When the news of the alliance between the United States and the United States reached the Chinese Empire, it immediately caused a shock in the whole country.

Wang Chenhao hurriedly convened an emergency imperial meeting to discuss the response strategy.

In the face of the new international situation, there was little support for Zhang Feng and others' insistence on avoiding direct collision with the United States, but the main battle faction headed by Wang Shizhen had the upper hand. Because the U.S. alliance has a clear command and surname, it seriously threatens the national defense and security of the Chinese Empire, so the imperial officials all feel that the murderous spirit of the U.S. is approaching the country, so some of the original neutrals have also become tough.

Wang Chenhao's blockade of the United States was out of consideration for containing the future development of the United States, but he did not expect that it would force the United States to form an alliance with the United States.

Fortunately, Britain, France, and Russia rejected his application to join the Entente, which made Wang Chenhao breathe a sigh of relief, and if the United States joined the Entente, the problem would be even more complicated. The Chinese Empire would be forced to join the Allies, and Wang Chenhao's plan to take advantage of the war in Europe would be in vain.

"Your Majesty, since the United States has been allied, then let's not hide it. Our military has the determination and confidence to defeat them. ”

Wang Shizhen, as a representative of the military, naturally has to be tougher at this time.

Wang Chenhao nodded and looked at Zhang Feng, who said, "Your Majesty, Weichen still agrees to start a war against Yuemei now." Although the alliance between the United States and the United States has touched our bottom line, as long as Europe does not fight for a day, we must be on guard. After all, Britain and Russia are both old enemies of the Empire, and it is very likely that they will temporarily put aside their contradictions with the Allies and turn around and unite with the United States to wage war against the Empire. It must be known that the interests of countries come first, and we can gather the Eight-Nation Alliance to invade Britain back then, and we cannot rule out the European and American powers joining forces to carve up the empire. After all, the rise of empires has become a potential enemy of all countries in the world. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Tang Shaoyi said: "Master Zhang's consideration is very reasonable. We can imagine that the combined military power of the United States and the United States is very strong, and once the empire is at war with it, it is difficult to determine the outcome of the war. ”

"We're sure enough!" Wang Shizhen suddenly interjected and retorted.

"There is no absolute victory in war!" Tang Shaoyi pushed back Wang Shizhen's later words, and then said: "If the European battlefield is not fought, it is possible for the Allies and the Entente to sit down and negotiate. As long as there is a huge common interest, one second you are an undead enemy, and the next second you can become a mortal friend. However, the rise of the empire is too fast, stepping on Russia and Britain as a stepping stone to rise, and Russia and Britain can be said to be eager to shake hands with the Allies and turn around against us, but they are only held back by the Allies. And the United States also thinks about getting rid of the empire every day, and once the Allies relax, the Entente will turn around and form an alliance with the United States against us, and even the Allies will fall into the ground. Therefore, Wechen also does not agree with the immediate start of war with the United States, at least until the outbreak of the war in Europe, so that we have no worries. In addition, isn't Your Majesty going to take advantage of the war in Europe to make a lot of war money? If we rashly start a war against the United States, not only will we not have the energy to make money, but we will also be caught in a protracted war with the United States and will not be able to extricate ourselves, because it is not so easy to give in, and the United States has the ability to fight a protracted war with us. Therefore, please think twice. ”

At the beginning, the ministers swore to support Wang Shizhen and other military proposals to start a war against the United States, but after Zhang Feng and Tang Shaoyi's analysis, they also broke out in a cold sweat, if this was expected, then the Chinese Empire would be in a huge political and military whirlpool. As a result, everyone changed their stance and supported Zhang Feng instead.

Subsequently, Ruan Zhongshu, Yang Shixiang, Zhang Jian, Cai Yuanpei, Zhan Tianyou, Tan Si and other ministers echoed one after another: "The ministers implore Your Majesty to think twice!" ”

Wang Shizhen rolled her eyes, secretly criticizing these people is really too unpositional. But Wang Shizhen also has to admit that Zhang Feng and Tang Shaoyi's worries are not unreasonable, and this assumption is also very likely.

