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After the Sino-British negotiations reached an impasse, the factory unions run by the British in Beijing, Shanghai and other places began to organize strikes spontaneously, marching in the streets, and the British bosses threatened to fire the squid, or the temptation of raising wages, to let these workers go back to work, but the unions just did not agree, so that the British suspected that the Chinese government was behind it. The Chinese government has no intention of stopping it, and newspapers have published articles saying that strikes are a legitimate and basic right of workers and an act of patriotism.

Chinese cities are full of people and students marching with banners, they walk tirelessly, shouting slogans such as "boycott British goods" and "British get out of the big **", gongs and drums are noisy, and the boycott of British goods has spread throughout the country, even the three northeastern provinces have been affected. Eventually, strikes and boycotts of British goods swept Hong Kong, and workers in Hong Kong began to respond to the strike, with workers in local British-owned factories and shops gradually on strike, as well as workers at docks and waterworks.

Guangzhou, Tianjin, Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Fujian and other places have heard the news and made great noise. Within a month, more than 200 rallies were held in various localities. Shanghai and Guangzhou became the centers of the movement, and the tide of mass struggle became even more surging. Twenty-four organizations have been established in Shanghai, participating in 76 industries. The women organized the "Chinese Women's Association", and the children formed the "Chinese Boycott British Dates". Teachers and students of British-run schools have left the school one after another, and they have to suspend or disband. The Shanghai Society of Jesus also sent out leaflets expressing "sympathy" for the movement. In June, the Guangzhou area established the "Refusal of Appointments", which was renamed the "Boycott Treaty without British Goods Office". More than 100 units from all walks of life such as business and academia participated. A wide range of activities were carried out. Anti-British and patriotic propaganda was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and newspapers, speeches, and concerts aroused strong public opinion. In front of the door of almost every house, there is a paper label that says "Don't buy British goods". Overseas Chinese also took various forms of struggle, such as remittances, solidarity, and boycotting British goods. Actively cooperated with the anti-British patriotic movement in China, "the righteous voice was broadcast, and it shook the world".

Zhu Erdian went to the presidential palace to urgently ask to see Song Xiaofei. When they met, Song Xiaofei laughed and said, "Old friend, I can't do anything about this matter." Actually, you know, if you know a little bit about economics. Rational analysis, you will also know that the two countries carry out comprehensive trade. It is in everyone's interest to learn from each other's strengths. Boycotting British goods is not beneficial to the Chinese people, and the first condition for free trade is that both sides of the transaction benefit, unilaterally. Deals can't be done. Resist imports or not. Boycotting exports, whether or not, is asking for hardship, which will cause economic losses and inconvenience in life, after all, free buying and selling is a good thing for both parties. However, I will not and cannot stop our people from taking to the streets on their own initiative instead of thinking only about their own economic interests. ”

Zhu Erdian returned in vain, so he had to send a telegram to the country. British Prime Minister Herbert. Henry. Asquith received a telegram from the British ambassador to China, Jurdian, and fell silent for a while. British businessmen in China frantically sent telegrams to London. They were about to be bankrupted by the Chinese people, and a lot of goods were ignited and destroyed by the angry Chinese. is the same as Lin Zexu in Humen.

Song Xiaofei also signed a presidential decree to let the 200,000 new troops of the Great ** Military Region concentrate near Bengal and Sadkira for the trend of crossing the Ganges, which shocked the British army in India.

That afternoon, at the Prime Minister's Office at 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister Herbert . Henry. Asquith was discussing a possible German military operation in Belgium with Churchill, the Secretary of the Admiralty, and his secretary, Miss Hannah. She walked in in a black sexy professional suit and said, "Your Excellency, the Governor General of India has sent an urgent telegram, look! He took the telegram out of the folder and handed it to Herbert. Henry. Asquith.

Herbert. Henry. When Asquith heard that it was an urgent telegram, he immediately took it and looked at it, and then his face changed abruptly, gloomy as if it was going to rain, he quickly got up from his seat, stomped back and forth in the conference room, and muttered to himself: "Abominable Chinese, they dare to station troops on the Indian border in large numbers, it is so presumptuous!" ”

Several other ministers also immediately took it to see, and after seeing it, they and Herbert. Henry. Asquith's face was as iron-blue, they didn't expect China to be so tough, only the Admiral Churchill held a strong heather pipe in his hand, his face was calm, and asked: "Prime Minister, it seems that our strategy of stationing troops in India has not frightened the Chinese?" ”

Herbert. Henry. Asquith nodded and said, "Yes, things are now going beyond our expectations, and it may be very bad for us. ”

At this moment, outside the door of the Prime Minister's Office, there were also British people marching, and the crowd reached thousands of people, and they confronted hundreds of anti-explosion police. In the Tessie country, demonstrations are not riots, but the most basic civil and political rights clearly stipulated in the constitutions of many countries, and their role is mainly to exert pressure on the government, and it is the original way to bypass the parliament and directly assert individual rights, without applying to the government, without any fear, no need to be brave, and no need to worry about sacrifice or loss when going to protest against the government. Of course, the demonstrations must be peaceful, so that the anti-bomb police are also maintaining order, and if they turn into riots or violence, or take advantage of the demonstrations to smash and loot, they will be arrested by the police. The purpose of their demonstration at this time was to meet the Prime Minister.

