On September 11, 1908, a powerful news shocked the whole world, Britain and France, among the Entente powers, as well as Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which were allies, officially declared war on the Chinese Empire.

Lin Daxin, as the emperor of the Chinese Empire, declared war on his country in just a few hours after receiving the Entente and the other six countries of the Allied Powers except Russia, and did not feel any fear, and asked Prime Minister Wang Yan to declare war on six countries within two hours after the six countries declared war on the Chinese Empire.

Everyone came to the door, how could they bear it according to Lin Daxin's temper, and immediately declared war with color, it was impossible to get used to these enemies who declared war on their country.

After these six countries declared war on each other with the Chinese Empire, and Russia and the Chinese Empire were already in a state of war, it means that the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers will break out into a protracted war with the Chinese Empire.

It is not an exaggeration to use the four words to describe this war between the Chinese Empire and the seven European powers, the national strength of the two sides is there, that is, the Chinese Empire is in a comprehensive weakness with one enemy and seven enemies, and no one thinks that this war will end soon, and the Entente and the Central Powers themselves are very clear about this.

Although Lin Daxin is full of confidence in his empire's navy, land and air force, he will not be arrogant that the Chinese Empire can easily defeat the combined forces of the Entente and the Allied powers, and this war will be very difficult, and he doesn't know when it will be fought.

In the city of Beijing, the political and economic center of the Chinese Empire. The news of the declaration of war between the Chinese Empire and the Entente and the Central Powers soon spread throughout the city, and the common people of Beijing were immediately aroused.

In recent years, the Chinese Empire has developed rapidly in all aspects under the leadership of Lin Daxin. The national strength has been continuously strengthened, and it can be said that the problem of feeding the 500 million people of the Chinese Empire has been solved. The living standards of the common people have also been continuously provided, especially the possession of a powerful navy, land and air force, which can basically rank first in the world, and it has made the self-confidence of the people of the Chinese Empire higher and higher, and the pride of the nation has also swelled to the peak, and the people of the Chinese Empire have a sense of the heavenly kingdom for their country.

Now the Chinese Empire was teaching the Russians a lesson, and as a result, the Entente and the other six countries of the Central Powers jumped out and declared war on the Celestial Empire. It's really a slap in the face, what else is there to say, him!

The idea of the common people is very simple, the current emperor is a Ming monarch who has only come out in hundreds of years, and has turned a backward Qing Dynasty into a powerful Chinese empire, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and now some people don't want us to continue to live and work in peace and contentment, so let's do it! And a few years ago. Didn't the emperor defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance, and this time he will definitely win against 7 countries!

The day after the Entente and the Central Powers, six countries, declared war on the Chinese Empire. That is, on September 12, 1908, in the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire. and several important military and political ministers of the Chinese Empire discussed the declaration of war with the Entente and the Central Powers here.

Lin Daxin asked Shen Peng, the director of the Secret Bureau: "After the news of the declaration of war spreads. How did the people react? ”

Shen Peng said: "Your Majesty, since we revealed the news of the declaration of war to the people yesterday. The reaction of the people in Beijing was strong, and it can be said that the crowd was excited, and many young men surrounded the camp of the garrison in Beijing, and asked to join the army to defend our Chinese empire to the death, and a considerable number of them were students in school, and even many were college students, but these students and other young men were persuaded by our officers and soldiers to leave the barracks. ”

After the establishment of the Chinese Empire, Lin Daxin's investment in education was almost costless, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of primary and secondary schools throughout the Chinese Empire, only to say that it was not easy to set up a university, Lin Daxin in just a few years, more than 20 new ones, and there are currently 7 universities in Beijing.

Lin Daxin said: "Our Chinese Empire has a complete reserve, and in addition to the officers and soldiers of the expanded army who are drawn from the active forces, most of the officers and soldiers are selected from the reserves, but there is no need for those students to go to the battlefield now, if these students are needed to go to the battlefield, then our Chinese Empire will be in danger!" ”

These students, especially college students, are the hope of the Chinese Empire, and Lin Daxin is absolutely unwilling to treat these students as ordinary soldiers to be consumed in the war.

At this time, Wang Yan, the prime minister next to him, said: "Your Majesty, I believe that when the news spreads to other parts of the empire, the reaction of the people should be the same as that of the people of Beijing, so that the people's will can be used, at least if we continue to expand our troops, there is absolutely no need to worry about the source of troops." ”

Lin Daxin said: "On the issue of military resources, I am definitely not worried, our 30 million reservists of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire are not decorations, the other 6 countries of the Entente and the Allied Powers have declared war on us, we have already been prepared, since we can't hide, then let's see who has better means." Our navy, land, and air forces are still expanding according to the plan we made a few days ago, and there is no need to change the pace of our military expansion because the Entente and the other six countries of the Central Powers have declared war on our Chinese Empire. ”

Wu Peifu, Minister of National Defense, nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, our Ministry of Defense will continue to implement the military expansion plan formulated by the Ministry of National Defense." ”

Lin Daxin turned his head to Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and asked, "Do the Entente and the Allied countries have the latest intelligence to send back to China?" ”

Li Kun said: "The German intelligence station of our military intelligence bureau has just used a secret radio to send back an important piece of information, the Entente Britain and France, and the Allied countries' Germany, Italy, Austria and Turkey are ready to support the Russian army in Russia, France and Germany will each send 1 million land forces, Britain and Italy will each send 300,000 land forces, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire will each send 350,000 land forces, a total of 3.3 million, the Entente and the Central Powers plan that these 3.3 million land forces will be reinforced to the Russian Ural Mountains. Hold back the forces of our Chinese Empire. Or even launch a counterattack. ”

