Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 911 (Third update, please subscribe)
"Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival!"

After learning that the navy had formulated an ambitious "third-phase naval expansion plan", Emperor Zhu just casually said such a sentence.

"Scale is necessary, but quality is more important!"

After thinking about it, Emperor Zhu casually signed a sentence on the navy's military expansion plan.

"It is important to start building new types of warships, but try to use the latest naval technology at the time."

In fact, when making this decision, Emperor Zhu already had advanced technologies such as steam turbines and carburized armor steel in his mind. With these advanced technologies, Daming could even launch his own dreadnought ship.

It's just that the technology of dreadnoughts is not mature enough, from armor to boilers to artillery, well, it's not even the eve, and the "Youzhou" under construction is a real pre-dreadnought.

"We still have to wait, but we can use a few years to push it..."

While talking to himself, Emperor Zhu approved the navy's plan, and after thinking about it for a while, he gave instructions to his secretary Jin Bingguo.

"Copy a copy of the document to the Executive Yuan and give it to the Prime Minister."

"It seems that His Majesty's decision has been made!"

In the prime minister's office of the Imperial Executive Yuan, Zuo Zongtang looked at this ambitious naval plan that had the potential to surpass France and catch up with Britain. Fang Zhanbo said seriously,
"The world war is inevitable, and we as ministers only need to do our jobs with all our heart!"

Zuo Zongtang nodded in agreement with Fang Zhanbo's answer.

"Then from Fang Shangshu's point of view, how should we prepare?"

"Report to the Prime Minister,"

Fang Zhanbo said,

"My subordinate believes that our preparations should be divided into two aspects. One is that all aspects, including the military, must be well prepared... But the most important thing is not to hope for a quick victory, but to prepare for a continuous battle. Ten years of war!"

ten years!

This is the conclusion Fang Zhanbo came to after he visited Europe and America two years ago. As a generation of immigrants, Fang Zhanbo has always won the trust of His Majesty. Consider a question - how to defeat Britain and its allies!

"ten years!"

Zuo Zongtang frowned and nodded,

"On this point, you and I have the same point of view. I think it may be longer, and it may even be as long as 15 years. After all, the Napoleonic Wars lasted for 12 years. If we want to compete with Britain in the world If there is a war, from the Pacific Ocean to North America, from North America to South America, to the Atlantic Ocean, to Africa, to the Indian Ocean, this may even be the largest war in history, and it truly involves the whole world. Protracted!"

Of course, what Zuo Zongtang didn’t know was that—in another timeline, the First World War lasted only a little over four years, and the Allies had to declare their surrender because the Allies had exhausted their war resources.But the resources possessed by the Allies are completely incomparable with Great Britain, the number one empire in the world.

Moreover, the homelands of Great Britain and Ming Dynasty are far apart. When they have not won a decisive victory in the overseas battlefield, the homeland will hardly be directly attacked by the opponent. Therefore, the relatively stable rear area is even more impossible to admit defeat easily.

Fang Zhanbo now says "ten years", which can be said to be a rather optimistic expectation.Even Zuo Zongtang's 15 years is just an intermediate value.

If Britain dies, a 20-year or even 30-year war is possible!
This is the war of generations!
How terrible is a war that lasts ten years or more?
As for no one knows now, Fang Zhanbo went on to say:
"The second preparation we have to do is what His Majesty is doing now. Weaken Britain as much as possible and strengthen ourselves. In His Majesty's words, it is the tactic of "weakening the British and exhausting the British"... Now in Turkey, in Brazil, This is the case, and in the future, in order to fight against us, the UK will definitely support South American countries with all their strength, which will further consume their national power, and with our success in Turkey and Brazil, the UK will definitely lose its prestige; but... "

After thinking about it, Fang Zhanbo said.

"According to my estimation, in the end of this battle between us and the UK, I am afraid that we will not launch an attack on their homeland. The key to victory or defeat should be the naval battle, and it should be passed to take away their most valuable colonies. Let it exhaust its war resources—such as North America, such as Australia, such as India, such as Cape Town, once they lose these colonies, Britain...is just an island country! I think this is also His Majesty's plan all along!"

Your Majesty's plan!
Suddenly, Zuo Zongtang seemed to want to understand something, he took out a map from the drawer, and then he drew circles on the map.

"Africa, this is what His Majesty is determined to win. To the south of here is Cape Town."

Zuo Zongtang said while drawing a circle.

"To the east is the Persian Gulf, which is close to India. Could it be that His Majesty treats India?"

Fang Zhanbo shook his head directly and said.

"In the case of India, His Majesty should be more inclined to give it to France and Russia."

"So, the success of the Islands is to attack Australia and New Zealand..."

Pointing to Nanyang on the map, Fang Zhanbo said.

"It should also include Nanyang. I heard that people in Huaxia are changing their minds. It is said that some officials in the capital accused Li Xuzhou of disobedience and even impeached him because of his relief to the victims. It was rejected, but now Li Xuzhou is still a little bit burnt out."

Nodding slightly, Zuo Zongtang said.

"Shaoquan will rebel sooner or later, His Majesty's warships will not be given away for nothing..."

Looking at Fang Zhanbo, Zuo Zongtang raised his head and said.

"It seems that His Majesty's plan is to carve up Nanyang together with Li Shaoquan!"

"That depends on whether he has the ability!"

They drew a few circles all the way east, guessing His Majesty's thoughts, and finally set their sights on America. They looked at America on the map for a while, and said with a tacit understanding.

"It seems that the most critical land battle is still here!"

"Yes, one is between North America and the United States, and the other is between South America and the north of Peru until the old Greater Columbia!"

In the end, they drew a circle on the map, and then said in a tone of exclamation.

"The key is still in North America!"

Staring at the United States on the map, they all knew that the most important battle was still in the United States.

"America... is too far away!"

Zuo Zongtang looked down.

"Right now, let's deal with Brazil first. After Brazil is settled, the east of the Andes is my world!"

(End of this chapter)