s: Asking for votes at the beginning of the month February 1, 1917, AD 2758.
Just as the Chinese people were preparing to celebrate the Spring Festival, a shocking news was broadcast on the Xinwen Broadcast that night: London has fallen.
After the news came out, the whole world was stunned.
You know, since William the Conqueror captured London in the 11th century, this is the first time that the city of London has fallen to a foreign enemy in more than 800 years.
Moreover, this was still the heyday of the British Empire.
The majestic and majestic empire on which the sun never set even had its nests taken away.
In a teahouse near Neijiang Industrial Park, a group of employees who had just returned from the Spring Festival holiday gathered inside to chat and give advice.
Since the outbreak of the war in Europe, it has become a common way of leisure and entertainment for everyone to gather in teahouses to watch the news, make dragon gate formations, and talk about mountains and rivers.
That's right, the Chinese people basically regard the European War as a big show.
The ratings of various programs about the European war are extremely high, and their popularity is no less than that of the World Cup and Olympic Games in later generations.
Those idiots who didn’t know how to type a few years ago are now talking about Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the army, navy and air force.
As long as there are a few people together, they will talk about the European War.
Coupled with the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the surge in consumption power, teahouses in various places are also doing booming business.
In order to attract business, these teahouses often hire commentators who have been transferred from storytelling masters to analyze and comment on the war in Europe.
Anyway, in the past two years, teahouses in China have tended to develop into clubs and salons.
After all, it is more enjoyable to brag and spank with a group of people than to play alone at home.
Of course, according to different customer groups, these teahouses are also divided into different categories such as military, history, politics, finance, science, etc.
The current Li San Teahouse is a typical military and political teahouse.
The customers inside are basically fans of military weapons, which is also known as the Military House in later generations.
The full-time commentator hasn't arrived yet, so everyone is sitting together drinking tea and bragging.
"Damn it, this British devil really doesn't need a beating, he's going to kneel now."
"I heard that the Germans conquered it because the king ran away and morale was low."
"The capital of the British devils has been surrounded.
It would be strange if the king didn't run away.
If he didn't run away, the fifth generation would have to sit in jail and count his lice."
"It's not like counting lice.
I heard that Qiao Laowu is the cousin of Kaiser Wei Lao Er.
Why wouldn't Wei Lao Er let his cousin go to jail like the big-headed soldier?"
"To say that in order to fight for that big position, father and son are killing each other.
Who are these cousins?
I don't think so.
If Wei Lao Er catches Qiao Lao Wu, he might kill him with a knife or drink a glass of poison.
Wine, three feet of white silk will do the trick."
"Go, go, go, you've heard too much about storytelling.
A glass of poisoned wine and three feet of white silk.
The white-skinned devils don't like this.
They usually lock them up, just in the temple of the foreign monk.
Or build a special tower for detention. " "Isn't it the same as suppressing goblins here?
Fa Hai from the Legend of White Snake just locked up the White Snake in Leifeng Pagoda."
"Isn't that right?
You brother don't understand.
This is called suppressing luck.
It is the method of the foreign devils.
If you catch the king of the enemy country, you will be imprisoned to suppress the luck.
Maybe, Wei Laoer has repaired the tower he gave to his cousin. " Wang Qinian also became a military fan a few years ago and was a frequent visitor here.
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Today he was also there.
Hearing these people's boasts becoming more and more unreliable, he couldn't stand listening to them any longer, so he said: "Tsk, what are you talking about, Qiao Laowu, intimidating?"
The second ones.
Those are George V and William II.
They are not brothers with the previous ones. " Those people all smiled and said disapprovingly: "Haha, the names of these foreign devils are too complicated, we can't figure them out, but it's almost enough anyway."
Wang Qinian, who was really ready to educate them, was choked up and rolled his eyes.
At this time, someone else said: "I think we shouldn't sell those warships to the British.
They are such great warships.
It's really not worthwhile to sell them like this."
Wang Qinian took a look and found that this man was also a colleague of Xingke Group.
His surname was Liu.
He was born as an accountant and now worked as an accountant in a vehicle factory.
Everyone calls him Accountant Liu.
In the old days of the Qing Dynasty, people like Wang Qinian would not be qualified to talk to him.
The accountant is also a scholar, so it is strange that he would ignore you.
But it's different now.
Not to mention a bookkeeper or accountant, even top leaders such as the factory director, secretary, and chief engineer, Wang Qinian can talk to him.
Besides, Lao Wang now also graduated from a staff college, with the same advanced diploma.
He smiled and said: "Haha, Lao Liu, what's wrong with this?
The boats we sold are all old ships from the past.
They have long been outdated.
What's wrong with using them now to exchange for land?"
