The British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, has been having a hard time recently, he knows the war situation in Europe, but he is in China, and he is beyond the reach of the whip, but the situation in China has undergone earth-shaking changes, and he is still unable to interfere. Some time ago, at the plenary meeting of the Northwest, Zhu Erdian had already felt that the strong cohesion of the Northwest and such a strong government were not a good thing for the great powers that had many interests in China under the condition of unifying China.

Although the Northwest did not directly show the attitude of being hostile to Britain and France, but the malice towards Britain and France and other countries was beyond words, Zhu Erdian and the British Foreign Office were very clear that the Northwest was too deep, so deep that when it was expressed, even Britain had no choice, if the Northwest appeared in the sight of Britain a few years earlier, they would definitely not let the Northwest become bigger, compared to Germany, the Northwest is a better target, and it is easier to concentrate the entire white world.

The strength of the white world, Zhu Erdian knows very well, even now, if the Entente and the Central Powers can stop, no matter how powerful the northwest is, Britain has this self-confidence, even if it is thousands of miles away, the power of the white world is concentrated, enough to knock the northwest to the ground. It's a pity that at that time, the Northwest hid its own strength, even if it was a war with Russia, it did not show the full strength of the Northwest, Britain as early as 1900, had already selected Germany as an opponent, when the huge chariot moved, even the war had already broken out, between the two sides, but hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people on the Internet, this is not the power of one or two people can stop.

There are no ifs in the world situation. Under a series of mistakes, the whole situation has come to this day, is he wrong? Zhu Erdian felt a moment of confusion, China was about to be reunified, even in the northwest, there was no eyeliner. The Northwest is in full swing, and it is only a matter of time before the other enemies are resolved, and how the unified Northwest will face the great powers, especially the United Kingdom, which has great interests in China.

It can be seen from the previous situation that the Northwest is not interested in the Entente, and the privileges of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia in China cannot be seen at all in the Northwest, and this cannot directly represent the attitude of the Northwest. The fact that the great powers are in the northwest and are just ordinary traders also makes the powers a little uncomfortable, and the northwest is about to unify the whole of China, what kind of concept will it be?

If other countries do not have many spheres of influence in China, they can ignore it, and this can easily return Qingdao to China from Germany. It can be seen that Qingdao is for Germany. It's just that after the 20th century, it only occupied a place, and it has been in business for some time, but compared with the United Kingdom, it is simply too far behind, in the current situation. How does the UK choose?

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Shanghai, the concessions of the open ports, and even Hong Kong, these monuments that Zhu Erdian dragged up single-handedly. Is it just for nothing to China, no, can't, Zhu Erdian's chest throbbed violently, and he kept panting.

Thinking of Hong Kong, Zhu Erdian shuddered, since 1840, Britain has been running Hong Kong, in a few decades, Hong Kong has become a relatively modern city, is the core of Britain in the whole East Asia, but also the anchorage of the East Asian Fleet, in terms of status, second only to the Asian Fleet in Singapore, with the northwest attitude towards national sovereignty, will he attack Hong Kong?

Thinking that the Oriental Pearl might be lost in his hands, Zhu Erdian's heart rose with a strong sense of grievance, and soon Zhu Erdian dispelled this thought, what kind of place is Hong Kong, not only the British regular army, but also the fleet, especially the East Asian fleet.

Zhu Erdian admits that the army in the northwest is very strong, whether it is the Japanese, or Russia, or the Beiyang and the revolutionary party, under the strong army in the northwest, there is almost no ability to resist, if you really want to compare his strength, there is a very similar one in Europe at present, that is, Germany, but no matter what Germany says, it has a strong fleet, what is there in the northwest, is it windsurfing, thinking of this, Zhu Erdian smiled disdainfully, when China was the most powerful, it was the Beiyang Naval Division era a few decades ago, After the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, China's most powerful warship was nothing more than Sanhai, what was that, the protective cruiser, in 1900, was not the most powerful in the world, let alone now, more than ten years later.

What the British Empire is most proud of, isn't it the fleet that spans the seven seas, although the main fleet is still at home, in order to meet the challenge of the Germans, but the fleet that stays in Asia is also a huge force, enough to make the northwest dare not act rashly, but there are several giant ships of more than 10,000 tons, these are enough to make the northwest army unable to go to the sea, unable to cross the sea, what can the powerful army do, run to the sea to feed the fish?

