After receiving Xiao Zhenlei's Jianyì, the Russian minister to China, Kuminschi, went back to report to St. Petersburg on the one hand, and on the other hand, he personally went to investigate, and he found that China did have a great production capacity in this matter, and in the past two years, many factories and companies in various industries in the four provinces of East China have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and many materials that were not produced in Tsarist Russia and used in war can be purchased in China, and China can now even provide weapons and ammunition on a large scale. This really surprised Kuminschi.

Kuminschi spent a week visiting and investigating in Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang and other places, and this investigation opened his eyes to the fact that the country of China at this time was no longer the Qing court three years ago.

After returning to Beijing, Kuminschi immediately made a detailed report to St. Petersburg on what he had seen and heard in the past week and the results of his investigation, and he proposed that St. Petersburg buy military supplies from China in terms of some WWW.UUXS.CC military supplies that were not in stock in sufficient quantities, and then transport them directly from China to Vladivostok, which would not only be cheaper in price, but would also save a large amount of freight.

Kuminszi sent a telegram here, and there were people like Rasputin in Tsarist Russia who could influence Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra to mediate, and Nicholas II finally decided to adopt Rasputin and Kuminszi's construction of military materials for operations in the Far East, and if they could be procured in China, they would be purchased from China.

Every two days, Kuminschi came again to ask to see Xiao Zhenlei, and after the two met, he told Xiao Zhenlei about the order of St. Petersburg, and Xiao Zhenlei was very happy to hear it, and immediately asked people to sign a purchase agreement with him. He was also given a certain kickback as usual, and Kuminschi smiled happily.

On the afternoon of June 27. Yang Du, a staff member in charge of international situation analysis in the presidential office, walked into Xiao Zhenlei's office quickly with a telegram, "President. Top secret information came from the distribution of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau in Japan, yesterday, Germany and Japan have signed an alliance agreement, and Japan has officially joined the Allies! ”

Xiao Zhenlei's face changed when he heard this, and he got up and said, "What, is the news confirmed?" ”

"It has been confirmed, and I believe that Japan and Germany will announce it to the outside world in the next few days!"

Xiao Zhenlei pondered for a moment, and immediately said to Yang Du: "Notify the others in the president's office and start a meeting immediately!" ”

"Yes. Great President! ”

Although he had already made psychological preparations in his heart, Xiao Zhenlei was still "shocked" when he heard the news just now, after all, the signing of the alliance agreement between Japan and Germany is different from the original history, if only Japan has joined the Allied Powers, and the other circumstances remain unchanged, then will it be possible for the Entente to defeat the Allied Powers in the future? You must know that Japan's current strength is not weak! Even if the United States joined the Entente, the chances of the Entente being able to defeat the Allies were only five to five, after all, Japan could contain a large part of the Tsarist Russia's forces in the Far East.

After a while, Xiao Zhenlei came to the conference room. All the staff and staff of the president's office were all present, and Xiao Zhenlei asked Yang Du: "Have you been informed of the situation?" ”

"Not yet, you're the first to know!" Yang Du replied.

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said, "Then let's inform everyone now!" ”

"Yes, President!" After Yang Du agreed, he informed all the staff and staff of the president's office present that Japan had joined the Allies. The rest of the audience was also extremely shocked when they heard the news, after all, it had only been a few months since Tsarist Russia and Japan had chosen each other, and the negotiations between Germany and Japan had only been less than two months. The fact that Japan had joined the Allies in such a short period of time shows that Germany had made great efforts to win over Japan.

Xiao Zhenlei looked at everyone's reactions. He asked, "What kind of impact will Japan's entry into the Allied Diet have on the world situation, and what impact will it have on our country?" What do you think? ”

Hearing this, everyone whispered, and after a few minutes, after everyone finished their discussion, Yang Du coughed twice and said: "President, we unanimously believe that due to the accession of Japan, the strength of the Allied side has greatly increased, and the strategic advantage of the Entente side is likely to cease to exist!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei stretched out his hand and said, "Tell me in detail!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Du nodded in agreement to Cai Yi, who was sitting beside him.

