In the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing, Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, heard Wang Yan and Wu Peifu mention Japan and Russia, and his brows moved slightly, since the end of the war more than five years ago, these two countries, which suffered very large losses in the war, have received strong support from Britain and France over the years, at least in terms of military strength, Japan and Russia can not be underestimated.

However, compared with the current Chinese Empire, these two countries are still not enough, and the powerful Chinese Empire's navy, land and air force are not ornaments.

Lin Daxin said: "Japan and Russia should only have to be nervous for a short time, and they will not dare to really challenge the authority of our Chinese Empire. ”

Wang Yan and Wu Peifu both nodded, the Chinese Empire is never afraid of war, they, the founders of the Chinese Empire, also grew up in the flames of war, it was a war after a war to build such a huge empire, if a strong opponent like Japan and Russia, and even Britain, really dare to provoke a war, the Chinese Empire will let them know why the flowers are so red.

Lin Daxin then said to Wang Yan and Wu Peifu: "The current situation in Europe is not stable, the three allies of Germany, Italy and Austria led by Germany, and the three Entente countries of Britain, France and Russia have recently been full of gunpowder, which also makes the external pressure on our Chinese empire much less, and the British do not dare to put all their energy on us, and ignore the allies who are eyeing us!" Since the British Navy is coming to visit, no matter what the purpose of the British is, we must welcome it warmly, and make a little bit of the friendship of the landlords. However, the work of secrecy cannot be relaxed, and I will ask the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Secrecy Bureau to cooperate with the reception work. ”

The Military Intelligence Bureau and the Secret Service after the establishment of the Chinese Empire. The name has not changed, and the position of director is still held by Li Kun and Shen Peng respectively. However, after years of development, the two intelligence departments have become larger and larger, after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, not only established a perfect intelligence network all over the world, but also did a very good job of controlling the domestic control of the Chinese Empire, cracked a number of espionage cases, and also cracked a Manchu Qing Dynasty undead remnants, plotting to assassinate the Chinese Emperor Lin Daxin. It's much better than before.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II, who had reached the age of confusion this year, summoned Russian Finance Minister Witte, Navy Minister Makarov, and War Minister Korrosky to the palace.

Makarov took over the position of the previous Minister of the Navy, Grand Duke Vicky, and became the new Minister of the Russian Navy three years ago, but Grand Duke Vicky had to leave the center of power in Russia due to illness, and died of illness two years ago.

Tsar Nicholas II's face was not very good today, and he roared at the three important Russian ministers: "It's been almost 6 years! The lands of our Russian Empire are still encroached upon by the evil Chinese Empire, you tell Tsar Ben. When will we be able to reclaim the lost land? ”

Tsar Nicholas II has been in a bad mood lately, and at this time, his only son, also the crown prince of the Russian Empire, Alexei. Hemophilia has worsened, and Alexei's hemophilia is a genetic disease that runs in families, and has been diagnosed since birth. And relying on the current level of medicine, there is simply no cure for this inherited hemophilia.

Witte, Makarov and Gorrosky knew that Tsar Nicholas II had been in a bad mood lately. I've been throwing tantrums for no reason several times, and I've heard my big boss start to go crazy again. The three immediately lowered their heads and remained silent.

In recent years, with the support of Britain and France, Russia has recovered from the wounds of the last war, and the number of Russian standing armies has now reached 3.9 million, which belongs to 13 army groups, second only to the number of land forces of the Chinese Empire, ranking second in the world.

The equipment of the Russian standing army has also been improved compared to a few years ago, and the tanks and armored vehicles produced by the Russians themselves are also equipped with the army, and these tanks and armored vehicles are not too backward because of the French technology.

The Russian Navy, after several years of development, has also re-become a world-leading navy, with 6 Russian-class dreadnought battleships and 3 Valdo-class dreadnought battleships, as well as 8 all-steel battleships and a number of other types of warships.

The Valdo-class dreadnought battleship was designed by the Russians on the basis of the Russian-class dreadnought, with a full load displacement of 23,100 tons, which is 2,000 tons more than the Russian-class dreadnought, and is equipped with 10 double-mounted 50-caliber 305-mm guns, which is much longer than the 10-twin 45-caliber 305-mm main guns of the Russian-class dreadnought, of course, the main guns of these two dreadnoughts are imported from France, At present, the Russians themselves still cannot make such a large-caliber naval gun, even if they do, the quality is not up to par.

In addition, Russia has also established an air force, equipped with 60 fighters and 30 bombers imported from Britain and France, and a fighter produced by Russia itself is also equipped with the Russian Air Force, but this fighter is relatively very backward, basically can only be used as a training aircraft, but the Russians still equip this fighter with their air force.

Because the fighters and bombers under the command of Lin Daxin were born out of thin air in the war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, so that all countries have increased the development of aircraft, and there are advanced fighters under the command of Lin Daxin as an example, the performance requirements of various countries for fighters have increased a lot, and now the fighters equipped by countries such as Britain, France and Germany have even reached the level of the middle and late stages of World War I in history, and the maximum flight speed is close to 200 kilometers per hour, although it is still weaker than the fighters equipped by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, but when the two sides meet, The fighters of Britain, France and Germany are not powerless.

Because Lin Daxin listed the air force as a separate branch of the army, the air force of various countries was formed into a separate army earlier than in history, that is, after the army and navy, the third branch of the air force, appeared in the ranks of the armies of various countries, and the Russian air force is currently under the personal control of Tsar Nicholas II.

