At the same time that China was moving closer to the heavenly world, in the distant Isthmus of Panama in Central America, a riot that had been brewing for a long time finally broke out.

Thomas, a young wealthy landowner. Alias invited 20 local dignitaries to a luncheon on his farm outside Panama City, at which he gave a speech in support of a free Panama. Also present were the Chinese Consul in Panama and the Assistant to the President of the Panama Railways. The former's face is very good-looking, and the latter's face is iron and blue!

Everyone understands that the success of Panamanians depends directly on the strength of China's support, and more specifically, the support of the Chinese government is the Panamanian's biggest supporter. Thomas. Alias dared to be so unscrupulous, and the "Panamanian Patriot Group" must have received the promised and secret support of the Chinese. There are Chinese, even if the Panamanian rebellion fails, the interests of these Panamanian upper classes can still be absolutely protected.

Also attending the banquet was Manuel. Amado. Guerrero. This man has a lot of influence in Panama, having served as governor of Cologne and for a long time with the Panamanian Railroad. There are not a few Panamanians who do not want independence from the Colombian government, Manuel . Amado. Guerrero soon became the leader of the Panamanian Patriot Group after joining it. But Manuel. Amado. Guerrero was clear-headed, and he knew that the Panamanians most closely associated with the Chinese were Arango father and son, so in a group meeting, Manuel . Amado. Guerrero told Arango that he should be the first president of Panama. And as a response to the compliment. Also for his own safety, Arango put his arm around Manuel, who was much older than him. Amado. Guerrero. Sincerely, "No." I think you should be the first president of Panama. "Manuel. Amado. Guerrero immediately replied, "Okay, then I'll do it." ”

Although there is a fight between you and me in this splinter group. But in the face of the great enemy, they have always held back their ambitions for the time being.

Panama's independence requires not only China's open support, but also a large sum of money. Panamanians need money to buy off officers of the Colombian government army, and they need money to organize an armed force of their own. They asked China for £1 million. That's obviously too much.

The Chinese consulate in Panama City did not think it would cost £1 million at all. This mutiny is enough for 500 people, 20~100 pounds per person, and the total will not exceed 50,000 pounds; Add to that the money to buy Colombian officers, and £50,000 is enough. If Panamanians want to ask for more, it's £150,000, £200,000, £1 million is purely for themselves to make a fortune.

Manuel. Amado. Guerrero came up with a plausible reason. The goal of simply declaring the independence of Panama and Cologne is not sufficient. He believes that many of the farms owned by the rebels are scattered throughout Colombia, and if the isthmus were to become independent, those farms would be confiscated by the Colombian government.

Peng Xin, the Chinese consul in Panama, replied: "If independence succeeds and the Panama Canal Treaty is successfully signed, you will receive 2 million pounds sterling to wage war and recover other provinces and cities." "This one in Maas. The dialogue that took place on the farm of Alias was later called the "cradle of the Republic of Panama" by Panamanians, and also known by Colombians and Europeans as the "Oath of Judah".

Manuel afterwards. Amado. Guerrero wrote to his son: "I wanted you to meet Mr. Peng. I mentioned you before him. He said that if everything goes well, you will get a good position in the Canal Company. …… If you don't want to go, he'll help you get a position in North America, and he's very influential here. ”

March of the 22nd year of Xinqin. Panama independence. Local banker Felix. Ilman holding Manuel. Amado. The £20,000 given by Guerrero bribed Colombian generals to get them to withdraw their troops. Just three days later, China announced its recognition of the Republic of Panama. The next day, Peng Xin received a new appointment notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. He became Minister Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Panama. Just 10 days later, on 18 March, the Panama Canal Treaty was signed. Everything that happened during these ten days. Much of the controversial relationship between China and Panama in the 20th century was defined.

"The Republic of Panama accords to China all the rights, power and authority...... China can behave as if it were on sovereign territory. …… The rights and privileges accorded to China should not be interfered with by any external treaties or territories. As one French historian commented: "How can it still be said that the Canal Zone belongs to Panama?" And if the Panamanians have neither rights nor any prospects for acquiring them there? ”

But the Panamanian government hastily established the Supreme Court. At the end of March, they brazenly announced the abolition of all unequal treaties and various agreements attached to Panama by the Colombian government, and the French obtained the right to dig the Panama Canal from the Colombian government to be null and void, and transferred the right to dig the Panama Canal to China. Then the Panamanian government received a free loan from China in the amount of 2 million pounds! China's Panama Canal Company then announced that it would bear all the losses of the French Canal Company for 15 million pounds.

