In the residence of the German Prime Minister in Berlin, the representatives of the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers had no objection to the joint declaration of war by the seven countries against the Chinese Empire, and agreed that within 24 hours of this meeting, the seven countries, except Russia, must formally declare a state of war against the Chinese Empire.

However, the determination of the time for declaring war on the Chinese Empire did not mean that the talks between the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers were over, and the representatives of the seven countries of the Entente and the Seven Central Powers had to discuss a general figure of the troops sent by each country, including the army and navy of each country, and even the air force of each country, and the representatives of each country needed to negotiate.

Moreover, all countries have reached a consensus that the amount of strength sent by each country in the war determines the benefits that each country will obtain after the war, so all countries have not hidden it, and no country has done the same despicable behavior as the United States in the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin a few years ago.

On the evening of September 10, 1908, the representatives of the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers concluded this influential meeting, and preliminarily agreed that all six countries, except Russia, would send an unequal number of land forces into Russia in the near future to support the Russian army, which was currently very passive, and to block the army of the Chinese Empire as far as possible to the east of the Ural Mountains, so as not to let the iron hooves of the Chinese Imperial Army set foot on European soil.

After discussions, Germany and France would both send 1 million elite troops into Russia, and Britain needed to strengthen its army as much as possible to these Asian colonies because its Asian colonies of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma were directly facing the threat of the Chinese Empire. Only 300,000 elite troops from the British mainland will be sent into Russia to support the Russian army.

In addition, Austria-Hungary sent 350,000 troops, the Ottoman Turkish Empire sent 350,000 troops, and Italy sent 300,000 troops. It will also enter Russian territory in the near future to support the Russian Army. Resistance to the armies of the Chinese Empire.

The land forces sent by these countries to Russia are only the first batch, and in the future, according to the situation of the war, they will send more land forces into Russia to resist the troops of the Chinese Empire, and even launch a counterattack to regain the lost land of Russia and invade the territory of the Chinese Empire.

The Entente, the Allied and the Allies went to war with the Chinese Empire, a war on land. At present, it is mainly carried out in Russia, in addition, the British colonies of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma may also become the battlefields of the war between the two sides because of the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, but these British colonies are too far away from Europe, and the armies of various countries, including the British themselves, are somewhat beyond the reach of the British colonies. It could only be handed over to the British army in these colonies.

As long as the armies of all countries can achieve a decisive victory on the Russian battlefield, then the final victor of this war must be the Entente and the Central Powers.

Russia's representative, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witte, was very pleased to hear the number of troops sent to Russia, which was now in danger of Russia's Ural defences. It will become safer, and these six countries together will initially send a huge army of 3.3 million troops into Russia, and these armies will go to the front line. That is, Russia's current defense line in the Ural Mountains, plus Russia's forces in the Ural Defense Line. Blocking the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army made it easier.

Russian Finance Minister Witte patted his chest at the representatives of the other six countries. Although the Russian army has suffered heavy losses due to the fierce fighting in the previous period, Russia will also gather more than 1.5 million elite Russian troops in the Ural Mountains defense line to fight side by side with the armies of other countries, and Russia has launched a new round of expansion, planning to expand more than 10 new army groups, as long as a few months, Russia will increase more than 3 million army units.

Russia has already lost 2.2 million troops in a short period of time, but it still has nearly 3 million troops, and if Russia completes the expansion plan of more than 10 new armies, the number of Russian troops will exceed that of before the war.

Representatives of the Entente and the other six Central Powers also stated that after declaring war on the Chinese Empire, each country would also expand the size of its armies to varying degrees in preparation for a protracted war.

The strength of the Chinese Empire is there, and neither the Entente nor the Central Powers will think that they can easily defeat the Chinese Empire by uniting together, and let the Chinese Empire sign the defeated Entente, this war will definitely be a protracted war, and no one will have the mentality of luck.

In addition, in this discussion, Britain, France and Germany, the three economically strong countries, will also provide a certain degree of assistance to Russia, after all, the main battlefield on land is in Russia, the destructive power of the war is amazing, the original Russia alone to deal with the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, has suffered very large losses, although there are two countries in front of Britain and France to Russia nearly 60 million pounds of free aid, but the Russians want to expand the army and feed millions of troops, In the future, it will also supply some of the armies of other countries, and Russia's own financial situation is very bad, and close to 60 million pounds of free aid alone is not enough, but it will have to rely on these comrades-in-arms to lend a helping hand.

Britain and France took out much more funds and materials than Germany promised to take out, Germany is not unable to take out more, but although everyone is now considered comrades-in-arms, but the identity of the Allied and Entente countries is still unchanged, that is, the two sides worked together to completely defeat the Chinese Empire in the war, but the contradictions between each other still exist after the war, Germany is unwilling to take out more resources, and gave Russia in vain, so that Russia can increase its strength.

As for Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, they are not rich themselves, so there is no need to think about them supporting Russia in terms of funds and materials, and the representatives of their three countries have also put forward that they hope that their comrades-in-arms with strong economic strength can give them some help to the three countries, after all, everyone is now in a trench, and with external help, their three countries can also expand the strength of their armies to the greatest extent and send more troops to fight against the army of the Chinese Empire.

