Seven Seas Beacon Fire

The Columbians did not demand that the Victorian Empire fully side with them and bring the main force of the British Grand Fleet to help the Federation. After all, President Wilson could see through the Victorians' plans. He knew that the Victorians could not be fully on his side at the moment, and he could not rely entirely on using the Victorians' loans to blackmail them.

After all, the most prominent characteristic of these old-line imperialist powers is their shamelessness. If you push them too far, they really will default on their debts. It's not that they won't pay you back, but they'll just shrug and say they have no money. What can you do then?

In fact, the federal government's think tank had already predicted that Britain and France would not be able to repay their loans effectively after the war. After all, the total amount of loans taken out by the two countries during the war had reached tens of billions of dollars. This was more than 10 billion dollars in the early 20th century, not the worthless 10 billion dollars in the 21st century. In the 21st century, 10 billion dollars could only buy a few constellations at most, but in the early 20th century, even if you bought a Hood watch worth more than 6 million pounds after inflation, you could buy more than 300 of them.

Under normal circumstances, Britain and France would definitely not be able to pay this money back. In fact, even now, Britain and France are saying that they will first demand compensation from the Leitanians and then give the Leitanians' compensation to you. But even if you squeeze Leitania dry, Germany still can't come up with 100 billion US dollars.

Since the money was destined to be unrecoverable, the Colombians thought it better to use the blank check to redeem something more practical.

President Wilson's bottom line was Yingzhou. At least in the Western stereotype, Yingzhou played a role in the East similar to that of Britain in Europe. There are many places on the edge of the World Island, but this is definitely the most golden place.

In fact, both President Wilson and Prime Minister Lloyd George believed that the Tang Empire was well aware that it did not have the ability to take back Yingzhou by force for the time being. Therefore, if the Tang Empire was not prepared to continue the war for several years or more, then the Tang Emperor was in fact psychologically prepared to accept the status quo of the Kingdom of Japan.

During the negotiations, the Tang Empire made an exorbitant demand, asking to restore the pre-war state. This demand was more in line with the Eastern art of negotiation, which is known as "asking for the moon, but settling for the moon."

In other words, the differences between the two sides on the issue of Yingzhou are not as serious as imagined. This is an issue that the two countries will face in the future, rather than a compromise that the two countries cannot reach now.

The problem mainly lies in relatively insignificant small places like Luzon and Ryukyu.

The Colombians were well aware that their ambitions for the south had suffered a setback. With the Colombians controlling Yingzhou in the Western Pacific and the Tang Empire controlling Nanyang in the future, Luzon and Ryukyu, located in the north and south respectively, naturally became strategic locations that were the focus of military strategists.

If either side controls these islands and then fortifies them, the other side will face great difficulties in the waters from Yingzhou southward to the Bashi Channel. Although people of this era have not yet considered the future use of these places as air force bases for monitoring and suppressing the seas, even as bases for submarines and torpedo boats, they would be a headache enough.

If these islands were acquired by the Tang Empire, then if the Colombian army wanted to expand further south in the future, it would inevitably have to tackle these tough challenges first. Alternatively, if the Tang Empire used these islands as a base to launch attacks on Yingzhou from the Silla Peninsula and Ryukyu Islands from the south and north, the Colombian army would also face immense pressure.

Ideally, the Colombian military would control these islands themselves. Even if they had to cede Luzon, the island closest to Borneo, the Colombian military would still very much like to control Ryukyu. After all, for the Colombian military, if they could fortify Ryukyu, it would become the most reliable barrier in southern Japan.

"These federalists are really naive. The Ryukyu Islands are so close to Taiwan, the capital of the Tang Empire. The Tang Empire would never accept their attempt to control these islands. The Colombians already control the Yingzhou Islands. If they were to control the Ryukyu Islands as well, the Tang Empire would be effectively blocked by an island chain from the Yingzhou Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea. Although the Tang Empire, which controls the South China Sea, is not blocked in the south, if I were the commander of the Tang Empire's navy, I would certainly not accept such a situation."

Betty shared his perspective as a naval professional, and his remarks drew nods of agreement from Prime Minister Lloyd George. Ryukyu was a crucial point that neither the Tang Empire nor the Federation could accept being controlled by the other. In fact, the negotiations between the two sides in Anchorage were not progressing smoothly, largely because of Ryukyu.

"We originally thought that the fate of Ryukyu would depend on the outcome of one or two rounds of direct armed conflict between the Tang Empire and the Federation, and ultimately on whether these two places would belong to the Federation or the Tang Empire..."

