Britain's sudden attack has left policymakers in most countries around the world in a state of blindness, and everyone can't figure out what kind of medicine the British are taking wrong. Everyone was drunk, but there were two people who were alone, and that was France and Russia. Everyone else is outside the matter, so naturally the more they look at it, the more confused they become, and the two of them were forced to go to Liangshan, so they naturally know much better than others.

The situation in the Balkans is like a quagmire, in which all the European powers are caught and unable to extricate themselves, and France and Russia are even more wallowing in the quagmire and are unwilling to let go. But Britain is different, China's rise directly threatens Britain's global hegemony, and Goxinga's global strategy extends its hand to the territory owned by the British, which the British find intolerable. Even if Germany rises, there is Russia to contain it, and it is separated from Britain by France, which will not endanger Britain itself for a while, so the British finally decided to focus on Asia.

However, Great Britain, the world's largest naval power, is not a continental country, and its army strength is very weak, and the result of single-handedly challenging the Manchurian Empire must be very miserable, so Britain needs his allies. Although Russia helped mobilize troops to put pressure on Manchuria, their economic environment was too poor to last, and Lao Maozi's main energy was concentrated in the Balkans, and he was bent on defending his Slavic brothers. Although the French had already started a war with the Qing Dynasty in Vietnam, Vietnam was not very important to the French, and if the war did not go well, they could ask for peace and withdraw their troops at any time, and they would not devote all their strength at all. The French were bent on seeking revenge on the Germans, so they were also entangled in the Balkans and resolutely did not give the Germans a chance to become bigger. The British needed allies, but their focus was completely different from his, and the British could only play a bitter trick.

The British suddenly went to war in Hong Kong, bypassing Manchuria and declaring war on the Qing Dynasty, in order to draw France and Russia into Asia at minimal cost. Britain, France, and Russia did not make war arrangements in East Asia, and if they directly launched a war against Manchuria, Britain would inevitably suffer a big loss, so they chose the relatively weak Qing Dynasty, because the Qing Dynasty had a glorious tradition of loving peace negotiations, and if it could not be done, they could negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty at any time. The Qing Dynasty did not have the ability to attack, and Britain did not have to worry about the expansion of the war at all, at best, it would have returned Hong Kong to the Qing Dynasty.

Britain's declaration of war on the Qing Dynasty sent a good message to the European powers that Britain's strategic focus was on East Asia and that they would no longer be deeply involved in the Balkan issue. With this attitude, Germany and Austria would no longer press on Britain step by step, and Russia and France understood that they would not get support from the British in the Balkans. France and Russia quickly understood the meaning of the British, but it was difficult for them to make a choice, Manchuria had a great impact on their interests, but it was not as big as the threat from Germany, and it was really difficult for them to abandon Germany and go to Manchuria to fight hard.

After several entanglements, the Jouferi cabinet finally let go of Germany. The process of Germany's entry into the Balkans through the Austro-Hungarian Empire was bound to be tortuous, and the spoils between the two cousins had to be tossed for a while, and Germany could not have skyrocketed overnight. If France wants to take revenge on Germany, it cannot do without the support of Britain, so France must move closer to Britain with all its might. Without Britain, France and Russia would not be able to solve the Balkan problem at all, so it was better to accompany Britain to East Asia to make a fuss, and establish an alliance so that the British could help in the future when they took revenge. Manchuria is very powerful, but after all, it is half a world apart, and the two countries do not have a bordering territory, so France is not afraid! Anyway, it is to help the British, and the British will take the lead, and if they win, they will share some of the benefits, and if they lose, they will return to Europe, which is not a big deal at all.

After British Prime Minister William personally went to Normandy to talk with Joufery, the two sides happily signed the "Normandy Agreement", officially forming a military alliance, and the Anglo-French alliance was formed again. The alliance was formed against the current Manchurian Empire and the future German Empire, but their common enemy was the Qing Dynasty. The two sides quickly developed a strategic plan, with Britain increasing troops to India and France to Southeast Asia. The number of troops invested in the first phase was 80,000 for France and 50,000 for Britain, of course, counting the British troops in India, or the British army accounted for the majority. After the two countries complete the deployment, the first step is to eliminate the four Southeast Asian countries, and then wave their troops into China, from Yunnan and Guangxi to Guangdong and Fujian. This was the end of their plan, for they estimated that once the war entered China, the Goxinga of the Manchurian Empire would inevitably enter the war, and their attack in China would definitely settle.

Britain very much wanted Russia to join their Entente as well, but the Russian Tsar Alexander III apparently had his own considerations. The situation in Russia and France is very different, they are directly bordering the Manchurian Empire, and they are also very aware of the strength of the Manchurian Empire. Once they joined the Entente and started a war against Manchuria, Britain and France were thousands of miles away, and the first thing Manchuria had to clean up was Russia. Russia, which has a very bad economic foundation, will definitely be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, so Russia will not be the one who is wronged! Moreover, Britain and France can withdraw from the Balkans, but Russia cannot give up its Slavic buddies in any case. The Russians were not so righteous, and the main reason why they refused to let go was the entrance to the sea.

