The news that China and Japan will have a decisive battle at sea in the Yellow Sea Dadonggou soon spread, and this immediately caused a great sensation. Because this is a decisive battle between more than 20 battleships on both sides, which has never happened before. The decisive battle of more than 20 battleships has never been precedent in the war history of various countries. This news made countless military leaders almost go crazy, especially when all countries heard the news. Command their diplomatic personnel in China and Japan, and then hope to come to visit this battle and watch this engagement from the ship. As a large-scale decisive battle at sea, it is definitely a feast not to be missed, because this decisive battle is unprecedented, so if you can come and see it, you will definitely learn a lot, especially the naval battle The knowledge inside is unparalleled. It will be of great help for them to study the decisive battle of the huge fleet in the future. It can completely help them formulate the design and construction of the next warship, and then to the next production, and the tactical changes will have a lot of enlightenment. So they just discussed the time of the decisive battle, so that all countries will know immediately.

"Governor Wang, the British Empire is going to send a military observation team to watch the battle from your country's warships. Please agree." British Minister Zhu Erdian said.

Zhu Erdian is currently the British Minister to China, because China and the UK have not "declared war". Although Taiwan has already gone to war with other countries, it has not declared war on each other. Because fighting and declaring war are not necessarily equal. Sometimes war is declared without war, and sometimes war is declared without declaration. Just like the later generations of China and the United States fought on the Korean battlefield. China and the United States have actually already fought, but both sides are wearing vests. The vests approved by China are those of the Volunteer Army, which means they were sent voluntarily. Not sent by the government. The Americans approved the vest of the United Nations, so they represent the United Nations, not the United States. So although everyone on both sides knew what was going on. But neither side declared war on each other. From the legal perspective of later generations, there is no war between China and the United States on the Korean battlefield. Although both sides beat human brains into dog brains, there was no legal war between the two sides.

There are many reasons for this, because if China and the United States officially declared war that year, it would inevitably bring the old man into it. At that time, the United States was still afraid of bringing in old men. Once the old Soviet men were brought in, it meant that the Third World War was about to break out. At that time, the socialist camp represented by the Soviet Union and the capitalist camp represented by the United States were bound to engage in a decisive battle. Neither side wants to have a decisive battle so soon, so naturally they don't want to. In addition, both the United States and Lao Maozi possess nuclear weapons. If the third world war really breaks out, I am afraid that all mankind will be destroyed.

Therefore, knowing that the consequences of declaring war will be very dangerous for both China and the United States, and neither of the two sides can bear such a big consequence. Although the two sides have long been in a pot of porridge, everyone is very restrained. , without a real declaration of war.

There are many similar examples. In the period of the Republic of China, even though they fought with the Japanese, they wanted to obtain economic assistance from the international community, especially weapons and economic assistance from Germany. Therefore, the Republic of China and Japan did not declare war, and it was not until 1941 that Germany, Italy and Japan actually declared war. This is not because Lao Jiang is timid, but for the sake of the overall situation. In many cases, war and politics cannot be confused, and one cannot act on one's will. So judging from many examples, declaring war and starting war are not completely equated.

Although China is currently at war with the Eight-Power Allied Forces, neither side has declared war. The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China in the name of "protecting overseas Chinese" and did not declare war on the Qing government. And the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have the courage to declare war with the eight countries. As for the history that Cixi declared war on the world, it is just a rumor. Neither side officially declared war, so the British Minister Zhu Erdian still swayed in front of Wang Guorui. It was as if the two sides at war in Tianjin did not exist.

"It's really thick-skinned. We started fighting early in Tianjin. You are here as if nothing happened, as if nothing happened. It seems that you really don't hear anything out of the window. You only read sage books. Yes. Every day the sound of artillery firing outside can be heard inside the capital, you are so calm!" Wang Guorui thought.