"Given the current state of the Federal Navy, their chances of winning are slim. In one to two years, the Federal Navy will likely be able to surpass the Tang Empire's navy in fleet strength again, but not now."

Betty's assessment of the Colombian navy was blunt and incisive. Although the Colombian navy was actually larger in tonnage and had more capital ships than the Tang Empire, in war, unless there was an absolute advantage in size, the advantage that you seemed to have was often difficult to show on the battlefield, or even impossible to show at all.

On the battlefield, the victorious side can snowball its numerical advantage, while the side that suffers initial defeats often falls into a vicious cycle. This was the case for the Ming Dynasty navy after the Battle of the Java Sea, and it is also the case for the current Federal Navy.

"But since the Colombians have offered such a generous price, we should still give them a hand."

A smile appeared on Prime Minister Lloyd George's face. Although he had prepared to use tricks to let the Colombians default on their debts as the Prime Minister of the Victorian Empire, defaulting on debts was never a respectable thing, especially for the world's superpower, the Victorian Empire. If word got out, it would be even more disgraceful.

National credit is something invisible and intangible, but its impact is absolutely enormous. In another world, Britain and France defaulted on most of the Commonwealth's debts after the war. Although the Commonwealth could not actually send warships to Britain and France to collect debts, who can say that the shift of the world's financial center from London to New York in the first half of the 20th century was not related to this?

Should we lend the Colombians a hand?

Prime Minister Lloyd George's remarks made the cabinet secretary standing next to him somewhat nervous. Although he knew that Prime Minister Lloyd George was a very mature politician and would not make any impulsive or unwise moves, for the Victorian Empire, which had finally ended the war, if it were to be involved in an armed conflict in the East, everyone would definitely immediately elect a more rational prime minister.

We can't let the country get bogged down again for a little "petty gain." The Victorian Empire fell into the trap of the Boer War at the end of the 9th century, and it fell into the trap again during this world war. We can't afford to be trapped again.

The members of parliament in the Victorian Empire were quite pragmatic, even ruthless. They didn't care whether you were a war hero who led the empire to victory or not; they would abandon you without hesitation when it was time to do so.

“Don’t worry, Bernard, I won’t use the Royal Navy. We’re just making a suggestion,” said Prime Minister Lloyd George. “You see, since neither side can accept the other’s possession of this place, wouldn’t the problem be solved if Ryukyu is not suitable for either side to establish military facilities, fortify, or militarize?

However, Prime Minister Lloyd George's words clearly did not reassure the Chief Cabinet Secretary. Bernard's face showed even more unease: "Your Excellency, you don't mean to ask us to take over the administration of Ryukyu, do you?"

Bernard's expression clearly conveyed the message: Your Excellency, you should think carefully before you speak. Have you become too excited by the Colombians' offer to waive the loan? Are you sober now?

Chapter 221 Demilitarized Zone

"Why do you think so?"

Prime Minister Lloyd George seemed to have a new understanding of Bernard: "That's a hot potato. If we offer to take over the trusteeship, the relationship between the Tang Empire and the Federation can be temporarily mediated, but we will become the common target of both countries."

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister means to propose establishing Ryukyu as a demilitarized zone, right?" Betty said. "To make the Ryukyu Kingdom like an Eastern maritime Switzerland? I believe that being a permanently neutral country would be an acceptable outcome for both the Federation and the Tang Empire."

"This is probably not that simple." The Foreign Minister had to step forward at this point: "The countries in the East all have one thing in common, that is, their kings are all appointed by China."

Whether it was the Silla Kingdom, the Kingdom of Japan, the Ryukyu Kingdom, or other countries in Southeast Asia, almost all the countries we came into contact with in East and Southeast Asia had kings who were qualified to ascend the throne only after being conferred titles by the Ming Dynasty emperor.

Their country's legal basis can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty or even earlier... For example, Vietnam claims that its country was originally established by the Tang Dynasty as a military governor.

Therefore, to some extent, these countries can also be regarded as part of China. Countries like Silla and Ryukyu may have had closer ties with China than Bavaria had with Germany.

Gentlemen, can you imagine Bavaria claiming to be a permanently neutral country? Frankly speaking, even if the King of Bavaria made such a claim, it would have no real meaning for other countries.

"But the Ming Dynasty has already ended, hasn't it? The country in the east now is called the Tang Empire, and the surrounding countries weren't annexed by the Tang Empire." Betty clearly didn't know much about the history of the Eastern countries. After listening to the Foreign Minister's long speech, he was simply puzzled. You've said so much, but you're saying that these countries don't have complete independence, but the Ming Empire is already finished.

