Red Alert 1895

After Wang Guorui replied to the telegram to the British in plain code, he immediately began to prepare for his own work. And Wang Guorui wanted to confer a title on one person today, that is, Chen Fa. This time, he successfully followed Wang Guorui's order and sank the British cruiser, which was regarded as maintaining the safety of China's sea area. And for such a great contribution, if you don't give him a promotion, it would really be a bit of a treat to him. And this award is not only a reward, but also has great political significance.

"The governor of Taiwan and the chairman of the Taiwan Military Commission signed an order. Because Chen Fa, the captain of the battleship Xuanyuan, is loyal to the country, fulfills his duties, and has made great contributions to maintaining the tranquility of our country's seas and territories, Chen Fa is specially promoted to the rank of rear general. Governor of Taiwan, China, Taiwan Chairman of the Military Commission Wang Guorui. Now, please come up to Chen Fa to accept the award." Song Yang, deputy director of the General Office of the Military Commission and director of the attendant office, read out the order.

And Chen Fa walked up to the front with his head held high, and then saluted Wang Guorui under everyone's attention, and then Wang Guorui personally put the rank of major general on his shoulder. And this situation made everyone very envious, because since Taiwan's highest military rank was promoted to winning the prize, Wang Guorui rarely conferred the rank of major general. Especially for those major generals at the deputy level, Wang Guorui almost never came to help them confer titles. Only those major generals at the army level, Wang Guorui would consider helping them confer titles in person, and not absolutely, only those who made special contributions would go. And now this Chen Fa is the captain of a battleship. Although the sword-class battleship is of a higher rank, it is only a division commander, not a commander. And now that Wang Guorui came here to confer the title in person, it meant that Chen Fa would be promoted, at least to be the deputy commander of the large fleet.

When the military rank on Chen Fa's shoulder was changed to a gold star, he took the initiative to show it off. And everyone started applauding.

"Governor of Taiwan and Chairman of the Taiwan Military Commission Wang Guorui signed an order to form the Taiwan Strategic Fleet. The Taiwan Strategic Fleet is the general reserve of all fleets of the Taiwan Navy and has Taiwan's most powerful sword-class battleship. The Taiwan Strategic Fleet plans to have four ships Sword-class battleship. Three more are scheduled to be built. And four sword-class battleships will become Taiwan's highest strategic weapon. In the future, on the seas under our control, they will have the final effect. Commander of the Taiwan Strategic Fleet Major General Chen Fa will be the candidate."

Hearing the announcement of the appointment, more people felt jealous, even more jealous than the major general rank. Although this strategic fleet has only four battleships, these four battleships are currently the world's first-class battleships. They are definitely very powerful and will become the existence of Taiwan's Dinghai Shenzhen. As long as there are these warships. Then Taiwan's naval strength will be a qualitative improvement, and it will surpass other battleships for more than a generation. As the commander of this strategic fleet, the future prospects are limitless, because being able to master Taiwan's most powerful weapon is definitely very trustworthy and has a different political meaning. Taiwan currently has two most important fleets, one is the Taiwan Strait Fleet, which is responsible for Taiwan's homeland defense. And the other is this strategic fleet. After that, they may all be candidates for the chief of naval staff.

While Taiwan was conferring titles, there was a lot of noise in Britain. Regardless of the night, the Prime Minister's Office in Downing Street also gathered a large number of London citizens. They went to the Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street to protest. Ask the government to declare war on Taiwan, and then must severely teach Taiwan, a place that does not know how to live or die. And even to destroy China, and then make China a British colony. And this kind of unrealistic voice is still very high, especially those British who have been the bosses of so many people really think that Lao Tzu is invincible, as if China can be destroyed by their backhands.

"Declare war on China immediately, or I will step down!" "Yes! If you don't declare war on China, you will step down!" "Declare war on me immediately, or step down immediately!"…

Already outside there were shouts for the Marquess of Salisbury to step down. This made the Marquis of Salisbury anxious. And of course they know that it is not the time to start the war, once the war starts, the consequences will be really unimaginable. On their side they had to deal with the war of the Boers. If there is another war with Taiwan, it will be a two-front war! What's more. Taiwan is not a soft persimmon, and Britain is not yet ready for war. Don't look at the blandishment of the United Kingdom, but in fact they are the same as the United States in later generations. Every time they want to attack a certain country, they have been carefully thought out, not to say that they can go to war even if they start a war. Since ancient times, wars with foreign countries have not been decided by one person or a political group or a party, and everyone's opinions must be sought. If it is for those African natives, then it will be a fight. Anyway, I am not afraid of losing the fight, it is just a question of whether it is worthwhile.

