Fang Lun told the German dignitaries that if Germany attacked France now, it had a good chance of winning and could weaken France.

Germany was worried that Russia would enter the war, and Fang Lun said that China was willing to send millions of troops to the border area, and Russia might not dare to enter the war. If Russia did not dare to enter the war, then the Franco-Russian alliance would be useless, and Germany would completely make France die against Russia through a war, and also dissolve the alliance.

Even if Russia entered the war, with Russia's ability to mobilize, France could defeat France before Russia entered the war. At this time, Russia could only accept a peace agreement, and Germany still weakened France.

Germany was also worried about Britain because Britain had just reached an agreement with France, and Britain might be on the side of France.

The promise that China could give Germany was that China would promise to keep Britain neutral with its Sino-British alliance.

Crown Prince Zhu Ninghua continued to participate in German banquets, this time changing the practice of wearing Chinese costumes in the past, wearing a variety of German national costumes, showing his friendship with Germany everywhere. Hunted with Wilhelm II, admired his marksmanship, participated in German military parades, and praised the strength of the German army.

On the Chinese side, two battleships sailed into San Francisco, increasing tensions between China and the United States.

While constantly asking for British support, he made some preparations for war and put pressure on the United States.

A large number of munitions entered the United States, and a large number of officers were sent to join the Taiping Army, helping the Taiping Army train soldiers, especially helping them to form regular artillery, equipping them with a large number of new rapid-fire guns, and giving them a large number of old guns from the Ming-American War.

The United States strongly protested and announced the withdrawal of the US Embassy in China and the evacuation of overseas Chinese from the United States, with the attitude of going to war.

But the situation on the battlefield in the United States was not optimistic, and the vast majority of their 300,000 troops entered Southern California.

Southern California's topography is enclosed, with the towering Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east and the American Coast Mountains to the west, and the two mountains meet north of Los Angeles to form a canyon terrain that is known as the California Valley, with the San Joaquin River flowing through the middle.

The 300,000 U.S. troops could indeed form an overwhelming advantage over the local Indians, but the nomadic Indians used guerrilla warfare to firmly hold back the Americans. It also cut off rail traffic between Los Angeles and California, and blew up railroad bridges and tunnels that crossed the mountains.

The San Francisco Bay area to the north has been cut off by the Taiping rebels, and all 300,000 American troops have been trapped in the valley of Southern California.

Although the Ming army did not participate in the war, it strengthened the military strength of the Taiping Army, which was originally an armed organization of the nature of a militia group, and the population of more than one million Taiping soldiers was armed with 400,000 soldiers, more than the American army. Moreover, there is also the strong belief provoked by Hong Xiuquan, and they also have the custom of coercion, coercing the peaceful Chinese in the delta area, and forming an army of 600,000 out of 3 million Chinese.

In terms of troops, it is twice as large as the American army, and although it has not yet attacked to the south, it has already put 300,000 American troops in a difficult situation.

The U.S. government was unable to provide aid to U.S. troops through ports, railroads had been cut off, and the closed California Valley had become a prison for U.S. troops. However, the Taiping army was able to get China's assistance, and in a short period of time, it was armed with an absolutely superior force.

The U.S. forces broke through several times and tried to recapture the delta and the port of San Francisco Bay northward, but were repelled by the Taipings.

Relying on the forts, the Taiping army was good at defense, and the American army suffered heavy losses in vain, so they could only continue to be stationed in the area of Southern California. Over time, problems arose, such as lack of supplies, demoralization, epidemics, and constant harassment from the Indians.

Although defeat in the short term is not possible, because after the last war, the national consciousness of the United States has also been beaten, and Americans hate the Chinese to the core, and these active duty troops are all authentic Americans with good roots, no new immigrants, no Indians, no blacks, these people are impossible to surrender.

The U.S. government is trying to reinforce from other directions, and the sea route is blocked by the Chinese navy, and they do not intend to challenge China's sea supremacy on the oceans. On land transportation, the Sierra Nevada is no longer to think about, when the Taiping army revolted, the tunnels and bridges were cut off at the first time, even after the peace, it will take several years to recover, after the last war with the Ming Dynasty, they spent more than three years to re-dredge the tunnel.

Because the north is still in their hands, although there are many Chinese in Oregon and Washington states, they have not launched an uprising, the Chinese here are peaceful immigrants, and the Taiping army has long been concentrated in California. However, it was also not easy to attack California from the north, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the east, the Coast Mountains in the west, and the Cascade Mountains in the north.

And whether to break out again with China, there is also a debate within the US government, moderate congressmen believe that this is not a good time for war at all, the economic crisis has caused the market to collapse, the government's financing capacity has declined, and there is still a huge debt that has not been repaid, and another war, except for another defeat, another reparation, and once again a heavy foreign debt, the US government does not see any other possibility, so the anti-war sentiment is very strong.