Churchill listened to the slogans of the demonstration outside the house, took a puff of his pipe and said: "It seems that not only the Chinese, but also our people are causing chaos for us." I suggest going out and talking to the people first. Let the people understand that at the moment, our worst enemy is Germany. Our task now is to suppress German expansion in Europe, and we will never stop, never tire of it, and never give in, and the people of the whole country have sworn to take up this task: to remove the poison of the spectre of Germany in Europe, and to save the world from a new dark age. ”

Herbert. Henry. Asquith agreed, and went out to talk to the people. After hundreds of years of democratic training in Britain, the democratic quality of the people is still relatively high, and after meeting the prime minister, everyone sits on the ground and waits for the prime minister's speech.

Herbert. Henry. Asquith straightened up the black tuxedo tie on his suit and said loudly to the crowd, "If it's normal times." We can send European warships to annihilate China's navy at any time, but now, the situation on the European continent is becoming more and more tense. Once the fleet of the Reich is sent to the Far East, then the defense of the homeland will be reduced to an extremely dangerous point, think about your family, your children, you don't want to see them live under the iron heel of the German army, right? The Chinese Empire is no more powerful than it was sixty years ago, and now the Chinese Empire is a rising power. The army is more than 1.5 million people, they have advanced artillery and warships, and. You know, China has a population of more than 50,000 people, and if there is a full-scale war between China and Britain, I believe that the war will be very long. year. It's possible in two years, ten years. Moreover, China is fighting with us on Asian soil, and the losses of the empire will be very large. Our current strategy is to support Japan, and one day, there will be a big war between the two countries, and when they are both defeated, the empire will intervene strongly. When the time comes. That's when China begs us. ”

After listening to the Prime Minister's words, the commotion in the crowd gradually subsided. Prime Minister Herbert. Henry. Asquith summoned members of Congress. Vote on it. Many of the MPs who voted on China's foreign policy were big capitalists whose industries had been hit in China and agreed that the British authorities should make the necessary compromises against China, but demanded that the government must keep India.

India has a long history, with civilization dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization in the third millennium BC, often named after Harappan, where its representative site is located, known as the Harappan culture. The Harappan culture, having reached considerable development and maturity, declined and eventually disappeared altogether for reasons unknown to this day. The Harappan culture was replaced by a new cultural system brought by the Aryans who entered India from the northwest, which was the origin of classical Indian culture. The caste system probably had already emerged at this time.

India is a very strange country, with about 2,000 languages, 55 of which have their own scripts. There are 19 well-established languages with their own treasury that are designated as the official languages of India. Every religion in India has its adherents in the subcontinent. The entire Indian subcontinent is dotted with countless beautiful temples, majestic churches, grand mosques, Buddhist temples with flourishing incense, synagogues, and Zoroastrian monasteries, and many people have polytheistic beliefs.

The first imperial regime in Indian history was the Mauryan Empire. Later in his reign, the Moon Protector repelled the invasion of Seleucus I and gained dominion over Afghanistan, and the Mauryan Empire finally reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Ashoka.

Historically, from the middle of the 7th century until the end of the 12th century, the Muslims conquered North India. The Arab conquest of Sindh in northwestern India in the early 8th century marked the beginning of the Muslim expedition to India. So Islam also has a great influence on India. The real Islamic conquest of India began in the 11th century and was carried out by the Turkic peoples of Central Asia. Thereafter, until the establishment of the Mughal Empire, the history of North India is the history of the Delhi Sultanate.

In 1526, Babur, a direct descendant of the Turkic Timur, entered India from Central Asia and defeated Ibrahim, the last sultan of the Radi dynasty, at the First Battle of Panipat. Rodi. Babur captured Delhi and was revered as the "Emperor of Hindustan". He went on to defeat the Rajputs in 1527 and wiped out the remnants of the Afghans in 1529. The regime established by Babur was known as the Mughal Empire.

By the colonial period, the first European countries to establish a foothold in India were Portugal, and their colonies were outside the Mughal Empire. After that, the Dutch also actively intervened and defeated the Portuguese. By the 18th century, the main European powers pursuing interests in India were Britain and France. After some struggle, the British gained the upper hand and weakened the French presence to a few small colonies. The main entity that ran British affairs in India was the British East India Company, which was recognized by most Indian princes after the final collapse of Maratha power in 1818.

Due to the unfavorable policies of the colonizers, the famous Indian National Revolt broke out in 1857. The Improvement of Indian Administration Act, passed in 1858, abolished the East India Company and gave it all powers to the Secretary of State for India; The British officially ended the Mughal dynasty and exiled Bahadur Shah II to Burma, after which India entered the era of direct rule by the British government.

