No matter what country you are, if you want to gain a place in the world of nations, you must show your own value and prove that you have the strength that others have to take seriously. Only then can you possibly get what you want.
There is no better way than to find a country to fight a war with.
Lanfang and Japan, two countries in East Asia, are natural rivals. There is no room for reconciliation between them. It is fair to use war to determine the future of East Asia.
If it were ten years ago, Qin Zhiyuan would have tried his best to avoid a head-on battle with the Japanese, because before the appearance of aircraft, battleships were indeed the undisputed overlord. There is no doubt about this.
Even not counting battleships, Lan Fang's war potential cannot match that of the Japanese.
In 1919, just after the World War, Japan's domestic population exceeded 50 million, while Lanfang's population had not yet exceeded 10 million. Japan made huge profits from the World War and was successfully upgraded from a debtor country to a creditor country. Lanfang's domestic population
The industry is in dire straits and its industrial foundation is almost in ruins; Japan has successively won the Sino-Japanese War, the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, and is already one of the most powerful countries in the world. However, Lanfang has never proven itself without the logistical support of European countries.
It was under this situation that the whole world did not think favorably of Lan Fang, and under this premise that it seemed like hitting an egg with an egg against a stone, Lan Fang's proactive declaration of war seemed almost stupid and crazy.
You Chinese can't do that
You Chinese can't
You Chinese can't do it
Qin Zhiyuan has heard similar words too many times. When the other party says you Chinese, they have already labeled the Chinese as incompetent in their hearts, unless they prove that the Chinese can do it with a hearty victory and use words to refute it.
They all looked pale and weak.
Of course, the U.S. Ambassador to Lanfang, Glinton Augustin, and the French Ambassador to Lanfang, Owen Jonard, were not all malicious in persuading Qin Zhiyuan to call off the war. From the standpoints of the United States and France, they hoped to have a country that could fight against the enemy in Asia.
Japan has formed a check and balance, and Lanfang is the best choice to assume this role. Therefore, neither the Americans nor the French want Lanfang to fall too quickly, or to be defeated and let the Japanese dominate East Asia.
When the Japanese fleet southward arrived at Cam Ranh Bay on October 11th and launched a deterrent bombardment of Cam Ranh Bay, the public opinion of various countries regarding Lanfang reached its limit. On this day, almost all the ambassadors to Lanfang who had established diplomatic relations with Lanfang expressed their disapproval of Lanfang.
Qin Zhiyuan expressed his wish for mediation, but Qin Zhiyuan refused them all.
The whole world dislikes us
It doesn't matter
The Japanese have already launched an artillery bombardment on the military port of Lanfang
It doesn't matter
Lanfang people can't beat the Japanese
Just wait and see
Anger is an extreme negative emotion that can make people crazy and make people excited. When anger accumulates in the heart, if it does not explode under pressure, it will collapse under pressure.
Qin Zhiyuan did not collapse. Although the Japanese fleet going south might turn to Yecheng at any time, and even though some of the ambassadors stationed in Yecheng had already left Yecheng for vacation, Qin Zhiyuan could still keep his composure.
Qin Zhiyuan was waiting for Bao Deshui's torpedo aircraft wing to move into place.
As long as the torpedo wing of Bao Deshui is in place, Lanfang can simultaneously launch attacks on the Japanese southbound fleet in Cam Ranh Bay and the northbound fleet in Ningbei Port, inflicting maximum damage to the Japanese fleet and completely destroying the Japanese fleet.
Arrogant and arrogant.
In the evening, Qin Zhiyuan held another imperial meeting. This time, in addition to Qin Zhisheng and Huang Bohan, the attendees also included General Counsel Foch, Air Force Commander Zhou Hongguang, Navy Commander Antonio, and Industry Minister Zhang Tianyun.
Bao Deshui's torpedo aircraft wing will take off from Vladivostok in the early morning for the last transfer. It is expected to arrive at Ningbei Port at 8 o'clock in the morning. This time the transfer flight is far away, with a total distance of nearly 10,000 kilometers. Bao Deshui's torpedo aircraft will
There are still 43 aircraft that can perform the mission, which is enough to deal a devastating blow to the Japanese Navy's northward fleet. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will launch an attack on the Japanese fleet at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Zhou Hongguang is confident.
There were a total of 50 torpedo planes led by Bao Deshui. It was inevitable that mechanical failures would occur during long-distance flights. Although maintenance personnel accompanied them to provide support, only 43 of them arrived in Vladivostok.
This is not bad. In fact, according to the staff's prediction, if half of the torpedo planes can arrive at Ningbei Port, they will be able to carry out a devastating blow to the Japanese fleet heading north. Don't look at the fact that Ningbei Port is only a day's sail from the Japanese mainland.
But that is destined to be a chasm that the Japanese combined fleet cannot complete.
How are we doing here? Compared with the fleet heading north, the pressure on our side is even greater. The four battleships represent half of the Japanese navy. They must all be left at the bottom of Lanfang, and not even one of them is allowed to go. Qin Zhiyuan
I want to accomplish all my achievements in one battle.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the technicians of the arsenal have been working all night long and have now produced 65 torpedo planes. Even if the Japanese want to escape now, they cannot escape. Zhou Hongguang is full of murderous intent.
