Jero Bonaparte, sitting by the fireplace, received a docunt from De Luyis with a solemn expression on his face. As Jero Bonaparte perused its contents, De Luyis reported to him.
"Your Majesty, this is a telegram from our embassy in the Ottoman Empire!" De Luyis said to Jero Bonaparte.
As Jero Bonaparte flipped through the telegram, he murmured softly, "Interesting! The Persian envoy Farokh Khan Amin t with the Arican ambassador Carol Spencer in Constantinople!"
After saying this, Jero Bonaparte looked up with a serious expression and asked De Luyis, "Can you tell what exactly is going on with the Persian envoy? I recall they are at war with Britain! How do they have the leisure to engage with the United States of Arica?"
"It’s like this!" De Luyis quickly explained to Jero Bonaparte the events that had recently occurred.
Since the ambitious Kaijia Dynasty declared war on Herat this October and swiftly occupied the Herat Governnt in less than two weeks, the Duke of Cambridge, stationed near the Persian Gulf, imdiately declared war on the Kaijia Dynasty on behalf of the British Governnt.
The rapid declaration of war caught the Kaijia Dynasty completely off guard.
The Kaijia Dynasty had originally thought it would take at least two to three months for the Kingdom of Britain to react, yet the Kingdom of Britain declared war on the Kaijia Dynasty in less than a month.
This rendered all the Kaijia Dynasty’s plans to defend against a British invasion useless.
(Although the Kaijia Dynasty’s plans to defend against Britain were essentially worthless from the start, had Britain followed them, they might at least have been slightly useful.)
The Kaijia Dynasty had to hastily dispatch a portion of its soldiers to the southern front to resist the Kingdom of Britain’s advance.
However, the Kaijia Dynasty overestimated its own strength and underestimated that of the Kingdom of Britain while assessing the balance of power.
Under the command of the Duke of Cambridge, the British fleet stationed in the Persian Gulf swiftly took action. They launched a bombardnt on Helk Island in Persia with astonishing speed, continuing it for nearly three to four hours, bringing the defenders on the island to the brink of collapse. The "Lobster Soldiers" in charge of landing then conducted a rapid assault.
Fortunately, among the Kaijia Dynasty’s defending forces on Helk Island was a Russian Military Officer, whose encouragent inspired the beleaguered morale of the Kaijia Dynasty’s guard to attack the invading Kingdom of Britain. However, under the sparse firepower of the Kaijia Dynasty, the British Lobster Soldiers employed tactics reminiscent of the Crian War, advancing in line toward the Kaijia Dynasty’s positions. Whenever a soldier in the front row fell, those behind promptly closed ranks, maintaining the unit’s advance speed.
Thus, after Britain lost dozens of soldiers, they quickly approached the Helk Island’s defenders. Witnessing the fierce tactics of the Lobster Soldiers, the island’s defenders fell into despair, abandoning their weapons and surrendering to Britain.
Including the Russian Military Officer, nearly a thousand were taken prisoner by the Kingdom of Britain, who took less than six hours to capture Helk Island.
After the Battle of Helk Island concluded, the Duke of Cambridge wasted no ti, promptly commanding his forces to regroup and launch an attack on their second target, the Bulish Port, located west of Helk Island.
Arriving near Bulish Port, the Duke of Cambridge replicated his strategy, initiating a bombardnt against the port and then following up with an infantry landing operation post-bombardnt.
The entire Bulish Port could withstand the formidable British firepower for barely two days before it fell. (Historically, Bulish Port held out for five days because the British declared war on the Kaijia Dynasty on November 1st, and the Kaijia Dynasty had more than half a month to deploy at Bulish Port.)
By capturing Bulish Port, the Duke of Cambridge finally secured a foothold in Persia.
From the start of the war until now, fewer than 200 British soldiers had been killed or wounded, a record that significantly boosted the morale and aggressive spirit of the Kingdom of Britain.
Many commanders started urging the British forces to continue advancing inland, and the Duke of Cambridge, acquiescing to the soldiers’ wishes, pressed on with the campaign.
After a day of rest, the troops moved upstream along the Karen River, and by late November, they captured Ahvaz.
Along the way, all Kaijia Dynasty soldiers were defeated by the Kingdom of Britain. At this point in the war, the Kaijia Dynasty had no strength left to organize a Field Army to confront the Kingdom of Britain.
