The Beiyang government's declaration of war was a joke to the British and French, but they were all dumbfounded when the army approached the city, especially the officials living in the Shanghai Concession and Hong Kong, who were busy trying to contact their own navy to ensure their safety, and several colonial cities were in chaos.

It was already very chaotic, and at this time, the associations in the concession also began to intervene. For these community members, maybe they love this country and this land more deeply, because they don't care about politics or parties.

The first city in Southeast Asia is completely chaotic under such circumstances, and it is the notorious associations that preside over law and order at this time, which cannot but be said to be a kind of irony.

In the British Concession of Shanghai, the French Concession, and the Japanese Concession, the number of soldiers they gathered at this time was only a few thousand, not to mention the more than 100,000 troops outside and the local associations, they could directly annihilate them. In desperation, they had no choice but to leave the place where they had lived for some years through the fleet, and of course many were left behind.

In October 1915, the Beiyang government restored sovereignty over Shanghai, and then Hong Kong and Macao were declared to have restored sovereignty by local patriots.

The importance of the navy is self-evident, he can land on any port and capture any coastal city at any time, but in the face of the countless army forces of the Beiyang government, where will they care about coming here when Europe is already weak? The only one who does not give up is Japan, but they can only wait for the opportunity at this time, having already failed once.

After the unification of the country, Yuan Shikai was called the emperor, and at this time, the emperor could only go to perish, after all, after the Westernization movement, some enlightened people from Europe and the United States had been scattered. Don't say what ordinary people think, even those generals will not agree and be willing to be another emperor in this country. Of course, those are not the main reasons, the really important reason is that Yuan Shikai can't control everything. Although the warlords Cai Ye and Li Yuanhong are not as good as Yuan Shikai, they are not willing to let this throne fall into the hands of Yuan Shikai, since they can't divide the throne equally, then they simply don't do it.

The foundation of more than 300,000 elite army divisions in the north Yuan Shikai, and on this basis, Yuan Shikai began to prepare for the establishment of the empire, and under the repeated "petitions" of the Qinglius, Yuan Shikai finally relented and agreed to become the emperor of this new empire.

In December 1915, the second month of the unification of the entire country, Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor in Yanjing!

The Czech principality, Germany, and Austria-Hungary were the first to send congratulations on this matter, and at the same time, they also congratulated the newly formed empire on becoming the fourth country in the Central Union.

The first thing Yuan Shikai did after becoming the emperor was to capture the rebellious party, and at this time his henchmen were undoubtedly in the south. But what he didn't expect was that the Beiyang government was also unstable, and several important generals in a row quietly broke out of his control and began to declare independence in various places and refuse his title canonization.

While Yuan Shikai was busy dealing with his own internal affairs, the Russian Empire was also unstable, and some parties resisting Tsarist rule had begun to cause all kinds of turmoil in various places, and Nicholas II and the nobles of St. Petersburg were very busy extinguishing and pacifying.

At this time, neither East Asia, nor Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Italy, or even the United States had the Czech principality at leisure, and even Ernst was ready to have a complete carnival in Prague on Christmas Day in 1915.

The Royal Habsburg Bank is the only bank in the Czech Principality, which maintains almost the entire financial operation of the Principality, and if anything goes wrong here it affects the entire Czech Principality, so the security here is a major concern of the Prague Police Department.

There is no doubt that its predecessor was the Royal Bank of Moravia, and after several years of changes, the Royal Bank of Habsburg has become one of the top two banks in Europe, if there is a ranking, then it will be able to rank among the top five in Europe and the top ten in the world.

Science and technology promoted the development of the Czech principality, education made the Czech principality no longer lack talents, and a large number of merchants and businesses in the Czech principality did the whole world, but unfortunately at this time in the war phase, the merchants of the Czech principality were more or less affected, but at this time, a merchant who returned from England sent a gift to Ernst.

"Jessica?"

I was a little surprised to look at the Jewish beauty who suddenly appeared in front of her, this fairy-like girl was 26 or 7 years old, but she still had the beauty and charm that Ernst had when he saw her ten years ago, and it was clear that Ernst was a little stunned at this time.

A lot has changed in 10 years, Jessica has been married, but unfortunately her husband was taken away on the day of the wedding, and the beginning of World War I always affected many families.

