After finishing his speech in the French House, Xu Jichao's visit to France also ended. On the next day, he took a train from Paris to the port of Gödunkirke in Lille and took a boat to the UK, which lasted a total of 6 days.

Overall, Xu Jichao's visit to France did not achieve much, and it can be said that there was no result at all. After all, this was not an official visit, and there were many conflicts between East China and France, and mutual trust was not enough. But both sides were countries that had just fought a war. They were now able to visit and had an intention to improve their relationship. This was a good result. After all, it was not possible to truly improve the relationship overnight.

In the afternoon of the same day, the ship arrived in England and drove along the Tywoshi River into the port of London.

The reception specifications of the UK are basically the same as those of France, but there are more Chinese people coming to the port to welcome the visiting delegation, with more than 500 people. On the one hand, there are more international students in Biqiao in the UK than in France; on the other hand, the British organization is working harder, and there are traditional performances such as dragon dance and lion dance, so the momentum is also huge, which also shows that the UK really hopes to improve relations with the East China **.

The current British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquis met Xu Jichao the next day and held talks with Xu Jichao.

Asquis first said: "Mr. Xu, France has informed us of the content of your talks with President Falier. To be honest, like France, we have the intention to improve relations with East China **. But it cannot be denied that East China ** and Germany are too close to us, which has indeed hindered the improvement of our relationship."

Xu Jichao frowned. The French did not fool themselves. Does the British think that their level of fraud is higher than that of the French, so they also want to play this trick. So they said: "Mr. Prime Minister, East China ** also hopes to improve relations with Britain and France, but now the relationship between our three parties is like this. The responsibility lies not with us but with Britain and France! As for our relationship with Germany, I have explained it clearly to President Falier. Of course, I don't mind repeating it again. The relationship between East China ** and Germany is a decision based on our own interests. We will naturally have a judgment on whether to change the relationship with Germany."

Asquis smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, we can handle the resolution of East China*. After all, national interests should be put first at any time. However, I think if our relationship can be improved, the benefits that can bring to East China* will be far greater than those of Germany."

Xu Jichao was stunned and said, "Is that true?"

Asquis said: "Of course! I don't deny that Germany has strong national strength, but Britain and France, in any aspect, are far superior to Germany."

In fact, Britain's attitude towards East China is much more pragmatic than France. After the end of the Far East War, Britain was seriously reflecting, looking for the reasons for the failure of this war and the lessons it taught to Britain. After all, the expeditionary fleet that participated in this war was dominated by Britain, and it was the naval field that Britain was best at. From that perspective, there was no possibility of losing this war. However, in the end, the war in Taiwan Strait was lost, and it also lost very badly, which could basically be considered annihilated. Therefore, Britain had to find the reason, otherwise the position of Britain's century-old overlord would really not be able to be saved.

However, in finding the reasons for the failure, there have been little progress, because there are too many unreasonable places in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait. According to the surviving officers and soldiers, and the prisoners released by the East China ***********’s navy should have used a shell with a tail that can spit fire and can strike vertically from the air. This shell is extremely powerful, and only one or two rounds can make a battleship completely lose its combat power or be sunk. Moreover, the hit rate is extremely high, almost every shot is hit, and no one seems to see the scene of such shell falling into the water. This is the main reason for the failure of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait.

But in the Admiralty, many people are skeptical of this law. First, this shell is too incredible, and second, this statement itself has many contradictions and doubts.

First of all, this kind of shell can be shot vertically from the air, which is incredible, because even if the shooting of a mortar cannon cannot achieve the effect of vertical strike. Moreover, many people claim that they see this shell being shot directly against the water. Does this shell have two shooting modes?

Secondly, no one saw that this kind of shell was fired from there. Whether it was vertical strikes from the air or direct shot against the water, it seemed to appear out of thin air. Although the combat distance between the fleets of the two sides exceeded 10,000 meters at that time, this was still within the range that could be seen by the naked eye. With the help of optical instruments, the opponent's artillery shooting situation could still be seen very clearly, but no one saw how this kind of shell was fired. Because if this kind of shell could be shot vertically from the air, then the main gun must raise the barrel to an angle above 45 degrees when firing. This is a very obvious feature and it is impossible for no one to see it.

