Chapter 209: We Need an Airship!
When the airships of the Han Kingdom once again appeared in the skies of Paris, France, and London, England, the angry French and British once again took to the streets. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"How can this group of politicians with water in their heads let the yellow-skinned monkey's airship go around our heads!"
"Peace! We need peace, we don't need war! ”
In this era, the image of the Chinese in the eyes of Westerners is still insensitive under the rule of the Manchu dynasty, even if the Han Kingdom rises and has a big killer weapon such as airships, the Western people still look down on the Chinese, in their hearts, the Western world is the civilized world, and the Eastern world is still in a barbaric and backward era.
However, under the threat of the airship of the Han Kingdom, most Westerners will choose to make a truce with the Dahan Kingdom first, and when the West develops a weapon that can restrain the airship, it will come back and kill the Chinese who "flaunted their might" on their heads before.
Westerners are also forbearing.
In order to calm the people's anger, the new British Prime Minister William Yurt Gladstone and the new French President Jean Casimir-Perrier sent a message to the British (French) plenipotentiary in Germany, asking them to hurry up and negotiate peace with the Han Kingdom, and not let the airships of the Han Kingdom go around the sky over Britain (France), even if the airships do not drop bombs, it will cause very big riots.
(Note: William Jurter Gladstone took the side of the opposition in 1840 and opposed Palmerston's foreign policy of waging a war of aggression against China)
After receiving domestic orders, British Plenipotentiary Ivis and French Plenipotentiary Christopher could only hurry up to conduct new negotiations with Cao Xuwen, and Britain and France are now considered "cold lips and teeth", so this time Ives and Christopher joined forces to start new negotiations with Cao Xuwen.
In the previous negotiations, Britain and France wanted to use the negotiating table to obtain what they could not get on the battlefield, and both countries had suffered heavy losses in the previous war with the Han Kingdom, and both countries wanted to gain some benefits from the negotiating table to make up for the previous losses.
Britain demanded that the Han Kingdom pay 100 million taels of silver in compensation, and cede part of Xizang and Yunnan as a condition for peace between the two countries.
France demanded that the Han Kingdom pay 120 million taels of silver and cede most of Yunnan as a condition for peace between the two countries.
Seeing the peace conditions of the two countries, Cao Xuwen's tears of laughter were about to come out, the two defeated countries actually wanted the victorious country to compensate, this is really a big joke, and in several negotiations, Avis and Christopher were aggressively demanding compensation from the Han Kingdom, if it was the backward Manchu Qing Dynasty before, it might really be possible to compensate the defeated country in the case of victory in the war.
But the Han Kingdom was not the rotten and cowardly Manchu Qing Dynasty, with its unique air force in the world, the most powerful army in the world, and the strength to say "no!" to Britain and France. ”。
For this reason, the three Kunpeng-8 heavy airships only went to Paris, France, and London, England to carry out "airship deterrence" against Britain and France, so that the governments of the two countries could exert more pressure, and at the same time let them know that this is where the confidence of the Han Kingdom lies.
Therefore, in the new talks, although the representatives of the two countries still looked arrogant, their tone improved a lot, and they took the initiative to lower the terms of peace talks.
However, in Cao Xuwen's eyes, all this is so much like the owner's charity to the pet, as long as the owner gives the pet a little benefit, the pet will happily agree.
Immediately, Cao Xuwen said in a serious tone: "Our Han Kingdom loves peace, but it doesn't mean that our Han Kingdom will not dare to go to war, if there is a war, you must bear the wrath of our Han Kingdom, the air force of the Han Kingdom will carry bombs to blow your country into ruins, and this is your fate!" ”
Hearing Cao Xuwen's words, Avis and Christopher looked gloomy, and they were secretly scolding in their hearts: These damn yellow-skinned monkeys, if you have the chance, you must kill them all.
The three parties broke up unhappily at this meeting, but the negotiations were between the countries and could not be successful in a short period of time.
Cao Xuwen received Yan Xueyi's order, in this peace negotiation, the Han Kingdom does not need to pay any price in exchange for peace, but will make Britain and France pay a certain price, as for how much Cao Xuwen can make the British and French pay, it depends on Cao Xuwen's ability.
Several negotiations followed, and under the "airship deterrence" of the Han Kingdom, the conditions of Britain and France were constantly reduced.
Avis: "Our British Empire has lost so many valiant soldiers, and the Han Kingdom must compensate for it!" ”
Christopher: "Our French Far East Fleet is gone, and the Han Kingdom must compensate for it." ”
Cao Xuwen: "You Britain and France are aggressors, and you actually want to compensate a country that has been invaded, have I heard the biggest joke in the world?" ”
Cao Xuwen's words may make ordinary people blush, but for politicians like Ives and Christo, there is no use, and being thick-skinned and reversing black and white are the basic skills of shameless politicians.
In the face of the constant bickering between Ives and Christo, Cao Xuwen offered a magic weapon: should the airship go around France and England again.
"Don't dare to take out an airship to scare us." Avis and Christo could only keep scolding in their hearts, without any countermeasures, after all, Britain and France could not resist the airships of the Han Kingdom.
At this time, the initiative at the negotiation table fell into the hands of Cao Xuwen, and it should be Cao Xuwen who put forward the conditions, not Ives and Christo.
"Britain must compensate the Han Kingdom with 100 million taels of silver and withdraw the British troops in Burma to India, and France must compensate the Han Kingdom with 120 million taels of silver and ......withdraw the French troops in Vietnam and other regions," Cao Xuwen said.
"Are you crazy?" Avis cursed.
"Do you want the Three Kingdoms to continue the war?" Christo also said to Cao Xuwen.
Cao Xuwen grinned: "Okay, before the war starts, the bombs of the Han Kingdom will fall on the mainland of your two countries first." ”
Airship deterrence, and airship deterrence, Britain and France have powerful navies, but they can't resist the airships of the Han Kingdom.
Avis and Christo also knew that Cao Xuwen had proposed such a high condition in order to bargain, but they were still very uncomfortable with the airship deterrence of the Han Kingdom.
"Why doesn't Britain (France) have such a powerful airship? If there were airships, we wouldn't be threatened by these yellow-skinned monkeys anymore, we needed airships! ”
The fact is that Britain and France will not be able to build airships that can compete with the Han Kingdom in a short period of time.
The news that Britain and France have fallen into the downside of the peace talks and negotiations between the three countries has spread far and wide, and Russia, which is also part of the Four-Power Alliance, has not felt anything, but the ambassador to Germany has felt very bad, Britain and France have made peace with the Han Kingdom, so what should be done?