To be honest, Jessica doesn't like the marriage partner very much, and even she doesn't know each other very well, the two have only met three times before they get married, and it is a very traditional and stubborn aristocratic descendant. One of the reasons Jessica didn't like him was that he often had a hint of disdain in his eyes, disdainful of her Jewish identity, or her status as a descendant of the nobility, too proud to look down on other commoners who were not of noble origin.

Jessica was slightly embarrassed to appear in front of Ernst again, she fell twice but was finally rescued by Ernst, is this fate or does it mean that she can't get out of the control of fate at all?

"His Majesty the Grand Duke......"

I haven't seen Ernst for more than 10 years, and he is no longer the seven or eight-year-old boy he was back then, he is now the Grand Duke of the Czech Republic and one of the most famous monarchs in Europe.

The slightly timid Jessica disappointed Ernst a little, but after all, she was the girl she had been obsessed with, and it was enough to satisfy her desire for possession too much. The merchant who delivered the gift had already said in detail about Jessica, and Ernst was still a little heartbroken when he learned that she was married, but fortunately Jessica did not have anything to do with the man of the opposite sex.

This disaster also has a lot to do with Jessica's beauty, the pretty little widow whose husband died unexpectedly not long after her marriage always attracts attention, and playboy is not only in the East.

A young Earl of Scotland met Jessica, who had accompanied his father at a banquet, and the young Earl had been with Jessica that night, and he had no intention of marrying Jessica, all he wanted was to lose his soul for the night.

How could Jessica compromise in the face of such a playboy? However, in the conspiracy of the young earl, Karl Neumann was soon held accountable for the events of Irish independence, and without Ernst's help, Karl Neumann was once again imprisoned, and Jessica had no choice but to take over the company left by Carl Neumann.

Although Jessica is not a vase, how can the old fox of the company be dealt with by a young girl in her 20s? Soon the shares of her family were swallowed up by several other shareholders, and if it were not for the fact that the Czech businessman knew about it and let him know the origin of Jessica and Ernst, it is estimated that Jessica would have been lying naked on the young earl's bed by this time.

In fact, there was no other result of being brought to the Czech Duchy, except that the young earl of England who had occupied himself that night became a young Czech archduke.

Naturally, it is a thing to be happy about, especially the object of the treasure is the girl like a fairy elf that he once admired, but the German bombing of Paris made Ernst hide all his enjoyment in a place where he could not even find it for the time being.

At the beginning of January 1916, Germany bombed Paris for the first time with airships, and the stalemate in the European theater once again broke out.

Russia was no longer able to move westward, so the German High Command once again shifted its focus to the Western Front, and the bombing of Paris was only a prelude, and the real focus was on the army.

Field Marshal Falkingham, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, targeted the attack on Verdun, a famous fortress in France. Verdun was the salient of the British and French fronts, and it was like a sharp tooth sticking out, posing a serious threat to the German flank deep into northern France, where Germany and France fought many times, but the Germans failed to capture the fortress. If the Germans can capture Verdun in one fell swoop, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the French army. At the same time, the capture of Verdun also opened the passage for the German army to Paris, and if Paris was occupied, France would be left to fend for itself, and the remaining British and Russian armies would naturally not be afraid.

Beginning in January 1916, Falkingham quietly gathered troops to prepare for the attack on Verdun, and at the same time, Germany brazenly increased its troops to Cimbéni and made a gesture of launching an offensive in Chambéni, and the French commander-in-chief Xia Fei was really fooled. In fact, since 1914, when the German army was unable to capture Verdun and shifted the direction of attack, the French believed that the fortress of Verdun was outdated, and Xiafei stopped strengthening the fortress in 1915, and at this time, the German army's movement towards Ciambeni made Xiafei extremely vigilant, and he believed that the German army would attack Chambeny and then march to Paris from here.

Although the Russian army was already showing fatigue at this time, the Eastern Front still could not be careless. Austria-Hungary was still at war with Italy, the Ottoman Turks were too busy to take care of themselves, and Germany needed to focus on the Western Front, so it ...... The responsibility of the allies to defend Russia was placed in the hands of the Czech principality.