Chapter 533 No Forever Friends

"Report to the Marshal, the British Empire's ambassador to Hailing, Sir Walsh, has lodged a strong protest against us."

Huh? Shao Quanzhong was stunned. "I haven't offended the British brother recently? I am a member of the Windsor royal family. Why is he protesting against me?"

Liao Rong, who was watching the ICBM launch nearby, looked embarrassed and said, "That was my son's fault."

"Yuzhu, it's okay."

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "Even if I accidentally kill a few British people, I can handle it."

Liao Rong smiled, "It's not that serious."

"Hasn't our most advanced 10,000-ton destroyer, the Bozhou, just been commissioned? The Bozhou was built by the Jiangnan Shipyard and is equipped with a computer fire control system, radar air defense and anti-submarine systems, and newly developed ship-to-ship and ship-to-air missiles. It is intended to escort our finalized Liangguang-class aircraft carrier."

"Our 6-ton Shengjing has just been launched, the 8-ton Minzhe is still on the slipway, and the 10-ton Liangguang has just been designed and finalized. It will take several years before it can be put into service. The escort destroyer is of no use for the time being."

"The range of this intercontinental missile launch is too far, so we set the test target in the waters of the vassal state of Fiji."

"So I sent my son to lead the test fleet with the Banzhou as the core to the South Pacific to verify the test results."

"My son's 'Sea Rhino' was lost by Tesla in Sakhalin Island. He just took over this most advanced destroyer. He is very ambitious and wants to test its combat effectiveness."

"Marshal, you see, there are no strong opponents around us. The few old steam sailing ships of the Dutch in the South China Sea are not enough for Wu Changqing's guard fleet to deal with. The only fleet with some combat power in the Pacific is the British fleet anchored in Sydney Harbor."

"So, Yuzhu took advantage of the opportunity before going to Fiji to go to the east coast of Australia for a cruise training and test-fired several ship-to-ship missiles."

"Did the friendly fleet suffer any damage?"

"Of course not. Can we bomb the warships of friendly countries? We just placed a few small boats outside the harbor as targets and simulated an attack..."

"But the friendly fleet was frightened by the precision of our missiles that could hit the small boat from twelve nautical miles away, and they probably reported to Her Majesty the Queen and asked for comfort."

Shao Quanzhong laughed. "What's the big deal? The stronger the allies of the British Empire are, the better the British Empire will be, right?"

"Lord Walsh protested, expressing indignation at our imperialist behavior..."

Shao Quanzhong: ...

After holding back his laughter for a long time, he finally said, "Ask Wu Ziyi to treat Sir Walsh to a meal on my behalf, to pay his respects, and to explain that this is all a misunderstanding."

"Look, our warship is 12 nautical miles from the coast. It belongs to the high seas, right? Our ship did not enter the territorial waters of others, and we did not make any mistakes, right?"

"Tell Wu Ziyi to pass on a message to Lord Walsh. We are 'deeply surprised' that the British Empire, as our big brother, protested against this normal live-fire training on the high seas."

Well, the concept of territorial waters was proposed by the United Kingdom. The largest British naval gun can fire up to 12 nautical miles, so foreign warships are not allowed to approach the port within 12 nautical miles. As for missiles being able to fire beyond 12 nautical miles, this is not my fault, right?
Shao Quanzhong waved his hand, "These are all trivial matters. If the British brother could beat you up, he would never talk nonsense. It's okay if you protest. Let's see if our intercontinental missiles are accurate."

The shortwave intercom brought a report from Liao Yuzhu, who was 8000 kilometers away, and from his voice he showed no awareness of having caused any trouble.

The older generation, Shao Quanzhong and Liao Rong, had offended the British Empire and were used to worrying about it. When the next generation went to school, Daxia had already become strong. They had always been taught that the Huai Army was invincible, Daxia was a top power, and was not afraid of challenges from any country. They did not take the friction with the British fleet seriously at all.

Shao Quanzhong did not reprimand Liao Yuzhu, nor did he even remind him to be more careful in the future.

Our generation worked hard and put our heads in our pants. When I was young, I went around asking big brothers to pretend to be my grandson. Wasn't it so that my descendants wouldn't have to pretend to be grandsons and could walk with their chests held high?
Shao Quanzhong is happy to see young people having such ambition.

"Uncle Shi, the intercontinental missile has reached the target sea area and deviated from the planned impact point by eight kilometers."

Uh, chief designer Tan Yaoxun said he was a little embarrassed, the shot missed by eight kilometers, which seemed a bit too much.

Liao Rong shook his head. "It's not very practical. How powerful can a three-ton TNT explosion be? According to our previous tests, the lethal radius is 90 meters, the serious injury radius is 225 meters, and the minor injury radius is 435 meters. This inaccurate missile is useless no matter how far it is."

Tan Yaoxun disagreed. "My next plan is to use a rocket to send a satellite into space, which does not require such high precision. If a satellite is in an elliptical orbit, it will not fall even if it is off by 100 kilometers."

"So this rocket can still be used to send satellites, but the range needs to be improved. Next, I plan to switch to solid fuel, but this first requires creating a lower temperature environment and a more effective heat sink. There are many bottlenecks to overcome."

Shao Quanzhong doesn't care much about sending satellites. It is of no use to him if the range is increased but the accuracy is not improved.

He patted Tan Yaoxun on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Tan, I don't care if you increase the range, but you still have to put some effort into increasing the accuracy of the rocket."

"With this level of accuracy, unless we have a large bomb with a TNT equivalent of 200 million tons, it's impossible to hit the enemy."

Would there be such a big bomb? Shao Quanzhong didn't know. In short, Xiao Tan's team had built an intercontinental missile, and regardless of whether it was accurate or not, it was a milestone.

Shao Quanzhong patted his forehead and said, "You should try to develop more accurate missiles first. If that doesn't work, learn from Katyusha and develop a hundred or eighty missiles to carry out covering fire. If a thousand missiles are fired at the same time, 3000 tons of TNT can destroy a small city or key targets."

After figuring this out, Shao Quanzhong felt much better. He put his hands behind his back and asked, "What is the code name of this intercontinental missile?"

"Marshal, our intercontinental missile was able to be tested successfully. Including the V2, it has gone through six generations. This is the seventh generation. We call it the Old Seven."

Uh, Shao Quanzhong suddenly thought of his daughter Xiaoqi who had now fled to the Federation.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is now under the control of Shao Quanzhong. If they really want to deter Waldersee, Katyusha will be more useful. At most, a few thousand V2s can be deployed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is much cheaper than intercontinental missiles.

To be honest, it was obvious that Shao Quanzhong paid for the design of a thing that could hit such a long distance in order to intimidate someone - there are no permanent friends. In other words, you have to be strong enough and have weapons in your hands before others will recognize you as a friend.

With the current accuracy, if this thing is to be used as a deterrent, it would cost a lot of money to make a thousand of them. With the national strength of Daxia, it would take all the efforts of the country. This thing is best used for deterrence. If it is really used, it is better to hold it in your hand to scare people.

The reason why Quanzhou was temporarily chosen for this launch is because it is just within reach of the target sea area 8000 kilometers away. If the range of the rocket is increased in the future, the location will be changed.

According to Tan Yaoxun, Qiongzhou Island or Suzhou are more suitable for the convenience of launching satellites.

When Shao Quanzhong's ship Luzhuang returned to Hailing, he immediately received a piece of news that shocked the world: Waldersee had brazenly sent troops to occupy the Rhine demilitarized zone.

(End of this chapter)

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