In the living room of the Governor's Palace, Klinder rubbed his hands and said with an embarrassed expression: "Governor Lin, our Italian allies know that our Germany wants to form an alliance with Governor Lin, strongly oppose this matter, and even threaten to withdraw from the German-Austrian-Italian alliance, hoping that our Germany will give up the alliance with Governor Lin, although many people in the country are willing to give up Italy and choose Governor Lin, but our German Emperor Xià, Wilhelm II, chose Italy, so there is no way to form an alliance, But we Germany are still willing to attack Japan together with Governor Hayashi, and we Germany still only need Japan's Shikoku Island. ”

Lin Daxin's brows furrowed, he felt that things would not be so simple, you must know that Germany will definitely consider the situation in Italy before looking for an alliance with itself, and the grievances between himself and Italy are very clear to the whole world, what is the reason for the Germans to suddenly change their minds?

Lin Daxin felt that there must have been something unexpected that made the Germans suddenly change their original intentions, but what specific things made him very puzzled, so he suppressed his anger and asked with a gloomy face: "Is it because of Italy's attitude that you Germany are willing to give up our powerful ally?" ”

Klinder paused, shrugged his shoulders, and said in a very helpless tone: "Governor Lin, as far as I know, this is indeed the case, and I personally regret that we Germany cannot have such a strong ally as Governor Lin, but I am only a + minister in the Qing Dynasty, and I cannot influence Germany's decisions at all. ”

Lin Daxin saw that it was impossible to probe Klinde, and his face became even more gloomy and said, "Mr. Minister." Isn't this a bit unorthodox in Germany? It was you Germans who came to me on your own initiative to ask for an alliance, and now we have agreed. You Germans have changed their minds again, and you are amusing me! Do you Germany think that I, Lin Daxin, am easy to bully? ”

Klinder hurriedly said, "Governor Lin is angry. On behalf of Germany, I sincerely apologize to you for this matter, and I hope that this little episode will not affect the friendship between our Germany and Governor Lin. ”

Lin Daxin snorted coldly and said, "Friendship? Hmph - Mr. Minister, I, Lin Daxin, don't have to form an ally with you Germany, since you have changed your mind, then this matter is over, as if it never happened. Rest assured, Mr. Minister, I, Lin Daxin, am not so stingy, and I will not pursue your German rebellion. But you Germans should think clearly about things in the future, don't do this kind of two-eyed thing, I really didn't think that the Germans, who have always been strict, could do such an unobtrusive thing! ”

Lin Daxin said that Klinder's face was flushed, and his face was full of embarrassment, but he was relieved in his heart, he himself felt that this matter was not handled in Germany, but no one expected the sudden change, and then Clinder hesitated. He also asked in a very embarrassed tone, "That...... That Governor Lin, we attacked Japan together, you see? ”

"How many armies and how many navies can you Germany send to attack Japan?" Lin Daxin asked.

Clinder paused and said, "We are too far away from here. It is impossible for the army to be sent on a large scale, and the bottom line given to me at home is that we in Germany can send at least 5,000 elite troops to attack Japan. The navy can send a little more, at least a huge fleet of 4 all-steel battleships! ”

Lin Daxin couldn't help but pout. If the allies can't do it, you Germany will send these people and warships. Just want to join forces with us to attack Japan, and then let you Germany get Japan's Shikoku Island without paying any price, how can there be such a pie-in-the-sky beauty!

So Lin Daxin waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss other things after we have a war with the Russians!" Mr. Minister, I still have official business to attend to, so I will not be far away. After speaking, Lin Daxin turned around without looking back and left the living room of the Governor's Mansion and returned to his office.

Clint looked at Lin Daxin's back helplessly and shook his head with a wry smile, what do you say is this! offended this Far Eastern military strongman who is currently in the limelight for no reason, and Klinder couldn't help but complain about the country and studied things for a long time, but in the end he changed his mind and made himself not a human being inside and out.

