"Great Victory! Great Victory of the Imperial Navy! The Viking Pirates Destroyed!"

The streets and alleys of major cities in the Chinese Empire were selling newspapers one after another, attracting countless pedestrians to stop and pay for newspapers.

In the imperial capital, a high-end car stopped. Ambassador to China Hambeck heard the news and hurriedly bought one.

When I opened it, I found that it was written on it. The Viking Pirates were wiped out. There were all the time and place, and there were also various photos.

Looking at the photos of Victorian-style warships sunk in the smoke of fire, Hambeck suddenly burst into tears. As a politician, he had not shed tears for a long time, but he couldn't help it at this moment because one of the photos of the sunken warships, his younger brother was serving there, and obviously had an unexpected accident.

"Damn it!"

"James, you are a pig, the stupidest pig in the world!"

Hambeck wiped away his tears, feeling extremely heavy and angry, and hurried back to the embassy.

As soon as I entered the door, I felt the atmosphere was extra depressing.

"You are finally back. Come and have a meeting soon. Something big happened!"

Military officer Boromar hurriedly waved to Hambeck.

When Hambeck entered the conference room, he saw that more than a dozen counselors and military officers from the embassy had arrived and were listening to the speech of British envoy Pulien.

Prien is the special representative of Prime Minister Saul. This time he went to the Chinese Empire to explain to the Chinese Empire about the Viking Pirates. He hopes that the Chinese Empire will not think that this was done by the British Empire on purpose and avoid a war between China and Britain.

Of course, Pulien was all nonsense. The Viking Pirates were simply the tactics adopted by the British Empire to attack the Chinese Empire's economy. However, so far, there is no evidence that it was instructed by the British Empire's government.

As long as there is no evidence, the British Empire will naturally deny it to the end.

But the Chinese Empire still has to maintain superficial peace. After all, the British Empire is not prepared for various wars at this moment, and they don’t want to go to war with the Chinese Empire head-on, otherwise they will not use the despicable tactics of the Viking Pirates.

However, what Pulien never expected was that he had just arrived in the Chinese Empire for a few days, and the Viking Pirates was destroyed by the Chinese Empire.

This news was definitely a bolt from the blue, but what made him even more nervous was that the Imperial Chinese Navy captured thousands of members of the Viking Pirates, and it was said that the interrogation was still under investigation.

What to interrogate?

It is obviously the embassy behind the Viking Pirates, the British Empire Government.

If this is found evidence in the Chinese Empire, it will inevitably trigger the Sino-British war.

As a special envoy, Pulien's mission was to prevent the Chinese Empire from declaring war on Britain, so he held an urgent meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"We must do everything we can to keep these arrested compatriots from talking nonsense!"

Listening to Prien's speech, Hambeck didn't care about it because he was in a very bad mood. However, when he heard that the Chinese Empire had captured more than a thousand pirate prisoners, he thought about whether his younger brother would still be alive and was captured.

He suddenly had hope, so he suddenly said: "Since these pirates are all compatriots of our British Empire, we must negotiate with the Chinese Empire government and extradite these compatriots back to China."

"Extraditioned to the country?"

"Yes! Why did I forget such an important thing!"

Prien was immediately happy and thought that Hambeck's proposal was very good and the best way to date. As long as these captured British pirates were extradited back to Britain, everything could be solved.

However, soon Prien calmed down again, sighed and shook his head.

If you want to get back more than a thousand pirate prisoners from the Chinese Empire, especially in the current situation, the Chinese Empire believes that the Viking Pirates was a conspiracy of the British, so it is difficult to return the prisoners. Even if they are finally returned, they may have to pay a high price.

However, Pulien finally decided to give it a try.

At the same time, Li Weiguo also held an imperial meeting and first praised the battle in the Strait of Malacca.

It is precisely because of the destruction of the Viking Pirates that it was a disguised attack on the British Navy. After all, the Viking Pirates' warships are all warships of the British Navy. Although these warships are not front-line equipment, they are a huge loss for the British Navy. If the British Navy transfers the main fleet to the battlefield, then his local area will no longer have maritime power defense.

Therefore, this time the extermination of the Viking Pirates was equivalent to severely damaging the British Navy, and the Chinese Empire won the first round in the sixth Sino-British War.

