Russia was a divided country at this time, and both the female tsar, who ruled the Russian regions, and Konstantin, who ruled the Ukrainian regions, both claimed power over Russia and both claimed to be the only legitimate Russian tsar. Austria-Hungary recognized Konstantin, but the vast majority of countries still recognized the female tsar.

Britain and France promised that as long as the tsar was willing to fight on the side of Britain and France, they would not only support the tsar in regaining the lost Lithuania and other places from Germany, but also be willing to return Poland to Russian rule after the war, and the Russian tsar would inherit the title of king of Poland. At the same time, they also said that as long as the female tsar was on the side of Britain and France, they also supported the female tsar to unify Russia.

This temptation is not insignificant, but the problem of Russia is too complicated.

After the civil war, Russia was divided, and the two sides of the splitting were of course far stronger than Konstantin. But the problem is that the female tsar could not eat Konstantin on her own. If I could eat it, I would have started it a long time ago. In the civil war, both sides suffered heavy losses, but they did not distinguish between victory and defeat on the battlefield. When Konstantin built a defense in depth, the female tsar was forced to accept the split.

In recent years, although the two sides have ceased fighting, they have maintained strong armaments and have continued to expand fortifications on the border. Countless fortresses and fortresses were built, countless guns and ammunition were produced and procured, and the border areas were lined with bunkers, plus a defensive line built with trenches and machine guns, as if the war was not over.

The female tsar maintained a standing army of 3 million and Konstantin armed with an army of 2 million, in which case the female tsar had no ability to intervene in the war in Europe. Because once she gets involved in the war in Europe, she will leave Konstantin with an opportunity to take advantage of, and who dares to guarantee that Konstantin will not take the opportunity to attack. Even if Konstantin could remain immobile at the beginning of the war, once the war lasted for a long time and there were problems in Russia, Konstantin would definitely not miss this opportunity.

Britain and France also wooed Constantine, and put forward similar conditions, supporting the other side to unify Russia, willing to hand over Poland to Constantine rule, and so on. But like the female tsar, Konstantin also understood that once he intervened in the war in Europe, the female tsar would definitely take the opportunity to attack him. A divided Russia, which has become a self-defended country, has lost the opportunity to reap the benefits of the changing international landscape.

In this diplomatic battle, Germany had the upper hand, and Austria-Hungary finally chose to support Germany. On the one hand, the traditional friendship with Germany was closer, and on the other hand, Austria-Hungary was well aware that in the event of China's entry into the war, the country that stood on the side of China would have an absolute advantage.

Another gain for Germany was that after the terms of the Anglo-French co-optation of the Tsarina and Constantine were made public, the Poles, who had not been very active in the war, suddenly began to get serious. Because among the conditions agreed by Britain and France, whether it was for the female tsar or for Constantine, Poland was included. This is not just an insult to Poland, which seems to be a commodity that can be traded at will, but also a real crisis. Rather than being ruled by the Russians, the Poles preferred to accept German rule. At least the German Emperor Wilhelm I, ruling in Poland, gave Poland considerable freedom. Poland could have its own government and parliament, and the German Kaiser ruled Poland in the same way as he ruled Germany, and there was no humiliation. And the period of Russian rule in Poland did not make a good impression on the Poles.

So not only did the Polish army on the front line begin to fight in earnest, but the Polish parliament accepted the request for a general mobilization, but the reserve army would not be sent to the front, but would remain in Poland to defend against possible Russian aggression in Poland. Poland will form a national defense force composed of young people who have no training and old people who have exceeded the age of military service but have military experience, with a total strength of 1.5 million people, which is almost the limit of Poland.

The diplomatic achievements of Britain and France cannot be said to be absent, and although the participation of Sweden and Denmark in the war was not enough to ineffectively reduce the disadvantage of Austria-Hungary to join the German side, they achieved results in Spain.

In the case of shortage of troops, the French army also sent 300,000 troops into Spain to fight, and the British also recruited 200,000 into Spain, and finally succeeded in helping the Spanish government army eliminate the Carlos regime, and the Spanish government reciprocated, and at the same time did not dare to betray Britain and France after successfully quelling the rebellion with the support of Britain and France, so Spain joined the British and French side.

Although Spain has been politically chaotic, economically withered, and backward in industry, Spain has a large population, as many as 15 million people, and the Spaniards have not stopped fighting for hundreds of years, and in the last hundred years, they have been declining day by day, but there are many wars, and the civil war has been fought twice.

After Spain joined the British and French sides, not only did Britain and France free up 500,000 troops to fight in Spain, but also more than one million Spanish troops could fight for Britain and France.

Denmark and Sweden could not make up for the defeat of Austria-Hungary in the war, but the addition of Spain was almost the same.

So at present, in addition to the huge disadvantage of China's participation in the war, in Europe, the strength of Germany and Austria and Britain and France is basically equal, as long as the Chinese army does not directly enter Europe, Britain and France still have a chance to win.

And China directly sent troops to Germany, it is quite difficult, first of all, he has to solve the diplomatic process of the armed forces through Russia, whether it is the female tsar or Konstantin, they all declare neutrality, they cannot let their territory be used by other countries; Secondly, the Germans do not seem to be at ease by allowing the huge armed forces of China to enter Germany. Even if Germany was relieved to ensure that millions of Chinese troops would fight in Germany, the transportation of materials would be a huge disaster, and it would not be possible to guarantee it completely by relying on railways; Third, and most importantly, China is now inseparable.

The war had just broken out, and the Chinese navy had already begun a full-scale war with the British navy on the vast seas, and the priority of China's land forces was not Europe, but from India and the Americas, launching attacks on British territory.

Drawing on the experience of the previous two British wars with China, it was impossible for China to completely occupy India and British North America in a few years, which would be enough for the Anglo-French forces to defeat Germany, or be defeated by Germany.

Outside Europe, between China and Great Britain, there was an all-out war; Within Europe, between European countries, there is a queue of battles. At this time, the war has really entered the official stage, and the countries that should participate in the war and can participate in the war have already chosen their camps and joined this large-scale world war.