Chapter 341 The bitter masters of the British Empire are crying
Taihu Lake, Alcatraz Island Military Base, Zone 51 of the Chinese Empire.n∈n∈,
Inside the high-wall power grid, there are more than a dozen huge all-steel board houses, with thousands of printing machines running day and night, spitting out tons of paper money, with the latest version of Queen Victoria's avatar printed on it. Even the watermarks and seals are exactly the same as the British pound banknotes circulating on the British market.
A group of staff randomly bundled the banknotes and threw them onto the truck. It was a special car from SHIELD, responsible for selling these banknotes.
"Old Xu, you are rich. You have spent tens of millions of pounds every day. It's enough to squeeze a little out of your nails to spend your whole life!"
Next to the truck, Lao Zhang, the head of the money printing factory, talked to Lao Xu, the head of SHIELD. They were old friends and worked together for many years.
Old Xu smiled bitterly and said, "If there were any dividends in the past, the dividends were less and less recently."
Lao Zhang frowned and said, "What's wrong, your superiors have deducted your red envelope?"
"That's not!" Old Xu saw that Lao Zhang was not an outsider and belonged to the Secret Service, so he said without hiding it: "You don't know that in the past, we had to take back at least 95 pounds for one hundred pounds, but this time it was more ruthless. The price of one hundred pounds was only five pounds, which was not enough for us to smuggle and handle British customs and police expenses. If the bureau did not receive sales dividends, we naturally would not have our red envelopes."
"What? You only sell five pounds for one hundred pounds?" Old Zhang shouted immediately and said dissatisfied: "Damn, do you know that it will cost at least six pounds for us to make one hundred pounds, but you only sell five pounds? Not to mention that it is not enough for you to travel, I can't make money back here alone!"
Lao Xu said: "You are so quiet, like a guy, why are you so ignorant? What do you know? This is the wise decision of His Majesty the Emperor! Do you dare to question His Majesty the Emperor?"
"Uh..." Lao Zhang was stunned when he heard this. Naturally, he did not dare to question His Majesty's wise decision, but he just didn't understand it very much: "What do you mean? Don't bully me, Lao Zhang, only has primary school education, okay?"
When Lao Xu heard this, he was immediately happy and explained: "Forget it, I will teach you a lesson today. His Majesty, our wise and powerful emperor, said that it is the time of the Sino-British War, and destroying the British economy is the key. In the past, we used to cash out and disrupt the British economy, but now we are dragging down the British economy. The prices of Britain soared, and carried a sack of pounds to buy matches, which made the British people not believe in British banks, forced British banks to go bankrupt, and the British finance collapsed. In this way, the British government would not be able to collect taxes. Even if they charged a million pounds of taxes, the prices soared, and they could only buy things worth 100,000 pounds or even 10,000 pounds. The British team could not pay out military expenditure and had no money to purchase weapons and equipment. It would not take long to lose the energy to fight us."
"So that's how it is! It's true that Your Majesty is still wise and powerful!" Old Zhang kept nodding and complimenting.
In the Forbidden City, in the Imperial Study Room, Li Weiguo walked back and forth, looking anxious.
A few days ago, Chen Shaoyi seized the mud and plundered it in large quantities, which made Li Weiguo very happy.
However, as the main British naval fleet led by Matt returned to the aid, Chen Shaoyi went to the Solomon Islands waters to ambush the British navy according to the planned combat plan. There was no news for several days, which made Li Weiguo and even the top leaders of the entire empire worried.
Chen Shaoyi commanded all the elites of the main Chinese Empire Navy, with 36 main battleships and less than 100 auxiliary battleships. The British Navy had 162 main battleships alone. The number of auxiliary battleships was as high as 200, and the combat effectiveness of the huge number advantage in a specific environment cannot be ignored, which made the result of this naval battle variable, and both sides were 55 to 5 points.
"We have to develop a radio telegraph as soon as possible. Otherwise, the fleet will lose contact as soon as it goes out of the sea. This is so heartbreaking! I haven't had a good rest for several nights!"
Li Weiguo said to himself, thinking of the huge role of the wireless telegraph machine, and decided to let scientific researchers develop this epoch-making thing as soon as possible.
At this time, the guard reported that Fu Xuexian, the Minister of Revenue, asked for a visit.
"What is he here to do?"
What Li Weiguo wanted to know most at the moment was the news from the Ministry of War. But he still asked Fu Xuexian to meet him.
Soon, Li Weiguo learned about Fu Xuexian’s purpose of coming, which was about Weichao.
