Chapter 434: Pasha Li is a bastard (2nd watch)
The British Empire, known as the empire on which the sun never sets, is the world's first power, but in fact it is just an island country, and it is okay to bully and bully the natives. In the land of Mishima, which can reach the top of the world, the British are not fighting for brute force, but superhuman political wisdom.
The invincible continental policy is like a spell, firmly locking up the European continental powers. France, Germany, Austria, Russia and other powerful countries pinched like black-eyed chickens in Europe, but Britain took the opportunity to conquer the four seas and turned itself into a behemoth on which the sun never sets. Against other countries, the British were also a routine, and they first supported Goxinga, but also wanted Goxinga to help them balance the Russians.
Now that Goxinga is out of control and is about to become the hegemon of the Far East, Derby is in a hurry, and he personally rolls up his sleeves to find trouble with Goxinga, which is the most heartless behavior in William's eyes. Not only has the industrial strength of Northern Manchurian been formed, but there is also the Qing Empire with almost unlimited human resources behind it, and it is not too difficult for Guoxinga to get hundreds of divisions, where can the British Empire afford such a cruel war. Therefore, the rational way is to use checks and balances to solve the problem. The Derby cabinet is desperate to find Guo Xing'a, but it wants to weaken the strength of North Manchuria, and it can also weaken the strength of North Manchukuo with checks and balances. Britain was able to support Goxinga at the beginning, why can't it support the Russians now!
There is not even a decent excuse for war between Britain and North Manchuria, and there may be huge territorial disputes between Russia and North Manchuria, and a large-scale war will break out between the two sides sooner or later. As long as the British helped the Russians behind their backs, they could also achieve the effect of weakening North Manchuria. Tsarist Russia is also a European continental power, and with the help of Britain, even if it can't drag North Manchuria into the quagmire of war, it can bite off a bite of North Manchuria's meat.
Derby's proposal to increase troops was rejected by Parliament, and William's strategy of containment became the first choice of the British Empire, and soon Pashali in Changchun received an urgent telegram from London. The content of the telegram was only an armistice and four Chinese characters, but it made Pashali very frustrated, and a gang of cowards in London once again took control of Parliament, and the heroic Pashali lost the opportunity to make a career like Ergin.
Pashali, who was helpless and very reluctant, could only note Zou Degui asking for a truce. As Minister Plenipotentiary, Pashali played another trick, he carried out the orders of the Congress, but also participated in many of his own personal goods. Before sending a note to Zou Degui, Pashali sent his opinion back to London, strongly urging the continuation of the war against North Manchuria, and at the same time pointing out that there was great war pressure in the north of North Manchuria, and there would be no long-term war of attrition with Britain at all. Because he did not give up the idea of war, Pa Xiali's note to Zou Degui only asked for an armistice, and did not propose a word about peace. In doing so, Pashali bought time for Congress to quarrel and make a last-ditch effort for Congress to change its mind. Second, there was also a military purpose, and the current situation of the war was indeed unfavorable to the British army, if the war was armistice, the British army could be redeployed, and Gillett's Far East Fleet could also escape from Japan.
Zou Degui, Pi Runmin, and others, who received the note, were very moved, after all, a full-scale war against Britain would not take advantage of North Manchuria, and it would be a good thing to negotiate peace. Pi Runmin was still a little worried, after all, the note only said an armistice, not how to negotiate peace, and he was worried that something would happen. Luan Yu and others believed that since Britain had taken the initiative to propose an armistice, there would definitely be a note on the resumption of diplomatic relations.
"They say to fight, stop when they say stop, why is Lao Tzu so obedient! The white people have always treated us as monkeys, and they have not done anything about displaying the white flag on the battlefield as a delaying tactic, so this note will not be a delaying tactic? Mr. Huaiyuan, you told Pashali that we agreed to negotiate with us, but we refused to cease the war, because Mr. Pashali's credit was so bad that he was a part-time spy as a diplomat, and we couldn't trust him. As for the negotiation of peace, I have a suggestion, that is, we should talk while fighting, when the negotiations will be completed, and when will there be a truce! Guo Xing didn't believe the British, and only said that the truce would not negotiate peace, which was clearly a delaying tactic.
"It makes sense, but isn't it a bit inappropriate to talk while fighting!" Zou Degui basically agrees with Guo Xing'a's point of view, but it seems a bit unkind to talk while fighting, people have taken the initiative to sue for peace, and North Manchurian is not too decent.
"I'm afraid that peace is also a delaying tactic! Halfway through the conversation, he stopped talking and wanted to continue fighting, who will I talk to! It is not without precedent in the international community to talk while fighting, and they will continue to fight if they do not accept this idea! Guo Xinga thought about it, but he still couldn't trust the British.