Accountant Liu said disapprovingly: "It's certainly a good deal if you can exchange it for good land, but those places are also introduced on TV.
They are all deserts and miasma.
I'm afraid I can only grow grass.
What's the benefit?"
Wang Qinian said: "Hey, you don't understand.
This land can't just be used to grow crops.
This is called an overseas base.
In the future, when our warships and civilian ships go out, they will have a place to rest.
Look at that year During the Russo-Japanese War, because there were no overseas bases, the warships did not have two places to dock and rest.
The result was miserable, and the little Japanese who were waiting for work were beaten to shit."
"Well, from what you said, it seems that's the case."
Accountant Liu thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
"Besides, those old ships have been sold, so we can build new ones.
I heard that we will build two new battleships this year, which are larger than the Sun Wu class," Wang Qinian said mysteriously.
"He's really bigger than Sun Wu, please tell us in detail."
Accountant Liu asked curiously.
When other people heard the breaking news, they also gathered around.
"Ahem."
Wang Qinian cleared his throat and said, "This is not caused by those white-skinned devils.
Originally, our Sun Wu class was the most powerful battleship, but those foreign devils were not convinced.
So they built a bigger one.
The battleship, the Nelson class that the British started building last year, has nine 406mm main guns and a weight of 38,000 tons.
I heard that they are planning to start building a larger one this year.
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The Royal Majesty class has twelve 432mm main guns and weighs 48,000 tons.
The South Dakota class that the Americans started building last year has twelve 406mm main guns and weighs 43,200 tons.
They plan to build six ships at once.
The main gun of the Nagato class is 410 mm.
The main gun of the German Bismarck class is 420 mm, which is bigger than the tube of our Sunwu class."
Some people exclaimed: "Damn it, why does it sound like these British devils have the thickest pipes?
Aren't they severely repaired by the Germans?"
Someone immediately said: "Isn't it strange that there are also three thousand nails in a broken ship?
A camel is so skinny that it is bigger than a horse.
The opium dealers have been working hard for so many years, and they still have no money."
"Then what should we do?
The Sun Wu class has no advantage compared with these new ships."
The people were worried.
In this era, the people have a very simple view of warships, that is, "big is beautiful, more is better."
The bigger the ship, the better, the thicker the pipes, the better, and the more, the better.
Especially in the past few years, the masses' appetite has been increased by Mr.
Wen, and the consciousness of the Celestial Empire has almost recovered.
As soon as I heard that my ship was not as big as others, and my pipes were not as thick as others, I immediately couldn't sleep well.
"So we can't lag behind.
Of course we must build bigger battleships with thicker pipes," Wang Qinian said after taking a sip of tea.
"How big and thick is it?"
everyone asked impatiently.
Wang Qinian said: "This is a secret.
It will probably not be announced until the official start of construction.
Anyway, it must be larger than the Sun Wu class, and the pipe will not be less than 400 mm."
"Granny, if you ask me, if we want to use 500mm cannons, let's see if they can still chase them," some radical military fans said excitedly.
"Haha, you think this is an auction, and you scare others away by offering a high price."
Some rationalists immediately sneered and said, "Besides, the bigger the cannon is, the harder it is to build it.
It's not as easy as you think."
"Don't the Germans have 800 cannons?
The news said they used them when they attacked London."
A young man who looked like a high school student asked weakly.
"Tch, you are an amateur.
The 800mm is a mortar, which is completely different from a naval gun."
At this time, a waiter ran over: "Lao Wang, Lao Wang, your wife called.
She wants you to go home quickly, your father-in-law is here."
"Oh" Wang Qinian stood up quickly and said to several colleagues: "Oh, I have something to do at home, so I'm going back first."
Hanking, Presidential Palace.
The Fall of London is just a topic of conversation among the people, but it is not simple at the top.
"What's going on, British guy?
Isn't there 7 million people in Greater London?
Why can't we hold on for just over a month?"
Wen Desi said with a look of displeasure.
He was still fully expecting the British to turn London into Leningrad, but he didn't expect Niu Niu to be such a loser and actually knelt down.
Chief of the General Staff Xin Jie said: "Mr.
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Wen, this is because the Germans' landing was too sudden.
The British were not prepared to use London as a battlefield at all.
Their war preparations were very inadequate.
Besides, London is not a city suitable for defense, and Lenin Gullah is different.”
"Damn it, can the British still fight?
If they surrender, the United States may not end up."
Wen Desi was a little depressed, don't really let it go.
"We can still fight.
King George V and Prime Minister Lloyd George, who evacuated to Edinburgh, both gave speeches today, asking the UK to persist in resisting German aggression.
Moreover, although the Germans captured London, they also suffered heavy casualties, at least five One division has been wiped out, and at least five more divisions have been crippled.
There will be no strength to organize an attack in the short term
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