Does this mean that these countries do not yet have independence?

"Although these countries were not officially recognized by the Tang Empire, under the tradition in the East, when the Tang Empire inherited its legitimate status from the Ming Empire, it naturally possessed the power to recognize other neighboring countries. If these neighboring countries wanted to prove their legitimacy, they needed to seek the recognition of the Tang Empire. In the eyes of those small countries in the East, the Ming Empire and the Tang Empire were the same country, just like wearing different clothes, with no difference."

The Foreign Secretary's words opened a new world for Betty. As a true Briton, Betty was always very proud of the Victorian Empire and its colonial system. The colonies all over the world were the foundation of the Victorian Empire's ability to acquire wealth from all over the world, and this wealth in turn gave rise to the world's most powerful Royal Victorian Navy.

Therefore, as a Victorian who grew up enjoying the colonial hegemony of the Victorian Empire, Betty naturally believed from the bottom of her heart that the British colonial system was the best international relations in the world.

But now it seems that the tributary relationship in the East is more impressive.

“Alright, these topics aren’t important to us.” Prime Minister Lloyd George interrupted Betty and the others. “Whether the Ryukyu Kingdom has complete independence is not important. All we want is a commitment to a demilitarized zone, not for the country to become a permanently neutral state. As long as the country doesn’t build large naval ports or set up heavy coastal defense guns protected by reinforced concrete fortifications, then it doesn’t matter who the country nominally belongs to.”

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is right. The key is to establish a demilitarized zone. The state of the Ryukyu Kingdom itself is not important. What matters is that both the Tang Empire and the Federation can accept this outcome. For the Federation, once this is accomplished, we will have essentially helped them strengthen the defenses of the Kingdom of Japan. For the Tang Empire, the return of Ryukyu will at least give them a face-saving explanation to their domestic population. One side gains substance, and the other gains face."

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"Old troublemakers are indeed veteran troublemakers; only they could come up with such a method."

Before Li Che prepared to leave Yingtianfu, he received this message from the Military Intelligence Bureau: the Colombians were actually willing to offer such a large loan in exchange for the Victorians acting as peacemakers.

The Victorians did come up with a solution that at least appeared fair on the surface—establishing demilitarized zones.

Such news will surely cause a series of controversies within the navy. In the previous two naval battles in the Bashi Channel, the destroyers and cruisers of the Tang Empire and the Federation had engaged in direct combat on several occasions in other sub-battlefields outside the main battlefield around Ryukyu. Although the Federation Navy was the loser in both naval battles, the Colombian destroyers and cruisers, relying on the supply docks provided by the Ryukyu Islands, caused them considerable trouble.

This also takes into account that because the war broke out suddenly, the Ryukyu Kingdom had never thought of building a new generation of coastal defenses before. After all, who could have imagined that Yingzhou would rebel and that the small Ryukyu Kingdom would be pushed to the front line of the war between the two countries?

Therefore, given the importance of the Ryukyu Islands in this war, it is clear that the generals of the Tang Dynasty Royal Navy would be eager to take back the islands and immediately transport the extra battleship turrets from the naval warehouses there to build several permanent fortifications equipped with large-caliber heavy cannons.

Li Che didn't care much about this. After all, what transmigrator doesn't know that the future belongs to the air force? The Ryukyu Islands were required to be designated as a demilitarized zone, but this wouldn't affect my ability to build runways and permanent hangars for parking aircraft on the islands, would it?

The seemingly harmless and unremarkable Ryukyu Islands could be transformed into the terrifying "Airport Princess," likely bringing a small air force shock to many beautiful islanders.

That's why Li Che felt that getting hung up on the issue of a demilitarized zone was not important at all. As long as he could get the area back into his hands, there were plenty of ways to make the two islands play a military role in the future.

"Has this already been shown to Grandpa?" Li Che asked, waving the paper in his hand.

"His Majesty has already reviewed it. After reviewing it, His Majesty found that you were not here, so he had it sent to our residence to ask for your opinion before sending it back."

"Didn't Your Majesty ask General Sa and the others for their opinions?" Li Che asked. "After all, I can only be considered a naval enthusiast at best. I haven't received any professional training. If it weren't for my surname being Li, I wouldn't even be wearing a naval uniform. Why does Grandpa always ask for my opinion whenever he encounters issues related to the navy?"

