After finalizing the contract for 500 first-generation fighters, Xiao Zhenlei believes that Zhu Erdian's purpose of coming at this time is definitely more than that. Sure enough, before he could ask, Zhu Erdian continued: "President, in fact, in addition to buying another 500 warplanes for our country, I also asked the President and your government on behalf of His Majesty King George V and His Excellency Asquith to request you to immediately organize a group of expeditionary forces to land in the European theater to fight against the Central Powers, so as to relieve the pressure on our army on the Western Front. Iran and other places can organize a group of local troops to fight together with your expeditionary force, and at the same time, we can also organize hundreds of thousands of troops from North Africa to fight in coordination with your country. ”

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and said: "Judging from the current situation, your country is indeed under a lot of pressure, but although we are allies, we want our country to send troops to Europe to help your country fight against the allies, and if the Entente led by your country does not come out with a little benefit, I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the Congress, the cabinet and our people!" ”

Zhu Erdian also knew that this was inevitable, he seemed to have known that Xiao Zhenlei would say this, so he was not surprised or annoyed, and asked, "Then I don't know what requirements and conditions the president has?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Zhu Erdian and shook his head and said: "If I put forward this condition, I'm afraid that Mr. Zhu Erdian, your country, and France will not agree, I think I still won't say it!" ”

Zhu Erdian came to see Xiao Zhenlei this time because he was specially instructed by the London side, and he must let Hua organize more than 500,000 troops to land in Europe within three months to fight against the Allies, even if he did not hesitate to pay a great price. Because the British really couldn't stand it, and even London was bombed into ruins. This is the first time in hundreds of years that Britain has suffered such a catastrophe, and if this difficulty cannot be overcome. Then Britain is likely to lose its homeland like France, which is definitely an unacceptable result for the British leadership.

Zhu Er immediately said: "President, why don't you tell me your conditions, if you don't say it, how do you know that our Entente side will not agree?" Well, even if your conditions are demanding, isn't there room for negotiation? ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Zhu Erdian when he heard this, and after taking a few puffs of cigarette, he said, "Since that's the case, then I'll say it." Unless the British and French forces withdraw from India and all Southeast Asia east of India, and our country takes over! ”

Zhu Erdian's face really became extremely ugly after listening to Xiao Zhenlei's conditions, the current India is not the India of later generations, India in this period includes India and Pakistan, and Bangladesh (East Pakistan), Burma and Malaysia also belong to the British sphere of influence, not only that, King George V is also the emperor of India, let the British withdraw from India, which is basically impossible.

"Your Excellency's conditions are really harsh. Couldn't the president save some face for our country? Do you know that His Majesty King George V is still the Emperor of India? You let an emperor hand over his dependencies, this is not just a condition, but an insult to the dignity of our country! How could a great president, as an ally, put forward such a condition? Are your country and our country still allies? ”

Zhu Erdian had blue tendons on his forehead at this time. Panting, obviously not lightly angry, but it was not easy to attack in front of Xiao Zhenlei. After all, Xiao Zhenlei is the president of Huaguo, and the current Huaguo is not the Qing court before. He didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Xiao Zhenlei.

Xiao Zhenlei smiled, smoked a cigarette and said, "Mr. Zhu Erdian, don't be so angry." Didn't you just say that you could talk about anything? Don't you want to talk about it? ”

When Zhu Erdian heard this, he also realized that he was too emotional, but he hated Xiao Zhenlei to death in his heart, and he decided that it was all forced by Xiao Zhenlei.

Zhu Erdian took a few deep breaths, relieved the suppressed feelings in his heart, and then asked: "I understand the conditions of the president, this condition cannot be decided, I need to ask the London side for instructions, I don't know how long the president will stay here?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei got up and said: "I can't tell you about the specific itinerary, if you are authorized to negotiate, you can contact our foreign affairs department, they will inform me, and we will talk about it then, what do you think?" ”

"Well, I'm sure I'll meet the president again soon!" When Zhu Erdian saw Xiao Zhenlei get up, he knew that he had the intention of sending off guests, and he also knew that he could only talk about this place this time, and the specific negotiations still needed to be carried out after contacting the London side to obtain the authorization to negotiate.

The next day, Xiao Zhenlei inspected the shipping wharf on the island, and in the afternoon went to the beach to bask in the sun and blow the sea breeze. By this time, 10 Downing Street in London, Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament had already quarreled.

