Chapter 285 Win the Future of the West

The dignity of the British Empire was satisfied, and the initial victory also made them feel that it was not that difficult to restore the disadvantages of East Asia. After the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Siam Canal, they also stepped up their efforts to fully implement it before the first half of 1910. Once Britain and Germany stand opposite each other, China can inherit the friendship of the past decade and help Britain uproot the strength of the German navy in the Asia-Pacific region. This is their expectation. In order to make China take the bait, they even clearly stated that the situation in Asia after the war is that China and Britain use the Strait of Malacca and the Himalayas as the boundary, and China and Britain divide it according to half and share Asian benefits.

In terms of the division of many islands in the South Pacific, they also showed sincerity. Britain only needs to be adjacent to Australia's Sumatra Island and its eastern extension islands, including Java Island, Nusabetgara Islands and other islands to serve as barriers to Australia. With the Banda Sea as the dividing line of interests, many islands in the east and north can all be included in China's sphere of influence, including islands such as Kalimantan and New Guinea. With the Chinese Empire as the maritime barrier line, the British guarantees that no second country will violate China's interests, including France, a firm ally in Europe.

On the Indochina Peninsula, the UK hopes that the two sides will use the border between Thailand and Myanmar as the boundary, so as to avoid conflicts of maritime interests between China and Britain at the estuary of the Indian Ocean, so as to ensure long-term peace and friendship between the two sides. In their depiction, the whole world will be roughly divided into four parts, balanced Europe, Asia with China-British division, Africa with Britain-French division, and America with the United States. Under such a balanced system, the whole world can obtain a long period of peace and prosperity.

However, in my opinion and many ministers involved in the negotiations, the British seemed to deliberately blur an area, that is, the huge area of ​​Central Asia extending to the Mediterranean, and of course, it also includes Russia, which has an uncertain future status. After the division of such a world after the war, the British did not mention a single word.

I almost instinctively distrust the British, and the heartfelt dislike of many ministers for England and France, which had once insulted their country, the British plan never received a clear answer from us. There are too many names behind it. Central Asia will not talk about it. This place is now in the hands of the Russians, until the front line of Afghanistan, India, and Iran in the south. That is the sphere of influence of the British. If the world is really as the British portrayed, it is uneasy.

After the determinant Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were conquered by the civilized world, they could almost 100% sure that the next unstable element that needs to be conquered is the half of Asia controlled by China. At that time, it seems that the United States is still a decent and friendly, and it is still hard to say what their position will be. Maybe they will unite with the British and divide the interests of the Asia-Pacific region, so my entire empire will be in a huge encirclement. Will the British at that time be as easy as they are now?

After I issued an order to pass a copy to the Germans, the British side was perfunctory. Zaiying always told the British that my emperor was kind and could not bear the family of his children and relatives. The British were patient and told him the difference between the European royal family and the Eastern royal family for the country, etc. In short, this kid was a good guy to make jokes. The key was that he was not confused. He just kept his tongue bright and he was still. Anyway, the will I give him was to drag on the important links, and he would fight for it with the mentality of doing business in the details. In short, it was not his hook, but he couldn't tell that it was impossible to take the hook here.

In a word, it is meaningless to fight for time and to fight for a good situation now, and it is even more unfair to the future. If they are anxious, they will make them hurry. Taking advantage of this moment, we have put forward many requirements, such as the activities of Ma Fulu and his party in Mecca, the political written recognition of the reciprocal relationship between the Chinese Empire's vassal system and the British colonies, autonomous regions and other systems, etc. These small benefits are obtained first. In short, we still have a way out. In the end, it is really not possible. They should be satisfied with a neutral response.

China's weak projects include some high-end industrial technologies, agricultural modernization, chemical fiber and other technologies. Relevant cabinet departments and some companies have also issued detailed lists and handed them to the United Kingdom and Germany in duplicate. If they can meet, they will give them a little favor. If they cannot meet, they will turn against each other. After more than ten consecutive days, there are also a stack of treaties formed in writing. In this regard, all the tasks in the cabinet led by Dai Hongci are currently staring at each part of the cabinet.