Guo Xing'a and the cabinet discussed the aftermath again, including the price of the negotiation, etc., and after reaching a consensus, Zou Degui got up to find Pashali. Guo Xing'a sat down for a while, and suddenly felt that the British might not be playing with him as a fool, after all, the Nanyang war situation was extremely unfavorable to the British, and it was very likely that the British did not want to fight anymore.
"Take the Nanyang sand table!" Goxinga decided to look at the map and decide.
Everyone didn't know why Guo Xing'a suddenly wanted to look at the Nanyang sand table, so they all watched it with Guo Xing'a. The military intelligence work in Northern Manchuria has always been good, so Guo Xing'a can clearly see the distribution of the two armies on the Malay Peninsula on the sand table, and he can also see the battle situation at a glance. The 80,000 British troops commanded by Cole were all concentrated in Johor, and they were besieging Huang Zhongmin's Johor Bahru defense line without dead ends. One would be on the top of Kuala Lumpur, and the other would go to Kuantan to study the directions, and he would do something that would make the British very happy.
"Pass my order that the Nanyang Fleet give up its attack on the coast of India, return to the Malay Peninsula with all its troops, and launch an offensive against Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan!" Goxinga is ready to learn from a veteran general who likes to personalize his pipes.
"General, do you want?" Others don't understand, but Tan Shaoguang knows the meaning of Guo Xing's move.
"Annihilation of the 80,000 British troops in the Malay Peninsula will force the British to sincerely sue for peace!" Goxinga smiled lightly, the Strait of Malacca was falling into his hands little by little.
Half a month later, Pashali and Zou De returned to Changchun and quarreled over whether to negotiate an armistice or peace first, and the important ports on the east and west sides of the Malay Peninsula, Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, were simultaneously shelled by the battleship formations of the North Manchurian Navy. The two cities were bombarded indiscriminately, and the local defenders, tasked with holding the back of Kohl's army, could only struggle with the bombardment as if the end had come. Fortunately, the defenders had fortifications such as forts, otherwise they would never have held on in the face of the absolute firepower superiority of the Manchurian Army. Kohl, who was on the Johor Bahru front, was shocked to hear that the Manchurian army was attacking his rear route, and also mobilized a large number of troops to support Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan. Fortunately, the two places were still holding out, and the Manchurian army did not make any progress.
However, on the third day of the Malay defenders' hard fighting in Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, a terrible news reached Cole's ears that Malacca and Mersing had been lost. The battleship formations at Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan were merely bait for the Manchurian Army, with the aim of attracting all the already small defenders behind Kohl to these two places. The defenders were disarmed, and the cruiser formation of the Nanyang Fleet escorted the marines southward at high speed, and the two brigades of the Manchurian Marine Corps landed in Malacca and Mersing respectively.
The 1st Marine Brigade, which landed in Malacca, moved south at high speed along the main trunk line southwest of the Malay Peninsula and went straight behind the Kohl army in Johor Bahru. The 2nd Marine Brigade landed in Mersing and attacked Kluang, the logistics supply base of Kohl's army, westward, and also blocked the retreat of Kohl's army on the northeast flank. Huang Zhongmin, who seemed to be going to live in the trenches for the rest of his life, also suddenly rushed out of the trench fortifications and launched a counterattack on the entire front of Cole's army.
Cole's army had been fighting hard for more than two months, with huge losses and low morale. With the help of Cole's refueling tactics, Huang Zhongmin killed more than 40,000 British and Indian troops, but the total number of Cole's 80,000 troops remained unchanged. These four divisions were originally Cole's huge bargaining chips to kill Huang Zhongmin, but now they have become a huge burden, and more than 40,000 people have more than 40,000 mouths! Cole temporarily resisted Huang Zhongmin's counterattack with his superiority in strength, but after the loss of Kluang, the British army faced a huge food crisis, and there were more than 40,000 mouths, and Cole fell into a desperate situation for a while.
In three directions, east, west, and north, after several unsuccessful breakthroughs, Cole retained his aristocratic dignity and personally left the troops under a white flag and went to Johor Bahru to surrender to Wong Chung Min. Cole believed that Huang Zhongmin had fought hard with him for a long time, and that it was Huang Zhongmin's counterattack that had driven him into a corner, so he should surrender to Huang Zhongmin, as for the marines, they were just here to pick fruit. Huang Zhongmin learned a lot of foreign gadgets from Botun, so he received Cole very politely, gave Cole all the benefits that a nobleman should enjoy, and then accepted the surrender of 80,000 British troops. After Cole surrendered, the Malay Peninsula was a no-man's land for the Manchurian Army, and Huang Zhongmin was not polite, so he immediately waved his army north, as long as the logistics could keep up, he could go as far as he could.
