468 Alignment with Russia
Yu Xier shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "More detailed information, we will provide it to your country after your country agrees to form an alliance, no, after your country signs an alliance treaty." ”
Wilhelm II's eyes were instantly full of anticipation and excitement, but there was still a look of hesitation, and Yu Xier smiled: "If your country agrees to form an alliance, we can also give your country a gift as good, you will definitely like this gift." ”
Wilhelm II asked: "What gift?" ”
Yu Xier paused and replied, "Brand new power system!" ”
"A new powertrain? What's completely new in the powertrain? ”
"The current power system uses a three-expansion reciprocating steam engine, and the new power system we want to give you is a steam turbine, which has three times the functional power of an ordinary steam engine, which can propel a warship with a displacement of 15,000 tons and easily run at a speed of 20 knots!"
Wilhelm II exclaimed in surprise: "A 15,000-ton warship can run at a speed of twenty knots, this is impossible!" ”
"What's impossible!" Yu Xier said that he briefly explained the basic principles of steam turbines to Wilhelm II, and Wilhelm II also had a lot of research on the power system of ships, and immediately understood the advanced nature of steam turbines!
It turned out that what Yu Xier gave to Wilhelm II was almost all the advanced technology of the dreadnought -- the fire control system, the full-scale large-caliber gun, and the steam turbine, which was also all the new technology of the battleship designed by Lin Fei himself.
Wilhelm II was finally moved, he slapped the table, and said with a smile: "Okay, I agree to form an alliance with the Huaxia Empire!" ”
Yu Xier smiled and nodded, and put the alliance agreement that had been written long ago in front of Wilhelm II, who was just about to sign it, suddenly stopped his pen and said with a smile: "I still want something, if your country gives me such a thing, I will agree to form an alliance with your country." ”
Yu Xier frowned and asked, "What do you want?" ”
"Submarine!" Wilhelm II spat out the word, "I want the submarines of your country, the submarines that sink the Anglo-French battleships." ”
What an insatiable guy, it's not enough to ask for so many new technologies, and he even wants submarines! Yu Xier thought indignantly.
Lin Fei has long explained to Yu Xier that submarines are our killer weapon, and no matter what conditions the Germans offer, they cannot sell submarine technology to Wilhelm II!
Yu Xier sneered, "His Majesty Wilhelm II, submarines are the top secret of our Huaxia Empire, and we will not sell submarines and submarine-related technology no matter what!" ”
Wilhelm II laughed and said: "If the Chinese Empire does not sell submarines and submarine technology, then don't blame our German Empire for supporting the British Empire and the French Republic." ”
Yu Xier glared at Wilhelm II coldly, and smiled disdainfully: "Your Majesty, if you are willing to throw yourself into the arms of Britain and France, then we have no choice, but one thing you can know is that if we are destroyed by Britain and France together, you will not get any benefits in the vast Nanyang region!" ”
Wilhelm II's expression changed slightly, and Yu Xier continued: "And our warships that are ahead of the times, you don't want to get them, you can use your current dilapidated warships to fight with the British monarch and majesty." ”
Yu Xi'er's voice was high-pitched, and he seemed a little excited, but he didn't expect William II to laugh out loud, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yu Xi'er, you don't have to be so excited, I'm actually joking with you, submarine technology, we don't want it, we are willing to form an alliance with the Huaxia Empire." ”
In fact, Wilhelm II was just testing Yu Xier's attitude, if there was hope for the sale of submarine technology, then Wilhelm II would fight for it, but Wilhelm II saw that Yu Xier's attitude was extremely resolute, so he reluctantly gave up the plan to obtain submarine technology from the Chinese Empire.
Wilhelm II then signed the Treaty of Comprehensive Friendship between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, in which it was stated that the Chinese Empire and the German Empire formed an offensive and defensive alliance, and aggression against either country would be regarded as aggression against the two countries.
Regarding the sale of naval technology by the Huaxia Empire, it was written into a secret clause that would not be released to the public, and other countries would not know about it, but Yu Xier would not let other countries know about it, because Lin Fei had specially explained before his departure that Britain and France must know about the sale of naval technology.
