President Meng knew the battle situation on the Japanese side for the first time, but he didn't expect that in just a few days, the two sides would fight so fiercely, and they had fought fiercely more than 30 times. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Xuan Jianzhang sent a telegram, he was not afraid of not being able to defeat the Japanese, the only thing he was worried about was that the British and French fleets would give support to the Japanese from the sea, and if there were British, French, or they helped transport the Japanese army to Sasebo and Nagasaki Castle to land, our army would suffer from the enemy." Princess Katrina Kafu sighed, "Without a strong navy, there are restrictions everywhere. ”

President Meng nodded and said: "That's the case, this is a matter of no choice, however, I have asked Zeng Jize to go to Europe, on the one hand, to contact the purchase of warships, and on the other hand, to find an alliance." ”

Princess Katrina Kaf's eyes lit up, "These two things are big things, the emperor was unwilling to buy warships directly, why do you want to buy four ironclad ships at once?" ”

In the original history, the Qing court also began to prepare for the construction of the Beiyang Fleet at this time, President Meng originally planned to rely on the development of Huaguo's own science and technology to build his own warships, and now it seems that President Meng is still a little too young, too simple Tucson is broken.

Science and technology do not mean that they can catch up, especially in the navy and air force, which are many branches of the armed forces that surpass the army's technology.

An ironclad ship that represents the highest level of science and technology in this country now.

In later generations, aerospace science and technology represent the highest level of science and technology of a country and are also a symbol of national strength.

"The main reason for buying four ironclad ships is that in order to ensure self-protection of the sea frontier, it is necessary to have a fleet of this size." President Meng said helplessly.

The current situation in which China buys warships from Europe is definitely lost to the original Qing court, because the Qing court is too weak to pose a threat to any foreign power, but China is different.

On the other hand, the relationship between China and the British and the French is also a big diplomatic problem because of the problems of the Central Asian provinces and the problems that are now at war with the Japanese.

China had previously signed treaties with the British, the French, the Americans, and several countries doing business in Asia, but the situation of that organization was too unreliable, and it was a purely commercial treaty, and it was not the same thing as forming an alliance.

"It's not easy to do, but I believe that Zeng Jize has this ability, he is the emperor's father-in-law." Princess Katrina Kafu smiled, she didn't mean to be jealous at all, if it weren't for Zeng Siping standing behind Jiegege, who was the second wife of President Moe, and now President Moe would have married Princess Katrina Kafu and Lee Tae-hee.

"It's not easy to do, it's not Zeng Jize's ability, it mainly depends on the attitude of the Germans." President Meng said meaningfully, "This Bismarck is very conservative. ”

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20s, under the influence of the law of uneven economic and political development of capitalism, the imperialist countries launched a fierce struggle around the struggle for world hegemony and colonies.

The Franco-German contradiction is very acute.

France, which was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, lost its former hegemony in Western and Central Europe, and all strata of the country unanimously demanded revenge.

The Russian-Austrian contradiction manifested itself in the struggle for the Balkans.

For many years, under the banner of Great Slavism, Russia expanded to the areas inhabited by the southern Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a monarchy in Central Europe, was also expanding to the northwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula, fearing that the southern Slavs under its rule would become independent from the rule of Austria-Hungary.

Proceeding from its traditional foreign policy, Britain sought to maintain the balance of power on the European continent, and did not want Germany to be too strong, nor did it want to see Russia's power expand too much in the Balkans, and with the intensification of the conflict over the colonial issue, the Anglo-German contradiction began to intensify and gradually became the main contradiction between the imperialist countries.

Although Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy have not yet formed the "Triple Alliance," judging from the information fed back by the intelligence network of the Chinese Bureau of Statistics in Europe, it is a matter of time.

In the original history, in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy established the Triple Alliance against Russia and France, and in 1879, under the impetus of Bismarck, Germany and Austria signed the "Treaty of Alliance", which had a distinctly anti-Russian character. Later, due to Italy's defeat in the struggle with France for Tunisia, Bismarck took the opportunity to win over Italy and work together against France. In 1882, Germany, Austria and Italy signed the "Treaty of Alliance", and the Triple Alliance was formally established.

Germany became the nucleus of the Triple Alliance.

Therefore, President Moe depends on the attitude of the Germans.

Moreover, because China, Britain and France have too many conflicts of interest in Asia, but there is no such conflict of interest with Germany, and only countries like Germany or Austria-Hungary can form alliances.

In the original history, in order to deal with the "Triple Alliance", in 1892, France and Russia reached a military agreement, which stipulated that in the event that France was attacked by Germany or Germany-backed Italy, Russia would attack Germany with all its military forces, and once Russia was attacked by Germany or Austria-Hungary supported by Germany, France should attack Germany with all its military forces.

After the formation of the Russian-French alliance, a confrontation between the two major military blocs began to emerge in Europe.

