The situation in the East is tense again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The countries of the world have become somewhat accustomed to the Chinese jumping out to make trouble at every turn, and they are not as nervous and a little cold as before, of course, it is also related to their own large-scale arms race, even the British are now starting to focus on their own homeland, and the military power of other powers in the east has been weakened.

At the same time, the two major powers in the East, China and Japan, have expanded their navy, and to be honest, the West does not want to categorically intervene in military conflicts except for diplomacy, and the example of the Russians is there, and both the Chinese and the Japanese are about to dismember Russia.

The Japanese are habitually tough, and after the First Sino-Japanese War, they are used to being tough on China, and they are generally tougher than Western countries, and they are a military threat at every turn.

Lu Zhengxiang did not give an inch this time, and this diplomat who was regarded as a traitor in history was praised by all the people of the country this time, especially those hot-blooded young people who might have beaten him to death, and they were even more fascinated by Lu Zhengxiang's tough voice again and again.

What a bunch of fools, when will it be the turn of diplomats to call the shots of national policy, they are just ordered to sign, but whether it is Li Hongzhang or Lu Zhengxiang, they are regarded as traitors, the reason is not that soft persimmons are easy to pinch, and they have the ability to scold Cixi and kill Duan Qirui.

The Japanese negotiations were unsuccessful, and on the third day, warships were dispatched, and the Beiyang Navy was all cowering in Lushun and could not come out, and the Japanese Navy blocked Lushun while sailing to Tianjin.

The British acted equally quickly, the British minister Zhu Erdian has always had a close relationship with Yuan Shikai, and immediately found Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai played Tai Chi with one hand, and told Zhu Erdian that this was a retaliation for the Japanese invasion of Chinese territory, China has not started a war until now, it is already the greatest sincerity for peace, if the Japanese are obsessed, the two countries will go to war sooner or later.

Zhu Erdian is really not very good at suppressing China, this matter is that the Japanese have done too much, occupying such a large territory of Russia is not satisfied, even the Chinese have carried the Russian army for three years, and they will not let go of the lost land that they have regained, they have eaten too much, and they must also consider the hungry people.

Not to mention the Chinese, what Japan has done to Russia, the whole world is not satisfied.

Therefore, Zhu Erdian also coped with it, and told the Japanese that there was no way to mediate, unless Japan could return the Chinese land.

Britain was actually very dissatisfied with this ally, in 1905 in order to let them continue the war, the British renewed the contract, and in 1911 it was already over, when Japan and the Russians were at war, the British could only extend the treaty, after the end of the Northeast War, the British were divided into two factions, one faction thought that the Anglo-Japanese alliance should be over, not renewed, but the other faction believed that the eastern power was somewhat unbalanced, and Britain also needed Japan's military strength to ensure control of East Asia.

In the end, the British chose to renew the contract, which lasted for 5 years and ended in 1918. To put it bluntly, it was the decline of the British Empire itself that made them lose control over the world, and it was this imbalance of dominance that led to the loss of control of world power when World War I was able to fight.

Of course, the British themselves did not see it that way, they thought that it was because of the challenge of the Germans that they could not be separated, and they could only shrink their naval forces back to their homeland, otherwise it would not be a matter of minutes to clean up Japan and China, but what the British did not consider was that it was precisely because of their decline that they needed to mobilize global forces to suppress Germany.

The Japanese naturally said that they absolutely could not allow the Chinese to illegally seize their property, saying that Japan did not hesitate to fight, and military operations were indeed launched.

But what can the Navy do when it arrives in Tianjin? Warships can't drive to Beijing, in other words, Yuan Shikai's million-dollar Beiyang Army is not vegetarian, and the Japanese army did not rashly attack Beijing, their little strength in Tianjin, they are still afraid of being wiped out by the Beiyang Army, their control over the Chinese situation is stronger than Yuan Shikai himself, they are deeply aware that Duan Qirui's Beiyang Army in two towns is capable of fighting to the death with the Russians.

Not only the army, but also the navy is a waste.

Britain acted because of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Germany and the United States also acted because of the Sino-American and German alliance, the American minister immediately found Lu Zhengxiang and expressed concern about China's move, believing that China's move was provocative in the front, and the Americans had the right not to fulfill the alliance treaty, Lu Zhengxiang understood this, but asked the United States not to announce it to the public, otherwise the alliance relationship would be hit, maybe it would exist in name only, the United States considered that they had just joined the alliance, if they couldn't wait to shirk their responsibilities, it was easy to be despised by other countries, So they said that they would not make any statement until a substantial war broke out.

The Germans went directly to Yang Chao, and they knew better than the Americans that Yang Chao's influence on China's diplomacy was the greatest, and Lu Zhengxiang was just a pawn of Yuan Shikai and Yang Chao, as long as these two people were willing, they could let Lu Zhengxiang do things according to one of their own.

