Chapter 228: A Different Kind of Allies
Britain and Germany declared war on Germany, and Germany declared war on both countries.
In the face of the war between the Allies and the Entente, the United States, Huaxia, Fuso and other countries all issued statements expressing their neutrality, and the newspapers of the United States almost unanimously condemned the start of the war between Austria-Hungary and Germany, claiming that it was a long-planned conspiracy to undermine peace in Europe and even the world.
The two camps were relieved to see that Huaxia and Mi had maintained neutrality, but it was still a little regrettable, both sides wanted to win these two countries to join their camp, and they were also afraid that they would join the other party's camp, so neutrality was the best result.
On March 16, a large French army sent troops to the rescue at the request of the Belgian government, and 150,000 troops entered Belgium to fight the German army together with the Belgian army. On the same day, the Belgian government agreed to the request of the British army to enter the Belgian state, and hundreds of thousands of British troops gathered in the British port on the opposite coast of Belgium to cross the channel into Belgium.
The German army advanced frantically in Belgium, hundreds of tanks were thrown into the battlefield, and the battlefield was one-sided, and the Belgian army could not resist the German attack at all, and was defeated and fled in all directions. The Germans had lightly occupied most of southeastern Belgium and were heading towards Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
On the same day, hundreds of thousands of German soldiers attacked the northern part of the country in five directions, dispatching more than 500 tanks, and the French army was forced to retreat in the face of successive failures in the face of the powerful German military offensive.
The country urgently transferred its own 300 tanks to the front, most of which were transferred to the front line of direct confrontation with the German army, and a small part was transferred to Belgium to support the Belgian army. At this time, Fa Guo was frantically producing weapons, especially tanks, and on the other hand, he urged Huaxia to deliver the first batch of Fire Dragon bombers, and placed another order for 100 bombers.
After the German army entered the northern part of the country, it steadily and rapidly advanced towards Paris, forcing the government of the country to have the idea of packing up and transferring, and constantly urging the British army to quickly cross the strait and enter the country to resist the German army with the country, but the German army was too fierce.
In order to ensure that Germany would not invade itself, Queen Wilhelmina sent the prince who had been recalled halfway to China to visit Germany and make overtures to Germany.
Switzerland, which straddled the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Developed Powers, thought that it would be able to stay out of the situation if it was a neutral country, but when Luxembourg and Belgium were invaded by the Germans, they panicked, and they did not know if they would be attacked by Austria-Hungary. For this reason, the Swiss government tremblingly declared its neutrality to the two camps again, and did not participate in the war between the two sides.
The Swiss government received only a reply from the British and German governments acknowledging their neutrality, and Austria-Hungary demanded that Switzerland enter the country through Switzerland, or else attack them immediately. The Swiss government was very embarrassed by the embarrassment of Austria-Hungary, and once it borrowed the words of Austria-Hungary, it would invisibly offend the developing countries and make enemies with them, but if they did not borrow it, they would be attacked, and it was difficult for them to choose.
At a time when Switzerland was unable to choose, the Italian government expressed its position in favor of Swiss neutrality and put pressure on Austria-Hungary, which had to give up and form an alliance with the Germans with moral will to march towards the country.
The reason why Italy did this was to prevent the German army from taking the opportunity to borrow from Switzerland, which would seriously threaten Italy's interests and security, but in fact it was more of a warning to Germany to invade a neutral country.
At this time, the two camps were also trying their best to win over neutral Italy, but Italy was also actively preparing for war while watching the tiger fight from the left and right, and the militants and radicals in Italy were no longer satisfied with Giuletti's peaceful means, and were ready to choose the victorious side to join in the later stages of the war in order to gain more benefits.
Brussels, the capital of Belgium, the German army approached the city, tens of thousands of French troops and tens of thousands of Belgian troops fought a fierce bloody battle with it on the outskirts of the city, and the Belgian government dragged its family to move to the northern coastal areas, and once Belgium fell, it went into exile in Britain.
The Franco-Belgian coalition forces worked overtime day and night to build military defenses that did not stop the German army's pace, and more than 50 tanks crushed the coalition military defenses all the way, while the coalition forces resisted hard.
The military defense of the allied forces was still relatively one step behind the German army, and they did not expect to borrow the methods of dealing with tanks spread by Tsarist Russia and Fuso, and still build military defense facilities in the mode of ordinary warfare.
In the early morning of March 17, Brussels fell, the Belgian government fled, the Germans annihilated most of the Belgian and French armies, and the French retreated to the southern and northern regions close to the developed countries.
On March 18, most of Serbia was captured under the auspices of Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, and its capital, Belgrade, was captured by Austria-Hungary, and the Serbian government announced its surrender.
Without the intervention of Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary occupied Serbia a year ahead of schedule, and the losses were not as great as in the original history.
On the same day, Romania was forced to join the Central Powers under the threat of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, and the next day the three countries formed a Balkan alliance to force Greece, and the Greek king Constantine I urgently contacted his father-in-law, asking the Kaiser to mediate and keep Greece neutral.
The formation of the Balkan coalition made the Ottoman Empire nervous and sent troops to the Bulgarian border, while the Ottoman Empire was considering whether to join the Central Powers.
