In his suggestion, Qin Zheng proposed a plan, first of all, he could take action with the Netherlands to open a breakthrough. Because the Netherlands is the weakest among the five participating countries, but there are still a large number of colonies in the Far East, which gives the East China government enough chips. As long as these colonies are threatened, they are not afraid that the Netherlands will not submit. After opening a breakthrough from the Netherlands, the next goal is Britain and France, and they also use the interests of Britain and France in Asia as a threat. When necessary, some extreme measures can be taken; after the British and French countries were settled, Japan and Russia lost their reliance and were easy to deal with.

This order is basically the same as Xia Bohai's idea, and can be regarded as a hero's opinion. Of course, this is just a general plan and needs to be refined in detail to be able to be super-workable. However, Xia Bohai has some detailed ideas about this. First of all, to take action with the Netherlands, there must be an intermediary who can trust both parties to mediate from it and serve as a message to each other. What is the time when Guan Jian was in charge of a strong relationship with the Netherlands, convince the Netherlands to accept the conditions of the East China government, or persuade the East China government to make appropriate concessions in order to reach an agreement.

Of course, there is such a suitable intermediary now, that is, Germany. Germany has always had a good relationship with the Netherlands, and the German and East China governments have always had good relationships, meeting the conditions that both sides can trust. Moreover, Germany has always hoped to play a role in international affairs, so it will definitely be interested in this role. At this time, Prince Heinrich of Germany was still in Qingdao, which was just enough to fully collude with the East China government.

However, if you want to take action against the Netherlands, it is not possible to do without military pressure. Although the East China government won the Battle of the Taiwan Strait and the Netherlands was also one of the defeated troops, the East China government now has no direct threat to the Netherlands. Therefore, to suppress the Netherlands, it is necessary to create a situation of large army pressure, otherwise the Netherlands will not surrender easily. However, after experiencing the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, the fleet will definitely need some rest and rest. I don’t know when it will be dispatched again. Of course, to suppress the Netherlands, there is no need to attack the entire fleet. It is enough to dispatch about 20 warships, which still requires consultation and arrangements with the Military Commission.

Another thing that needs to be done immediately is publicity. When the Expeditionary Fleet arrived, due to the strong strength of the Expeditionary Force and the stimulation of Britain, France and other countries and the Qing court, a considerable number of people in China lack confidence in the East China government, so they cut off from the East China government, and some even turned to the camp against the East China government. A group of loyalists from the Qing court were also clamoring to assist the Expeditionary Force in destroying the East China Mansion together.

If the East China government had not been prepared for this, it would have first defeated the Qing army in Henan, then won consecutive victories, and occupied the moral high point to create momentum, which would have suppressed this wave of opposition to itself. However, the opposition forces of all parties were still dormant in secret, and they would only wait for the Expeditionary Force to defeat the East China government to attack together. The sharp reduction in the supply of supplies of the East China government is also related to this wave of opposition. Of course, the East China government knows these situations, but they should concentrate on dealing with the Expeditionary Force. Moreover, if the East China government cannot defeat the Expeditionary Force, nothing will be useful, so they will not endure it.

But now that the East China government has completely defeated the expeditionary force, it is naturally necessary to start a counterattack. Of course, this counterattack first starts with public opinion. On the one hand, it is to further strengthen the glorious and tall image of the East China government and create a public opinion environment for the East China government to replace the Qing court in the future. On the other hand, it is also to take the opportunity to completely discredit the forces opposing the East China government in public opinion first.

Xia Bohai was thinking while recording on his laptop. Before he knew it, he had finished writing more than 10 pages and felt a little tired. When he got up to move, he realized that the sky had begun to brighten.

Xia Bohai stood in front of the window, took a deep breath, and a new day began.

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After dawn, the East China government took the lead in reporting the results of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, and this result was quickly spread to all parts of the world through the telegram line. When countries first received this news, their first reaction was almost unbelievable, because before the war, almost all countries were optimistic about the Expeditionary Force, at least the expeditionary force's fleet, but the result announced by the East China government was that the expeditionary force was wiped out, so no one would believe that the news was true.

