420: Britain withdraws
Since becoming the prime minister of the empire, Wang Shizhen's life has not been idle for even a day, and he needs to worry about everything inside and outside the empire, although there are five vice premiers to help him deal with things, the documents that can be sent to Wang Shizhen's desk are still not a small amount. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
What's more, there are also those powers that don't play their cards according to the routine, the foreign affairs department of the empire seems to have become an ornament, and the ambassadors of the great powers to China basically don't go to the foreign ministry, and they go directly to Wang Shizhen if they have anything.
At present, the strength of the empire is not enough to compete with so many powers, so Wang Shizhen always has to take time out to note the ambassadors of those powers to China. Especially in recent times, the great powers have come to the door almost every day, and their purpose is also very unified, that is, to come for tanks.
To be honest, the technology of tanks is complex and not complicated, although it is still a little difficult to make tanks more advanced than the Boar tank at the current industrial level, but as long as they make up their minds and are willing to spend effort on research, they will succeed sooner or later.
After all, the Boar tank is only the most basic tank, and it is also a test tank at the research institute, and the one that really contains high technology is the No. 2 tank that is being tested in the later stage, which is a new weapon that is really ahead of the world level.
The powers know these truths, but Nima can't control some people from going crazy, to study it by himself, the cycle required is too long, plus there is no previous experience, even if it is researched, the effect is not guaranteed, and there is the most important engine, the current car engine is not good at all, this can be figured out with feet.
And without a suitable engine, will it be difficult for the produced tanks to be pushed into battle?
Therefore, the countries had to divide their troops into two ways, one way to start the research work on tanks at home, which took time to precipitate, and it was impossible to achieve any results in a short period of time. On the other hand, the ambassadors of various countries to China were the main ones, seeking to obtain the corresponding technology from the Chinese Empire.
Of course, like this kind of technology, the Chinese Empire must be very precious, so the ambassadors of various countries also have two routines, one is to buy it directly, and the other is to obtain relevant technology through espionage operations, as for how much can be obtained, this is not guaranteed, but as long as they get some technology, it will be of great help to their domestic researchers, even if it is only the relevant technology of a certain part of the tank.
Sa Daoyi met Wang Shizhen as he wished, and put forward a request to buy tank technology, and Wang Shizhen replied simply, bluntly saying that the empire currently has no plans to sell tank technology, and after being rejected, Sa Daoyi felt that some kind of agreement must have been reached between Wang Shizhen and Mu Mo last night.
What are the minds of the Chinese? That is simply Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it. If you don't have a fucking plan to sell tank technology, what do you send our observation group to the front line to see the tanks? At first, they were still very confused, but later they learned that there were no tanks on the northern front, which confirmed their guess even more that the Chinese Empire must want to use tanks in exchange for more benefits.
Britain is not their main target of peddling, what the Chinese Empire really needs is the technology of the Germans, if it is coincidental, it can also engage in some British technology, but more, the Chinese Empire still hopes to be able to exchange tank technology for the support of the British in the international arena.
Although the Chinese Empire looks awesome, but leaving its own one-third of an acre, no one listens to the voice of the Chinese Empire at all, the overlord of this world is still the British, and even other powers can only let the British.
Wang Sirui has not yet inflated himself to the point of thinking that he is the boss of the whole world, although so far, the Chinese Empire has no intention of expanding outward, but they want to regain the lost territory.
In addition, Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia and other issues, more or less also need the support of the British in the international community, although the Mongolian side is no longer under pressure, the Russians are now unable to protect themselves, how can they still care about Mongolia?
Wang Shizhen looked at the huge map hanging at the back of the office, which would cause huge international controversy if it were to be published.
Even, the appearance of this map in the office of the Imperial Prime Minister is a very controversial matter in itself, but Wang Shizhen did not care at all, and even since moving here, this map has been hanging here.
And when Wang Shizhen didn't look at it, after rejecting Sa Daoyi, he looked at this map in front of Sa Daoyi, and the meaning contained in it was somewhat interesting.
This map is a national map of the Qing Dynasty in its heyday, and the total area on the map is 10,000 square kilometers, in fact, the actual territory controlled by the Chinese Empire is only more than 5 million square kilometers, not even 9.6 million square kilometers in later generations. But this is something that cannot be helped, due to the constraints of the international environment, coupled with the lack of troops, and the problem of national strategic deployment, they do not have enough energy to recover those places in a short period of time.
