"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Anti-Chinese riots occurred in East India of Dutch!"

A latest newspaper news spread quickly throughout the world.

Twenty years ago, anything about the British would be headlined in newspapers in various countries around the world.

Nowadays, the British are weak and the Chinese Empire is rising.

As a result, the protagonist of the newspaper headlines became the Chinese Empire. Anything about Chinese people will be reported on the front pages of various countries as soon as possible.

It can be seen that the status and importance of the Chinese Empire in the international community are self-evident.

"The Chinese Empire finally couldn't help but attack the Netherlands. Now our British Empire is about to have another ally!"

William said with a laugh when he saw the news at Downing Street Capitol.

"However, the Netherlands has been weak in national strength and has long been dissatisfied with the prestige of three hundred years ago. One more Netherlands seems to have nothing to do with the overall situation!"

Defense Secretary Cook shook his head and said.

William smiled and said, "You don't understand this! Politics, on the international stage, support one more country, regardless of size, strength and weakness, is useful! At least, if the Dutch support us, even if it is of no use to deal with the Chinese Empire, it will be useful to deal with the German Empire. The Chinese Empire is not a European, but Germany is a European. If the German Empire is oppressed, it will be very beneficial to us to not participate in the war or delay participating in the war."

Cook asked back, "What are you going to do?"

William thought for a while and said, "The Chinese Empire will soon take action against the Dutch East Indies under the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese. We must support the Dutch and condemn the Chinese Empire together. After the Dutch loses the Dutch East Indies, they will definitely surrender to us, and will also help us convince more European countries that if they can form a common alliance in the entire Western world, that is the best result."

The entire Western world alliance?

Cook was a little excited and looked forward to it.

"Where has our fearless battleship progressed?" William asked suddenly.

Cook replied: "Four Queen Victoria-class battleships have just cut the horizontal deck and are removing the original power system. The new steam turbine system is being built in an effort. It is expected to be launched next spring and be completed the year after."

The Queen Victoria-class battleship, which was originally started in 1885, was installed with an old steam engine system, so the speed was too weak and was not an opponent of the same type of Fearless Class battleship of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Even the German Navy's Helgolan-class battleship could not be defeated.

With the successful development of the British Empire steam turbine system, considering the shortage of funds, the British Empire Navy had to tow the four Queen Victoria-class battleships that were preparing to install turrets back to the dock, cut open its stomach, dismantle the originally installed power system, and then install the Parsons steam turbine system.

As a result, the British Empire lost more than 24 million pounds for no reason, equivalent to about 4 million RMB.

This was definitely cheated by the Chinese Empire. William always wanted to vomit blood whenever he thought of spending so much money.

The most important thing is not the money issue, but the precious strategic time issue.

Although the British Empire Navy shipyard has worked overtime to modify Queen Victoria-class battleships, it will still be one year later than the first-class real fearless battleship of the German Empire Navy.

During this year, the British Empire's Navy will face the military pressure of the powerful German Empire from the Baltic Sea and have to watch the German Empire's Navy show off its might.

“What about the American side?”

"The American Navy also sent representatives to visit China, intending to order fearless battleships from the Chinese Empire, but was rejected by the Chinese Empire, so he asked us to obtain steam turbine technology."

William immediately snorted coldly, and the United States asked the Chinese Empire to buy the Fearless Battleship, which showed that Grant was not optimistic about the British Empire's steam turbine technology, but unfortunately he hit a wall.

"Grant thought that the Chinese Empire was willing to export fearless battleships to the French Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire, and would agree to sell the fearless battleships to the United States, which is really a dream!"

"The Chinese Empire built dreadnoughts for France and the Tsarist Russian Empire because they felt that France and Russia could not pose a threat for the time being!"

Cook asked, "So should we give steam turbine technology to America?"

"Of course I have to give it! But I have to pay a price!"

William is already preparing to rob the United States. After all, the British Empire is too short of money and it takes a lot of money to prepare for a race with the Chinese Emperor, so he has to attack the United States.

At the same time, the United States is also eager to obtain steam turbine technology, after all, the American Navy has also been cheated.

In addition to the Virginia-class battleships under construction, they also had to stop working, dig their stomachs open, prepare to dismantle the original power system and replace the steam turbine system, just like the British Navy's Queen Victoria-class battleships.

There are also four newly built Lexington-class battlecruisers. The British Empire did not build it because it had no money, while the American Navy was unwilling to lag behind the Chinese Empire's Navy, so it followed the Chinese Empire's Yun-font battlecruiser and quickly started construction of the Lexington-class.

