the city, so that Hualan Kingdom can once again become a quasi-colony of the empire."

"I'm afraid this situation is unlikely to come true, not to mention that Hualan's navy is not weak today. If we want to destroy it, we must do our best. If the local fleet is transferred to the Eastern Continent, then who will defend the empire's coastline?" ?” MacDonald couldn’t help but frowned.

Churchill said: "Of course we can't act rashly, because once such a war starts, it is likely to become like the last world war. It is easy to start a war, but it is difficult to end it, so it cannot be launched easily. But we We can cooperate with Gaul to send troops, and at the same time use the fleet of the Eastern Continent to test the opponent to see if the Hualan Navy is as brave as the legends. Only after we have first-hand information can we decide whether it is war or peace."

"That's all we have to do. Let Rear Admiral Cunningham of the Eastern Continental Fleet send out warships to test the combat effectiveness of the Hualan Army, and at the same time order the local fleet to get ready. Once a fighter plane is found, the main fleet will immediately head to the Zhaini Colony along the Mediterranean route." MacDonald finally made his decision.

A secret command was sent to the seat of the governor's office of the Zhaini colony, which is the main base of the Sardon Continental Fleet, to the port of Mumbai through the cable telegram under the sea.After receiving the order, Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Cunningham immediately ordered a small fleet to set sail for the coastline of Kokang Province in Hualan State to test the opponent's movements.

The cruiser Emerald set off alone, heading towards the coastline of Hualando, and another small fleet consisting of three cruisers and three destroyers followed far behind, ready to support it at any time.With the help of steam turbines, this fast cruiser with a displacement of more than 600 tons rushed towards the coastline of Kokang Province at a high speed of [-] knots.

Kokang Province is not far from the Zhaini colony of the Saar Empire, and the Emerald arrived at its destination in just eight hours of sailing.It was nine o'clock in the morning, and when the Emerald was still ten nautical miles away from the coastline of Kokang Province, the lookout suddenly spotted a small warship coming with the wind and waves.

When the Saar warship approached thirty nautical miles away from the coastline, the sentry ship stationed in the open sea had already spotted the warship.It's just that most of the sentinel ships were refitted with fishing boats, and their speed could hardly keep up with the fast cruisers, so it just sent the message back to the base by radio.

After receiving the report, the Headquarters of the First Zhainiyang Fleet in Kyaukpyu Port took it very seriously, and they immediately dispatched a Zhenhai-class destroyer to investigate.The reason why the headquarters dispatched the Zhenhai-class destroyer was because of its maximum speed of 35 knots, which allowed him to arrive at the scene quickly to investigate and question the uninvited guest.

On the bridge of the destroyer Qinzhou, the captain, Captain Guo Minghao, was standing in front of the glass window, staring at the sea and sky in the distance.A warship flying the flag of the Saar Empire approaching so close was a very dangerous signal, and he had to check it carefully, otherwise it would easily cause a major crisis.

For the Hualan Navy, although it has repeatedly defeated powerful enemies and achieved its current reputation, it still feels guilty in the face of the world's number one navy.Guo Minghao and all officers and soldiers are very clear that when national sovereignty is threatened, they must stand up to defend their country.

If the Saar warship was looking for trouble, Guo Minghao would order it to be sunk without hesitation, even if the other party would retaliate fiercely later, he would not frown.With a sense of worry, all the officers and men of the ship headed towards the target sea area at full speed with full fighting enthusiasm. The warship turned on the sea search radar at the same time to prevent the opponent from sneaking past.

The Sal people were also guilty. After approaching the coastal area of ​​Hualan Kingdom, the captain, Major Thomas, ordered the speed to be reduced to 23 knots, and slowly approached the coastline.He was slightly relieved when he saw a destroyer flying the Hualan flag approaching.

Major General Cunningham gave him the order to get as close to the coastline of Hualando as possible and to make contact with the opponent's navy in order to detect the opponent's operational skills, mental outlook and fighting will.At first, Major Thomas was afraid that if he got too close, the opponent's shore artillery would find a chance to fight back. Now that there are warships from the Hualan Navy appearing at such a distance, it makes him feel a lot easier. At least he doesn't need to face the shore Anti-cannon.

According to the current maritime convention, within three nautical miles of the coastline of each country, it belongs to the scope of the national territorial sea.However, Hualan has not joined the Convention on the Seas, and its claimed territorial waters are nine nautical miles.Because Hualan State had stated in advance that the Hualan State Navy had the right to sink warships that entered the country's territorial waters without notification, that's why Major Thomas was so careful and didn't dare to cross the opponent's nine nautical mile range easily.

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Seeing that the huge Saar Empire cruiser was already approaching the range of nine nautical miles, Guo Minghao ordered his own destroyer to approach without hesitation. He picked up the microphone and shouted in Saar language: "Please pay attention to the front cruiser, please pay attention to the front cruiser!" , you are approaching the territorial waters of Hualan Country, please leave immediately."

Guo Minghao's words were sent to the opposite battleship with a loudspeaker, so that every Saar sailor could clearly hear it.Major General Thomas was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled.He glanced at the small warship contemptuously, secretly amused in his heart, such a small destroyer dared to shout to a cruiser four or five times bigger than himself, it was simply reckless.

