"Your Majesty, the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy has arrived at the designated waters and completed the blockade of the British Isles. In addition, the coastline of France is also blocked by us. However, our warships are limited, and ships from Britain and France, or even other neutral countries, often cross our blockade." General Sun Hao, Chief of Staff, reported to the Imperial Emperor Long Yufei.

"There is no way to do this. The sea is so vast and the coastline of Britain is so long. It is almost impossible to completely block it. However, it is enough to basically block the British maritime transportation route!" Long Yufei said. It is impossible to completely block the UK so that no ship can reach the UK.

However, for the empire, as long as the British maritime trade is cut off, Britain will be completely finished! At that time, Britain will become increasingly weak under the empire's blockade. This will help the empire send troops to land on the British Isles in the future.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that after the 5th Fleet completes rest, I will also participate in the blockade of the British Isles. In addition, the "Eastern Han-class" battleships of the Imperial Navy will be put into service one after another, and these warships can also be sent to Europe!" General Sun Hao said.

"Yes!" Long Yufei nodded. The tighter the blockade, the more severe the British strength would be weakened. It would be better to cause the entire British to be hungry all over the ground. In that case, it would be not far from the Empire's final victory.

"Don't the British and French navy dare to fight us?" Long Yufei asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Their navy has always been in the military port and is under the protection of shore defense artillery." General Sun Hao said.

"However, based on the information we have obtained, the British shipyard is working hard to build warships. In particular, the four powerful "Nile-class" battleships will be able to serve in a few months! This may pose a certain threat to us." General Sun Hao continued.

"Well. This is a question. Which shipyard is the British's 'Nile-class' battleships built in?" Long Yufei asked. He also knew this information. The four British 'Nile-class' battleships have been launched and entered the final stage of outfitting, and it is only a matter of sea trial. Of course, now the British coastline has been blocked by the Imperial Navy. It is impossible for these 'Nile-class' battleships to complete the sea trial. However, even if these 'Nile-class' battleships do not pass the sea trial, they can be put into service. But in that case, there may be some minor problems.

The British Navy's "Nile Class" battleship has a displacement of more than 15,000 tons, and the five twin-mounted 12-inch main guns are equipped with more fierce firepower than the "Admiral-class". Even compared with the "Eastern Han-class" battleships equipped with three triple-mounted 305mm main guns, it is not weak at all. Therefore, if these "Nile Class" battleships are put into service, they will undoubtedly pose a certain threat to the Imperial Navy.

"Your Majesty, all four 'Nile-class' battleships were built at the Portsmouth Shipyard in the UK! In addition to the four 'Nile-class' battleships that are about to be completed, there are four 'Admiral-class' battleships and four 'Nile-class' battleships under construction." General Sun Hao said. There is no doubt that once all the twelve battleships are in service, the Imperial Navy will face another challenge.

"Portsmouth Shipyard? Is that shipyard with a history of nearly two hundred years? Is it possible to destroy this shipyard!" Long Yufei said. If you want to solve the problem once and for all, you have to destroy the entire shipyard at once. In this way, the British shipbuilding industry will be greatly hit. Although the British shipbuilding industry is very developed, there are many shipyards that can build warships. However, the Portsmouth Shipyard is the most important one. If it is destroyed by the Chinese Empire, not only are those warships not useful, but the British Navy wants to recover its vitality. It is even more impossible.

"Your Majesty, the Portsmouth Shipyard is located in the home port of the British Navy's local fleet, and there are many shore defense turrets around it. It is very difficult to destroy this shipyard!" Admiral Sun Hao said with a frown.

"Even if it is difficult, we have to do it. Arrange it and let the main ships of the 1st Fleet and the 5th Fleet go. I don't believe that with the 16 main ships of the Imperial Navy, we can't deal with them. In addition, aren't the "Eastern Han-class" battleships put into service? Let the "Eastern Han-class" battleships go too. There are 24 battleships in total, and it should be more than enough to destroy the British Navy's naval base!" A trace of firmness flashed in Long Yufei's eyes.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Sun Hao nodded. He knew that Long Yufei had made up his mind, so naturally there was nothing to say.