Yu Xier didn't understand Lin Fei's deep meaning at that time, and asked, "Why do we want Britain and France to know?" ”
Lin Fei said with a smile: "Only when Britain and France know that Germany is developing advanced technology will they make up their minds to use domestic resources on research and development of new technologies, and only if they put resources on research and development of new technologies, will they not have resources to fight us." ”
Yu Xier listened to Lin Fei's explanation, and then it suddenly dawned on him that Yu Xier secretly arranged for his subordinates to reveal the sale of naval technology to the British spy agency, and soon, the content of the entire "Comprehensive Friendship Treaty between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire" was known to Britain and France.
The news of the alliance between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire brought a great shock to Britain and France, and they were originally discussing the mobilization of troops to support the British and French armies in the Nanyang region, but at this time, when they learned that the Chinese Empire had formed an alliance with Germany, they immediately hesitated, the reason was very simple, Britain and France were worried that once they supported the Nanyang in a big way, Germany would take advantage of the situation elsewhere.
After signing the treaty, Yu Xier came out of the German Imperial Palace and immediately went to the Russian Imperial Embassy in Germany to carry out the next step in Lin Fei's plan, to form an alliance with Russia.
When Yu Xier first arrived in Berlin, he had a meeting with the Russian Imperial Minister in Germany, and at the meeting, he put forward the intention of forming an alliance with Russia, and the Russian Minister in Germany could not decide on such a big matter, so he sent a telegram to the country overnight, asking Tsar Nicholas II, at this time a few days had passed, and Nicholas II's reply should have reached the hands of the Russian Minister in Germany.
When the Russian minister to Germany heard that Yu Xier was visiting, he received him, and the two sides sat down separately, and the Russian minister to Germany smiled and said: "Our Tsar Majesty is very interested in forming an alliance with your country, but I don't know, if we form an alliance with your country, what benefits can we get?" ”
Russians have a straightforward personality and are relatively direct in their words and deeds, so the Russian minister to Germany came up and asked Yu Xier, "What benefits can we get from Russia", Yu Xier did not go around the bush, and said bluntly: "We can give Russia a lot of good things, for example, we are willing to invest 50 million gold rubles to join the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway." ”
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a large railway across Siberia, which can be called the main artery of Siberia, which connects Europe and Siberia, and is an important tool for Russia to control the Far East.
Russia began to expand into the Far East in the 16th century, and in 1652, Russia's expansion met the Qing Empire, and the two sides fought at the city of Yaksa, and finally signed the Treaty of Nebuchu, which was forced to stop in the following 200 years.
With the gradual decline of the Qing Empire and the gradual strengthening of the Russian Empire, the footsteps of Tsarist Russian aggression once again set foot on the land of the Chinese nation, this time, the Russians were victorious, and they seized more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land in the Qing Empire through the Treaty of Beijing and the Treaty of Aihui.
These lands have always been Chinese territory, but they were occupied by the Russians, and until the time of Lin Fei, these lands were still not recovered, like Hailanpao, which has since been called "Blagoveshchensk", like Vladivostok, all of which are called "Vladivostok", which are the eternal trauma of the Chinese nation.
After the Russian Empire seized a large amount of territory, it was faced with the problem of holding the territory, Russia's most important industrial cities are in Europe, densely populated cities are also in Europe, and it is very far away from the Far East.
Building a railway is a very expensive thing, because building a railway requires a large number of workers, a large number of steel, a large number of engineering and technical personnel, the Russian Empire in order to build this railway, the financial has been stretched, if the capital of the Chinese Empire can be injected into the construction of the Siberian Railway, then the construction of the railway will undoubtedly play an important role in promoting.
The Russian envoy to Germany was a little surprised when he heard Yu Xier's conditions, after all, this Siberian railway was used to invade the Qing country, Lin Fei has always claimed that he and the Qing people are of the same language, the same species, the same ancestor, the Russian minister to Germany really can't believe that Lin Fei will invade the Qing country with them.
The reason why Lin Fei helped the Russians build the Trans-Siberian Railway was to balance the Qing Dynasty on the one hand, and to balance Japan with the help of Russia.
At this time, Japan stationed the first division in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, and Korea has been invaded by Japan, and the northeast region of the Qing Dynasty has become the fat meat in the Japanese population.
More importantly, the Russians did their best to build the railway, which was also very beneficial to Lin Fei, because the railway was built there, and anyone could use it, and with this railway, it was very convenient for the Russians to invade the Qing Dynasty, but it was also very convenient for Lin Fei to use this railway to invade Russia.