The helmsman asked, "Captain, shall we change course?"

"No need." Thomas said with a smile: "Continue to maintain the original course, I want to see if he really dares to shoot us."

The Emerald cruiser slowly began to accelerate, and the stern brought a large wave of spray, and the hull rushed towards the coastline with the wind and waves.Seeing that the other party did not turn around and leave, but instead accelerated towards the territorial sea, Guo Minghao frowned tightly.

"Go forward at full speed and stop them. The whole ship is on the first level of combat readiness, ready to go to war at any time." Guo Minghao gave an order, and the whole ship entered a state of tension.The soldiers quickly returned to their battle positions, while the helmsman firmly held the steering wheel, and turned the bow of the destroyer to face the wind.

As the fourth ship of the Zhenhai-class destroyer, the destroyer Qinzhou was two knots faster than the opponent, and the opponent could not maintain the highest speed for too long, so the Hualan Navy had plenty of time to intercept.When it came to a critical moment, all the tension of the officers and soldiers disappeared. The sailors bravely operated the battleship, rushed to the front of the opponent at a very fast speed, and crossed the opponent's route more than 300 meters in front of the Emerald.

This is a very stern warning. The Qinzhou crossed the opponent's route at the risk of being hit by the opponent.On two full-speed warships at sea, a distance of more than 500 meters is extremely close.Because warships are more bulky than other means of transportation, braking and turning are not flexible enough. This approach is likely to cause the opponents to collide because they cannot turn in time.

Although the Hualan Navy did this desperately, its extremely high military quality also guaranteed the success of this operation.The Saar sailors on the Emerald were taken aback, Thomas hurriedly ordered the brakes, and the two propellers at the stern began to reverse instantly, thus avoiding the dangerous collision.

Seeing that the Sarren softened, the morale of the Hualan sailors on the Qinzhou was greatly boosted. Guo Minghao spat contemptuously: "The Sarren are just donkey dung on the surface, and they will be discouraged immediately if they are serious."

Thomas became angry when the destroyer Qinzhou passed through the bow, but he saw that the opponent was not easy to mess with, so he could only change direction and drive parallel to the opponent. "You have entered the territorial waters of Hualan Country, please leave immediately." Guo Minghao shouted while grabbing the microphone.

The staff officer on the side asked curiously: "Captain, do you know that they have entered the territorial waters?"If it is the three nautical mile range mentioned in the Ocean Convention, it is okay to say, but the nine nautical mile territorial waters claimed by Hualan Kingdom cannot even see the markers on the shore, making it even more difficult to measure the distance.

Guo Minghao said coldly: "Since they have approached our territorial waters, we must stop them. This is the mission of my generation of soldiers. Don't ask where the territorial waters are. What we have to do is to let the Saar people know that Hua The sacred territory of the Lan Kingdom is inviolable." Everyone beside them suddenly realized that this was not a political debate or diplomatic negotiation, and the military did not have so many constraints.As a soldier, what you have to do is to defeat the enemy, both physically and mentally.

Thomas rolled his eyes angrily, the other party was obviously bullying.Regarding the arrogance of these Hualan people, Thomas also became really angry. He said to the helmsman: "Don't turn to evade, continue to sail straight, we will deflect to the coastline of Hualan country. I want to see if this small warship dares At the risk of war, attack our cruiser."

Billowing black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Emerald, which was an incomplete combustion phenomenon that occurred during acceleration. Obviously, the Saar had no intention of retreating, but wanted to throw off the destroyer Qinzhou instead.

"The Sal people are so arrogant, they dare to approach the coastline. This guy is obviously going to invade." Guo Minghao said through gritted teeth.

"Captain, what should we do? Fight?" the first officer asked from the side.

Guo Minghao fixed his eyes on the cruiser Emerald, and said viciously: "Advance at full speed, let's lean up from the side. Tell them that they have invaded our territorial waters, and our army has the right to fire back and display semaphores, lest they listen to it." Unclear subterfuge."

The semaphore was quickly issued, and the destroyer Qinzhou sailed forward through the wind and waves, and quickly approached the cruiser Emerald.

The Emerald, on the other hand, relied on its huge size to force its way inside.Both sides obviously started a real fire, vowing to fight with real swords and guns, but the captains of both sides maintained the last sliver of clarity, they knew that once the guns were fired, the situation would be out of control.Therefore, when approaching each other, they all ordered the artillery to be turned to the other side to prevent possible fire.

The two warships were half a body apart, and the distance between them was only ten meters, but their speed was as high as thirty knots.This is a very dangerous drag race. Once the helmsman of one party makes a mistake, the two warships may collide.

"The captain and the others are tough with us, what if they don't retreat?" the first officer asked with a frown.

Guo Minghao looked at the huge figure outside the porthole with icy eyes and said: "In the territorial waters of the motherland, we have no way out. The commander has said long ago that the country's territorial waters cannot be tolerated, and our ship is ordered to ram your ship with the flag. .”

"Yes." The first officer immediately walked towards the signalman.