Chapter 19 Diplomacy

"His Majesty the Emperor declares war on Germany"

A thunderous news spread throughout the country, in the newspapers and outside the magazine.

The 1st Marine Division carried out the rainforest in the Southern Autonomous Region

Departed for German East Africa and German New Guinea to consolidate the gains.

1.2 million square kilometers of Xinjiang have been opened

But the greater shock was the ...... Neither the House of Lords nor the House of Commons ever took any substantive vote on the question of entering the war, let alone on the question of declaring war on Germany.

The declaration of war was submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the declaration of war was signed by the Cabinet and sealed by His Majesty.

That's the real shock

China's sudden declaration of war on Germany shocked not only the Chinese, but also the Chinese

, especially the speed of the action, far beyond the imagination of the world.

"This is absolutely unacceptable"

Facing Liang Dunyan, Zhu Erdian protested loudly.

China's military operations in German East Africa and the civil wars in German New Guinea were far beyond what Britain could accept, and although Britain had tried to get China to declare war on Germany, China was now doing so

by threatening the interests of the British.

It can be said that now in the face of military actions taken by the Chinese, London even

Panic arose, and China's occupation of German East Africa would not only mean that the Chinese navy would gain a foothold in the Indian Ocean, but would also mean that China would become involved in Asia.

As for the civil war in German New Guinea, the tropical island seemed to London to be barely acceptable, and although the expansion of the Chinese in the Pacific would provoke a strong backlash from the United States, London believed that it could persuade the United States to avoid a row toward Germany compared to its possible consequences.

But Africa and the Indian Ocean are different, the Germans in Africa are about to be driven away, but the Chinese have broken in.

"We believe that this is Mr. Ambassador in line with China's interests"

In the face of Zhu Erdian's protest, Liang Dunyan said in a blunt tone.

"China declared war on Germany, one is to take revenge on Germany, in 1900, it was at the initiative of Germany, the coalition forces conquered the former Qing Dynasty's Beijing division, although China and Germany maintained a certain degree of friendship in the past, but behind this friendship, China also paid a heavy price, China's precious resources were plundered cheaply by the Germans, and China became a market for German goods......"

At this time, in Liang Dunyan's mouth, Sino-German cooperation has actually become Germany's semi-colonization of China, and China undoubtedly harbors a deep hatred for Germany, and now the declaration of war is just a hatred for the past.

"Second, in order to maintain peace in East Asia forever, now that Europe is at war, the flames of war may burn at least Asia at any time, and in order to maintain the most basic peace in East Asia, we can only take decisive measures to occupy German New Guinea."

Liang Dunyan's explanation only made Zhu Erdian open his eyes sharply, and he finally saw the Chinese style of "brazenness", what revenge, what plundered China's resources, and what occupied China's market; in fact, everyone knew that without Germany's help, there would have been no China's industrial progress in the past nine years, and there would have been no comprehensive development of China's economy, industry, and science and technology.

The reason why China declared war on Germany was not because of any old grudge or new enmity with Germany, but purely out of the need to seize the opportunity to expand and seize the colonies, and they seized 1.2 million square kilometers of land, while China's land area was only 11 million square kilometers.

China has always been plagued by a large population and scarce land resources, which is why China has made concessions on the Borneo issue, on the autonomy of Borneo, while insisting on the right to immigrate to Borneo, and later signed an immigration agreement with German East Africa, then with Brazil in 1907, and even with British Borneo five years earlier.

The fundamental reason why they signed so many immigration agreements is the scarcity of arable land in China, and the solution to the problem is to emigrate, to migrate, to migrate. In just 8 years, more than 3 million Chinese have emigrated to British Borneo, 7 million Chinese have immigrated to the Dutch Southern Autonomous Region, 2 million have immigrated to Brazil, and 200,000 have immigrated to German East Africa.

When Germany fell into the war and seized Germany's overseas colonies, Zhu Erdian could fully imagine that after the Chinese occupied German East Africa, there would be a steady stream of Chinese pouring into German East Africa and even all of Africa.

"The military operation in German East Africa is to cooperate with the military operation in German New Guinea, after all, we have more than 100,000 expatriates in German East Africa, and we must ensure the safety of the expatriates, so I hope that Britain will understand",

"London would like me to convey the British decision to your country"

Zhu Erdian did not refute Liang Dunyan's explanation, in fact, in his opinion, there was no need for an explanation at all.

"China must withdraw its troops from German East Africa and the civil war in German New Guinea"

Withdrawal?

Liang Dunyan's eyes widened, as if looking at each other mockingly.

"And what about after the withdrawal? Return the colonies of the Germans to the Germans? ”

"The British government will send troops to receive both places"

Zhu Erdian recognized

Said.

"The ownership of Germany's overseas colonies will be negotiated and disposed of by the Allied member states after the war, and must not be allowed to be occupied by any one country."

"Ambassador Jurdian"

Standing up, Liang Dunyan stared at each other with a smile on his face

Completely gone.

"I'm so sorry, me

Receiving direct instructions from the Cabinet, we will refrain from holding talks at any level on any issues related to China's withdrawal from German East Africa and German New Guinea."

Facing Zhu Erdian's surprise, Liang Dunyan's expression became extremely serious.

"Although I am not a soldier, I have a certain understanding of my ** people, and if any of the benefits obtained by the blood of our ** team are intended to be seized by other countries, then they need to pay tenfold, hundred, or even thousand times the blood."

This cold remark only made Zhu Erdian's heart tremble, and he looked at Liang Dunyan standing behind the desk in front of him in surprise, with an incredible look on his face.

"Is this a threat of war?"

This sentence was blurted out by Zhu Erdian at all, but as soon as the words came out, he regretted it, maybe Britain was never afraid of the threat of war in the past,

This is no longer the case, and Britain must not provoke China, at least until the German problem is resolved.

In fact, not only must not provoke China, but Britain needs China's cooperation in many places, and may even need China to send his army, if of course.

"No, it's just a kind reminder, please don't doubt the courage of a hungry man to defend his food"

Liang Dunyan said

In fact, this is a well-known thing, all the reasons are empty talk, the most fundamental reason is to achieve territorial expansion, 1.2 million square kilometers of land, can accommodate tens of millions of immigrants, for China, the German colony is China's first colony, related to the future of the whole country.

"Don't doubt the courage of a hungry man to defend his food"

Rui Shien read this sentence, a little bitterness appeared on his face, China's move to seize German New Guinea seriously damaged the interests of the United States, if the Indian Ocean is the Lake of Britain, then, the Pacific Ocean is almost equal to the American Lake for the United States, the interests of the United States are in the Pacific Ocean, and the United States can tolerate China in the past because of their apparent restraint,

Now China is fully demonstrating the desire of an industrialized country to colonize, which is undoubtedly dangerous.

And Liang Dunyan's answer to Zhu Erdian fully demonstrates this,

"It's a clear reminder that he's reminding us that if we want them to withdraw their troops from East Africa and New Guinea, we can do so by force, and they're willing to do so

Get the colony at any cost"

Zhu Erdian reminded Rui Shien in front of him that whether it is London or Washington, when making decisions, they will fully take into account the opinions of their foreign envoys.

"Not to mention at any cost, there is a saying in China, don't want to spit out the food that you eat, it seems that there is no possibility at all if you want to peacefully let China withdraw from the two places."

"Indeed, there is no possibility at all"

Zhu Erdian said with certainty that he knew that London would never go to war against China for German East Africa, and unless London went crazy, it would be to push China towards the German front.

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Public opinion in the United States will deteriorate further as a result, and it now seems that there is almost no possibility of a Chinese withdrawal from German New Guinea, so we believe that at this time, it is all the more necessary for Britain to do something, and China's occupation of German New Guinea will not only cause an impact on the United States, but also on the British Dominions of Australia and New Zealand, and even on the impact of China's occupation of German East Africa on your African colonies and Dominions......"

Rui's words only made Zhu Erdian smile, and he looked at the American ambassador.

"Personally, I don't think it's realistic to force China to agree to substantial concessions in German East Africa and German New Guinea.

It should be feasible to force them to agree not to set up naval fortifications in both places, perhaps now British

will be completely trapped in Europe,

I think that if Britain and the United States jointly make this request to China, China will have to carefully consider the request made by both of our countries."

Zhu Erdian put forward a relatively feasible opinion, in fact, after receiving the telegram from London, he thought that the possibility was almost zero, on the one hand

In the occupied area, on the one hand, there is no real threat of verbal representation, and any country will choose the former, let alone such a country that aspires to overseas colonies.

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Will London agree to this proposal? ”。

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