Zhu Erdian's worried state of mind gradually calmed down, instead of worrying about Hong Kong, it is better to worry about Shanghai, Britain's interests in the south are centered on Shanghai, even if the northwest with the help of the Jiangnan shipyard, after penetrating the tentacles into Shanghai, Britain also has a huge concession and interest system, perhaps, it should meet with the commander of the East Asian fleet, Shanghai is also a port city, the fleet can threaten, in the face of the huge army in the northwest, as long as Britain does not land, there is no problem.

Zhu Erdian didn't know, his idea was a little too optimistic, there was a fleet in the northwest, not to mention the powerful German new fleet that was currently in Southeast Asia and lasted for almost a few months of sea trials, let's just say that in the Qingdao shipyard, the battleships that can be launched in a month or two at most are enough for them to eat a pot, which is almost the same specifications as the German fleet, and even in the long sea trials, some problematic places directly proposed improvements, which are equivalent to two fleets that are tried at one time, even in the German fleet, There is also a navy in the northwest, as long as these warships can be launched, and after they are equipped with weapons, the northwest will replenish its personnel, and at least 60% of the strength of the warships will be able to give full play.

Super dreadnought is super dreadnought, whether it is fantasy class, or Orion change, these two warships, almost concentrate the world's most cutting-edge technology, plus alien-level materials such as all-in-one machines, in terms of combat effectiveness, not as good as the battleships of World War II, but there is not much difference, and the battleships of this era, almost 20 years of generation, even if it can only play about 6 percent of the strength, it may not be as good as the main home fleet of the United Kingdom, but against this old-fashioned fleet in Asia, it is still possible, At least the 10,000-ton ironclad ships currently owned by the East Asian Fleet are unlikely to threaten the Fantasy class and Orion Reform.

Of course, this is only the last resort, the northwest can not risk letting the battleships that have not yet been fully completed, completely exposed to Britain and France and other powers, if Germany later comes up with the same warship, the Entente will directly know the close relationship between the northwest and Germany, although this is destined to know, can cover up for a day, this will cause the Entente to miscalculate, after China joined the camp of the Allies, it will have an unimaginable effect.

Now, the Allies and the Entente are in a state of war, at this time, it is natural for the German fleet to attack any British port, as long as you find a good reason to let the Germans go out, it should not be difficult, at this time the British will still be suspicious, but in the preconceived situation, they could not have thought that the fleet led by Scheer is in Southeast Asia, most of the projects have been completed, only the last small projects, itself at the end of March, all the projects will be completed, But the Northwest gave them a new sighting system.

In the era of dreadnoughts, the emergence of dreadnoughts made the former dreadnoughts collectively outdated, because of the layout of dreadnoughts all-heavy guns, but more importantly, the command system was improved, a more advanced command and gun aiming system was adopted, and a slower salvo was used instead of their respective shots, which ensured the hit rate of the surface.

No matter how powerful the dreadnought is, it is just that the optics and manpower have reached the limit of the position, but no matter how he is, he can't compare with the computer, during World War II, the computer that runs the number every second is only 5000 times, which can be used as a national-level computing work, and participates in the work of the intelligence department to decipher the code, the northwest has come up with a more powerful computer, and the most important thing is that according to this computer, a series of software has been developed, and a complete set of systems have been developed according to this.

Manpower must have an end, battleships are high-tech arms, in the era of battleships, the reason why Britain is strong, is because of the tradition of his battleships, a set of scientific, effective methods of artillery warfare, experienced gunners, can make the most correct judgment from the landing point and feeling of the artillery, but no matter how it feels, it can only be the closest, only the most accurate calculation, can reduce the impact of manpower as much as possible, beyond the limit that manpower can reach, the speed of operation per second is 10,000, Even more computers, in this era, can be almost a BUG-like existence, in more observation angles, more data, and finally combined into a whole, for people, it is difficult to calculate in a short period of time, but for calculators, it can, such data, still not an accurate number, can not be like a missile, the accuracy can be reduced to meters, or even centimeters, but this is not a missile, this is a shell, as long as the accuracy can reach 100 meters, or even kilometers, For a battleship with a length of several hundred meters and a width of several tens of meters, it was fatal. (To be continued.) )