Chapter 922: Declaring War

"The war has finally begun; it is truly exciting. This detestable Yan Wang has caused our Britain to suffer extremely heavy losses in interests in the East Land. This time, we will defeat him, and not only hang him, but also make Dayan pay a massive war indemnity," Bolt shouted, his face showing a near-pathological fanaticism.

As the Governor of Tianzhu, he was the representative of Britain's interests in the East Land.

He was the one who could most intuitively feel the threat of this Yan Wang.

According to the plan, they could have originally sold a large amount of opium to Dayan in exchange for high profits.

But the Yan Wang had ruined all of this.

Besides this, there was also Dongying, which had been used to contain the Yan Wang under his support.

Now, it had fallen.

Therefore, if this Dayan Yan Wang could not be contained in time, the entire East Land Southern Region would soon fall into a serious crisis.

Hearing this, Wesley narrowed his eyes, a cold sneer hanging on the corners of his mouth.

To him, since this Yan Wang was so unappreciative.

Then he would let him become a stepping stone for his own promotion to Marshal.

After pondering for a while, he looked at Bolt, "From today, formally declare war on the Yan Wang!"

Pausing, he added, "Immediately send the news to the Northern Di and the Ross, let them take action at once. Even if they cannot invade Dayan territory, at least they must draw the Yan Wang's troops to the North Territory."

"Very well, General Wesley." Bolt rubbed his hands excitedly.

Wesley nodded, "And there is the issue of the native troops. The arsenal must work day and night to provide them with muskets and artillery as soon as possible, and give the Yan Wang a surprise early."

Bolt revealed a confident smile, "The arsenal is working day and night; they will receive the muskets and artillery earlier than the planned time."

"Very good. In this way, the hunt for the Yan Wang can proceed smoothly." Wesley laughed softly.

In the afternoon.

The news that the Coalition had formally declared war on the Yan Wang blew through all of Calcutta like the wind.

Babur once again boarded a Steamship and headed toward Dayan to deliver the declaration of war.

At the same time,

The entire war machine of Tianzhu began to operate.

Especially the navy soldiers; they were busy at the port, loading fresh water, food, Gunpowder, and Cannonball onto the Warship.

Meanwhile, the Army of various countries conducted joint training under the leadership of officers to exercise mutual tacit understanding.

Frankish General Gaole'er set off for the Southeast China named by the Frankish.

The Jiaozhi and Piaoman under their control were responsible for the Jiaozhou and Yunzhou front.

The Tianzhu native states would launch offensives from two fronts under the leadership of the British.

The first was to coordinate with the Ashuer Tribe of Tibet, with the front line on the west side of Dayan.

The second was to support the Southeast China front.

If their navy could successfully defeat the Yan Wang's fleet, the Tianzhu native states' troops would also cooperate to open up the Dayan southeast coastal front.

After all, for the Western Lands, Tianzhu had a large population, on par with Dayan.

Such a great East Land country had huge war potential.

As long as Tianzhu was mobilized, it would be enough to deal with the Yan Wang.

This time, they were participating in the war directly; there was no reason to lose.

While the war atmosphere in Calcutta was becoming increasingly fanatical.

After eight days of sailing.

Babur encountered Dayan Warships again in the waters of Yizhou, the same Warship that had captured him last time.

This time, he handed the declaration of war directly to the captain of the opposing Warship.

"Declaration of war?" The captain of the Shanggu Warship took the declaration of war, his eyes full of contempt as he looked at Babur.

In his view, this group of Westerners was truly unusually conceited.

However, he did not make things difficult for Babur, but let their Steamship leave.

Last time they did not know Babur's identity and only treated them as scouts spying for information.

This time they were too lazy to bother with them.

Even if they wanted to humiliate them, they would humiliate them in the war.

After the Steamship Babur was on disappeared from view, the Shanggu Warship headed north.

After five days of sailing, they arrived at Jinghai.

Immediately, the declaration of war was sent to Yancheng.

"Declaration of war?"

That day, Zhao Xu had just returned from the Armory Bureau.

Previously, he had Wang Chong build a small Power Plant at the Armory Bureau, satisfying only the needs of the Armory Bureau.

During this time, the renovation of the Armory Bureau was basically almost done, with only the final debugging remaining.

If the debugging was successful, the Armory Bureau would enter the Electric Power Industry era ahead of schedule.

Once a stable Lathe could provide higher precision, the Armory Bureau would be able to make a push for Metal Bullet, and then attempt small-batch production.

And with Metal Bullet, the Weapon that would end the Cavalry—the Machine Gun—would not be far away.

"Yes, Your Highness, it was sent by that same Babur." The general who delivered the declaration of war replied.

Zhao Xu nodded and took the declaration of war to scan it.

This declaration of war used two languages, one was the Dayan language, and one was the British language.

The content on the declaration of war was very little, just one line of text.

Above were the names of Britain, Frank, and other Xitu Guo, and after the colon were the words formally declaring war on you.

When Babur came last time, he had also spouted nonsense and pinned quite a few labels on him.

This time, the declaration of war didn't even bother to find a reason.

It was simply: war!

"Truly an unusual level of arrogance," Zhao Xu sneered repeatedly.

The Westerners of this era were immersed in a sense of white supremacist superiority.

They believed the Western Lands were the center of the world.

Even though an anomaly like him had appeared in Dongtu, it naturally would not change their mindset.

"I was just about to deal with you, yet you are rushing to your deaths," a cold glint flashed in Zhao Xu's eyes.

Immediately, he went to Wuji Palace and requested Zhao Heng to personally draft an Imperial Edict.

In the afternoon, he summoned the ministers and generals.

He read Britain's declaration of war in front of everyone.

"These Westerners are truly detestable. We haven't even settled the account for their interference in the Great Song's civil strife, yet they dare to declare war on our Great Song. We cannot indulge them!" Yang Feng said, his face flushed with anger.

"Since they want to fight, then we shall fight! If they want to run wild at the doorstep of our Great Song, they must see if they have the ability to do so," Liu Fu said loudly.

"..."

The civil and military officials spoke one after another, the crowd filled with righteous indignation.

Zhao Xu summoned the ministers this time to let them have some psychological preparation.

After all, Britain declaring war on the Great Song meant that the Coalition led by Britain and the Great Song had officially entered a state of war.

How long this state of war would last, he was not sure either.

But since they wanted to fight, no matter how long it lasted, he would accompany them to the end.

And in fact, even if they did not declare war.

A war between the Great Song and the Western Lands was inevitable.

As long as the Great Song wanted to continue expanding its markets, it would inevitably come into conflict with them.

This point, he and countries like Britain were likely both very clear about.

Thus, he said: "To receive without returning is not polite; from today on, the Great Song also officially declares war. I don't care if it's Northern Di, Britain, or whatever damn country it is—if they want to bully the Great Song, I will send them to the Western Heaven."