On August 22, the Xia Empire suddenly launched a war against the Russian Empire, and the happiest ones were the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In particular, Kaiser Wilhelm II was even more happy, looking forward to it for so many years, the Xia Empire finally launched a war against the Russian Empire, as long as the Xia Empire defeated the Russian Empire, their pressure on the Eastern Front would be sharply reduced, as long as they fought against Britain and France wholeheartedly, they were full of confidence in the future European war.

And the chief of the general staff, Moltke Jr., was worried, the Xia Empire had no scruples to attack any country in the world, and its strength became stronger and stronger, so that even if the Germans defeated Britain and France and dominated Europe, they would not be their opponents.

At that time, the whole of Asia, South America, North America and Oceania will become the territory of the Xia Empire, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean will become their inland seas, and there will also be a crack fleet in the Atlantic, how will Germany confront it in the future?

If the Xia Empire does not cripple Russia, Germany will face a two-front war in the future, how can it win the war and dominate Europe?

Moltke Jr. was very conflicted psychologically, and it would be a perfect ending if the Xia Empire and the Russian Empire were both defeated.

Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the General Staff to adjust the plans for the war against Russia and launch the war against Russia at the right time.

Moltke Jr. suggested: "Your Majesty, for the time being, let's wait and see how big the appetite of the Xia Empire is, whether they can adapt to the cold climate in the north, and then decide when the Empire will declare war on Russia according to the results of the war." ”

"Okay, your General Staff makes several sets of plans and prepares the troops for war."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Kaiser Wilhelm II instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speed up negotiations with France, and if Morocco's interests could not be obtained, France would be allowed to compensate from other regions, and after stabilizing France, a war against the Russian Empire could be launched at the right time.

Now the overall strength of Germany is much stronger than in history, and the strength of Britain and France was suppressed by the Xia Empire, and the weakening was very serious, which made the Kaiser's self-confidence even more inflated, especially on the Moroccan issue, Germany held enough initiative.

Austria-Hungary was in a-for-tat confrontation with Tsarist Russia, which not only sought to permanently maintain its rule in Galicia, Bukovina and Transcarpathia, but also coveted Volyn and Portoli; Without the containment of the Russian Empire, they could gradually strengthen their penetration into the Balkans and increase their control over the Balkans; Without the influence of the Slavic countries in the Balkans, the Slavs in their countries would not be able to make waves, and the situation in the country would be more stable.

The Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire had a century-old feud, and if the Xia Empire defeated the Russian Empire, they could take advantage of the situation to recover the lands occupied by the Russian Empire. Over the years, with the help of the Xia Empire and Germany, the Ottoman Empire has developed rapidly, and its military strength is very strong, and they have long wanted to find an opportunity to start a war with Russia.

A series of wars between Russia and Ottoman Turkey for the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Crimea, the Black Sea, etc., lasted intermittently for 241 years, the longest series of wars in European history, and the result of the wars was the expansion of Russia's territory and the gradual decline of the Ottoman Empire.

On the afternoon of August 22, they received a request from the Russian Empire to declare war on the Xia Empire in accordance with the agreement.

However, as analyzed by the Russian Prime Minister, they did not dare to declare war with the Xia Empire at all, at least at present, they did not have the strength, and could only strongly condemn the Xia Empire's attack on Russia diplomatically.

The British and French ambassadors to Beijing personally visited Hua Guoqiang, the foreign minister of the Xia Empire, to express the British and French attitudes.

The Russian Empire forced the Qing Dynasty to cede land through wars many times, and slaughtered the Chinese many times, causing many tragedies, and must avenge the tragic deaths of the Chinese and recover the occupied land.

Hua Guoqiang said that the British and French ambassadors were speechless, and they could only persuade that the actions of the Xia Empire would destroy the balance of power in all countries in the world and be detrimental to world peace and stability, and hoped that the two countries would stop the war and use peaceful negotiations to resolve the disputes between the two sides.

Hua Guoqiang took into account Zhang Wei's strategy, the current military action is to attract more Russian reinforcements, and when the time comes, they will be wiped out, and at present, they can neither be too tough nor too weak, so he said in a calm tone: "Your Excellency, the Xia Empire is a peace-loving country, and the Chinese are a peace-loving nation; We are already very restrained, we just want to recover the occupied lands, we don't want to expand the scale of the war, otherwise the Xia Empire would have declared war on the Russian Empire long ago. “

The current world is a jungle world of the jungle, as long as the country's military strength is strong, any war launched will be just, as long as a reasonable excuse can be found; For hundreds of years, countries such as Britain and France have treated other weak nations or countries in the world in this way; Now it was their turn to enjoy this kind of aggrieved treatment, if it weren't for the fact that the military strength of the Xia Empire was too strong, they wouldn't have to bother at all, and directly sent troops to educate the Xia Empire on how to behave.

The British Foreign Secretary could not be angry with the ambassador of the Russian Empire in London, and could only listen patiently to the gushing explanations of the current situation, and if it were not for the containment of Britain and France, the Russian Empire would probably be beaten and reparated, and its strength would be greatly damaged; Without the Russian Empire's containment of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, they could jointly launch a war against Britain and France, and if the Xia Empire did not make a move, they would also be defeated.

The same thing happened in France, and the ambassador of the Russian Empire to Paris said it more directly, looking at the German hardline attitude on the Moroccan question, you can feel their aggressiveness, and the Germans would not have been so arrogant without the backing of strong military power; If they lost the Russian Empire's containment of Germany, they could safely carry out the war on the Western Front, believing that France would be able to resist the German invasion, but the losses would be very heavy at that time.

Britain and France have the same idea that they cannot go to war against the Xia Empire, otherwise their losses will be even greater, and now is not the best time to go to war with the Xia Empire; Since it cannot support the Russian Empire on the surface, it can only be supported in terms of funds and weapons and equipment, and Russia must not lose too much, otherwise it will lose the meaning of containing Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.

Under the pretext of exercises, the Xia Empire suddenly launched a war against the Russian Empire under the pretext of the Chinese Empire, which made the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Yuan Shikai, both envious and jealous. According to the original agreement, the territory ceded by the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese Empire and the Xia Empire, whoever takes it back is whose territory, although the current Chinese Empire is developing rapidly, but because the founding time is too short, there is no strength to fight the Russian Empire, if the Xia Empire recovers the territory such as the Outer Khing'an Mountains, the Chinese Empire will permanently lose the opportunity to recover; Even the mighty Xia Empire has been preparing for so many years before daring to launch a war against Russia, and the Chinese Empire, according to the current rate of development, will not be able to fight against the Russian Empire in a few decades and recover the occupied lands, and the difference in strength is too great.

As long as the Chinese defeated Russia and recovered the occupied territories, they were still very happy, so Yuan Shikai ordered the border special regions to fully support the Xia Empire's war against the Russian Empire and provide them with all the conveniences as much as possible.