Chapter 549: Declaration of War
"Misunderstanding? I don't think there is any misunderstanding here, I have here a telegram just sent back by the Chinese Consul General in Manila, the surviving sailors on the Cheonan and the divers of the Russian Far East Fleet have conducted an underwater survey of the Cheonan, and there is no doubt about the external explosion that has been confirmed, and the power of the explosion will definitely not be less than 50 kilograms of antimony, this kind of ZAH medicine cannot be obtained by the Philippine resistance, only the Russian garrison will have this expensive military ZHA medicine.
Although I don't understand why, it really chills me that such a thing has happened, because of my friendship with Her Majesty Queen Alexandra for nearly twenty years, I have always had sincere goodwill towards Russia, and I have done everything in my power to help Russia in this war, and I can supply them without weapons in spite of the loss of my reputation caused by violating the principle of neutrality. I will give whatever I want, tanks, planes, artillery, and even new weapons that my own army has not yet equipped with will be given priority to supply the Russian army, and if the Russian government does not have enough funds, I can even provide a loan without hesitation, without any guarantees, only a word from Queen Alexandra, a loan of a full billion Chinese dollars, in exchange for gold, is enough to sink a destroyer.
But what are the Russians giving me in return now?
It's a bomb!
My heart is broken, and I really don't understand why my kindness can't be exchanged for the same kindness. Now that the bomb is blowing up my soldiers, is it time for the next bomb to fall on my head? Emperor Yang sat on his dragon chair sadly and said like a male protagonist of Qiong Yao's bitter love drama.
The ambassadors of Britain, France and Russia in front of him looked at each other in amazement, they really didn't expect Emperor Yang to have such a face, Zhu Erdian said tentatively: "Your Majesty,"
Then his words were interrupted by Yang Fengyi raising his hand.
"Your Excellency, my heart is very chaotic right now, and I want to be alone and quiet, and as for the matter of the Tianan, I don't want to care anymore. The congress will make a decision, come and send the three ambassadors out of the palace. Yang Feng covered his head and said to Yuan Shikai with a melancholy expression.
Yuan immediately stepped forward and motioned for Zhu Erdian and the others to go out with him, and these three guys followed him out of the Taihe Hall in a daze before they remembered to watch Emperor Yang's performance, and they didn't say anything about it at all! Zhu Erdian, who has always had a good personal relationship with Yuan Shikai, asked tentatively: "Your Excellency Marquis, the Tian'an incident is indeed a tragedy, but I think even if the Russian garrison there did it, it is impossible to have anything to do with the Russian government, and you also know that there are many chaotic parties in Russia that are supported by the Germans, including their secret organizations in the Russian army." There will certainly not be no one in the Philippine garrison. These people have every motive to sow discord between China and Russia, and they can get enough explosives, and it would be really sad if there was a rift in the friendship between China and Russia because of the provocation of these people. ”
"Your Excellency, I fully understand what you said, but you should also know that there is a deep affection between His Majesty and Empress Alexandra, and now such a thing has happened. It's hard not to be sad, but of course, if it's really the Russian rebellion, your majesty will be considerate. However, it is also true that the Russian garrison in the Philippines is hostile to our citizens, although the root cause is the problem of arms smuggling. But you should understand that smuggling cannot be truly eradicated in any country as long as there is enough profit. Because the behavior of some unscrupulous businessmen angers all Chinese, it is difficult to see the friendship of the Russians towards the Chinese, so the root problem of the Philippines is not solved. Even if the Cheonan incident is resolved, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be a second Cheonan in the future. Yuan Shikai also smiled and said sincerely.
This guy is also extremely shameless, and it's all here. Don't forget to fool Zhu Erdian and others!
Regarding the words of Chief Attendant Yuan, the three ambassadors all expressed their full understanding, they can now say what they want, and basically determine that Yang Feng is still playing that set of wolf-like blackmail this time, and the target of blackmail, His Excellency the Chief Attendant, has just said that it is the Philippines, since this is the case, there is nothing to worry about, what remains is nothing more than the exchange of interests between the two sides, and it will be abnormal for the emperor to make the last one in the current situation.
It's a pity that what Zhu Erdian and the others don't know is that just as they left the Chinese Imperial Palace, two tightly sealed trains were rumbling out of a military base near Pyongyang, North Korea, heading northeast for Wonsan, and a total of ten huge mysterious machines were loaded on the car, except for the soldiers transporting these things, they didn't know what they were, and if someone lifted the tarpaulin covering it, their jaws would definitely fall to the ground in shock, because it was a super cannon with a caliber so big that it made people's hearts tremble.
