I'm in the Red Mansion

After seeing the intelligence, these senior officials at the ministry level couldn't help but break out in cold sweats.

They never expected that these countries were actually bandits by nature.

If sanctions on China fail, they will turn against China and use force.

Fortunately, the Jinyiwei had powerful intelligence capabilities and learned about their news early on.

If we wait until they reach our doorstep before we find out, it will be too late for us to even start fighting.

At the same time, they were secretly rejoicing in their hearts.

Fortunately, the emperor had foresight and, more than ten years ago, vigorously developed the navy and built ten naval bases.

After more than ten years of development, the navy has begun to take shape and has a certain combat capability.

During these ten years, the emperor must have been under tremendous pressure.

You know, the navy's military expenditure is much higher than that of the army.

Not to mention anything else, how much military expenditure would it cost just to build a warship?

In the eyes of all officials, such a huge military expenditure is a useless expense. It is like throwing it into the sea without even a splash.

Therefore, they naturally all strongly opposed it.

Over the past decade or so, the emperor has endured tremendous pressure.

It was not until now that they realized how wise the emperor was.

If it weren't for the emperor's foresight, with the million-strong coalition army of these countries, the Central Plains would almost be in a passive position and would have difficulty in resisting.

You know, since the recovery of Annan, the coastline of Central Plains has become even longer.

If there is no navy, the naval forces of these coalition forces can attack the Central Plains from any point along the coastline.

Even though the Central Plains has strong military power, it does not have so many troops to guard the coastline.

I can only run around in a hurry and there is nothing I can do about them.

In the end, the Central Plains could only implement the strategy of scorching the walls and clearing the fields.

All the people living on the seashore should retreat.

But if this happens, their losses will be too great.

And in this way, it would be easy to drag down the Central Plains.

And now, they have ten naval bases.

As long as these naval bases have intelligence support, they can basically cover the entire coastline and keep the enemy out.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, now there are wolves surrounding us and they are already at the gates of the city."

"We in the Central Plains will order all navy forces to defend vigorously."

Other senior officials also echoed.

After hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but ask, "Defense?"

"No! The best defense is offense!"

"Why can't we set up an ambush and attack them directly before they arrive?"

"If we operate properly, we can completely wipe them out before they enter our Central Plains waters!"

Jia Cong's words shocked all these senior officials.

I didn't expect that the emperor would be so decisive!

Are they still thinking about how to defend themselves?
What the emperor wanted was to take decisive action.

No wonder the emperor was invincible when he was a general, and was known as the ever-victorious general. He was also awarded the title of Marquis of Champion for his military achievements!
After a moment's hesitation, Qin Daxueshi said, "Your Majesty, it's just that our Central Plains is the land of Confucius and Mencius, and a land of etiquette."

"It would be against the way of the saints if we attacked them before they showed any ill will towards the Central Plains!"

Yes, that’s what Confucianism is about.

After more than a thousand years of evolution, Confucianism has become distorted in some aspects.

In Jia Cong's opinion, it is nonsense to say that I will not offend anyone unless they offend me.

If you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you prevent a thief for a thousand days?

We all know that they are planning to harm me and have sent a coalition force to attack us, but we can't take the initiative?

Do we have to wait until they actually take action before we are forced to fight back?
What kind of bullshit theory is this?
Jia Cong could not help but sneer and said, "They are all barbarians, not of our race, their hearts must be different, what is the point of talking about morality with them?"

Hearing this, Grand Secretary Qin said hastily: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The plan was decided, and next, Jia Cong quickly made arrangements.

The ten great naval commanders all received military orders.

When they heard that the coalition forces were coming to attack, they quickly became excited.

Yes, they are excited!

Over the past decade, their respective navies have achieved rapid development.

But I am really angry.

They have been holding their breath ever since the embarrassing military exercise when they were first established.

Over the past decade or so, they have conducted military exercises and cracked down on pirates, and their strength has increased rapidly.

However, money also flowed like water, and I don't know how much was spent.

However, the abominable thing is that they have already mastered the skills to slay dragons, but unfortunately, there are no dragons for them to slay!

Over the past decade or so, has there been no year when officials did not call for cuts in naval spending?
Some even called for the disbanding of the navy.

How could they not hold their breath?

Now, the enemy has finally arrived, and they can finally show their skills!

Not only that, this is also real military achievement!

If there were no enemies, where would they gain military merit?

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The Jinyiwei were also fully mobilized and put all their energy into detecting the movements of the coalition forces.

When it comes to technology, China has kept many tricks up its sleeve.

For example, their hot air balloon technology was completely blocked.

Other countries have actually developed hot air balloons.

However, the performance of their hot air balloons is far inferior to that of China.

China's hot air balloons can already accurately control their direction and carry out detection.

Now, they release a large number of hot air balloons to detect the movements of the coalition forces in real time.

And then there is the communication capability.

The technological content of the telegraph was not high, so other countries also mastered the telegraph technology one after another.

The radio technology in the Central Plains is naturally superior and is strictly controlled in their own hands.

Nowadays, they can not only complete real-time information transmission, but also intercept each other's signals.

They can even pass on false information to mislead others by confusing the real thing with the fake.

With the lead in information, we can be said to know ourselves and win every battle.

With the support of intelligence, the ten navies quickly assembled, and then under the unified command of Grand Commander Jia Huan, began to set up an encirclement in advance.

Yes, the admiral of the navy, that is, the commander-in-chief of the navy, is Jia Huan.

Jia Huan’s strong point has never been martial arts. In terms of martial arts level, he is probably not even as good as a third-rate general.

He is good at deploying troops.

Jia Cong knew very well that the status of the navy would become increasingly higher in the future.

