Faced with an impending invasion, what is the best option for Nanhua?
"It means to go out and attack. It means to completely disrupt the British plan by taking the initiative before they start planning!"
Zhu Xianhai has a certain understanding of Britain's famous shit-stirring stick. Now is Britain's most powerful period. Its power and influence in the world far exceed that of the United States in later generations. It can even be said that the Victorian era
The United Kingdom is so powerful that it attracts the attention of the whole world.
The most powerful thing about Britain has never been its Royal Navy, nor the powerful country after the Industrial Revolution, but the outstanding "stirring" ability of generations of British diplomats, who can persist in using it for more than ten years or even decades.
It takes years to carry out a long-term strategic layout. This kind of patience is something that no other country has.
Just like their layout in the Rio de la Plata region, after this region became independent, they tried to replace Spain and control the entire Rio de la Plata region to obtain raw material supplies and commodity sales markets, facing competition from France.
, the British patiently carried out the layout for half a century. They did not use the advantage of national power to carry out crushing aggression, but controlled the region bit by bit through long-term and persistent deployment, diplomacy, and finance.
, faced with the thorn in Paraguay's fall to France, they directly triggered the Paraguay War. As behind-the-scenes players, they not only controlled the resources in the Rio de la Plata area, but also used financial loans to defeat Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and
Paraguay, all became their "slaves".
For half a century, no matter how the government changes, no matter how the situation changes, they can persevere in persisting in their layout in this region. This is the most terrifying thing about Britain.
patience!
They used patience to look for opportunities, create opportunities, and finally achieve their goals. How difficult is it to defeat such an enemy who has an absolute advantage in national power?
Especially in this era where the jungle is strong and the so-called international skills are not as good as a few cannons. An opponent like Britain, which has strong national power and enough patience, is really very difficult to deal with!
Fortunately, Zhu Xianhai stands on the shoulders of the giant of history. He knows very well what should be done first for such a "strategic player" if he wants to defeat him!
It is to make the shit stirrer lose its role, to disrupt his plan, and to make him unable to plan!
"Ah, does your Majesty mean to strike hard and annex Argentina before they withdraw from Paraguay?"
Zuo Zongtang took a breath and recalled in his mind what he had learned about England during his inspection in England. He knew how powerful that country's industry was and how strong its power was.
"But, what if the British intervene with force? Just like when they intervened in the Russo-Turkish war and sent troops to Crimea."
More than ten years ago, in order to prevent the expansion of the Russians, the British made a straightforward choice. That was to directly send troops together with the French to help the Turks resist Russia.
You must know that before this, the British had just fought with the Turks. Even so, it did not prevent them from siding with the Turks.
In this case, Zuo Zhongtang would of course be worried that the British would take the field themselves.
"Force intervention is of course one of his options, but..."
Zhu Xianhai made a gesture, then walked towards the wall, pointed at the map on the wall and said.
"However, he needs to transfer the fleet from the British mainland to South America, which means that he must find a suitable logistics base in South America, that is, Brazil. This is of course possible, and then what? If he wants to attack by land,
It is necessary to cross the grasslands of southern Brazil. For the British who are on an expedition, this is definitely not a good thing. In the end, they will still choose to attack from the Rio de la Plata, which means that a naval battle will be inevitable..."
Zhu Xianhai thought for a while and then said.
"So, we only need to defend the mouth of the river to win the war. I think that through targeted reinforcement, we are capable of defeating the British fleet in the Rio de la Plata, or at least preventing them from entering the mouth of the river. It is not possible.
If so, we can prevent them from entering the Rio de la Plata by laying mines."
It is unrealistic to defeat the British Royal Navy based on the strength of the South China Navy now or in a few years. However, if he wants to prevent the British from using their fleet, Zhu Xianhai has many ways - torpedo boats and mines are all ready-made
method.
"Well... in this case, we only need to defeat them on land. Is the king ready to assist Paraguay?"
Zuo Zongtang thought for a while, although the British navy was powerful, Nanhua's army... was still pretty good, especially the weapons were extremely advanced. It would not be wrong to have several years to prepare to severely damage the British on land.
Not possible.
"Aid to Paraguay?"
Glancing at the north, Zhu Xianhai sneered.
"That South American Napoleon wants to die, and no one can stop him. Besides, for us, the existence of Paraguay is not a good thing. Aiding Paraguay is just an excuse. When the three of them fight and lose, we will
At the end of the game, it will be easier to fight at that time!"
"Two dogs fight, play off!"
Zuo Zongtang smiled,
This style of play is not bad, but of course he still has some concerns in his heart, and that is Britain.
"What about the UK? Your Majesty, we must consider the UK. If the UK ends early, the problem may become very complicated."
"Indeed it is!"
Zhu Xianhai nodded in agreement.
"So, once we have to fight, we must be quick, accurate and ruthless, end the battle in the shortest time, use thunderous attacks, and fundamentally collapse the resistance of Argentina and Uruguay. Well, this is why we must build northern railways and roads
The reason for the net...war!”
Zhu Xianhai glanced at the map and said.
"This is why I asked you to come. Once the war breaks out, we must end the war in a very short period of time, maybe one month, maybe two months, at least end the large-scale fighting, or
Just completely destroy the resistance of the Argentines and get them to sign a surrender agreement, and then what?"
Zhu Xianhai thought for a while and then said,
"Ending this war before the British intervene, even including forcing the Brazilians to cease the war, well, you can understand it this way, is to use heavy blows to remove Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay from the three countries before the British mobilize their troops.
At the same time, we can also use a decisive battle to severely damage Brazil and force them to withdraw from the war. In this way, for the British, he has only one option left - the labor expedition.
Or choose peace."
After saying these words, Zhu Xianhai frowned. He didn't know whether Britain would follow his plan, but he had to resolutely implement the plan because it was related to Nanhua's survival.
"Peace?"
Zuo Zongtang said.
“Will the British choose peace?”
This chapter has been completed!