“Speak properly, don’t use such cryptic language. General Sa has already inquired with him.” Zhu Miaoyun was clearly amused by Li Che’s earlier words: “It seems that this idea from the Victorians is exactly what you wanted?”

"Actually, this kind of thing is the same as pursuing a girl in a relationship." Li Che chuckled: "Once you've won over your goddess, are you afraid you won't have a chance to take things further or even get intimate with her?"

"So you mean you can agree to the Victorian proposal for a demilitarized zone?" Zhu Miaoyun asked.

“Of course we can agree.” Li Che said without much hesitation, “Ryukyu is not in our hands yet. The most important thing is to take a strong stance in the ceasefire negotiations while we still have some leverage. These minor issues should not become obstacles.”

Chapter 222 The Ursus People Have Arrived

Li Che was about to leave Yingtian Prefecture again in a hurry, mainly to welcome a group of guests who had traveled a long way from the north.

Ursus people.

Speaking of the Russians, in another world, among the 10 alternate history novels that Li Che read on the Internet, 9 of them eliminated the Russians as minor bosses in the early stages, giving people the feeling that they were like the Yunlan Sect in Battle Through the Heavens.

For the past 100 years, Ursus has been the greatest enemy and adversary of the Ming Dynasty. Since the eastward expansion of the Ursus people and the northward advance of the Ming Dynasty collided, the contradictions and conflicts between the two sides have never stopped.

Even Li Zongdi and the former Prince Li Jin's mansion gained most of their military achievements from fighting against the Russians and their Central Asian vassal states.

In this respect, the two countries can be considered old enemies and rivals.

However, unlike the situation where the two sides physically clash every now and then, the Russian royal family and the Ming royal family... have more exchanges and connections than many people imagine. Although there has never been a marriage alliance between the two sides, in the mid-20th century, both sides sent their princes to study in each other's countries.

After all, they had been fighting for so long, and both sides felt they were at a disadvantage in the struggle for Mongolia and Siberia. As we all know, when both sides feel they are at a disadvantage in a matter, it often means that it is the fairest time.

Of course, the border disputes between the two countries have now basically come to an end. In this world war, the Ursus almost became the biggest loser in the world. The Ursus lost most of Eastern Siberia and all of the eastern coastal areas in this war. The puppets they supported in Mongolia and Central Asia, as well as some of the lands they originally controlled, also fell into the hands of the Ming Empire.

The reason it's described as "almost" isn't because the Ursus people later turned the tables, but because the Letanians are currently in a worse situation than the Ursus people. Although in terms of the area of ​​lost land, Letania's current losses are far less than Ursus's, what kind of land did the Ursus people lose? In essence, can the entire Siberia be as important to Ursus as half of Ukraine in this era? Moreover, the land lost by the Ursus people isn't that much compared to the entire Siberia.

But even if the loss of Arthas and Lorraine were the only loss for the Letanians, it would still be a devastating blow.

What? You mean the Habsburg Empire?

Hey! This is just the land returning to its normal state, a state that was essentially a fragmented nation, as the Habsburgs were.

Ursus was forced to withdraw from the war prematurely due to the combined attacks of Letania and the Ming Empire. This act was considered a betrayal by the Allied Powers. If the Federation had not joined the Allied Powers before Ursus withdrew, the Allied Powers would certainly not have won this war.

So even though Letania was defeated and Ursus took the opportunity to break the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed with Letania, the international environment of the Ursus Federation is still quite bad. After all, no matter how dissatisfied Britain and France are with Ursus for withdrawing from the war, Tsar Ursus is still "one of their own" in the world system built by Britain and France. Which European royal family is not related to each other?

But who could have imagined that these Slavic barbarians, instigated by a group of new intellectuals, would actually depose the Tsar? And that the weak bourgeoisie and feudal landlords in Ursus, under the threat of bayonets from the army that supported the new intellectuals, would be forced to relinquish much of their power, allowing these new intellectuals to establish the Ursus Federation that now flies the white flag with a red star.

Although in Li Che and Zhu Miaoyun's eyes, these new schools of thought in Ursus were far more mild-mannered than the Russian bears in another world. Although they used bayonets to make some minor threats, they at least followed the parliamentary route on the surface. Moreover, the Tsar still imprisoned and placed them under house arrest, instead of dealing with them in the basement. Even the name of the country they established did not reflect the characteristics of their new school of thought. The Ursus Federation was truly a country name without any political stance.

