The streets of London are still shrouded in gray haze.
The war did not affect the production of factories, but made these factories operate at full capacity.
Not long ago, Temple was violently impeached by Congress.
In order to resolve the crisis, Temple could only initiate a motion of no confidence and dissolve the parliament, which then held new elections.
The election process happened to coincide with the great defeat of the enemy forces on the battlefield in the subcontinent.
Hundreds of thousands of outstanding imperial warriors were lost in one fell swoop.
Now Prime Minister Temple is completely unstoppable.
The entire Liberal Party was completely defeated in the election.
The Conservative Party gained support because it advocated ending the war as soon as possible and negotiating with the Baath Army.
The original passionate and patriotic public opinion suddenly disappeared from the media.
Instead, the Great Empire belongs to Europe, and a policy of appeasement should be implemented towards the East.
Crowds gathered everywhere outside Parliament today. They held various slogans.
It seems to be waiting to witness a great historical moment.
The new parliamentary election was successful.
Someone walked onto the balcony of the parliament building holding a sign.
The sign read "Edward Smith Stanley".
The crowd burst into violent cheers.
The Conservative Party finally regained power after many years.
Earl Stanley became the new Prime Minister.
What the public can see is only the moment the results appear.
Actually a lot happened during this time.
First, those financial capitalists began to attack Temple, and the bond market experienced a plunge.
Then, the purchasing power of the pound fell, something that hadn't happened in years.
Panicked people rushed to banks to exchange their banknotes for gold.
This situation is a run.
Then there were problems with the national debt.
Those French people who had previously bought up the bonds of the Great Empire were now panicked and began to sell off their own bonds.
And the initiators of this matter, the financial traders in London, were secretly taking advantage of it.
This group of people used this part-time trick to kill three birds with one stone. On the one hand, they harvested the money from ordinary people, and on the other hand, they severely taught those competitors from France.
The most important thing is that they used this trick to make the people completely lose confidence in the Temple government.
Temple is also a tragic figure. At the most critical moment when he was dealing with the Renaissance Army, he was attacked from behind by his own people.
Originally, he planned to assemble a second fleet to go to the subcontinent. Even if he could not defeat the Renaissance Army, he could still bring back the army that was besieged in the subcontinent.
But due to sudden changes in the country, he could not do anything at once.
Earl Stanley is the new spokesman for the Conservative Party.
Soon he will form a cabinet to move into Downing Street.
Temple was already disheartened at this time, and all the revenge he had had was evaporated in the face of failure.
He knew he had been abandoned. Not just by the big financiers.
There is also a shadow of the queen in what was done against him this time.
In Temple's impression, that woman would not give in easily. But this time she sided with the capitulationists.
If it were just to face conservative attacks, Temple could still put up a fight.
But the Queen joined the other side, tipping the scales completely. Temple was powerless.
This kind of secret fighting in Dayang is very secretive. So Dong Shuheng always thought that they were brewing some conspiracy.
He even sent a telegram to warn Bao Youzhi to be careful of the sudden attack by the Yu people.
Cape Colony.
Zhang Yong is receiving intelligence training from the Korean people.
Not all participants in the training are Chinese, there are also indigenous people from the subcontinent and some from Southeast Asia.
Because this time the target of the intelligence agencies of the Republic of China is not just the Chinese mainland.
But all places controlled by the Renaissance Army.
The Chinese also realized that they were about to lose the subcontinent, so they also prepared to send a group of people to lurk there.
Maybe they feel that one day they will return there.
Some of this group of Chinese were recommended by Zhang Yong, and most of them were Zhang Yong's people.
There are also some parts that Zhang Yong is not very familiar with. Obviously, the people of Yu are not stupid and will not place all their bets on Zhang Yong alone.
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In the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, in Muscat, the Empire of Oman, a huge fleet is preparing to set sail.
In order to obtain a base in East Africa, Bao Youzhi prepared to escort King Suwini's fleet and help him attack his brother Majid who was entrenched in Zanzibar.
This is a good opportunity to get involved in East Africa.