Nowadays, the American Navy's regrets are all black. Without a steam turbine system, whether it is building battleships or battle cruisers, it is insufficient to have enough power and can only be ravaged by the Imperial Navy. Only by replacing the steam turbine system can you be qualified to fight against the main battleships of the Imperial Navy.

Therefore, the American Navy was even more miserable than the British Empire Navy and lacked time to replace the new steam turbine system, so the British had to accept it if they wanted to kill them.

Fortunately, the British Empire urgently needed the support of the United States, so it was impossible to slaughter Germany, France and Russia like the Chinese Empire.

In the end, America got what it wanted and obtained the British Empire's steam turbine manufacturing technology. However, the price was that it had to order 36 steam turbine systems from the British Empire, each unit priced at 6.5 million new pounds, which was more expensive than the most advanced steam turbine systems of the Chinese Empire. At the same time, it had to give the British Empire a low-interest loan of $1 billion.

Grant knew he was slaughtered by the British Empire, but he had to accept this harsh condition, because the American Navy currently has no battleship that can beat the battleships of the Chinese Empire, and the military pressure in the Pacific direction is too great.

As for the Japanese Imperial Navy, the British Empire was also merciless and naturally had to slap hard. However, compared with the rich America, the price obtained by Japan was slightly cheaper.

So, Japan and the United States finally obtained real steam turbine technology and began to build a truly fearless battleship.

The American Navy is currently renovating 6 Virginia-class battleships and 4 Lexington-class battleships. The modification cost is very high. Even if the American Navy is rich, it will be quite painful and painful.

The Imperial Japanese Navy had only built two Fuji-class battleships before, and they were eliminated. For the Imperial Japanese Empire, the two Fuji-class battleships that were bought with tightening their belts and saving money were eliminated as soon as they entered service, which was quite a pity.

The Japanese Navy Arsenal is currently unable to build its own battleships, so it has to order from the British Empire. It also mortgages the loan in the form of a government bond to build two Asahi-class battleships at the Armstrong Shipyard in the UK. The specifications are the same as those of the Queen Victoria class of the British Empire. Considering that the Japanese Navy is a defensive force, the armor and firepower are added, and the speed will reach 20 knots.

Just as Britain, the United States and Japan tightened their belts and were in full swing, the Chinese Navy, far away in the Qizhou Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, took military action against the Dutch East Indies in the name of protecting overseas Chinese.

The Dutch suddenly felt full of face and begged the Chinese Empire not to fight, but unfortunately that was impossible.

Even the British Empire adopted a policy of non-resistance. How can a small country with a sizeable slap in the Netherlands compete with the Chinese Empire?

The Dutch East Indies must not be able to save it, so the Speaker of the Dutch Grand Grand had to agree to negotiate with the Chinese Empire, intending to sell the Dutch East Indies to the Chinese Empire for a better price.

However, it was time and time, and the Chinese Empire dispatched its troops, so naturally it would no longer buy it with the Dutch at the original price.

The Dutch also knew that they could only make concessions and eventually sold more than one million square kilometers of East Indies to the Chinese Empire for 3 million yuan.

The Dutch vomited blood with pain. You should know that the East Indies is rich in spices and oil. The taxes for these two items alone are as high as 10 million yuan. Now they are sold to the Chinese Empire for 3 million yuan, which is really a loss.

But what can I do? Who made the Netherlands a small country and the Chinese Empire a big country? In this world where the strong prey on the weak, if you can't beat it, you will suffer a loss.

However, the Dutch were more sinister and sold the Dutch East Indies to the Chinese Empire. However, when the troops were withdrawing, they distributed all the reserved arms to the local indigenous people, and claimed that the Shen Ce Army of the Chinese Empire was the most revenge. When the Chinese were massacred, the Shen Ce Army of the Chinese Empire would definitely take revenge on this blood debt.

As a result, a large number of local indigenous people who received Dutch weapons gathered together to launch a rebellion.

For a time, the entire East Indies burst into flames.

When the news came back to the Forbidden City, Li Weiguo was furious and issued an order to order the Shence troops of the Chinese Empire stationed in Lanfangzhou, Australia, Papua, Singapore, Luzon and other places to quickly enter the East Indies to suppress the local indigenous rebellion.

