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Chapter 271 The Fisherman's Profit (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Faced with an impending invasion, what is the best option for Nan Hua?
"It's to launch an attack, that is, to completely disrupt their plans by taking the initiative to attack before the British start planning!"

Zhu Xianhai has a certain understanding of the famous shit-stirring stick in Britain. Now is the most powerful period in Britain. Its power and influence in the world even far exceed that of the United States in later generations. It can even be said that the Victorian era The United Kingdom is so powerful that the whole world is staring at it.

And Britain's most powerful has never been its Royal Navy, nor is it a powerful country after the Industrial Revolution, but the excellent "shit-stirring" ability of generations of British diplomats. Years to make long-term strategic layout, this kind of patience is not possessed by any other country.

Just like their layout in the Rio de la Plata region, after this region became independent, they tried to replace Spain in controlling the entire Rio de la Plata region in order to obtain raw material suppliers and commodity sales markets, facing competition from France The British have patiently carried out the layout for half a century. They did not take advantage of the advantages of national power to carry out crushing aggression, but through long-term and persistent bureaucracy, through diplomacy and finance. Facing the thorn in Paraguay's fall to France, they directly triggered the Paraguay War. As the behind-the-scenes players, they not only mastered the resources in the Rio de la Plata area, but also made Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and other countries defeated in the war through financial loans. Paraguay, all became their "slaves".

For half a century, no matter how the government changes, no matter how the situation changes, they can persist in their layout in this area. This is the most terrifying thing about Britain.

patience!
They use patience to find opportunities, create opportunities, and finally achieve their goals. Facing such an enemy, and an enemy with absolute superiority in national power, how difficult is it to defeat it?

Especially in this era when the weak are prey to the strong, and the so-called international exercises are not as good as a few cannons.An opponent like the United Kingdom, which has strong national strength and enough patience, is really very difficult to deal with!
Fortunately, Zhu Xianhai is standing on the shoulders of the giant of history. He knows very well what he should do first if he wants to defeat such a "strategic player"!
It is to make the shit stir stick lose its function, it is to disrupt his plan and make him unable to plan!

"Ah, what does the king mean, take advantage of Argentina and the others to withdraw from Paraguay, strike hard and annex Argentina?"

Zuo Zongtang took a steady breath, recalling in his mind his understanding of England during his investigation in England. He knew how powerful the industry of that country was, and how strong its strength was.

"But, what if the British intervene by force? Just like when they intervened in the Russian-Turkish war and sent troops to Crimea."

More than ten years ago, in order to prevent the expansion of the Russians, the choice of the British was straightforward.It is to send troops directly with the French to help the Turks resist Russia.

You must know that before this, the British had just fought against the Turks, and even so, it did not prevent them from standing on the side of the Turks.

In this case, the left central hall will of course worry that the British will play in person.

"Military intervention, of course, is one of his options, but..."

Zhu Xianhai made a gesture, then walked towards the wall, pointed to the map on the wall and said.

"However, he needs to transfer the fleet from the British mainland to South America, which means that he must find a suitable logistics base in South America, that is, Brazil. Of course, this is possible. Then? If he wants to attack by land, It is necessary to cross the grasslands in southern Brazil, which is definitely not a good thing for the British who worked hard on the expedition. In the end, they will still choose to attack from the La Plata River, which means that naval battles will be inevitable..."

Zhu Xianhai thought for a while, and then said.

"So, we only need to hold the mouth of the river to win the war. I think that through targeted reinforcement, we are capable of defeating the British fleet in the Rio de la Plata, at least preventing them from entering the mouth of the river. If not, we can prevent them from entering the Rio de la Plata by laying mines."

It is unrealistic to defeat the British Royal Navy based on the strength of the Nanhua Navy at present or a few years later, but Zhu Xianhai has a lot of ways to prevent the British from using their fleet - torpedo boats and mines, all of which are ready-made way.

"Well... In this case, we only need to defeat them on land. Is your majesty going to help Paraguay?"

Zuo Zongtang thought for a while, although the British navy is powerful, but Nanhua's army... is not bad, especially the weapons are extremely advanced, and it takes a few years to prepare to severely injure the British on land. Not possible.

"Aid Paraguay?"

Glancing at the north, Zhu Xianhai sneered.

"That Napoleon in South America wants to die, and no one can stop him. Besides, for us, the existence of Paraguay is not a good thing. Helping Paraguay is just an excuse. When the three of them fight and lose, we will lose In the end, at that time, it's easier to fight!"

"Two dogs fight, play off!"

Zuo Zongtang smiled,

This style of play is not bad, of course, he still has some concerns in his heart, that is England.

"What about the UK? Your Majesty, we must consider the UK. If the UK ends early, the problem may become very complicated."

"Indeed it is!"

Zhu Xianhai repeatedly nodded in agreement.

"So, once you want to fight, you must be quick, precise and ruthless, end the battle in the shortest possible time, and use thunderous attacks to fundamentally disintegrate the resistance of Argentina and Uruguay. Well, this is why we must build northern railways and roads. The reason for the net...war!"

Glancing at the map, Zhu Xianhai said.

"This is also the reason why I asked you to come. Once a war breaks out, we must end this war in a short period of time, maybe a month, maybe two months, at least end a large-scale battle. Just crush the Argentine resistance, get them to sign the surrender, and then what?"

Zhu Xianhai thought for a while, then said again,
"To end this war before the British step in, and even force the Brazilians to cease fighting, well, you can put it this way, is to take the three countries of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay from the United States before the British can mobilize their troops. At the same time, we can also pass a decisive battle to severely damage Brazil and force them to withdraw from the war. In this way, for the British, he has only one choice left-a labor expedition, Or choose peace."

After saying these words, Zhu Xianhai frowned. He didn't know if Britain would follow his plan, but he had to firmly implement the plan, because it was related to the survival of Nanhua.

"Peace?"

Zuo Zongtang said.

"Will the British choose peace?"

(End of this chapter)