Chapter 557: Full of confidence

For the border conflict that broke out between Russia and the Chinese Empire, Britain and France, as allies of their Entente countries, suddenly felt very entangled, because the two countries found that this conflict, so that the Russian Tsar Nicholas II Xian's reaction was a little fierce, and it was not good that a Sino-Russian war would break out again, and how should the two countries choose, whether to help Russia or not to help Russia, no matter what, it made Britain and France feel uncomfortable, and it was really a Russian who was not worrying.

As the enemies of the Entente, the Central Powers, led by Germany, saw the border conflict between Russia and the Chinese Empire, and there was a tendency to become more and more intense, and immediately began to gloat and snicker.

It was after the Ottoman Turkish Empire newly joined the Central Powers that the number of Central Powers increased from the original 3 to 4, but in the face of the Entente of Britain, France and Russia, the Central Powers were still at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

However, if Russia really breaks out into war with the Chinese Empire, no matter whether or not the other two countries of the Entente can be dragged into the water in the end, the strength of the Entente will be greatly weakened, after all, the military strength of the Chinese Empire can be almost dominated by the whole world, and it is conceivable that after the outbreak of war, Russia will suffer huge losses, so that the balance of strength between the Central Powers and the Entente will undergo a fundamental change.

It would be better if Britain and France were also dragged into the water by Russia, not to mention the outcome of the war, Britain, France and Russia would all suffer very large losses, and even the Chinese Empire would definitely be broken.

Germany, Italy, Austria, who had joined the Eight-Nation Alliance, also had no good impression of the Chinese Empire, and even had a very big resentment. The Yellow Peril theory that the German Emperor Wilhelm II always adhered to. Moreover, this Yellow Peril theory has now clearly stated that it is aimed at the Chinese Empire, and in addition, the German army and navy suffered heavy losses in the last war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin, and Germany's perception of the Chinese Empire can be imagined.

Several naval fiascos in Italy. If there is a chance, the Italians are absolutely willing to stab the Chinese Empire to avenge the bloody feud of the annihilation of the navy over the years.

I can't complain that the Italians have such a grudge against Lin Daxin and the Chinese Empire he established, and if you look closely, the Italian Navy has had the experience of 4 total annihilations in the hands of the navy under Lin Daxin. The first was a mercenary fleet hired to the Japanese, the second was an expeditionary fleet organized by the Italians themselves, and the third was a combined fleet organized by the Italians and the United States. The fourth was the Italian Navy's participation in all Italian warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance Expeditionary Fleet.

That is, among the active warships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, there are still many warships, all of which are the warships captured by the original Italian Navy, and the Italians who have been committed to the development of the navy. Resentment of Lin Daxin and the Chinese Empire is also understandable.

This time the conflict on the border between China and Russia. The Italians were so excited that they almost jumped up and raised their arms and shouted, hoping that the Entente and the Chinese Empire would fight each other, and that it would be better for a protracted war to lose as much as possible.

Austria-Hungary could not have had any good feelings about its enemies, only the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which had just joined the Central Powers, had an indifferent attitude towards the Chinese Empire, but it could weaken the power of the Entente. It was also something that the Ottoman Turkish Empire was happy to see.

As a result, several countries of the Central Powers desperately hoped that Russia and the Chinese Empire would soon start fighting, and they would be able to watch the excitement from the sidelines. Waiting for both sides to lose, and finally sitting on the benefit of the fisherman, that is really the happiest thing.

Because of Song Keer's injury, Lin Daxin has been with Song Keer almost in modern time and space for a while, and only takes the time to return to the time and space of the Chinese Empire to see if there is anything that needs to be handled by him, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, if there is no big thing, Lin Daxin will travel back to modern time and space as soon as possible.

After the visit of Deng Housen, deputy commissioner of police of the Hong Kong police, Lin Daxin and Song Keer said a word, and in a room on the top floor of the villa, they started the crossing ring, and then traveled back to the time and space of the Chinese Empire, ready to turn around and return to modern time and space to accompany Song Keer, although Song Keer has nothing to do, but this kidnapping incident scared her a lot, Lin Daxin is still ready to accompany her more, so this time is basically staying in modern time and space.

