Chapter 1340 Churchill is a great prophet (Second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
After the time entered 1893, the atmosphere that war was about to break out became more and more intense.
On the one hand, there was the "Second Cuban Crisis" caused by the issue of Chinese naturalization, and on the other hand, the British once again made serious representations to the Ming Empire on the "arms smuggling issue."
It seems that the atmosphere around the world became increasingly tense in 1893, especially when the United States' "Great White Fleet" began its world cruise, which further contributed to the tension with the world.
"The world is sliding towards the brink of war."
In the classroom at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Major Spencer's words made Churchill and his classmates stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
"Hasn't the war already broken out?"
Churchill said loudly.
"Yes, Major, in South Africa!"
Looking at the young people in front of him who had just entered the military academy, Major Spencer said in a rather direct tone.
"Gentlemen, what I am referring to is not the war in South Africa, but a war between powerful countries. This war is destined to break out."
When the words fell, Major Spencer unfolded a map, pointed at the map and said.
"To most British people now, the war is nothing more than us fighting the Boers in South Africa, but in fact, we are not fighting the Boers!"
"Major, are you referring to the Ming Empire?"
The reason why I say this is because you can see many similar reports in today's London newspapers. Those reports claim that it was the Ming Empire's support for the Boers that caused a large number of British casualties.
Some public opinion even claimed that if it were not for the weapons provided by the Ming Empire, this war would have ended two years ago.
Faced with the student's question, Major Spencer did not immediately affirm it, but continued. "We are fighting with the Boers in South Africa, but who is killing British soldiers in South Africa? Just now Mr. Churchill said, it is the
The Ming Empire?"
Looking at Churchill sitting in the front row, Major Spencer said seriously.
"As we all know, almost all British people now know that the Ming Empire was the "mastermind" behind the Boer War. Every bullet that killed British soldiers was provided by the Ming Empire, and every artillery shell was manufactured by the Ming Empire.
, now everyone from public opinion circles to officials generally believe that it was the Ming Empire that prompted the Boer War, and its purpose was to make Britain shed all its blood in this war."
As the words fell, Major Spencer suddenly raised his voice and said.
"If that's the case, so what? On the surface, the Ming Empire did not directly intervene in this war. Even all we can do is to protest to them, and protest against them - the so-called ordinary Ming people.
Smuggling arms to the Boers. That's the only thing we can do, but gentlemen..."
Looking around the students in the classroom, Major Spencer said.
"What we should see is that just relying on the Boer cavalry, it is impossible for them to cause many casualties to the British Empire. Without the support provided by the Ming Empire to the Boers, this war should have been fought at the beginning of the party.
It is over, but gentlemen, now, this war is still going on, and British soldiers are bleeding every day. What makes them bleed inhumanely? Of course not."
Pointing to the Ming colony in northern South Africa on the map, Major Spencer said in an indignant tone.
"It's the Ming Empire. Since the war broke out, the Ming Empire has been continuously providing various weapons to the Boers through the border. Are we at war with the Boers?"
After asking the question, Major Spencer said.
"Of course we are not fighting a war with the Boers. In fact, we are now fighting a completely different war with the Ming Empire. What is certain is that if we cannot prevent the Ming Empire from providing weapons to the Boers, then this war will
It goes on and on. Only when all the Boers are killed one day can this war be ended."
Major Spencer, who had dealt with the Boers in the South, couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"But before that, the blood of the British Empire will also be shed. Gentlemen, we have spent more than 100 million pounds in military expenditures for this war. The Ming Empire is using their own methods to destroy the British Empire. Gentlemen,
You will all be officers of the British army in the future. What I need to remind you here is that in the future you will definitely encounter the Ming army on the battlefield. This is an opponent we have never encountered before. They are not only the most cruel in the world
The enemy, and the most cunning enemy, will use various methods to defeat us. South Africa is just the beginning. In the future, the goal of the Ming Empire will be the entire British Empire..."
South Africa is just getting started.
On this point, Churchill very much agreed with Major Spencer's view. Although he was young, Churchill knew Ming Dynasty very well to a certain extent.
It was not just because his mother's lover was from the Ming Dynasty, nor was it because he had gone to the Ming Dynasty with his mother when he was young. In fact, it was during that trip that his mother met his lover.