The British were extremely annoyed by Xiao Zhenlei's conditions, especially those members of the House of Lords who scolded Xiao Zhenlei for his shameless behavior of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and scolded him for using this to blackmail the empire on which the sun never sets, and to sprinkle salt on the already scarred empire.

After learning of the discussion in Parliament, King George V and the Prime Minister rushed to Parliament to listen to the views of the MPs. But when they arrived, some parliamentarians were making speeches from the podium, and they didn't need to pay attention to China's conditions.

"I don't think we have to ask Huaguo, can we agree to Huaguo's conditions, and Huaguo's army can really play a role in containing or defeating the allies? I don't think so, after all, China has only been founded for a few years and its industrial capacity is limited, but I don't believe that their army's combat effectiveness can be compared with the German army! ”

Someone below immediately raised his hand and said loudly: "But the fact is that Hua easily destroyed the huge Japanese naval fleet and easily recaptured the Port of Arthur, Wan Island, and the Ryukyu Islands, I think that even if the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is not as good as that of the German army, it should not be far behind, as long as it can ensure that they have enough weapons and ammunition!" ”

After some debate between these two people, the parliamentarians below immediately discussed and expressed their opinions with the parliamentarians around them.

At this moment, a voice came from the door: "The two sirs have a point, but I don't think these are the key to what we need Huaguo!" ”

The deputies all know who's coming when they hear this, George V! Turning his head, he saw that it wasn't him? Oh, and Prime Minister Asquith was followed by him, so the MPs got up to say hello to George V, and George V and Asquith walked in through the gate, and as they walked, they thought about the MPs on both sides nodding or raising their hands to say hello, which shows that George V is still very prestigious in the upper echelons of the United Kingdom.

The parliamentarian who was standing on the podium just now hurriedly walked down and saluted George V and Asquith, and after greeting him, George V walked up to the podium, and he said to all the parliamentarians in the audience: "Then what is the key to our need for Huaguo?" It's the population! ”

The MPs below were puzzled when they heard this, and George V continued: "Yes, gentlemen, you heard me right, what is the advantage of China over other countries? It has a large population, it is the most populous country in the world, it has a population of 450 million, how many are there in the UK? More than 30 million! China's population is more than 10 times that of China, can China kill 3 million people, can China kill 3 million young adults? Sir, can you think about what would be the consequences if three million young adults died in our country? If all the old people die in ten or twenty years, there will only be children under the age of twenty or thirty left in our country, what is more terrible than this? During this time, the girls of our country have to borrow seeds from foreign countries, what could be more terrible? In the future, the children born to these girls and foreign men will dominate the United Kingdom, and will Britain still be Britain? ”

The parliamentarians listened to George V's words, their faces all changed, they knew very well that if there was no external intervention in the current situation, Germany would sooner or later land on the British mainland, and if it wanted not to die at that time, Britain would have to go all out to organize all the young men in Britain to take up arms and fight to the death with the Germans, and as we all know, the combat effectiveness of the British Army was not very good, and in last year's French war, most of the elite sent by the British to France had been lost, as long as a few fled back to the British soldiers, Although quite a few people have been captured, who knows when those people will be released?

Britain has quite a few army units on its own soil, in addition to Britain's own more than 1 million troops, there are more than 200,000 French troops, more than 300,000 Canadian troops, and more than 200,000 Australian troops, and these troops have lost 70,000 or 80,000 people in the recent German bombing of Britain. You must know that the German army has deployed more than two million troops in France.

George V continued: "China has a population of 450 million, and even if they die 10 million, there is no problem, but we can't, so we must use China's large number of troops to contain the German army forces on the European continent, and the German army must mobilize enough troops to fight against the Chinese army in order to ensure the security of the European continent, as long as the German army does not invade our homeland, we can continue to deal with the Germans, for which we pay any price is worth it." Now the Chinese want India and all the spheres of influence controlled by our country east of India, and their conditions are really too harsh, I think that except for India, the area east of India can be handed over to China to take over! ”

At this time, Asquith said: "Recently, the cabinet has received news that in Southeast Asia, there are many large and small nationalist organizations, these organizations oppose our rule over the region, they have gathered to form an armed force, have many kinds of weapons, many people have received special military training, in fact, our country's dominance in Southeast Asia has been unstable, with the current situation in our country, it is a matter of time before we lose those dependent territories, so I agree with the construction of His Majesty the King!" (To be continued......)