Clint did not have the face to stay in Shenyang, so he hurriedly left Shenyang City that day and returned to Beijing.

After a while, Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, hurriedly came to the office of Lin Daxin's Governor's Mansion, and an adjutant of Lin Daxin's Governor's Mansion called him, and Lin Daxin asked him to rush to the Governor's Mansion office immediately, so Li Kun ran almost all the way to the Governor's Mansion, "Principal, I'm here!" ”

Lin Daxin said with a gloomy face: "Grandma, we agreed to form an alliance, but the Germans suddenly changed their minds. ”

Li Kun frowned and asked, "Headmaster, why did the Germans suddenly change their minds?" Is something wrong? ”

Lin Daxin almost gritted his teeth and said: "German Minister Klinder said that it was because of the opposition of Germany's ally Italy that Germany changed its mind, but I don't think things are so simple. ”

Li Kun's heart froze, he heard the monstrous anger in Lin Daxin's tone, and immediately replied: "Yes, principal, I will immediately mobilize manpower, and I will do my best to find out why the Germans changed their minds." ”

Lin Daxin has reason to be angry, and it is not ordinary anger, but angry, he just relied on flickering, basically fooling Xinjiang into his own name, and asked for a lot of ransom from the French, it is the time of high spirits, at this time Germany, one of the world's most powerful countries, rushed over to form an alliance with himself, although Lin Daxin did not say it, but he was complacent in his heart. After weighing the pros and cons, he happily decided to form an alliance with the Germans, but the Germans told him that something had happened and that he could no longer form an alliance.

Rumors of an alliance have spread among the top echelons of the military and administrative staff in the Northeast, and most of them are full of hope for an alliance with Germany, one of the world's great powers, and now Germany has changed its mind. Isn't this a slap in the face of Lin Daxin! And it crackled!

This made Lin Daxin, who has been smooth sailing recently, eager to send a fleet to Germany. Of course, he was just thinking about it, and he hadn't reached the point where he didn't know what was important. If that's the case, it's a child's play on military affairs.

In fact, the Military Intelligence Bureau did not have any strength in Germany, but in the city of Beijing, the strength of the Military Intelligence Bureau was extremely strong, and after some efforts, it finally got the ins and outs of the matter from the personnel of the German Legation.

It turned out that the German Emperor Wilhelm II accepted the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, Alfred? Feng? Schlieffen and German Admiral Alfred? Feng? Tirpitz decided to choose Lin Daxin as an ally of Germany in response to the recent formation of the Entente by Britain and France. As a result, the German minister to the Qing Dynasty, Klinder, asked Lin Daxin to form an alliance.

It is true that Italy was responsible for the sudden change in Germany, but it was not as simple as the German Minister Klinder had suggested.

The aged King Umberto I of Italy, after receiving the news of the total destruction of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Italian Navy, suddenly fell ill, and the situation continued to deteriorate, and finally did not survive 1898, and died on December 1 earlier than in history. Emanuele III succeeded to the throne.

Emanuele III believed that his father's death was ultimately due to the destruction of the Italian Navy's Second Expeditionary Fleet under the command of Lin Daxin, a military strongman in the Far East. only then did his father fall ill in a hurry, but he couldn't afford to fall ill and left him. Emanuele III couldn't wait to pick Lin Daxin's skin and smoke Lin Daxin's tendons. For Lin Daxin's national hatred, Emmanuele III must avenge it, and he has always planned to reorganize the Italian Navy. It was only the question of funding that plagued the new king of Italy.

At this time, Emanuele III suddenly got the news that Germany actually wanted to win over Lin Daxin as an ally, and he was immediately furious. is ready to seek justice from the German Emperor Wilhelm II, doesn't Germany know that Italy is on the same page as Lin Daxin. Your Germany and Italy are allies, and now your Germany is looking for Lin Daxin to form an alliance, what is going on!

