When the Daheng Empire's Third Mobile Fleet and the Krul Kingdom's Eighth Task Force met in the waters of the Andorian Islands, they got ready for a battle.
High-level officials from both countries are now gathering together to discuss the situation.
In Jingzhou of the Daheng Empire, Emperor Lin Ziran immediately summoned the army, navy and cabinet ministers to the Palace of Mirrors to discuss the matter.
In response to this matter, the ministers of the Daheng Empire have a very tough attitude towards this matter. They believe that their establishment of a naval base in the Andorian Islands is purely an internal matter of their Daheng Empire and has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Krul.
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As a result, the Kingdom of Krul did not protest directly, but also sent a fleet to intercept, with an attitude that it would rather start a war than allow the Daheng Empire to establish a military base here.
"It's too much to deceive others. The Andorian Islands are our territory, Daheng. We, Daheng, have established a military base on our own territory, and they dare to stop us. They are simply deceiving me, Daheng, who has no one!"
"According to what I said, don't talk to them. Anyway, there will be no results in talking about it. Just let the frontline troops break in. If they dare to intercept with force, then open fire and kill them. I, the Daheng people, have been fighting for more than a thousand years.
In history, foreign countries have never interfered in internal affairs, and they will not do so now!\u001d”
"Let's fight. Now the Kingdom of Krul has been held back by the other three countries. As long as we join the war, we can chop off the Kingdom of Krul even if it has ten or eight heads."
Those who clamored for direct war were not the generals of the army and navy of the Daheng Empire, but several important ministers on the cabinet side.
On the other hand, the generals of the army and navy kept their mouths shut. Their attitude was very obvious, that is, they would talk if they could, and try not to start a full-scale war...
Civilians are the main site, military generals are the main site!
This is also a situation that has often occurred in the Daheng Empire in the past ten years.
This is very different from other countries.
In other countries, the hard-line war-fighting factions are often military generals, and most civil servants are peace-promoting factions.
But in the Daheng Empire, it was the other way around. The civil servants in the cabinet had always had a tough attitude and would clamor for war at every turn. On the contrary, the military was more restrained.
In the Heng'ao War in the past two years, although the war was fought by the military, it was the cabinet that initiated the war in the early stage...
It was because of the cabinet's efforts to reach an agreement with the Krul Kingdom and gain the Krul Kingdom's recognition of the Daheng Empire's move south that the Daheng Empire finally decided to launch a war.
As for the reason.
It’s actually very simple!
That is the civil servants in the cabinet, who are responsible for development. As the Daheng Empire's industry and commerce continue to develop, the demand for external markets is becoming more and more urgent.
In order to obtain more industrial raw materials and dumping markets, the domestic business community has always firmly supported expansion.
After the Heng'ao War broke out, domestic industry and commerce actively purchased war treasury bonds to support the empire's conquest of the southern continent.
As for the military, on the one hand, they do not have such pressure; on the other hand, they also have a more international perspective and are well aware of their own strength.
Just like now, if a war breaks out with the Krul Kingdom, the Imperial Navy actually has no confidence in defeating the Krul Kingdom Navy in the war, and it is even less sure that it can defeat the Krul Kingdom Navy and cover a large-scale army landing on the kingdom.
island.
It would be easier to fight this war without landing on Kingdom Island, but not so easy to end it.
\bThe Kingdom Island of the Krul Kingdom is equivalent to a small independent continent, with a population of over 100 million and no shortage of various industrial resources. Even the oil companies have found large-production oil fields.
If they really tighten their belts, they can be self-sufficient.
Under such circumstances, it is actually very difficult for the Daheng Empire to truly defeat the Kingdom of Krul.
Unless we send millions of troops, there is no hope at all!
And is the Daheng Empire capable of crossing thousands of kilometers of sea, transporting millions of troops to the Kingdom Island, and maintaining their logistical supplies?
Impossible!
Even if it could be done, the finances of the Daheng Empire would be completely bankrupt.
At that time, it may be a replica of the Heng'ao War that lasted for more than seventy years. The Daheng Empire fought and fought until it could no longer bear it and finally ran away in despair.
Based on this reality, the military is not optimistic about launching a full-scale war with the Kingdom of Krul, at least not yet.
So after the people in the cabinet clamored for war, the military people also expressed their opinions one after another. Of course, they didn't say no war.
In other words, with the current strength of the Imperial Navy, it will be very difficult to completely defeat the Krul Kingdom Navy.
And subsequent logins are even more impossible.
Therefore, even if a war breaks out, the war between the two sides will be mainly naval battles, and at most they will be battles over some islands.
As for the homelands of both sides, it is basically impossible for them to be attacked by the other side.
After some discussion, several civilian officials on the cabinet side asked the military: "If a war breaks out, does the navy have enough capabilities to block the maritime transportation of Kingdom Island?"
The answer from the admiral was simply: "No!"
If you want to block the Kingdom Island's shipping, you must first kill the Krul Kingdom Navy, and this is also unlikely.
However, the navy generals proposed that after a series of new warships such as the Daheng class and the Royal Princess class are put into service, the Imperial Navy will have a greater strategic advantage. If a war is to be fought, the war must be postponed to a later date.
It goes on for about a year.
But it can't be too late, because the empire has received information that the Kingdom of Krul is already building a batch of large-tonnage super battleships, most likely the 40,000-ton class with a 400-millimeter caliber at the same level as the Daheng-class battleships.
Main gun battleship.
According to estimates, these new warships will be put into service one after another in two or three years.
Therefore, there is not much time window left for the Daheng Empire, probably about a year.
To be precise, it should be in the twenty-sixth year of Qian Sheng.
After the twenty-seventh year of Qian Sheng, the navy of the Kingdom of Krul will be able to obtain a number of new super battleships. Although the Daheng Empire's navy will be stronger by then, it is not strong enough to completely defeat the navy of the Kingdom of Krul.
The situation is the same as it is now.
The military lacks confidence, and the cabinet has no good solution other than scolding.
But, you should never give in.
This is not in line with the consistent tradition of the Daheng Empire!
In the Daheng Empire’s foreign exchanges, there is no precedent for giving in!
Therefore, even if a full-scale war is not launched, the Andorian Islands will not retreat.
The worst case scenario is to form an alliance with the Kokell Empire and other countries, and then fight against the Krul Kingdom together.
In response, the Jingzhou side of the Daheng Empire quickly gave an order to the Third Mobile Fleet to continue to the Andorian Islands.
If the enemy fleet dares to intercept with force, then resolutely fight back!
This attitude of the Daheng Empire also put great pressure on the Kingdom of Krul.
To intercept by force or not to intercept? This is a multiple-choice question for the senior officials of the Kingdom of Krul.