If Bao Youzhi led his fleet to East Africa, it would be easy to occupy a place.
But that must be what the people of the country want to see. In that case, the people of the country will definitely make a big fuss about this matter.
Those countries in Europe will feel that the Ba'ath Army's expansion ambitions have no limits.
At that time, they will most likely unite to fight against the Renaissance Army.
When facing a strong person, the first thing people think of is self-protection, rather than uniting for confrontation.
Only when the strong person really bullies them will they have such thoughts. This is the saddest thing about the weak.
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On the North Island of New Zealand, the city of Wellington has been surrounded by the Donghua Empire Expeditionary Force.
Outside the harbor, the Donghua Empire's Pacific Fleet was violently bombarding the port.
Before, they only blocked it because the army hadn't arrived yet.
This port cannot be captured by the navy alone.
When the Donghua Army came to attack, the Yin Army either fought with them outside the city, or retreated to defend the city.
The militiamen of these colonies have already ambushed the Donghua Expeditionary Force once, but it did not have the expected effect.
When the Donghua Army approached Wellington, the Japanese organized another attack.
But in this attack, they suffered a great loss.
There is a certain gap between the weapons in the hands of the militia and the expeditionary force, which makes them no match for the Donghua Expeditionary Force in frontal combat.
Soon these people all retreated back to the city.
At this time, the colonial governor realized how foolish he was to gather everyone in one city.
The Donghua Army blocked all the main entrances into and out of the city.
Then the army's field guns and the navy's naval guns worked together to suppress the Korean forts in the bay.
The infantry then occupied the fort despite casualties.
Now the whole city has become a lamb to the slaughter.
The Donghua Expeditionary Army was not in a hurry to rush into the city and fight the militiamen in street battles.
If that's the case, once this place is captured, I don't know how many of the 50,000 people in the expeditionary force will be left.
The city of Wellington at this time was actually not very big. After all, it was just a very remote colony.
The total population is less than 200,000 people.
Now these people are concentrated in this city, which is like a small county town on the fifth or sixth tier.
The density was also quite high. Each building was crowded with more than a dozen people. They were originally preparing to fight in the streets with the Donghua Expeditionary Force.
The colonial commanders also knew very well that letting these people go into field battles with the expeditionary forces would only lead to losses.
Before, they organized another blocking battle outside the city. But this time they returned with a disastrous defeat.
Because the Donghua Army is equipped with much more machine guns and artillery than they are.
So street fighting is their only chance.
In street fighting, even an ordinary woman can kill a strong soldier.
But Kong Desheng did not give them such a chance. The artillery in his hands had not been used much, and the shells on the naval guns were also sufficient.
The bombardment lasted for nearly three hours before Kong Desheng finally ordered the attack.
When the Donghua Expeditionary Army entered the city, there was almost no complete building in the city.
Marado and Ronaldo, brothers in arms, survived the previous ambush in the valley.
In the battle outside the city, the expeditionary force's losses were much smaller, so the two of them were naturally fine.
As the bombardment ended, the expeditionary forces poured into the city from three directions.
"There should be no living people left." Ronaldo's plump lips trembled on his dark face.
At this time, the town was like purgatory. The collapsed houses and charred corpses could be seen through the gaps.
"Be careful." Marado pulled Ronaldo and hid in the corner of the street.
"Bang..." A gunshot sounded from a ruins on the right.
A soldier fell down at the sound. This was a Latin soldier. Marado couldn't name him because the original company was crippled.
The two of them were assigned to a new company, and they were both strangers. They could only support each other. Otherwise, they would always be bullied by others.
Following the smoke from the muzzle of the gun, Ronaldo found the shooter. The man was hiding under a wooden bed.
Without thinking, Ronaldo raised his gun and fired.
There was a scream from under the bed. Although I couldn't understand English, I thought it was a woman's voice.
"Well done, Ronaldo, you have made another great contribution." Marado also stood up and said excitedly.
If the enemy is killed, the expeditionary force will receive additional rewards.
Soldiers pulled a woman's body from under the bed.
When they pulled the woman's body out, they found that there were people inside. They were two small children, only one or two years old.
