The Chinese Empire Navy secretly attacked and encircled and annihilated the British army's fleet, making it perfect before and after, without leaving any handle.

No matter how the British side investigated, they could not find any clues. All the British troops involved were missing and even the bodies could not be found.

The British side was angry. All signs showed that it was the mastermind of the Chinese side. Unfortunately, there was no evidence to accuse the Chinese Empire of the Chinese side.

After all, in this era, except for the Chinese Empire, ships from other countries could no longer contact the land once they entered the sea, so the British side could not get any news about the Karan fleet.

However, the country that benefited this matter was the Chinese Empire. The more than 20,000 British troops on the Karan fleet were the only military force of the British Empire in the Solomon Islands and the New Zealand Islands. In a short period of time, the British Empire was unable to mobilize troops from other colonies to quickly fill the military vacuum in the region. Even if the British army set out from India immediately, it would take more than half a month to arrive.

And in this half month, it was enough for the Chinese Emperor to occupy the Solomon Islands and the New Zealand Islands.

The British people were so angry that they threw up the table and threw the cup. They knew that it was the Chinese Empire who did it, but there was no evidence.

However, in the joint cabinet, Thor and William agreed to launch a public opinion offensive, accusing the Chinese Emperor of attacking the British army fleet.

In the past year, the British Empire has been criticized for public opinion, especially the Viking Pirates incident, which made the British Empire shoot itself in the foot and was completely suppressed by the Chinese Empire in terms of public opinion. Although there is no direct evidence that the Chinese Empire did it, in public opinion, military strategists and journalists who like to make up for the brain like conspiracy theories the most, which definitely put the Chinese Empire in the shoot.

The news was quickly exposed, and the whole world was in an uproar. As expected, the international public opinion trend was directed at the Chinese Empire as Thor and William predicted.

Especially in the British Empire, conservatives and radicals led public opinion and even condemned the Chinese Empire. Countless British people donated money and materials to support the construction of the British Empire, and clamored to declare war on the Chinese Empire.

Although the Chinese Empire is not unfair at all, the Chinese Empire will never admit it in public opinion. On the contrary, it must fight back with all its might and must never lose the public opinion war.

You should know that modern warfare is no longer just a competition of force. As the living standards of people around the world improve, the IQ of people around the world is also increasing, so public opinion war has also become the key to winning or losing.

Faced with the general questioning and condemnation of international public opinion, the Chinese Empire's Lifanyuan urgently came forward, and the Press Office held a press conference in a timely manner to clarify the truth.

Quoting famous quotes from politicians, you will never admit it even if you beat them to death! Shamelessness and cheating to the end is the highest level of politics.

"Although the main force of the Viking Pirates has been eliminated by the Chinese Empire's Navy, there are still a large number of remaining pirate forces. They have advanced warships and submarines provided by the British Navy. They were originally supported by the British Empire, but the British Empire was forced to give up the Viking Pirates due to public criticism from the international community. The pirates felt that being betrayed by the British Empire would inevitably retaliate. So this time, the disappearance of the British army fleet, we have intelligence that it was done by the remaining pirates of the Viking Pirates!"

The reporters from all over the world who attended the meeting were stunned. Facing the seamless answers from the spokesperson of the Chinese Empire that day, they could not find any evidence to prove that it was done by the Chinese Empire.

Originally, they came to the scene with their most sharp words to criticize and question the Chinese Empire's government, but the reporters all became depressed, as if they used their ultimate moves to kill, but they ended up hitting the air.

At the same time, more information was exposed in the words of the spokesperson of the Chinese Empire.

The Viking Pirates still have a lot of residual power!

The Viking Pirates were once funded by the British Empire government, but now they retaliate against the British Empire!

What do these two messages mean?

The extremely sensitive reporters suddenly became interested, and their attention to the disappearance of the British Empire's fleet was rapidly reduced, and they focused on the Viking Pirates again. After all, the missing British troops were only the British Empire's side, and the threat of the Viking Pirates was related to the lives and property of the people all over the world. For journalists from all over the world, they were more concerned about people's livelihood because they were ordinary people.