Since the Chinese Empire had just received the East Indies and all matters depended on the strong support of local Chinese, when the East Indies representatives collectively petitioned for revenge on the East Indies indigenous people, Li Weiguo approved it without hesitation.

Even if there was no petition by the overseas Chinese representatives, the Chinese Empire's Shen Ce Army would take action. This is something that any colonist must do. The Dutch occupied the East Indies and it was a massacre. Later, there were too many people killed and the labor force was insufficient, so the Chinese were allowed to come and do business.

The same is true now, except that the population of the Chinese Empire is many times higher than that of the Dutch, so we don’t worry about insufficient labor. Because the population of the Chinese Empire has increased rapidly recently. Data from the census of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Empire shows that the local population of the Chinese Empire has reached 400 million, and the population has increased by 150 million in 20 years. Only when the Chinese Empire is unprecedentedly prosperous and rich will the population increase significantly.

At the same time, due to the different treatments of the native citizens of the Chinese Empire and the nationals of the vassal states, the major vassal states of the Chinese Empire are constantly making calls for improving their living standards, hoping that the Chinese Empire will treat them equally and make the living standards of the people of the vassal states aligned with the nationals of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, including the population of more than a dozen surrounding vassal states, the total population has exceeded 500 million.

In this way, if one hundred million people want to improve their living standards, they have to raise their wages and arrange more jobs.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire could only make a fuss in the colonies.

Australia, Papua, New Zealand and other places have moved into a large number of local citizens of the Chinese Empire and citizens from vassal states, and are divided into sixth-class citizens.

The native citizens of the Chinese Empire are naturally the first-class, the citizens of the vassal state are the second-class, the white people in Europe and the United States are the third-class, the black people in Africa are the fourth-class, the friendly indigenous people are the fifth-class, and the unfriendly indigenous people are the sixth-class.

In Luzon, Lanfangzhou, the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire swept for ten years. It can be said that all the unfriendly indigenous people in the local area were basically killed, leaving only the obedient indigenous people to engage in the lowest level of work.

Now, the experienced Chinese Empire Shen Ce Army has begun a crazy sweep again under the pretext of suppressing the indigenous rebellion.

This is a racial war, and throughout history, it has never stopped from ancient times to the present. Whether it is a victorious side or a failure, everyone thinks this is a normal behavior.

Of course, after the Chinese Empire obtained the Dutch East Indies, it immediately expanded local oil fields to increase crude oil production.

A large amount of cheap crude oil is continuously loaded on ships every day and then transported to petrochemical plants along the coast of the Chinese Empire for refining. High-grade oil materials are distributed to the military for strategic material reserves. Low-grade oil materials are used for civilian purposes, and crude oil waste is processed into asphalt and other engineering materials for construction of slab oil roads and building roof waterproofing.

The Chinese Empire is the world's largest automobile producer and consumer. The Chinese Empire's Army and Navy are even more of an oil consumer. Therefore, occupying the oil base in the East Indies has greatly reduced the cost of crude oil imports of the Chinese Empire. This means that oil prices will fall for the Chinese Empire's citizens, and for the military, logistics supply expenditures will be greatly reduced.

Especially the Chinese Empire Navy, most of which have undergone modernization and upgrades. They used to burn coal, but because of their low thermal efficiency, they are now replaced by oil, so they are all big oil burners.

Especially for battleships, if you go out to patrol for a war every day, you will have to consume 40 tons of heavy oil and fuel. More than a thousand warships of all types. If you are training and cruising every day, the average fuel consumption will be as high as 2,000 tons per ton of heavy oil. Calculated at 30 yuan per ton of heavy oil, it is 600,000 yuan, and the fuel alone will cost 18 million yuan a year.

It can be seen from this that it is so expensive to maintain a navy, especially if it is necessary to maintain world hegemony, the cliff is a gold-swallowing hole.

In other words, the Chinese Empire could afford such a luxurious and huge naval force. Even the British Navy can only burn inferior coal to maintain the navy. It can be seen that the gap between China and Britain is getting bigger and bigger.

The British Empire Navy warships that burn inferior coal have a very large daily loss, and when the war begins, there will be more disadvantages.

In short, the Chinese Empire seized the Dutch East Indies, which was equivalent to obtaining a continuous supply base for oil. For the British Empire, this was the least happy result.

Similarly, the Japanese Empire was panicked because the entire Asia-Pacific region was left with only the Japanese Empire still challenging the Chinese Empire, and all other countries became vassal states or overseas territories of the Chinese Empire.
Chapter completed!