I want to be emperor

Chapter 1111 British War Crisis

As the Chu Empire relaxed its export restrictions on single-shot rifled rifles, the situation in Europe began to become a little tense.

Especially the Kingdom of Wales and the Kingdom of England in the British region, both sides invariably increased garrison troops to the border.

Before the two thousand single-shot rifles purchased from the Chu people in the Kingdom of Wales were in place, they had already prepared an elite infantry regiment as a replacement target, and conducted closed secret training... This kind of The secret training is not to protect against the English, but because their secret training will use one or two hundred single-shot rifles that they obtained through some smuggling channels in the early stage.

Although the Chu people are well aware of the smuggling of single-shot rifles and have been vigorously cracking down on it, but if the agent has a good attitude, does not go too far, and the scale of smuggling is not large, in fact, the Chu people Most of the time, people turn a blind eye.

Because it is difficult to completely ban this kind of thing!

The Kingdom of Wales had also secretly obtained about two hundred single-shot rifles and hundreds of six-shooter revolvers through some smuggling channels.

These smuggled rifled rifles are also civilian versions of rifled rifles.

The pistol among them is the flagship product of Hebei Arms Company, the civilian version of the Tianwu revolver... This thing has been produced for decades, and the total output of various modifications is estimated to be 20 million. Such a huge number of possessions It is difficult to strictly monitor the quantity, so this thing is also widely distributed in various indigenous countries.

The civilian single-shot rifle is an improved model of the Type 18 rifle. In fact, this so-called civilian rifle is not purchased by ordinary individual users... If ordinary individual users want to apply to purchase this long-barreled rifle, the review is very difficult. Strict, so ordinary people’s personal guns are usually revolvers or shotguns.

Few people are qualified to buy long rifled rifles, and their main users are actually various security companies...and these security companies are widely active overseas. If they are lost in the process, even if they lose a few single-shot rifles in combat, it will be very serious. It's a normal thing... So there are some 'lost' civilian single-shot rifles entering various indigenous countries through various smuggling channels.

Under such circumstances, not only the Kingdom of Wales, but also many indigenous countries have more or less obtained some shady smuggled rifled weapons!

In addition, some official indigenous agents, rebels, local nobles, warlords and other forces also secretly smuggled equipment to establish small arsenal workshops to produce small-scale imitations of single-shot rifles.

But...it is impossible for them to prove that they are using these weapons and equipment legitimately!

Even now, the empire has relaxed the export restrictions on single-shot rifles. However, in order to avoid trouble, the Kingdom of Wales still organized the organized infantry regiments to conduct secret closed training, and used smuggling in advance to obtain Type 18 rifles. The civilian version of the rifle undergoes adaptive training and converts to learn more advanced tactics.

After the Type 18 rifle is officially ordered, it can quickly take action.

However, this move by the Kingdom of Wales also aroused great vigilance from the Kingdom of England!

Not long after, the 'King's Guard', the elite force in the Kingdom of England, left the London garrison and went to garrison in the border town... After the King's Guard arrived at the border garrison, a small convoy quietly entered the camp one night.

This small convoy contained a batch of smuggled rifles that the royal family of the Kingdom of England had spent huge sums of money to collect over the years!

These two indigenous countries, in this turbulent situation, unanimously used their elite troops, and the flavor of deterrence and defense was already very strong.

It can even be said that both sides have entered the stage of war preparation to some extent!

One side wants to take revenge and regain the territory it was forced to cede; the other side wants to keep the benefits gained in the last war and further attack the opponent!

Although this large-scale military mobilization by both sides has been kept confidential to a certain extent, it is impossible to achieve complete confidentiality.

Especially since they later announced that they would conduct exercises in border areas!

Soon, the British Governor's Office under the European Governor of the Great Chu Empire issued an early warning notice to expatriates traveling to and from England and Wales. It said that the current situation in the area was tense and there was a relatively large security risk, and the expatriates were advised not to do so unless necessary. Head to the border area where both sides are heavily armed.

