Chapter 1064 Battle Cloud Resurrection

Singapore.

Yue Yun and Lei Ming are drinking tea and basking in the sun on the Ironclad King.

According to the original plan, they wanted to attack Jakarta, but after discovering that Jakarta had built a deep trench, they did not act immediately, but reported the information of Jakarta to the imperial study.

Immediately they were ordered to temporarily suspend operations against Jakarta, and were asked to send a group of soldiers to Qingzhou to be trained in the use of new weapons, which were allegedly called mortars and were specially used to attack the enemy hiding in trenches. Fang soldiers.

At the same time, Yue Yun was ordered to make his fleet dock in Singapore to join Lei Ming. Once the new weapons arrived, they would immediately take military action against Jakarta.

"Hey, I don't know when the order to attack will come down. It's not a problem to drink tea and sunbathe all day." Yue Yun sighed. Since the establishment of this iron-clad fleet, the fleet has not fought a real naval battle. , which made him have a feeling of holding a sword and not being able to draw it out.

Compared with Yue Yun's eagerness to fight, Lei Ming enjoyed the rare scenery very comfortably, he said, "How can your navy know how hard it is to fight on land, this Nanyang has been fought all the way down, and my soldiers have been damaged by the enemy's hands. There are not many soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness because of the poisonous miasma, so for our army, the soldiers are enjoying this rare vacation.”

At this time, Yue Yun glanced at the army soldiers who were swimming in the sea and barbecued on the beach. Compared with the first time they saw them, these soldiers really recovered their vitality.

"That's true, but our navy is not easy. It's hard enough to be stuck in this iron can all year round." Yue Yun said with a smile.

Lei Ming glanced enviously at the cannons on the Ironclad King. The calibers of these cannons were very large, much larger than the field guns they carried, but the power of these cannons could be seen from the caliber.

"You don't want to be cheap and sell well. The sailing warships in the past are much worse than this. When I saw your fleet for the first time, I wanted to be a navy." Lei Ming said helplessly.

The two were teasing each other when a soldier boarded the ironclad ship and handed one of the two telegrams to Yue Yun and the other to Lei Ming.

After reading the telegram, Yue Yun said: "The interior of the empire is not peaceful now. It is said that someone wants to limit the emperor's rights."

Lei Ming read the telegram and nodded, "These things are simple and bold. If I follow my temper, I will directly destroy their nine clans, so as to avoid so much trouble."

The telegram in his hand was sent from the headquarters of the Southeast Military Region. Although he was on an expedition, the news within the empire would be sent to them through the telegram.

And from the telegrams of relatives and friends, the more they can get some circulating news.

"You can't say that, do you think the emperor can't kill people? Now the emperor is still so patient, maybe he is planning something, our emperor came out of the sea of ​​blood, and these people want to fight the emperor. "Yue Yun said.

Lei Ming nodded, "Anyway, this time I will have someone give instructions to the military region headquarters to firmly support the emperor. If the emperor has dispatched, there should be no delay. You can also send an order to Dengzhou. Let's go to war now. Outside, you have to show an attitude.”

"Well, it's still as thoughtful as you think. At least this can calm down some of the younger generation." Yue Yun said.

After a pause, he continued: "But you and I don't have to worry about it, the emperor seems to be well-informed about this matter, otherwise he would not have said nothing about these matters in this order, and only let them continue to take military action to capture Jakarta. "

Lei Ming also received an order from Xiao Ming, he said: "The first batch of mortars will be in place in half a month, and that will be the end of Yagda."

After that, he stood up and said to the messenger beside him, "Order the soldiers to gather, and send them to Yagda ten days later."

In response, the herald immediately got off the battleship.

Yue Yun said at this time: "I should also prepare. According to our information, this time the Western combined fleet has a tendency to encircle us from Yaqda and Malacca. At least 30 reinforcement warships have arrived in Yaqda. This brought the number of warships in Yaqta to more than fifty, and more warships were docked in Calcutta, preparing to break through Malacca.”

Lei Ming's expression was solemn, for him this time it would be their biggest battle with the West so far, and the outcome of this battle will be who will ultimately win the dominance of Asia.

...

London.

Victoria was also worried about the war in Asia. This time, the British and French missions sent back home with humiliation without achieving any results.

It was under this premise that they finally decided to fight a fierce battle with the Chinese Empire in India to force the Chinese Empire back to the negotiating table, instead of using barbaric methods to seize all their interests in Asia.

After all, India is very important to the United Kingdom. They would rather give up the whole of South America than India, because this region with a population of hundreds of millions is a huge market and raw material supply and marketing place.

Once India is lost, British industry and commerce will suffer severe losses.

"In addition to worrying about India, we may also worry about whether the Chinese Empire will continue to expand westward. After all, according to the latest intelligence, they now have a more terrifying weapon, a rear-loaded rifle with metal bullets, A rear-mounted artillery and a weapon that can be fired continuously, called a machine gun, and in the navy, they have dozens of powerful ironclad ships, I am afraid we have little chance of winning this war."

At the Tulip Palace, Murphy pessimistically reported the situation of the war to Victoria.

"Is this information reliable?" Victoria frowned.

"These information came from Cao Kun's people, and our soldiers who fled from Australia also proved this. In response to this situation, we must comprehensively reform our national defense system, otherwise we will not only lose India, I am afraid there are more "Murphy said: "I suggest increasing the investment in military spending, and convene elite technical talents to study the direction of the development of weapons in the Chinese Empire. Now that the domestic steam engine technology is very mature, maybe we should use these machines to do something?"

Victoria's brows furrowed deeply, and she said, "From now on, reduce all the expenses of the palace, put the money saved into the research and development of weapons, and send envoys to European countries to win their support."

After a pause, she said: "Also, before sending envoys to the Ottoman Empire, we must not allow the Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire to unite. For this reason, we can use all means to destroy the relationship between them."