I don't know why these two children didn't cry.
A Latin soldier was about to stab the man with his bayonet, but Ronaldo grabbed the man's gun and shook his dark face seriously.
"Okay, guys, let's move on, don't waste time here, women and children are worthless." Seeing this tense situation, Marado hurriedly smoothed things over.
As the team continues to move forward, these children, women and children will also be collected when the battlefield is finally cleaned.
Marado and the others are just at the front, and there will be troops following up behind.
"Boom..." An explosion sounded in the center of the distant town.
Marado saw a church there, just a wall to be exact.
That's where the shelling came from.
A group of Koreans survived by hiding in the basement.
They organized a line of defense in the center of the town. A company of Indians fell into an ambush.
Marado knew that these Yintian people were the bravest in fighting and always rushed to the front.
Listening to the intensive gunfire, he knew that the Yin Di'an company was probably going to be wiped out.
"Follow us, we'll go over to provide support." Sure enough, the company commander ordered Ronaldo and the others to quickly move toward that neighborhood.
Marado is not good at fighting, but he is very alert.
He had a premonition that danger might happen to them.
His premonition was correct every time. Relying on this premonition, he had saved Ronaldo several times.
He knew that if he told his superiors about his premonition, they would just call him a coward.
"Slow down, Ronaldo." Marado pulled his brave companion Ronaldo.
"Company Commander, you are going to scold us again when you see us lagging behind." Ronaldo is a fool, who knows what Marado, the sixth man, is thinking.
"I have a bad feeling, I think this is a trap." Marado said softly.
It seemed to confirm what he said.
While passing by a ruins, intensive gunshots suddenly rang out from the ruins on both sides.
This ruin is no different from the ones they encountered before.
These people must have hid here in advance.
They had not found any enemies in the surrounding ruins before.
In fact, because they did not have enough time to deploy on the outside, the Japanese in the city concentrated all the remaining troops after the bombing into the center of the town.
Just like setting up pocket formations one by one, just waiting for the Donghua Expeditionary Army to get inside.
Ronaldo and Marado ran at the back. After their comrades in front entered the ambush circle, the enemy launched their attack. The two successfully escaped again.
But their newly joined company suffered heavy casualties.
This kind of resistance from the enemy did bring a lot of trouble to the expeditionary force.
But these are just behaviors of a trapped beast still fighting.
The Donghua Expeditionary Force fought in the city in company units.
Even if these Japanese people can knock out a few companies, they won't have much impact.
At least it has no impact on the final outcome.
Compared to New Zealand, the war in the Malvinas Islands was much faster.
At this time, the Donghua Empire had begun reconstruction work on the island.
Construction has begun on a fortress in the northern part of East Island. This will be the center of the island in the future.
This center integrates warehousing, defense, and administration.
There will also be some royal ranches placed on the island. No one is willing to spend money to buy ranches here yet. Dong Shutong can only run it with his own money.
At least the scenery here is beautiful. Maybe you can build a castle here in the future and take your wife and children here for vacation in the summer.
"Thump thump thump..." footsteps sounded, and Zhu Mu, who was gradually plumping up, walked into the room wrapped in a bath towel.
"Your Majesty the Queen, please let me sleep with you tonight." Dong Shutong said with a smile.
"It's becoming less and less formal." Zhu Mu glanced at him.
"Have you informed the second brother today? What does the second brother say? Is there any new progress in the war?" Zhumu asked while combing his hair.
The long black hair exudes a seductive fragrance, which makes people can't help but think about it.
Dong Shutong put his hand on his wife's belly and said, "Yes, the war is coming to an end. Hundreds of thousands of the Japanese army in the subcontinent have been wiped out. The defeat of the Japanese people has been determined."
"Moreover, I heard that there are also problems in the United States, and Temple has stepped down. The people of the United States may demand peace."
"Seek peace? This is not the way of the Yu people."
"If we don't seek peace, what can we do? Now even if we gather the power of the entire Europa, we may not necessarily be the opponent of the Renaissance Army, let alone the Greater China Circle."