In fact, these reactions of various countries are also expected by the British government. And the officials of the British government have generally thought of a countermeasure, otherwise the British government would not have easily issued such a proposal to other countries. After all, the British Empire has been able to dominate the world for a hundred years, in fact, it is not all by military means, flexible and fickle diplomatic strategies, dividing, pulling, breaking one by one, and using force to fight is the most important thing, otherwise Britain would not have won the nickname of "European-stirring stick" in the old time and space.

The German response was the most positive of all nations, because it was not Britain but Germany that suffered the most in the Battle of Shantung launched by the Travelers. The main loss for Britain was face, not profit, while Germany was a real loss of profit, the loss of the only colony in the Far East, and at the same time the best in Germany, which was not a small loss in any way. Therefore, Germany's eagerness to expand the scale of the war in China was in fact greater than that of Britain.

However, from Germany to China, it must rely on the navy, but the German navy was not strong in the first place, and the German fleet was completely annihilated, which greatly damaged the vitality of the German navy. Therefore, the British proposal was in the hands of Germany, although Britain was now mired in the Boer War in South Africa, and it was the army, after all. The strength of the British Navy is still the first in the world, and it should not be underestimated. If Germany wants to retake Qingdao and protect its interests in China, it must rely on the British navy for the time being.

Although the conflict between Germany and Britain had begun to intensify at this time, the German government decided to respond to the British call and use the British navy to expand the scale of the Chinese war and recapture Qingdao.

Of course, the strong strength of the German Army is also the need to form a multinational coalition, and Britain is not worried about the German Army in China, after all, if the German Army wants to return to Europe, it still needs to rely on the British Navy.

Russia's response, although not slow, and ostensibly agreeing with the British proposal, was accompanied by a large amount of private goods. Polar bears have always been good at seizing opportunities, and this time is no exception, they put forward a plan to attack the north and south, not only to take the opportunity to invade northeast China, but also to improve their international status, and to compete with Britain on an equal footing.

However, although Russia is good at seizing the opportunity, it is too greedy for territory and too domineering and arrogant, so it has always been unlikable, and this time Russia has taken the opportunity to forcibly occupy China's northeast region, which has violated the interests of France, the United States, Japan, and other countries. As long as Britain takes the lead and unites France, the United States, Japan and other countries, it will not be difficult to contain this polar bear.

Although the language of the telegram from little Japan was very implicit, "there must be a unified command of action, and any action must be agreed upon by all countries, and no country can bypass the coalition forces and act alone," and so on, fully reflecting that the Japanese like to speak only half of what they say, and they are also characterized by rounding around and making ambiguous statements, and those who do not understand are easy to be confused, but the British, who have been dealing with the Orientals for a long time, still understand what the Japanese mean, and these words are actually aimed at Russia.

Russia's forcible occupation of China's northeastern region is most threatened by Japan, because now the spheres of influence of Russia and Japan have come into full contact, and at the same time, Russia has even extended its hand into the Korean Peninsula, which belongs to the Korean Peninsula, and in Korea, there are also a number of people who advocate using Russia's power to counter Japan, so that Korea can get rid of Japan's control and truly become an independent country, so that even the Korean royal family has this idea.

On February 11, 1896, King Yi Hee of Joseon and his crown prince fled from the Japanese-controlled palace to the Russian Legation for refuge. In May of that year, taking advantage of the coronation ceremony of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the Japanese envoy Aritomo Yamaguchi and the Russian Foreign Minister Duke Lobanov signed the [Yamayama-Lobanov Agreement], also known as the "Second Russo-Japanese Agreement", which once again confirmed that all rights of Japan and Russia in Korea were equal. However, due to the pro-Russian pro-Russian royal family, Russia's influence on Korea once surpassed that of Japan.

These two agreements between Japan and Russia ended with Japan's concessions, and now Russia has forcibly occupied China's northeast region and its forces have directly entered the Korean Peninsula, which naturally arouses Japan's vigilance, but Japan's national strength is not enough to confront Russia alone, and it can only rely on other countries in Lalong to counter Russia.

This situation is of course beneficial to Britain, because it can use Japan to offset Russia's expansion, and after Britain forcibly leased Weihaiwei, it reached an agreement with Japan, with Britain monitoring the Russian Far East Navy and Japan monitoring the Russian Far East Army, in addition, Russia tried to take over the tax power of South Korea (after 1897, North Korea was renamed South Korea), and was resisted by the British, so Britain also had the bottom of its mind to be able to control this polar bear.

