Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1161

[Chapter 1148 Total Blockade]

“Losing, the Royal Navy is finished.”

Someone at the port shouted, and the entire port suddenly fell into hysterical cries.

But their sorrow still could not prevent the British navy from being completely annihilated. Before darkness was about to cover the earth, the last British warship turned into a sea of fire during the bombardment.

On the King-class ironclad ship, Liu Chen and Xie Yuan showed triumphant smiles. Today they finally let out a breath of bad breath.

But their mission is not over yet, it has just begun.

Liu Chen said: “The Emperor asked us to blockade Britain. From now on, we must control all routes to Britain and prohibit all non-imperial ships from passing through.” Xie Yuan

nodded and said, “In that case, you and I will divide our forces into two groups. , one in the east and one in the west. While blocking it, we will destroy other British ports.”

Liu Chen nodded when he heard this.

The next day.

When the sun rose, the British in London discovered that all the imperial warships had disappeared overnight. A strange atmosphere suddenly enveloped London, and various speculations circulated in the streets.

Many people believed that the Imperial warships chose to withdraw after destroying the British fleet, and some merchants were even preparing to set sail again for ocean trade.

But the bad news soon came. Some armed merchant ships trying to go to sea were sunk by Imperial warships patrolling the route. At this time, the British finally came to their senses, and the Imperial Navy blocked British waters.

In the following time, news from all over the UK confirmed this fact. Imperial warships continued to attack British cities along the coast and sank any merchant ships that went to sea. ‘

The whole of Britain now seems to be in a cage, and this has plunged the whole of Britain into panic. When Britain’s industry is booming, the British economy mainly comes from the plunder of colonies and the dumping of local industrial products.

It can be said that Britain’s strength lies in the establishment of vast colonies and overseas trade. Now that Britain’s two lifelines have been cut off, it will not be long before Britain becomes a subpar country.

Compared with the panic of the British, the British nobles were even more unbearable. They gathered a large number of troops and mobilized the whole people to prepare for a decisive battle with the empire on land.

But the empire didn’t play its cards according to the routine at all. Now this huge army has suddenly become a burden. If there is no war, it has to maintain so many soldiers. This is a heavy burden on the current British government.

After all, trade was cut off, and the British mainland simply could not support so many troops.

“Murphy, you can’t disband my army. The war has just begun. No one can guarantee whether the Empire will land.”

In the House, when Murphy proposed cutting part of the army, Buterin objected excitedly.

“I didn’t say now, but if the blockade continues, we will have to make this decision. Think about it, for the past two hundred years, it has been the overseas colonies that have fed the 20 million British people in the UK. In fact, they have relied on the British There is no way the land can feed so many people. Once there is a food shortage, no one can guarantee what will happen to Britain next.” Murphy said with deep helplessness in his tone.

The MPs were silent. The Royal Navy was in ruins. It was unable to lift the imperial blockade of the British coast.

Buterin’s face turned red with anger, but he understood that his army could not fight at sea.

“We have lost this war. Britain without its navy is nothing more than a duck. Without its oceans and overseas colonies, Britain will surely fall into decline. Even if the empire withdraws its troops in the future, the declining Britain will surely be overrun by other European countries. Bullying, if this is the case, we might as well ask for forgiveness from the empire, money, land, markets, we will give them whatever they want, as long as we in the UK can survive,” one MP shouted.

“Shameless!”

“Throw him out!”

“…’

After the congressman’s words fell, the entire chamber was like boiling water. The congressmen were shouting and cursing. The conditions mentioned by this man deeply hurt them. Because this is exactly their policy towards the colonies.

However, some MPs chose to support this vocal MP, because in their view, they are now facing the issue of Britain’s survival.

Murphy is also in a dilemma. The most important problem is that there are 20 million mouths on the island. The prosperity of industry has allowed British businessmen to encircle a lot of agricultural land, and at the same time, a large number of farmers have entered the city to work in factories,

which

makes British agriculture very fragile.

To feed so many people, Britain can only destroy industry and return to the era of an agricultural country.

“Silence! Now is not the time for infighting. “Murphy shouted, “Now His Majesty and Brooke are already in Moscow. If His Majesty is prepared to make a difference in diplomacy, he will definitely send personnel to contact the empire. Now we just need to wait. “

Everyone stopped quarreling after hearing this. Facing the uncertain future, they could only continue to wait.

Qingzhou.

The news of the London Naval Battle came here three months later. As soon as the news was published in the newspapers, the people of the entire empire were excited.

For them, this time they finally paid back the humiliation they had suffered.

“

Your Majesty, after the battle in London, Britain will no longer be able to make trouble at sea. Take this opportunity to seize the British colonies in South America as soon as possible. That’s it. “

Pang Yukun said excitedly in the imperial study.

Cui Shang’an said: “It’s just that sixty warships are too few to block the British coast area. Liu Chen also mentioned that it is impossible to completely prevent British ships from going to sea. The lower official suggested that the military factory produce a batch of mines as soon as possible. Send it to Europe and use this to block the sea. “

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard this.

With the improvement of the empire’s industry, the empire’s military industry system has also become increasingly complete, and various weapons have specialized research laboratories.

Now that we have mines, we must also have sea mines. The empire’s contact mine experiment was successful three months ago, which means that the empire’s navy will have the ability to lay mines and blockade ports.

And this greatly reduces the heavy tasks of the battleship.

“Sea mines are a good thing. If you urge the military factories to produce them as soon as possible, I’m afraid it won’t take more than a year or so for the British to surrender this time,” Xiao Ming said.

After a pause, he continued: “Except for mines, we cannot relax in the production of tanks and military vehicles. For the empire’s army, mechanization will be the next goal.”

Cui Shangan felt excited when he heard this. Just thinking about the future He would be too excited to sleep when the empire’s large group of tanks fought, so he loudly agreed.

Pang Yukun said: “It is only a matter of time before Britain surrenders. I have already thought of the conditions that Britain will put forward after it surrenders. Doesn’t Britain want to steal the empire’s technology? Then the empire will completely abolish Britain’s industrial capabilities this time and prohibit They study weapons and raise them like sheep to shear their sheep.”

(End of this chapter)