However, this is unacceptable to other European countries. Look at how many anti-French coalitions other European countries organized after the Gallic revolution. And that was just a bourgeois revolution. Now, a new school of thought has emerged in Ursus, and they have even trampled the Tsar's crown underfoot. If it weren't for the fact that European countries had just finished fighting a world war, they should have formed an anti-Russian alliance by now.

After all, for European countries, no matter how much fighting and killing they did before this world war, the worst that could happen was that they would lose some land and pay some reparations. But if the ideas of the new school of thought were to spread throughout Europe, would the European princes and nobles still be able to act arrogantly and domineeringly?

Don't assume that European royal families of this era are merely mascots after the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. Even in the 21st century, those royal families that seem like mere mascots still possess enormous political power. In this era, with the added benefit of the vested interests of the various countries' high-level officials, the current Ursus Federation is seen as an anomaly, as Satan, as the devil.

Therefore, although the Ursus were the first country to withdraw from the war, after withdrawing, a series of internal changes occurred, leading to the fall of the Tsar's crown. Later, after the political situation stabilized somewhat, the newly formed Ursus Federation found itself almost completely blocked by the world.

It was as if Ursus had suddenly been excluded from the civilized world on Earth.

At this moment, the high-ranking officials of the Ursus Federation suddenly realized that the newly established Tang Empire in the east, which had been Ursus's adversary in the past, was actually one of the few countries in the world that had not imposed a blockade on Ursus. After a period of consideration and observing the war situation, the Ursus people finally sent the first official diplomatic team since the establishment of the Ursus Federation to this country in the east at this critical juncture.

In the absence of flights, the diplomatic team sent by the Ursus did not choose to travel by train to the Ursus border, then cross the border by vehicle and transfer to a train within the Tang Empire to finally arrive in Yingtianfu.

They chose a route that might take longer but would be more comfortable—a cruiser and a cruise ship from the Ursus Navy departed from the Baltic Sea, entered the Atlantic Ocean, sailed south past the Cape of Good Hope in Africa into the Ocean of Bharat, then passed through the Strait of Malacca and sailed north to Songjiang Prefecture.

This almost covered the entire route of the Second Pacific Fleet of Ursus in another timeline.

The reason the Ursus people had been at sea for so long was not only because the living conditions on the cruise ship were much more comfortable than on land. More importantly, this diplomatic mission of Ursus had a clear purpose. In addition to a series of political meetings, such as the mutual recognition between the Ursus Federation and the Great Tang Empire and the preliminary consultations between the two countries on the issue of border demarcation, the Ursus people had a very urgent task at hand.

That is, to find replacements for the ball bearings in the main gun turrets that Britain originally imported for the Izmail-class battlecruisers that they are building, and to try to find large-caliber guns to replace the original 14-inch 52-caliber guns of Britain for the Izmail-class battlecruisers.

Yes, that's right. The Ursus Federation is indeed trying to resume construction of the Izmail-class battleships, which began during the Ursus era.

It sounds like a newly established regime, not currently at war, is being overly militaristic by considering building such expensive capital ships after experiencing a world war.

However, since the Ursus Federation has not experienced a large-scale Red and White Song Festival as intense as in history, this Ursus Federation, which retains many traces of the previous Ursus period, also carries some of the Ursus people's pursuit and dreams of the navy during that time.

Of course, the most important thing is still the practical needs.

The new school of thought that now holds power in the Ursus Federation is the first country in the world to be ruled by a new school of thought. The indifference and even hostility of Western countries towards the newly formed Ursus Federation has plunged these new school of thought into a crisis of "the enemy may launch a full-scale invasion of us tomorrow and strangle our regime."

As part of the Ursus Federation's defense, the Ursus Navy, which was once ranked third in the world at the end of the last century, is now no longer a force to be reckoned with. Even compared to the Lagoon and Syracuse navies, it is no longer a match for them. After all, the Syracuse Navy is capable of building its own 15-inch class capital ships, while the Ursus Navy can only build dreadnoughts independently at most. For super-dreadnoughts, it needs to import equipment from advanced countries.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Ursus did accumulate some resources after entering the dreadnought era. Leaving aside the outdated pre-dreadnoughts, Ursus once possessed a total of six dreadnoughts. Such a scale was certainly insignificant compared to top-tier naval powers, since six ships were only equivalent to one or two squadrons for them.

Moreover, these six dreadnoughts belonged to the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet respectively. As a result, during the process of the Tsar's crown falling, the navy also experienced a conflict between mutinous sailors and the original sailors. In the end, one of the three Queen Maria-class battleships of the Black Sea Fleet was sunk by a massive explosion, and another was half destroyed by fire. Now, Ursus' Black Sea Fleet only has one battleship left, while the Baltic Fleet has only three battleships, which is hardly enough to give the Ursus people a sense of security.

