Chapter 64: The Decision of Great Britain and Germany
Myitkyina's reinforcements were stationed there after Khamma met Minto, and Minto and others, who met the rescuers, finally escaped the pursuit of the Wehrmacht, which made Minto very glad that he had asked to mobilize Myitkyina's army just in case, otherwise he would have died in a foreign land.
The commander of the British army in Myitkyina was General Smith, General Smith was one of the three British army leaders in the British colonies in Asia, Smith was in charge of the British troops in Asia and Southeast Asia, and he did not need to come to Tibet this time, but he was really bored in Myitkyina and came with the army, and he came when he heard that he was going to fight with the Wehrmacht in Tibet this time, in fact, he came for those treasures in Tibet.
As for why Britain is so keen on Tibet, there are probably three reasons: first, they are afraid that China or Tsarist Russia will use Tibet as a springboard to attack India in the future, and that Tibet can overlook the hinterland of China. second, those well-preserved antiquities and various interests in Tibet; The third is to make use of Tibet's topography and the world's highest peak to do research, and the first two are the most important.
Smith was also shocked when he saw Minto, and he couldn't imagine that the former high-spirited governor of the British pearl was now so wolf, although he and Minto had the same status, but the Indian governor was still more important than him, a general.
Smith was very shocked after asking Minto, he couldn't imagine that the backward Huaxia would have an airship, there must be something greasy in it, is it really Germany playing tricks, Germany said at the beginning that it would help Huaxia, and now I feel very suspicious when I think about it.
When Smith heard that the Wehrmacht had airships, he immediately asked the soldiers to store the weapons, ammunition and supplies, and asked the soldiers to dig a lot of underground buildings, and now he has no weapons to deal with the airships, and the only thing is to hide his things from the Wehrmacht on the airship.
After the British Prime Minister received Minto's telegram, he immediately convened the high-level to discuss, and the Prime Minister took the telegram to the ministers and opened it, and everyone was very shocked after reading it, and they couldn't imagine that the powerful imperial army was beaten by the backward Chinese army and suffered heavy losses, and there was such a thing as an airship, and the airship should not appear in China.
The prime minister roared: "Now everyone has seen how the Chinese government obtained such a thing as an airship, obviously Huaxia does not have the strength to manufacture airships, it is likely that Germany sold it to Huaxia, but the intelligence officers in Germany did not find that Germany has this kind of large airship, is this the latest research and development of Germany and then taken to Tibet for testing?" How does the intelligence service do it? β
"I think it's most likely to be Germany's latest research airship, as for why it appeared in China, the willingness is nothing more than the current collusion between Germany and Huaxia, and Germany likes the empire very much, everyone seems to have forgotten that the one in Huaxia is the son-in-law of the German Krupp family, so it's not surprising that the airship will be given to Huaxia. There is only one thing that is most noteworthy, that is, according to Governor Minto, those Huaxia are already very skilled, what do you think? Churchill said cautiously.
War Secretary Viscont Hall thought for a moment and said: "If it is really a German experiment, then Germany should have started a conspiracy against the empire a long time ago, so this time the Chinese government sent troops to Tibet can be seen as Germany behind the back." β
Assistant Prime Minister: "Now whether it is a German conspiracy or not, let's think about how to give an explanation to the people, the defeat in Tibet has been basically determined, and whether the reinforcements from Myitkyina can rush to the battlefield in time to aid the army of the Indian governor, and besides, the army of Myitkyina has no weapons that can deal with airships, I hope that the reinforcements from Myitkyina can survive this difficulty." After saying that, he also watched the reactions of a group of people, but everyone fell into deep thought.
After more than ten minutes, Churchill stood up and said: "It is better to send the 'Chinese' squadron to the door of Huaxia to threaten them, and if not, bombard Nanjing, so that Huaxia can know the strength of the Imperial Navy and can save a lot of public opinion for the defeat of the army." β
The prime minister thought for a while, "It's not good to dispatch the navy now, besides, the navy is still in the Bay of Bengal, and when the fleet arrives in China, it is estimated that the war in Tibet will have to end, so let's think of other ways." β
Churchill: "Maybe we can have the Japanese attack the northeast of China, and the Japanese navy to threaten the coast of China or Nanjing, so that we can delay the time to prepare the warriors of the empire, and it will take time to get the weapons against the airships to Tibet." β
Assistant Prime Minister: "Japan is now becoming more and more out of our control, I don't know if Japan will take the opportunity to rob, you know the madness of the Japanese, their greedy Cheng dΓΉ is about the same as a polar bear, and if the Japanese Army enters the Northeast, it will definitely make Nicholas II, a madman, go crazy, as for the Japanese Navy, you should not forget the German fleet in the Far East, plus the newly born naval strength of China is no longer below Japan, now it depends on Germany's attitude."
After everyone heard this, they thought for a while, the relationship of interests during this period is too complicated, and it cannot be decided at once.