That's right, Li Weiguo has decided to launch the sixth Sino-British War.

In fact, the sixth Sino-British War began when the British decided to use Viking Pirates to attack the Chinese Empire's maritime trade transportation line.

However, this time the British learned to be smart. They did not break up with the Chinese Empire head-on, but instead used the Viking Pirates' stigmatized method to fight a secret war with the Chinese Empire.

Of course, this is also related to the progress of the times. The progress of science and technology and the progress of human nature have made ordinary British people refuse war. Therefore, the British government cannot start a war like in the past. There must be a sufficient excuse to start a war.

Similarly, the same is true for the Chinese Empire. The technology of the Chinese Empire is more advanced than that of the British Empire. In terms of human nature, the Chinese Empire has been a country of benevolence and righteous since ancient times, and no matter in any war, it has to be famous.

Therefore, if Li Weiguo wanted to launch the Sixth Sino-British War, he also had to find an excuse, an excuse that was enough to support all the imperial citizens.

Now, Li Weiguo has found this excuse, that is, the Viking Pirates, which is the conspiracy behind the British. Although there is no direct evidence that it was instructed by the British government, it is enough to know that it was instructed by the British government.

"No matter whether the more than a thousand members of the Viking Pirates were ordered by the British government or not, we must insist that it was the British government. Without evidence, we will create evidence. Anyway, this is the truth of the facts!"

Li Weiguo finally decided on a strategy, whether there is evidence or not, the Chinese Empire would create evidence to expose the fake masks of the British.

Weng Tonghe said, "There is no problem in creating evidence, but once war begins, the United States and Japan may be involved in the war based on the British, American and Japanese alliance. France and Tsarist Russia have ambiguous attitudes, which are all potential threats! I wonder if the military is fully prepared!"

Wu Yong replied: "The fearless battleship built by the British Navy will be at least two years before it can be launched, both in the United States and Japan. Therefore, we can start the war ahead of time and win the first move."

Navy Minister Lin Jiyun added: "That's right! We are the first to build twelve Fearless Class Battleships, which are enough to crush the main fleet of the British, American and Japanese navies! In the maritime war, our imperial navy has no problem at all!"

Army Minister Zhang Xiaoliu also spoke: "The army has completed mechanization. Both the Far East Railway and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway have been completed. We have built the World Railway connecting Germany to the Persian Gulf and can send one million troops to the European border within one month. Of course, the premise is whether we need to invade Europe."

Air Force Minister Zhuang Jiuxia hesitated for a moment. His air force is still small and is still in formation and training. However, since the Minister of War and the Minister of Navy and Army have spoken, he, as a military official, cannot hold back. He had to say: "The Air Force is also ready for war and can provide air reconnaissance to the Navy and Army at any time to monitor all the enemy's dynamics."

Weng Tonghe glanced at the military personnel and knew that they were all wearing pairs of pants, so he turned to Wang Kaitai, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and said: "Modern War is all about money. This time, when the war with Britain is started, the United States and Japan will inevitably be involved. France and Tsarist Russia are both potential enemies, and military consumption will probably be unprecedented. I wonder if Lord Wang is ready."

The flesh on Wang Kaitai's face twitched and glanced at Li Weiguo. Seeing that Li Weiguo's old god was pretending to be invisible, he said: "At the request of His Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue Department released the imperial economic statistics in advance. At present, the fiscal reserve surplus is 130 million yuan, and the foreign exchange reserve 3,455 tons of gold. The total GDP of Jianyuan in 3983 is about 12 billion yuan. Therefore, next year the empire's fiscal budget will be 10% of the total GDP, which is 1.2 billion yuan. However, considering that the war broke out this year, the fiscal budget needs to be significantly increased. The last time we fought with Britain and Japan, the fiscal budget was 500 million yuan, which was just enough. This time, except for Japan, the United States will join the war. Considering the total economic and industrial strength of the United States, our war budget will be at least 3 billion yuan, which will account for 25% of the GDP."

Finally, Wang Kaitai added: "Of course, this is the first year's war budget. I hope to end the war within one year, so that it will not have much impact on the imperial economy and the fiscal risks are within a controllable range. Otherwise, the RMB will face the risk of downward depreciation."