It was also the first step in the direction of the Triple Entente.

As the Anglo-German contradiction developed into the main contradiction between imperialism, Britain adjusted its relations with France and Russia, and signed the Anglo-French Entente in 1904 and the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 respectively.

The confrontation between these two major military blocs in Europe was also the main theme of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and even directly affected the First and Second World Wars.

The British Empire is the most arrogant and powerful of the Western powers, the world's second "empire on which the sun never sets" reached its peak in the early 19th century, with a population of about 4 to 500 million, accounting for a quarter of the world's population at that time, with a territory of about 33.67 million square kilometers, which is a quarter of the world's total land area, and is the largest country in history and the largest global colonial empire (referring to the global hegemony with colonial territories on all continents of the world), the British Empire dominated the world's science and technology, culture and economic trade at that time, The world's leading country for more than a century.

The French Republic is one of the Western powers, nicknamed the "Gallic Rooster", with great ambitions, and once wanted to rule all of Europe during the Napoleonic period, this country in the Napoleonic period, once singled out the other 10 major powers that were also the world's top powers, and finally defeated most of them, but they were defeated by the British Empire in the navy, and defeated by the Russian Empire in the army (mainly in the cold), and finally defeated, which was the most brilliant record of France, and the French colony was second only to Britain.

Tsarist Russia is the hegemon from Eastern Europe, known as the "polar bear", since the founding of the Russian Empire, any international political problems in Europe cannot be solved without Russian interference.

The Russian Empire was nicknamed the "Gendarme of Europe", in addition to being the savior of Europe, crushing the French Napoleon's ambition to destroy the foreign powers and dominate the world alone, and the Soviet Union was an invincible superpower in its later period!

Although Siberia was defeated by the Chinese army, the territory of the country shrank greatly, and it also lost control of Central Asia, but the strength of Tsarist Russia was not greatly affected, and it was still the top five powers!

Nicknamed the "Wild Bull", Spain's "Invincible Armada" was once famous all over the world, the first country in the world to be called the "empire on which the sun never sets", Spain and Portugal were the pioneers of European round-the-world exploration and colonial expansion, from Spain across the Atlantic to the Americas, from Mexico across the Pacific, through the Philippines to East Asia.

Spanish conquistadors overthrew the Aztec, Inca, and Mayan civilizations and claimed large swaths of territory in North and South America. For a time, with its experienced navy, the Spanish Empire dominated the seas; With its terrifying, well-trained infantry phalanx, it dominates the European theater. The famous French historian called it "the most extraordinary epic in human history".

Portugal, the world's first great power, the "progenitor of the great powers", controlled most of the seas at that time, and it expanded its territory to Brazil in the Americas, and extended it all the way to what Westerners call the Spice Islands in the Far East, which is now the Moluccas, Indonesia. The span is as much as 3/4 of the Earth's circumference.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, once known as the "coachman of the sea" for its world's most developed shipbuilding and navigation technology, was the most powerful colonial empire in the world in the 17th century when the country was not much larger than Beijing and the powerful Spain fought for 80 years.

Less than 100 years after the founding of the country, the Netherlands accounted for half of the world's foreign trade, and more than 10,000 Dutch merchant ships roamed every corner of the world.

The German Empire, nicknamed the "Germanic Chariot", was the initiator of World War II in the future, and the empire that made the world tremble in the future, causing devastating disasters to human civilization.

This war is a war on a global scale.

From Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 61 countries and regions with more than 2 billion people have been involved in wars, covering an area of 22 million square kilometers. According to incomplete statistics, more than 90 million military and civilian casualties were lost in the war, and more than $4 trillion was wasted.

Austria-Hungary is one of the world's great powers, one of the five great powers in modern Europe, the strength can not be underestimated, because of its good at music, nicknamed "European magic sound", the ruler of this country "Habsburg family" of the Holy Roman Empire, a famous family in Europe, is the main initiator of the First World War, World War I is a world war that mainly occurred in Europe but spread to the whole world, when most countries in the world were involved in this war, is one of the most destructive wars in European history.

The Austrian Empire was at its peak at the height of nationalism, when the Habsburgs ruled most of Europe by marriage!

The Kingdom of Italy, known as the "artist", was the birthplace of the European Renaissance and a colonial empire established in modern Italy. In addition to Italy, this colonial empire dominated the Mediterranean and other dependencies of East Africa, such as Eritrea and Ethiopia, in addition to Italy in World War II. The empire's power peaked in 1940, and the country was a diplomatic, sinister country.

The Kingdom of Belgium can also be ranked as one of the current 15 great powers in the world, a colonial empire that emerged after being nicknamed the "European Red Devils"!

The biggest beneficiary of the Berlin Conference, one of the earliest industrialized countries in Europe, Belgium's coal and smelting industry developed rapidly in 1831~1870, and Belgium transitioned from liberal capitalism to imperialism at the end of the 19th century and participated in the partition of Africa.