After thinking for a long time, the prime minister said: "Let's first let the Far East Fleet bypass Malacca and enter the waters of China, even if Tibet loses, we will be able to recover the capital for negotiations in the navy, just like the previous war between France and the Qing Kingdom, as for the Indian side, it is called for people to go all out to recruit troops and horses in India to prevent China's invasion of India, and contact the Japanese navy to let them go to the coast of China to threaten China, I believe they are very willing, by the way to test the true attitude of Germany." β
After hearing this, Churchill and the others agreed with the Prime Minister's suggestion without any opinion, and then they discussed how to arrange it.
The day after receiving Minto's telegram of assistance, the British Prime Minister announced that the Far East Fleet, which had formed the three local fleets of India, China, and Australia trained in the Indian Ocean, would be transferred to the waters of China to relieve the pressure on the British forces in Tibet.
Germany also quickly learned why the Chinese government lost in Tibet, which is also the reason why many retired officers in Germany held positions in the Chinese army, combined with the inference of those German generals and marshals, it is certain that it is related to the Ma Jiajun in the northwest, and Germany is not surprised that the Wehrmacht will have airships, after all, even airplanes will be poor. Germany was not surprised by the British defeat, and especially looked down on the British colonial forces in Germany, and they were very aware of the strength of the Wehrmacht.
Now Wilhelm II was thinking most about how to get more benefits from the Far East after the Great War between China and Britain, not only him, but also one of his officers and subordinates were racking their brains to gain benefits in this war.
Just when Wilhelm II had a headache, Qin Yu's telegram was placed on his table, and Wilhelm II looked at the telegram very excited, because it said that Qin Yu wanted to cooperate with Germany, and Huaxia would bring Bengal to forcibly occupy it in the future, but Huaxia's navy could not sail to the Indian Ocean, so it would lend some ports in the Indian Ocean to Germany for use, which could be stationed in it, on the condition that Germany must help Huaxia deter Japan when the Japanese navy threatened the coast of China, In addition, after Britain's defeat, Germany wanted to unite with the Allies to put pressure on Britain and support more weapons, machinery and other materials.
Wilhelm II saw that he could garrison troops and his thoughts flew to the Bay of Bengal, as if he saw the scene of his army sweeping directly from the Bay of Bengal to India, and Britain without the support of the back garden was certainly not his opponent, and the world would be his own at that time. But he soon thought that this would make Britain directly confront him, and he was not ready for it now, and Britain would certainly not let himself garrison there, so he hesitated, and he felt that he should discuss it with his men, so he sent someone to summon a cadre of senior German officers.
The generals and marshals didn't know why Wilhelm II had summoned them, but they put down their work and rushed to Sanssouci Palace, and soon they were in Sanssouci Palace. When the generals and marshals arrived, Wilhelm II distributed the pre-printed telegrams to them, and Wilhelm II himself pondered the question.
Half an hour later, Schlieffen spoke first, "I think this plan can be implemented, but the risks are too great, and even if China can defeat Bengal, it may not be able to escape the attack of Britain and France, China has not yet solved the problem of reunification, Russia is also watching China closely in Outer Mongolia, and Russia, France and Britain are in the same camp, so I don't agree." β
Wilhelm II: "If we have an imperial army in the Bay of Bengal, then India, the backyard of Britain, will be threatened by us, and Britain will inevitably send a large number of troops to India, and if we go to war with Britain in the future, we can unite with China to open up a second battlefield in Asia, which I think is still very good." β
Moltke retorted: "Your Majesty, the Empire is not ready for direct confrontation with Britain now, India is too important to Britain, and once we garrison our troops there, it may trigger an early war." Besides, Huaxia now doesn't know if it has the sea power to compete with the British Far East Fleet, and Huaxia is not an opponent of Japan, a British lackey, so don't agree to Qin Yu's request. Moltke did not believe that the current Huaxia government was an opponent of Japan, so he did not approve of Qin Yu's request.
Hindenburg looked at Moltke and said: "I don't approve of agreeing to China, the complicated situation in Asia also knows how many troops we can send to Asia, and the power of Britain and France has been developing in Asia for decades or hundreds of years, and the empire can not compete with it for a while, so it is better not to agree." β
Wilhelm II was also helpless after hearing this, Germany's strength in Asia was too weak, and it was really not suitable to directly confront Britain now.
Just as everyone was about to make a decision, a general of the Krupp family said: "I don't think this is necessarily an opportunity, we can change to a condition that everyone can accept, such as we don't want to garrison troops, we ask to enter the Bengal region to develop commerce and other activities and a good place for the empire's merchant ships to anchor and rest, after all, Bengal is closer to the empire's voyage, and you can even use the resources there to help the Ottoman Empire or transfer it to the empire in the Ottomans, which can better solve the empire's resource problem." "This general grew up watching Erin, so he decided to help Qin Yu.
Other people think about it, but the abundant resources in Bangladesh are still very attractive, and it is barely acceptable if you change this.
Wilhelm II's eyes lit up after seeing it, he was immersed in Qin Yu's conditions before, forgetting the resources of Bengal, and it was good that he could not garrison the army and harvest rich resources. Then Wilhelm II and his ministers discussed this issue for a night, knowing that the final result would be reached the next day, and as soon as the result came out, William immediately sent a telegram to Qin Yu.
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