In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II heard that Russian Finance Minister Witte wanted to consider ending the war, and shook his head like a rattle.

The last war between Russia and Lin Daxin, because of the riots in Russia, Russia had to sign the armistice agreement, resulting in the loss of 5.12 million square kilometers of land, and 15 million pounds in compensation, which has made Nicholas II regard himself and Russia's great shame, this time I can't admit defeat by saying anything, we must persevere, Nicholas II believes that as long as you persist, there is still hope for victory in the end, after all, the Eight-Nation Alliance is the world's 8 powers, Even if it is consumed, Lin Daxin can be consumed to death.

Witte looked at Nicholas II with a resolute look, did not say anything, but sighed secretly, the Russian ambassador to Japan has sent to Russia the will of the Japanese to end the war, Witte believes that the Japanese will not only convey such news to Russia, but also the other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance will definitely receive such news from the Japanese, Witte is worried that with the example of the Battle of Krasnoyarsk in front of him, can the bigwigs of other countries be as resolute as the tsar of his own country?

Witt's conjecture was correct, and several countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance were less determined to continue the war after the Battle of Krasnoyarsk. Nicholas II was willing to use Russia's state capital and Lin Daxin, and other countries were not willing to be in this war. Exhausted his country's national capital, at the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England. Foreign Minister Marquess Lansdowne came to British Prime Minister Arthur? Belfort's office.

The Marquis of Lansdowne held a telegram in his hand and said: "Prime Minister, our British ambassador to Japan has sent a telegram conveying the wishes of the Japanese to end the war, and it seems that the Japanese themselves are a little overwhelmed. ”

Prime Minister Arthur? The spirit of Balfour is not good, his pressure is very high these days, after the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait, the Eight-Nation Alliance was suddenly in a weak position in the war, not to mention the losses of the British Navy in the naval battle, only the impact after the naval battle. Britain has been the most implicated.

Now the concessions of Hong Kong and Shanghai are occupied by the troops under Lin Daxin, the three important port cities of Singapore, Penang and Malacca in the British Straits Settlements, as well as Malaysia, the British have actually given up because of the contraction strategy in Asia, and India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and other Asian colonies are also facing a huge threat. The cabinet formed by Balfour began a huge denunciation, and even proposed to dismiss Arthur? The Cabinet formed by Belfort.

Some burnt Prime Minister Arthur? After Belfort received a report on the battle of Krasnoyarsk. In the last few days, he has been even more worried, and he has heard the words of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Arthur? Balfour said with a wry smile: "It seems that the Japanese are indeed a little unbearable, facing the threat of the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army attacking the Japanese mainland. No country can bear it, oh, except maybe Russia. ”

Russia is now occupied by the Dingbei Army for several million lands. The loss of the army is almost 1.6 million, and any country would have collapsed long ago. However, Russia is still expanding its army, expanding its army, and preparing to form more land forces. and the Dingbei Army fought to the end, I have to say that the title of European steamroller is not blown.

The Marquis of Lansdorn said with a wry smile: "These Qing Dynasty people are really rebellious, the Northeast Navy not only got out 13 dreadnought battleships, but even their Dingbei Army also got those planes that could be used for combat, with these damn planes, in the battle on land, the land forces of our eight-nation alliance countries could not resist the attack of the Dingbei Army, it can be seen from the battle of Krasnoyarsk that if there is no means to suppress the aircraft, no matter how many troops there are, In the face of the offensive of the Dingbei Army, there will be no good results. ”

Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour took the telegram and read it carefully, and then said, "In this case, bring General Fisher and Marshal Henry Wiley, and we will discuss the strategy after this war!" ”

Arthur? Balfort saw the construction of the Japanese, and his heart was a little relieved, maybe it was time to end this war.

Soon after, Admiral Fisher, Lord of the Admiralty, and Marshal Henry Wiley, Secretary of War of Great Britain, arrived at the Prime Minister's residence. Belfort's office.

Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour looked at the three comrades-in-arms who could be regarded as one camp and said: "Gentlemen, now we Britain and our cabinet are facing a very big crisis, this time if we don't get our cabinet to collapse, and our British Empire will also be hit hard, can you tell me if there is any good construction to let our cabinet and Britain tide over this difficulty?" ”

Fisher shrugged his shoulders and said: "Prime Minister, the Northeast Navy has those 13 dreadnought battleships, and our navy now only has 1 dreadnought battleship. ”

British War Secretary Henry Wiley shook his head and said: "The aircraft used for combat owned by the Dingbei Army have made the combat effectiveness of our army plummet, and although our scientific research institutions have stepped up their time to develop new anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft shells, there has been no breakthrough progress yet, so on behalf of the War Department, I will continue to send troops to the northern front battlefield in Russia, and only after our British Army is equipped with anti-aircraft guns that can suppress the aircraft of the Dingbei Army, we will consider sending troops to Russia." ”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Lansdowne, frowned and said: "However, after the battle of Krasnoyarsk, the Russians sent more than a dozen telegrams asking us to send troops to support our Ministry of Foreign Affairs a day, and I am afraid that if we do not support Russia, the Russians may not be able to hold on." ”

War Minister Henry Willy said helplessly: "That's also a helpless thing, without the weapons to restrain the aircraft of the Dingbei Army, the troops we sent to Russia are almost like sending them to death, the battle of Krasnoyarsk has fully shown this, it's not that we don't want to help our allies, it's really that the planes of the Dingbei Army are too powerful, we can't let the army of the British Empire lose in vain." ”

After Henry Willy finished speaking, there was a short silence in the office, there was no hope for the navy, and now the army did not dare to fight with the Dingbei army, how could this war continue? And what do you rely on?

Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour hesitated for a moment at this time and said: "The Japanese asked our ambassador in Tokyo to forward a telegram, hoping that our eight-nation alliance can end this war with the Qing Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

When the other three people heard this, what did the prime minister mean by this, did they want to admit defeat in this war? The three of them couldn't help but look at each other, but they didn't see any surprised expressions on each other's faces, and it seemed that the three of them also had this aspect in mind. After all, now that the battle has been fought like this, there is no hope of victory if it continues to fight, Lin Daxin is really a demon, I don't know how to get it out of a dreadnought battleship and an airplane, so that the Eight-Nation Alliance will even struggle to fight, let alone achieve the final victory.

War Minister Henry Willy pondered for a while and said: "Prime Minister, I think it's okay, now the entire Eight-Nation Alliance is already in a complete weakness because of the new equipment that Lin Daxin took out, even if it continues to fight, the situation can be even worse, and if it continues to fight, if the Dingbei Army launches an attack on India, with the combat effectiveness of our Indian troops, even if the Dingbei Army does not have aircraft to help the war, it will be difficult for us to hold India, if India loses it, we will definitely fry the pot in Britain." ”

Henry Willie's words are not alarmist, India is the most important source of raw materials in the UK, if there is no India, many factories in the UK will not even be able to start, no wonder it is not chaotic!

The Marquis of Lansdowne continued: "But if we lose this war, we will definitely lose many colonies in Asia, and the people at home will definitely blame the Cabinet for all the blame, and our Cabinet may not be able to keep it." ”

Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour smiled bitterly and said: "The battle is like this, I am ready for the fall of the cabinet, now is the time for our British Empire, our British Empire needs time, to build more dreadnought battleships, to develop aircraft for combat, so that in the future we can regain what we have lost." ”

The other 3 British high-ranking ministers couldn't help but nodded slowly, and then Arthur? Balfour began to arrange for the Marquis of Lansdowne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to contact other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and at the same time sent people to contact Lin Daxin to see what Lin Daxin's attitude was, hoping that Lin Daxin's appetite would not be too big.

Arthur? Balfour has actually made a decision in his heart, that is, the other countries in the eight-nation alliance will insist on fighting Lin Daxin, and Britain is not ready to continue fighting, this war has greatly damaged Britain's vitality, and it is even much worse than the second Boer War. (To be continued......)

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