However, this time Lin Daxin traveled back to the time and space of the Chinese Empire, and received the news that a conflict broke out on the border with Russia, and it was impossible to just turn around, and he had to stay to deal with this matter, so Lin Daxin immediately convened several important ministers of the Chinese Empire to discuss the handling of this border conflict, and the Premier of the Chinese Empire, Wang Yan, the Minister of National Defense, Wu Peifu, and the Director of the State Military Intelligence Bureau, Li Kun, were all summoned to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.

Lin Daxin frowned and asked Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, "Has the real cause of the conflict been clarified?" ”

Li Kun nodded and said: "It has been found out, because one of the soldiers patrolling the border line of our rifle misfired, and by chance hit the vital point of a Russian soldier on the other side of the river, which finally caused this exchange of fire, and it was not deliberately provoked by Russia, but according to the intelligence of our military intelligence bureau from Russia, Russia seems to be preparing to mobilize the army this time, especially Tsar Nicholas II's reaction was somewhat strong, not only speeding up the formation of the new Russian army group, In addition, more troops have been mobilized in areas near the border line of our country, and in Novosibirsk, where the exchange of fire occurred, the Russian army is now heavily concentrated, with two army groups stationed. ”

The intelligence bureau and the secret bureau, the two intelligence departments of the Chinese empire, have become even larger in recent years, such as the intelligence network of the military intelligence bureau in almost all countries in the world, and even the colonies of some European countries in Africa have the power of the military intelligence bureau.

As one of the evil neighbors of the Chinese Empire, Russia, the Military Intelligence Bureau has a very efficient and fast intelligence system, and basically all important Russian military movements, before the plan has even begun, there will be a detailed military intelligence on the desk of Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau. All the secrets of Russia were open to the Chinese Empire.

Wang Yan continued: "Your Majesty, after this crossfire incident on the border line. Our Cabinet has issued a grave warning to Russia and is responsible for the conflict, but it seems that this time Russia is facing our high-pressure strategy. Some dogs may jump off the wall in a hurry, and it seems that we must be prepared for the outbreak of war! ”

The foreign policy of the Chinese Empire was formulated by Lin Daxin himself, and the core idea was power diplomacy, like this conflict on the border line, regardless of how it was caused in the first place, in the end the Chinese Empire must make Russia apologize to it and make reparations.

A big fist is the truth. Since the fist of the Chinese Empire is big now, Lin Daxin must show his fist big, and he will not take into account whether Russia is aggrieved or not.

Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Agency, followed and said, "Your Majesty. According to our intelligence, this time it was mainly Tsar Nicholas II who was very dissatisfied with the warnings of our Chinese Empire and had some intention of provoking a war. ”

Lin Daxin sneered and said: "If the Russians are not convinced, let them come over, is our Chinese Empire still afraid that they will not succeed." Since we were able to defeat the Russians twice. Occupying more than 15 million square kilometers of land, our now more powerful Chinese Empire will definitely be able to defeat Russia again and add new territory to our Chinese Empire, Ziyu, what plan has the Ministry of Defense made to deal with this? ”

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Defense has ordered all units along the border between Andong and Anxi provinces with Russia to be put into combat readiness, as well as in areas like the vicinity of New Asia City in Andong Province," said Minister of Defense Wu Peifu. It also withdrew troops from other places and strengthened the troops of New Asia City. Fighter planes at airfields near the border line are also ready to take off at any time. ”

Andong Province is the area between the Yenisei River and the Ob River in Russia, which was captured by the Dingbei Army under Lin Daxin in the last war, and finally through the armistice treaty, it was reasonably and legally occupied by Lin Daxin and named Andong Province. Ansi Province is the entire region of Kazakhstan east of the Ural River in Russia, which, like Andong Province, was lost by Russia in the last war.