From 1876 onwards, Belgium occupied Congolese territory.

The Kingdom of Denmark is known as the "Fairy Tale Kingdom", Denmark is the world's earliest constitutional monarchy, one of the overlords of Northern Europe, is a brave and warlike, and full of fairy tale power, Denmark's shipping industry and overseas trade are very developed, the merchant fleet is second only to Britain in Europe, and has a considerable fleet. At the end of the 16th century, Denmark established the East India Company and had colonies in the West Indies and Guinea. In 1767, Denmark announced the formation of an "alliance of armed neutrality" with Russia and Sweden.

Known as the "Lion of the North", the Kingdom of Sweden conquered about half of the Holy Roman Empire at one point during the Thirty Years' War. Its rapid rise to European leadership was largely due to the efforts of King Gustav II and Prime Minister Yasel Osinsdana. Thanks to its successful intervention in the Thirty Years' War and the seizure of territory in Russia and Poland-Lithuania, Sweden became the leader of the Protestant states in Europe.

The United States of America, known as "Uncle Sam", has joined the ranks of the world's powers not long after its founding, and has gradually begun to expand abroad, growing in strength, and because of its location in the Americas, it is far from several other powers.

Now in the world, President Moe is almost the only one who regards the United States as an adversary, at least the powers outside the Americas, and they don't care too much about the United States.

In addition to the United States, President Moe cares most about Japan.

If it weren't for the rebirth of President Moe who disrupted the original order, Japan would have become the first hegemon in Asia after the First Sino-Japanese War, nicknamed the "Eastern Power", the only yellow power in the world, after the Meiji Restoration, it became the only Asian power, the only Asian country that can compete with Western countries, and the only imperialist power in the East. He once defeated the fierce Russian Empire, which was a precedent for the Yellow race of the East to defeat the White race of the West in modern times, and later challenged the United States of America, which was superior to itself in World War II.

The last is the Ottoman Turkish Empire, 19-year-old Mehmed II succeeded to the throne for less than two years, personally led an army of 80,000 to attack Constantinople, (see Battle of Constantinople) 53 days of battle, finally conquered on May 29, and moved the capital here, the Eastern Roman Empire fell, after the destruction of the Eastern Roman Empire, the capital of Constantinople (renamed Istanbul), and the heir of the Roman Empire regarded himself. Therefore, the emperor regarded himself as the lord of the world, inherited the Roman Empire and Islamic civilization, and thus integrated the Eastern and Western civilizations in his hands, but then in the 19th and 20th centuries, the national power continued to weaken, so that it became the "sick man of Europe".

The current Ottoman Turkish Empire is still very strong, and it has also added a lot of variables to the situation in Central Asia.

Because the national strength is not enough, the military is not enough, although President Meng has taken North Korea, Siberia and Central Asia, but it is very unstable, a little unbearable!

None of these powers are easy to mess with, including Japan, which has already achieved initial results in the Meiji Restoration, and it is definitely not a situation that can be crushed for the newly unified China.

"If Bismarck had the foresight to pay more attention to the world outside Europe, I believe that he would persuade the Kaiser to admit our Chinese, at least, in Asia, where we can very well involve the British and the French, and we can be regarded as the developing countries with which they have the most common interests." Princess Katrina Caave said.

Bismarck was a conservative and defended authoritarianism; However, he passed legislation and established the world's first workers' pension, health and medical insurance system, and social insurance, and was a prominent figure in European politics in the second half of the 19th century.

President Meng Zhengse said: "It's a pity that you are not the Prime Minister of Germany, if you become the Prime Minister of Germany, I will be relaxed." As long as Germany or Austria-Hungary is willing to form an alliance with us, even if it is not aligned, as long as they express their willingness to conclude a strategic partnership, the British and French will be much more afraid of us and will not casually intervene in this war between us and the Japanese! ”

"I just don't know if people can form an alliance with us." Princess Katrina Kafu looked at President Moe and said softly: "Whether it is Germany or Austria-Hungary, they are now the top few powers in the world, and they are so far away from Asia, will they look at a country like ours that has just developed?" ”

Princess Katrina Kaaf said that China is a newly developed country, in fact, it is polite, the real situation of China is that I don't know if there is one-third of Germany's scientific and technological strength and military strength, let alone compared with Britain, France, such a big country.

The capitalist transformation of China was 200 years later than that of the old powers!

"yes, that's exactly what I'm worried about, it's not our turn to pick allies, we'll have to wait for someone else to pick us."

Princess Katrina Kafu snorted, "Then, Your Majesty, is your first choice Germany or Austria-Hungary?" ”

"Austria-Hungary!" President Moe thought about it.

"Why? Shouldn't it be German? Princess Katrina Kaaf wondered, "Germany is stronger than Austria-Hungary." ”