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Russia joined the war, which really caught Yang Chao off guard, and he never expected that the Russians would dare to draw troops to fight in the east when they were fighting against Germany and Austria in Europe.

"The Russians have sent a note stating that they will fulfill their obligations under the Treaty of Mutual Protection in East Asia and have submitted a declaration of war to Japan. Brave Russian soldiers are more than willing to fight alongside the soldiers of the Republic of China. ”

At the Cabinet meeting, the Foreign Secretary reports first.

Yang Chao had already thought of the general intention of the Russians at this time, probably because he was afraid that China would completely defeat Japan and occupy all the Siberian territories occupied by Japan, and then it would be difficult for them to recover the Far Eastern territories, so they panicked and declared war on Japan first, at least they could grab a pit, and there would be a basis for asking for Siberian territory in the future.

"The Russians also said that they would send their navy to help China defend its ports, and that it would enforce a blockade of Japan, and that they would be more than willing to land in Japan with the Chinese army!"

"Navy!"

As soon as he heard the navy, Yang Chao couldn't help but stand up, dispatching the navy was not just a matter of recovering the territory, and the appetite of the Russians was a little shocking to him.

"Where did they come from the navy?"

This is a big problem, after the Russo-Japanese War, the navy of the Russians was scrapped, there were only a few broken ships, which were useless.

"France handed over 10 battleships and 30 cruisers to the Russian Navy."

However, Russia did order 30 battleships in France before the war, but after the war began, all of those warships were incorporated into the French Navy, responsible for protecting the shipping routes in the Mediterranean, and at the same time participating in the war against Turkey.

Understood, the French did not have the justification and courage to refuse the demands of the Russians.

In this war, the tsar completely regarded himself as the protector of the French girl, and almost did everything he wanted from the French.

When Germany began to implement the Schlieffen plan, the army bypassed Belgium and attacked Paris, the French launched a blockade along the Marne, but retreated step by step, the French immediately asked Russia to launch an offensive on the Eastern Front, and the Russians immediately launched the East Prussian Campaign, although they lost badly, and were wiped out by Hindenburg and Ludendorff more than 200,000 Russian troops, but relieved the pressure on France.

After that, whenever the French were in danger, the Russians launched an attack on the Eastern Front, and no matter how much pressure Russia itself put on, they did not hesitate to support France and asked France to transfer warships, how could the French refuse, how could they dare to refuse?

"What is the attitude of the British?"

"They were silent for the time being."

The open diplomatic attitude is silence, there must be various games behind it, otherwise France would not have given only 10 battleships to Russia, but all 30 to the Russian army, after all, it was originally ordered by the Russians, and there was no major war in the Mediterranean, it was just to escort and confront German submarines, and there was no need for battleships, cruisers and destroyers were enough.

"Haha, it seems that the most troublesome are the British!"

Yang Chao sat down slowly, and he already understood in his mind that it was the British who should be most anxious.

The reason why Yang Chao was in a hurry was that at this time, when the Chinese and Japanese navies were all wiped out and the eastern waters were almost vacuum, the Russian navy's intentions were unknown.

But for Britain is the most troublesome thing, Japan is an alliance with them, and because of the alliance treaty, it has declared war on Germany, but Russia is also their ally, but it has declared war on his other alliance, so whether Britain supports Russia or Japan, they can only express silence!

And the Germans should laugh, this is the internal strife of the Entente, if Britain has a bad relationship with the Russians because of its relationship with Japan, it will be too beneficial for Germany.

"Contact the British and tell them that if they don't want to see Chinese and Russian troops land in Japan, it's best to get Japan to surrender as soon as possible."

Yang Chao expressed his opinion, of course, he did not think that the Japanese would surrender now.

So: "It's time for us to launch a ground operation." The Russians will definitely attack Chita, so let's recover the lost territory in Heilongjiang. ”

Yang Chao suggested, and then looked at Li Yuanhong.

Li Yuanhong pondered: "How sure are you? ”

Yang Chao said: "Originally, the Northeast Offensive was not launched just out of casualty considerations, and if it was fought, it would be completely defeated." ”

Li Yuanhong said: "Do you want the Russians to fight first?" ”

Yang Chao smiled bitterly: "When the Russians knock down the Heilongjiang River Basin, can they still come back?" The land needs to be defended with blood, and without the consciousness of shedding blood and sacrificing for the land, he is not qualified to have him. ”

In fact, Yang Chao thought more, that is, to seize the Russian land occupied by the Japanese in the Baikal area, where it is now de jure Japanese territory, if Japan can be persuaded to cede it to China as a condition for an armistice, the Russians will have to fight with China if they want to go back.

