Chapter 268 Naval Arms Race 3
Li Puyu, who was in a good mood, was suddenly made terrible by this British mad dog, in the original world, he only knew that the British were a little arrogant, but he belonged to the kind of object, for example, he would not dare to provoke China and Russia in later generations, but if it was the current Republic of China, he really dared to interfere with the development of armaments in the Republic of China by force, and now he thought that the African People's Republic was his colony, and he actually took out the attitude of a suzerainty to interfere with himself, this arrogant attitude is disgusting??? ? Huoran? Wen?? ???.? r?a?n?? e?n'org, so Li Puyu chose to treat him with an attitude of not paying attention to him.
In order to pay tribute to the unreasonable demands of the British, Li Puyu ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draft a diplomatic proclamation overnight, in which he explained that the construction of warships in the African People's Republic is our own business, and what does it have to do with you, Britain? Why do we want to inform you in advance of the British government, we once again state that Britain is Britain, Africa is Africa, we are all countries with their own independent sovereignty, why should our country inform you of the construction of new warships? You Britain just eat turnips and salty and worry about it, and the British madman minister actually made a big deal about China's national defense construction, saying that the construction of new warships in Africa has threatened Britain's sovereignty and security, and that we are in Africa, and you Britain are in Europe, and the difference between the two countries is 108,000 miles. It is possible that your British Empire has never given up its intention to turn Africa into your colony. And isn't the cruising of your British Navy ships in our African territorial waters a threat to our African national security? Have you taken a note from the United Kingdom? We wonder if this lunatic minister of yours is on his nerve in his impudent protest, or if your government authorized it? If he himself has a nervous problem, please send someone to the British authorities to take him back for treatment. Our diplomatic staff will not come into contact with neurotic people, and if it is instructed by your British authorities, then I am sorry, this kind of unreasonable demand is unacceptable to our country!
In view of the unreasonable demands of your British Government, we regard it as an act of hatred and provocation by your country. From now on, China will temporarily suspend diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. Until you give a reasonable explanation to the United Kingdom, after resuming diplomatic relations, for the time being, we will focus on diplomacy at the chargé d'affaires level.
According to the general division of the rank of envoys of various countries, envoys stationed abroad can generally be divided into three levels, the highest level is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, which was originally the plenipotentiary representative sent by the monarch of one country to the monarch of another country. Externally, he represents the monarch himself and enjoys great decision-making power. Later, he became the highest diplomatic representative between heads of state.
The second is the Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, a country temporarily dispatches a diplomatic representative to carry out a special mission, and when the special mission is completed, that is, he returns to his home country. Special envoys can be divided into two types: ceremonial and political, the former such as participating in the coronation of foreign monarchs, national celebrations, and funerals of heads of state; The latter include attending international conferences, holding diplomatic negotiations, signing important treaties, etc. The head of a special mission has the same status as the head of a permanent diplomatic mission.
The lowest level is the chargé d'affaires, the lowest level of diplomatic representation sent by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the sending State to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the host State. He represents his country and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the diplomatic affairs of the host country. The dispatch of chargé d'affaires is rare in modern times. In 1954~1972, China and Britain and China and the Netherlands sent chargé d'affaires to each other, and their task was to negotiate the establishment of normal diplomatic relations and handle overseas Chinese affairs and commercial business, which was a special practice before the establishment of normal diplomatic relations.
After receiving the note from the African diplomatic department, the British Foreign Office immediately reported it to Prime Minister Chamberlain, who was so angry that his nose almost crooked after seeing this note, and he couldn't help but scold the minister for not knowing how high the sky is and how thick it is.
In fact, countries don't care so much about the rank of foreign envoys now. In most cases, the two countries have a relatively close relationship, and they send ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to each other; The relationship between the two countries is average, and the other party's national strength is weak, so it will send envoys at the level of ministers; If the relations between the two countries have degraded to an abnormal situation, and some hostile situations have not yet entered a state of war, that is, to send envoys at the level of chargé d'affaires, and at the same time there is a sense of contempt for the other side, how can Chamberlain not be angry about this?
Anger is anger, but Chamberlain himself knows the priority of the matter, and now is not the time to be angry with this African country, the current situation in Europe is complicated, the Germans have put on an aggressive attitude on some things, and at the moment they have just stabilized relations with Africa can no longer let him be opposed to himself, and if he forces Africa to the Germans, it will be worth the loss. Then in the future, if war breaks out between the British and the Germans, the situation of Britain will become extremely difficult. Britain is not capable of fighting against two army powers. And it's not something that smart people do. You must know that Africa now has nearly 2 million land forces, and this is not a lack of chemical fertilizers in Africa to feed a group of manure machines.
What could Chamberlain do? He could only endure it, so he didn't care about the downgrading of Africa's envoys to Britain. But diplomatic relations with Africa could not be interrupted, and he immediately ordered to transfer back that idiot. A new minister was appointed to Africa, and the diplomatic dispute was settled. This was also the first diplomatic victory of the African People's Republic against Britain since its establishment, which made all the diplomatic staff extremely excited, but the British authorities took a step back on the surface, but secretly approved the navy's new shipbuilding plan, and the British government began to increase the plundering of various colonies, in order to increase the financial revenue as the navy's funds should be used to develop and build new warships.
At the same time, the African government is not idle, you Britain wants to build a new large warship, how can we Africa lag behind you, so Africa let out the wind, announced that it will build a Boling-class battleship, a total of four such warships, in this information, the standard displacement of this new type of battleship will reach more than 68,000 tons, but in fact, the Boling-class battleship designed by the Navy is a new type of aircraft carrier drawings, Li Puyu saw the drawings of this aircraft carrier, but there are many details that have not been dealt with. He had to design it before he could build it. So Li Puyu gave an order to the Navy Ship Design Bureau to complete the design drawings as soon as possible.