Therefore, when Flamel came to power, he remembered the battlecruisers left by Tsar Ursus that had completed the hull construction but not the main structure. These were the Izmail-class battleships that the Ursus Navy had once hoped would be the pride of Ursus.

The Izmail-class warship has a design displacement of 32500 tons and a full load displacement of 37000 tons; it is 223.85 meters long, 222.4 meters long at the waterline, 30.5 meters wide, and has a draft of 8.81 meters. It is the largest warship ever built in Ursus.

Such a massive hull naturally deserves top-of-the-line guns. The Ursus Navy selected the best 14-inch naval gun of the era for these battleships—a super 14-inch naval gun—the 14-inch L52 naval gun.

乌萨斯人声称发射747.6公斤穿甲弹时的初速可达823米/秒，同期联邦356毫米/L45炮发射680公斤穿甲弹初速为792米每秒，只从纸面数据上来看这门火炮和莱塔尼亚人发射750公斤炮弹的380毫米舰炮也不慌多让了。

Of course, considering barrel life, it was impossible for such a cannon to actually achieve such data. The Ussians themselves could not manufacture this cannon designed by the Obkhovsky Factory in St. Petersburg. After all, there were not many countries that could manufacture such incredible specifications during World War II. In fact, this cannon was manufactured by the Vickers factory in Britain. However, after Vickers, which had the most experience in cannon manufacturing in the world, completed a prototype cannon according to the Ussian design, they believed that the barrel strength was insufficient and only dared to test the cannon with a reduced charge, that is, to fire it with a muzzle velocity of 732 m/s.

Although the performance differed significantly from what they had originally envisioned on paper, this did not prevent Izmail from possessing the world's most powerful 14-inch cannon. However, the problem was that after Vickers only manufactured three cannons for the Ursus, the Ursus stopped receiving cannon barrels from the Victoria after the outbreak of war. After the war ended, the Victoria were even less willing to hand over the cannon barrels they had already produced to the Ursus. Even the turret ball bearings that Ursus had ordered and paid for during the Ursus period were left to gather dust rather than be given to the Ursus.

The Ursus Federation, which currently believes it urgently needs to bolster its naval strength, desperately needs these two Izmail-class battlecruisers. After all, these are the only high-speed ships that Ursus originally planned to build. With the support of 16 kerosene-fired boilers, the ship's top speed can reach about 27 knots. The Ursus Federation Navy is destined to be no match for the size of the British and French navies, so the Ursus people value the future potential of these two high-speed ships even more.

Realizing they could no longer complete the capital ship according to the original blueprints, the Ursus people turned their attention eastward. This time, they hoped to obtain a large-caliber naval gun from the Ming Dynasty and the ball bearings for the triple-gun turrets on the Izmail-class battlecruisers.

Chapter 223 When the Stars of Ursus Shine

A patrol boat flying the Ursus Federation naval flag docked at the pier in Songjiang Prefecture. The visiting delegation from Ursus visited the East while the war was still ongoing. This undoubtedly conveyed an attitude to the world: the newly formed Ursus Federation had no intention of letting the current relationship between the two countries, the Tang Empire in the East, be affected by the war between the Tsar of Ursus and the Ming Empire in the past.

In this respect, the Ursus Federation is now adopting a very humble stance, after all, the Ursus people have indeed lost hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land from the East.

Prior to this, a considerable number of Western observers believed that the Ursus people would definitely continue to fight to the death with the East in the future, but the result was that the Ursus Federation chose to send such a high-level delegation to the East.

Li Che greeted the visiting Ursus people at the dock. Although no one had introduced them yet, he had already seen some "familiar faces." After the Ursus people who had disembarked from the cruiser and the yacht gathered together, they walked towards Li Che, who was the representative of the Tang Dynasty responsible for welcoming them. The first person Li Che recognized was the middle-aged man in a white naval uniform who had come down from the cruiser.

Kolchak.

The Ursus Federation is truly bizarre these days; someone like Kolchak is actually the commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Ursus Federation Navy, which is now dominated by the New School.

He had some understanding of Kolchak, who was known as a "famous general" on the internet, and Li Che had a deep understanding of the meaning of "famous general" itself. Just like the typical top ten generals of World War II, there was Zhukov, whose ability was at the top, and MacArthur.