"Your Majesty, the General Staff plans to counterattack the North Atlantic Military Alliance from the end of February this year. The counterattack will first start from the Iberian Peninsula. After the British and French coalition forces entering the Iberian Peninsula, the Imperial Army and the Spanish Army will cross the Pyrenees and attack southern France. The empire's troops stationed in the Western Siberian Plain will have to wait until the end of March or early April to launch an attack. At that time, we will join forces with the Ottoman Turkish Empire to launch the final blow on Russia!" said General Sun Hao.

Long Yufei nodded: "What about the Belgian Kingdom? They are the Hope Empire of War I have provided support to them! It is indeed not easy for the Belgian Kingdom to last until now!"

"Your Majesty, we are currently transporting various war materials to the Kingdom of Belgium by sea. However, there is no plan to transport troops to the Kingdom of Belgium. According to the original plan, the Kingdom of Prussia should send troops to attack France from the north!" said General Sun Hao.

"The Prussians are mostly unreliable. They will definitely disappoint us. In the end, they need to rely on themselves. Arrange two armies to the Kingdom of Belgium! Even if they cannot launch a counterattack from the north, at least they must defend the Kingdom of Belgium so that they will not be destroyed!" Long Yufei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Sun Hao nodded.

"In addition, the General Staff must be prepared. Once the Prussians come out to compete for territory with us, we cannot lose to them! Those Prussians refused to work hard when they fought before, but now they see that we are about to win, and they will definitely be eager to come out to compete with us for the fruits of victory!" A trace of haze flashed across Long Yufei's face.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Sun Hao suddenly felt that the conflict between the Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia might intensify this time. In this case, it would not be very beneficial to the war being carried out now! Of course, if the Kingdom of Prussia wanted to seize the fruit of victory, the Empire would never agree. How could the Empire pay such a great price in this war?

While General Sun Hao, the Chief of Staff, was reporting military information to the Imperial Emperor Long Yufei, the car of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Prussia to China drove into the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Klaus, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Prussia to China, got off the car. However, his face was not very good. It was not until he saw the staff arranged by the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs to greet him that his face was filled with a smile.

Soon, Ambassador Klaus appeared in the office of the Imperial Foreign Minister Wei Yuan.

"Good afternoon, Ambassador! Are you here today?" Wei Yuan asked in surprise. If the relationship between the empire and the Prussian Kingdom was still very close, then now, the relationship between the two countries has begun to be alienated. It is not for anything else, but mainly because the war is about to end, and the differences between the two countries are becoming increasingly greater for the distribution of post-war interests. This directly leads to inevitable conflicts between the two countries.

The Kingdom of Prussia has always accused the Empire of expanding outwardly and snatching profits while European countries resisted the main force of the North Atlantic military alliance. But in the same way, the Empire also accused the Kingdom of Prussia of keeping its strength. Otherwise, the battle situation in the Kingdom of Belgium would not have deteriorated to this extent.

However, because the war has not yet ended, the North Atlantic military alliance is still strong. Therefore, although there are differences between the two countries, they still maintain close cooperation. However, it is very difficult to say how long this cooperation can last.

The empire also saw that the Prussians wanted to expand in Europe in a large scale. After using this war to defeat the old powerful European countries, they wanted to jump up and become the overlord of Europe. If possible, they would definitely want to replace the empire and become the overlord of the world. Therefore, the contradiction between the empire and the Prussian Kingdom was inevitable.

"Your Excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs, this time I came here, I was ordered by the country and I had to inform the Chinese Empire of a situation!" Ambassador Klaus said.

"Oh? What's going on?" Wei Yuan was a little surprised.

"The Kingdom of Prussia believes that the war has reached this point and all countries are exhausted. The Asian-European military alliance has won a decisive victory. Next, we may be able to end the war through the negotiating table. Instead of letting the young men of all countries die on the battlefield again!" Ambassador Klaus said.

At this time, the empire's foreign minister Wei Yuan's brows were already frowning tightly. Yes, the Asian-European military alliance has now won a decisive victory, but the war has not yet ended and the North Atlantic military alliance has not been completely defeated. If the war is stopped now, it will be very unfavorable to the empire.

"Adviser, does this mean the Kingdom of Prussia?" Wei Yuan asked.

"His Excellency Foreign Minister, this is the meaning revealed by Britain and France. If the Chinese Empire agrees, they can admit defeat!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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