But the intelligence work was going on all along, and of course, the plan for the reconquest of Mongolia had already begun, and this was mainly the responsibility of the Second Army, after which they would continue to move north, together with the First Army, to flank the Russians and regain the rest of the lost territories.
The task of the Fourth Group Army is to recover Tibet, but because of the special situation in Tibet, even if there are enough troops, the recovery will not be completed in one or two years. If you pull the troops up directly, altitude sickness can make people sick to death, how can you fight?
As for Xinjiang, their plan was to wait until the First and Second Armies had won victories in the Far East, and then the Third Army would advance westward from the interior, parallel to the First and Second Armies, and then join forces in Siberia, Russia.
This mission goal is still very ambitious, it is not easy to implement, and preliminary preparation is also essential. And at present, the main task of the Third Army is one, rioters!
Relying only on more than 2 million troops cannot support such a large plan, and without 4 million troops as support, it is better to honestly follow the plan step by step.
Fortunately, the Third Army had no other tasks, and the Chinese Empire had the largest population in the world, so it was still easy to expand the army by one or two million in the inland areas, and the only problem was how long it would take for them to have combat effectiveness.
Sa Daoyi did not speak, but directly left Wang Shizhen's office, he had no way to speak, because the goals of the Chinese Empire were in direct conflict with the interests of Britain.
And for the sake of a tank technology, it is obviously not cost-effective to let Britain give up the interests of the Far East.
Although the Russians were bent on Mongolia and Xinjiang becoming independent states from the Chinese Empire, the British were not good birds, but the British had been seeking to separate Tibet from the Chinese Empire, and with the help of the British, India also occupied many territories that originally belonged to the Chinese Empire.
And on that map, not only Mongolia and Xinjiang, but even part of the territory of India, it is related to this kind of national affairs, and Sa Daoyi does not dare to decide on his own, of course, Sa Daoyi also knows very well that once he makes a rash decision, what kind of impact will it have on Britain?
To put it mildly, it may even directly affect Britain's position as the world's hegemon.
And when did the British begin to encourage India to actually occupy Tibet, and secretly encourage ********? It began only after the founding of the Chinese Empire.
This is very similar to later generations, when the Republic of China was in later generations, because the Republic of China was an ally with Britain, France, and the United States, and resisted the Japanese army together in Burma, although the comprehensive strength of the Republic of China was weak, but the role was also huge, at that time, these allies were still very supportive of the Republic of China to recover those lost territories, and even, they had secretly contacted the Republic of China, and were willing to provide support to the Republic of China, so that they could go to the north to recover the land occupied by Russia.
And how did the South China Sea come to be? Haijiang is drawn directly to the edge of the territory of other countries, and there is even a joke that people must first apply for a passport to swim, otherwise they will enter the country illegally.
This is actually distributed to the Republic of China as the welfare of the victorious country, but it was in the civil war at the time, and the Republic of China did not have the energy to send troops to station, and later the Republic of China was defeated, but the navy was stronger than the mainland, and the Republic of China wanted to***** so it didn't care about the southern sea frontier.
With the passage of time, the Republic of China has become unrealistic, coupled with the changes in the international situation, so the US imperialists began to encourage countries to invade and occupy the southern Xinjiang waters.
In fact, these are very realistic, if the great powers regard you as an ally, then they will take the initiative to help you get a lot of benefits, but if they treat you as an enemy, then they will try their best to snatch the benefits that belong to you from your hands.
The British were aware of the threat posed to them by the rise of the Chinese Empire, so they wanted to engage in the Tibet issue to attract the attention of the Chinese Empire, so that they would always fall into internal strife, constantly deplete their strength, and make them incapable of causing trouble for the British in other aspects.
Therefore, although the British are not direct participants in the Xinjiang and Mongolia issues, their interests are the same, and the British have acquiesced in this matter.
Now, if they blatantly raise objections and support the reunification of the Chinese Empire, then the British will not be far from stepping down from the altar.
Therefore, there is no way to respond to this question, and even he has already made up his mind that he cannot obtain tank technology through normal means, and compared to the technology of a tank, territory is obviously an issue that the British attach more importance to.
Besides, what can the Germans do when they get tank technology? Could it be that they can drive the tank directly to the British Isles? Don't forget the strength of the British, the German Navy is just a little doll in front of the British Navy, so the British still have time to consume, and the most anxious at the moment should be the French. (To be continued.) )