Expedition to Europe

The war on October 12th was enough to change the history of war.

On this day, the ambitious Japanese Navy suffered an unprecedented heavy blow.

The southbound fleet and the northbound fleet sent by the Japanese military were completely annihilated, which resulted in the sinking of seven of the eight battleships in the Japanese Navy by Lan Fang; all eight heavy cruisers were sunk, and only one tenth of the Japanese Navy, which was still arrogant and domineering a day ago, survived.

The price Lan Fang paid for this was only six torpedo planes and two reconnaissance planes, which was almost not worth mentioning.

The news came out and shocked the world.

Since mankind entered the era of sailing warships, the navy has been the master of the earth, and powerful warships are the symbol of ultimate force. Today, all this seems to have changed. Battleships are no longer invincible, and dreadnoughts are no longer the overlords of the ocean. Then, will the international order that was once based on a strong navy continue to exist?

This is a question that many people are interested in.

All diplomats in Lan Fang were dispatched. They tried to find the reason why Lan Fang defeated the Japanese fleet in order to better deal with possible unknown variables.

Qin Zhiyuan, who was at the center of the spotlight, didn't care what the diplomats were thinking. Qin Zhiyuan was going to counterattack now, counterattack the Japanese mainland, and gain greater benefits.

The Japanese navy, which ranked among the best in the world in terms of performance and scale, was almost completely wiped out. Lan Fang's only battleship, the "France", was the overlord of East Asia. Qin Zhiyuan must of course make good use of this opportunity. Only by making good use of this opportunity can he gain more benefits.

That's right, it was interests. The reason why Qin Zhiyuan went to war with Japan was that national hatred and family hatred were important, but interests were the fundamental reason.

During the First World War, Japan took advantage of the opportunity that the European powers were busy with the world war and had no time to look east, and signed many "treaties" with the Republic of China. These "treaties" were highly exclusive. If all were implemented in accordance with the "treaties", Japan would dominate the market of the Republic of China, which Qin Zhiyuan could not accept anyway.

Lan Fang was building a large number of factories. It was almost foreseeable that Lan Fang would become an industrial country, and the domestic market of Lan Fang was far inferior to that of the Republic of China. Therefore, Lan Fang also needed the Republic of China, the world's largest market.

In this regard, Lan Fang actually has extensive common interests with Britain, France, and the United States, so the Americans and the British announced that biased statement a few days ago.

On October 14, Qin Zhiyuan saw off the Northern Expedition Fleet that was about to set out at the Coconut City Port.

The flagship of this Northern Expedition Fleet is naturally the battleship "France", but in addition to the "France", there are four big guys in the fleet that are particularly eye-catching.

These four big guys are aircraft carriers.

When Qin Zhiyuan returned to Lan Fang from Europe, he brought back two aircraft carriers converted from freighters, namely "Taishan" and "Huangshan". During this year, through the efforts of workers and technicians, Lan Fang converted two more aircraft carriers, namely "Wanghai" and "Zhenghe", which can already be organized into two aircraft carrier fleets.

The reason for using names such as "Wanghai" and "Zhenghe" is to avoid suspicion.

When Qin Zhiyuan named the "Taishan" and "Huangshan", the Foreign Legion still belonged to the Republic of China and Lan Fang had not yet been established. It was natural to use the mountains of the Republic of China as place names.

But when the latter two aircraft carriers were modified, the Foreign Legion had no relationship with the Republic of China and Lan Fang had already established a country. It was inappropriate to use the mountains of the Republic of China as ship names, so Qin Zhiyuan used the island names of Lan Fang as ship names.

The commander of the Northern Expedition Fleet was not Antonio, but Xie Rundong, the first captain of the "Wanghai".

Antonio commanded the "France" to fire at the Japanese sailors who fell into the water. Although this behavior was very gratifying, it was not good to say it out. Qin Zhiyuan had to put Antonio in cold storage for a while and release him after the storm subsided.

Xie Rundong, a native of Baoqing, Hunan, performed well after joining the Lan Fang Navy, and now it was time to add responsibilities.

"When we go to Yingzhou, we must show our national prestige and the prestige of Lanfang. Don't be polite to the Japanese on Yingzhou Island and the locals who have been assimilated by Japan. Kill those who should be killed and drive away those who should be driven away. In short, I want to see a clean Yingzhou, not a smoky Yingzhou." It sounds like Qin Zhiyuan didn't let Antonio lead the team because Antonio was not cruel enough!

Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan has obtained Yingzhou from the Qing Empire at that time. Later, Japan used various assimilation methods to assimilate the locals in Yingzhou. Now more than 20 years have passed. Qin Zhiyuan believes that there must be many people on that island who love Japan from the bottom of their hearts, regardless of whether their fathers are Chinese or not.

