As a veteran world overlord, the pride of the British has long been developed over the past century.

After receiving the final record from the Vienna government, the British MPs who consciously had their dignity provoked were rarely efficient and made a choice in just one afternoon.

After the parliament reached an agreement, on the evening of December 26, 1904, Edward VII issued a mobilization order for the whole nation's war, and at the same time officially declared war on the Holy Roman Empire.

To declare war first, there may be anger! But more because of political needs. Although the methods are somewhat low-level, as long as they are effective, it is enough.

The arrogant British are not afraid of this war, which does not mean that the allies who follow the shouting are not afraid of them either.

In fact, if the British government had not had the clever means and had coaxed and deceived countries into chariots, they would not have joined in the fun.

Since the end of the European War, the armies of countries around the world who had originally learned from the French Army have turned around and learned from the Shinra Army.

I will not know whether I have learned the essence yet, but the influence of the Holy Roman Empire has spread. Especially for the American immigrant countries who understand the history of Shinra, it will have a greater ideological impact.

Only ignorant people will be fearless. Sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to know too much. At least for Britain, it is not a good thing to know too much.

You should know that at the beginning, the British told everyone that they were just to face the Holy Roman Empire alone, and there was nothing wrong with the European countries.

In order to enhance everyone's confidence, the British government has repeatedly guaranteed that many European countries would participate in the Anti-Shenlu League, such as: the Russian Empire, France, Portugal, the Netherlands... and even the German princes.

There is no logical problem. One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and the European continent cannot accommodate two major powers of land power. When it comes to national strategic space and continental hegemony, everyone has reason to believe that Russia and Austria turn against each other.

France and Shinra are feuds. In the past few hundred years, European history has been a history of hegemony between the two countries.

A few years ago, Shenluo was ruthless. If the French don’t want to take revenge, then there will be problems.

Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries are all hardcore brothers from Britain. Although they have a good relationship with Shinra, everyone believes in John Niu's diplomatic methods.

However, the plan did not change quickly, the scheduled allies became enemies, and the strength comparison between the two sides also changed.

The deeper you understand, the less you feel. The younger you are, the more you feel. The boss must find a way to stabilize the morale of the army. Otherwise, the people will be disbanded and the team will be unable to lead.

After thinking about it by himself, Franz's heart was instantly at a loss. He was not afraid of the British's reaction, but afraid of the British's failure.

The British Empire at its peak was extraordinary. This strength was not only reflected in its comprehensive national strength, but also in a series of soft powers such as diplomacy and culture.

The hard power Shenluo has surpassed the situation, otherwise he would not have challenged it. Soft power is difficult to define. Although the Vienna government has done a good job in this regard, it is not daring to say that it surpasses the British.

The main reason is that reality is too nonsense, sometimes even more magical than novels, and many things cannot be judged by common sense.

Franz never dared to take it lightly when facing an opponent who is good at playing politics and people's hearts.

As it turns out, it seems that he is thinking too much. No matter how powerful the British diplomatic skills are, they still have their limits.

The big rock in his heart fell, and Franz continued to write quickly and drafted the "Letter to the People of the British Isles".

As for the issue of declaring war, the agreed 27th is the 27th, and no matter what, the British cannot lead the pace.

...

Late at night, the editorial department of Nanyang Daily was still brightly lit. Lauren Cromwell, as editor-in-chief, yawned and stood up to make himself a cup of instant coffee.

There is no way, news people never have a distinction between day and night. Especially the news editor, the frequency of night shifts is much higher than that of day shifts.

News should be effective. In order to ensure that the newspaper is delivered to every reader who subscribes to newspapers the next morning, it can only be printed in the middle of the night.

"The war is on! Hurry, Mr. Lauren, hurry up, reorganize the layout quickly, we must start..."

The excited and trembling voice attracted the attention of everyone in the editorial room.

"Mr. Steve, calm down. We all know that the war has begun. This time, the country will not give in. The British cannot accept our conditions. It is inevitable that the war will begin.

This is a newspaper template just printed. We have made predictions in advance. I believe there will be no big differences."

Lauren is still optimistic about the young man in front of him. But Steve's current performance has disappointed him very much.

The colonies had already started fighting, and today the government issued a 24-hour war break to the British, and there was no possibility of easing between the two sides.

After calculating the time, we know that war will start tomorrow. What's more, the Vienna government had already released rumors before, and even published it in the newspaper, but it was changed.

After taking a breath, Steve hurriedly explained: "It's different, Mr. Lauren. Just now, the British government declared war on us, and the outbreak of the total war was ahead of schedule."

When everyone heard the news, their faces changed drastically. Fortunately, the news came in time and the newspaper had not been sent out yet, otherwise there would be a major accident.

The most important thing for doing current affairs news is accuracy. Once the news information published does not match the actual situation, it will be a major accident.

Not only will it be reported by readers if you lose your reputation, but you may also be investigated by readers.

Don't think that exceptions can be made in colonies. The Holy Roman Empire's news management bill was common throughout the empire.

Of course, such mistakenly making the time of the war breaks out does not constitute a crime, and it can only be considered as not rigorous enough.

After hearing the news, before Steve could finish speaking, Lauren stepped forward and grabbed the telegram and started reading it seriously.

