166 Cheong’s Strike (2)
While Easterfield was transporting refugees from the north-central part of Qing, there were only about eight fortress walls that were destroyed.
It would be strange if this fact had not flowed into the Forbidden City, since there was such a commotion.
Chung had not taken much of Lee Yang-seon’s appearance until now, and they simply dismissed them as barbarians from the West.
However, it was soon revealed that such a judgment was a complete error.
The Qing court dispatched a special envoy to Easterfield’s camp.
Special envoy Shiu Churen asked for an interview with Lee Gak.
“We have brought a message from His Majesty the Emperor of Daecheong! Western barbarians, get your name!”
“What’s your name?”
Lee Gak looked at Cheong’s special envoy with a somewhat gloomy expression.
Then, as if annoying, he stole the scorpion made of golden silk as if snatching it from the envoy.
Then the special envoy kicked off his seat and stood up.
“You commit such disrespect! How can you damage the Emperor’s name so blatantly?!”
“Hmm, is it okay for me to read this anyway?”
Lee Gak had very bad feelings for Cheong.
If the Qing hadn’t persecuted Catholics, or if the Qing had not shaken Joseon by interfering in internal affairs, his family would not have been destroyed.
During the Qianlong period, Catholicism was severely oppressed and there was persecution in Joseon as well.
When Queen Jeongsun had a new Confucian ordeal in retaliation for the change of government, if it had not been for the persecution of Catholicism in the Qing Dynasty, Joseon would not have done such a bizarre thing as hitting the head of the living.
Lee Gak’s attitude was also well reflected in his relationship with fruits and vegetables.
“… … Your emperor has written that we will declare war if we help any more defectors.”
“What, what?! It is blasphemous!”
“Recite the Buddhist scriptures only in temples. In any case, we will continue to receive defectors, so if you want to go to war again, go ahead.”
“I, I… … !”
The lion, whose anger reached the tip of his head, immediately returned with the golden scroll.
The Qing soldiers will probably come soon, but Lee Gak shrugged as if it was no big deal.
“Can we stop the Qing army with the bullets we have?”
“That’s enough to fire a thousand rounds per person. The Qing army can destroy it a thousand times.”
Even in the West, the Qing dynasty speaks of, it is an era where at best, guns are fired, how on earth can the Qing defeat Easterfield without a proper gun?
The only words that came out were that Lee Gak was really absurd.
“You mean you’re still out of your mind? Even if it happened like that last time?”
China has so far exerted influence over all of Asia or has lived under its own feet.
Such arrogance was evident in the attitude toward foreign invasions.
Their attitude that there is only one Qing Dynasty.
Lee Gak vowed to completely break that bridge of the nose as of today.
***
In the early winter of 1836, the Anglo-Russian War was coming to an end.
Experts were estimating that the war was more likely to end with Russia’s unilateral victory.
If Britain were to lose this war, it was clear that the financial markets would be turned upside down.
“Your Majesty, it is said that the price of bonds in Russia has tripled.”
“Three times?”
“In the meantime, British bond prices have been negative every day, and eventually fell to 1/10.”
A drop of nearly 90%.
The reason why this price decline was able to continue was that after Britain was defeated in naval battles, it showed signs of being pushed back in land battles as well.
The British won one ground battle with their long-range towed artillery, but the Russian cavalry still survived and devoured the British infantry, who still lacked mobility.
After the war in the Czech Republic, Russia continued to gnaw British infantry, resulting in 40,000 casualties.
This was proof that Britain was clearly losing this war.
However, even in this situation, a reversal could be made.
“Since winter is approaching, the ice in Northern Europe must be frozen by now?”
“of course. All of Russia’s main supply routes are frozen in ice, so for now, ships can only float in British-occupied Western Europe.”
“Fufu, is that so?”
Yi Hwan was steadily buying grain from the Faroe Islands, Russia’s most important supply route.
Dark Stellar, a black company under Easterfield, cracks down on cases such as various smuggling, information transactions, and large-scale fraud, and on the contrary, infiltrates or infiltrates the other party’s company or country to steal information and complete smuggling. .
Dark Stellar has continued to build friendships with the Faroe Islands, and now the proportion of imports and exports is increasing.
Lee Hwan thought that the time had finally come.
“Buy all the grain of the Faroe Islands.”
“Are you doing it right now?”
“Of course. Except for grain for domestic consumption, buy until it is impossible to procure. It also allows smuggling.”
When smuggling becomes possible, grain prices rise even more significantly.
Since the profits can be several times greater than those sold in the grain market, if smuggling is successful, the price of grain is bound to rise.
If the grain was swept away by smuggling several times like this, it was clear that Russia would not have enough military supplies to use in this war.
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Meanwhile, Yi Hwan heard that Yi Gak was at war with the Qing Dynasty.
“The Grand Duke is saying that there will be an all-out war between fruits and vegetables.”
“Is it finally an all-out war?”
No matter how patient Qing was, he could not stand still and watch the act of devouring the population in his own country.
