Chapter 253 Land Trade
Fire, everywhere, screams and painful moans were endless, the light of the fire illuminated most of Dongjing, teams of soldiers and police were actively extinguishing the fire, and a large number of people spontaneously formed a team to extinguish the fire.
"Your Majesty, Dongjing is ruined, the palace is also ruined, our plan is undoubtedly leaked, and this place is no longer safe!"
Yusaku Uehara and Emperor Taisho looked at the burning Dongjing with a grim face, and the princes and princesses next to them hugged each other tremblingly, obviously frightened.
Emperor Taisho did not regret his decision at this time, but was angry that someone betrayed him, the retreat plan failed, and a large amount of property was blown up, which had a huge impact on the future war of resistance against China.
After a while, the elders and the top officials of the government and the military department rushed to Emperor Taisho's side, and Taisho was very sorry to see that the elders such as Aritomo in Yamaguyama had not been bombed, and he hated these elders so much that he wished they had been blown up, so that he could really control the military department and the government.
Yuan Jing and the others who advocated surrender did not have a very good face, how could they be willing to give up the people who originally gave up Dongjing, but they didn't expect that now that even the government and the palace are on board, it is better to choose to surrender immediately. Hara Kei lost hope in the emperor and the senators, but the situation forced them to continue to retreat inland with the emperor.
"Fire fighting, relocation!"
Emperor Taisho could only reluctantly say two words to everyone, and everyone knew the meaning and did as he was told.
The next day, Emperor Fuso announced the news of the bombing of Dongjing to the whole country, scolded Huaxia as a demon, did not abide by the agreement, attacked Dongjing, led a large number of casualties, and most of Dongjing was burned to ashes by the fire, and called on the people of the whole country to fight the devil to the end.
The population of Dongjing was already relatively dense, but due to the timely evacuation and evasion, and the Huaxia Waterfowl Squad did not deliberately target civilians, the number of casualties due to the explosion was relatively small, and more Fusang people died under the fire, especially those hiding in their basements were suffocated to death.
The news of the bombing of Dongjing spread throughout Fuso in just one day, and people from the cities near the sea moved inland, while people in the cities also moved to less populated places, such as the countryside, in order to escape the bombing of the Huaxia Air Force.
The bombing of the imperial capital of Fuso is not as eye-catching as the bombing of the capitals of Britain and France, after all, London has only been bombed for a long time, and now the German Air Force is visiting the cities on the North Sea coast of Britain every day, and submarines are also attacking the British coast from time to time, so the eyes of various countries are still in Europe.
Except for the fact that the United States slightly condemned the Huaxia Air Force for attacking civilians, almost no country spoke to Fusang, and even many countries broke off diplomatic relations with Fusang after hearing the consequences, which made Fusang very embarrassed.
How did Fusang beg his father and mother to beg Mi to help Fusang get through the difficulties, but Mi just didn't dare to act rashly, even if Fuso's expulsion was to sell Shikoku Island to them at a low price and become a dog for them.
When the news of Fusang's fraudulent surrender reached China, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Military Affairs directly ordered a week-long bombing of the Gyeonggi area of Fuso, making it a thing of the past.
In the Tsushima Strait, cargo ships carrying a large number of Goryeo soldiers landed on the west coast of Fuso's Honshu Island, which was a volunteer army sent by the Goryeo government with the consent of the president, with as many as 200,000 troops, which was almost the vast majority of Goryeo's troops.
Goryeo already had a feud with Fuso, and Goryeo, which had been colonized by Fusang for nearly twenty years, hated Fusang immensely, and when the central army landed on Fusang itself, Li Jian discussed with the ministers to send troops to Fuso. Sending troops to Fusang can not only gain the favor of the central government, but also collect from Fusang what they owe them.
Most of Shikoku Island has been occupied, and only a few mountainous areas have not been occupied, and there was a great dispute within the Chinese government over whether Shikoku Island was incorporated into the imperial territory, and in the end it was settled, and the result was to support the local Fuso forces to establish a state, so that they could compete with the Fuso forces on Honshu Island in the future, which is the so-called infighting.
…………
Asquith looked at the telegram in his hand in disbelief, threw it on the ground and stomped on it a few times.
"Inch by inch, North Borneo and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean they also dare to open their mouths, the drawings of the aircraft are not equal to these places at all, and they are too deceitful!"
It turned out that the telegram was sent back by the British ambassador to China, because London was bombed, Asquith once again asked the ambassador to China to consult Huaxia on how to sell the drawings to them, and as a result, Huaxia opened his mouth to ask for North Borneo, no matter how the ambassador to China bargained, Huaxia insisted on this.
