Although before this, the East China Government had already recovered the Tianjin Concession, but first, China was in the midst of war at that time, and second, the status of the Tianjin Concession in China was weaker than that of the Shanghai Concession, so it did not cause much sensation, but the Shanghai Concession was the concession area with the longest time, the largest area, the greatest influence, and the most concentrated interests of all countries in China, and naturally caused the greatest repercussions.

On the one hand, they insisted that it was reasonable to attack the concession, and on the other hand, they also said that they would guarantee the interests of various countries in the concession, and that they had held separate talks with the consuls of the two countries in private, and that foreign affairs commissioner Li Sanjie had a separate meeting with Prince Heinrich, head of the German Military Observer Mission, on the other hand, and communicated on the concession issue. After all, due to the war, the consulates of Japan and Russia in Qingdao have long been closed, and the diplomats of Britain and France have also returned to China a few days ago, so among the current neutral countries, only Germany and the United States are important powers, and as long as Germany and the United States are put on an equal footing, the other countries will not matter.

Although Germany has a fixed board seat in the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession, but there are not many interests in the Shanghai Concession, and the East China government promised that it can not only continue to guarantee Germany's interests in Shanghai, but also transfer a part of the interests of Britain, France, Japan and Russia in Shanghai to Germany, Prince Heinrich is also very satisfied with this result, although now Germany's judgment on the outcome of the war is still biased towards the Anglo-French coalition forces, so it may not dare to accept the assets of Britain and France in the concession, but to Japan, Russia has no scruples, and of course Japan has not been taken seriously by Germany again, and after Russia was defeated by Japan and the East China government and expelled from the three northeastern provinces, there is nothing to fear. Although Japan and Russia did not have many interests in Shanghai, they were not less in the eyes of Germany.

However, compared with Germany, which is easy to satisfy, the United States is not so easy to dismiss, after all, the interests of the United States in the concession are second only to Britain and France, and the United States has 1-2 fixed seats on the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry in the public concession, so it has a greater right to speak, and the East China Government's recovery of the concession does have a certain amount of damage to the interests of the United States, although the East China Government proposed to transfer part of the interests of Britain and France in the concession to the United States, but before the war has an obvious end, this proposal is more like a blank check, and the actual significance is not great。 And the interests of Japan and Russia are really not looked down upon by the United States. However, the U.S. consul did not easily reject the East China government's proposal, but only said that he would report to the United States and let the domestic decision be made.

The reaction of Britain and France to the East China Government's attack on the concession was naturally fierce, because Britain and France were undoubtedly the ones that suffered the most, so the parliaments of the two countries were also full of emotion, and they demanded that the state severely retaliate against the East China Government. There were even people who shouted that they wanted to declare war on the East China government, but fortunately, someone reminded them that the country had already declared war, so there was no big joke.

But after the political elites of both countries calmed down, they realized that for at least four to five months, Britain and France had no effective way to counter the East China government. Because the two countries are now in the process of forming a joint army and are engaged in the game.

Although the two countries have reached a consensus on the joint dispatch of troops, there are still details that need to be negotiated, but both countries hope that they can reap the greatest benefits at the lowest cost, first of all, the choice of commander of the joint army, because which country will undoubtedly have a greater say in obtaining this position; Britain believes that this time across the ocean, of course, the navy is the mainstay, and Britain will naturally obtain the post of commander; but France believes that the warships are not equipped with wheels, and the final battle must be resolved on land, and in addition, it is necessary to command Japan. Although the navy is dominated by Britain, Britain demanded that France dispatch at least one squadron of battleships and one detachment of armored cruisers; while the army was dominated by France, France also asked Britain to dispatch an integrated army division, but Britain only needed to send one regiment and asked France to send three divisions.

In addition to this, there was also the sharing of military expenses, the ports of call, the distribution of benefits after the war, and so on, and both sides wanted to make the other bleed more and suffer less for themselves, so it was natural to have fierce bargaining. But neither country expected the East China government to take the initiative.

However, the East China Government's attack on the concession woke up the two countries that were still quarrelling, and Britain and France realized that the East China Government would not give Britain and France time to calmly prepare, and that Britain and France had too many interests in China, but they were not in Shanghai alone, but now they were all under the threat of the East China Government, and could even expand to Southeast Asia, and at present basically did not have the military strength to compete with the East China Government.