After the bad news of the surrender of 80,000 British troops in the Malay Peninsula was transmitted back to London, the entire British Parliament was bombed, and the British Empire had not suffered such a crushing defeat for many years. However, because William had the upper hand in Parliament, there was not much support for the regrouping of the army to fight again, and most of the people in Parliament were concerned about why the peace talks had not yet come to fruition. Worried that Pashali's proposal would affect the peace talks, the cabinet specially transferred the envoy to Japan, Aliguo, to return to Changchun to assist Pashali in negotiating with the government of North Manchuria. After Ali Guo arrived in Changchun and reported the actual situation in Changchun back to London, dozens of parliamentarians demanded that Pasha Li be sent to court, this guy is really a bastard.
The Congress asked Pashali to negotiate a truce with Manchuria, but because of Pashali's personal tendencies, they were still struggling with the armistice after a month, and the most excessive thing was that the government of North Manchuria only received a request for an armistice from the British, and did not know about the matter of negotiating peace. Only asked for an armistice but did not negotiate peace, and whoever changed would continue to fight with the British, so Pashali needed to bear a lot of responsibility for the military defeat in the Malay Peninsula. There was no way to repair the Pasha rites directly in Changchun, so the British Parliament could only ask the Pasha rites to return to China and appoint Ali as the new Minister Plenipotentiary of Manchuria.
Ali Guo used to be a consul in Changchun, and he was familiar with the way, so it was naturally convenient to talk. After only one day of talks, a consensus was reached on issues such as the resumption of diplomatic relations and the resumption of trade exchanges, but the two sides had differences on how to demarcate the territory. Ali wanted to restore the original borders, and the Manchurian Army withdrew from the occupied British colonies, so everyone should act as if nothing had happened. Zou Degui advocated a ceasefire on the spot, and whoever occupied it at the time of the cease-fire belonged to whom, and now Huang Zhongmin and others are still making great progress, and when the peace agreement is signed, maybe the Malay Peninsula will be North Manchuria. In addition, North Manchuria also has another request, that is, Britain needs to give North Manchuria an explanation. The two countries have been fighting fiercely on land and sea for half a year, so there must be an explanation! Why are you beating me?
The exchange of telegrams between London and Changchun was so frequent that the two sides began to bargain hard, but soon the British could not hold back, because Huang Zhongmin had already taken Ipoh and the army was headed for Perak. If it had been grinding at the negotiating table for another two months, the Manchurian army would have entered the territory of Thailand. The Thai emperor seems to be pro-British, but he is also always planning to be independent, and if North Manchuria hooks up with the Thai emperor, Burma will be in danger. For the sake of Southeast Asia as a whole, the British Empire also had to abandon the scraps, and the negotiations had to reach a result as soon as possible.
The three northern states of Borneo, the British don't want it, and Lan Fang, who is supported by North Manchuria, is not stable to stay. In the Malay Peninsula, especially in the Strait of Malacca, the British refused to let go of anything, and the same was true of Goxinga. But the Chinese are the most flexible, so Zou quickly came up with a mutually acceptable solution. Britain abolished all privileges in North Manchuria, and the Manchurian Army withdrew from the Ipoh line, but the Manchurian Army only withdrew to Malacca, and North Manchuria would not let go of the three places of Johor, Malacca, and Singapore. In this way, the British controlled the part of the Strait of Malacca near the Indian Ocean, and North Manchuria controlled the part of the Strait of Malacca near the Pacific Ocean. The British also knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch, not to mention that North Manchuria had agreed to release prisoners of war free of charge, so they could only admit it. As for whether the British will make a comeback if the strength of North Manchuria declines in the future, it is a matter for another time.
The agreement was basically reached, but there was still a problem on the part of North Manchuria, and Britain still owed North Manchuria an explanation. The British, who had cultivated for hundreds of years, quickly found an explanation, and the culprit was the bastard Pashali, who misled the British Parliament by lying about the military situation, and it was also he who ordered the Far East Fleet to take action against the North Manchurian Navy without authorization, and all the mistakes were his fault. The British government has conferred on Pasha the title of the world's first bastard and sent him to court to sentence him to 3,500 years.
The farcical war between the British Empire and North Manchuria came to an end in this very outrageous statement. North Manchuria was always ready to fight again, and the British began to get close to Lao Maozi while doing their own research and development, and the so-called peace agreement was just an armistice agreement.