Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 410: John Bull's Power

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!At this point in the war, both sides are struggling to persist. At the beginning, they all had the purpose of quickly solving the other side or Bibo's surrender, but they did not expect that the war would become a war of attrition, a battle of positions.

For a long all-out war, it is a competition of comprehensive national strength.The two-and-a-half years' time is spent on natural resources and human resources.Other national policies, military command, and scientific and technological strength are the reprocessing of these resources, which are in a leading position in terms of "quality", and of course the quantity is as important as time goes by.

In particular, the original plan of the Will Army was based on quickly defeating Gaul, obtaining their funds and resources, and then arming themselves to force John Bull to compromise..

However, the failure of Griffin's plan caused the two sides to fall into endless trench battles and battles of positions, and the battlefield became a force that devoured both sides with a meat grinder.

In this regard, the Army of Wills knew from the beginning that they were at a disadvantage. Their advantage lies in qualitatively, a strong industrial base, firm public opinion, and climactic military qualities, ahead of Gaul Chicken and John Bull’s technology. .These are their advantages.

After all, comparing population, capital, and natural resources, they are not John and Gaul's opponents at all. After all, they have huge colonies and hundreds of years of primitive accumulation in addition to their native land.

But they are relatively scarce in resources.Once the trade line and supply line were cut off, they fell into a disadvantaged position. Although they had a lot of resources in the beginning, no one could predict that this war would be so big and last so long.

However, their resources have been exhausted in less than a year. If the Qing Dynasty had not continuously provided them with resources through the railway line and the Dardanelles, their situation would have become very difficult. Now that the railway is cut off, they can only use Shipped by sea.

This is also why the Will Army defeated John Bull and Gallic Chicken in the early stages of the war, but now they feel a little powerless. Although they have gained the advantage of one war after another, they still maintain their right The enemy's suppressive power is not enough to offset the gap between resources and population.Unless they can double Gaul John's troops every time, it is obviously impossible.

It can be said that if their import channels are cut off, the defeat of the Will Army is only a matter of time.

But now John Bull and Gaul Chicken feel that the base has matured. In order to win the war as soon as possible, the two countries no longer threaten the threat of being too scrupulous and they are determined to truly block the army of will.

After John and Gaul declared that the coastal waters of the Will Army became a military restricted zone, the Qing Dynasty and many neutral countries expressed strong opposition.But in order to win the war this time, the attitudes of the two countries were very clear. They sent a large number of cruisers and destroyers to cruise.

And his capital ship is to watch the high seas fleet of the main will to prevent them from taking the opportunity to escape and cause trouble.John Bull's powerful naval industrial capabilities have enabled them to own 33 battleships, which are the best in the world.

And now the Will Army ranks second in the world with 18 battleships, and the third Qing Qing has 15 battleships, which together can surpass them in tonnage.Biquge www.dzshuo.com

In order to complete the tonnage of the last two navy, John Bull will continue to build capital ships.

Huayuan 3904, Western North Sea waters

Two merchant ships flying the Golden Dragon flag of the Qing Empire were sailing on rough seas. The deep waterline could predict that they were full of supplies. It is now approaching winter. The strong sea breeze and heavy supplies made their The speed is not fast, staying around 10 knots.

We must know that it is not more than ten years ago. The maximum speed of merchant ships is generally 18-20 knots or more, which shows how harsh the marine environment is now.

The two merchant ships were loaded with steel and food. These are the resources that the Army of the Will desperately need. With the Saar and Ruhr industrial areas and barely saving coal, steel can quickly be transformed into the weapons they need. .

Under the current situation, the empire could not do too much to directly provide weapons. It could only deliver natural resources to them, and the price directly doubled and profits skyrocketed.

Fortunately, the Qing Dynasty may feel a little sorry, and provided some weapon drawings and the next-level air ammonia production method, so that the Will Army can not rely on external forces in the gunpowder area, so they can only use it in the face of high prices. Endure it with his nose.

Because it is foreseen that Western currencies will depreciate due to war, all war materials exported by the Empire, whether it is for John’s side or the military will be directly collected for silver and other precious metals, and only rice (national) yuan and Hua Yuan.

In two and a half years, the Qing Dynasty has earned more than 20 billion yuan of funds through transactions. This is equivalent to the total fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty for 20 years and the GNP of the entire empire for more than one year. It is foreseeable that the Qing Dynasty can benefit from the end of the war. How much benefit are gained from both parties.

And Citi on the other continent also made a profit of nearly 10 billion yuan. As the Gallic Chicken and John Bull tilted towards them more, they should be able to earn nearly 20 billion yuan by the end of the war. GNP profit for one year.

The Gallic Chicken and John Bull are okay. Now they have spent almost half of their reserves for hundreds of years. The gold reserves of the will soldiers are already empty, so they can only exchange for other things, and what they can pay There is less and less, fortunately there is some looting in Gaul and some support from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, otherwise they would have been impoverished.

The Wangjiang and Wanglou merchant ships were also cautious at this time. The empire had warned the country that they had to change their route from the nominal war zone to the north. In fact, the Bollane line that had been occupied by the Will Army was docked, but they believed that John had just released it. The ban, and it was about to enter the waters of the Will Army, security should be guaranteed, so I did not accept the suggestion.

Only at this time, a black spot appeared in their telescope, and this was a cruiser flying the national flag of John...

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