Chu enterprises and expatriates in border areas and areas close to the border should evacuate temporarily as much as possible if necessary. If they cannot evacuate due to business needs and other reasons, they should do their best to ensure security in advance and stock up on food and drinking water in advance. Waiting for daily necessities.

Along with the early warning notice, there are also the addresses of the various garrison barracks of the Chu Empire's army and navy garrisoned in the British area, so that if Chu nationality expats are in danger, they should immediately go to the nearby Chu army garrison camp to seek protection.

However, this seemingly warning notice was not taken seriously by the Chu people who were active in the British area... It's not that the Chu people are stupid and don't know the risks of war, but they all know these two things deeply. Officials and generals of indigenous countries, as long as they are not stupid to a certain extent, will not attack the Chu people on their own initiative.

Even if he wants to attack, he doesn't have the ability!

Because, now, the armies on the border between the two countries are not only the armies of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Wales... but also the infamous 17th Indian Division of the Foreign Legion of the Great Chu Empire!

Although the combat effectiveness of this 17th Indian Division is not as good as that of its predecessor, the 3rd Indian Division, in terms of brutality and shamelessness, it is definitely on par!

The 17th Indian Division had been stationed in the Italian Peninsula for a long time, but during the subsequent regular defense changes, it was transferred to the British area for garrison.

This division didn't do anything good when it was stationed on the Italian Peninsula!

Last year, untouchable soldiers from the 17th Indian Division on a repression mission violated military discipline and went to a nearby village to spend money and have fun...

At first, he just spent money to have fun, but soon he wanted to play for free without giving money. As he was having fun, he set his sights on ordinary homes in the town, and launched a large-scale robbery of civilian girls. In the process, I also played with the female family members of a local minor noble...

This kind of thing, even if the Chu people are so shameless, they feel ashamed... You can do something with just a few copper coins, but you still have to do it in vain... It doesn't matter if you do it in vain, you still have to do it big Robbery on a large scale.

In the end, several of the first offenders among the dozens of untouchable soldiers were executed, and the rest were directly discharged...and then...no more, this was the final result.

And it is worth noting that the reason why the Chu people punished these untouchable soldiers was not that they raped civilian girls... but that they violated military discipline and deviated from the course of action without authorization.

You can't let the generals of the Chu army carry out actual criminal punishments on their own soldiers just because of the chastity of some indigenous women. It's impossible!

What the Chu people care about is the violation of military discipline by these foreign legionnaires, not what they did to the indigenous women...

After all, although the soldiers in the Foreign Legion are also indigenous people, they can still be regarded as their own cannon fodder, but they are much more important than those ordinary indigenous people.

The Chu people are quite experienced in protecting their shortcomings, but I won’t tell you any truth...

And this is the main reason why the indigenous soldiers of the Foreign Legion often have no fear of the natives once they join the army. It is also the reason why when the Foreign Legion recruits indigenous soldiers every year, middle- and lower-class indigenous youths from all over the world enthusiastically sign up. As long as you successfully join the Foreign Legion... Even if you cannot become a Chu country person, you can still become a Chu country person. As long as you successfully complete the ten-year service period, you can obtain a residence permit in the administrative territory and live legally in the country. In any administrative territory of the Chu Empire.

And during your service, the high-caste indigenous people or nobles you used to look up to... now need to tremble under your gun, counting on you not to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Of course... Nowadays, with the changes in the world situation, and the eating habits of the Chu people have gradually become more refined, such things in the Foreign Legion have become relatively rare!

If it were a dozen years ago...tsk tsk, these foreign legions, especially the Indian legion, were like human-like beasts wherever they went, and they did a lot of burning, killing and looting.

But now, this kind of thing is relatively rare, and the Chu army will deal with it if it happens occasionally... Of course, the reason is usually to find other angles of violating military discipline, rather than these things themselves...

Because the Chu army cannot punish its own cannon fodder soldiers for the sake of the natives... This hole must not be opened... Even if the nature is too bad and it really needs to be dealt with, other reasons must be found.