"Your Majesty, I just received the news that Britain has stopped the direct exchange of banknotes and gold. The Empire was losing money to make great notes, but now it has achieved its goal. Should it stop printing the pound?"
Faced with the attack on the great banknotes of the Chinese Empire, Britain had adopted the third version of the British pound to prevent counterfeiting, but it was still cracked by Li Weiguo. The fifth Sino-British film war broke out, and Li Weiguo once again ordered the attack on the United Kingdom with great banknotes.
This time the attack was very fierce because Li Weiguo no longer aimed at making money, but aimed at destroying the British economy and financial system. A large number of fake pounds entered the UK through smuggling channels, recharged the streets and alleys of the UK, causing huge damage to the British economy.
Three months since the war between China and Britain started, the pound has depreciated by a full ten times. In the past week, the price has almost been one per day. The pound has depreciated sharply, causing a large number of British people to flock to banks and exchange the pound into gold and silver coins. As a result, the supply of gold and silver by major British banks was soon unable to reach. Without gold and silver, British people began to convert the pound into other foreign currencies to maintain their value, and soon the foreign exchange in the banks was also exchanged.
If you just exchange pounds and foreign exchange alone, major British banks can withstand it. The key is that the simulation of the money made by Li Weiguo is almost 100%, reaching the point where it is fake. A large amount of money flows into the bank, and even the bank staff cannot distinguish the authenticity. Unless you find a pound with the same number, you can prove that one of the money is fake. But the problem is that they have found dozens or even hundreds of pounds with the same number.
Damn this, I was cheated to death!
Major British banks quickly stopped exchange and closed their doors one after another. Some bank employees were full of sympathy and could not bear to look at the British people who came to exchange currency and wiped their tears. They obviously found counterfeit currency and continued to exchange it. As a result, a few days later, the bank checked the vault and found that most of the currency was fake, and went bankrupt the next day.
The bank's successive bankruptcy and closures made the British people even more panicked. In addition, prices soared, potatoes were still one pound per pound in the morning, but in the afternoon they turned into two pounds and three pounds per pound.
Damn it, I can't even afford potatoes, what's the point of being alive in the British!
The riots broke out quickly, a closed bank was smashed and a supermarket was stolen. It spread quickly, causing turmoil across the UK.
Even the strategic and military supplies purchased by the British Empire government were raising prices wildly. The Bank of England would definitely over-issued currency during the war, but suddenly it was discovered that it was not as fast as the market price increase. It was obviously caused by Wei Chao.
Facing huge political pressure and public opinion pressure, the Benjamin government had to end the exchange of pound banknotes and gold. overnight, the pound stocks that were no longer directly exchanged with gold collapsed, and the pound depreciated significantly. The people could only give up the pound and trade in other countries' currency, and even bartered directly, and returned to the pre-liberation overnight!
Benjamin was very depressed. Why was the Chinese Empire able to create a new British pound so quickly? This technology scared the British minters. Benjamin knew very well that the source of the Weikuan was the Chinese Empire, but unfortunately he couldn't stop it. Because the Weikuan profit was too high. At the beginning, the Chinese Empire only gave 105% off, and countless British gangs participated. Now the Chinese Empire directly paid 100% off. One hundred pounds sold for 50% off, and the profits were all given to the British gangs participating in the sale of Weikuan.
The British police also cracked down on Weikuai again, but soon Benjamin investigated and found that more and more British consortiums were secretly involved in Weikuai transactions, and some illegal bank merchants even directly traded Weikuai to the British people through the bank window. Anyway, Weikuai is made like real money. As long as the bank does not say that the Weikuai code is fake, the British people will not find any problem at all.
The people who suffered and suffered were ultimately the British people. The Chinese Empire took advantage of the wealthy mentality of these black-hearted consortiums in Britain and successfully imported the great money on a large scale. This caused the British currency to collapse, prices soared, and a large amount of wealth was mastered by these black-hearted consortiums. They were the direct beneficiaries. The Chinese Empire ultimately benefited because they successfully destroyed the British monetary system and economic system.
The British pound collapsed, and the British people became victims, and their anger was aimed at the government. Those black-hearted consortiums were catching huge wealth without being affected. The Chinese Empire, the enemy of the British Empire, was laughing wildly to celebrate the victory of this secret battle. Because prices soared, the British side's purchase price became higher and higher. It turned out that one pound could buy a box of bullets, but now it could only buy one bullet. The British army on the battlefield would consume at least tens of millions of bullets in a large-scale battle, and the British side could not afford it.
An inconspicuous war on the great fortune has damaged the British Empire.
