Chapter 248: The Stalemate of the European War
The war between Siam and China ended so quickly that all countries were shocked, and it ended with such a comedic result, all of which showed the tough style of China, which made the countries that wanted to secretly help Siam not even have time to react, it was too fast.
With the accession of Siam, China successfully extended its hand to the peninsula of Central and South Asia, and the British and French, who occupied areas such as Burma and Annam, were completely remorseful at this time, which was completely unexpected by them. Originally, they thought that even if Siam was defeated, it would be just a reparation, but they didn't expect to lose the whole of Siam, and naively they wanted to oppress Siam afterwards in order to gain more colonies.
On the other hand, the United States is glad that it did not cooperate with Siam, Yuanshui can't save the fire after all, and supporting Siam is simply a waste of resources and funds, and it also exacerbates the contradiction with China.
Germany was very satisfied with the end of the war so quickly, because their commercial trade in Siam was also very important, and a lot of resources were purchased from Siam, after all, a Chinese resource could not fill the crazy war machine of Germany, and it was very painful to break off diplomatic relations with Siam for the sake of China, but now it is not painful, and you can get more preferential treatment.
After Zheng Xian ascended the throne, he quickly carried out government and military reforms, and the government gave up the prime minister to the Han people in order to curry favor with the central government, and the proportion of government personnel was half Tai and half Han, and the Han people generally held important positions.
After Thailand joined the Chinese Federal Empire, the Chinese also became Han Chinese, and the local people of Siam also became an ethnic group of the empire like Goryeo, Goryeo is the Korean ethnic group, and Thailand is the Thai ethnic group.
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On April 1, the German army occupied Paris, the capital of France, shocking the whole of Europe, and the bombing force with the German flag became the talk of the European countries.
At a time when all countries were still using airplanes to reconnoitre, Germany was already leading the world in terms of airplanes like Huaxia, and the bombing of Paris also made countries frantically urge Huaxia to deliver, especially Britain and France, almost let the ambassador to China go to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce all day long to urge the goods, Huaxia had to deliver the first batch of 50 Fire Dragon bombers to the two countries, and the planes were on their way to Europe.
After nearly half a month of war, the Allies and the Allies fought more than a dozen battles in France, and both sides won and lost each other, but on the whole, the Allies won most of the victories, and the Allies retreated to the southwest and northwest coasts.
The coalition forces spent hundreds of thousands of troops to resist the Allied forces on the front lines of Angers, Poitiers, and Limoges, where they built a huge defensive line and garrisoned by millions of troops.
The Germans also advanced to Lyon in the east, and the Allied forces also established a base camp in Toutoulouse, and the Portuguese and Spanish armies combined with more than 700,000 troops rushed towards Lyon. As for the seas in the northwestern part of France, they were not lost because of the survival of the Allied fleet, where the British landed frantically and prepared to regain the lost territory.
Small France gathered more than 3 million troops from two camps, including 2 million Allied troops and 1.3 million Allied troops, and the Allied forces continued to concentrate their forces into France, if it were not for the reluctance of Italy and Switzerland to take advantage of the Balkan Allied Army, otherwise the strength of the Allied forces would not be less than that of the Allied forces.
In terms of troops, Britain and France began to struggle and had to recruit troops from the major colonies, urgently summing hundreds of thousands of troops from Canada, Australia, India and other places to Europe.
Italy is now very embarrassed, it was originally an Allied power, not only did it not join the war after the start of the war and chose neutrality, but also took advantage of the weakness of the Entente to sell materials to them at a high price, the Allied attitude towards it ignored, and it did not dare to join the Entente now, because the Entente was in a weak position.
In order to prevent Italy from being shot in the back, the Balkan coalition army gathered more than 200,000 troops on its borders, which made the whole country very nervous, and the militants saw the advantages of the Allies and were actively agitating to join the Allies to divide the benefits.
Italian Prime Minister António Sarandra actively advocated the abandonment of the original alliance with Germany and Austria and fought on the side of the Entente against Germany and Austria, but because of the strength of the allies, a large number of military officers and government personnel opposed it, and the officers generally believed that only by joining the Allies could they gain more benefits, rather than joining the arrogant Entente bloc.
While there were those who were in favor of joining the Confederates, there were also those who fanned the flames of the war, urging the government
The war was used as an opportunity to put an end to the Italian Risorgimento and to conquer the territories still under Austrian rule and to unify Italy. These included nationalists, reconquistalists and members of the trade union movement linked to the Social Democratic Party.
Unable to get more support, Sarandra could only maintain a neutral position, but both the government and the military were constantly developing their armies, one for self-preservation and the other for being able to join the victorious side later in the war to gain more benefits.