After a moment of effort, Lauren asked cautiously: "Have you checked with the country? I have confirmed that only the British declared war on the 26th, and we have not..."

Steve: "Don't worry, Mr. Lauren. It was already midnight when I received this telegram. Even if there were any changes, it would be on the 27th."

After slowing down, Lauren breathed a sigh of relief. Such things cannot tolerate any sloppyness, and any omission may bring an eternal stain to his career.

"Good job Steve, thankfully you came in time, otherwise we would have had a big trouble.

The editorial department revises the text and typesets and takes out new manuscripts as soon as possible. This time, I must make a name for myself. I have a premonition that the sales of the newspapers that follow will definitely explode.

I can’t guarantee the promotion, but your bonus will definitely increase with the increase in newspaper sales.”

This is the truth, and newspapers will start printing later. In order to ensure that important news is not missed, either stop to reprint and type, or issue additional columns.

It seems that the column is the simplest to issue additional copies, and you can also sell one more portion, but in fact it is not.

With the development of the times, competition is everywhere, and newspapers are no exception.

Just one island of Sulawesi has more than 30 newspapers of all sizes, and it is not easy to survive.

The era of rough news supply has long ended. Now, when doing news, we must not only provide news content, but also provide customer service.

In this context, opening a column is very particular. Not only should there be enough news content, but it also needs to have refreshing interpretations.

In a few hours, the newspaper will be sent out. After deducting the printing time, the time left for the editorial department will be less.

It is almost impossible to create a column that readers can buy in such a short time.

Similar situations have not happened. In order to ensure that major news is not missed, the usual choice is to scrap the front printed newspaper, re-type it and print it again.

Due to the limitations of productivity, the printing cost of newspapers these days is not low. Every loss that is repeated is a pressure for the newspaper.

In this context, newsmen love and hate breaking major news.

...

The headquarters of the Holy Roman Empire's Nanyang Fleet, as the commander of the fleet, General Arester, received the news earlier than the newspaper.

Since the total war has broken out, the confrontation with the Royal Navy has also entered a new stage.

Before the outbreak of the total war, I thought about seeking an opportunity to attack and kill the opponent's main fleet at one time. Now I can't be so picky about food, and I can't let go of the little fish and shrimps.

There is no need to think about the sneak attack on the Shenma for the time being. The birth of the plane has changed the mode of war.

When the enemy is prepared, it is impossible to hide the enemy's reconnaissance aircraft and reconnaissance ships.

Unless you are brave enough to risk dying and hitting the reef, you can sail overnight and run to someone's doorstep to launch a sneak attack.

Just think about it, anyway, Arest would not use the Nanyang Fleet to bet on the insignificant chance of success.

Holding the baton, he pointed at the map on the wall: "This is Cam Ranh Bay, one of the best ports in Asia, and it is also the base camp of our opponent, the Royal Navy Fleet.

With the efforts of intelligence personnel, we basically cleared the general situation in Cam Lan Bay, and we can only say that we are very unoptimistic.

Perhaps it was because the Imperial Air Force was so famous that the British were scared out of their courage. Now they attach great importance to air defense.

In Cam Ranh Bay, the British deployed two air force regiments and three air defense regiments, with no detailed specific equipment. There were about eighty fighter jets, at least fifty air defense artillery, and several air defense machine guns.

This is all something that can be detected on the surface, and it is still unknown whether it is hidden in secret.

Although these weapons are not very good, they are still very threatening to fighter jets that carry out low-altitude bombing.

If it is a normal period, this is naturally not a problem. As long as the results obtained are large enough, it is worth it to pay some losses.

The situation is exceptional. The Suez Canal has been interrupted and it will be difficult for us to obtain supplements from the country for at least half a year.

The fighter jets in our hands are now missing one less. The aircraft carrier formation has only about 300 fighter jets and reserve fighter jets in total.

It seems that our aircraft have more aircraft, but aircraft carrier fighters are mainly bombers, and the number of real fighters is very small.

Once the battle begins, the British Air Force stationed in the surrounding areas will also carry out reinforcements.

We must re-examine whether it is worth it to take precious aircraft carrier fighters and enemy Duizi."

The reality is so cruel. No matter how superior the performance of the fighter jets in the aircraft carrier formation is, the bomber is a bomber after all, and it will still be a disaster when encountering a special fighter jet.

Coupled with the enemy's dense air defense firepower, Jinlan Bay is clearly a den of a dragon's and tigers. If the raid fails and becomes a strong attack, it is still unknown whether the aircraft carrier formation can hold on.

If there is heavy losses, the aircraft carrier formation built by the Vienna government will be destroyed after a wave of trouble.

You should know that this thing is used to deal with enemy warships, not air combat. If you really want to fight in the air, that is the business scope of the Air Force.

Chief of Staff Ebert Gubostra: "His Excellency Commander, the task given to us in China is to carry out destruction and minimize the flow of materials from the Far East into the British Isles as much as possible.

Compared with the vast empire, the British Isles are too small. Once they leave external supplies, the potential for war will be greatly damaged immediately.

In this context, it is the British who are eager to seek a decisive battle. As long as we block the Strait of Malacca, the mission will be half completed.

As for how to solve the problem of the Royal Navy Fleet, it will not be a problem for a day or two. As long as the situation is stabilized, you will slowly seek opportunities later."
To be continued...