Wang Chenhao saw that most of the officials no longer supported a war against the United States, so he found himself under the stairs and said, "Didn't I say that I must go to war against the United States!" Since the time is not ripe now, then postpone the discussion. Let's wait until the outbreak of the war in Europe to discuss it, anyway, even if the military wants to start a war against the United States, it will have to prepare for at least a year or two. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The ministers chimed in.

Wang Chenhao continued: "Since we will not take action against the United States for the time being, then the cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be cautious about the matter of the alliance between the United States and the United States, so that they can appropriately show weakness and paralyze the United States. In addition, with regard to the Entente and the Allies, we must be appeased, prevent the three major military blocs from forming an alliance against China, and ensure that they are divided and disintegrated. ”

Zhang Feng and Tang Shaoyi hurriedly replied: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded, turned to Wang Shizhen and the other military officials and said, "Since it is possible for the three major military groups to form an alliance to jointly deal with the empire, then we must be prepared. The navy, army, and air force must step up their combat preparations and be ready to fight a tough battle at any time. ”

Although Wang Shizhen and the others were a little unwilling, they still had to obey, so they immediately replied: "The ministers obey the order!" ”

After retiring from the dynasty, Wang Chenhao left Li Guodong behind, mainly to inquire about the situation in Europe.

"Your Majesty!" Li Guodong said: "The smell of gunpowder between the two major military blocs in Europe is already very sufficient, and only a few sparks are enough to trigger a war between them." However, both of them seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they both tried to refrain from breaking out into a big war. ”

"Restraint is normal!" Wang Chenhao said: "War is a double-edged sword, hurting others and hurting oneself, no country is born like war, it is forced to use force to solve problems." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, but so!" Li Guodong thought for a while and asked, "Your Majesty, is it something we are doing?" ”

Wang Chenhao asked rhetorically, "Guess what I want you to do?" ”

Li Guodong smiled and said, "Your Majesty's mind is not daring to speculate. ”

"Say it!" Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, you can speak freely." ”

Li Guodong said: "That's what Weichen said!" ”

Seeing Wang Chenhao nodding, Li Guodong said: "Weichen guesses that Your Majesty wants to let the European war start earlier, even if the two major military groups maintain restraint, Your Majesty hopes that there is a force that can break their balance and provoke a war between them." ”

Wang Chenhao laughed a few times and said, "I guessed right!" How about I, I have given you this task, can I do it? ”

Li Guodong immediately said: "Your Majesty, rest assured! Wechen will go all out and resolutely complete the task! ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "That's good!" Any thoughts? ”

Li Guodong thought for a while and said: "I think that the two major military blocs have extremely strong contradictions and conflicts in the Balkans, Morocco and the Suez Canal. The Reich had previously created problems for them in Morocco and on the Suez Canal. The Franco-German conflict in Morocco had not yet intensified, and Italy sold its shares to Britain over the Suez Canal, which led to the return of control of the Suez Canal to Britain. Germany was very dissatisfied, and had increased its troops to the Suez Canal by 300,000, and the British and French troops had reached more than 400,000. What I mean by this is that we can do something on the Suez Canal and provoke a direct clash between the armies of both sides. ”

Wang Chenhao agreed: "You can put black guns and ask our snipers to look for opportunities between the garrisons of the two sides to provoke the escalation of the conflict between them." In addition, the Balkans are a huge powder keg, and the contradictions between Austria-Hungary and Russia in this region cannot be reconciled, so we can try to start from this aspect, such as creating opportunities for the Austro-Hungarian crown prince and high-ranking officials to visit the Balkans and take the opportunity to kill them and provoke disputes. ”

Wang Chenhao used the Sarajevo incident as a reference standard for Li Guodong, and he knew that once the assassination was successful, it would definitely provoke a war in Europe.