Everyone calls the Russian woolly bear, but Russia itself treats itself as a double-headed eagle. They looked at Europe on the one hand and Asia on the other, both of these heads were looking for an outlet to the sea, the temple street in the east was very unsatisfactory, and Russia could not fight Manchuria, so they could only find a way from the west. The Balkans directly control Russia's access to the sea, and Russia, of course, will not let go of it. Although Russia is very dependent on Britain and France economically and technologically, they will resolutely refrain from doing the work of plugging the bullet holes.

After the Entente was formed, Britain and France declared war on the Qing Dynasty again, and issued a telegram to the world. Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm I almost lost their luck, and Joseph of Austria-Hungary was also relieved that there was only one Russia left in their obstacle in the Balkans, and it was definitely an easy thing for the two countries to join forces to clean up the old hair. Britain and France also began to deploy their own troops, and they wanted to play a big game in Southeast Asia and establish their own tidal flat positions.

Britain and France had a lot of fun, but the center of the Qing Dynasty exploded again, and the British and French forces came again, and the Qing Dynasty seemed to have returned to the nightmare of twenty-six years ago. Cixi cried again, but this time she didn't cry to her minister, but to Luan Yu, the minister of Manchuria. Cixi began her performance, and Yi Yi, Li Hongzhang and others also began their own praise.

"Brother Zhongrun, the two strong British and French forces have joined forces again, the Queen Mother is very worried, and I hope that Yun Xiangong will send reinforcements as soon as possible to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court!" Li Hongzhang bluntly asked for help, and the Manchurian envoy expressed his support for the imperial court several times, and it was time to see something real in addition to supplies.

"Don't worry, don't worry, don't be anxious, the general has summoned General Tan Shaoguang to return to Changchun to discuss military affairs, and there will be good news in the near future!" Luan Yu is not comforting everyone, he has received clear instructions from Changchun to intervene in the war in the near future.

"With the reinforcements of the fifth brother, the mourning family is relieved, so I hope it will be sooner!" Cixi's tear ducts seemed to have valves, and the tears had reached the point where they could be retracted freely, and as soon as Luan Yu said that there would be news soon, she immediately stopped her tears.

"The Queen Mother is relieved, there will be news soon!" Luan Yu was stunned by Cixi's sudden disappearance of tears, and she could only prevaricate with false words.

When Luan Yu was comforting Cixi in the Forbidden City, Guo Xing'a was indeed summoning Tan Shaoguang, who he hadn't seen for many years. It is inevitable that the two of them have not seen each other for many years, but after they met, there was no reminiscence and greetings, and as soon as they met, it was the main topic.

"Can war with Britain be avoided?" Guo Xing'a asked questions when he met, as if Tan Shaoguang had always been his chief of staff and had just returned from a strategic planning meeting.

"Britain will never tolerate the rise of Manchuria, and sooner or later there will be a war between the two sides. At present, Manchuria has sharp contradictions with Britain in Kannai, Nanyang, the Americas, Latin America, and other places, and war is inevitable. Tan Shaoguang was also very entered, Guo Xing'a looked at the white hair on his head many times, he had already felt the greeting of his old friend, many things between the robes did not need words to express, one look was enough.

"In the early stage, because of my misjudgment, there were some problems in the construction of our Manchurian Navy, the lack of development of battleships, and the number of warships in active service was scarce, and it was quite difficult to deal with the British Navy at present. I have already ordered the full production of warships, but even without trial corrections, it will take at least half a year for our warships to be ready. However, the British were pressing forward, they had already preempted the war against the imperial court, and France and England had formed an agreement to march together. At this time, if we participate in the war, we can solve the urgent needs of the imperial court and avoid further deterioration of the situation in Southeast Asia, but our navy is not well prepared, which is really a headache. What are your thoughts on the timing of entering the war? Guo Xing'a was quite kind, for fear that Tan Shaoguang would not know enough information, so he deliberately expressed his concerns.

"It's true that we haven't finished our preparations yet, but the preparations of Britain and France are not sufficient, so I think it's better to join the war as soon as possible!" Although Tan Shaoguang is not in the position of chief of the General Staff, he knows all aspects of the information in great detail.

"This is destined to be a protracted war, and it will be fought at least three to five years later...... I'm afraid that ......" Guoxinga was worried that the national strength would be consumed too much, and finally he ran out of fuel and dried up.

"Our country is strong, and the economy can be circulated internally, and it is also related to the internal market as a relying market, the industrial strength is huge, and the level of science and technology is far ahead of Europe, and the general will not worry about a protracted war that will drag down our national strength. Now both sides are ill-prepared, but the battlefield is closer to us, so why should we hesitate. Britain and France urgently mobilized the whole division from Europe to fight, and it would take seven months at the earliest, and by then our warships would have been well prepared, so sooner or later we would have to fight, so it was better to shoot first! "Tan Shaoguang has been an outsider for a long time, so he naturally sees it more clearly than Guo Xing'a, and his ability is much stronger than Guo Xing'a.

"Hmmm! Let the Cabinet draft the announcement! The Qing Dynasty and Manchuria are actually one country, and China will not tolerate foreign provocations, and all my descendants of Yan and Huang will fight to defend the nation! Goxinga made up his mind, and the Manchurian Empire officially entered the war.