Wang Kaitai's speech was the most important, because it was related to whether the Chinese Empire could fight wars. After all, modern warfare cannot be solved by having too many people. It is about the consumption of steel, coal fuel, ammunition and other ammunition and drug resources, and pharmaceutical consumption, while food consumption has dropped from the first place before to the last place.

Once the war begins, all kinds of resources are consumed frantically. It is not an industrial country that cannot afford it, nor a rich industrial country that cannot afford it.

The Chinese Empire is currently the richest industrial country in the world. If you fight against any European and American powers alone, there will be no problem, but if you fight against Britain, the United States, Japan at the same time, or add France and Tsarist Russia, you have to be careful.

As of January 3984 (1984 AD), the Chinese Empire's total economic output was still the world's largest, accounting for 31.6% of the world's total GDP. The national strength was booming, the economic strength soared to be the world's first, the military strength soared to be the world's first, and the comprehensive national strength soared to be the world's first, and the veritable world's first power.

The total economic output of the UK fell to 12.1%, ranking third in the world, not as good as the United States, but its overall military strength is stronger than that of the United States, and still ranks second in the world and its comprehensive national strength. The British Empire has a strong foundation and will go through a long process even if it declines.

The total economic output of the United States accounts for 15% of the world, and its economic strength exceeds that of the United Kingdom. However, its military strength depends on the British Empire. Cuba has not yet been defeated. The American Army has become a laughing stock in the world, resulting in the ranking of comprehensive national strength, which lost too many points due to its weak military strength. On the surface, it is said to be second only to the United Kingdom, but in fact it is at the same level as France.

The German Empire ranks fourth, accounting for 10.3% of the world's total economic output. As a rising power, it ranks second in the world in terms of technology. It took the high-speed train developed by the Chinese Empire, and was second only to the Chinese Empire and the British Empire in military terms. It surpassed the United States, secretly accumulating strength and seeking to challenge the throne of the world's hegemony.

The fifth place is Tsarist Russia, with a total GDP accounting for 8.8% of the world. As a traditional major country, it has the second largest territory in the world and has huge military power, but its economy and technology are backward. The gold content of GDP is not high, and it is driven by real estate and agricultural products. It is a typical agricultural country and the granary of Europe. This is like the Qing Empire in history. The GDP is the first in the world. Unfortunately, it is too low. It is a big country, but not a strong country.

France ranks sixth, accounting for 6.8% of the world. It is a traditional European power, but its development speed is slow. The French-Prussian War has a huge impact. Both science and technology and economy are lagging behind Germany, and its comprehensive national strength is similar to that of the United States.

Next is the Austro-Hungarian Empire, accounting for less than 3% of the world. Although it is one of the European powers, its economy and military are in the middle of the powers.

Italy is ranked eighth, with its GDP accounting for 2.5% of the world. As a rising country, its economic development level lags behind and its military is not strong, and it has always been in a relatively backward position.

Japan ranks ninth, with GDP accounting for 1.4% of the world. It is also a rising power. The economy and technology have developed rapidly due to strong help and support from Britain and the United States, especially the military has advanced development, slightly stronger than Italy. The gold content in GDP is better than Tsarist Russia, but per capita lags far behind Tsarist Russia, so its comprehensive national strength cannot beat Tsarist Russia.

The last one is India. The Chinese Empire listed India as its target for the first time, because India's population is currently larger than that of the Chinese Empire. Although it has no industry, the export of agricultural products is huge, making GDP account for 1% of the world. Although it is a British colony and has a very backward development in all aspects, because it is a neighbor of the Chinese Empire and a participant in the last Sino-British war, Li Weiguo specifically requested the collection of Indian data.

Wang Kaitai listed the top ten countries in the world, making it clear to everyone.

"The total GDP of Britain, the United States and Japan combined is 29.5%, which is almost the same as 31.6% of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, I do not recommend starting a war now."

Weng Tonghe finally found the argument and used GDP to explain the matter with a lot of reasons.

Li Hongzao also shook his head and said, "If this data is discussed in Congress, it may not be passed. The risk is too great."

Li Weiguo frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything. This is the fact and there is nothing to argue about.
Chapter completed!