At 1 a.m. on November 29, a car drove to the palace gate of Xinhua Palace. At this time, the palace gate had already been closed. After the guards guarding the palace launched the car, they immediately increased their vigilance.
The weapons in the hands of the guards have been aimed at the car.
At this time, an old man in the uniform of an imperial general walked out of the car with a serious face.
"I'm going to see Your Majesty soon, go and report!" the old man said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Director Wei, please wait!" The guards knew this old man. He was General Wei Zhiyong, the director of the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau, and had mastered the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau for more than 20 years.
A few minutes later, General Wu Hao, the commander of the guard, came out of the palace and did not ask Wei Zhiyong what he would do in the future, but just introduced him to the palace.
He knew that General Wei Zhiyong would definitely have something important to come to see Wang Yuze at this time.
Wang Yuze, who had already fallen asleep, also put on his clothes again and came to the study. When he arrived, General Wei Zhiyong was already waiting for him. After seeing Wang Yuze, General Wei Zhiyong hurriedly saluted respectfully.
"Director Wei, what happened?" Wang Yuze waved his hand, stopped the false gifts, and asked directly.
"Your Majesty, the Military Intelligence Bureau just received news that one of our merchant ships was sunk by the British in the North Sea. Two of the more than 40 crew members on the ship were killed!" General Wei Zhiyong said.
Wang Yuze couldn't help but frown. Although China and Britain were already in a state of war, both sides were still relatively restrained. Whether in the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean, after the warships of both sides met, they would take the initiative to avoid it. Both countries did not want to fight at this time.
, This is beneficial to both sides. However, now the British dare to attack Chinese merchant ships. Even if these merchant ships transport strategic materials for Germany, have the British never thought about the consequences of doing so?
, Will the "peace" between China and Britain be broken down?
"The Chief of Guards, go and invite the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff and Minister of the Army and Navy to see me!" Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wu Hao bowed and left the study to send an order.
"What is the specific situation?" Wang Yuze asked. He always felt that this was a bit abnormal. Logically speaking, the British understood very well that if the peace between them ended, there would be no such thing as to them.
Benefits. Although China will cancel the transportation of strategic materials from sea to Germany, China will definitely take action against the British colonies. Now, almost all of the British naval strength has been transferred back to Europe, and only a few old ships have been retained in the Indian Ocean region.
Just a battleship, it is impossible to be an opponent of the Chinese navy. If China wants to attack India and Australia, the British will not be able to resist it. The reason why China allows Britain to transport the resources and manpower obtained from India and Australia to Europe,
I want Britain to fight against the Germans on the European continent. Not to mention anything else, as long as China blocks India and Australia, the British will be unable to bear it. Unless the British have their brains kicked by a donkey, they will
It will not attack Chinese merchant ships at all.
"Your Majesty, at 4 pm local time, 'The Fleet of the Merchant Ship, headed by the merchant ship of Huaxing, was sailing towards the Port of Hamburg, Germany, but a British destroyer suddenly appeared and asked our fleet to stop the ship and be inspected.'The Fleet of Huaxing, replied, they
Return immediately. But at this time, the British destroyer launched an attack, "Huaxing, the weak hull could not resist the attack of the rapid-fire cannon, and it sank into the seabed within fifteen minutes. The British destroyer was attacking
Shen Huaxing, he ran away afterwards!" General Wei Zhiyong introduced.
"Can you find out which destroyer from the British Navy did it?" Wang Yuze asked
"Your Majesty, this is more difficult. The British Royal Navy destroyers are hundreds of, and some old destroyers, this number will be even more. Moreover, the styles of the destroyers are not much different, and there are no accurate pictures,
It is difficult for us to determine the identity of the destroyer!" General Wei Zhiyong said. He understood what Wang Yuze meant, but without definite evidence, he could only think that the British Navy had sunk the Huaxing merchant ship.
Soon, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff and Minister of the Army and Navy all rushed to Wang Yuze's study. On the way they came, they already knew what had happened. Chinese merchant ships were attacked and casualties also occurred.
This made them very angry. However, everyone was also a little confused. Are the British really crazy?
"Everyone already knows what happened, right? Then what should we do now?" Wang Yuze asked. The imperial merchant ship was sunk by the enemy. Although both sides were in a state of war, it was reasonable, but China could not have expressed any
At least, the open balance between China and Britain has been broken.