However, Wang Guorui already knew that these guys would definitely not be willing to be alone, so he naturally couldn't miss this kind of situation where dozens of battleships were fighting. This kind of grand occasion of dozens of battleships fighting had never happened before. Since the adoption of steel warships, it is impossible for everyone to fight with hundreds of warships like in the past. Because steel warships are very high in terms of tonnage, weight, and construction costs, it is impossible to maintain hundreds of wooden warships like in the past. The cost of wooden warships is low, the maintenance conditions are relatively low, and they are driven by wind, etc., so in the era of wooden warships in the past, there were hundreds of searches for warships. But in the era of steel battleships, especially all-steel battleships, the cost is not low. Even if you want to build hundreds of battleships, you can't afford the money. Even if you make it, you can't afford the follow-up maintenance fee. Therefore, the grand occasion of hundreds of battleships fighting together in the past has almost completely disappeared. It is already remarkable that ten battleships can have a decisive battle at a time.

This time more than 20 battleships will fight together, of course it is an attraction that is hard to give up. Those who are not familiar with the navy will be able to absorb experience from these battles and learn a lot. This is the reason why the British want to send a military observation team to observe this battle, which makes everyone very keen to come and watch. Zhu Erdian's face was also thick enough, anyway, it was as if the two sides hadn't broken out into a war, as if neither side had fought, so he came directly to ask Wang Guorui.

"Zhu Erdian, do you British Empire want to watch this battle? Actually, it's not impossible." Wang Guorui asked.

Wang Guorui knew that this kind of spectating would actually be known to people all over the world sooner or later, so it was not a useful way to hide it. I will dispatch the submarine and the sword-class battleship this time, and naturally I want everyone to know. Anyway, it will be exposed sooner or later, but it doesn't matter whether it is a few hours earlier or later. So instead of this, it is better to exchange for some benefits.

"Master Wang, please tell me!" Zhu Erdian said.

Wang Guorui replied: "Actually, my request is very simple. That is what our Chinese mercenaries got in South Africa. If we want to bring it back, you just turn a blind eye and close your eyes."

Wang Guorui arranged a lot of mercenaries in South Africa. These mercenaries helped the Boers fight against the British and gained a lot of benefits. For example, diamonds, gold ore, etc., these are all valuable things. But these South African mercenaries are worrying about how to transport these things back. They are not afraid of the British on land, but they have to worry about the British navy on the sea. Those South African trophies cannot be transported back to Taiwan, so this has always been a headache for Wang Guorui. Those trophies were enough to reach hundreds of thousands of pounds, so it was impossible for Wang Guorui to ignore these interests. Therefore, Wang Guorui hopes that these British people can turn a blind eye and close their eyes, not to block the ships carrying goods. Taiwan was unable to dispatch the navy to escort, and could only rely on the British to release the water.

"This, I want to ask the country for instructions!" Zhu Erdian said.

Zhu Erdian sent a telegram and returned to the country. When the British heard the news, they immediately hated it.

"These Chinese people actually took our things. They are a bunch of thieves!" the British official scolded.

The British have already regarded the gold mines and diamonds of the Boers as theirs~lightnovelpub.net~ But now the mercenaries from Taiwan want to get them back. Isn’t this stealing the British? ? So these British people are going to go crazy immediately.

"However, I think we can still do it. Because these things have already entered the hands of the Chinese, it is impossible for us to take them back. Our army is no match for the Chinese army, so instead of staring at those , it is better to maintain the superiority of our navy. This battle of more than 20 battleships is such a rare opportunity. If we can take this opportunity to learn a lot. And the Chinese warships are all our Sovereign-class battleships, our Sovereign Since the first-class battleship was built, there has never been a real sea battle, so why don't we take advantage of this time to test our Sovereign-class battleship, which can effectively help us measure our naval strength, isn't it great? ’ said a naval officer.

And the British army officer looked at the naval officer viciously. This time, he took the army's interests to repay the favor, but he still didn't dare to say anything about it. In the British Empire, the army was raised by the stepmother, if not, it was almost the same, so they dare not fart in front of the navy.

"Okay, that's it. Let the South African navy turn a blind eye to those Chinese transport ships. We don't care. But this time, we must select some excellent officers from the Far East Army to observe , and strive to learn a lot.” (To be continued.)