"Chen, it's not good, it's not good!" "Chen is at war, at war! Chen, it's a war! ”……

Ali Guo rushed into Chen Dingtian's villa with his hands in a dance, and was almost thought by Guan Qin to be a person who was going to be unfavorable to Chen Dingtian, but fortunately, Guan Qin had undergone special training after all, and his adaptability was very fast, so he immediately put away his weapon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, Ali Guo obviously didn't know that he was almost shot by Guan Qin, because he was in extreme excitement now. And Ali Guo was obviously panting, and then obviously ran over in a hurry, even untidy, very anxious.

Chen Dingtian immediately asked: "Mr. Aliguo, you are a diplomat, why are you so undignified?" ”

"Chen, really, it's a big deal! Something big happened in Europe, seven days ago, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russians attacked Turkey, and Turkey's Black Sea forces suffered heavy losses. And Russia officially declared war on Turkey, and then thirty-six hours ago, we in England and France began to break off diplomatic relations with Russia and declared war. Our British navy and the French navy have begun preparations to form a combined fleet to escort Turkey. Even our army is being formed, ready to land in Turkey from the Black Sea to support the Turks and start a war with Russia. A war of millions of people is about to start again! Ali Guo shouted excitedly.

But Chen Dingtian immediately asked in shock: "Impossible, why did it break out so quickly?" It's not right, it's not in line with history! ”

However, Ali Guo was still in extreme excitement, obviously not noticing what Chen Dingtian meant by "not in line with history", he said excitedly: "Chen, you are right, you are right. Russia is really going to attack Turkey, and the eighth Russian-Turkish war has broken out, and this war is extremely huge and the scale is amazing! This time, as you predicted, maybe in this war, the warring sides may have more than a million belligerent troops. I'm afraid that even if it does not exceed the Napoleonic Wars, I am afraid that they are not much less than the Napoleonic Wars. Moreover, the intensity of this outbreak of war is probably more powerful than that of the Napoleonic wars, and the weapons are more advanced. In the future, your prediction is right, your prediction is right! ”

"What's going on? I don't even understand what's going on, shouldn't war break out in the next few years? Didn't I predict in the book that it would be in a few years? I think it was between 1853 and 1854, but how do you mention it for years? Chen Dingtian asked excitedly.

Ali Guo said, "Mr. Chen, you don't know yet, do you? The Rise of Great Powers Russia chapter caused a huge stir in England, and the Duke of Wellington agreed with your judgment and judged that Russia would start a war ahead of schedule. Sure enough, most of the Russians got the information about your book from special sources, and they thought that it was necessary to start a war as soon as possible, so that they could be caught off guard. ”

"But is Russia ready now? This is a matter of hundreds of thousands of troops, are they ready? Chen Dingtian asked.

"It's very simple, Russia is not ready, they also want to bully us, and we are not ready," Ali said. They think they may not be ready, but we are even less prepared. Starting a war in advance still has an advantage, but once we are also ready, there is no advantage! ”

"......" Chen Dingtian was speechless.

Chen Dingtian really felt speechless and asked Cangtian, he was just writing a book and pretending to be forced, and he actually changed history. The Crimean War, the Ninth Russo-Turkish War, was supposed to break out only three years later. But this may be precisely because of his own book, which makes Russia feel that its plan has been exposed. If you look at various war novels and spy novels, once the enemy knows his plan, then in this case there are two options, one is to cancel the plan. But there is another way, and that is to plan ahead or later. However, as a battle plan that mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, it was impossible to retreat only in advance. This kind of strategic planning is only in advance, and there is absolutely no postponement. Therefore, in order to maintain the first-mover advantage, Russia has to take the initiative to start a war when it is not fully ready, so as to avoid the mobilization of Britain, France and other countries, so that Russia's so-called first-mover advantage will be completely eliminated.

Ali Guo continued: "Mr. Chen, you are famous in our British Empire! You successfully predicted that Russia would start the Crimean War, and although you predicted it in the next few years, this time Russia started the war ahead of schedule, but it is inseparable from you. If it weren't for your timely prediction, then we in Europe would not have been awakened, and Russia had to choose to start a war in advance. But it's also good that now although we are not ready, Russia is also not fully prepared. If, in a few years, Russia is ready for war, ours will not be predictable. ”

"Mr. Chen, our Prince Albert of the British Empire asked me to ask for advice, do you still think that Russia will be defeated? Your Excellency the Prince has already taken your opinion seriously, and although Russia launched the war ahead of schedule this time, it was also stimulated by you, so it can be regarded as your prediction. Therefore, our Excellency Prince would like to ask your opinion, do you think that this time Russia will start a war, will it be the same as you originally predicted, or will Russia lose? ”

Chen Dingtian thought about it, and finally said in the affirmative: "Yes, I think it is still Russia that has failed." Because Russia's social system has been rigidized to the extreme, it can no longer be an opponent of Britain and France. I still think that Russia will lose, because it is inevitable. This is not a matter of strategy and tactics, their social system has completely determined the outcome of their inevitable defeat. So I don't think that this time Russia will win if it starts the war in advance, I think they still can't escape the fate of defeat. ”

Chen Dingtian has read so many foreign books, so he naturally knows that Russia's defeat in the Crimean War was inevitable by him, not by chance. Therefore, after the war, Russia had to carry out social reforms such as the abolition of serfdom, and even heard that the Russian Tsar Nicholas I committed suicide, but whether it was really suicide is just a rumor, and it has not been completely confirmed by historical books.