In addition, the Qing had their own territory occupied, so their pride was hurt.
Even if they did not rush in and endured until now, it would be considered an act of bravery.
“If an all-out war breaks out, the Qing army will surely be destroyed. If that happens, the people of Qing may be shaken. To prevent him, let him be more compassionate.”
“How much can I solve?”
“Release not only the slaves of the Qing Dynasty, but also the commoners and the middle class, so as to be very captivating.”
“Yes, I understand. Then we will procure grain from the mainland and send it to Qing.”
In Easterfield, chemical fertilizers began to become common, and by using agricultural machinery, they were already running large-scale farms with a small number of people.
There was often a surplus of grain as they farmed a vast territory, and the federal government of Easterfield made a plan to stockpile the grain as a national reserve and purchased all of it.
As the grain was stockpiled, the Easterfield Federation sent it to Africa and Australia to increase grain turnover and keep people from starving.
There were more grains than enough to feed the country, so Lee Hwan was thinking of coloring Asia with Easterfield’s flag.
“Perhaps there will be a response as soon as the grain is released. We need to maximize that response and divide the Qing.”
“iced coffee… … !”
“Then we must win this war as easily as possible. At the same time we support the British, we also support the Asian Expeditionary Force.”
***
The Russian expeditionary force was in a situation where grain could not be obtained even in the middle of winter.
Even after taking control of the British Shetland, it was impossible to advance further south.
It was because of the British artillery’s coastal artillery fire and the winter sea wind obstruction operation.
“In Scotland, we are focusing our coastal artillery in earnest to the north. At this rate, the fleet could be destroyed before we even approach.”
“Hmm… … . It would be nice if we could do it for three months after the siege.”
If we go a little further south from here, we will secure a land advance and Russia will win the war.
However, the British artillery counterattack was so strong that it was not possible to do so.
The most difficult thing is that there is not enough food.
“Everything is good, but food supply is a problem.”
“What about Shetland food?”
“It is said that they have already taken away everything they are going to take, and burned the rest.”
“… … Damn British bastards!”
“It is said that the Norwegian coast is no longer available for food. They say it’s because all the ports on the mainland are frozen, so boats can’t float.”
“… … damn it.”
The new naval commander Alexander Malanoski wondered if this might be a good idea.
The supply to the rear is not smooth, because it is impossible to get food because of the fact that they are stuck in the northern part of the North Sea.
“What about the Faroe Islands?”
“They say they can’t lower the price of grain by a single penny. They don’t want to sell what they have, so they don’t want to give it to them.”
“… … When the hell did the Faroe Islands grain get so dry? When we checked it out just a month ago, it was definitely more than enough for us to fight.”
“It seems that someone in the middle did some hoarding.”
“Hoarding?”
“As winter approaches, I think that someone may have done something in advance, knowing that it will be difficult to obtain grain.”
“whoever?”
“There are a lot of people in Europe who make a lot of money from kiosks. Perhaps this is the case now.”
If the supply is cut off due to being hit in the head by the canteen, Russia’s navy may collapse as it is.
Finding food in the winter sea is not as easy as you might think, and this place was quite close to the North Pole.
Even if they tried to procure food by themselves, it was said that it was impossible.
In the current situation where self-sufficiency became impossible, the Russian Navy had only one option.
“… … Goes. We are advancing to the British mainland.”
“Yes?!”
“If it is not now, we have no victory. The enemy expected our advance and concentrated the artillery in the north, so if we hit the east, we will be greatly embarrassed and will not be able to block the attack.”
“iced coffee!”
“If the goddess of victory abandons us, we will bring her by the hair of the goddess of victory.”
“Yes!”
“Set sail!”
Boo woo woo!
The trumpet sounded that the Russian fleet had abandoned the Shetland and began to advance.
Now the Russian fleet will try to break through the coastline in preparation for a once-in-a-lifetime engagement.
From now on, it could be said that the key was how the British could block the Russian marines.
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Meanwhile.
Upon hearing that the Russian advance had begun, the British installed a coastal battery on the west coast and established a wide line of defense.
Although they lost all their naval forces in the battle with Russia and nearly 40,000 soldiers in the battle with the Army, Britain still had hundreds of thousands of armies and mercenaries.
Although most of them have no formal training in artillery, it would be difficult for the Russian Navy to approach them simply by closing their eyes and firing at them.
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Moreover, most importantly, the British ESA-1 did not fall into Russian hands.
The British Army, in possession of the ESA-1, produced a steady stream of Oxford Cannons, enough to cover eastern England.
However, it was not possible to decide where to focus the defense, so it was a bit of a problem that the spacing was being kept sparse.
Even so, it would be quite a threat to the Russian navy.
However, Russia was making a decisive mistake in moving south.
“Russia is moving south along the coastline!”
“… … Going south along the coastline?”
Going south along the coastline meant, in other words, an absolute shortage of grain.
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Moreover, moving south along the coastline would make it easier to observe them, making it much easier to establish defensive positions.
“Victory is right before our eyes!”