Today, a regiment of this not-so-reputable 17th Indian Division is stationed on the border between England and Wales... What they do here is mainly to supervise the armies of the two countries to comply with the various wars of the Chu Empire. rule.

For example, the battle can only be limited to the war zone designated by the Chu people. For example, the interests of the Chu people must not be violated. For example, if the Chu people's caravan has to pass through the war zone on the border, then both sides cannot be embarrassed...

This is also how the Chu people dealt with it when the war broke out between the two countries... You fight back, but you can't affect us Chu people making money.

This time, the Chu people did it again.

Therefore, the Chu people who are active in the British area basically don't care much about the possible war between the two indigenous countries... Of course, the necessary security measures are basically in place.

In these areas, Chu enterprises that actually conduct commercial activities in most indigenous countries will basically have corresponding security measures... Mainly to reach cooperation agreements with security companies, and the security companies will send armed personnel for protection. In addition, there are also some Stronger companies will also create their own security departments to be responsible for security.

The armed employees in these security companies are equipped with much better weapons and equipment than these indigenous armies. Single-shot rifles are outdated equipment. The weapons and equipment used by elite mercenaries in some security companies are generally It is a civilian version of the Type 24 rifle, an improved version of the Type 26 rifle, and other eight-millimeter black powder bullet series firearms.

Some low-end and cheap mercenaries, mainly indigenous soldiers, use 11mm caliber Type 25 repeating rifles, or some rifles with in-tube magazines, such as the civilian version of the Qiming rifle.

At the same time, some large security companies are often equipped with artillery...mainly some light mortars and infantry guns for civilian use...but the control of artillery is very strict. How many years has your security company purchased, you must ensure that there are many of them. , the reporting and review of battlefield losses and combat losses are very strict.

Officials generally don't care about rifles and the like, but artillery and machine guns are strictly controlled weapons. General security companies are not qualified to purchase them. Those who are qualified to purchase are generally security companies with various official backgrounds and private backgrounds. Generally cannot be purchased.

Nowadays, some Chu enterprises operating in the British area basically have security forces. If the natives don't open their eyes and attack them, they don't know who will attack whom.

However, if some individuals from the Chu State rashly enter these places, they will be in certain danger... After all, if one or several people from the Chu State run over, no one will know if they are killed by the natives.

If no one knows this, the people of Chu will not be able to retaliate even if they want to!

Generally speaking, even if they are in a war zone, the safety of Chu State's enterprises can still be guaranteed.

However, as the situation continues to become tense, some nobles and wealthy businessmen among the indigenous people of the two countries are also quietly preparing for a retreat. For the upper class in the Kingdom of England, the best retreat is naturally to go directly to the London Concession.

But not everyone can enter the concession to live permanently... Even ordinary worker status is not easy to obtain, and it costs a lot of money... Ordinary English people simply cannot get this kind of permission.

But for John Taylor, who has become a formal employee of Hai Strait Trading Company, this is not a problem. After he officially joined the company, the company came forward to apply for a residence permit.

You can freely live in the administrative territory of Chu State, buy real estate, engage in commercial activities, etc.

And this also made John Taylor a popular person in the eyes of many people... Elizabeth, an employee of the human resources company, has come to find Taylor several times when he went to the city to do business, and the two made appointments and had dinner together. , while shopping, it was normal to hold hands and hug each other.

Without John Taylor having to do anything, Elizabeth took the initiative to take his hand and touch it on his thigh.

The main thing is to be proactive...

When the domestic situation in England continued to be turbulent, the threat of war was getting closer and closer, and a large amount of England's wealth and the families of high-level officials were pouring into the London Concession, Elizabeth finally couldn't help it, and half-heartedly stayed in an inn. He handed over his biggest and only bargaining chip.

She knew what Elizabeth wanted, and so did John Tyler...even a few people around her knew it!

It's a pity that John Taylor is destined not to give her what she wants!

Because John Taylor had already started going on a blind date during this period... As a young man who had just obtained his residence permit, and at the same time obtained his residence permit by becoming a formal employee of the Chu State Enterprise, he was one of many young men in the concession. A good son-in-law from an English family with only labor status.