The Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy?

Jack. Morgan suddenly realized that he had forgotten about the naval expeditionary force, which had long since been renamed the Second Pacific Fleet and the Third Pacific Fleet, because he and his friends had sentenced the fleet to death before it even entered the North Sea. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

No one is optimistic about its prospects. St. Petersburg's attempt to allow its fleet to travel halfway around the world to fight a war was a foolish and self-defeating: from the Baltic to the western Pacific, the vast majority of ports were under British control, and ships flying the St. Andrew's flag were neither supplied nor corrected, and their every move was closely monitored and had no secrecy to speak of. All the Japanese had to do was lay a trap and wait for the exhausted Russians to come in.

And then there was a siege that was enough to write in the history books.

The fate of the Baltic Fleet was sealed, and not many people cared about such a miserable and unpromising fleet, and then it was completely forgotten.

It's a little too early. Jack. Morgan thought to himself. In any case, the destruction of the Russian Navy's expeditionary fleet will bring long-awaited good news, and from this point of view, that fleet has a little positive significance.

He laughed. "With that said, our friends will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief."

"Yes, it won't be long." Qin Lang agreed approvingly.

"But is the news that Admiral Kutparokin is ready to lead his troops to retreat north?"

"I trust the intelligence of my people."

His people. For a moment, Jack. Morgan was eager to ask Qin Lang whether he was referring to his pervasive secret intelligence network, or the black-clad men of his Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the mercenaries who were fighting for the Russians - perhaps the three forces had merged into one, who knows, it was just a usual trick.

Jack. Morgan had always wanted to find out Qin Lang's intelligence sources, but to his frustration, the inside line he had planted in UMBRELLA had never found any clues about Qin Lang's secret intelligence network, nor had he been able to enter the Men in Black organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he knew that despite Messerschmidt's best efforts, his father's inside line had also failed to achieve those two goals.

Qin Lang's intelligence system is still a mystery, which makes people full of interest in it.

He had an urge to ask Qin Lang directly.

In the end, though, he gave up on this unrealistic idea. Qin Lang will never divulge his secrets, and as the heir of the Morgan Group, Jack. Morgan was patient enough not to be affected by the slightest impulse in his heart.

He took a breath and let the conversation move forward.

"Well, let's put aside the war between Japan and Russia for a moment, and then turn to the second issue of concern to our friends, the situation in China. Something that was going on there worried them and raised a little doubt about it. ”

Qin Lang noticed that the Wall Street Emperor put away the idle expression he had just watched.

"I'm willing to listen to any opinion of our friends." He said in the most formal tone, sitting up straight.

"Our friends wonder if the protests that broke out in various parts of China against the emperor's nationalization of the railroads were also part of your plan." As if to show the importance of this question, it was not his son, but the emperor himself who raised the question.

And Qin Lang's response was very quick and straightforward, and it was no longer the roundabout he was used to.

"Yes, that's part of my plan." He said.

A hint of surprise at Jack. Morgan's face flashed, but it wasn't because Qin Lang did have such a plan—the "as I guessed" expression on his father's face proved that they knew Qin Lang would answer like that—he just didn't expect him to be so straightforward.

He originally thought that Qin Lang would use the way of going around in circles, acquiescing or disguised to admit that it was his plan. On the one hand, that's his way of doing things, and on the other hand, the serious consequences that his plan will lead to are enough to keep him cautious, rather than admit it immediately without thinking.

He began to doubt Qin Lang's understanding of the situation. "Do you know what your plan will lead to?"

"In the most serious case, the Qing government was overthrown." Qin Lang replied nonchalantly.

"That's your plan, too?" The Wall Street Emperor narrowed his eyes and savored it carefully, "In other words, you intended to overthrow that government in the first place. ”

"Nope."

"No?"

"I don't care if the Qing government will be overthrown." Qin Lang said, "Whether it is overthrown or not, it is in my plan." ”

"Can you explain?" Jack. Morgan demanded. He could guess some of Qin Lang's intentions, but he couldn't guess the rest, otherwise he wouldn't be able to understand - he was a smart person, but he never dared to believe that there were some things that Qin Lang would really do.

Although he has done many unexpected and even surprising things, it is always easy at first, and the difficulties are always at the back, and it will become more and more difficult.

"Only arms dealers who sell arms to attack their own country are truly international arms dealers", and not everyone can consistently stick to it.

He wanted to know Qin Lang's answer.

