Chapter 325: The Book of the War of the Twelve Kingdoms
A series of sudden actions made it difficult for those European and American powers who were in the midst of fierce battles to breathe, and Wang Lin's sudden dispatch of troops into Taiwan was actually not a big deal. If China has defeated Yuben, it is reasonable that the territory that was ceded to Yueben at a value should naturally be recovered.
What really worries the European powers is that the Chinese side has the ability to send troops to Taiwan and secretly amassed a large number of troops on the southern border. They hadn't been able to find out before, because these troops had only assembled on a small scale in their own stations, which was nothing more than a regiment staying together, or a battalion getting together, which was not enough to say anything.
But after that, the performance of the Chinese defense forces was a little excessive. Hundreds of thousands of troops, undisguised large-scale movements, nearly 10 corps of troops, gathered on the southern border. Ten armies, it doesn't seem like much, but this also has to take into account the establishment of the [***] team. Ten armies, that is, at least 560,000 men.
No country dares to underestimate the Chinese National Defense Forces of these 10 armies. Moreover, the Chinese side has just won the victory over Yuben, and the 10 corps of the Eastern Expeditionary Corps are basically staying in the northeast to recuperate. At the same time, the Chinese side again pulled the strength of ten armies to the southern border. Does this mean that Wang Lin intends to start another war?
How many troops the Chinese have, although the whole world does not dare to say that it can be accurate to single digits, but it is still no problem to guess the same. As many people know, China currently has a conservative military force of two million. But in reality, there are more than a million recruits. This time, the two regions in the north and south have gathered more than 1 million troops, which means that the Chinese seem to be very relieved about their newly recruited soldiers, and the stability of the entire country will be entrusted to these recruits.
Of course, where does Wang Lin's confidence come from? Outsiders don't know, even some people in the Chinese Empire, but this does not affect Wang Lin to continue to play his strengths. With a wave of the big hand, millions of heroes crossed the river.
At the end of April, the situation in Taiwan was gradually stabilized under the control of Huang Mingkun. When the National Defense Forces first entered Taiwan, some local clans did use some disgraceful methods, but they were eventually resolved by the garrison one by one. Coupled with Huang Mingkun's assistance, he didn't make any jokes. It's just that at this time, some of the helmsmen of Taiwan's old families are a little depressed.
Now that the Han people are here, what should they do? Their family originally followed the general to Taiwan, intending to use it as a base for long-term development, waiting for the right opportunity to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Now that it's been a long time, those last wishes of the year have almost been forgotten. These families gradually lost their stable lives, and no one paid attention to these problems anymore. The forces that had developed before had also experienced a period of stranding after the older generation gradually went west, and now they are already two factions, each doing its own thing.
When the Manchu Tartars gradually declined, they had some ideas to regain their sight, but looking at the surrounding environment now, they could only shake their heads. I have wasted hundreds of years, and now I want to work hard for a few years to overthrow the Manchu Qing, how easy is it? But fortunately, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was eventually overthrown by the Han Chinese, a Han from Hainan. This makes these old families depressed.
I had never heard of any anti-Qing people in Hainan before, only Sun Wen and others, and now this sudden popping up of Hainan Wang Lin really surprised them. Time flies, and the formation of the Chinese Empire completely loses their confidence in regaining their sight. What is the ability of a country that dares to be the enemy of the whole country?
However, it is obviously impossible to get them to raise their hands and surrender, and if nothing else, at least the governance of Taiwan must be handed over to their locals. There's nothing wrong with garrisoning or anything, after all, nominal things still have to be done. But what do we do, there is no matter of your garrison, you garrison your army, I will do my business, and no one should mess with anyone.
But in the end, they were deeply intimidated by Wang Lin. A few extremely radical families even carried out some attacks on the Wehrmacht after the Wehrmacht entered Taiwan. Of course, as one of the most powerful departments of the country, the Wehrmacht was naturally not to be outdone, and after finding out the ultimate source, all those involved in the incident were directly shot on the grounds of treason.
Sometimes, blindly showing weakness will make people think that you are so vulnerable. It is true that the Wehrmacht never disturbs the local population, this is clearly stipulated and supervised by the gendarmerie, and no one dares to cross this yellow line. But now it is different, the situation in Taiwan is different, and in special periods, special methods must be used to shoot one or two old local stubborns who make trouble, and Wang Lin also allows it, so when doing these things, the garrison does not mean to be polite at all.
With this precedent, other people naturally became honest, and no one dared to touch this hard nail again, no matter how powerful your family is, it will not be able to confront a country's army in the end.
To tell the truth, before Taiwan was stabilized, Chen Mingjie did not dare to order a war, and Fujian, opposite Taiwan, there are two armies on standby, as long as there is an emergency situation on the Taiwan side, the two military reinforcements here will immediately set off to Taiwan.
