Expedition to Europe

No matter which country it is, if it wants to gain a place in the world, it must show its value and prove that it has the strength that others have to pay attention to, then it is possible to get what it wants.

There is no better way than to find a country to fight.

Lan Fang and Japan, two countries in East Asia, are natural opponents. 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 try his best to avoid direct combat with the Japanese, because before the appearance of airplanes, battleships were indeed the undisputed overlord, there is no doubt about this.

Even if battleships are not counted, Lan Fang's war potential cannot compete with the Japanese.

In 1919, when the World War had just ended, Japan's population exceeded 50 million, while Lan Fang's population had not yet exceeded 10 million; Japan made a lot of money in the World War and successfully upgraded from a debtor country to a creditor country, while Lan Fang's domestic industry was in ruins and its industrial foundation was almost empty; Japan won the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War in succession, and was already one of the most powerful countries in the world, while Lan Fang had never proven itself without the logistical support of European countries...

It was in this situation where the whole world was not optimistic about Lan Fang, and it was in this seemingly futile situation that Lan Fang's proactive declaration of war seemed almost stupid and crazy.

"You Chinese can't do it..."

"You Chinese can't do it..."

"You Chinese can't do it..."

Qin Zhiyuan has heard too many similar words. When the other party said "you Chinese", they had already labeled the Chinese as "incompetent" in their hearts. Unless they proved that the Chinese could do it with a hearty victory, using words to refute it would seem pale and powerless.

Of course, it was not all malicious that the American ambassador to Lan Fang, Glynton Augustine, and the French ambassador to Lan Fang, Owen Jonah, persuaded Qin Zhiyuan to stop fighting. From the standpoint of the United States and France, they hoped that there would be a country in Asia to balance Japan, and Lan Fang was the best choice to assume this role. Therefore, the Americans and the French did not want Lan Fang to fall too quickly, and did not want Lan Fang to be defeated and then let the Japanese dominate East Asia.

When the Japanese fleet arrived at Cam Ranh Bay on October 11 and carried out a deterrent bombardment of Cam Ranh Bay, the public opinion of various countries that looked down on Lan Fang reached its limit. On this day, almost all the ambassadors to Lan Fang who had established diplomatic relations with Lan Fang expressed their desire to mediate to Qin Zhiyuan, but Qin Zhiyuan rejected all of them.

The whole world is not optimistic about us?

It doesn't matter!

The Japanese have already bombarded Lan Fang's military port?

It doesn't matter!

The Lan Fang people can't beat the Japanese?

Wait and see!

Anger is an extreme negative emotion. It can make people crazy or make people rise up. 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 heading south may turn to Coconut City at any time, and although some ambassadors from various countries stationed in Coconut City have left Coconut City for "vacation", Qin Zhiyuan can still keep his composure.

Qin Zhiyuan is waiting for Bao Deshui's torpedo wing to move in place.

As long as Bao Deshui's torpedo wing moves in place, Lan Fang can simultaneously launch attacks on the Japanese fleet heading south in Cam Ranh Bay and the fleet heading north in Ningbei Port, inflicting the greatest damage to the Japanese fleet and completely destroying the arrogance of the Japanese.

In the evening, Qin Zhiyuan convened another imperial meeting. This time, in addition to Qin Zhisheng and Huang Bohan, the participants also included Chief Advisor Foch, Air Force Commander Zhou Hongguang, Navy Commander Antonio, and Minister of Industry Zhang Tianyun.

"Bao Deshui's torpedo plane wing will take off from Vladivostok in the early morning for the last transfer, and is expected to arrive at Ningbei Port at 8 o'clock in the morning. This transfer flight is a long distance, nearly 10,000 kilometers in total. Bao Deshui's torpedo planes now have 43 torpedo planes that can perform the mission, which is enough to form a devastating blow to the Japanese Navy's northbound fleet. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will launch an attack on the Japanese fleet on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning." Zhou Hongguang is confident.

Bao Deshui led a total of 50 torpedo planes. Mechanical failures are inevitable during long-distance flights. Although there are maintenance personnel accompanying them, only 43 arrived in Vladivostok.

This is already good. In fact, according to the staff's estimate, if half of the torpedo planes can arrive at Ningbei Port, they can carry out a devastating blow to the Japanese northbound fleet. At that time, although Ningbei Port is only one day's journey from the Japanese mainland, it is destined to be a natural barrier that the Japanese Combined Fleet cannot complete.

"How is our side? Compared with the fleet going north, we are under greater pressure. Four battleships... this is half of the Japanese navy. We must keep them all at the bottom of Lan Fang. Not a single one is allowed to go." Qin Zhiyuan wanted to accomplish his goal in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The technicians of the military factory have been working all night and have now modified 65 torpedo planes. Even if the Japanese want to run away now, they can't." Zhou Hongguang was murderous.