"My country is concerned about this. And hopefully China will refrain from it. ”

"Restraint. Already very restrained, what will the Germans do if the territory of Germany is illegally occupied by France? ”

The German minister couldn't help laughing: "Germany will make the French understand what it is like to have a fist!" ”

Yang Chao shrugged: "That's it." The Germans have the determination to protect their territory, and so do the Chinese! ”

The German minister, Hahausen, lamented: "It's just that Germany doesn't want to see its allies lose their precious peace." ”

Yang Chao sighed: "Thank you for your kindness. My country only wants to know the attitude of your country in the event of the outbreak of war. ”

Hahausen laughed and said, "We are allies, do we need to ask?" ”

Yang Chao said seriously: "I need a definite answer. ”

Hahausen also replied earnestly: "Our country will fulfill its obligations under the Sino-American alliance treaty!" ”

The Germans will definitely not give up China at this time, or they are absolutely not willing to give up more than a thousand tons of gold per year.

But Hahausen added: "But I have to remind you that our alliance treaty is a defensive treaty, and they will only be able to invoke the content of the treaty if China is attacked." ”

Yang Chao smiled: "Don't worry, the war won't start!" ”

Hahausen sighed and said, "Are you so sure? ”

Yang Chao said: "I know that the Germans definitely don't want to go to war now, because you are competing with the British, and if Germany enters the war, you have to risk going to war with the British." But at the same time, Britain did not want to be drawn into a big war, although their current naval strength is much stronger than that of Germany, but if China, the United States and Germany combined, in fact, the British do not have an advantage, so the British will not take risks. If the British don't take risks, they won't give the Japanese any guarantees, so do you think the Japanese will risk going to war with China, the United States and Germany at the same time? ”

Hahausen nodded, but was not surprised, obviously the Germans had already made an assessment, they thought that as long as Germany stood up, the war would definitely not start, unless China took the initiative to attack, Hahausen came to ask Yang Chao for a guarantee, will not take the initiative to attack Japan.

In other words, even if China takes the initiative to attack, Germany can not fulfill its obligations, the British are worried that Germany will suddenly enter the war, and they will certainly not transfer their own naval forces, they will not participate in the war, and in the end it is just the Chinese alone who will single out Japan, as for the United States, Germany never thought that the Americans would start a war.

As for who will win and who will lose in China and Japan, the Germans are full of confidence in Yang Chao.

Well, the confrontation between the two alliances began, and in the Anglo-Japanese alliance, the British really did not give any guarantees to the Japanese, just as before the outbreak of the First World War, they did not give guarantees to the French for a long time, which made the French very anxious.

The Sino-U.S.-Germany alliance is very low-key, and even when asked, Germany and the United States admit that they will naturally invoke the alliance treaty, and that they are a trustworthy country that will bear international obligations.

Without the guarantee of the British, if the Japanese took the initiative to attack China, there was a danger of causing a siege by Germany and the United States, so the Japanese would never dare to risk going to war.

After making a circle in Tianjin, their warships went south to Shandong, and here in Yantai, they did not fire a single shot, and then went around Shanghai and Guangzhou, and no one paid any attention to them.

The call for war in Japan is very high, the common people began to ask the government to declare war on China, the descendants of this group of Wu Kou, after the Sino-Japanese War, one by one completely stimulated the gene of robbery, as soon as the war was fought, they felt that they would get rich, needless to say, the Sino-Japanese War made a windfall, although the Russo-Japanese War did not take any advantage, but the next Northeast War was a bumper harvest, there were Chinese on the front line, the Japanese seized a large territory of Russia, it can be said that the Chinese contributed, Japan picked all the fruit.

As for Japan also eating the benefits of the Chinese, the Japanese people are very satisfied with their own government, what secret treaties will a fool travel, how can the meat in the mouth be spit out!

Now the Chinese will rob the property of the Japanese because of this, how can this be tolerated, so the Japanese people want to do it and ask their government to go to war with the Chinese.

It's just that although Yamaguchi is an expansionist, he knows very well that if the United States and Germany are provoked to join, Japan will only be defeated, and the Japanese combined fleet can defeat the Russian fleet, but there is absolutely no chance of defeating the combined fleet of China, the United States and Germany.

The German Navy alone is three times the size of the Japanese Navy, the US Navy is more than twice the size of the Japanese Navy, and the Chinese Navy still has a certain threat.

At the same time, the Japanese cannot do nothing, and Yamaguchi Aritomo announced that in order to fight against the illegal confiscation of the property of Japanese nationals by the Chinese, Japan will also confiscate the property of Chinese nationals. (To be continued.) )