It was up to the British to convince Japan.

The British had a headache at this time, and they could even say that they were anxious, they did not expect that at this time, the Russians were still staring at the territories of the East.

The Russians are already fighting on three fronts, and all three fronts are fighting hard.

On the German-Russian front, the Russians deployed 2 million troops, although they were defeated by the Germans, but the Germans only advanced into Poland, and did not involve Russia proper, and the more they advanced, the longer the battle line, the more unfavorable it was to the Germans; On the Russian-Austrian front, the Russian army has always been fighting on the territory of Austria-Hungary, and the Austro-Khano-Hungarian army that has been pressed cannot raise its head, and has eliminated more than 500,000 Austro-Hungarian troops; On the Turkish front, the Russian army is also victorious, they obviously intend to use this war to completely open up the Black Sea route and control the Dardanelles Strait in their hands, so they continue to advance to Istanbul, the capital of Turkey.

This war was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Russians, who launched 10 Russo-Turkish wars in their history in order to break through the Dardanelles and give Russia an outlet to the Mediterranean, and this is the 11th time.

And every time Russia fails, it is not because it can't defeat Turkey, but because Britain and France do not allow Russian forces to penetrate into the Mediterranean, but this time Russia is on the same front as them, and Turkey is on the opposite side of Britain and France, and Britain and France really have no way to stop the Russians.

Russia's breakthrough of the Mediterranean predicament has already made the British a little uncomfortable, they are still unwilling to let go of the eastern land, and at this time they even declared war on Japan, an ally of the British, which made the British have a big head, and this kind of chaotic diplomatic situation, they have never encountered in history.

The British sensed that they were once again out of control of the situation.

The Japanese were also putting pressure on the British, who demanded that the British deliver their warships immediately.

Japan built 24 super-dreadnought battleships in Britain before the war, and after the outbreak of the war, the British Navy requisitioned these warships, but communicated with Japan, and the agreement between the two countries was a lease and must be returned to Japan after the war.

However, the Russian Navy demanded a number of warships from France, and Japan used this as an excuse to demand that Britain immediately return their warships. In fact, not only that, after the end of the Chinese navy, Japan has already put forward this demand, and the end of the naval battle is not only acceptable to the Chinese, but also acceptable to the Japanese, as long as they are forming a new fleet, it is equivalent to completely mastering the sea power. So at that time they made a request, but the British refused the Japanese request on the grounds that it was more important to blockade Germany.

But now, Japan itself is in danger, and if the British do not agree, Japan will be doomed.

The British did not want to see the end of Japan, they were afraid that the Chinese would become bigger, and now it seems that they have to prevent the Russians from regaining a foothold in the East.

The British did not want to see the rise of the Russians, and they had to consider the consequences of breaking through the British blockade for a century from both the Mediterranean and the Pacific once the war was over, knowing that the British balance on the continental countries had been on Russia until the Germans challenged Britain.

But if they return the Japanese warships to Japan now, what will be the reaction of the Russians, will the Entente collapse the Entente, and if the Russians withdraw from the war, France will not be able to stop Germany, the threat of Germany is greater than that of Russia, but the potential of Russia is greater than that of Germany.

It was too difficult for the British to decide whether to face direct competition from Germany or another challenge from Russia, and they felt as if they were dancing on eggs, and their choice could immediately cause a chicken-and-egg crash.

The British Parliament and the Cabinet have discussed these issues one after another, but they really can't come up with a reason.

Germany's defeat of France to dominate the continent posed a great threat to Britain, and Russia's breakthrough through the Mediterranean and Pacific Oceans also posed a great threat to Britain's hegemony in the world's oceans.

In the end, they had to take a compromise, that is, like France, they only delivered 10 battleships and 30 cruisers to Japan, at least to balance Japan with Russia.

However, this move made the Russians very dissatisfied, even the Japanese did not buy it very much, and they preferred to return all of them, otherwise they would not be able to have an advantage over China and Russia, so the Japanese continued to exert pressure.

As compensation and a balancing act on all sides, Britain immediately forced France to declare that it would not deliver the remaining warships to Russia, at least not until the end of the war, which also gave Japan a balance, and although they could not achieve superiority over the Russian navy, they would not be suppressed by the Russian navy either.

For this reason, Japan also paid a considerable price, that is, it promised the British, first, that they would negotiate peace with China, and second, after the armistice between China and Japan, they would send their army to land in Europe to fight.

The British finally achieved some gains in this diplomatic action.

However, it was not only the British who fished in troubled waters in this diplomatic turmoil, but even Brother Cannon made a small gain, and he flickered from the Germans to a fund of 3 million marks. (To be continued.) )