However, Russia's defeat in this war is actually the same as that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is an all-round backwardness in the social system and so on, not a backwardness in one or two aspects. The backwardness of this entire social system cannot be saved by strategy and tactics, not to mention that their opponents are not very busy and soft, so under the backwardness of this entire social structure, it is not possible to make up for it by being able to rely on strategy and tactics. The current Russia is actually about the same as the Manchus, not much better. However, Russia still has the previous Peter the Great and the old book left by Catherine the Great, otherwise I am afraid it will not last until now. But this Crimean War will completely expose the true face of this European steamroller.

However, this also stimulated Russia, so that later Alexander II desperately chose to reform, choosing to change the social system by abolishing serfdom.

"Mr. Chen, how much do you know about Russia, and can you write some information about Russia to His Excellency Prince Albert? He is very interested in looking at what you know about the situation in Russia, from social to economic, political, military, of course. You can write everything you know. Ali Guo said.

Chen Dingtian knew that since he was going to fight at this time, it was very important for the other party's intelligence. From folk customs to economic, social, political, military, and so on, they are all within the scope of intelligence, don't think that these materials are easy to collect, and in later generations it may be a matter of clicking a mouse, but in this era, not to mention military intelligence, even the information that is open to the people is not easy to collect. At this time, there was no network, no communication equipment, and even cameras were very expensive, and cameras could not be popularized, let alone used for intelligence gathering. Therefore, the collection of intelligence in this era is completely manual and manual. A lot of information that is well known to later generations, not to mention individuals in this era, even if the national power collects it, it will make you collect it and you can't get it if you go crazy.

"You want me to show everything I know about Russia, I don't know much about the military situation! If you ask me all kinds of military information, then I won't be able to get it! Chen Dingtian spread his hands and said.

Let him get Russian military intelligence in this era, which is more difficult than military intelligence in the 21st century! He still understands some Russian military intelligence in the 21st century, but he doesn't know it in this era! This kind of military intelligence details, that can also change at any time, he can't get it at all. As for some of the Russian military materials in the original history, since the war broke out in advance, then these materials have also been invalidated, so naturally they will not be used. He really didn't know what the British wanted to know from him, and that was the hardest thing for him.

"Mr. Chen, now that we are in a hurry to start a war against Russia, we are not very prepared at all. Especially in terms of intelligence preparation. Of course, we all know that you can't be very familiar with the Russian army, but we Prince Albert don't think it is necessary to have military news, but also various political and civil news, which is also a very important reference for us. Because in this kind of struggle between countries, there are not only military wars, but also political and economic conflicts. So, we'd like to be able to see, can you tell us about it, Prince Albert, who is interested in taking a look. ”

"As you know, our Prince Albert is Her Majesty's husband, and Her Majesty listens to him in almost everything. And as long as you can take it out, then we Prince Albert will be very happy. ”

But Chen Dingtian asked rhetorically: "Prince Albert is happy, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Ali Guo really wants to scold people, this Chen Dingtian is really ignorant. There are more people in this world who want to please Prince Albert. Because although it is now a constitutional monarchy, the British royal family still has a lot of influence in the country, and even if Prince Albert wants to get rid of a prime minister, then that prime minister is really unable to sit firmly. If Prince Albert can be pleased, wouldn't there be a lot of benefits to be gained? When the time comes, not to mention such a small thing as becoming a British citizen, even if it is a good meal, it is not impossible to even get a good position in the UK.

"If Prince Albert is happy, then maybe you can get a knighthood!" Ali Guo began to fool, anyway, this kind of fooling people doesn't need to say much, this is the ability of a diplomat, in fact, Prince Albert has promised a knighthood, but anyway, this kind of foolish thing, who knows?

Chen Dingtian still asked rhetorically: "The title belongs to you British, what does it have to do with me?" ”

"Your uncle!" Ah Liguo finally couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth in his heart, thinking in his heart: "I want a knighthood, but I can't get it!" What a dirt bun, don't you know how valuable our British Empire titles are? ”

Chen Dingtian actually doesn't have this concept of the British title! Because he was born in a republic, he despised the so-called Western aristocracy in his time in China, and did not take it seriously at all. So he doesn't think the title has much value, obviously in a country with a constitutional monarchy, is the title valuable? Fooling people, right?

"And what do you want?" Ali Guo finally said.

Chen Dingtian replied: "Actually, it's very simple, I collect these materials, and it's not so easy. I think...... Well, you get the idea! ”

"******, what a dead man who wants money!" Ali Guo scolded in his heart.

As a person who has been in China for a few years, of course he knows what this Chen Dingtian means, isn't it just to die for money? However, it's better to ask for money than nothing! Ali Guo knew that he wanted an empty glove white wolf, of course, but Chen Dingtian was willing to sell it, so he was naturally willing to buy it. Anyway, if you go back and have that Prince Albert reimbursement, you are naturally not afraid of anything. Especially now that there is a war against Russia, any intelligence is worth a lot. As long as it is useful information, it is being collected. The importance of intelligence to the war was unquestionable, so Britain launched an all-out effort to gather intelligence. Whether you collect it yourself or buy it, it's worth it. As long as there is valuable information, Britain and France, which are now preparing to start a war with Russia, will not be stingy with money. This battle of millions of people, of course, cannot be stingy. Even if the war is to be saved, it will not be able to save money in intelligence. A useful piece of information is enough to bring you immense value.