Except by redeploying their Field Army stationed in the Herat Governnt to clash head-on with Britain.
However, this only seed to aid Britain, offering no other advantages.
Unable to endure further defeats, the Kaijia Dynasty swiftly sent soldiers to seek a nation capable of diating the conflict.
Following the orders of King Nasiruddin of the Kaijia Dynasty, Farokh Khan Amin set off for Constantinople to seek the aid of consuls from various countries.
Farokh Khan Amin arrived in Constantinople at the beginning of December and then t with Carol Spencer, the Arican envoy to the Ottoman Empire.
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After De Luyis finished speaking about the causes and effects of the current progress of the war, Jero Bonaparte couldn’t help but ask De Luyis, "Minister Luyis, where exactly did your intelligence co from? Especially that part about Bulish Port and Helk Island, it’s as if you were right there!"
"Your Majesty, this part is actually a simulation conducted by the General Staff!" De Luyis replied to Jero Bonaparte, "The General Staff believes that Britain is most likely to adopt this tactic!"
"What about the captured Russian officer?" Jero Bonaparte questioned again.
"Your Majesty, these are actually contents reported by The Tis!" De Luyis replied once more to Jero Bonaparte.
"The Tis! I see!" Jero Bonaparte suddenly understood.
If there is any organization in the world that can first learn about the movents of the British Army, it would be The Tis.
Especially after the invention of the telegraph, The Tis’ grasp of military movents and war progress was even more accurate than that of the British War Departnt.
Britain’s distinctive bureaucratic system shows unprecedented inefficiency when not in a total war.
There is no major issue with De Luyis obtaining firsthand intelligence from Persia along with The Tis.
"What’s the deal with the Persian envoy’s interaction with Arica?" Jero Bonaparte gently tapped the docunts with his hand and said incredulously, "Do they really think those cowboys, who only recognize money and not people, will stand up for them?"
De Luyis awkwardly replied to Jero Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, your guess is not wrong! Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reached the sa conclusion!"
"Do those guys even understand international dynamics?" Jero Bonaparte couldn’t help but continue to complain, "The envoy of the Kaijia Dynasty actually pinned their hopes on the most hopeless country!"
"Your Majesty! Perhaps what the envoy of the Kaijia Dynasty values is the reputation of the United States of Arica!" De Luyis said to Jero Bonaparte.
"The United States of Arica has a reputation? Haven’t they always played the role of hyenas following behind us?" Jero Bonaparte’s expression beca more puzzled. He couldn’t understand why there was still a country that admired hyenas.
"Precisely because the United States of Arica seldom engages in war, their evaluation in certain countries is much better than ours and the Kingdom of Britain!" De Luyis explained to Jero Bonaparte, "After all, we and Britain just fought side by side in Cria recently.
In the eyes of others, our two countries are still close allies!"
Jero Bonaparte also realized that not much has changed between the 19th and 21st centuries. In the eyes of so people, the 19th-century Kingdom of Britain and the 21st-century United States of Arica can suppress all forces on Earth with their power.
Therefore, on this planet, there are only two states that countries can be in: the first state is being directly controlled by the Kingdom of Britain—colonies, satellite states; the second state is being strongly resistant to the Kingdom of Britain—Russian Empire, United States of Arica.
Besides that, there are no other states a country can be in.
Therefore, in the minds of so countries that don’t understand diplomacy, the French Empire has transford into the Kingdom of Britain’s lapdog, unworthy of trust.
"Since that’s the case, why should we bother with Persia?" Jero Bonaparte casually said to De Luyis, "If the Persian envoy thinks the United States of Arica can save them, then let the United States of Arica play the savior!"
"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes the United States of Arica is unlikely to turn against Britain for Persia!" De Luyis responded firmly to Jero Bonaparte.
"So what?" Jero Bonaparte asked in return.
"The Persian envoy will certainly seek us out! We should be prepared to diate at any ti!" De Luyis replied to Jero Bonaparte.
"Why do we have to diate? Wouldn’t it be better to let them fight it out?" Jero Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and said to De Luyis.
"The Persian Kingdom will certainly not be a match for the Kingdom of Britain! If we are unwilling to help, then Britain will definitely impose a harsh yoke on the Persian Kingdom!" De Luyis explained to Jero Bonaparte, "At that ti, Britain will have more energy to focus its attention on Europe!"
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