"If the Qing government is overthrown, the new government will inevitably need to seek international support, and at a time when the British are still trapped in the quagmire of South Africa, Japan and Russia are at war, and France and Germany are deeply at odds, there is no better time for us to expand our sphere of influence and influence in China." Qin Lang paused, "If the Qing government decides to use any means to maintain its rule, it will also need to seek international support, and this is also our chance." ”

"That's it?"

"From my own point of view, I hope that after the fall of the Qing government, a civil war will break out, so that the profitability of my business can increase by many percentage points for several years, but for the sake of the whole, I did not include it in the plan." Qin Lang laughed again.

Jack. Morgan was silent, not knowing what to say about Qin Lang's thoughts - if those thoughts were someone else, even another Chinese, praising or mocking, he knew what he should do, but Qin Lang ......

His answer was too crisp and straightforward, always with a natural posture of "it should be like this", disdainful of concealment, but made people a little worried about his ultimate goal.

It won't be that simple.

Jack. Morgan guessed, then heard his father's question.

"Do you think that's appropriate?"

"How?"

"Expanding our sphere of influence and influence in China, which could lead to Britain uniting with other countries against us, and making us the object of hostility of the Chinese people, is what you suggest we are trying to avoid, and which is the basic strategy we have been adopting." Morgan said, "I believe you haven't changed your mind. ”

"Of course, I didn't."

"So what do you think?"

"Two parts." Qin Lang explained, "First of all, the British, the French, the Germans and the Russians are not something we need to worry about, they all have their own troubles, and in the foreseeable future, within a few years, Europe will form two camps, one is the defender of the world order, the other is its challenger, and the fierce arms race is about to begin, and finally evolves into a protracted war." ”

"And we will reap the fisherman's benefits." Jack. Morgan added, turning to his father and nodding. "I agree with Qin, except for one point, I don't think the war will last long."

The emperor of Wall Street did not speak, and military affairs were not his area of expertise; Qin Lang also did not express his opinion, although he scoffed at the opinion of the emperor's son: when World War I began, European politicians and army commanders thought that the war would end in a few months, but the war went on for four years, leaving Britain, France, and Germany with the blood of an entire generation.

Total war in the industrial countries is not a child's play, and history has proven it.

He shrugged his shoulders and continued: "Second, we still need to avoid provoking hostility among the Chinese people. But it's easy, as long as we find a suitable object to transfer the conflict. So I think the fall of the Qing government is the most reasonable option: there is no doubt that it has attracted us a lot of hatred, but the time has come to abandon it as a minority ruling a majority regime that is too costly to maintain its rule in an era of thriving nationalism. ”

"So your goal is still to overthrow the Qing government." Morgan tapped on the table and said slowly, "I'll admit, that's a good idea." However, the new government has the same problem, and it cannot always attract the hatred of the population for us. ”

"At that point, we'll get a new one."

"A new one?"

"Just like in the United States, we promote the electoral system in China and call it democracy, telling people that if they are not satisfied with the current government, they will exchange their votes for a new one, but in fact the new government that is elected is still our representative." Qin Lang said, "If anyone is against it, then we accuse them of opposing democracy and universal values, and call on the people to besiege them." ”

"Universal values?"

"Yes, universal values, we can cram a lot of things into it, democracy, human rights, freedom...... All those people who hear it and think it's a good term, so they will accept it. Then, we told the Chinese people that the American democracy system is the best system in the world, that there is nothing wrong with it, and if there is a problem, it is that there is a problem with the political leaders they voted for, so it is neither us nor the system that is at fault......"

"I'm sure Washington must be interested in your plans." Jack. Morgan chimed in and said, not without sarcasm, "The president and the legislators will like it and promote our system to another country." The only pity is that it will be a negative sample. ”

"That's not a problem," Qin Lang spread his hands, "like I said, we can put all the blame on the people and their elected government. And I believe that a negative sample is exactly what Washington would like to see, don't I? If a country as large as China were to learn from the American system and succeed and become a strong country, senators would have to stay up at night. ”

"That's true."

"So what else do you have to worry about, Jack?" He asked rhetorically.

"And one more," said Jack. "If the Chinese people finally realize that our system is a trap, and then choose a system and ......succeed," Morgan said.

"That's not very likely." But not for nothing, and it did appear - in another era, "if that happens, universal values are our best weapon." In addition, we should increase the number of schools established in China to create more intellectuals who are close to the United States. ”

"And then?"

"Then, in a century, maybe a few decades, we will see people preach to the Chinese people that the suppression of the Boxers by the American military is a just action for democracy and freedom." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )