For the British, if they want to withdraw from Italy with confidence, the only way is to withdraw only part of the British troops from Italy, and then leave a part to watch the Italians.

There are now less than 500,000 British troops there, and at most 300,000 can be withdrawn, leaving less than 200,000 to watch this ally, which is necessary, otherwise I really dare not guarantee that Italy will not defect, the Allies are very clear about the value of Italy now, no matter what the conditions are, they dare to open, but there is no point in throwing these 300,000 people into the French battlefield.

"Your Excellency, you still think about the problem too complicated, why don't you make it simpler, why do you have to go to France? There are seven armies and nearly two million elite German troops there, I don't think anyone can break through their defense line in a short time, not even the Chinese army has the ability to do so, not to mention the difficulty of attacking from France to Germany in depth, it is difficult to cross the Rhine River alone, and Berlin is even more out of reach, so why not change places, change places where we can achieve our goals to the greatest extent? Yuan Shikai said.

"Where?" Zhu Erdian asked with some confusion.

"Germany's coastline is very long." Yuan Shikai drank tea and said lightly.

Zhu Erdian gasped, he finally knew what the intention of this guy was to fight with him for so long, Emperor Yang's goal was to get Britain to land on the coast of Helgoland Bay, and then go straight to the heart of Germany.

"If your country can take Hamburg and Bremen, then the Germans will naturally have no illusions, and then China will join the war, which will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back, even if they still refuse to admit defeat, we will just continue to march towards Berlin, at that time their troops will not be able to withdraw on the eastern and western fronts, and the entire German hinterland can be said to have no defense. With two British armies and three Chinese armies, we can easily step through the Brandenburg Gate. Yuan Shikai continued.

"Your Excellency Marquis, this is very difficult, there is no difficulty in land battles, the difficulty is how to land." Zhu Erdian shook his head and said.

"Is it difficult? I don't think that your main enemy is none other than the German High Seas Fleet, and the number of capital ships of the British Navy is really not much compared to the Germans, but don't forget that you still have allies, and they don't. There are still twenty-three capital ships in your home fleet and four more in the French Navy. The Russian Navy still has six ships in the Baltic Sea, a total of thirty-two, the Austrian Navy cannot leave the Mediterranean, the Argentine fleet is now hiding in the port of Spain and does not dare to go to sea, the most that can help the Germans is the Greek two, but they are also impossible to sail out of Gibraltar, can't you beat them with twice the advantage? Yuan Shikai said with an exaggerated expression.

"Your Excellency Marquis, you have forgotten that there are also mines, and the German fleet cannot hinder us. But the mines in the Gulf of Helgoland are a problem that we cannot solve, and if it takes half a year to clear them, then our plans are meaningless. Zhu Erdian said very sincerely.

"Mines? Knowing Breto, do you need to sweep mines again? Yuan Shikai said with a smile.

Zhu Erdian was stupid. The meaning of this is very clear, Emperor Yang has a mine bretu in the Gulf of Helgoland in his hands, and this news is like a thunderbolt from the sky, and everyone understands that this is top secret to the Germans.

"Your Excellency, Ambassador." Yuan Shikai waved his hand indifferently to signal him not to be surprised, and then said, "You don't need to be surprised, and you don't need to think about how this thing came about." You just need to know that we can provide the British Navy with a map of all the mines in the entire Helgoland Bay, and I think with this thing, the one we talked about before would not be difficult. ”

Not only is there no difficulty, it is simply easy, the British home fleet with a large number of landing ships and troop carriers went straight to the Helgoland Bay, and then the combat ships blocked the German fleet, the landing ships and troop carriers went straight to the German coast, at this time there was almost no soldier in Germany, the British army that landed can definitely take Hamburg in a very short time, with this most important port in Europe, and then the British army can land as many as they want, not to mention hundreds of thousands, even if it is only a matter of time to transport millions.

Then China declared its entry into the war, and at that time Germany was really at a dead end, and there was no other choice but to sue for peace, at least in a clever mind like Zhu Erdian.

After straightening out these, even he had to marvel at how high the Chinese were playing, let alone fighting, I am afraid that even the army sent by China to the war would not need to reach Europe, and the Allies would have to sue for peace halfway.