The current location of the Japanese is in Cam Ranh Bay. The location of Cam Ranh Bay is indeed very important. If naval ships are used, it is about two and a half days' flight from Yecheng and about three days' flight from Yingzhou. Therefore, if the Lanfang Air Force attacks the Japanese
If the fleet launches an attack, no matter where the Japanese go, they will not be able to escape the coverage of the torpedo planes.
Now is the beginning of the 20th century. All naval fleets have no awareness of air defense at all, and there are no anti-aircraft weapons installed on warships. Warships are simply undefended targets for aircraft.
Of course, before the emergence of torpedo planes, there were indeed no weapons that could pose a threat to battleships in the sky. In World War I, the capabilities of aircraft were air combat and horizontal bombing, and they did not even have dive bombers, so it is conceivable that at this time
How unscrupulous the battleships were.
This wantonness will become history after tomorrow morning.
How are the navy's preparations? When the torpedo planes attack the battleships, it's time for your navy to take action. Are you ready? Qin Zhiyuan turned to Antonio.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as our air force brothers destroy the Japanese battleships, our only ship, the France, will become the unrivaled overlord of the Far East. By then, we will firmly lock the Japanese to their four
On the island, we will ensure that the Japanese are not allowed to enter the sea. When we return to Lanfang, your Majesty, I will take Japan’s recently launched Nagato battleship that has not yet been outfitted as a trophy and sail it into the port of Coconut City. There will be hangings on it.
Lanfang's flag. Thinking of the Nagato, Antonio felt really itchy.
The Nagato battleship is the first of the Japanese Nagato-class battleships. Judging from paper data alone, it is currently the undisputed strongest battleship in the world. It is the sister ship of the same class as the Nagato.
The battleship Austria has not yet been launched. If these two battleships are completed, it will greatly enhance the strength of the Japanese navy.
In its original history, until the Yamato battleship was built during World War II, the Nagato was Japan's most powerful battleship.
Qin Zhiyuan wanted to launch a war before the Nagato was completed outfitting, and originally had the consideration of interrupting the construction of the Nagato. Once the Nagato was successfully commissioned, the Lanfang Air Force wanted to sink the Nagato even if it had torpedo planes.
You will also have to put in more effort, and the difficulty may even be more than doubled.
At present, Lanfang's development of torpedo aircraft is still top-secret news, but no one can guarantee that this news will never be leaked. You must know that Lanfang's national subjects are immigrants from the Republic of China, and there will almost certainly be agents from Japan. In time, if
When the news that Lan Fang owned a torpedo plane was leaked, the losses would be immeasurable.
The Japanese had deliberate ambitions towards the Republic of China. As early as the Sino-Japanese War, Japan aggressively infiltrated the Qing Dynasty at that time. The agents trained by the Japanese had the unique braids of the Qing people and spoke fluent and flawless Chinese even in the Qing Dynasty.
The living habits and other small details are no different from those of the Qing people. This is why Japanese agents can easily blend into the Qing people without being discovered.
During the Republic of China, the Japanese penetrated the Republic of China even more thoroughly. Let’s not talk about how many people in the Republic of China had a good impression of Japan. Just look at how many warlords in the Republic of China relied on Japanese talents to make their fortunes. You can understand Japan’s influence in the Republic of China.
Influence.
Not to mention the warlords, even the president's wife is Japanese, which shows the influence of the Japanese on the Republic of China.
Lanfang immigrated from the Republic of China and adopted the method of multiple joint guarantees. He has tried his best to ensure that he has nothing to do with the Japanese. However, no one can guarantee that the current Lanfang does not have a chess piece planted by the Japanese, or even to put it more seriously.
, when the Chinese workers went to Europe, there might have been Japanese hidden pillars there, no one can be sure.
Is there any problem with the Shipping Bureau? Have all the freighters been mobilized? Qin Zhiyuan asked Huang Bohan.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Shipping Bureau has mobilized 65 cargo ships. As long as the air force and navy destroy the Japanese combined fleet, the Shipping Bureau can immediately organize a fleet to bring 50,000 troops, including the First Division, with them at once.
All the equipment was sent to Yingzhou to ensure that nothing would be missed. At the same time, the Shipping Bureau had recently modified three aircraft carriers, which could carry two regiments of bombers at a time and could be put into combat at any time. Huang Bohan was also confident.
Of course, all confidence is based on destroying the Japanese combined fleet. If the Japanese combined fleet can be defeated, then great things can be expected. If it cannot be defeated, then nothing can be done.
How was it at the factory? Qin Zhiyuan finally focused on logistics.
Please rest assured, Your Majesty, since the successful experience of Factory 104 has been promoted recently, the construction progress of our factories has accelerated again. Since October, six factories have been officially put into operation, and the materials produced every day have quadrupled compared to before.
, From now on, we no longer need to purchase weapons and ammunition from Europe. Our self-produced military supplies can basically meet our consumption. Zhang Tianyun smiled broadly.
After hearing the good news, Qin Zhiyuan finally felt lighter.
At today's meeting, the first thing almost everyone said was to ask His Majesty to rest assured. But for Qin Zhiyuan, only by completely defeating the Japanese and only by planting Lanfang's national flag at the gate of the Japanese Imperial Palace can that be achieved.