China definitely did not take advantage of the French, France does not count the shares of the company that it has abolished, but only said that the investment in the Panama Canal, including the Panama Canal, 10 million pounds is enough to make up for the loss, China offered 15 million pounds, deducting the political significance, the French will make a profit!

It's just that French Foreign Minister Védrine looked at the person in charge of the Chinese Office in Europe who submitted the document in front of him, and the expression on his face was gritting his teeth.

If the political significance is not taken into account, why does France insist on holding the hot potato of Panama?

The Panama Canal was put in the hands of France, that is, it was not started for twelve years, and it was scrapped there all the time, which was better than letting the Chinese control it. The merger of China's Pacific Fleet and Atlantic Fleet into one will greatly increase the defense and resistance of the Chinese on the east coast of North America.

The European countries had a weak idea of victory in the counterattack on North America, and now that Panama is happening, it is simply a basin of water that has extinguished all hopes. The west coast of North America also has the hinterland of North America, and those factories and machinery left behind can complete the restoration and large-scale production of a series of steel industries and military industries in a maximum of five years. And behind them there is China!

When everything that China and the army need can be produced in North America, and millions of Chinese troops are placed on the North American battlefield, in the face of them with plenty of firepower, how much blood will Europe have to shed to restore North America? Do you want to spell out the younger generation across Europe?

China has a population of more than 600 million. That's more than the population of all of Europe. It's really hard to see any hope of a comeback victory. In today's European countries, for the Chinese, France is a wolf with a hemp pole, and I don't feel afraid in my heart in the bluff. The European volunteers who supported North America before were carried by the French, and as a result, they lost 300,000 people in North America, and excluding the foreign legions, at least 2,230,000 were French boys. The number of casualties was greater than that of the Franco-Prussian War.

Moreover, the war has developed to the present, and the European military circles have long put aside the old old impression, and the war of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people can only be a small-scale local war, and the real big war is in millions.

How many millions can the whole of France come up with?

And France still has Germany as its sworn enemy on the European continent. The armies of the Germans and Austrians will not move, and the main military forces of France will definitely not move. Today, the French Third Republic has a standing army of one million, hundreds of nomad tanks, and is actively upgrading its armored forces.

And the Germans and Austria-Hungary, they got water in their heads? will take the initiative to launch a war against China and the army!

As long as China does not intervene south of Ukraine, does not infringe on their interests in Poland, and does not move south from the Caucasus into the Balkans, these two countries will not be in a hurry with China.

And if Germany and France, the two major land powers and powers in Europe, do not participate in the war against China in North America, the British will be all soldiers, and they will not be able to help China and the army on land.

In addition to Britain, France, Germany and Austria, the only power on the European continent is Italy, which divided Central Russia and the Mediterranean region. Demographically, there may be new big waves, but all three are abolished countries.

Italy, which had the strongest external strength, after acquiring Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea in 1889, began to intervene in Ethiopia in 1890 in order to get closer to the Suez Canal, squeezing out British power and declaring Ethiopia a "protectorate". In 1895 and 1896, he launched an attack on Ethiopia, that is, at the moment when China provoked a world war, taking advantage of the inability of Britain and France to form a strong constraint on Italy at this moment, and wanted to seize a piece of interest for himself.

As a result, the Ethiopian Emperor Menlinik II led his troops to defeat the Italian army at Adwa! Forced to recognize Ethiopian independence.

The combat effectiveness of the Italian army was also recognized by the whole European country!

Such a country, such an army, if it can play a pillar role in the war against China, the old sow can go up the tree.

In Europe, more than a year after the end of the North American War, the attitude of various countries towards China has entered a relatively stable period. Germany and Austria are waiting and seeing, Britain and France are hostile and powerless, Italy, Spain and other countries are playing soy sauce, Russia is in flames, and the whole of Europe cannot form a unified will to 'communicate' with China, so naturally it is impossible for them to suppress China.

The Panama Canal is a litmus test. In the whole of Europe, only Britain and France have made great efforts, and they cannot bring down the Panamanian regime and the established facts that the Chinese have done. Therefore, China's forcible seizure of the Panama Canal has been successful!

The Panama Canal belongs to China's 'Red Era' has begun! (To be continued......)