The third suspicious point is that the power of this shell is very huge. One or two rounds can completely lose its combat power or be sunk. However, some people have seen that some warships have suffered 5 or 6 rounds. Although they are also seriously damaged, they are far from completely losing their combat power or being hit. Is it because this shell has different caliber sizes?

The fourth doubt is that the tail of this shell can be fired, which is a very obvious feature, because it has this feature whether it is vertical strike from the air or direct shooting against the water surface. This is somewhat similar to the principle of fireworks. Therefore, some people believe that this shell is made based on the principle of fireworks and can be regarded as a large firework, but the fireworks have no accurate head, and this shell is almost perfect. How is this done? In addition, some people also said that there is a pair of unfolded flying wings in the middle of the shell. Is there such shell?

The fifth doubt is that in the Natuna Islands naval battle before the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, East China did not use this weapon, but used traditional artillery battles. Although this battle won, it was also damaged by itself. Why did East China not use this artillery shell in the Natuna Islands naval battles? Moreover, in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, East China did not use this artillery shell for a long time, and it was only ten or twenty minutes in front and back, no more than thirty minutes at most, and then it was basically still used traditional artillery bombardment.

The sixth suspicious point is that according to information obtained by British intelligence personnel, the new warships built by East China ** are also traditional multi-turret warship styles, and they do not look like they use this kind of shell.

Based on so many doubts, some people think that the so-called tail fire-breathing shells are the illusion of soldiers. Why do many soldiers have this illusion? It should be a collective effect, that is, a soldier expresses his own illusion, which affects the judgment of other soldiers. Even if some soldiers do not have this illusion, more people believe in this illusion, but instead doubts about their true feelings, forming a collective illusion. This is why there are many contradictions and doubts about this tail fire-breathing shell. The failure of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait should be due to other reasons.

However, some people hold different views and based on their knowledge, they have speculated that they have come to a conclusion. The overseas Chinese who established the best in East China may have mastered some technology on the island where they live before landing in mainland China. They created a new type of shell based on the principle of fireworks. They can rely on the tail fire propulsion to reach an extremely long range, which has great power and solve the problem of accuracy. At the same time, this kind of shell has produced many models, styles, and different powers.

Of course, the artillery artillery shells are just the code name of this weapon, and overseas Chinese may not necessarily use this name. Before overseas Chinese landed in mainland China, the warships they carried were equipped with very few artillery guns, only one main gun, and the caliber was not large. Now it seems that it is likely that they were equipped with this artillery artillery shell, and they did not require the firing of the gun barrel.

As for how this technology came about, it is very likely that it was not developed by overseas Chinese themselves, but found some relics, revelations, etc., because there is a legend that the island where overseas Chinese originally lived belonged to the ruins of the Atlantis civilization. If this statement is true, then this technology should be created by the Atlantis civilization. However, as the island where they lived was sunk, this technology was either lost or lacked the conditions for realization, and perhaps only on the islands could be produced. Therefore, after the establishment of the East China **, traditional warships could only be built. However, a certain number of such weapons should be equipped on the several warships brought by overseas Chinese, so they could only be used for the most important battlefields, while on secondary battlefields, traditional warships were used to win with artillery.

It should be said that this speculation is indeed bold enough, and logically self-justified, and some are close to the true scene. However, the British Admiralty cannot use such a report as the reason for the failure of the Taiwan Strait before. First of all, this speculation is based on most of the information that has not been proven to be authentic. Some of them do not even have any information, and they rely entirely on ideas. Secondly, the idea is too big, and even Atlantis has come out, so this speculation is more suitable as material for fantasy novels rather than official reports of the Navy. If this report is handed over to the cabinet, the Admiralty will be dismissed from get out of class tomorrow.
Chapter completed!