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Chapter 1357 The Crusades (First update, please subscribe)
"It's such a beautiful place..."

Located in the Persian Gulf on the other side of the earth, Vice Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher gazed at the warm sea with admiration.

"General, we have finally entered the Persian Gulf."

John Jellicoe, who was standing beside him, said respectfully.

He has just escaped a move. During the sea exercises held in Alexandria last year, due to Sir George Tryon's wrong steering order, he was forced to execute the steering order after repeated confirmation when he knew he was going to be sunk.As expected, it was rammed and sunk by the warship commanded by John Jellicoe. A total of 358 soldiers including Admiral Tryon were killed.Afterwards, when the court-martial was tried, the court pardoned him with the inviolability of military orders.

He had to continue to serve in the army, and the battleship "Reputation" he commanded was the flagship of the task force.

"We have to be careful not only with Russia, but also with the Ming people, who have colonies here."

Jericho reminded Fleet Commander Fisher.

"Once upon a time, we thought that the Persian Gulf was not worth mentioning. Because of this, we gave them the protection of the Bandit Coast and let them control the key points in and out of the Persian Gulf. In order to win them over these years, the British Empire Too many sacrifices were made."

Fisher stared into the distance, and then said.

"That's why the Russians are making progress in the Persian issue now!"

In the eyes of Fisher and many British people, it is the concessions made by the British Empire time and time again that have caused the current situation.

"What we need now is toughness! Use a tough attitude to make the Russians retreat!"

Just at this moment, there was a slight buzzing sound from the sky above them, as two small combat airships the size of a small boat passed low over the battleship, and three other airships hovered not far away.

In addition to the four Dreadnought-class battleships in the task force led by Fisher, there is also an airship mothership "Ark Royal" refitted from a coal carrier.

Ever since the Ming Empire attacked the Brazilian fleet with airships, the air defense issue of the fleet has been paid attention to by countries all over the world. From anti-airship machine guns to combat airships, it can be said that everything is available, and each fleet often has one or two when traveling. The airship mothership accompanied the cruise.

Just as Fisher's words fell, someone reported.

"Four pillars of smoke were found at 320 degrees on the port side!"

Soon, the lookout on the top of the mast could tell that it was a Russian Dreadnought-class battleship Sevastopol and Peter Pavlovsk, both of which were equipped with 356mm cannons. .

"They're here!"

Watching the Roman warships getting closer, Fisher sneered.

"The Russians thought they could build a modern navy by introducing Ming technology. I guarantee that if necessary, you will see later—it's just a large fleet, not just warships..."

Fisher's sneer turned into a kind of faint sarcasm, as if for him, the Russian navy... was simply out of his sight.

Just when Fisher ordered the fleet to enter the vigilance, the Russian naval fleet in the distance discovered the British Royal Navy fleet, but they did not go forward, but chose to return after sending a questioning semaphore.

"That's it……"

While ridiculing, an officer reported to Fisher.

"General, urgent call from the London Admiralty..."

After receiving the telegram, Fisher frowned slightly.

"Negotiations broke down!"

"what?"

"Our negotiations with the Russians have broken down!"

What does a breakdown in negotiations mean?
Does it mean war?
No one can predict the future, the future is often unpredictable.

Although unpredictable, the future can be manipulated and controlled, as long as the method is mastered.

Although the outside world does not know, the world situation is sliding to the brink of war step by step according to Emperor Zhu's plan. That is, when the British fleet arrived in the Persian Gulf, the Roman Legion occupied Rasht. While marching in the direction of the Russian army, Tabriz and others were also occupied by the Russian army.

With Russia's "offensive" to the UK in Persia, the UK is full of angry voices. Under the leadership and instigation of the public opinion circle, what do the British feel?
It is the British Empire that is being challenged like never before.

"If we allow them to occupy Persia, then the next step, they will occupy India, and they will take the queen's crown!"

Randolph Churchill, the special envoy, did not immediately report to the Prime Minister when he arrived at the train station after returning to London, but directly told the press the result of his trip.

Not long after the speech started, he became out of control.

"In Constantinople, what do I feel? Is the Russians ignoring us? Not only are they ignoring the interests of the British Empire, even those guys are humiliating the British. In their opinion, the British Empire has fallen , is a country in decline and not worth mentioning..." From the first sentence, Randolph Churchill's speech was taken out of context, but because of his straightforward language, the listeners could understand his words. At the train station, people listened to him, and before the excited audience, Randolph's face, which had never been so welcomed, turned horribly frantic.

"War! The Russians are clamoring for war, war... They think the British Empire is afraid of them, afraid of them, but will the British Empire be afraid of that barbaric thief?"

"No!"

The surging public opinion was awakened in Randolph's speech. For Randolph, it seemed that at this moment, he once again succeeded in gaining the attention of the public.

"For the British Empire, if the Russians want war, then we will give them what they want..."

Although the British had just ended a war at this time, and even though the British lost tens of thousands of troops in South Africa, the British were also patriotic, and they were also proud. They could not tolerate Russia—the one that stole the name of Rome. Eastern European countries, an affront to the British Empire.

Who can tolerate it?
When public opinion was surging, the British Foreign Office once again made serious representations-demanding that the Roman Empire stop its barbaric invasion of Persia!
Even in the words of negotiations, they did not hesitate to use force as a threat.How did the Roman Empire respond to the British threat?

They pulled the Asia Minor area straight, sent more troops to Persia, and even Tsar Alexander III declared in the Hagia Sophia-"This is another Crusade!"

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(End of this chapter)