"Your Majesty, things are a bit weird! Although it is human to do it, this is not good for the British! They are angry and suffer greater losses! They are deliberately giving us excuses!
"Chief of General Staff Cai Yun said.
"Your Majesty, I also think this is strange. With the current state of Britain, I will not deliberately offend us. The British navy's warships intercepted our merchant ships before, but they were just forcing our merchant ships to return and were not captured.
Then, let alone sunk on the spot." Navy Secretary Zhang Cheng also said.
"What everyone means is that someone deliberately frames the British?" Wang Yuze said.
"Your Majesty, this possibility is not ruled out. If we attack the British colonies because of the sunken merchant ships, it may be very beneficial to some countries. They are hoping that we will do so. First, we attack the British colonies,
Drawing a large number of troops is very unfavorable to our ongoing American battlefield. At the same time, the British armed a large number of troops in India and Australia. Even if these colonial troops have weak combat effectiveness, they will kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of them.
, we may also pay a certain price, which will consume our strength. In addition, once India and Australia are attacked by us, Britain's war potential will be greatly affected." Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said.
Wang Yuze nodded, but in fact he also suspected that this was from the Germans. After all, such a thing happened is undoubtedly the most beneficial to the Germans, and the dilemma faced by Germany will be solved.
"But we have no definite evidence. Now all the evidence shows that the British navy has sunk our merchant ships, and China and Britain are in a state of war, so we can only announce it to the people like this." Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi also said.
"It seems that we are sure to suffer this loss, so we can only put the shit basin on the British's head!" Wang Yuze said. Although, maybe he was really plotted by the Germans, there was nothing we could do. Now it's just that
At the critical moment of the war, China cannot fall apart with Germany. Otherwise, China will not benefit both sides. The Germans may have seen this and dared to do this. Even if China knows that it was done by the Germans, it will only
If you can accept it with your nose, you have to pretend that you don’t know anything and continue to provide Germany with various strategic materials. Otherwise, if Germany is defeated or even makes peace with the Allies, China will not get any benefits in the end.
"Your Majesty, from now on, it is indeed like this. The Germans are probably dissatisfied with the situation of our announcement of no war with Britain, so they did so. In this case, the empire would not be able to continue to maintain peace with Britain.
"Chief of General Staff Cai Yun said.
"If that's the case, the government will announce it to the people tomorrow! At the same time, the Admiralty ordered the Indian Ocean Fleet to retaliate against the British and attack the British merchant ships they encountered. All those who dare to resist shall sink! In addition, the orders of our merchant ships will also
Don't go to the Atlantic Ocean anymore!" Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Navy Minister Zhang Cheng nodded.
"Your Majesty, what about the army? Do we want to attack India and Australia? With the current capabilities of the army, we can attack the colonies of these two countries!" asked Army Minister Zhao Bowen.
"The army does not need to be dispatched for the time being. Although we want to give the British a little color, we cannot let the Germans get what they want! Let's do this, the army and the Marines make a plan to take down the Suez Canal. Ban merchant ships from the Allies
Passing the canal, even if the British want to transport resources and troops from India and Australia, they have to take a detour to the Cape of Good Hope. In this case, we have made a breath, but at the same time there is no cheaper Germany!" Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the General Staff will come up with a specific plan!" said Chief of Staff Cai Yun. He had already understood what Wang Yuze meant. Wang Yuze did not want Britain's war potential to be affected too much, and hoped to continue using Britain.
To consume Germany's strength, so we will not attack India and Australia. Once China solves the problem, Germany's strength will be almost consumed by Britain and France at that time. Even if China defeats India and Australia in one fell swoop, it will even be
It's time for the Allies to colonize Africa.
The next day, the Chinese government announced that in view of the shameless acts of the British attacking Chinese merchant ships, China would launch a tit-for-tat outbreak. This news also caused a sensation at home, with a large number of people holding a march and demanding that the Empire send troops to launch an attack on Britain.
Even if the British mainland is far away from the empire, it will still attack the British colonies and avenge the dead Chinese crew.
The Navy also issued an order to the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the warships of the Indian Ocean Fleet set out from various military ports and launched attacks on the merchant ships of Britain and France sailing in the Indian Ocean!