There is no way, the world has reached this point. China's rise in the East has had an extremely important impact on the world situation. As the biggest vested interest, Britain, of course, hopes that the only challenger to cope with at the same time, is the only Germans. This can be seen from their gradually starting to concession in American things. If the United States stands on Germany because of the hatred that it has formed with Britain on the current South American issue in the future, it will be impossible for the British Empire to cope with. In comparison, China is better. If Germany does not have a military presence in the Asia-Pacific region, I believe that the British will not win us over now. They just need to ensure that China will not threaten Indian Ocean affairs and Central Asia affairs. If concessions in other aspects can easily achieve this goal.

But now it is different. The Chinese have always been defensive in Central Asia. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, they have basically tried to solve the security problems in their own wealthy Central Plains. And my arrival has made it impossible for the whole world to understand China's true intentions. How big is their appetite and what strategic goal they want to achieve. Even the British do not have the ability to fully figure out.

It is natural that we can't mention the matter between Russia and Central Asia, but we also have the ability to ask them to raise it ourselves. At this time, the hot Siberian and Mongolian immigration issue has shown an upcoming explosion. The Russian border Cossacks have sent more and more reports of the situation back to St. Petersburg. I believe that the stupid Russians will definitely try to launch a war to solve the internal problems that are increasingly difficult for them to solve. Because they seem to have no other directions to break through except the East. Turkey is certainly an excellent choice, but there is no good excuse, and no one is embarrassed to always beat someone who can't beat them. Although excuses can be made, since the bourgeois revolution, the Turks are also in need of a suitable opportunity to wash away the shame of more than a century. This is not a nation that can easily be aroused. In comparison, one hundred million immigrants are much easier to solve.

Although these immigrants seem to have official support from the Chinese government, China also warned St. Petersburg in a timely manner and even sent envoy Wang Daxie to negotiate a settlement, the representative was unreasonable. He arrogantly claimed that Russia should give Siberian Mongols a fixed piece of territory to allow them to survive because there were not many Russians on this land. This was beyond the tolerance of His Majesty Nicholas II's love.

With the support of the queen, he quickly expelled Wang Daxie from the country and started his war mobilization. It was Wang Daxie's return to Beijing that made me realize that the Russians would soon take action. This was an opportunity.

Through the operation of the European Bureau of the Military Intelligence Department, Trotsky from St. Petersburg also received news and made preparations in full swing. Once the situation on the Eastern Front is favorable, I believe they will launch it quickly.

The railway station of the Far East is not in the Far East, the train station of Yekaterin Arbor has now become the busiest railway station in Russia. A large number of materials and soldiers transported from the West and quickly radiated to the east. This city guards the gates of Russia's east, relying on the natural geographical advantage of the Ural Mountains and the Ichet River, and this is the best fortress. From here to the east, you can soon enter the Siberian region, which is now extremely chaotic. Under the auspices of the Little Nicholas, a war is being prepared in full swing. They are only waiting for two, the orders of St. Petersburg and the end of the cold winter.

After basically losing the ruling system of Siberia, we cannot blame the Russians for their slow reaction. Even the Russians are unwilling to spend the winter in Siberia, let alone fight. This is one of the reasons why they only wanted to solve the problem through diplomatic means at the beginning. Another reason is that Russia is unwilling to incite the Chinese army, which seems to be coming when they see the Russians. If they really anger the Chinese, then the weak defense and not deep-rooted Central Asia region will be in danger of falling into the hands of the Chinese. At that time, if Germany launches an attack from the Western Front, perhaps they can only count on the Caucasus and Urals to resist the Chinese.

From the Caucasus Mountains to the south to Afghanistan and even the Indian Ocean, this area was once the chessboard of Russia and the British Empire. After Britain successfully used a series of variables and used China to weaken Russia, Russia's tentacles were retracted to the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea and the line south of Lake Balkash obtained during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng of China. On this line to the south to Afghanistan of Persia, this area has gradually been shrouded in the light of the British. Even in these areas controlled by these areas, they were not sure that they could resist the Chinese army that had been operating in Xinjiang for more than ten years.