However, the problem of fighting Taiwan is very huge. If it is not played well, the United Kingdom will fall from now on, and the Germans and French will laugh at it. So how could the British be careless, so of course they would not be foolish and start war against Taiwan directly in accordance with "public opinion". Don't look at the menacing public opinion, but the Marquis of Salisbury is not afraid at all. It's fine for these ordinary people to shout, let them scold themselves a few words, anyway, to be a politician is to have the consciousness to do it yourself.

However, what worries the Marquess of Salisbury the most is actually another point. And sometimes, the last thing you want happens.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have already inquired secretly. Those guys from the Liberal Party are already preparing to take advantage of this matter to launch an operation to overthrow the cabinet, hoping to pull us down!" said the secretary of the Marquis of Salisbury.

The Marquess of Salisbury was furious immediately: "This group of idiots, don't they know that Taiwan can't be so reckless and just go to fight? If Taiwan is attacked rashly, the consequences will be disastrous. The Chinese all understand that the snipe and the clam Don't politicians like them understand that they are fighting for the fisherman's benefit?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, they are the opposition party. They don't care about any long-term ideas. They just hope that they can pull us down so that they can come to power. As for other things, they only have a headache after they come to power." The secretary to the prime minister said.

The Marquis of Salisbury touched his head, and then he really had nothing to do with this situation.

"Does the British Empire still have extra Sovereign-class battleships? Can we transfer the Chinese fleet to deter Taiwan. Our Chinese fleet is far from being able to suppress Taiwan. If Taiwan is willing, it can destroy our Chinese fleet at any time. It can even take Hong Kong away. We must strengthen the strength of the Chinese fleet, otherwise our interests in the Far East will not be guaranteed at all. Our current rule in the Far East is already crumbling. If we don’t think about it, then we may The interests of the Far East will be lost," said the Marquess of Salisbury.

But the secretary shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, we have no extra Sovereign-class battleships to transfer. Since Taiwan gave the Netherlands three Sovereign-class battleships, the Netherlands has been very timid, and it seems that they don't think much of us. And the Netherlands and us are just separated by the English Channel. Although the relationship between the Netherlands and us seems to be good, they are not afraid of ten thousand or just in case! Besides, their queens are married to the governor of Taiwan. Who knows if they will Come together? Our Sovereign-class battleship has been transferred back from the Mediterranean Fleet, and there is already a partial vacuum in the Mediterranean. On the other hand, we are building a new Sovereign-class battleship, but the French are also nervous, and they are also building ships. Germany People are not to be outdone, and have started to build ships. But we have to bite the bullet and follow. According to our established policy, our navy of the British Empire must ensure absolute strength. And the tonnage must be more than the sum of the second and third places , and this time Taiwan gave three ships to the Dutch ~www.readwn.com~ has broken this balance, and let us in Europe fall into a shipbuilding competition. We really can't produce enough warships to go to the Far East , so we can’t get it either.”

"It seems that our interests in the Far East are in danger. If it can be delayed for two years, as long as it can be delayed for two years, then we can also gather other countries to attack Taiwan together. Is there any way you can appease the opposition? As long as you can To appease the anger of the people, as well as the opposition, I am afraid that it will last until we launch a war against Taiwan. Within two years, within two years we will definitely go to war against Taiwan. After two years, we can all If we are ready, then we can join forces with other countries to destroy Taiwan and solve our serious problem. If we fight alone, the risk is too high, and the loss outweighs the gain. Even if we win, we must be careful of Germany and France taking the opportunity to make trouble Otherwise, the hegemony of the British Empire will also be destroyed," said the Marquess of Salisbury.

The secretary thought for a while, and finally said helplessly, "Your Excellency, you might as well go to Buckingham Palace."

"Going to Buckingham Palace seems to be the only way to go!" said the Marquess of Salisbury.

The Marquess of Salisbury really has no choice, so he can only ask for a foreign aid, and who else can this foreign aid be besides Queen Victoria of England? (to be continued)