Yuan Shikai looked at him with a smile, His Excellency the Chief of Staff was thinking about what the British would look like when China suddenly announced that it would join the Allies and then declare war on Britain, France and Russia.

"Your Excellency, I think this issue should not be discussed by us anymore, it is no longer within the scope of our responsibility, and then we should discuss the issue of the United States, and His Majesty is most concerned about the stability of the United States now." He then spoke slowly.

What he meant by this was that the problem of the division of the United States must be solved before this, which is another condition for China to enter the war, which Zhu Erdian understands very well, and there is nothing worth studying about this problem, since Emperor Yang wants the United States to divide the lie, then let them divide the lie.

However, how to divide it, there are a few conditions that have to be clarified before this.

"It's very simple, just two, first of all, His Majesty does not want the part of the United States that he does not like to have an outlet to the sea in the direction of the Pacific Ocean, and second, His Majesty cannot accept an expanded Canada." Yuan Shikai said.

Zhu Erdian nodded, this is understandable, Emperor Yang's ambition to dominate the Pacific Ocean has a long history, and he must want to take this opportunity to completely solve this problem, California has been robbed by him, and naturally he doesn't want Oregon and Washington to belong to a country he doesn't like, as for the latter, it is understandable that the Great Lakes Industrial Zone must belong to the one he doesn't like, and Canada's industrial center is also in this area, although the strength of the two is still not comparable to the current United States, but it is enough to be called an industrial power, which is certainly not acceptable to him.

"So what kind of division plan does Majesty prefer?" He said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, Your Majesty respects the choice of the American people, let them decide for themselves, but the speed must be fast, this problem must be solved within two months, our time is very tight, every minute of delay there are many poor young men who die in the war, and ending this war as soon as possible can be regarded as for the benefit of mankind." Attendant Yuan said compassionately.

He was anxious that the British were even more anxious, and the sooner the United States split up, they would be able to get a considerable number of reinforcements as soon as possible, especially if the two armies in the Italian battlefield were withdrawn, and it was certain that the sooner the Americans filled the vacancy there, the better, so that after the bosses behind the scenes of the two political factions in the United States reached a tacit understanding, the United States of America, a country that was once only one step away from glory, finally began the process of its demise.

As for the procedure, it is not complicated, and now the question is whether to join the Entente to participate in the war in Europe, and then the people of each state will hold separate referendums on this issue, agree to the side of the war, and the side that does not agree to enter the war, and then each of them will study what state to form. During this period, all departments of the U.S. federal government, including President Wilson, temporarily performed their duties and stood on the last shift until the end of this process, of course, there is no need to end it all, in fact, it is enough to complete the state referendums and divide the queues, and the rest of the people like to organize the government is their own internal affairs.

As for the federal public property, of course, it is mainly the military, which needs to be divided through negotiation after the respective governments have been organized.

It is said that it is a referendum, but in fact, the current position of the US states has basically been determined, and the predominance of the farmer power naturally belongs to the opposition to the war, while the predominance of the industrial capitalist forces naturally supports the war, because the American industry is mainly concentrated in the northeast and along the Great Lakes, so a rough line can basically be formed between the two sides. From the Atlantic coast, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South and North and all those sparsely populated states that rely on grazing and farming to sustain their economies from the line west to the Pacific coast are anti-war. These places, especially the western states, all rely on the export of agricultural products to China and the import of cheap industrial products to get by, and Chinese businessmen have infiltrated these places strictly, and even the rampant smuggling of Chinese industrial products in the United States has relied on the cooperation of these states for a long time.

As for the south-central states led by Georgia, in addition to economic reasons, they are also mixed with the hatred of the Civil War, especially Georgia, which has been in harmony with the federal government since the Second Spanish-American War, and this time it was the first to jump out and ask for a split, but their goal was not to form a separate country with the western states, but to directly unite with the states, including South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee, which were the remnants of the Civil War.

Emperor Yang didn't have any opinion on this, all he wanted was the United States, and he didn't care much about what it looked like, anyway, the Confederacy was also in his hands, but Virginia, another important southern member during the Civil War, was estimated to choose the other side this time.

In this way, the national referendum in the United States kicked off vigorously, and the thought of destroying the United States made even Emperor Yang feel like a dream, in the end, the psychological shadow left by this country on him was too deep. (To be continued......)