In 1908, India under the direct rule of the British (known as British India) was divided into 13 provinces. These include Myanmar. About 700 other princely states ruled by the Maharaja of India existed under the close supervision of the British, and these princely states covered a small half of the entire Indian area. The goal of British rule in India was simply to avoid famine. As early as the middle of the 19th century, modern industry gradually emerged in India. Massive construction of railways. As a result, India's capitalist industry developed at a relatively rapid pace. In addition to the textile industry, Indian capitalists also invest in bank credit, steel, water and electricity, cement and other sectors, and own small enterprises such as printing, papermaking, and oil extraction, which are relatively wealthy compared to Sikkim and Nepal, so the British parliamentarians have set a bottom line to ensure India's negotiations. Prime Minister, Prime Minister Herbert. Henry. Asquith then sent a telegram of the results of the parliamentary vote to the British ambassador to China, Jurdian. Urging him to conclude negotiations as soon as possible while guaranteeing the interests of the Empire, the British Empire awaited good news from them.

At this time, in Germany, Wilhelm II was thinking most about how to benefit from the war between China and England. He summoned the German Minister of War and the Minister of the Admiralty to discuss cooperation with China to bring Bengal to the forcible occupation so that Germany could use some ports in the Indian Ocean. It is possible to garrison.

Kaiser Wilhelm II's thoughts had long since flown to the Bay of Bengal. He seemed to have seen the scene of the German army sweeping directly from the Bay of Bengal to India, without the support of India's "back garden", Britain and Germany would fight, and it would be unknown who would kill the deer. He felt that he should discuss the future of the German Empire with his ministers, so he sent someone to summon a group of senior German officers.

The German generals and marshals did not know why Wilhelm II had summoned them, but immediately put down his work and rushed to Sanssouci Palace. Wilhelm II shared his thoughts with his ministers.

Schlieffen, Field Marshal of the German Imperial Army and Chief of Staff of the German General Staff, spoke first, and he figured out that Wilhelm II had made up his mind to unite with China, so he pandered to Wilhelm II and said: "Your Highness. I think this plan can be carried out, and it can unite China to open up a second battlefield in Asia. If we help the Chinese take Bangladesh. There will be our German warships in the Bay of Bengal, then India, the backyard of Britain, will be threatened by us, and Britain will inevitably send a large number of troops to India, so that we can take the opportunity to capture London. ”

Moltke Jr., a general of the Imperial German Army, retorted: "Your Majesty, the Empire is not ready to engage directly with Britain at this time, India is too important to Britain, and once we garrison our troops there, it may lead to a full-scale war." The risks are significant, and even if China is able to capture Bangladesh, it will not necessarily be able to escape the attacks of Britain and France. ”

German Army Admiral Hindenburg glanced at Schlieffen and said to Wilhelm II: "I am also not in favor of a full-scale campaign with the British now." The situation in Asia is complicated, Your Majesty knows how many troops we can send to Asia, and Britain has been developing in Asia for decades, hundreds of years, and it is not something that the empire can compete with for a while. ”

Wilhelm II has always been very conceited, and when he heard that the two army generals were not very confident, his face was ugly, and he said: "We, the German soldiers, should look at the whole world, and there is nothing suitable or inappropriate." If there is no opportunity, it can be created. And now that China and Britain are in tension, it is a good time for us to fight for territory under the sun. After saying that, Wilhelm II turned his head and asked the Admiral's opinion, "What do you say?" General Tirpitz. ”

Imperial German Admiral Alfred. Feng. Tirpitz listened to Wilhelm II and had to speak. Marked by the formation of the First Fleet in 1898, Tirpitz promulgated the new Naval Law at a total cost of 408 million marks, and completed the reorganization of the navy in 1905. The First Fleet consisted of two squadrons, 17 battleships, 9 large and 26 small cruisers, and other small ships, and the construction of this scale would give the German fleet a level of initial capability to challenge the British, on a par with France. He also wanted to postpone the war with the British, but he also understood Wilhelm II's temper, so he changed his position and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think it is necessarily an opportunity now, after all, the Bay of Bengal is closer to the Empire's voyage, and we can even use the resources there to help our ally Austria-Hungary solve the resource problem and better deal with the Serbs." ”

In the end, Wilhelm II was still determined to form an alliance with China, and sent a telegram to Song Xiaofei to discuss the re-alliance between China and Germany, preparing for the German army to help China and attack Bengal.

Bangladesh is located north of the Bay of Bengal, with a small part of the southeastern mountains bordering Myanmar and the rest bordering India, with a large number of enclaves on the northern border.

It was also a province of British India in 1908. Bangladesh is adjacent to Myanmar in the southeast, India is adjacent to India in the east, west and north, and the Bay of Bengal in the south, most of which is located in the delta formed by the Ganges River and the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River in the northeast of the South Asian subcontinent, with natural gas, coal, titanium, zirconium, etc., which has been under British colonial rule since 1757 and is a province of British India. The four major religions in Bangladesh are: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity.

Song Xiaofei was also a little moved when he received a telegram from Kaiser Wilhelm II, but he did not reply immediately, and also convened a meeting of senior generals of the army and navy to ask whether to form an alliance with Germany again. This decision is so important that it will determine the future of China! (To be continued......) u