This is almost certain. If the Japanese assimilation was not so successful, there would not be so many "Iwashiro Masao" in another time and space.

Damn, look at this name, "the man who jumped out of the stone", do you think you are a monkey?

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will definitely bring back a clean Yingzhou. I guarantee that it will not be full of foul smells." Xie Rundong was also decisive.

Although Qin Zhiyuan had banished Antonio to the cold palace on the surface, he had actually decided to make Antonio's title count when he was conferred a title at the end of the year. This was not the rhythm of banishing Antonio to the cold palace, but a formal praise that could not be more formal.

That's right. Qin Zhiyuan is going to reward people according to their merits at the end of the year. Then the first batch of nobles will appear in Lan Fang. Lan Fang is an imperial country. Since it is an imperial system, there must be a vested interest class. Only in this way can Lan Fang have a group of people who are determined to protect the interests of the ruling class.

To be honest, Xie Rundong is very interested in what kind of title he can get. If this battle is fought well, it is not impossible to be an earl.

"Not only Yingzhou, but also Penghu Islands and Ryukyu must be taken back. The Japanese must be driven back to those four islands and they must not be allowed to have any overseas territories." Qin Zhiyuan wanted to lock the Japanese on the four islands of Japan. Since Japan stood up step by step by relying on war, let this war send the Japanese into the abyss.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, from now on, in the oceans of East Asia, only our Lan Fang national flag will be seen, and Your Majesty will never see the plaster flag." Xie Rundong was sonorous and powerful.

Lan Fang's patriotism education was still very successful. At least Xie Rundong's hatred for the Japanese was not much less than Qin Zhiyuan's.

This is already very rare. You know, in this time and space, the "September 18th Incident" and the "Nanjing Massacre" have not happened yet, but the "Tokyo Massacre" may happen...

Haha, who knows.

After drinking the farewell wine, Xie Rundong and his party said goodbye to Qin Zhiyuan, boarded the ship one by one and headed north.

In addition to the battleship "France" and four aircraft carriers, Xue Rundong's fleet also has 20 destroyers and 15 10,000-ton cargo ships. On those cargo ships are the 1st Armored Division that has been deployed in Lanfang, as well as the newly formed 6th and 7th Divisions. They will land in Yingzhou and wipe out all the Japanese on Yingzhou Island.

When the last destroyer disappeared from sight, Qin Zhiyuan turned around and saw the American ambassador to Lanfang, Glinton Augustine, and the French ambassador to Lanfang, Owen Jonah.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, I really can't describe my shock in words. How did you do it?" Glinton Augustine still can't hide his horror.

"Qin, France and Lan Fang are allies. We have had tacit cooperation and a close relationship..." Owen Jonah talked endlessly, tracing the friendship between Lan Fang and France back to three years ago.

Three years, this is really a "long" history.

"Glinton, Owen, I know what you want to do. You can go to the Prime Minister for this issue. He has the final say." Qin Zhiyuan began to pass the buck.

Almost without thinking, Qin Zhiyuan could guess the intentions of Glinton Augustine and Owen Jonah.

Lan Fang defeated the Japanese fleet, and used the extreme method of "annihilation", which has aroused enough interest from France and the United States.

For France and the United States, they are very interested in the method used by Lan Fang, because the largest and most powerful navy in the world is not the Japanese, but someone else.

Since the torpedo plane has achieved its goal, Qin Zhiyuan will no longer keep it secret.

The torpedo plane is just a concept. If the Americans and the French know the existence of the torpedo plane, they can guess the secret of the torpedo plane even if they guess.

Since it was impossible to keep it secret, the best option was to replace the concept of the torpedo plane with real money at the moment when the torpedo plane performed most amazingly.

Qin Zhiyuan was the king, and he had always had a good relationship with the French and Americans, so he certainly couldn't ask for too much, so the job of "killing people" was given to Huang Bohan.

Huang Bohan had not had much dealings with the French and Americans, and Huang Bohan, who was born as a businessman, was also dark enough, and he would definitely not be polite when killing people.

"Prime Minister..." Glynton Augustine's face was bitter, and it was obvious that Huang Bohan had left a deep impression on him.

"Hmm..." Owen Jonah's eyes were spinning, and it seemed that he wanted to find another way.

To be honest, if we talk about ways, Owen Jonah has many more ways than Glynton Augustine, and they are also much more powerful.

Let's not talk about others, but Foch and Julie can already help Owen Jonah avoid many detours.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't care about this. In fact, if Foch or Julie asked, Qin Zhiyuan would even give the secret of the torpedo plane directly to the French.

Qin Zhiyuan, who has become the king, is constantly improving. He is no longer the laborer who hides a bag of jewels.