After a pause, Li Kun continued: "The Entente and the Central Powers have also agreed to form an unusually large joint expeditionary fleet. Expedition from Europe to Asia to compete with the Imperial Chinese Navy for sea supremacy throughout Asia. According to the telegram sent by the German intelligence station, this joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers has at least 66 dreadnought battleships and 66 all-steel battleships, as well as a large number of ironclad battleships, large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats and submarines, and its strength has surpassed the entire imperial navy of our Chinese Empire by a lot, of course, this is not counting our 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers. ”

Lin Daxin sneered: "When the soldiers come to block the water and cover the earth, when the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers arrives in the waters of Asia, our 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers will give them a big surprise." Now our focus should be on the Russian front line of the Ural Mountains and strive to break through the defense line of the Ural Mountains as soon as possible. Burn the war to Europe! Ziyu, how many troops is the Ministry of Defense ready to devote to the front line of the Ural Mountains? ”

Wu Peifu said helplessly: "If the railway from Omsk City to Chelyabinsk City is unblocked, our Royal Army of the Chinese Empire can definitely break through the defense of the Russian army before the armies of the Entente and the other 6 countries of the Allied countries reach the first line of the Ural Mountains, but unfortunately this railway was too completely damaged by the Russians, and there is no need to repair it at all, we can only rely on trucks to transport troops and supplies near Chelyabinsk City, so that we need to concentrate more land forces, After all, the land forces of the Entente and the other 6 countries of the Central Powers. You can use the Russian-European railways to reach the Ural Mountains faster than we do. Now according to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, our Ministry of Defense is ready to concentrate more troops on the front line of the Ural Mountains, and the initial plan is 8 field armies and 3 Guards armies. Four of these field armies and two of the Guards have just been formed, but it will take at least three months for us to get these units and war materiel to the front. ”

Originally, the Ministry of Defense was going to take one and a half months. Deliver army and war supplies to the vicinity of Chelyabinsk, but now the Allies and the other six Allied powers have declared war on the Chinese Empire. Moreover, these six countries planned to send 3.3 million troops into the Ural Mountains in Russia, and the original plan of the Ministry of Defense had to be reformulated. Mobilize more troops into Russian territory and move to the vicinity of the Ural Mountains, primarily near the city of Chelyabinsk.

The reserves of the Chinese Empire are indeed very perfect, and with the weapons and equipment previously reserved, Lin Daxin personally ordered the newly formed 10 field armies and 5 guards armies to withdraw a large number of officers from the active forces as the backbone in a very short period of time, and to expand their wings with reservists, so that these 15 main forces were quickly formed and could already go to the front line to fight.

Lin Daxin sighed and said: "In three months, the German Army, the French Army, and the British Army can reach the Russian Ural Mountains, and the next battle may not be as good as before." ”

Wu Peifu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the officers and men of our army have been fully mentally prepared for the difficulties of the war, although now our enemy has changed from the Russian Army to the entire Entente and the Allied Powers, but our Royal Army of the Chinese Empire is confident that it will defeat all the enemies in front of us." ”

Lin Daxin is also confident in the army he has built with his own hands, but the Entente and the Allies are not given in vain, and the situation on the Russian battlefield is different from the war a few years ago, the current battlefield is close to the Russian European region, the land forces of the Entente and the other 6 countries of the Allied countries are closer to the battlefield, unlike the last war, the armies of several countries to support the Russian army, must go through a long journey of thousands of kilometers, and now the armies of the six countries need to walk more than half, The Entente and Allied powers could also mobilize more land forces to the front, which would put much more pressure on the attacking forces of the Imperial Chinese Army.

Lin Daxin said to Wang Yan: "The materials on the front line must be guaranteed, and no mistakes are allowed in the combat materials!" ”

Wang Yan nodded and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, from now on, all departments will go all out and will definitely ensure the supply of front-line materials." ”

Lin Daxin thought about it for a while and said to Wu Peifu: "Since the British have also declared war on us now, then we don't need to be polite, the Ministry of Defense immediately formulated an offensive plan against the British Asian colonies, including attacks on India, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma, and prepared to open up another battlefield in addition to the Russian battlefield." ”

Wu Peifu nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the Ministry of Defense will make a battle plan against the British Asian colonies as soon as possible." ”

Lin Daxin then said to the Minister of the Admiralty, Jiang Hui, who was standing aside: "Let the Admiralty also prepare from now on to meet the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers, choose the appropriate battlefield, and formulate a detailed battle plan." ”

Jiang Hui replied in a deep voice: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Admiralty will formulate a detailed battle plan." ”

However, Jiang Hui's face was more solemn, although the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers as a killer feature, but from the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, it can be known that the joint expeditionary fleet that the Entente and the Central Powers are preparing to form has at least 66 dreadnought battleships and 66 all-steel battleships, as well as many other types of warships that cooperate with the battleships, and it will definitely surpass the entire Imperial Chinese Navy in terms of strength, and the naval battle will not be so easy to fight.

Lin Daxin saw Jiang Hui's solemn face, and said again: "Although the scale of the joint expeditionary fleet that the Entente and the Allied Powers are preparing to form is extremely large, it can be seen from the naval military exercises we secretly conducted in the past that the huge role of aircraft carriers in naval warfare, and the combat methods of aircraft carriers are different from those of previous warships. ”

Jiang Hui, as the minister of the Admiralty of the Chinese Empire, has always believed that the giant ship cannon is the development trend of the navy, but after the secret military exercises at sea, he also changed some of his own views, knowing that the aircraft carrier made by the emperor Lin Daxin could not be seen by the battleship, so he relied on carrier-based aircraft to sink the battleship, but after all, the aircraft carrier has not been tested in actual combat, and it is inevitable that Jiang Hui is a little worried. (To be continued......)