Austria-Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria sent troops to form a four-nation alliance with the Germans to attack the country.
"Damn Nikolai, treacherous fellow, if you hadn't quit the camp, how could we have been so passive, how could Romania have joined the Allies, and how could Serbia have been captured and surrendered? Damn it! ”
Asquith almost vomited blood after receiving the news of the Balkans, and put all the blame on Tsarist Russia, believing that if it were not for Tsarist Russia's withdrawal from the Entente, the Allied military operations in the Balkans would not have been so rapid and successful, and with Tsarist Russia's containment, the Allied Powers would not have been able to concentrate on attacking the developing countries.
Raymond, the president of the country, went crazy and bombarded the minister of defense, "Bastard, the defense line was broken by the Germans so lightly, and the military funds allocated to you by the Ministry of Finance every year are used for usury, a bunch of waste!" Paris must not afford to lose, give me a counterattack, and give me a hard fight against the Germans! ”
"Mr. President, the German army has too many tanks, hundreds more than our army, and the equipment is a little better than our army, we found that the weapons used by the German army are very similar to the weapons in service in China, I hope that His Excellency the President can buy a batch of equipment from Huaxia Army, and use it for research by the way!" The Minister of Defense said as he kept wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Damn, it's time to place an order with the cunning Huaxia people again, they will definitely slaughter us severely, you ask Mi Guo if there is a weapon with the same power, let's go to Mi Guo to buy it!"
On March 21, Spain and Portugal declared war on the members of the Central Powers, and a large number of troops crossed the border into the developed countries, and the members of the Central Powers also declared war on the two countries, and Europe was in chaos.
In St. Petersburg, Tsar Nicholas II sat down with a group of ministers to discuss the war between the two camps.
Nicholas II's face was not very good, and the whole person looked a lot older.
"Alas, withdrawing from the Entente is also a helpless move, the war in the Far East and the rebellion of the Red Party have consumed a lot of manpower, financial and material resources of the empire, where is there still energy to deal with the powerful Central Powers. At this time, we have been surrounded by the Central Powers, and the materials of the Entente Powers are basically not able to enter the Empire, and fighting the Allies is a dead end, and I don't want the Empire to be destroyed by the Allies. ”
At this time, Nicholas II no longer had the momentum and madness that he had when he started the Far Eastern War, and the current situation of Tsarist Russia could not withstand a greater toss, so he withdrew from the Entente, even if he paid a lot of territory.
"Your Majesty is wise, we can withdraw from the Entente and join later, and when the two sides decide the winner, we will choose the victorious side to join it, in exchange for more benefits. Our main task at the moment is to get rid of the rebels and take advantage of the war between the two sides to restore the vitality of the Fù Empire, which will surely once again stand at the top of the world. A minister came out and stammered, and said it with the approval of Nicholas II, just by seeing that Nicholas II kept nodding his head.
Nicholas II withdrew from the Entente and maintained neutrality There are other important considerations, in his opinion, his current situation is unable to keep up with Yingfade and other countries, only let a few countries consume, delay their speed, one day he can keep up, continue to dominate the earth with a few countries.
The imperial capital of China, the central garden.
"Your Majesty, the matter has been dealt with, the people who know about this matter have issued gag orders, and all the evidence has been destroyed, even if they say it, no one will believe it, and we don't have that motive!" Qin Hai's back was already soaking wet when he said this, he was also one of the participating members of this important matter, so he was afraid that Qin Yu would solve them afterwards.
Qin Yu stretched his waist and said: "Without our layout, war will break out sooner or later, do you think the Allied countries that occupy the advantage are so willing to carve up the world among the Entente countries?" However, Nikolai, the old fox's abacus, snapped, thinking that he would be able to watch from the wall if he escaped the European war, it was too naïve! ”
"Isn't your majesty afraid that the Allies will get bigger and bigger? Now even Romania has joined, and they are persecuting Greece, and it is believed that soon the Ottoman Empire will join it, and this ally is already threatening the interests of the Empire. ”
"Alas, regardless of whether he wins the Entente or the Allies, we must do our best to complete the plan of the Grand Federation, our previous plan has broken the plan of the Mi Guokees, they are ready to move, we have to speed up the pace."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Chile, after receiving the news of the war between the Central Powers and the Entente Powers, the top level of the Chilean government took a deep breath, because this was the same prediction that the Chinese government had told them that their opportunity was coming, and everyone shouted in their hearts that South America is ours!
At this time, Shigenobu Okuma of Fuso became more and more convinced that the peace talks were correct, and many of Fuso's high-ranking officials shared the same idea. As soon as the European war breaks out, no one can restrain Huaxia, and the United States will also transfer the heavy letter to the European war, and there will be absolutely no good end to continuing to fight with Huaxia.
"No, I want to persuade the emperor to cede Kyushu Island and Huatai Island to Huaxia, the empire must seize the war in Europe to recover and rise quickly, and if you miss it, the empire will be suppressed by Huaxia forever!" Shigenobu Okuma saw a glimmer of hope in the European competition.