The Minister of War wiped a cold sweat and said: "The South China Republic has more than 100,000 troops in the colony of North Borneo in the empire, and it is possible to attack at any time, and the empire's garrison there is less than 50,000. And the Chinese Navy has a fleet that has been practicing off the coast of North Borneo, and once South China and China attack together, our army will not be able to stop it! ”
"Damn, Huaxia is eating us to death, even if there is no negotiation this time, it will be shot there, it is better to sell it to them! Now that the empire is in a tight war in Europe, it is simply unable to take into account the safety of its overseas colonies, and Sri Lanka and North Borneo are not the main ones, and it would be troublesome for China to offer to sell Indian regions to them. Churchill, the Secretary of the Admiralty, said that he believed that at this stage it was necessary to ensure the security of the empire's homeland, and those colonies were secondary, and these places could be taken by China itself, and sooner or later they would all be Chinese.
Asquith rubbed his temples and said: "I'm afraid that Huaxia will be insatiable, once it is released, there will definitely be more excessive requirements, if you can want Sri Lanka and North Borneo today, you will want Myanmar and India in the future, be cautious!" ”
"China's greed for land is even crazier than that of the polar bear Tsarist Russia, look at the current China, north to the North Pole, south to the East Indies, west to Central Asia, east to the Pacific Ocean, most of Asia is the territory of China. But they're still expanding their territory, they're a bunch of crazy people! ”
Asquith's words stunned all the British ministers, inadvertently the territory of China has become a well-deserved number one in the world, they Britain is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, but those are just their colonies, not territories.
"But the security of the empire also needs planes to protect it, and Huaxia's productivity is not as good as that of the allies, not to mention whether Huaxia will take the opportunity to ask for a sky-high price, we can't wait!"
"Your Majesty said that no matter what the conditions, you must get the aircraft drawings back, and it would be better if you could get the Huaxia tank drawings!"
Although Britain carefully disassembled and observed the Chinese tanks at Huang Cheng's place, they only got an approximation, and the power of the tanks from the cottage was far less than that of the Chinese tanks, and they were much behind the German tanks.
Asquith couldn't make up his mind, so he hurriedly went to George V, and George V agreed on the spot, but asked to put on the drawings of the tank, and the sale to Huaxia was not permanent, but a sovereignty of 999.
George V also knew that once he sold it to Huaxia, he would never come back, but as long as it was not permanent, he would have less pressure, and it was none of his business what to do in the future.
In the Central Garden of the Imperial Capital of China, the president's office was full of smoke, and Chen Fu, Wu Yanfanghao and Qin Yu were smoking cigarettes specially provided by the empire.
"Your Majesty, isn't it too cost-effective for Sri Lanka to exchange bombers for Sri Lanka, you must know that Britain gets the drawings, which is equivalent to the entire Entente getting the drawings, and even the United States may get it, it's not cost-effective!" Chen Fu is not very optimistic about this deal, in his opinion, it is completely a method of killing chickens and eggs, and it will increase the strength of the enemy, which is not cost-effective.
Qin Yu shook his head and said: "Look at things a little longer, it is not a good thing for the European war to end prematurely, and it is not in the interests of the empire, only if the two sides fight for a few years will we be in the interests of the empire." As it stands, if the United States does not join, the Entente will end in failure in less than a year, and this deal can be said to help the Entente increase their strength and allow them to continue to fight with the Allies. As for Sri Lanka, it is not useless at all, with it, it can form a form that restricts the development of India in the north and south, and it can also use Sri Lanka to meddle in the affairs of the Indian Ocean, and it is also a springboard for the empire to enter Africa in the future. ”
"North Borneo can not use force without force, as for the year 999, which is their last layer of face, there is still a reason to spit it out in the hands of the empire? Since they want the blueprints of the tank, okay, take the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands in exchange. All countries have invested in the research of aircraft, and sooner or later they will develop bombers, as long as our technology remains advanced! ”
"I'm afraid this will be disgusted by Germany, and it will not be good for the interests of the Reich!?" Wu Yanfang asked suddenly.
"Don't worry, we're not allies of Germany, they still need our support, and besides, this deal is still going on behind the scenes, and when they know about it, the daylilies will be cold! According to the CIA, Germany's new bomber and reconnaissance plane are about to be successfully developed, and their performance is much better than that of the Fire Dragon bomber. ”
In the end, Huaxia also agreed to Britain's suggestion, and Britain learned that although it was definitely a bit wrong to exchange the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for tanks, it saw that Sumatra had become the territory of the Republic of South China, and Malacca was also occupied by China in disguise, and these islands were surrounded by China.
As for the bomber trade, which had already been contracted, Britain paid two-thirds of the cost in advance.
The two sides signed an agreement in the imperial capital of Huaxia that Britain would withdraw the local garrisons and government agencies in the treaty within two years, and Huaxia would gradually take over these places within two years, and the agreement would be made public two years later.
On the same day, the Chinese Imperial Daily announced that the Imperial Police had found a group of spies, and the drawings of Imperial bombers and tanks were stolen, and the spearhead was directed at Britain, because the spies confessed to British intelligence agents. And Britain will not admit it if he is killed, declaring that this is a spy of the Allies and provoking Anglo-Chinese relations, and cannot be fooled.
The Chinese openly stationed troops on the Indian border, Sino-British relations became tense again, and the fleets of the two countries faced each other in the Indian Ocean for a time, almost triggering a war.