Back at the Forbidden City, Li Weiguo said to Fu Xuexian: "If you want to carry out the currency war to the end, and this time you completely defeat the pound, the future will be the era of the world's currency dominance of the RMB."
Fu Xuexian said: "But your Majesty, we are paying money to make great money!"
Li Weiguo laughed and said, "It is better to chase the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlords. Taizu's words are classics, and we cannot give the enemy a chance to breathe."
Fu Xuexian was stunned. Is there a great grandfather in this dynasty? Could it be that His Majesty's father said this? He thought it was Li Weiguo's father who said it, and he nodded immediately, thinking it made sense. As expected, his son is a heroic father!
At this time, Wu Yong, the Minister of War, finally came, and Li Weiguo immediately called him in and asked about the situation.
"Have you won?"
Wu Yong shook his head, and Li Weiguo suddenly became nervous.
"Is it a draw?"
"I won't lose!"
Damn, this is a life-threatening one!
"Your Majesty, you haven't started fighting, Chen Shaoyi has arrived in Guam!"
Damn, can't you finish it with ease?
Li Weiguo glared at Wu Yong, and frightened me.
"What's the situation?"
Wu Yong shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet. The intelligence officers in Australia said they didn't fight, and the British main fleet returned to the mud. I inferred that Chen Shaoyi found that the enemy fleet was too strong and had no chance to start, so he gave up the ambush operation in the Solomon Islands. He should temporarily change to the tactic of the east-west attack to reinforce Guam."
Wu Yong also inferred that after all, the telegraph line in Guam had been cut off and he could not know the situation at sea.
Li Weiguo frowned and said, "So the main force of the British Navy is very strong, and Chen Shaoyi was not sure of winning with one blow, so he gave up the ambush operation. Anyway, the British main fleet returned to the mud, and our fleet went directly to reinforce Guam. This tactic is very good, and Chen Shaoyi's adaptability is not bad."
Li Weiguo said this, but he was worried that Chen Shaoyi would not dare to take action easily when he was ambushed, which shows that the British fleet is too powerful.
Wu Yong nodded and said, "At least Chen Shaoyi's fleet arrives in Guam, Guam will be cleared soon. We will have a small victory in strategy."
Li Weiguo thought for a while and said, "We don't know what's going on over there, let Chen Shaoyi play freely! All we can do now is to prepare for the next step."
As soon as China and Britain started the war, Li Weiguo realized that he could not blindly pursue the quality of warships and the quantity of warships should reach a certain level. Otherwise, it would be a loss to fight against the British Navy. Therefore, he ordered major shipyards to work overtime to build warships. Those who were not completed were completed were speeding up their completion, and those who were not started immediately. Li Weiguo made the worst plan and was preparing to compete with the British Empire for industrial strength and industrial scale.
The Chinese Empire has the highest steel production in the world, and its shipbuilding ability is also the highest in the world.
Two-thirds of Guam were occupied by the British army, and only Guam fortress remained, which had not been completely captured.
The British army attacked the Guam Fortress for three months and paid a huge casualty price of more than 60,000 people, but only took down the outer defensive positions of the Guam Fortress.
Since the Chinese Emperor built the Guam fortress on the Pidi Mountain in the southwest, the fortifications poured with reinforced concrete were very strong and artillery was difficult to effectively destroy. In addition, the Guam defenders were well equipped and had heavy machine guns to suppress the formation. In this era, the British army did not have heavy mountain combat weapons such as mortars, so it was difficult to crack the Guam defenders' heavy machine gun bunkers and tunnel defense positions.
In the Port of Apula, two British troops stood proudly on the sentry tower of the former Chinese Empire defenders.
"It's almost four days. The Chinese Empire's Navy should have been wiped out!" asked a British army.
"That's a must!" Another British army replied proudly: "This time our Royal Navy of the British Empire was dispatched in full swing, with more than 300 warships, and the ships also killed the Chinese Empire Navy!"
"Yes, we have lost three wars in a row, so it's time for us to win back once!"
At this moment, rows of black smoke columns appeared in the east of the horizon.
"Look, our British Empire Navy has returned triumphantly!"
"I didn't expect that the Chinese Empire's Navy would be wiped out so soon!"
"That's it! How I wish I could be a Royal Navy soldier of the British Empire!"
The next moment, a rumbling sound came from the sky, as if thunder was thundering.
"Has it been thundered?"
The British soldiers looked up at the sky. The sky was blue and blue, not thunder at all. So what was rumbling in the sky?
The two British soldiers looked at each other and soon they woke up.
"It's not thunder, it must be a shell!"
"Damn!"
The next moment, the shells in the sky fell down. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!