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After Beiyang unilaterally announced war against Japan, the news came out completely to put aside the feelings of the imperial court, but with the evolution of domestic public opinion, even the imperial court was a little unbearable.

Subsequently, the imperial court announced war against Japan in the name of the official the next day, but this time the war was completely Wang Bin's own business, and the imperial court would not give Wang Bin any help.

When the news of the war broke, each country reacted differently, and even the British, who had an alliance with Japan, expressed some dissatisfaction with the declaration of war.

Originally, the Anglo-Japanese alliance existed to curb the expansion of Tsarist Russia's interests in the Far East, but now that the British have achieved their goal, they are very dissatisfied with the Japanese starting a war with China again.

What the British in the Far East needed was a balance of interests, and they did not want either of them to have too much interest in the Far East.

But now this was about to be broken by the Japanese, who believed that if the Japanese defeated Wang Bin, Japan's interests in the Far East would be more than they allowed.

But the British did not stop the Japanese, after all, the two countries are still in the effective date of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and once the interests of the Japanese begin to surpass the Russians in the Far East, the Tsar will inevitably increase troops in the Far East to deal with the expansion of Japanese interests, which is extremely beneficial to the British Empire.

From the point of view of the Russians and Americans who still have such interests in the Far East, only the Russians do not want Wang Bin to be defeated by the Japanese, because the existence of commercial and industrial areas gives Wang Bin and the Russians common interests, and at present the Tsarist Russia generally looks down on the Japanese.

Ever since the Japanese seized the interests of the Far East from their own hands, Tsarist Russia has always wanted to teach the Japanese an unforgettable lesson, and now Wang Bin's declaration of war with the Japanese has given the Russians such an opportunity.

For the Americans, they are more concerned about this war, but the United States will not give Wang Bin any help, after all, interests are the key to maintaining relations, if Wang Bin wins the Japanese, the United States will naturally maintain good relations with Wang Bin in the future.

Once Wang Bin fails, America's interests in the Far East will not disappear, and Japan now does not dare to go to war with the United States, which is incomparably industrially developed, so it will inevitably recognize America's interests in the Far East.

Originally, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese casualties reached more than 300,000, but now it has only been a year since the end of the Russo-Japanese War, and many people have just recovered from the tragedy of the war.

Most of the soldiers of the 17 standing divisions are still war-weary, and for the post-war army construction work, only seven divisions and regiments have been rebuilt, all of which are still recruits and have no combat effectiveness, and the only divisions and regiments that can really fight are the three divisions stationed in Korea and the Guards Division.

Therefore, after the declaration of war, the mood of the Japanese people was generally not high, and even after the news of the war came, there was an economic downturn.

At this moment, when Wang Bin returned to Mukden and began to prepare for the imminent attack of the Japanese, he was greeted by the Russian minister.

The Russian minister came to see him at this time, and Wang Bin didn't know why, saying that now he was going to war with Japan, what did this Russian minister mean by coming to see him?

However, since people have come from Beijing all the way, they always have to meet each other, and they can't help but give others a face, so Wang Bin had already scheduled to rush to the front line of Jiulian City in the afternoon to inspect the position, and was forced to change it to tomorrow.

So after Wang Bin chose to meet with the Russian minister, the Russian minister came to Wang Bin's mansion in Mukden.

"Your Excellency, it is a little surprising to come to see this official at this juncture," said Wang Binchao, the Russian minister in front of him, who was sitting in the living room.

"Your Excellency the Governor, why be so surprised, this time I'm here to help your Excellency." After greetings, Pukodi didn't go around in circles, and directly said the purpose of this visit.

Pu Codi's words made Wang Bin suddenly surprised, he didn't expect the Russians to support themselves in the upcoming Sino-Japanese war, you must know that there has never been a pie in the world for no reason, especially after Wang Bin's official became bigger and bigger, he sneered at the saying that pie fell from the sky, but unfortunately there are people who want to believe that pie will fall from the sky in both modern and ancient times.

Pukodi's words let Wang Bin know that the Russians were willing to support him.

So Wang Bin opened his mouth and said to Pu Kedi: "Your Excellency, I don't know why your country supports me? ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, you should know that although our country had a draw with the Japanese in the previous war, His Majesty the Tsar considered it a disgrace, and for this reason we ceded many benefits to the Japanese."

"And this time, as soon as the news of the war between the Governor and the Japanese reached the ears of the Tsar, His Majesty the Tsar ordered our country to give the Governor some necessary help to combat the arrogance of the Japanese."

Wang Bin immediately understood after listening to Pukodi's words, this time the Russians couldn't erase the face of being tied by the Japanese last time, so this time he took advantage of the fact that he was going to war with the Japanese to secretly aid himself and consume the Japanese military strength in the Far East.

"Then Your Excellency does not know how your Congress can help?"

"According to His Majesty's wishes, we will give His Excellency the Governor a certain amount of arms assistance, and if His Excellency the Governor allows, we can also send a certain amount of troops to be stationed close to the battlefield to share some military strength for the Governor."

Come on, after listening to Pukodi's words, Wang Bin knew what the Russians were planning, and they didn't want to take advantage of this war to seize some benefits, as for why they sent troops to be stationed here, the purpose was simpler.

At that time, no matter who wins or loses, the Russians will have enough excuses to say that the troops they are stationed here have shared the pressure to a certain extent, so when dividing the interests, Russia will definitely take a part.

Regarding Pukodi's words, Wang Bin euphemistically expressed that there is no need for the Russian army to be stationed to share a certain amount of pressure, and only the Russian side can provide a certain amount of arms.

After listening to Wang Bin's answer, Pukodi was obviously disappointed, but Wang Bin made up his mind not to let the Russians get involved, so Pukodi came this time to provide Wang Bin with a batch of additional arms, and did not gain any other benefits. (To be continued.) )