Despite all kinds of concerns, the Tsar's determination was still made, because the Chinese did not care too much about the Tsar's face. Their proud envoy slapped the Tsar in the face. What else could be more excessive for the Russian Empire than the territorial requirements?

The younger generation of Cossacks went to the front line proudly, and they wanted to defend their territory and drive the Mongols out of Siberia!

Tobolsk [tobolsk, known as tubal]. The Ob River slowly flows through the west side of the city, making the ancient city located in Western Siberia usher in relatively warmth earlier than most parts of Siberia, and also makes this place the city where the most Mongolian immigrants gather. They drove away the Russian officials here and changed their name to Sun City by themselves. According to the ancient rules of first come first served, this place is now the Khan's Khan Bayintuk Khan, a former Khan-Banituk Khan under the former Donu Ulbert Khan. Although it is only a straight line distance of more than 600 kilometers from Yekaterin Arbor, a military important place in eastern Russia. Although these more than 50,000 Mongols only have more than 2,000 rifles, they believe that as long as they are protected by the Sun God, they are fearless.

Tobolsk's fall was far beyond the expectations of the Russian military. Tobolsk was a castle of all sizes. There were more than a thousand Cossacks here, but they could not resist these Mongols. This was the first Western Siberian city occupied by the Mongols. It was this incident that left the Russians completely disgraced. General Stosel, who arrived in Yekaterin Arbor in person, was furious and immediately suggested to the young master Nikolai to recover Tobolsk immediately. To deal with such a few Mongols, he could allow a division under his command to complete the task easily.

On April 3, 1910, under the order of Grand Duke Nicholas, two divisions of the Russian Oriental Legion crossed the ice layer on the Tobor River after twelve days of march, and began an attack on Toborsk across the wide ice surface of the Ob River. The Mongols' resistance was futile. Their firepower was too weak compared to the other's artillery fire. In less than four hours, the Russian army completed the mission only. All 4,500 Mongolian warriors who organized the first line of defense outside the city were killed in battle, and the Russian army, with less than 700 casualties, entered the city in large numbers.

What followed was massacre. The Russians in the city who were enslaved by the Mongols turned over and became their masters. Under the leadership of the Cossacks, the entire city was trapped in a slaughter. It seemed that only the storm of blood could drive away the coldness. After two days of chaos, the Russians began to examine the results of their battle, including tens of thousands of Mongolian corpses, thousands of horses, and some supplies and food to keep warm...

With the Russian military force gradually put into battle and the cold winter, the Mongolians in Siberia were treated more and more cruelly, and the whole Mongolia was crying. By May, several Mongolian khans from all over the world had already come to Beijing, all day long at the Lifanyuan and the Army Department, as well as at the Golden Palace when the emperor summoned him. Some even fainted from crying.

Of course, they were also arranged to some military units and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' yamen to cry for people at home and abroad. I was also furious and issued an order to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reply to the British: Please clarify the position between China and Russia, and there will be a big battle between China and Russia soon. In view of this, before the UK makes a clear reply, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suspends private contact with the British.

The reason for acting so high-profile is certainly not just because of the experience of Mongolia. There is no need to care about the British in that matter. What should we do or what should we do. The biggest reason for the suspension of contact with Britain is the arrival of the German diplomatic mission. They have more than the British who made money by making money. They have passed a list of demands to each of Britain and Germany in advance. The Germans either bring people or information. Basically, as long as the scientific categories they can provide, they will provide them to China for free.

They also supported China's immediate war against Russia in high profile, and quickly issued a statement of condemnation against the Russians in Berlin, claiming that Russia's massacre in Tobolsk had exceeded the scope permitted by the code of conduct in the civilized world. No matter how much Russia pays for it, it should be. The German Empire firmly supported the Chinese Empire to launch a punitive war.

The British, who were in a dilemma, were also disrupted by this emergency. The British, who had not completely lost their hope of winning over China, gave me two statements on the surface and under the surface. The statement issued by London hoped that China and Russia would remain restrained and immediately initiate negotiations to resolve the Siberian issue to avoid a greater tragedy. The UK also severely accused Russia of its barbaric behavior, claiming that Russia must stop all military activities unconditionally and make substantial compensation and concessions to the Mongols.

