Chapter 1142: Cape of Good Hope
London, Imperial Embassy.
A knock on the door in the middle of the night woke Hu Chuan from his sleep, and he immediately came to the door of Kang Ming's room to wake him up, and at the same time woke up the guards to take their revolvers and cautiously come downstairs.
Since the last port incident, the Imperial Embassy has been attacked repeatedly, and the radical British often throw bricks or torches, which has sensitized their nerves, but the embassy can be broken into by mobs at any time.
Although he and Kang Ming could choose to follow Yue Yun back to the empire at that time, they didn't want to ruin their achievements in the past two years, and just yesterday, they finally reached an agreement with the Scottish parliamentarians.
As long as Scotland is independent, the Reich will announce its support as soon as possible, but the Scottish parliamentarians are also very cautious, and if the Reich cannot ensure a military presence in Europe, they will not take risks.
So they were ready to send the news back and let the empire prepare in advance.
When he came downstairs, the guard looked outside and found that there were no large crowds gathered outside, so he immediately asked the guard to open the door.
At this moment, an Imperial man dressed as a merchant swaggered in.
Hu Chuan was stunned, and he asked, "Are you?" ”
The merchant smiled and said, "I am the Imperial Secret Guard, and I have been ordered to inform you of your early evacuation from Britain. “
"Evacuate? Could it be that the emperor ......," Hu Chuan exclaimed.
The secret guard nodded, "Britain's rude behavior has challenged the bottom line of the empire, and the emperor has officially ordered war against Britain, and in two or three months, the news of the declaration of war will be transmitted back to Britain." ”
Hu Chuan and Kang Ming glanced at each other, and Kang Ming said: "Great, our mission here is basically completed, it's time to teach them a lesson, but why did you come in the middle of the night, but it scared us." “
"No way, my ship has just arrived, and I'll come to you when I get off the boat." After the armistice was signed, there was some trade between the Empire and the British, the Secret Guard said.
He disguised himself as a member of the trading company and traveled to England for many years, because their business involved industrial goods, and England welcomed them.
After a pause, the secret guard continued: "When I came here just now, I found that there were a lot of eyeliners around the embassy, and the evacuation now will definitely alarm the British, so when our ship is settled tomorrow, you will board the ship under the pretext that you used to visit the imperial merchant ships, and we will take the opportunity to escape, anyway, they will not be able to catch up with us." “
Hu Chuan was a little worried, "Since the emperor has declared war on the British, don't the British in the empire know?" If they find out, we'll probably not be able to leave. “
"Then you don't have to worry, this time the emperor can prohibit the British from going to England on the ships of the Empire, which means that the British in the Empire will return to the UK two or three months later than us."
Hu Chuan and the others were relieved, and they said: "Okay, we will evacuate tomorrow, and the next time we come back, the British will definitely lose face." “
Everyone immediately laughed tacitly.
The next day, Hu Chuan ordered all important documents to be burned, and then led the envoys to the port.
Because the embassy used to patrol the merchant ships of the Empire, the British did not show any unusual reaction.
But when the empire's merchant ships began to sail out to sea, the British, who were following Hu Chuan, reacted, and they immediately reported the news to Tulip Palace.
"What! Hu Chuan ran away! Vidomia couldn't believe it.
She frowned and immediately ordered a search of the embassy, and the news soon came, all the documents in the embassy were burned, leaving only some clothes and other miscellaneous items.
Hearing this, Vidomia's heart beat violently a few times, and then she suddenly realized that she was overconfident.
She thought that Britain and the Empire were tens of thousands of miles apart, and that the seizure and release of the ships was just a diplomatic matter, and that it was a big deal to apologize in person, and that the Empire would not start a war because of this.
But now Hu Chuan and others have suddenly withdrawn, which is obviously a precursor.
"All forty-two warships should have been turned into British property." Vidomia muttered.
At this time, Murphy and Brooke had rushed to get the news, and after confirming the news, their faces were extremely ugly.
"Your Majesty, with all due respect, now we must prepare for war, and ask Your Majesty to issue a national mobilization order to enter a state of war." Brooke said.
Murphy said: "We must immediately communicate with other European countries to enlist their support, if the Chinese Empire attacks Britain, their safety will certainly not be guaranteed, and only if the whole of Europe unites will we be able to survive this crisis." “
Rubbing his brow bitterly, Vidomia said, "France is now too busy to take care of itself, and we must ask Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Tsarist Russia, and Austria for support, as long as they are on our side, we can go on this war." ”
Speaking of this, Vidomia said to Brooke: "Send messengers to the countries of Europe now, and war is not far off. ”
Brooke saluted and sprang into action, and Murphy prepared to go to the House to announce the news.
And just as Vidomia had predicted, more than two months later, the embarrassed British mission returned to Britain from the Chinese Empire, bringing back the Empire's war letters and news of the Empire's attack on the British colonies in Africa.
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In Cape Town, Liu Chen is staring at the area that has been called the Cape of Good Hope by Europeans.
It was the southernmost British colonial government in Africa, originally a Dutch colony, but after the Anglo-Dutch War, it was taken over by the British.
The empire has always been uninterested in Africa, and the main reason is the attitude of Emperor Xiao Ming.
At the court, Xiao Ming rejected the advice to bring in slaves from Africa, and at the same time analyzed the harm it would cause to the empire in the future.
Based on the decree prohibiting the import of slaves from Africa, it is natural that interest groups within the empire have little interest in Africa, after all, slaves are what the empire lacks most today.
"General, the artillery is ready and ready to fire!" The captain of the King-class ironclad reminded in time.
Liu Chen put down the binoculars with a resolute expression, he cherished this opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
Since the beginning of the Empire, he has fought along the east coast of Africa, where ports are now occupied by marines.
The follow-up Imperial engineering team will quickly rebuild these ports, and then garrison and supply them one by one, making these ports a supply base for the Empire.
However, relatively speaking, the European power on the east coast of Africa is relatively weak, and in his opinion, it is the west coast of Africa that really needs to be dealt with.
Because there was the Spanish occupation of the coast of Northwest Africa, the Portuguese occupation of both sides of the southern African continent and the island of Madagascar, and the British and French occupation of the Gold Coast of the Gulf of Guinea, and the North African coast, Egypt.
However, at present, the target of his attack is Britain, and other European countries are not included for the time being.
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