Cai Ye then stood up and walked to the opposite wall, opened the curtain, revealing a huge world map on the wall, he took the baton and pointed to Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in Europe, and drew a circle and said: "President, please see, before Japan joined the Allied Powers, the east of the Allied States was the vast and cold climate of the Tsarist Russian Empire, its strategic depth is very vast, the war potential is extremely strong, the west of the Allied Powers are France and Britain, these two countries are old powers, strong national strength, It can be said that the Allies are in the encirclement of the Entente, even if Germany has a large number of colonies in Africa, but due to the hegemony of the British Navy in the sea, Germany must break through the blockade of the British and French navies if it wants to obtain a large number of war resources from the colonies, and the two sides must have a tragic naval battle at sea, which is a battle for Germany's survival, if it can obtain resources from overseas, the combat effectiveness of the German army will far exceed that of other countries, but the Entente is not a fool, It was impossible for Germany to easily acquire war resources from overseas. If Germany's navy is defeated, then the Allies will be completely blocked, unless they can defeat Tsarist Russia at the beginning and force Tsarist Russia to join the Allies, so that the Allies will have no worries, coupled with the resources of Tsarist Russia, it is not impossible for the Allies to defeat the Entente, but this situation is almost impossible to happen, although Tsarist Russia has been reduced to a second-rate country, but the war potential is there, it will not be defeated in a moment and a half!

Now after Japan joined the Allied Powers, the situation was completely different for the Allied Powers, which were originally strategically surrounded by the Allied Powers, and now the Allied Powers in turn carried out counter-encirclement of the Allied Powers, which was determined by Japan's geographical position.

Ladies and gentlemen, if China and the United States remain neutral, then Japan can send troops to the Far East of Tsarist Russia without any scruples, and since Tsarist Russia basically has no naval fleet in the Pacific region, Japan will be in an invincible position in the first place, and it can attack and retreat and defend!

In addition, Japan, with its fourth and nearest third naval power in the world, can unite with the German fleet in the Far East and the Pacific to attack the Allied colonies in the region, such as Australia, French Indochina, British Burma, and India, the Allied naval fleet in the region is not strong, and the Japanese and German fleets in the Pacific are fully capable of annihilating them and attacking the British and French colonies, and once these areas are occupied by Japan, the resources obtained by the Entente from the outside will be reduced by more than two-thirds. This was an absolutely unbearable blow for the Entente, and without sufficient resources, what would the Entente use to fight the Allies?

Let's take a look at the Far East, if the Tsarist side does not deploy heavy troops in the Far East, it is impossible to stop the Japanese army, you must know that Tsarist Russia did not win against Japan ten years ago, and now ten years have passed, Japan is getting stronger and stronger, and Tsarist Russia has been exhausted by several domestic riots, and it is not Japan's opponent. However, if Tsarist Russia deploys most of its forces in the Far East, then there will be less containment of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the Allies can take the lead in solving Tsarist Russia, and then turn back to deal with Britain and France!

If Tsarist Russia is defeated by Japan in the Far East, then Tsarist Russia is bound to invest more troops to resist the Japanese army, if Germany seizes the opportunity to concentrate its forces to attack Tsarist Russia at this time, under the attack from both sides, Tsarist Russia will undoubtedly lose! At that time, Germany and Japan will be together, the Allies will completely break through the encirclement of the Entente, and Germany and Austria-Hungary will still be able to obtain resources from Tsarist Russia and Japan!

In view of the above, we believe that Japan's accession has reversed the balance of superiority and disadvantage between the Entente and the Central Powers, and that the Allies now have a much greater chance of victory than the Entente."

After Cai Ye finished speaking, he returned to his seat, Xiao Zhenlei stared at the map, his eyes did not move, but his hand took out a cigarette and a lighter to light a cigarette for himself, and after a few puffs, he said: "From the perspective of the entire strategic shape, General Cai has analyzed it very well, so it seems that the Allies seem to have a better chance of winning." First of all, Tsarist Russia, which was among the Entente powers, was economically exhausted due to the turmoil caused by the revolutionary party for a long time, but in any case, Tsarist Russia was still a unified country with a high degree of centralization of power.

But if you look at the allies, Italy is a country that oscillates between the two camps, and it seems to be a member of the allies, but in fact it is secretly in conflict with Britain and France.

Look at Austria-Hungary, one of the important members of the Central Powers, this is a multi-ethnic country, its national problems are extremely strict, there are too many radical forces in the country, the power is too scattered, and it cannot be highly unified, and the independence movement within its territory often surges to make the country unstable. The difficulty is not ordinary, and even if it were to send troops to support Germany, how much combat strength do you think such an army would have? It doesn't hold Germany back, Germany is going to burn incense!

I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates! What does a pig-like teammate do? If the Entente attacks Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary is afraid that it will be difficult to protect itself, not to mention sending troops to help Germany attack the Entente, it also needs Germany to send troops to support and stabilize the domestic order! (To be continued......) R1292