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Chapter 1352 My Great Britain is a Paper Tiger (First update, please subscribe)
The Naval Department Building of the Central Capital, Office of the Third Section of the Naval Intelligence Department.

The newly promoted section chief, Qian Guochen, was immersing himself in the review of the reports that had just been collected. These reports were collected and analyzed by the analysts from the mountains of information. However, despite this, Qian Guochen still needed to analyze them, because he stayed up all night Because of his dark circles and red eyes, he looks a bit like the pair of "iron-eaters" in the Imperial Zoo.

Of course, "Iron-eating Beast" is also the old name, but in fact their name is Panda, and it was a gift from Datang to His Majesty.As soon as he made his public appearance at the Royal Zoo, he became a popular fried chicken at the Royal Zoo.

Without him, the "iron-eating beast" looks cute and cute, really cute.

However, in the eyes of some people, Qian Guochen is also very likable.

"Section Chief, please have some tea."

The female secretary offered the tea tray with a smile, and her slim curves were especially alluring against the background of the navy skirt and uniform.

"Um……"

Qian Guochen, who was holding the teacup, didn't even raise his head in the face of all this. He knew that there were certain bottom lines in the empire that could not be touched.

Once you touch it, then six years of hard work will be in vain!

Although Qian Guochen's surname is Qian, he has nothing to do with the prime minister of the current dynasty, and no one in his family has been an official for three generations. His father took him to immigrate to Linhai in 66. Literacy learned on board.He was admitted to the Imperial Naval Academy by Sidley for ten years. After graduating at fourteen, he served in the fleet. In 16 years, he served in the Naval Attaché in the United States. Because of his talent in intelligence analysis, he entered the Naval University in 18 years to study naval intelligence. study. In 19 years, he entered the Second Section of the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of the Navy.

At the beginning of the year, only 33-year-old Qian Guochen was promoted to the chief of the second section, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and his monthly salary was adjusted to 310 yuan. In addition, he even got a handsome and charming female secretary!
Life is like this, what is there to be dissatisfied with,
But in the face of the charming female secretary, he knows that the bottom line of the empire cannot be touched.One of the bottom lines is having an improper relationship with a subordinate. Once it is exposed, regardless of whether the other party is willing or not, it means that the future is lost.

This is power, and certainly a minefield.

"It's okay, Xiao Xu, you go down first."

Qian Guochen swallowed his saliva and drove the female secretary away, and continued to review the intelligence in front of him. He needed to select the highest priority from the intelligence and submit it to the director, and then it would be made into a briefing and sent to the minister and the chief of staff. before the case.

Even for this salary and the future of this job, work hard!
Qian Guochen, who stopped thinking about it, once again turned his attention to the information before the case. Suddenly, a report in the intelligence attracted his attention.

"Royal Navy's Mumbai port heavy oil storage drops to lowest level this year..."

A seemingly inconspicuous report, in the eyes of intelligence analysts, contains many secrets that will not be revealed easily.

"Heavy oil, heavy oil..."

Chanting this word, Qian Guochen thought of the current situation - in Persia, because of Russia's invasion, the British were furious, and they even sent a team of four dreadnoughts while making diplomatic protests. fleet to the Persian Gulf.

The response of the British Empire must be said to be swift, and it can even be said to be fierce.

"Four dreadnoughts... But, how can there be no oil?"

While talking to himself, Qian Guochen frowned.

Heavy oil may seem inconspicuous, but what is the biggest commonality among dreadnoughts all over the world?That is, the steam turbine using coal and heavy oil as a mixed fuel was used to replace the previous double-type steam engine that burned coal alone as the ship's power plant, which greatly increased its speed.

And now the United Kingdom, like the Empire, has determined that its warships use heavy oil as the main fuel.

"Insufficient fuel, which means that Britain has no intention of going to war in Persia and Russia. They sent a fleet to the Persian Gulf. If they are ready to go to war, they will definitely ensure the fuel supply first, and..."

As if remembering something, Qian Guochen looked at another piece of information, which was a report on the ammunition storage in Mumbai and Bangladesh.

"There are only 675 12-inch shells in Bombay, and the inventory of 13.5-inch and 14-inch shells is... zero!"

Eyes wide open, he looked at the report, and then Qian Guochen kept looking at the ammunition storage from Bangladesh to Singapore, to Hong Kong and Australia.

"Sure enough, as I guessed, there is none!"

When Qian Guochen said no, he meant that there were none in the arsenals of those colonies. Stock of 13.5-inch and 14-inch shells.

"Because the UK does not need to send dreadnoughts equipped with 13.5-inch and 14-inch cannons to the colonies, pre-dreadnoughts or second-class dreadnoughts with 12-inch guns are sufficient to meet this need. The guns are all 14-inch guns!"

That is to say, they neither have enough heavy fuel oil nor enough artillery shells. Under such circumstances, the mighty armed demonstrations to force Russia to make concessions are actually... nothing more than bluffing armed demonstrations.

Soon, Qian Guochen's report was delivered to Shen Yaozu, Minister of the Admiralty. The newly promoted Minister of the Admiralty flipped through the newspaper, then raised his head and asked.

"Is the information accurate?"

"All the information has been confirmed by the Naval Intelligence Service many times."

Xu Jiekun, Director of Naval Intelligence, thought for a while and said.

"His conclusion is also based on the accurate intelligence of the intelligence service. I personally agree with his conclusion. Britain...is more inclined to compromise on the Persian issue, and they have no intention of going to war with Russia on the Persian issue."

"It's true. Britain has just experienced a failed Boer War. They will definitely not be willing to go ashore and fight the Russians. So..."

After nodding in agreement, Shen Yaozu said again.

"The Russians may have a chance to occupy Persia..."

Pursing his lips, Shen Yaozu said.

"Tell this information to the Russians through our official channels."

"Inform the Russians?"

Xu Jiekun was taken aback for a moment, then said.

"In this way, it is very likely that the Russians will not compromise on the Persian issue. This information actually shows that the British are bluffing..."

"That's right, that's what we need!"

Shen Yaozu, who is the Minister of the Navy, of course knows that the empire has entered the countdown, and the current Persian incident is a good trigger.

"For the empire, Russia's expansion in Persia is in the fundamental interests of the empire. If Russia obtains this information, they will ignore the threat of war from the British, but the only question is whether Britain will sit back and watch Russia occupy Persia! "

That's the biggest problem.

After all, Britain is bluffing. In essence, Britain is a paper tiger. Is it possible that this paper tiger will go to war for Persia and the Russians?

Regarding this, Shen Yaozu, the naval minister, also had no idea.

But it is precisely because of this that the Russians need to continue to stimulate the British until the bottom line of the United Kingdom is stimulated.Even a tiger has an unacceptable bottom line.

As long as the bottom line is touched, even a paper tiger will explode.

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(End of this chapter)