Emperor Yang's return trip did not continue his unfinished round-the-world voyage. Before the Panama Canal was completed, this route was too far. It was better to turn around and go to Europe. This also allowed several countries in South America to completely let go.
It can be said that these countries have made sufficient preparations for his possible visit, and even Brazil built a special palace for him, for fear of upsetting this guy and aiming his greedy eyes at their own country.
"Actually, they all have a misunderstanding about me. They always think that I will bring war wherever I go. I admit that some coincidences that happened before may easily lead to such misunderstandings, but people who believe in science know that this is nonsense.
"I have lived in Europe for five years, which can be said to be longer than the time I have lived in my own country, but has there been a war in Europe?" In his manor in London, Emperor Yang smiled at the beautiful female reporter in front of him.
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His journey from New York to London did not require escort. The Nautilus was traveling at a speed of 35 knots, and it only took less than a week. The Boer War was now in full swing, so it was natural that this issue would inevitably come up when he came here. In addition, he had never
When traveling to Europe, another important thing was that the two perfect battleships he built in Gothenburg were completed. As the owner of these two battleships, he had to personally preside over the delivery ceremony and take them to show off their power.
"Your Majesty, there are recent rumors in Europe that you are providing weapons to the Boers. I wonder if you have heard of it?" Elizabeth, a reporter from The Times, smiled and said to Emperor Yang, or her idol.
In fact, Emperor Yang can be regarded as a great man in the eyes of reporters from all over the world. He can always answer any questions happily, even if they are obviously directed at him, he will answer them in a gentle manner, and any reporter, even from the Tomorrow Daily
Reporters who compete with People's Radio will also get some innocuous little gifts from him. The only thing that dissatisfies the reporters is that he only accepts interviews from female reporters. According to him, this is to improve the social status of women.
.This lofty thought also adds a lot to his image.
"Rumors. Absolute rumors. First of all, on behalf of the Chinese royal family, I am here to formally declare to the world that the British Empire, regardless of the British royal family, government or people, will always be my and the Chinese royal family's friends, no matter what Britain does in Africa.
We all support this action, not to mention that according to the Pretoria Agreement, Her Majesty the Queen still has suzerainty over the Republic of Transvaal. If my understanding is correct, then this means that the Republic of Transvaal is still
It is part of the British Empire. This is considered an internal affair of the British Empire and it is not convenient for outsiders to interfere." Emperor Yang said righteously.
In fact, the concept of suzerainty, which means Britain's right to rule the Transvaal, is very vague, because this is the first time this term is used in colonial affairs. Yang Feng's statement can be regarded as a compliment to Salisbury and Chamberlain.
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"Then how do you explain the large number of Bofors-made weapons that appeared on the South African battlefield? Especially the latest air-cooled machine guns and submachine guns. There are even Bofors 75mm rapid-fire artillery. Not long ago, the Nicholson
During the Battle of the Gorge, nearly two thousand men of the British army commanded by General White fell to these weapons." Elizabeth said, this is an issue that the British people are eager to know.
The British army has been fighting very hard in South Africa recently, although their equipment is actually not much different from the Boers. After all, Yang Feng has flooded the streets with machine guns, submachine guns, and rapid-fire artillery. The British even have poison gas bombs. Of course,
The Boers also have it, given to them by the Germans. Now, except for Britain, the whole of Europe is supporting them. When they see someone going to war with Britain, everyone from Russia to Germany to France is as excited as chicken blood.
But the problem is that the British Army has never participated in a land war from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 to now, and it is impossible for them to shamelessly ask the Germans or Russians for advice. Of course, it is impossible to ask the Chinese for advice. In this way, in
Tactically, when faced with the Boers who were well educated by the Germans and even mixed with a small number of German volunteers, they were inevitably at a disadvantage.
Compared with the original history, the depth of William's involvement in this war is completely different. The last time the countries almost started fighting due to Yang Feng's assassination, they had completely torn off the disguise between each other. Now there are
Such an opportunity to deceive the British must be seized with all efforts. Not only did they provide a large amount of assistance to the Boers with arms, but they also sent more than 2,000 German troops to participate in the war in the name of volunteers, all of whom were veterans of the Asian war.
No matter the individual combat capability or the command level, the young masters in Britain cannot compare with them.