The Allied fleet and the Allied fleet also broke out several small-scale battles in the Mediterranean and North Seas, which were basically tentative attacks, and the Allied fleet temporarily suppressed the Allied fleet, but did not take any big advantage.
Both the coalition and the Allied fleets are brewing a big war, the former wants to cripple the other side in one fell swoop, and the latter wants to break the blockade of the other side and rush out of the Baltic Sea.
The bustle of the streets of London is still unaffected by the war. The streets were still so lively, there was no smell of war at all, and not many people reacted to the whining of air raids from time to time, and they all went on with their lives with laughter and laughter.
Almost all the British people did not think that their country's army would fail, even if it was not very good now, but they still believed that the great Britain was the master of the world, and that it would not be long before the Allies were defeated, and then they would clean up these disobedient neighbors.
Since the bombing of Paris and the German bombing in Belgium, London has been constantly letting the people carry out air raid evasion drills in order to prevent the bombing of the German army, but after many drills and no planes coming, the people have not taken this very seriously.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you should advise His Majesty the King to withdraw from London temporarily, but London is within range of German bombers, and it is likely to be bombed, and the government will have to move to other places temporarily." The Admiralty Minister exhorted Prime Minister Asquith.
In Churchill's view, the German army is likely to bomb London like the bombing of Paris, which will provoke the Reich, but it will also have the effect of blowing, and it is conceivable that the people of the Reich will panic after London is bombed, after all, no one wants to be killed for no reason.
"Even if the Germans bomb London, we cannot move the government out of London, and I have already advised His Majesty the King, but I have refused. What would happen if the government and the royal family moved out of London at this time? Countless Londoners will be disappointed with the government and the royal family, will cause panic, and even lead the front-line soldiers to fight passively! Asquith also has his own considerations, and he will not move out of London until the end.
Churchill saw that the royal family and the government had decided not to persuade him, and in some way he had overstepped his authority as the Minister of the Admiralty, and that there would be no result if he continued, and he could only pray that the Germans would not bomb London.
A government official slammed open the door of the prime minister's office and rushed in, panting and running to Asquith and shouting, "I found the Germans bombarding ...... Bomber group, positive ...... I am flying to London, please ...... Refuge! ”
The two people sitting on it stood up in shock and asked at the same time: "What, German bombers are flying towards London!?" ”
The official nodded affirmatively.
Asquith glanced at Churchill meaningfully, as if to say you crow's mouth!
"Immediately sounded the air raid alert, and dispatched police and soldiers to let citizens go to bomb shelters to escape the bombing. All government officials urgently transferred the government documents, and sent another person to inform the king to take the royal family to hide, and the qiē did as they did in the rehearsal. ”
"Churchill, how did you become the Minister of the Admiralty, you don't know that the German Air Force flew over the Channel, why don't you hurry up and get the Navy ready to let these German bombers stay!"
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
Churchill walked away quickly, and the officer suddenly whispered to Asquith: "Prime Minister, this news came back from the Navy, and the bomber was already far away from them when they found it." ”
Asquith's face was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still had the cheekiness to wave his hand to let the official go down, and he had to pack his things and prepare to flee for his life.
"Woo~~~Woo~~~"
The air raid alert sounded, followed by the mayor of London and a group of officials in cars shouting loudly in the streets with loudspeakers that the German bombers were about to arrive in London, begging the citizens to immediately enter the bomb shelters to avoid the bombing, and groups of police and soldiers took to the streets to maintain order.
When the citizens heard the alarm, they didn't think so, but after the shouts of the government officials, most of the citizens believed it and rushed to the air-raid shelter that had only been put into use for a long time.
"Boom ......"
Twenty Gotha bombers flew close to London, and ten rudimentary British reconnaissance planes bravely rushed towards the bombers, and the Gotha bombers lowered their altitude when they saw it, and several machine guns stuck out from the planes.
"Come on, give you a taste of Gotha power, damn British!"
"Da Da Da ......"
The German bombers spewed out tongues of fire, and several British reconnaissance planes that were shortened were knocked out of a series of holes, and then fell into smoke and fell to the bottom, and some of them burned in mid-air.
The other reconnaissance planes also wanted to take out their machine guns and shoot at the Germans, but after seeing the fate of these planes, they began to flee, because their wooden planes only had one machine gun on them, and they could not be used for a long time.
"Boom! Boom~~~Boom~~~"
When the German bombers reached the skies over London, they began to bomb the lower part of the palace, avoiding the palace and bombing the Chancellery and government buildings, and the area around the palace was also bombed.
Explosions rang out incessantly, and the raging fire melted the white snow, and fire spread everywhere. There was no time to escape, and many citizens were affected by bombs or collapsed buildings.