New Jiapo.

Yue Yun and Lei Ming were drinking tea and basking in the sun on the ironclad ship Sovereign.

According to the original plan, they were going to attack Jakarta, but after discovering that Jakarta had built a deep trench, they did not act immediately, but instead reported Jakarta's information to the Imperial Study.

They were ordered to temporarily suspend operations against Jakarta and were asked to send a group of soldiers to Qingzhou to be trained in the use of new weapons, allegedly called mortars, designed to attack enemy soldiers hiding in trenches.

At the same time, Yue Yun received an order to have his fleet dock at Xinjiapo to join Thunder and take military action against Jakarta as soon as the new weapons arrived.

"Hey, I don't know when the order to attack will come down, and it's not a matter of drinking tea and basking in the sun all day." Yue Yun sighed, since the establishment of this ironclad fleet, the fleet had not fought a real naval battle, which made him inevitably feel that he could not unsheath the sword in his hand.

Compared with Yue Yun's eagerness to fight, Lei Ming enjoyed this rare scenery very comfortably, he said: "How do you navy know the hard work of fighting on land, this Nanyang has been fought all the way, and my soldiers have not lost a lot in the hands of the enemy, but there are many soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness because of the poisonous insect miasma, so for our army, the soldiers are enjoying this rare vacation." “

At this time, Yue Yun glanced at the army soldiers who were swimming in the sea water and barbecuing on the beach, compared to the first time he saw them, these soldiers were indeed rejuvenated.

"That's right, but our navy is not easy, and it's enough to choke in this tin can all year round." Yue Yun said with a smile.

Lei Ming glanced at the giant cannons on the ironclad ship of the Sovereign with some envy, the caliber of these cannons was very large, much more than the field guns they carried, and the power of these huge cannons could be seen from the caliber alone.

"You don't want to be cheap and sell well, the previous sail warships were much worse than this, and when I first saw your fleet, I wanted to be a navy." Lei Ming said helplessly.

The two were teasing each other, when a soldier boarded the ironclad ship and handed over two telegrams, one to Yue Yun and the other to Lei Ming.

After reading the telegram, Yue Yun said: "Now the empire is not at peace, it is said that some people want to restrict the emperor's rights. ”

Lei Ming read the telegram and nodded, "These things that eat inside and outside are simple and daring, if you follow my temper, you can directly destroy their nine clans, so as not to cause so much trouble." “

The telegram in his hand was sent from the headquarters of the Southeast Military Region, and although he was out on the battlefield, the news from within the empire would be sent to them through the telegram situation.

And the more they can get some circulating news from the telegrams of relatives and friends.

"You can't say that, do you think the emperor won't kill? Now the emperor is still so enduring, maybe he is planning something, our emperor came out of the sea of blood in the sword mountain, and these people can't help themselves if they want to fight with the emperor. Yue Yun said.

Lei Ming nodded, "No matter what, this time I will have someone give instructions to the military region headquarters, so that they can resolutely support the emperor, if the emperor is dispatched, there must be no delay, you also send an order to Dengzhou, we are now fighting outside, we must show an attitude." ”

"Well, it's still thoughtful, at least that way can calm some young people." Yue Yun said.

After a pause, he continued: "But you and I don't have to worry, the emperor seems to be confident about this matter, otherwise he would not have mentioned these things in this order, and only let them continue to take military action to seize Jakarta." “

Lei Ming also received an order from Xiao Ming, and he said: "The first batch of mortars will be in place in half a month, and then it will be the end of Argda." “

With that, he stood up and said to the herald beside him, "Order the soldiers to assemble, and in ten days they will be sent to Yagda." ”

In response, the herald immediately disembarked from the battleship.

Yue Yun said at this time: "I should also be ready, according to our intelligence, this time the Western Combined Fleet has a tendency to encircle us from Jagorda and Malacca, and at least thirty reinforcement warships have arrived in Argada, which brings the number of warships in Jagorda to more than fifty, and more warships are docked in Calcutta, ready to break through Malacca." “

Thunder looked solemn, for him this was the biggest battle they had ever fought with the West, and the outcome of this battle would be who would ultimately win the dominance of Asia.

……

London.

Vidomia was also worried about the war in Asia, and this time the British and French missions returned home in humiliation after failing to achieve anything.

It was on this premise that they finally decided to fight a vicious war with the Chinese Empire in India to force the Chinese Empire back to the negotiating table, rather than resorting to brutal methods to seize all their interests in Asia.

After all, India is very important to the British, and they would rather give up all of South America than lose India, because this region with a population of 100 million is a huge market and a source of raw materials.

In the event of the loss of India, British industry and commerce would suffer serious losses.

"Now we are worried about India, perhaps we also have to worry about whether the Chinese Empire will continue to expand westward, after all, according to the latest intelligence, they now have more terrible weapons, a rear-loaded, rifle with metal bullets, a rear-loading artillery and weapons that can be fired continuously, known as machine guns, and in terms of the navy, they have dozens of powerful ironclad ships, I am afraid that we have little chance of winning this war."

At Tulip Palace, Murphy reports the war to Vidomia with some pessimism.

"Is this information reliable?" Vidomia frowned.

"This information comes from Cao Kun's people, and our soldiers who have fled from Australia have proved it, and in this case, we must completely rehabilitate our defense system, otherwise we will lose not only India, but probably more." Murphy said: "I propose to increase investment in military spending, and gather elite technical personnel to study in the direction of the development of weapons in the Chinese Empire, now that the domestic steam engine technology is very mature, maybe we should use these machines to do something?" ”

Vidomia's brow furrowed deeply, and she said, "From now on, reduce all the expenses of the royal palace, invest the money saved in the research and development of weapons, and send emissaries to the countries of Europe to enlist their support. ”

After a pause, she said: "Also, if you send an envoy to the Ottoman Empire again, you must not let the Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire unite, and for this reason, you can use all means to destroy the relationship between them." “