But after some inquiries, confirmation and implementation, it was indeed proved that the news was true. In the end, only 15 warships survived, the entire army was wiped out by no means an exaggeration. Although the army of the Expeditionary Force was not damaged at all, everyone knew that this war had actually ended and the Expeditionary Force had completely failed.

As a result, the whole world was shocked. In fact, since the time traveler landed and the establishment of the East China government, it has caused sensation in the world countless times, but everyone admitted that this sensation was the biggest.

Of course, the news media will always respond the fastest. The failure of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait is of course a huge disaster for the five countries participating in the war, but it is a great news for the news media. Therefore, this can discover countless hot news topics and increase sales.

The British [Times] published a commentary article under the title of "This is the Battle of Trafalgar in the East, but this time Britain is no longer the side of victory], claiming in a painful tone that the 200-year glory of the Royal Navy of the British Empire was completely destroyed at this moment, which also shows that the British Navy can also defeat it, so it can be imagined that Britain will face more challenges in the future.

France [Paris Daily] reported the defeat of the expeditionary fleet under the title [Defeat of Waterloo at Sea] and commented on the failure of the Taiwan Strait Battle, which means that the failure of the Far East War ended with the overall victory of the East China government. It turned out that the war was launched to curb Russia's expansion, but it created a stronger opponent than Russia. The Asian interests of Britain and France will be greatly impacted.

Of course, these two newspapers are quite polite, just speaking or commenting on the war itself, but the other newspapers are not so polite, and they are fully fired. Some accused the government of not being easily involved in the war; some criticized politicians and sent innocent soldiers to the battlefield; some blamed the army for being incompetent; of course, the political opposition also took the opportunity to attack, severely criticized the government's behavior, and demanded that the head of government resign and the cabinet advance to be responsible for this defeat.

In addition to Britain and France, the Dutch media is also lively, but the goal is mainly to focus on the government. [Bernell Amsterdam] published a commentary article, believing that although three years ago, the East China government used force to protect overseas Chinese and forced the Batavian colonial authorities to sign the [Java Treaty] that gave up a large amount of political and economic benefits to the Chinese, Batavian's economy has developed rapidly over the past three years, and tax revenue has increased at a rate of more than 10% per year, proving that the [Java Treaty] signed was not absolutely unfavorable, and the previous policies of the Batavian colonial authorities were wrong. The Dutch government should seriously evaluate the pros and cons of the [Java Treaty] rather than make a rash decision to participate in the expeditionary force.

The Russian media tried their best to downplay the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, but Russian Tsar Nicholas II spent money to issue a statement on major media in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Australia, claiming that a new "** crisis" had arrived, which would be a serious threat to European civilization, values, religious beliefs, etc. It would be a war between culture and race, and call on all European countries to put aside all disputes and spears, work together to deal with the East China government, and defend Europe's free civilization, beliefs and homeland.

Although Nicholas II's statement resonated with a few extreme nationalists and white supremacists, the governments of major European countries seemed to be interested in it and responded to it in a few, because politicians all understood that Nicholas II's statement was superficially high-sounding, but in fact it was accompanied by his own private goods, which was nothing more than trying to bring other countries to endorse Russia.

Among the five countries participating in the Expeditionary Force, only Japan paid attention to the news of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait. Because after the failure of the Peninsula, Japan was basically unable to drive away the People's Army that occupied its own territory. Therefore, the Expeditionary Force fleet has become the psychological pillar of the Japanese government and the people. However, no one expected that the Expeditionary Force would lose, and it would still be so bad that it would be almost wiped out. Once this news spread, would it be fine? The whole society would be in chaos, so it would be better to block it first.

But such important news cannot be blocked for a long time, because before that, the Japanese news media focused on reporting the news of the Expeditionary Fleet, but the Expeditionary Fleet was impossible to reach Japan, but Japan could only delay for a month at most. If the Expeditionary Fleet had not arrived in Japan after one month, it would inevitably cause doubts from the people. Therefore, the Japanese cabinet also continued to discuss how to deal with the current situation.

However, at this time, no one has any good solutions. The expeditionary fleet has lost, and Japan itself has no ability. At this time, who can come up with a good solution? Someone proposed to make peace with the East China government and pay compensation. After all, the war can be ended. The longer the situation is, the more unfavorable it will be for Japan.
Chapter completed!