But then Emanuele III calmed down, and he knew that if he went to the German Emperor Wilhelm II empty-handed, it was likely that Germany would abandon Italy and choose Lin Daxin.

So Emanuele III thought for a long time, gritted his teeth, took out the funds from his royal family's private treasury and transferred them to the Italian Admiralty, and squeezed out a part of the funds from the Italian treasury and transferred them to the Italian Admiralty, and then ordered the Italian Navy to start building a new batch of warships to supplement the navy.

However, Italy's funds are limited, this new warship construction plan, only the construction of 4 new Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships with a displacement of nearly 15,000 tons, this all-steel battleship has been built in Italy 8, but in the naval battle in the Bay of Manila, it was either sunk or captured by the Northeast Navy, but the comprehensive performance of this all-steel battleship is still good, so this Italian Navy's emergency shipbuilding plan will build 4 all-steel battleships of this class.

In addition, four new Dotnaro-class fast armored cruisers with a displacement of 9,700 tons have also been built in this shipbuilding plan, as well as four Elba-class fast protection cruisers with a displacement of 2,800 tons, 10 destroyers with a displacement of nearly 1,200 tons, and some torpedo boats are also on the list.

In less than 2 years, the Italian Navy has 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, 2 Queen Elena-class all-steel battleships, 8 Dotenaro-class large fast armored cruisers, as well as a large number of protective cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats and some old warships.

Later, Emmanuele III sent someone to selectively reveal the news that Germany might form an alliance with Lin Daxin to the Russians, which made Tsar Nicholas II shocked, Nicholas II did not know that Germany was going to form an alliance with Lin Daxin and was only aimed at Britain and France, thinking that the Germans wanted to intervene in the current war between Russia and Lin Daxin, so Nicholas II sent a note to Germany on the one hand to warn Germany not to choose an alliance with a force that was about to be eliminated by Russia, and announced another expansion of the army by 1 million, You must know that the Russians' original expansion of the army of 2 million has just been completed.

And then Emmanuele III got through the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz? The work of Joseph I, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, who had just lost his Empress in September 1898, his Empress Elisabeth, known as the most beautiful empress in the world, was stabbed to death with an awl by an Italian anarchist on the shores of Lake Geneva. Emanuele III persuaded Franz? When Joseph I, Lin Daxin was described as a rebel similar to an anarchist, and you can see that Lin Daxin, who was supposed to be a subject of the Qing Dynasty, was already above the Qing Dynasty. Finally the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz? Joseph I and King Emanuele III of Italy worked together to pressure Germany to abandon the idea of an alliance with Lin Daxin.

German Emperor Wilhelm II actually looked down on the Qing Dynasty all the time, and it was only under the construction of two important German ministers that he was ready to form an alliance with Lin Daxin to deal with Britain and France, and the German Admiral Minister Tirpitz built yì, because of the well-known problem, if Italy opposed, Germany could abandon Italy, whose navy had declined, and choose a new ally, Lin Daxin.

However, when Germany sent Klinder, the minister in the Qing Dynasty, to Shenyang City to find Lin Daxin to negotiate an alliance, the situation suddenly changed, Russia sent a note to Germany, of course, Germany can ignore it, but Russia suddenly announced an expansion of 1 million, which made the German Emperor Wilhelm II consider whether Lin Daxin could be safe and sound under the attack of millions of Russian troops, and at this time his two allies stood up and did not agree to the alliance between Germany and Lin Daxin, he could ignore the voice of Italy, but the request of Austria-Hungary, Germany must pay attention.

In addition, Italy, whose naval strength has been damaged, has now begun a new batch of warship construction programs, and in less than two years, an Italian navy whose strength should not be underestimated will appear in the ranks of the world's naval powers.

Taking into account many factors, the German Emperor Wilhelm II resolutely decided to terminate the plan to form an alliance with Lin Daxin, despite the opposition of Schlieffen, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, and Tirpitz, Minister of the German Navy. (To be continued......) R1292