Nowadays, the border between Russia and the Chinese Empire is still long, but only Andong Province and Anxi Province are connected with the territory of Russia, and the garrisons of the two provinces are also the two garrisons with the largest number of the 45 garrisons of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, the strength of the garrison of Andong Province has reached 120,000 people, and the strength of the garrison army of Anxi Province has also reached 110,000.

In addition, there are 2 field armies in Andong province, 2 field armies are also stationed in Ansi province, and even the 3rd Guards Army is currently in Andong province to guard against the Russians.

The city of New Asia is a part of the city of Novosibirsk that was divided east of the Ob River, and this part of the city of Novosibirsk occupied by the Chinese Empire was renamed the city of New Asia.

Listening to Wu Peifu's words, Lin Daxin nodded, the Ministry of Defense has always been the most concerned about the defense of the Sino-Russian border, and it can also be said that it is the most concerned about Russia, after all, around the Chinese Empire, Russia is relatively speaking, the neighbor that poses the greatest threat to the Chinese Empire, followed by Japan, and Britain's India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma, which are British colonies around the Chinese Empire, can only rank third in terms of threat.

Wang Yan said at this time: "Your Majesty, if it is just a war with the Russians, our Chinese Empire can be said to win and not lose, but the minister is worried that when the time comes, as Russia's allies in the Entente, Britain and France will also be involved, then for our Chinese Empire, it will be a national war!" ”

Lin Daxin frowned, Wang Yan said that the situation is not impossible, although according to Lin Daxin's understanding, the agreement signed by the three countries of the Entente countries excluded the Chinese Empire from the scope of common prevention, because Britain and France were afraid that after the outbreak of war between China and Russia, they would drag their two countries into the war, but in recent years, Britain and France have provided a lot of assistance to Russia, including funds, weapons and technology, etc., so that Russia has recovered from the fiasco of the last war, and no one can predict that Britain and France will have a convulsion, and together with Russia, declared war on the Chinese Empire.

Lin Daxin pondered for a moment, his eyes became firm, and he said to the three confidants: "A few years ago, it was against the Eight-Nation Alliance, and we all won, if the two countries of the Entente, Britain and France, dare to defy the condemnation of the world, our Chinese Empire will definitely fight to the end, and I believe that the final victory will definitely belong to our Chinese Empire!" ”

Wang Yan, Wu Peifu and Li Kun all nodded in agreement, now that Lin Daxin has become the emperor of the Chinese Empire, the overall strength has been greatly improved compared to a few years ago, that is, now the three stronger Britain, France and Russia combined, the Chinese Empire also has the determination to win the war.

The source of the confidence of the monarchs and ministers is nothing more than the strong Chinese Empire's navy, land and air force to rely on, the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire has three major guards, ten field armies, 45 garrison armies, and five independent cavalry divisions, with a total strength of 4.3 million, and for the time being, it is still the largest country in the number of standing armies in the world, and the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire has more confidence than the 30 million army reserve personnel, as long as the Chinese Empire is given about 1 year to expand the army of 1 or 20 million. Definitely not a problem,

The Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire currently has 18 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships, 12 Phoenix-class dreadnought battleships and 7 super dreadnought battleships from the future time and space, in addition to more than 60 all-steel battleships, as well as many other types of warships, and is currently the world's first in terms of total displacement, not counting the 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers hidden by Lin Daxin, if you count these 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers, it is the navy of Britain, France and Russia combined, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire still has a 100% chance of winning.

Not to mention the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, since its establishment, it has always ranked first among the air forces of various countries, and its strength is far ahead of other countries.

The three armies of the Chinese Empire, the navy, land and air force, can be said to be the first in the world among their respective arms, and the sum of these three world firsts makes the current Chinese Empire lack confidence!

Lin Daxin then said to Wu Peifu: "Let the troops in the southwest region also be ready, in case the Russians are really not afraid of death, and the British are involved, we will directly attack the British India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, these areas, and let the navy fleets also enter a state of combat readiness. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you Xiao Yi 002 and Brother Feilong for your tips, thank you