The Japanese are now 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' voyage from Coconut City and about three days' voyage from Yingzhou. Therefore, if the Lan Fang Air Force launches an attack on the Japanese fleet, then no matter where the Japanese run, they will not be able to escape the coverage of torpedo planes.

It is the early 20th century. All naval fleets have no air defense awareness at all, and there are no air defense weapons installed on warships. Warships are simply undefended targets for aircraft.

Of course, before the torpedo planes appeared, there was really no weapon that could threaten the battleships in the sky. The capabilities of the aircraft in World War I were air combat and horizontal bombing, and there were not even dive bombers, so you can imagine how reckless the battleships were at that time.

This recklessness will become history after tomorrow morning.

"How is the navy's preparation? When the torpedo planes attack the battleships, it will be your navy's turn. Are you ready?" Qin Zhiyuan turned to Antonio.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. As long as the brothers of the Air Force destroy the Japanese battleships, our only ship, the 'France', will become the unrivaled overlord in the Far East. At that time, we will lock the Japanese firmly on their four islands and ensure that the Japanese cannot sail into the sea... When we return to Lan Fang, Your Majesty, I will take the Japanese battleship 'Nagato', which has just been launched and has not yet been equipped, as a trophy and drive it into the port of Coconut City. The flag of Lan Fang will be hung on it." Thinking of the "Nagato", Antonio was really itchy.

The "Nagato" battleship is the first of the Japanese Nagato-class battleships. Judging from the paper data alone, it is currently the undisputed strongest battleship in the world. The sister ship of the same class as the "Nagato", the "Mutsu" battleship, has not yet been launched. If these two battleships are built, it will greatly enhance the strength of the Japanese Navy.

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In the original history, until the completion of the Yamato battleship during World War II, the Nagato was the strongest battleship in Japan.

Qin Zhiyuan wanted to start a war before the Nagato was completed, and originally had the consideration of interrupting the construction of the Nagato. Once the Nagato was successfully put into service, even if the Lan Fang Air Force had torpedo planes, it would take more effort to sink the Nagato, and the difficulty would even be more than doubled.

At present, the development of torpedo planes by Lan Fang is still top secret, but no one can guarantee that this news will never be leaked. You must know that the majority of Lan Fang’s citizens are immigrants from the Republic of China, and there are almost certainly agents from Japan. If the news that Lan Fang has torpedo planes is leaked in the future, the heavy losses will be immeasurable.

The Japanese also had ambitions for the Republic of China. As early as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan had infiltrated the Qing Dynasty. The agents trained by the Japanese had pigtails unique to the Qing people, spoke fluent and flawless Chinese, and even had small details such as living habits that were no different from the Qing people. This is how Japanese agents could easily blend into the Qing people without being discovered.

During the Republic of China period, the Japanese infiltration of the Republic of China was more thorough. Let’s not talk about how many people in the Republic of China have a good impression of Japan. Just look at how many warlords in the Republic of China made their fortunes by relying on Japanese talents, and you can understand Japan’s influence in the Republic of China.

Let alone the warlords, even the president’s wife is Japanese, which shows the influence of the Japanese on the Republic of China.

Lan Fang immigrated from the Republic of China and adopted a multi-party joint guarantee method, which has been done to ensure that there is no relationship with the Japanese. However, no one can guarantee that the current Lan Fang does not have Japanese pawns. To put it more seriously, when the Chinese workers went to Europe, there might be Japanese hidden pillars among them. No one can be sure of this.

"Is there any problem with the Shipping Bureau? Are all the requisitioned cargo ships in place?" Qin Zhiyuan asked Huang Bohan.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Shipping Bureau has requisitioned 65 cargo ships. As long as the Air Force and the Navy defeat the Japanese joint fleet, the Shipping Bureau can immediately organize a fleet and send all 50,000 troops including the First Division and their equipment to Yingzhou at one time, ensuring that there will be no delays... At the same time, the Shipping Bureau has recently modified three aircraft carriers, which can carry two squadrons of bombers at a time and can be put into combat at any time." Huang Bohan also has confidence.

Of course, all confidence is based on defeating the Japanese joint fleet. If the Japanese joint fleet can be defeated, then great things can be expected. If it cannot be defeated, then nothing can be mentioned.

"How is the factory?" Qin Zhiyuan finally paid attention to logistics.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Since the successful experience of Factory 104 was promoted recently, the construction progress of our factory has accelerated again. Since October, six factories have officially started production, and the materials produced every day have quadrupled compared to before. From now on, we don't have to buy weapons and ammunition from Europe. Our self-produced military materials can basically meet our consumption." Zhang Tianyun smiled.

Hearing this good news, Qin Zhiyuan finally felt relieved.

At today's meeting, almost everyone's first sentence was "Please rest assured, Your Majesty", but for Qin Zhiyuan, only by completely defeating the Japanese and planting the Lan Fang flag at the gate of the Japanese Imperial Palace, will Qin Zhiyuan really feel at ease.