From the beginning of the war until now, the British have not heard any good news. In the face of the fierce and flexible Boers, the rigid and clumsy British army suffered heavy losses, with more than 4,000 casualties. This number is even higher than in history, especially the
In Nicholson Gorge, the large number of light machine guns equipped by the Boers caused heavy losses to the British army who did not have them. The air-cooled heavy machine guns in their hands were also more suitable for the arid South African wilderness than the British Vickers water-cooled machine guns.
It is indeed difficult to explain this problem. If we talk about rapid-fire cannons, rapid-fire rifles and even submachine guns, Yang Feng can explain it, because many countries have authorized production, but the air-cooled machine gun imitating the Browning m1919a4 is made by Bofors.
Exclusive product, because of its generosity in licensing production, even the French Army is now using water-cooled machine guns produced by Bofors authorized by Hotchkiss Company. Apart from American potato diggers, this is the only air-cooled machine gun.
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"Is there such a thing? You also know that I just came back from America, and I have only heard a little bit about the war in South Africa." Emperor Yang finished speaking in shock and then turned to Caiyi, who had been in charge of European affairs in the past few years.
: "Did Bofors sell weapons to the Boers?"
"Probably not. Let me check the weapons sales records." After Caiyi finished speaking, he stood up and took out a several kilograms of information book from the filing cabinet at the back, and then began to search it in a serious manner. At the same time, he said to the reporter apologetically: "
I'm sorry, because there are too many sales records, it may take some time."
As a result, she lay there looking for more than ten minutes before she said seriously: "According to the sales records, Bofors and Bofors branches in various places have no records of selling weapons to the Transvaal and Orange."
"Then where did the air-cooled machine guns come from? This question must be investigated clearly. You must know that these machine guns are being used to kill our British friends. This is absolutely not allowed." Emperor Yang said in a stern tone.
Caiyi checked for a while and then said: "There is also no record of sales to them. Air-cooled heavy machine guns are only produced in the arsenal in Perth. They are not produced in arsenals in Europe, China, and North America. Only countries in arid areas are buying them.
, so far we have only sold to the Ottoman Empire, the Emirate of Riyadh, and the government of the Kingdom of Persia. In addition, a German lust merchant purchased a batch. The quantity was quite large, with a total of 1,000 bullets, including 100 million matching rounds.
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"German Desire Merchant? What's your name? Why did he buy so many machine guns and bullets? Don't they check it out in Perth? How do you do things?" Emperor Yang said with a gloomy face.
"This arms dealer's name is Hoffman, and the company is located in Maputo, Mozambique, a Portuguese territory." Caiyi checked and then said.
"Oh my god, I really don't know what kind of brains you have. Could it be that the Portuguese government would equip their small army in the colonies with machine guns and bullets that are enough to drown them? Obviously these are for resale to the Boers.
Damn it, please send me an order to immediately suspend the manager of the Perth Arsenal and accept an internal investigation by the company, and also send me an order that all companies under the Yang Group are prohibited from doing business with this guy named Hoffman."
Emperor Yang exclaimed exaggeratedly.
Of course, his little trick is to deceive ordinary people, suspend their duties for inspection, go out for a trip, relax, wait until they have had enough rest, and no one will notice this matter, and then go back and continue to do it! British people
How could they think so much? They knew that Emperor Yang was furious about this and severely punished his staff. It was their negligence that caused this regrettable thing.
And strictly speaking, even his clerk didn't make any mistakes. He was just deceived by the cunning Germans. What's more, the origin of those arms is Western Australia, which is a British colony. The Western Australian government
They have a lot of responsibility for this, but if you think about it more carefully, the Western Australia government has no responsibility, because even if they sell arms directly to the Boers, it is legal. According to the interpretation of the Salisbury government, the Transvaal Republic is also the queen.
Her Majesty's territory, since everyone is Her Majesty's territory, there seems to be no problem in Western Australia selling weapons to them before the war.
Since no one was wrong, the whole thing can only be reduced to a regrettable misfortune.
Of course, this kind of thing cannot be deceived by the British government. We are all thousand-year-old foxes. No one knows who is who. At first, I was wondering what kind of arsenal Yang Feng was building in Western Australia, but now I see that this guy has been there for a long time.
It was premeditated and calculated that the British and the Boers would definitely have a fight, but even so the British government could not find him. This guy had wiped his ass clean long ago. Now it is just to tell him not to continue selling. There is no need.
Falling out with Yang Feng over such a trivial matter, anyway, even if he doesn't provide it, there are always people who will.
The British Empire has offended too many people in recent years.