However, Britain and France are modern countries after all, and after discovering the problem, they immediately began to improve it, and after urgent consultations, the two countries quickly reached four resolutions: 1. The two countries must negotiate all matters related to sending troops within a week, and take another week to prepare, and after 2 weeks, the combined fleet must depart; 2. Organize the warships of the two countries in Southeast Asia, armies to form a coalition army, if the East China government wants to use troops against the colonies of the two countries in Southeast Asia, it will be able to resist at least for a while; 3 strive for the other countries of Dolalong to join the coalition led by the two countries against the East China government, expand the strength of the coalition forces, and share the burden of the two countries; 4 try to exert pressure on the East China government by all means to make the East China government have some scruples about its actions.

The first two of them are the internal coordination between Britain and France, while the last two require the assistance of other countries, but the only countries that have weight at present are Germany and the United States, and other countries can only hold a scene at most, and do not play much role. However, Germany had a good relationship with the East China government, and now because of the Moroccan crisis, relations with Britain and France were very stiff, and it was unlikely that Britain and France would join the British and French sides, so Britain and France put their main target on the United States.

Therefore, Britain and France jointly proposed to the United States to join the coalition led by the two countries against the East China government, and at the same time hoped that the United States could come out to put pressure on the East China government to force the East China government to stop fighting against the concession.

The invitation of Britain and France also caused a fierce debate in the United States, because the East China government's attack on the Shanghai concession did anger many Americans, so a group of American military officers suggested to the government to send troops to join the coalition led by Britain and France against the East China government.

Now the GDP value of the United States, the scale of the economy, the industrial manufacturing power are the first in the world, the enhancement of national strength has also boosted the confidence and morale of the people, and after President Roosevelt took office, he is also actively developing the military, increasing armaments, and building warships, in recent years, the use of foreign troops is also obviously much bolder, right in 1898 the United States provoked the Spanish-American War, defeated Spain, won Cuba, Colonies such as the Philippines, in 1900, joined the Eight-Nation Coalition to fight against the Qing court, and this battle would have been won if it had not been for the emergence of overseas Chinese.

Although the feeling of isolation in the United States was still very heavy at this time, the US military was quite full of confidence, and many American officers hoped to go abroad to fight a war and show the strength of the US military. Of course, the US military did not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the KPA, but this time Britain and France took the lead, and some US officers believed that the British and French coalition forces would undoubtedly win, and if the United States also joined the British and French-led coalition forces against the East China government, it would not only be able to easily win and gain certain benefits, but would also be able to demonstrate to the whole world the combat effectiveness of the US military.

However, at this time, the leaders of the United States and the top echelons of the military still kept a relatively clear mind, knowing that at this time, it was not appropriate for the United States to enter the war. After the breakdown of the Portsmouth trilateral talks, the US military top brass conducted five more war games against the East China Government's battle against the British, French, Japanese, and Russian forces, showing that although the East China Government was at a clear disadvantage in terms of strength comparison, it was not complete and did not have the strength to counterattack. After the Russian army in Shenyang was annihilated by the People's Army, the US military top brass was even more cautious about this war, because there were three military chess exercises in which the People's Army annihilated the Russian army in Shenyang before the Anglo-French coalition forces reached the Far East, and the worst result for the East China government was to keep the Shandong region and part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the best result was to maintain the status quo, so the United States must not take sides at this time, so the United States could only refuse the invitation of Britain and France.

The United States' refusal was also somewhat unexpected by Britain and France, and at the same time made the two countries more vigilant, and the United States naturally would not refuse the invitation of Britain and France for no reason, obviously not optimistic about the two countries, which also shows that the coalition forces led by Britain and France against the East China government still have weaknesses. The political elites and military personnel of Britain and France are not unwarranted arrogance, and it seems necessary to expand the size and strength of the coalition forces.

However, it was not without good news that Russia and the Netherlands responded to the call of Britain and France and decided to join the British and French-led coalition forces to fight against the East China government. Russia's accession was not unexpected, because Russia was already an enemy of the East China government, and although Russia's three Pacific Fleets had been annihilated, Russia was still able to muster a few warships in Europe.

The Netherlands entered the war in retaliation for the East China government's Javanese defense of overseas Chinese in 1903. In recent years, the Netherlands has also spent huge sums of money to strengthen the construction of its navy, buying two battleships from Britain, two armored cruisers from Italy, and building two large protective cruisers and four medium protective cruisers themselves. Of course, such a force was not enough to pose a threat to the East China government, but this time the British and French led the organization of a coalition against the East China government, so that the Netherlands saw an opportunity for revenge, so the Dutch government immediately joined in without hesitation.

Although the accession of Russia and the Netherlands could not qualitatively increase the strength of the coalition forces led by Britain and France, it was still unsatisfactory and better than nothing, and to defeat the East China government, it still had to rely on the strength of Britain and France themselves.