Deutsche News Agency: "How many residual forces do the Viking Pirates have? Can they still threaten global maritime trade?"

The Chinese Empire News Department: "According to the intelligence mastered by the Chinese Empire, the British Empire had previously funded more than 200 warships and submarines of the Viking Pirates. More than 130 ships were wiped out by our Chinese Empire Navy, with at least 600 ships left, which could definitely threaten global routes."

The British reporters who attended the meeting rolled their eyes immediately. Every word of the British Empire was to blacken the British Empire!

Especially one of the British journalists was a military officer stationed in China by the British Empire Navy. He knew more or less inside information and was so angry that he stood up and questioned loudly.

"As far as I know, most of the British warships in the hands of the Viking Pirates are surrounded and annihilated by your navy. The remaining few warships cannot threaten global trade routes. Is there any evidence for your country's statement just now?"

A spokesperson for the Chinese Empire asked back: "I don't know what you are? Is your source of evidence reliable?"

The British military attaché pretended to be a reporter, and immediately replied: "My other identity is the British Empire military attaché to China. My evidence comes from the British Empire's Admiralty Department, so it is naturally reliable!"

Journalists from all over the world immediately turned to the British Empire military officer in China, and they realized a huge news.

Sure enough, the spokesperson of the Chinese Empire was immediately happy and said, "It seems that the people of the world are not wrong. The Viking Pirates was indeed secretly supported by the British Empire. Thank you for this military officer from the British Admiralty. Your testimony will let people all over the world know about the dirty behavior of the British Empire."

Everyone was suddenly in an uproar and turned to the British military officer stationed in China, constantly taking photos.

Ah puff!

The British military officer in China realized that he had said the wrong thing and vomited three liters of blood and fainted on the spot.

Originally, the British Empire secretly promoted public opinion and attacked the Chinese Empire. As a result, the answer from this British military officer in China immediately caused public opinion around the world to be in full swing, and he once again pointed the finger at the British Empire and accused the British Empire of shamelessness.

All the British suddenly shut up, realizing that the Vikings could have been deliberately created by the British Empire.

In particular, the Chinese Empire deliberately said that the Viking Pirates were betrayed by the British Empire and began to retaliate against the British Empire. Many British people believed it and began to worry.

In the Downing Street joint cabinet, Thor and William gritted their teeth in hatred, and immediately ordered the British Empire Embassy to remove the military officer who spoke nonsense and escort back to China for severe punishment. At the same time, the British Empire officials quickly clarified the facts and stated that the military officer who was in China was mentally ill.

This is undoubtedly because there is no silver here, and if you don’t want to tell me, the whole world will be in an uproar again.

"Damn, what should we do now?"

"International public opinion is very unfavorable to us! Even the American government has just expressed strong dissatisfaction to us!"

"In addition, the Chinese Empire and the German Empire once again protested strongly to us! In particular, the Chinese Empire requires us to apologize to the Chinese Empire for the Viking Pirates and make compensation!"

Thor sighed and glanced at William.

"It seems that the negotiations cannot be delayed! Notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and if the conditions are not too harsh, just agree to the Chinese Empire!"

William said with a wry smile that he had no choice. The British Empire was completely defeated during the Sino-British negotiations.

Thor also said with a bitter face: "Originally, Papua, Solomon and New Zealand could sell these three archipelagos for a good price, but now I'm afraid I have to give it to the Chinese Empire."

William nodded and said, "Anyway, the Karan Legion is gone. Papua, Solomon and New Zealand have also been occupied by the Chinese Empire. If it is definitely not back, it will be as much as it can be sold! Fortunately, we have not declared war, otherwise we would not want to come back a penny."

Saul said: "It would be good not to pay the money. According to my judgment, the Chinese Empire had to buy Papua, Solomon and New Zealand while asking for compensation from the Viking Pirates. The final result is probably that these two funds will offset each other. We don't have to pay a penny. The Chinese Empire has legally occupied Papua, Solomon and New Zealand."

William smiled bitterly and said, "You are an expert in this field, and your speculation is probably not far away."

"However, this is not what I am more worried about!" Thor suddenly became serious and said, "Don't you think the Chinese Empire deliberately made the scale of the Viking Pirates a huge scale, and insisted that there are still a large number of pirate remnants, and that it would take revenge on the British Empire is weird?"