The representatives of Great Britain, France and Germany discussed it and agreed to give a portion of their respective funds. Support was provided free of charge to Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, but this was compared to the aid given to Russia. There have been a lot fewer of them, mainly because Britain and France have the same idea as Germany. It was impossible to give the countries of the Allies more resources, and Germany alone could give the allies much free aid.

In addition to discussing the initial number of land forces to be sent to Russia, the seven representatives of the Entente and the Central Powers also decided that the navies of the seven countries would form an unusually large joint expeditionary fleet.

The Combined Expeditionary Fleet will depart from Europe, pass through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and enter the Indian Ocean, where the Combined Expeditionary Fleet will fight the Imperial Chinese Navy according to the judgment of the Entente and the Central Powers. It should be in the Indian Ocean.

If the Joint Expeditionary Fleet can defeat the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy in the Indian Ocean, then it can support the British colonies in Asia, such as India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma, and even send a huge number of land forces from Europe to these colonies, and open up another important battlefield on land in addition to the Russian battlefield. That is, the British felt very uncomfortable, and the impact on the whole war was not so great.

So the British were the most active in this joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente and the Central Powers. The British Reput, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, promised that the Royal Navy would send no less than 20 dreadnought battleships and 20 all-steel battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet, as well as other types of warships of the British Royal Navy. Like ironclad battleships, large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, as many as possible will be drawn to join the joint expeditionary fleet. In addition, the British Navy's fleet in India will also assist the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in combat.

Among the Entente and the Central Powers. Germany, another country with a very strong navy, is not far behind, and has promised to send no less than 20 dreadnought battleships and 15 all-steel battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet, and will also send as many other types of warships as possible to join the joint expeditionary fleet.

France's Minister of the Admiralty, Gomis, also promised that the French Navy would send no less than 10 dreadnought battleships and 15 all-steel battleships to join the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and that as many other types of warships would be sent to the Combined Expeditionary Fleet as much as possible.

Italian Prime Minister Brandra promised the Italian Navy to send four to six dreadnoughts and more than 10 all-steel battleships, and that a certain number of other types of warships would be sent to join the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

Russia's representative finance minister, Witt, promised that the Russian Navy would send no less than six dreadnought battleships and six all-steel battleships to join the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, but Russia would not send too many warships of other types to join the Combined Expeditionary Fleet because it did not have many of them.

The representative Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary, Mudhill, promised that the Austro-Hungarian Navy would send 4 dreadnought battleships to join the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, knowing that the Austro-Hungarian Navy only had a total of 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships and 4 Austrian-class dreadnought battleships.

However, there was a bigger fight, and the representative of the Ottoman Empire, Enverpasha, promised that the Ottoman Empire would send 2 dreadnought battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet, while the Ottoman Empire would only have 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships purchased from Italy.

In this way, the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers will concentrate at least 66 dreadnought battleships and 66 all-steel battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet, plus other types of warships, the overall strength has far exceeded the overall strength of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

Moreover, the number of these warships sent by various countries to the Joint Expeditionary Fleet is not the final number, and all countries have promised to send a lot more warships, such a powerful Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the Entente and the Allied Powers have absolutely sure of defeating the navy of the Chinese Empire, but their respective countries' naval expansion plans will still continue.

Most of the Entente and Allied countries are currently building and preparing to build a lot of warships, just counting dreadnought battleships, the British Navy is currently building 8 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships in British shipyards, and is also preparing to build 8 King George V-class super battleships, France has 6 Provence-class dreadnought battleships under construction in French shipyards, and 6 Frion class super dreadnought battleships are also being built.

Germany also has 8 Caesar-class dreadnoughts under construction, and is also preparing to build 8 King-class super dreadnoughts, Italy is also preparing to build 6 Doria-class superdreadnoughts, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire has also ordered 2 Dante-class dreadnought battleships from Italy.

Winning the Chinese Empire does not mean that everything is fine, the contradictions between the Entente and the Central Powers still exist, maybe it is still a joint expeditionary fleet now, and the comrades-in-arms who will fight side by side in the future should fire at each other.

In addition to the army and navy, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy also promised to send a certain number of fighters into Russia to resist the powerful air force of the Chinese Empire, but the Entente and the Central Powers understood that their air forces together would not be the opponent of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, after all, the performance of the fighters was too different, and the new fighters of the Entente and the Central Powers were still under development.

As for the air forces of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, they were relatively weak, and it would be a shame not to enter the territory of Russia.

In the face of the absolute air superiority of the Chinese Empire, the Entente and the Central Powers could only equip their land forces with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, hoping to neutralize the air superiority of the Chinese Empire.

On the evening of September 10, 1908, representatives of the Entente and the seven countries of the Central Powers ended their talks in Berlin, and at 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Germany first declared war on the Chinese Empire in the name of maintaining world peace, and then on the morning of the 11th, Britain, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire declared war on the Chinese Empire, and at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the 11th, the Chinese Empire officially declared war on the Entente and the other six countries of the Central Powers. The war between the seven Allied countries and the Chinese Empire began. (To be continued......)

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