Therefore, Jia Cong decisively transferred Jia Huan to the navy and appointed him as the navy commander-in-chief.

As for Jia Huan, he really couldn't concentrate on studying the Four Books and Five Classics.

But his ability in military affairs is really strong.

He soon learned various tactics of naval warfare.

Now that he is in charge of all the navies and has the lead in all aspects of information, he can command like a fish in water.

Now Jia Huan was no longer thinking about whether he could win. If he could not win even though he was ahead in all aspects, such as information, weapons, and individual soldier capabilities, then he would not be a great commander.

You might as well just go home, buy a piece of tofu and kill yourself with it!
What Jia Huan is thinking about now is how to achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost.

It would be best if we could wipe them all out.

Soon, under Jia Huan's command, they began to set up layers of encirclement on the sea.

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At this time, Arthur, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, was still in high spirits.

He and generals from various countries were sitting on the most luxurious command ship, holding a cocktail party in high spirits.

They still have three days to reach the Central Plains.

At this time, they would never have thought that the Central Plains had already known about their troop movements and had set up an encirclement in advance.

Therefore, at this moment, they were very relaxed and still held a cocktail party.

Arthur raised his glass and said loudly: "Come on, gentlemen, let's drink this glass together and celebrate our great victory in advance!"

"Our great achievements will be recorded in history books. This is another great step forward in our conquest of the world!"

"Cheers! Let's celebrate our greatness together!"

"Cheers! It is said that Oriental girls are very pretty and have a nice scent, without any weird smell!"

This sentence immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Although these people are tall, they have well-developed sweat glands and thick hair.

There is always a strange smell on his body, similar to that of a wild beast.

They usually spray strong perfume to cover up this strange smell.

The beauties in their country, although tall, sexy and plump, still have this strange smell on their bodies.

Moreover, the beauties in their country have a very short shelf life.

Often within ten years, your body shape will become out of shape and you will age faster.

Therefore, they were very covetous of the beauties from the East.

And because of the powerful strength of the Central Plains, the oriental beauty is shrouded in a veil of mystery.

These upper-class people drank the red wine in their hands together.

Then, he hugged his female companion at the party and started dancing.

Yes, this time they went to battle, they still brought a lot of fine wine and beautiful women.

They never thought about failure.

In their view, the coalition forces of thirteen countries formed an completely invincible army.

Their navy is invincible, enough to sweep across all other countries in the world. How could they fail?

They were very arrogant and never took the Central Plains seriously at all.

Of course, their pride also comes from self-confidence.

Because this is not the first time they have started a war.

They have waged war elsewhere, and more than once.

And every time, they were successful.

Their muskets conquered civilizations one after another, imprisoned them, and enslaved them.

Countless civilizations have been destroyed under their guns.

The easy victories time and time again brought them immense confidence.

They believe that this time will be no exception.

However, the performance of these upper-class people at the party was extremely ugly and not classy at all.

Many gentlemen couldn't help but hug the girls around them and start biting them madly.

They even tore off their ties and roughly tore off their dress clothes.

What's worse, some people can't help but commit adultery in public.

The cocktail party was suddenly filled with the smell of hormones, and the atmosphere became more and more heated.

Whistles began to sound, and then more and more people began to join in the carnival.

However, at this moment, faint artillery sounds were heard in the distance.

This made many gentlemen stunned.

However, more gentlemen who were completely immersed in it did not hear these sounds.

Commander-in-Chief Arthur could not help but be stunned. He quickly called his personal soldiers and said, "Go and check where the sound of the cannon came from? Why did it fire?"

"Yes, sir!"

The coalition forces had too many ships and a million men.

It is naturally impossible to gather all these ships together.

Instead, they formed a formation and moved slowly forward within a range of hundreds of nautical miles.

In this situation, it is normal for a warship from an unknown country to occasionally make an operational error and fire a shot.

Although Arthur was alert, he didn't take it too seriously.

However, the sound of gunfire was not just one, but gradually became more frequent.

This made Arthur's face become solemn, and he couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart.

He strode to the window, pulled open the curtains, and the sunlight outside immediately shone in.

Then he turned off the phonograph, and the party suddenly became quiet.

Even the gentlemen who were engaging in debauchery could not help but stop.

Arthur called out, "Now, gentlemen, please remain calm."

"Please listen carefully to the gunfire outside. I think we may be in trouble."

Although the sound of artillery outside was faint, it was audible, and it was becoming more frequent.

However, at this time they had no idea what was going on.

Who is attacking them?

At sea, their signal transmission was still a little poor after all.

Although information can still be transmitted via telegraph, the transmission of information is much slower after all, and information loss may even occur.

At this time, all the gentlemen calmed down.

They couldn't help but talk about it.

They really couldn't figure out who would be so arrogant as to attack them!

After a while, they finally received the message.

What they didn't expect was that the ones who came to attack them this time were actually the Central Plains they wanted to attack.

As luck would have it, the country attacked by the Central Plains was their weakest country.

This time, although the fleet sent by Central Plains was not large, their artillery fire was very sharp and had a very long range.

At this time, Belgium suffered heavy losses and had lost one-tenth of its warships.

Losing one-tenth of the warships is already a heavy loss.

And the artillery attacks are still continuing.

This loss will definitely not be the final loss.

I'm afraid that the country will suffer heavy losses this time.

At the reception, generals from various countries looked at each other in bewilderment.

The Belgian naval commander, More, was even more furious.

He was having a great time here, but the warships he brought were attacked by the Central Plains.

More immediately became furious and demanded that Arthur send a fleet to surround Zhongyuan's fleet immediately and not let anyone go.

And this time, I must completely destroy Zhongyuan. Only by destroying their country and their clan can I relieve my hatred! (End of this chapter)