Compared with Russia, Japan, France, and the United States, which are obviously not interested in organizing a multinational coalition, Britain also knows that these two countries have just signed a large commercial cooperation order with overseas Chinese, and in addition, these two countries have no interests in Shandong, so it is beneficial for these two countries to let overseas Chinese occupy Shandong. From this point of view, the British also admired the overseas Chinese a little, and some means were not reckless men who only relied on force.

However, if overseas Chinese really think that these commercial interests can pull France and the United States, it is too naïve, and Britain knows no more about the urine nature of these two countries, as long as other countries reach an agreement and form a multinational coalition at the same time, France and the United States will also join in with the water. What's more, France and the United States have not said anything to death, and there is still a lot of leeway. So don't bother with them at all, just leave the other countries done.

Now there are only a few big countries in the world, and the rest of the countries are just soy sauce goods, and pulling them into the multinational coalition is just to make heads, support the field, and create momentum, and as long as they just share a little leftovers in the end.

After analyzing it in this way, the British Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, and the British cabinet members were very satisfied with the results of the first telegram, and it can be said that everything is really under the control of the British Empire. Therefore, the Marquis of Salisbury immediately sent another telegram to the governments, suggesting that the countries should consult as soon as possible their own requirements and conditions for the organization of a multinational coalition, as well as the number of troops that each country could commit, and seven days later, in Shanghai, China, with the consuls of various countries as representatives, began formal consultations on the organization of a multinational coalition.

The more countries participating in the multinational coalition, the more conflicts of interests between countries, so it is not easy to reach a unified opinion, without several rounds of consultations and negotiations, and even private transactions under the table, in order to finally confirm, Britain estimates that it will take at least a month or more to finally negotiate, and do not force it, let the countries take the resolution first.

In addition, although most of the countries are in Europe, there are still two countries outside Europe, the United States, that is, among the European countries, Russia is also very far away, so it is impossible to find a place in Europe for everyone to meet and have a meeting, otherwise it will take a month just to report, and Shanghai is the most suitable place, and now the technology of cable telegraph has matured, the message communication is convenient, and the distance is not a problem.

Of course, Britain also needs to assess the strength of overseas Chinese, after all, overseas Chinese are not corrupt and incompetent Qing Guo, during this period of time, overseas Chinese have shown a strong army on both land and sea, including the Qing civilians who have always been weak and incompetent, under the training of overseas Chinese, they can also become soldiers who do not count, so this battle can not be casual.

In addition, this time, even if Britain took the lead in organizing a multinational coalition, Britain naturally had to contribute a little more, and at the same time, it also told all countries that the navy of the British Empire was still the strongest. Since it was the overseas Chinese who showed great naval strength in these battles, if they wanted to defeat the overseas Chinese, they had to defeat the overseas Chinese navy first. The British Empire was founded on the navy, and now it is also the first naval power, and it is also the standard of the two powers, so it naturally knows the importance of sea power, so it is naturally the responsibility of the British Empire to confront the fleet of overseas Chinese.

However, it is true that Britain is now in a situation where the landlord's family has no surplus food, so although the soldiers are going to be dispatched, they must be carefully calculated, otherwise the national finances will go bankrupt before the war starts, and it will be a big joke.

Of course, if you want to send troops to choose a general, you can't take lightly who will command the British ships to win this war. However, professional people do professional things, so the Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, immediately ordered the British Admiralty Secretary of Selborn to recommend a candidate for commander-in-chief of the fleet. And the Minister of the Admiralty was also prepared, and immediately recommended to the Prime Minister the current commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, Vice Admiral John 61 Fisher.

According to the personal information provided by the Secretary of the Admiralty, this John 61 Fisher was born into a family of navigators, joined the Royal Navy as a young sailor at the age of 13, during which time Fisher was quite accomplished in gunnery and torpedo warfare, and actively participated in the construction and design of warships, and participated in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War, and the bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt during his military career.

In 1890 Fisher was promoted to rear admiral and served successively as director of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyards, third sea lord, commander of naval stations in the North American and Western Indian Oceans, and in 1899 he represented the interests of the British Navy at the First Hague Peace Conference, and in the same year he was promoted to vice admiral, and then served as commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet to this day.

On the whole, Fisher not only had actual combat experience and the ability to manage the fleet, but also had experience in fighting in China in the Far East, so he was indeed the best candidate for the commander-in-chief of the fleet for this operation.

The Prime Minister was very satisfied with the candidate recommended by the Minister of the Admiralty, and immediately ordered that Fisher be transferred back to China immediately, so that he could take the lead in assessing the combat effectiveness of the overseas Chinese navy and the number of warships that Britain needed to dispatch.