Under the Beijing surface, they said that if Russia pays the price for it, the British Empire thought everything was reasonable. They emphasized that the alliance agreement between Britain, France and Russia was only applicable to Europe.

I don't know if there is such a clause in that agreement, but I believe that Britain has this style to me, and there must be another style in St. Petersburg. Maybe Britain is still helping the Russians prepare for war in the East.

As the crying performances of the Khans of Mongolia continued to deepen, the military could not wait to fight a war. At the request of the General Staff, all the troops in the army heading towards Kulun carried out exercises in turn, posing as if they were about to go deep into the north to fight the Russians in the Siberian region. During the exercise, the troops also obtained permission, and they could appropriately kill some Russians in the neighboring areas to create friction and involve Russia's attention. In order to cooperate with the military mobilization and military assembly in the Ili direction.

This is not enough. In Beijing, the Army Department and the Military Service Department jointly issued a ministry edict, and the national reserve and veteran rebate work began. The Propaganda Department even cooperated to give dozens of slogans. The entire Chinese propaganda machine was launched, giving the impression that China was about to start a large-scale attack on the northern border of China and Russia.

At this stage, all preparations have been completed one after another. In Japan and North Korea, a group of local people who were connected to foreign countries were arrested and executed by the garrison, and all vassal states were informed of the situation. The domestic domestic affairs were also formally appointed a new leader, Dai Hongci officially became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and Gu Hongming, the head of the Cabinet Secretary, handed him the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, which symbolized the power of the prime minister, to him.

By June, all the military and political preparations had been completed. Yili had gathered 190,000 people from fifteen towns. In addition, the first army sent from Beijing, Wang Shizhen's troops were head coached. When Russia's strategic preparations were all concentrated on the front line of Yekaterin Arbor, they entered a corridor belonging to China between Britain and Russia in Central Asia. The landmark achievement of this corridor is Dushanbe, which is less than a thousand kilometers away from two important cities. Of course, the goal is not the soon-to-be announced in the propaganda slogan "Regaining the hometown of Kokhan", but establishing a foundation in this place. The interests of decades and hundreds of years will be in this battle.

The troops of a little over 200,000 are naturally a little short of enough, and may even face some setbacks. I originally planned to wait a few years later before they fight, but after the bourgeois revolution in Persia recently, the British army had gathered to jointly eliminate the revolutionaries with the Qazar dynasty. I know that these revolutionaries could not last for a few years, and they would soon face the restoration of the dynasty. What followed was the British garrison in Persia. By then, Central Asia, a buffer zone between Britain and Russia, might fall into the hands of the British. Instead of taking action at that time, it would be better to take action now.

The lively diplomatic event in Beijing has also prevented the British who are fighting for China from turning against me for this area of ​​strategic value, and for the time being, there is no way to see too many other value lands to turn against me. When Russia is in a position to be prepared for Siberian attack and is unable to move south in a large scale, this is the best time for China to gain access to Central Asia.

With this land, the south can form strategic support for Tibet's security, the north can pose a huge threat to Russia, and the west can gradually form an influence on the Middle East. In the future oil era, it is terrible to have no influence in the Middle East. This is not a matter of cramming at the end of life. It must be made a good layout decades in advance. In this way, after controlling this Central Asia region, it will slowly operate in the north and south, and operate several Stans from later generations. At the same time, it can secretly support the Persian revolutionaries, and then directly influence the Arab world. As long as you take advantage of the opportunity of World War I, the status quo of the British family in this area will be fundamentally changed after the war.

At the welcoming banquet to welcome the German military and political plenipotent representative and replace the retired Earl Schliffen as the fourth chief of the General Moltke of Germany, General Xu Shichang, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Empire, clearly conveyed China's will: "The Chinese Empire's right to speak cannot be limited to Eastern Asia. We have said that Asia is the Asian of the Chinese. Whether your country supports our view is an important cornerstone for whether our friendship can be sublimated."
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