Chapter 271 The Fisherman Gains Profit (Third update, please subscribe)

What is the best option for South China in the face of an impending invasion?

"We need to attack before the British start planning. We need to take the initiative to attack and completely disrupt their plans!"

Zhu Xianhai has some understanding of the famous troublemaker Britain. Now is Britain's most powerful period. Its power and influence in the world even far exceed that of the United States in later generations. It can even be said that Britain in the Victorian era was so powerful that the whole world took notice.

Britain's greatest strength has never been its Royal Navy, nor its powerful country after the Industrial Revolution, but the outstanding "trouble-making" ability of generations of British diplomats. They are able to persevere in making long-term strategic plans for more than ten years or even decades. Such patience is not possessed by any other country.

Just like their layout in the La Plata River region, after the region gained independence, they tried to replace Spain to control the entire La Plata River region in order to obtain raw material supply and commodity sales market. Faced with competition from France, the British patiently carried out a layout for half a century. They did not use the advantage of national strength to carry out crushing aggression, but through long-term and persistent arrangements, diplomacy and finance, they gradually mastered the region. Faced with Paraguay's betrayal to France, they directly provoked the Paraguayan War. As behind-the-scenes players, they not only controlled the resources of the La Plata River region, but also made Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and the defeated Paraguay all their "slaves" through financial loans.

The most terrifying thing about Britain is that they have been able to persist in their layout in this region for half a century, no matter how the government changes or how the situation changes.

patience!

They patiently looked for opportunities, created opportunities, and ultimately achieved their goals. Facing such an enemy, an enemy with absolute superiority in national strength, how difficult would it be to defeat them?

Especially in this era of the survival of the fittest, where international martial arts are no match for a few cannons, an opponent like Britain, which has both strong national power and sufficient patience, is really difficult to deal with!

Fortunately, Zhu Xianhai is standing on the shoulders of the giant of history. He knows very well what he should do first if he wants to defeat such a "strategic player"!

It is to make the troublemaker lose his function, to disrupt his plan and make it impossible for him to make his arrangements!

"Ah, Your Majesty, do you mean to strike hard and annex Argentina before they withdraw from Paraguay?"

Zuo Zongtang took a deep breath and recalled what he had learned about Britain during his inspection in the country. He knew very well how powerful that country's industry was and how strong its strength was.

"But what if the British intervene militarily? Just like they intervened in the Russo-Turkish war and sent troops to Crimea."

More than a decade ago, in order to stop the expansion of Russia, the British made a straightforward choice, which was to send troops together with the French to help the Turks resist Russia.

You have to know that before this, the British had just fought a war with the Turks. Even so, it did not prevent them from standing on the side of the Turks.

Under such circumstances, Zuo Zhongtang would of course worry that the British would take action themselves.

"Military intervention is certainly one of his options, but..."

Zhu Xianhai made a gesture, then walked to the wall and pointed to the map on the wall.

"But he needs to transfer the fleet from the UK to South America, which means he must find a suitable logistics base in South America, which is Brazil. This is of course possible. Then what? If he wants to attack by land, he must cross the grasslands in southern Brazil. For the British who have traveled a long distance, this is definitely not a good thing. In the end, they will still choose to attack from the La Plata River, which means that a naval battle will be inevitable..."

Zhu Xianhai thought about it and then said.

"So, we only need to defend the river mouth to win the war. I think, through targeted reinforcement, we are capable of defeating the British fleet in the La Plata River, or at least preventing them from entering the river mouth. If that doesn't work, we can prevent them from entering the La Plata River by laying mines."

It is not realistic to defeat the British Royal Navy with the current strength of the South China Navy or with the strength of the South China Navy in a few years. However, Zhu Xianhai has plenty of ways to prevent the British from using their fleet - torpedo boats and mines, which are all ready-made methods.

"Well... in this case, we only need to defeat them on land. Your Majesty, are you ready to help Paraguay?"

Zuo Zongtang thought about it and realized that although the British navy was powerful, the Nanhua army... was still pretty good, especially their weapons were extremely advanced. With a few years of preparation, it was not impossible to inflict heavy damage on the British on land.

“Aid Paraguay?”

Glancing towards the north, Zhu Xianhai sneered.

"That Napoleon of South America wants to die, and no one can stop him. Besides, for us, the existence of Paraguay is not a good thing. Aiding Paraguay is just an excuse. When the three of them are all injured, we will intervene. At that time, it will be easier to fight!"

"While the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman gains!"

Zuo Zongtang smiled.

This style of play is not bad, of course he still has some concerns in his mind, that is Britain.

"What about Britain? King, we must take Britain into consideration. If Britain leaves early, the problem will probably become very complicated."

"That's true!"

Zhu Xianhai nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"So, if we have to fight, we must be quick, accurate and ruthless. We must end the battle in the shortest possible time and use thunder-like attacks to fundamentally disintegrate the resistance of Argentina and Uruguay. Well, this is also the reason why we must build a railway and road network in the north... war!"

Zhu Xianhai said after taking a look at the map.

"That's why I asked you to come. Once the war breaks out, we must end it in a very short time, maybe one month, maybe two months. At least end the large-scale fighting, and completely destroy the Argentines' resistance and make them sign a surrender agreement. Then what?"

Zhu Xianhai thought for a moment and then spoke again,

"We need to end this war before the British intervene, and even force the Brazilians to cease fire. Well, you can understand it this way. We need to wipe out Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay from the world by striking hard before the British mobilize their troops. At the same time, we can also use a decisive battle to severely damage Brazil and force them to withdraw from the war. In this way, the British will only have one choice - to go on a long expedition or to choose peace."

After saying this, Zhu Xianhai frowned. He didn't know whether Britain would follow his plan, but he had to implement this plan firmly because it was related to the survival of Nanhua.

"Peace?"

Zuo Zongtang said.

“Will the British choose peace?”

(End of this chapter)