It was his mother's lover who gave Churchill a certain understanding of the Ming Empire in the past few years. Because of that guy, he paid attention to the Ming Empire, a huge empire that was completely different from European countries.
"The Ming Empire was a Spartan country to a certain extent, where almost all men had to receive military training. Military training started in elementary school and accompanied them almost throughout their schooling careers. This country was almost a large-scale empire.
In the military camp, all the men are more soldiers than civilians."
When Churchill stood in the classroom and introduced what he knew about the Ming Empire to his classmates, he couldn't help but feel some expectation in his heart.
In fact, deep down in his heart, he longs for war. His ideal is very simple: "As long as you go to fight somewhere," and "Once the war is over, you have to engage in politics." The former is just his gateway to the latter.
It’s just the only way to go.
"In such a country composed of soldiers, expansion is almost his instinct. Moreover, the military theory of the Ming Empire advocates taking preemptive strikes in wars and taking surprise from the beginning.
And they claim that there will be no victory other than this. And we can look at the wars they fought in the past, and without exception they adopted preemptive strikes and took the initiative to attack unexpectedly from the beginning..."
After Churchill sat down, Major Spencer looked at the young man with admiration and then asked.
"So Mr. Churchill, do you think the British Empire will have a war with the Ming Dynasty in the future?"
"Sir, this is something that is impossible to avoid,"
Churchill said in a confident tone.
"I believe that in the next few years, we are destined to have a war with the Ming Empire. This war is likely to break out by the Ming Empire taking the initiative to attack us."
After listening to Churchill's judgment, Major Spencer nodded in agreement and asked again.
"So Mr. Churchill, in your opinion, where will the Ming Empire launch its attack on the British Empire in the future?"
Facing Major Spencer's inquiry, Churchill thought for a while and then said:
"I personally think that if a war breaks out between us and the Ming Empire, the first shot will definitely be fired by the Ming Empire, and it will be in the Pacific region."
“Why in the Pacific?”
Major Spencer thought for a moment and then said:
"If you're right, we don't have many conflicts of interest between the Pacific region and the Ming Empire. Why is it there?"
"The reason is very simple. Because the Ming Empire wanted to turn the Pacific Ocean into the Ming Sea. If you know about the Ming Empire, you will find that all their immigrants came from China and from the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is quite important to them.
As a lifeline. And they have large colonies in North America. In the Pacific, the Republic of Hawaii is under their control. It is precisely because the Pacific is of special importance to them, so our existence in Australia and New Zealand is between the empire and
There are irreconcilable contradictions."
This point of view put forward by Churchill is undoubtedly very new. After all, few people have paid attention to the Ming Empire's ambitions in the Pacific.
"So I believe that if a war breaks out between us and the Ming Empire, the Pacific Ocean is where the first shot will be fired."
After making this conclusion, Churchill looked at the major and said.
"So the war between us and the Ming Empire is destined to be dominated by naval battles. The most critical one is the competition between the two sides for sea control in the Pacific. But for now, I can't see any possibility of victory at all. I mean
There is no way we, our Royal Navy, could defeat them in the Pacific."
What?
Everyone looked at Churchill with surprise. What was he talking about?
Is he saying that it is impossible for the Royal Navy to defeat the Ming Empire Navy?
"You mean the Royal Navy will fail?"
Major Spencer asked rhetorically.
Although he was an army officer, he had as much confidence in the Royal Navy as anyone else.
"That's right! That's it."
At this moment, Churchill looked like he was going to die without saying anything surprising.
"If you pay a little attention to our situation in Australia and New Zealand, you will understand. Why do I say this? We do not have a shipyard in Australia and New Zealand that can repair dreadnoughts. In this case, what do we use to repair it?
What about those warships that were damaged in naval battles? It can even be said that we are not prepared for war at all there. Once a war breaks out, the result will definitely be catastrophic!"
Then he emphasized:
"And I believe that once the war breaks out, they will definitely use the most violent attack to seize our colonies in the Pacific. Before we can react, Australia and New Zealand may have fallen. By then we will have to defend India and take the initiative to attack
...They will definitely do this, because only by taking the initiative to attack can they gain the advantage of preemptive strike."
After Churchill made this judgment, everyone fell into silence. Major Spencer looked at this confident young man and didn't know what to say for a moment?
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