Li Guodong didn't know that, but Wang Chenhao was right, so he nodded and said, "Weichen understands." There were two factions in Serbia, one pro-Austro-Hungarian and the other pro-Russian. In order to prevent Serbia from getting too close to the Central Powers, the Entente organized an assassination group called the Mafia. At present, this organization has been out of the control of Britain, France and Russia, and whoever gives money will do things for whomever he wants, completely reckless of the consequences. We can try to use the mafia to assassinate the crown princes and high-ranking officials of Austria-Hungary or Russia. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "Yes!" Go for it! But remember, we must never be exposed. This is a double-edged sword, if it is done well, it can provoke a European war, and the empire can then fish in troubled waters. If it is not done well, it will offend the European powers, it will cause public anger, and it will not bode well for the empire. ”

"The minister understands the powerful relationship!" Li Guodong said resolutely: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the executors of our intelligence bureau have received the most rigorous training, which is enough to complete the task without leaving a trace. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and handed over this matter to Li Guodong.

After the Imperial Council, the Imperial Cabinet of China actively engaged in diplomatic activities. With regard to the Chinese Empire and the United States, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire chose to show weakness and only raised a high degree of concern and protest against the security treaty between the United States and the United States, but did not take substantive action.

The United States also does not want to go to war with the Chinese Empire, saying that the US Security Treaty is only a means of self-preservation in the face of the Chinese Empire's aggressive military strength. When questioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, the US political axe reiterated that the US security treaty was intended to maintain stability in the Asia-Pacific region and had absolutely no intention of targeting the Chinese empire. A group of US peacekeepers even revealed part of the contents of the US-US security treaty, saying that the treaty only takes effect when it is subjected to foreign aggression and does not support active aggression against other countries.

Seeing that the Chinese Empire's reaction was indifferent, he also breathed a sigh of relief and immediately promised that the US security treaty was only defensive and not offensive in nature.

The Chinese Empire chose to show weakness, in fact, this is the classical Chinese art of war, and the real military meaning of showing weakness is to paralyze the enemy and prepare for war. But the United States does not understand Chinese culture, and thinks that the weakness of the Chinese Empire means that the American alliance can suppress the Chinese Empire, so they are very happy and think that they have won this game.

However, there were some military experts who studied Chinese culture within the book and pointed out the true intentions of the Chinese empire and asked them to be vigilant against the political axe of the United States. However, the top leaders of the United States and the United States were immersed in the atmosphere of joy of a tremendous political victory, and they did not listen to the words of these very small number of military strategists at all.

On the European side, the Chinese Empire sent diplomatic missions and visited the British, French, and Russian Entente countries and the German-Italian-Austrian allies at the same time, giving equal political treatment to the two major military blocs, highlighting the Chinese Empire's mentality of not interfering in European affairs.

In order to appease the two major military blocs, the Chinese Empire promised the Entente that in the event of a war in Europe, the Chinese Empire would provide the Entente with weapons and equipment from the sea, land, and air forces, as well as various strategic material replenishments. Similarly, the promise to the Allies was that in the event that the Allies blocked the sea trade routes, the Chinese Empire would use the Baghdad Railway or the bases in Cyprus to provide the Allies with all kinds of weapons and equipment, as well as the supply of strategic materials.

Of course, both the Entente and the Central Powers demanded that the Chinese Empire refuse to supply the other country, to which the Chinese Empire fully agreed. The two major military blocs thought that the Chinese Empire was moving closer to their side, and they were very happy.

While the Chinese Empire prepared candy for the two major military blocs, it was holding a big stick in the other hand. In an era when axioms were only within the range of cannons, the Chinese Empire needed to flex its muscles, and deterrence was still necessary.

At the same time as the Chinese Empire's visit to the two major military blocs, the Imperial Navy, Army, and Air Force held large-scale military exercises, inviting military attachés of the Entente and Allied powers to watch them, and the United States was excluded.

On the naval side, the Pacific Fleet dispatched more than 200 warships to conduct large-scale maritime exercises in the vast Pacific Ocean. Because the equipment on the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy was very advanced, the military attachés of the Allied and Allied powers who visited the ships were greatly shocked. At the same time, the combat quality of the Imperial Chinese Navy is recognized as the highest in the world, and its performance in the exercise is even more outstanding, winning unanimous praise from naval attachés of various countries.

