June 1st, there is no such thing as Children's Day at this time, it is just an ordinary day.

Liu Yiming made an appointment with Cyril to go fishing at the beach.

"Mr. Yuan Yuan, your fishing skills are really good." Cyril looked at his empty fishing net and then at Liu Yiming who continued to catch fish, feeling a little speechless.

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"Luck, just luck... I heard that the ministers had a quarrel at the British cabinet meeting last month. Did something happen?" Liu Yiming laughed.

Cyril glanced at Liu Yiming, his eyes filled with a strange taste.

"This is normal. There are quarrels in the cabinet several times every month, and the parliament is even more chaotic. When I served in the parliament, I was attacked with handkerchiefs, toilet paper, and glasses. Charles's uncle was even hit in the face with a boot.

, rest assured, Britain has no new plans for South China."

Even so, Cyril knew that Liu Yiming already knew.

In mid-May, a disagreement broke out in the British cabinet over a resolution on the purge issue.

Die Qing is really outrageous. The last time he suffered a complete defeat, it was Nan Hua who insisted on milking the country from before the war to after the war.

Now that the two ordered battleships have entered service, plus two armored cruisers, it has suddenly returned to its position as the number one navy in East Asia.

(Japan ranks second with two battleships, one ironclad, and nearly ten protected cruisers, and Nanhua ranks third. However, Japan still has a large number of warships under construction abroad, so Nanhua simply builds its own battleships.)

ps: These battleships are all pre-dreadnoughts.

It may be that the growth of the navy gave the Die Qing confidence. In addition, the raids in recent years have been too harsh and public sentiment has fluctuated. They need to divert their attention. In addition, the last battle was promoted as a victory, and the anti-foreign movement rose among the people.

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The UK has repeatedly warned Die Qing about this, but Die Qing's system, how should I put it, is a question of execution. If we give a score to execution, a hundred is a perfect score, and Die Qing also has a score of 120 points.

But the direction of execution must be wrong.

Nowadays, the anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty coexist with the support of the Qing Dynasty and the destruction of foreign countries. They call each other brothers and sisters (they are a group of poor people who were plundered by the Qing Dynasty and could not survive, so they had to join... In the end, it is all the fault of the Qing Dynasty.)

"The United States has blocked the Spanish fleet in the port. This war should be over soon." Cyril changed the topic with a blank expression.

"This is normal. With the advancement of technology, weapons are becoming more and more powerful, and warships are traveling faster and faster. The war will no longer return to the Thirty Years War.

In fact, when I fought with the Dutch, I discovered that the duration of the battle between us was very short. The battle for the fortress might be longer, but more time was wasted on marching..." Liu Yiming said seriously.

"As you said in the newspaper?" Cyril raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, as I said, technological progress promotes the speed of war, and wars like the ordinary Seven Years' War will never be repeated again, so I came to the conclusion:

If there is not much difference in technology, once the army's march is over, the decisive battle is often completed within a day or even a few hours." Liu Yiming kept talking, and Cyril listened carefully.

To be honest, these words do seem to make sense, especially in this era when the great powers did not regard security wars against colonies as wars at all.

The reference points are very limited, and the final conclusions are similar, whether it is the Greco-Turkish War, the South-Dutch War, the South-Japanese War, or the current South-American-Spanish War.

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When the technology is not much different, the war will be concluded quickly. For example, the war in South Holland lasted for a long time, but the distance was too long.

The theory of total war is being improved. With the addition of the staff system and the theory of total war, the future combat model is beyond the imagination of current mainstream military strategists. What Liu Yiming has to do is to strengthen this kind of thinking.

At the same time, cleverly removing marching time from war time is definitely useless to military strategists. Professional soldiers know that marching is an important part of combat effectiveness.

But ordinary people don’t know! Ordinary people think that the war will only last three months, so the longer the war lasts, the greater the pressure on the government.

"I wonder what Nanhua's next move will be?" Cyril thought carefully about the theory of quick victory and felt that this was it. Technological progress has accelerated the pace of war, and it will accelerate in the future.

"It's nothing. This war is because of the South American Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance and for South China's national security. We have to send troops. Next, South China will focus on developing people's livelihood. I have been fighting for eight years and have fought with three countries.

, I want to be quiet for a while." Liu Yiming said to Cyril sincerely.

"Actually, speaking of safety, I have a suggestion." Cyril thought of the hard work given by the big men and felt a little depressed.

"Do you have any good suggestions?" Liu Yiming was a little curious.

"The war between Qing Dynasty and Japan made me come to the conclusion that arms race will inevitably lead to war.

The current expansion of the Far East Navy has made traditional countries very uneasy. For example, Nanhua's 24-knot large ocean cruiser,

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This will trouble the Parliament very much, so I think that in order to eliminate misunderstandings, we should sign a naval treaty to control the navy within a controllable range."

The British did not care about the development of Nanhua Navy. Intelligence showed that Nanhua had just started building its first battleship and had also sought British technical support.

But Japan cares. Japan is a pawn of Britain. Britain hopes that it can focus on the north instead of using half of its main force to defend South China.

"Good idea. Do you have a draft? Which countries will participate? What form will be used to ensure compliance with the contract, and how will the naval balance be controlled?" Liu Yiming looked excited, as if he was very satisfied with the plan.

Cyril sighed: "With the participation of countries with interests in the Far East, France, Tsarist Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Qing Dynasty, Nanhua, etc., specifically, it means controlling the size of the navy, such as the number of capital ships and the number of auxiliary warships.

Military ports, etc.”

Liu Yiming asked innocently: "How much share is Britain prepared to give to Nanhua? Just one battleship, not more, but for safety reasons, Japan should also reduce its battleship to one."

The voice changed: "Japan is already financially bankrupt, and the United States is looking for an anchorage. It is better to sell the fleet to the United States and sell a port at the same time, so that there is no need to worry about friction between the two countries."

Cyril looked at Liu Yiming deeply and said nothing.

"It's getting late, so I'll go back first..."

Liu Yiming didn't keep him. He originally wanted to find out Britain's views on Nanhua, but it didn't seem to be very good at the moment.

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"Mr. Cyril, Nanhua is willing to choose peace, but the premise is that force can resist external threats. Japan is building a Sixty-Six Fleet, and Nanhua is also building a Sixty-Six Fleet. Isn't it too much?"

Cyril stopped for a moment, "Of course..."
Chapter completed!