At the same time, Tiger chariots were disembarking from the train transporting them in the garrison camp near the distant Mongol trading city, and these steel beasts would be the main force of the raid from here to Ulan-Ude.
Farther afield, in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, a huge fleet is making final preparations before setting sail, and the first two Marine divisions to land in Singapore have begun to board their ships.
Britain, France, and Russia are still not aware of the danger coming, and they are now trying to persuade Russia to cede the Philippines to China, and of course Russia will certainly not give it unconditionally, and this side will have to make up for it from other places in the distribution of interests in the colonies after the war, so that it is inevitable to overturn the previous distribution plan, and the three will inevitably have to fight again, and while they are arguing, the time has passed quickly, and the deadline of 48 hours has arrived.
Of course, no matter which one of Britain, France and Russia did not care too much about the deadline of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the real master of this country is Yang Feng, and this deadline is just an explanation to the people, but unfortunately this time they were wrong.
Forty-eight hours later, Xue Fucheng, Prime Minister of the Empire of the Federal Republic of China, formally submitted a motion to the Imperial Assembly to declare war on Russia, and then before the outside world could react, the upper house of the Imperial Assembly of the Federal Republic of China passed the motion of declaring war on Russia with a vote of 90 percent in favor of half an hour, and at the same time authorized the Emperor Xi à to formally declare war.
The Empire of the Federal Republic of China declared war on the Russian Empire.
This news was like an air hammer pushed by compressed air, smashing the heads of state of the Entente bloc, hitting these guys one by one with the feeling of vomiting blood, they really didn't expect things to happen such a 180-degree turn, and even after hearing the news, the first reaction of the heads of state, including Nikolai, was to make a mistake, but then the people's radio broadcast by Emperor Yang personally read out the edict of war on Russia completely shattered their illusions.
Then the bad news continued to come, after the declaration of war on Russia, Xue Fucheng again as prime minister, on the grounds that having a treaty of alliance between the countries of the Entente would inevitably help Russia, submitted to the Congress a bill to declare war on all the members of the Entente group, and then the same procedure went through again, and Emperor Yang once again solemnly announced the second edict against Britain and the countries of the British Commonwealth, France, Italy, Portugal, the United States of America, and Chile.
At this time, even if the reaction was sluggish, it understood that China's series of performances before this, including the embargo on military supplies against the Allies, the instigation of Britain to land in Germany, and even the loans to the Russians, were all completely smokescreens, creating the illusion that China would definitely join the Entente, urging the Entente to continue to fight with the Allies until their own blood was drained, and then China could easily seize the entire East.
At this moment, many people were about to cry, including British Prime Minister Bannerman, you must know that after completing the landing at Cuxhaven, the British army had already defeated Bremerhaven and Staader at this time, and the forward was less than 20 kilometers away from Hamburg, although a German army in the Netherlands had all arrived, but under the attack of the British army with nearly twice the superiority, it could not effectively build a defensive line in a hurry, so it could only retreat to Hamburg and Bremen to prepare for street fighting, and at the same time the second batch of 100,000 British troops had already begun to arrive.
But the German reinforcements will not arrive for at least two more days, and there is only one army group that is not fully manned, but Britain still has 100,000 men waiting for the return of the transport ships at home, and another army has been sent to North America, which can also be put into the German battlefield, so it can be said that taking Hamburg and Bremen is a sure thing, and the next is to smash Berlin There is more than seventy percent hope.
But now, can it be fought now?
To fight, it is necessary to defeat Berlin before the Chinese arrive to force William to end the war, and then withdraw and gather the entire Entente bloc to work together to face China, not to defeat China, as long as they can show enough strength to make Yang Feng retreat, and then they can use peace talks and interest exchanges to solve the remaining problems, with their understanding of Yang Feng, this guy cannot fight with them endlessly.
If the war in Europe cannot be ended before the arrival of Chinese reinforcements, then the result is needless to say, the Entente is completely defeated, Britain and Russia are better, and goods like France and Italy can only be slaughtered.
But if you don't fight, the result will still be a complete failure, and you will still be slaughtered by others, including the British colonies in the Far East and the Pacific Ocean, east of Lake Baikal in Russia, these places will definitely be ceded to China, at most Britain can still keep the line of India and Australia, so it will be too miserable to lose. (To be continued......)