On the army side, the Chinese Empire held the Sharpening Sword 1912 military exercise. The Imperial Chinese Army units, which had just undergone a refitting in 1910, were well-equipped and well-trained. During the exercise, the Imperial Chinese Army demonstrated mechanized units for the first time. The Imperial Ace First Army dispatched a chariot regiment to participate in the exercise, and the chariot regiment went on a rampage, demonstrating a strong ability to attack and penetrate defenses. The armored personnel carriers escorted the soldiers directly through the enemy's dense fire network, and quickly carried out interspersed and roundabout operations, so that the enemy was unable to organize an effective defense.

The formidable combat power of the Imperial Chinese Army immediately stunned both the Central and Entente powers, especially the tanks and armored personnel carriers of the Chinese Empire, which they had never seen before. A group of military attachés asked to visit, but the Chinese Emperor [***] refused, but privately stated with them that the technology could be exported to them, but there were political conditions, that is, whether it was the Entente or the Central Powers, they needed to be friendly with the Chinese Empire. He also implied that if there was a conflict between the United States and the Chinese Empire, they would only be able to gain the friendship of the Chinese Empire if they strictly maintained neutrality.

Similarly, the Air Force also demonstrated strong combat effectiveness, making its debut with the J-1 fighter and pointing out that during the Sino-Russian War, it was the J-1 fighter that wiped out the Russian airship unit in one fell swoop. After this secret was revealed, the air force attachés of various countries were shocked, and it turned out that the Chinese Empire already had powerful fighters at that time. When asked how the Jian-1 fighter solved the problem of bullets coming out of the propeller, the Chinese Imperial Air Force smiled again and said that it was confidential. But it also gave them hope that only countries friendly to the Chinese Empire would be able to export technology and weaponry.

After the exercise, the military attaches of various countries quickly submitted reports to the political axes of various countries, believing that the power of the Chinese emperor [***] was far greater than their previous estimates, and asked the political axes to remain calm on the issue of the Chinese empire and the United States, and it was not a good thing to offend the Chinese empire.

Subsequently, the Allies and the Entente sent representatives to negotiate with the Chinese Empire about the technology transfer of new weapons and equipment and the possibility of arms exports, and the two sides began lengthy negotiations.

The candy in the left hand of the Chinese Empire gave the Entente and the Central Powers sweetness, and after the big stick in the right hand was rounded, the last trace of the idea of uniting the United States in their hearts was also stifled. Through this diplomatic method, the Chinese Empire stabilized the Entente and the Central Powers, and caused a great change in their attitude towards the Chinese Empire and the United States. Both sides hope to obtain advanced military equipment and technology from the Chinese Empire, and neither side wants the Chinese Empire to export technology and equipment to the other side, so they have a very good attitude towards the Chinese Empire, for fear of annoying the Chinese Empire in any respect, and reiterate that it will not have military contacts with the United States, especially Britain, which immediately canceled its military technical support to the United States.

While diplomatic negotiations were taking place between the Chinese Empire and the two major European military blocs, a team of three executors carefully selected by Li Guodong of the CIA of the Chinese Empire also began their covert operation to carry out the Tianzi No. 1 Order, codenamed "Match".

There are a total of nine people in the three squads, and there are only three people in each detachment, all of whom are elites from the major special forces of the Chinese Empire, who were selected to join the CIA after retiring from the army, and further undergo special training, and finally become an omnipotent agent.

The first detachment went to Morocco and was tasked with shooting and killing German officials and French police officers with Moroccan political axes, with the intention of provoking a Franco-German military conflict in Morocco. However, the effect was not good, and although both France and Germany accused each other of shameless assassinations, they still exercised restraint.

The second detachment went to the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt, waiting for an opportunity to provoke an armed conflict between the British, French and German garrisons.

(To be continued)