And the aircraft designed and built by the Russians themselves. With a maximum flight speed of less than 80 kilometers per hour, it can hardly be a live target in air combat. However, there are quite a few built, and there are more than 150 of them.

"Do you want that bastard Lin Daxin to continue to get away! The blood debt that that bastard committed against our Russian Empire. When will we get it back? You are talking! Are they all dumb? Tsar Nicholas II continued to shout to three important Russian ministers.

Russian Finance Minister Witte hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, after several years of recuperation, our Russian army and navy have recovered from the last war, and also have an air force, but the strength of the Chinese Empire established by Lin Daxin is too strong, that is, the army that our Russian Empire is proud of, and the number of troops is less than that of the Chinese Empire, so our Russian Empire wants to take revenge and regain the lost land." We can only think in the long run. ”

Tsar Nicholas II also knew that Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte was telling the truth, but he still said angrily: "Think long-term!" We in Russia have invested huge sums of money in order to re-establish our Russian army and navy, as well as the new air force, and now we owe a lot of debt to Britain and France, and the patience of Tsar Ben is running out, and we must launch an attack on the Chinese Empire as soon as possible to regain the lost land! Tsar Ben also knows the strength of the Chinese Empire, and has called you over today. I just want to ask you if there is any solution to this? ”

Admiral Makarov said at this time: "Your Majesty the Tsar, if we rely only on the Russians ourselves to wage war against the Chinese Empire, our chances of victory are very slim. He thought that we could find allies to work with the Chinese Empire, such as England and France, our allies of the Entente, and Japan, which had a close relationship with us in recent years. ”

War Minister Korrosky continued: "Your Majesty the Tsar. In addition, if we want to launch an attack on the Chinese Empire, our army must expand more land forces. In the final analysis, the war between the Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire will depend on land warfare to determine the outcome of the war. ”

Tsar Nicholas II listened to Makarov and Gorrosky. His face was a little better, and he nodded and said: "In terms of dealing with the Chinese Empire, it is indeed possible to win over some allies, and our two allies of the Entente countries also made Lin Daxin a lot of harm in the last war, and they are also full of hatred for the Chinese Empire established by Lin Daxin, but these two allies do not want to go to war with the Chinese Empire immediately." Japan's hatred for the Chinese Empire is no less than that of our Russian Empire, these three countries can be fought for, and I heard that Japan wants to join our Entente powers, Witte, is there such a thing? ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Vidner said: "The Japanese do want to join us in the Entente, but the British and French have not yet relented. ”

Tsar Nicholas II snorted coldly and said: "The British and French are still afraid of the Chinese Empire, and they are afraid that if the Japanese fight with the Chinese Empire again, they will drag them into the water." ”

The purpose of the Japanese wanting to join the Entente was that when war broke out with Lin Daxin again, Britain, France, and Russia would be able to follow the agreement of the Entente and declare war on the Chinese Empire together with Japan.

However, the British and French, fearing being dragged into the water, did not agree to the request of the Japanese to join the Entente, but they did not refuse at all, saying that they would consider it for a while and study it.

Russia is on the side of the Japanese on this issue, after all, the Russians are always ready to wage war against the Chinese Empire established by Lin Daxin, if Britain and France had warned Russia that if Russia wantonly provokes a war with the Chinese Empire, the two countries will not abide by the Entente's alliance, and the original intention of the Entente was to deal with the Germans.

Tsar Nicholas II said: "We in Russia should do something to get Britain and France to accept Japan as an Entente, and at the same time add the scope of the Entente's defense to the Chinese empire established by Lin Daxin's bastard." ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witt, Minister of the Navy Makarov and Minister of War Korrowsky all nodded in agreement, if Japan joins the Entente and Britain and France agree to add the goal of common defense to the Chinese Empire, then after Russia declares war on the Chinese Empire, there will be three powerful allies around to fight side by side with Russia.

Tsar Nicholas II thought about it again and said: "At present, our Russian army has 13 army groups and 3.9 million troops, Gorrosky, how many troops are there in the current army of the Chinese Empire?" ”

Gorrosky replied: "Your Majesty the Tsar, according to our intelligence, the standing army of the Chinese Empire has reached 4.3 million, which is the largest standing army in the world, surpassing our Russian army. ”

Tsar Nicholas II turned to Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte and asked: "Is there any money in the current treasury of the Empire?" Can it support the expansion of our army? ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, in addition to the military expenses left for the army and the normal expenses of the government, there are nearly 12 million pounds of loans from Britain and France that can be used in the accounts of the imperial treasury. ”

Tsar Nicholas II smiled for the first time today and said: "This is really good news, then Gorrosky, your War Department will immediately carry out a plan to expand the Army, and the Imperial Treasury will allocate 10 million pounds to your War Department, and Tsar Ben hopes to see the newly formed 4 armies in 3 months." ”

Gorrosky excitedly said: "Yes! Your Majesty the Tsar, our War Department will certainly form four new army groups within three months, so that the army of our Russian Empire will once again become the country with the largest number of standing armies in the world. ”

Russia's reserve system is still relatively perfect, the reserve force has millions of soldiers, and Russia has a lot of weapons in reserve over the years, which is also Gorrosky's courage to pat his chest to guarantee that four new group armies and 1.2 million troops will be established in three months.

Tsar Nicholas II touched his beard and said: "In addition, our Russian Air Force also needs large-scale investment, and now our own fighter planes are too backward, the reason is that our aircraft engines are not good, we need to import some powerful aircraft engines as soon as possible, develop our Russian new generation of fighters, and even bombers, and the remaining more than 1 million pounds in the imperial financial account will be kept for the Russian Air Force!" (To be continued......)