On the contrary, the voice of the main civil war was very loud, and various newspapers clamored to take advantage of this opportunity to completely solve the Chinese problem, completely drive the Chinese old people out of the United States, and purify the living space of the United States.

The British are actively mediating, Europe is still tense, and China and the United States are going to war again, and the world is really not peaceful.

The Boer War, the Spanish colonial uprising, the California crisis, the Moroccan crisis, the world situation became more and more volatile, and Britain felt more and more powerless.

The United States rejected Britain's mediation, insisting that it would not accept negotiations unless the Chinese navy was withdrawn from San Francisco.

At this time, the Chinese government had already begun to move to war preparations, and although there was no mobilization, the two million troops on active duty were ready to move at any time.

The government has seen a good opportunity, the crisis in Morocco has made it impossible for the European powers to get out of it, and if they do not take this opportunity to solve the problem of the Chinese in the United States in one fell swoop, they are waiting for such an opportunity, but they do not know that it will be the Year of the Monkey.

The Americans' refusal to mediate coincided with China's immediate announcement that it would increase its troops to the United States to protect its expatriates.

The 300,000-strong army was ready to sail to Hawaii and then land in San Francisco.

The United States protested strongly, but when it saw that China seemed to be really planning to go to war with the United States, the Americans were apprehensive again.

Britain has continued to do diplomatic work, telling the United States that California has long been out of control, and it is better to let the local autonomy.

The local Chinese, whites, and Indians form an autonomous government, and California is still a territory of the United States, and this cannot be changed, and the US government can not only change the situation that it could not manage the Chinese here in the past, but can use the whites in the autonomous government to exert influence in the autonomous government of California.

In the event of war, Britain decided that the United States would inevitably lose California.

Under the lobbying of the United Kingdom, the United States began to think about this issue.

They made several demands, first, to keep the U.S. Constitution unchanged, and that self-government must abide by the U.S. Constitution; Second, the proportion of white officials and government employees in the self-government must be maintained at one-third, so as to ensure that whites have the same power as Chinese and Indians; Third, the United States demanded that troops be stationed in California.

The Chinese government rejected the three points, since it is an autonomous government, the Chinese government believes that it should be decided by the local people themselves, and respecting the US Constitution can be considered, but the legislative power must be in the hands of the local legislature, and the number of members should be determined by the proportion of the population. As for the proportion of officials, they should be selected through a rational civil service system, and should not be limited to a certain ethnic group. The presence of troops is firmly opposed by the Chinese government, because the US military continues to be stationed here, nothing has changed, and there will still be fierce clashes with the local Chinese and Indians.

The two sides repeatedly bickered through the British, but the military operation did not stop, and the United States recruited a million new soldiers. Assault on California from both north and south, but it was never able to break through the mountain pass. The Taiping Army has begun to support Southern California, and a large number of professional soldiers have entered the mountainous defensive positions in Southern California, while low-grade Southern California American troops break through, while resisting the American assault in Los Angeles. The north was still firmly in the hands of the Taiping army, and it was impossible for the American army to break through the mountainous terrain.

The stalemate lasted until the end of 1903, when the US government saw that there was no hope of breaking through the encirclement and could not save the American troops in California, and the American troops in California suffered heavy casualties, and broke through again and again causing great casualties, and 80,000 of the 300,000 people could not continue to fight, 30,000 were killed and wounded, and 50,000 were sick, basically losing the ability to continue the offensive. The Chinese defense of the encirclement was more stable, and after the Indians received support, they attacked the American troops more frequently. At this time, the U.S. military was not only unable to replenish weapons and equipment, but also cut off medicines, and also cut off the source of food by forcibly conscripting the livestock of local Indian tribes.

In order to prevent the destruction of these 300,000 troops, the United States is willing to make some concessions.

The self-government must abide by the U.S. Constitution, which cannot be changed, the garrison cannot be changed, but it is willing to reduce the size of the garrison, and the proportion of officials can be abandoned, but the number of deputies they demand to be kept at one-third, which they consider to be the legitimate power of the local whites.

The Chinese government had not intended to negotiate, since it had already begun a military operation, and it was decided that it would be more advantageous to negotiate after eliminating 300,000 American troops. But the abrupt change in the situation in Europe forced China to accept a peace agreement on favorable terms.

Because the Moroccan crisis was temporarily resolved, in the end France capitulated, and they expressed their willingness to accept international arbitration.

Obviously, China's diplomatic activities failed to prompt Germany to strike at France, so now it is enough to take advantage of the situation, win a little rights and interests, and settle the California issue peacefully with the Americans, which has become the most reasonable way.

It's just that Germany has never dared to attack France, which is very regrettable, and conversely, to a large extent, Germany has not dared to attack France, and it is because the guarantees given by China are not enough.

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