When governing internal affairs, the affairs of the outside world were obviously put aside by Wang Lin, and I have to say that the current Wang Lin has some meaning that he must first settle down in the outside world. But what's the point? The current country is different from the past, and the current Chinese Empire can only fight others, and others will not dare to take the initiative to provoke the Chinese Empire. This is also an important reason for Wang Lin's change of mentality.
"The situation on the Taiwan side has basically stabilized, and it is time for us to start!" Chen Mingjie looked up at the huge map in front of him, and said with a groan.
"Okay, I'll go and send a report to the emperor, just say that we have everything ready here, only the east wind is missing!" Sun Chenyi, chief of staff of the Southeast Asian Legion, nodded lightly.
Sending a report to Wang Lin is nothing more than telling him that the Taiwan matter has been resolved, and now there is no need to worry about the future, and he can find a reason to declare war with Southeast Asian countries. Of course, as for what reason Wang Lin found to start a war with them, this question did not need to worry about them soldiers. These things will be taken care of, they just need to make a detailed battle plan and ensure victory.
At the end of March, the Eastern Expeditionary Corps withdrew from the country one after another, and now it is the end of April, and the Wehrmacht troops are still resting in the northeast region. But who in the entire army doesn't know that they are preparing for war?
"Your Majesty, Chen Mingjie is calling, they are ready for war." Yang Zhiping held the telegram in his hand and hurried to Wang Lin's office.
Wang Lin has been waiting for this telegram all these days, and now that the telegram has really come, Yang Zhiping naturally does not dare to delay. As soon as he received the telegram, he hurriedly brought it to Wang Lin, ignoring the current occasion. A group of bigwigs in China sat around the office, waiting for Wang Lin's lecture.
War with Southeast Asia, this is something they already know, as for the reason for the war, they really haven't thought about it, but looking at Wang Lin's meaning, it seems that they don't plan to use them to think about these reasons. It's just that when this day really comes, they, the high-ranking officials of the empire, will inevitably have some apprehension in their hearts. When they were young, the country was still recognized as a weak country in the world, but now, they have entered middle age, reaching a point where others cannot go in a lifetime, and the country has become a strong country that the whole world does not recognize.
But what is there about it? Whether it is strong or not, you just need to know it in your heart, and if you have to admit it to others, it is obviously impossible at the moment, so you can only trample them all under your feet through war and speak with facts.
At this time, all the high-ranking officials once again focused their eyes on Wang Lin's face, as if they wanted to see some results from Wang Lin's face, but unfortunately, Wang Lin's bland face made them feel disappointed again.
Wang Lin played with the pen in his hand with a relaxed face, to be honest, Wang Lin really doesn't like to use a fountain pen, it's too troublesome, it won't take long to change the nib or something, far less real than the pen. However, considering the problem of the pen's continued surname, Wang Lin still chose to use a fountain pen.
"Well, inform Tang Yun that you can declare war on Vietnam, India and other countries!" Wang Lin replied lightly.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Zhiping replied subconsciously, and then felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "But the emperor, what reason do we use to start a war with them?" ”
"You don't need any reason, just go to war!" Wang Lin replied with some disdain.
Do you still need a reason to go to war with those little fart countries? Wang Lin felt that it was too troublesome to go to war alone, and it was better to invade directly, but others were also recognized regimes, although they belonged to various powers, but this did not affect their own regimes, nor did it affect China from going to war with them.
It was clear that there was a war with them, but Wang Lin made the biggest compromise, and the province made people think that Wang Lin was pretending to be forced, fighting without declaring it, and winning was disgraceful. It's just that Wang Lin forgot that he only went to war with others, but didn't tell others the reason, this kind of pretending to be forced is even more embarrassing than the kind of undeclared war.
"Understood, Your Majesty, I'll go and inform Minister Tang." Yang Zhiping forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, hurriedly answered and turned to leave.
The master has already said that he is a little uninteresting if he continues to ask like this, and Yang Zhiping also thinks that he does not think as much as Wang Lin, nor does he have the sense of superiority and self-confidence that Wang Lin has.
Yang Zhiping's words are actually what the other senior officials sitting in the office want to ask, but when they ask, they seem to be a little incompetent or something, and now Yang Zhiping said it for them, which just solved the doubts in their hearts. It's just that this answer seems to be a bit too shocking, and it's not what I imagined at all. According to what they expected in their hearts, no matter what, Wang Lin had to find a reason to go to war, didn't he? But now, instead of finding a reason, Wang Lin directly started a war against others, not only the people who were beaten were confused, but even those who beat people were also confused.
After that, Wang Lin discussed some other things with these bigwigs in China, and after putting forward some opinions about himself, he was gone, but everyone understood that Wang Lin was waiting now, waiting for those so-called powers to call back.