"you mean?"

Thor worried: "I am worried that the Chinese Empire will adopt the revenge tactic of 'returning to the other person'?"

William was not very good at Chinese and didn't know what to do with him, so he asked for advice. After listening to Thor's explanation, he suddenly became nervous.

"You mean, the Imperial Chinese Navy is also going to attack us as a fake Viking pirates?"

"I'm afraid this is the case!"

Thor sighed: "According to my understanding of the Great Emperor Guanghua of the Chinese Empire, Li Weiguo, this emperor has never been a fuel-efficient lamp. Revenge is not overnight. We borrowed the Viking Pirates to trap the Chinese Empire. Li Weiguo will never fight back and annex Papua, Solomon and New Zealand. This is just an appearance and acts for the whole world. In fact, I'm afraid the Chinese Empire has already started a war against our British Empire, but it has not declared war with great fanfare."

William frowned and said, "If this is the case, we must make preparations! Fortunately, our new fearless battleship is about to be put into service, and the Navy Department said that the sea test is effective. Although we did not participate in the actual combat, we still have doubts about whether we can defeat the Chinese Navy, but there is definitely no problem in self-protection."

Thor nodded and said, "I hope! The Chinese Empire is too powerful. They have started construction of four more powerful battleships. In the next three years, the empire's maritime military pressure will remain severe."

William smiled and said, "Don't worry, our patriotic education has achieved results, and a large amount of donations from the British people. We have raised enough funds to build four more powerful battleships, and there is no problem at all. As long as we speed up the construction pace and serve with the new battleships of the Imperial Navy in the Empire, then there will be no serious military pressure, and we can take a breath by then."

Today, the Queen Mary-class battleships built by the British Empire Naval Shipyard have been launched and are undergoing military sea trials. There will be no problems in service in a few months.

At the same time, the shipyard dock was also empty.

Half a year ago, the Chinese Empire approved the construction of four more powerful battleships in Jianyuan's 3984 naval defense budget. According to the news released by the Ministry of War of the Chinese Empire, the displacement of the four new battleships will be more than 25,000 tons, equipped with four triple-mounted 343 mm 50-diameter main guns, comprehensively heavy armor protection, designed speed of 20 knots, all started construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard of the Chinese Empire. It is expected to be completed and put into service in the 3987 (1887).

The British Empire's Navy thought of nervousness. First, it was half a year behind and would bear strategic oppression and military risks for half a year. Second, the four new battleships of the Chinese Empire were equipped with 343 mm 50 caliber main guns, which once again surpassed the Queen Mary-class battleships with 343 mm 45 caliber main guns that the British Empire had just been in service. Especially the opponent's speed was 20 knots, while the Queen Mary-class battleships of the British Empire had the fastest speed during the sea test of the sea. This made the British Navy very nervous.

You should know that the British Empire's warships have always been less than the warships of the Chinese Empire's Navy. Every naval battle, they suffer a great loss of speeds that are not as good as the other party, which makes the British Empire's navy deeply remember and are very afraid.

Of course, if the British Empire Navy learned that the data on the newly built battleships released by the Chinese Empire were full of moisture and had stronger actual performance, it would probably be scared immediately.

Despite this, Fisher was also one with two big heads, and was so anxious that he almost turned gray.

How to increase the speed to 20 knots is a very serious problem. The steam engine must be improved, otherwise it will not be possible. At the same time, the British Empire's casting artillery technology is not suitable for the development of a 50-caliber main gun, up to 45 times the caliber, and the higher it will affect the accuracy of the main gun. Unless the existing casting main gun technology is changed, the Chinese Empire's use of barrel gun technology is also learned. In addition, it is to build a larger caliber main gun.

In the end, the British Navy decided not to change the cast artillery technology. After all, changing the technology would require changing all factory equipment, which was too expensive. So he continued to use traditional wire winding artillery technology to build a battleship equipped with 14-inch 45-caliber main gun to fight against the 343 mm 50-caliber main gun of the next-class battleship of the Imperial Navy.
Chapter completed!