Long live peace!

This sentence is just to fool the ignorant people. After all, in the past few months, the whole world has been paying attention to the Roman Empire's invasion of Persia and Britain's response.

Of course, they did not think that a war would break out between the two countries, because the reason was very simple. On one hand, the Roman Empire would never take the initiative to go to war with Britain, because Britain's strong national strength was beyond the reach of the Roman Empire, and it was also what they feared, so the Roman Empire was absolutely unwilling to go to war unless it had no choice.

On the other side, although the British Empire seemed to have strong national strength and the most powerful naval force in the world, its warships could not fight on land, and they had just suffered a setback from the Boers in South Africa, so they had to end the war they provoked through peace talks.

It can be said that observers all over the world think so. They believe that what happened in Persia was just a crisis. A crisis between great powers, although it will lead to distrust between the Roman Empire and the British Empire, and even lead to future war, but it is still a long way from war.

Peace... was not affected too much! It was just that the occurrence of this crisis further pushed the world situation towards war.

February 23, 1995.

The Persian Gulf was as calm as usual. Although it was winter in the northern hemisphere, February in the Persian Gulf was sunny and the temperature was pleasant. In the bay illuminated by the scorching sun at noon, a fleet escorted by three merchant ships and a gunboat was heading northwest.

Singh, dressed in military uniform, climbed on the guardrail as usual, with his head hung and vomiting from time to time. He had vomited everything after lunch. Although he couldn't vomit anything now, he still retched like a conditioned reflex.

The "Goodman Charlie" was a British merchant ship carrying nearly two thousand officers and soldiers of the British Indian Corps. They came all the way here from Bombay to reinforce Persia and to curb the expansion of the Russians in Persia.

The Russians are marching towards Tehran! Threatening British Empire interests in Persia.

But this doesn't matter to Singh.

He was a soldier of the British Indian Corps, and the British were his masters. He could go wherever his master told him to go and fight whoever his master told him to fight.

No, for Singh, he never thought that sailing on the sea would be so uncomfortable. This was his first time going to sea. He had only served in India before. Who would have thought that he would feel dizzy as soon as he got on the ship and has been dizzy until now.

"Lassi, when did we arrive in Persia?"

"It will be soon, soon, Singer, tomorrow at the latest..."

Lacy said while smoking a cigarette and glancing at Singh who was vomiting all over the place.

"When you get to shore, you can have a good meal."

"It'll take another day!"

Just as Singh was complaining, the merchant ship suddenly blew its whistle. Then the crew members ran back and forth in a mess, and most of the Indian soldiers at the railing asked curiously.

"What's going on?"

"Warships, Russian warships!"

"Look! There's a column of smoke to the northwest!"

Because there were no telescopes, the Indian soldiers on the ship could only see a column of smoke at the junction of the sky and the sea in the northwest.

"It should be a Russian warship."

Captain Charlie said, holding a telescope.

"Russians, what are the Russians doing here?"

The reason they had such doubts was that they really couldn't figure out why the Russian warships came here.

Soon, a warship came into their sight. It was the protected cruiser "Novick". Then, under the gaze of the Indians, the "Novick" rushed straight towards it, and at the same time hoisted the "return immediately" signal flag and fired two blank shots as a warning.

"What? Are the Russians crazy? What do they want?"

After learning the news from the telescope, Captain Chano, captain of the gunboat "Destroyer", opened his mouth in shock and spoke after a while.

"Damn those Russians, don't they know we're the Royal Navy?"

The Russian naval officers and soldiers on the "Novick" must have known that this was a British merchant ship. The reason they intercepted this transport fleet was that the tens of thousands of British and Indian troops on the three transport ships had a great impact on Rome's Persian strategy, so Constantinople asked the navy to prevent the British and Indian troops from entering Persia. This is why the "Novick" protected cruiser intercepted it.

"Tell those damn Russians that this is the British Royal Navy's gunboat "Destroyer", and we have the right to sail in any sea in the world!"

Although there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, Captain Chano, as a Royal Navy officer, was undoubtedly extremely arrogant and conceited. He did not take the Russian warning seriously at all.

"Keep going!"

The Royal Navy is proud and conceited. What if there is a huge gap in strength? What if we are just a thousand-ton gunboat?

The pride of the Royal Navy lies here, how could it be threatened by it?

Faced with the "Destroyer's" uncompromising attitude, the "Novick" protected cruiser once again sent out flag signals demanding the other side to withdraw.

"Ouster, please evacuate immediately! Please evacuate immediately!"

At the same time, the gunners on the "Novik" had already begun to turn their guns towards the "Destroyer". It must be said that the Russians were also arrogant.

At least for Lieutenant Commander Vasily, the captain of the "Novik", he was conceited and proud, and even harbored hatred towards the Royal Navy - his father died in Crimea.

In fact, almost every Russian noble family had someone killed or wounded in Crimea. It was for this reason that many Russians went to South Africa as volunteers to support the Boers in the war.

Britain... owes Russia a blood debt!

Of course, he owes him Vasily's blood debt even more!

Facing the British Royal Navy, the Russian polar bear will not make any concessions either.

"Keep going! Tell them we are the British Royal Navy!"

Captain Chano turned his head and gave the order to the first mate beside him.

The British Empire Royal Navy!

Sometimes just this one answer is enough.

The British Empire Royal Navy - never surrendered! The pride built since Nelson will never be lost in the hands of one person.

He would not give in now either.

"All ships ready for battle!"

After the captain's order was issued, the British sailors went into combat readiness. They turned the turrets, aimed at the Russian warships, and loaded shells into the ship's guns.

Just at this moment, a wisp of dark cloud blocked the scorching sun in the sky.