About three hours later, Yang Zhiping hurriedly entered the office, at this time the atmosphere in the office was a little dull, Wang Lin was busy reading the documents and the credentials submitted by the party, and the other high-ranking officials could only boredly flip through some of the documents issued to them by Wang Lin. Although there are important messages printed on them, their hearts are not on these documents at all at this time.
The war is imminent, how can they, the high-ranking officials of the Chinese Empire, sit here and read the documents with peace of mind? And how big does Wang Lin plan to play? These high-ranking officials don't have a bottom in their hearts, but judging from the posture they have put on before, this time the movement will not be small. If they don't find out about Wang Lin, I'm afraid they won't even be able to sleep at night.
"Your Majesty, England and France have called and asked us why we are going to war? And let us withdraw the war letter as appropriate, maintain peace in the region, and not easily provoke war. Yang Zhiping had already entered the door and read out the telegrams from Britain and France. Yang Zhiping knew that Wang Lin was not the only one waiting for these two telegrams, but also a number of high-ranking officials present.
"yes, got it!" Wang Lin hummed softly, signaling that he understood. He immediately waved his hand and motioned for Yang Zhiping to continue to stay in the telegraph room.
Britain and France are now mired in war, but they are still holding on to their colonies, perhaps the reason for their victory in this war is because of the endless supply of these colonies, right? Otherwise, relying on the small amount of land on the British mainland, and without any strategic resources, it will be difficult to survive until the war is won. It's just that I don't know how long they can hold out now that Wang Lin has knocked down the foundation of these victories?
In fact, Britain and France and other countries have this kind of reaction today, and it is completely expected by Wang Lin, India is naturally inseparable from the important surname of the United Kingdom, and without India, Britain will not have the status it has today. It's just that Vietnam is actually understandable for France, and the occupation of Vietnam back then was just a rise and came with the British brother, so you have to take something back, otherwise, it will be difficult to explain.
Of course, Wang Lin's declaration of war just caters to the meaning of the Germans. It's just that for Germany, Wang Lin still seems to lack a bit of fire in doing this, and if he can easily collect Australia, a strategic resource base for the United Kingdom, it will be perfect for a long time. How could Britain, without a resource supply base, withstand the frenzied attack of the Germans?
However, the Germans did not seem to be carried away by the victory, although they very much hoped that Wang Lin would be able to take Australia as well and provide them with the greatest convenience in the European theater. However, considering the actual situation, China's mainland is a little too far away from Australia, and it is still unrealistic to send troops to fight in the ocean area at this stage. In between, China also needs to establish at least two transit stations, and these transit stations can only come step by step, and they can't be sloppy at all, which the Germans know best.
"Your Majesty, Australia, the United States, and the Philippines have sent telegrams, hoping that we can withdraw the war letter and maintain peace in the region." Not long after, Yang Zhiping entered the office again and transmitted the latest telegram to Wang Lin's ears.
Wang Lin nodded lightly, and then waved his hand again, although Yang Zhiping was depressed, he could only respond helplessly, and continued to return to the telegraph room to wait for other news.
"Your Majesty, the DPRK has submitted war letters to Vietnam, India and other countries."
"Your Majesty, Myanmar and Thailand have sent telegrams, hoping that we can pay attention to the voices of the people of the world and not start a war lightly!"
"Your Majesty, Canada, Laos, Egypt, and Turkey have sent telegrams, hoping that we can take back the war letter!"
Not long after, telegrams from all over the world fell like snowflakes in Wang Lin's office, Wang Lin just nodded slightly, and did not intend to make a decision, as if he was still waiting for something.
"Your Majesty, Emperor Nicholas II of Tsarist Russia personally sent a telegram, hoping that we can respect ourselves, stop our aggression against other countries, and immediately withdraw our war letters against Vietnam, India and other countries!"
'Hehe, it's finally here. Wang Lin said lightly in his heart, after waiting for so long, jumping out of so many countries, waiting for Russia, now that Russia has jumped out, in order to avoid more international countries falling into this whirlpool, Wang Lin can only announce the results in advance, and when the time comes, people will be embarrassed, saying that they are pretending to be forced.
"The former Qing Cixi was able to declare war with the eleven Western countries, which showed the magnanimity of the former Qing Dynasty, and now that so many countries are bullied together, we naturally cannot lag behind. Since the former Qing has been overthrown by us, then as the successor, we have the responsibility and obligation to do better than the former Qing. Zhiping, inform Tang San that all the countries that sent the telegram just now asked Tang Yun to send someone to hand a war letter to each of them. Wang Lin said softly.
What the? One person hands over a war book? This time, not only the high-ranking officials were stunned, but even Yang Zhiping was stunned there, and he was at a loss for a while, what to go? Or not going?
Britain, France, Australia, the United States, the Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Canada, Laos, Egypt, Turkey, Tsarist Russia, ten countries, war with twelve countries in one go, what kind of self-confidence should be required to do this?
(To be continued)