The next day, May 17, 1908, is a day that must be remembered in the history of Afghanistan. Not because the Jalalabad army decided on this day to launch an offensive against Amra, but in Jalalabad, Nashrullah convened a meeting that decided the history of Afghanistan. Young Afghanistan took advantage of this conference to officially enter the Afghan political arena. Berg. Tagil became Nashrullah Khan's political adviser to the Minister of the Interior.

It was this meeting that put an end to the long-standing backward situation in Afghanistan in which the princes and princes of the royal family held power separately and implemented a series of reform measures, such as separating government affairs from royal activities and electing a parliament. In addition, it was announced that a unified cabinet of ministers would be established when Afghanistan was unified. However, Tagil also made compromises with the nobles and religious chiefs of Jalalabad, and during the twelve-day conference, the feudal nobles and religious chiefs fought for access to local power and their own interests.

The conference decided that after the reunification of Afghanistan, Afghanistan would convene a loya jirga and formulate a constitution, establishing the unshakable status of the royal family with the situation of law. The Loya Jirga will be the supreme expression of the will of the Afghan people, the highest legislative body of the country, composed of the Lok Sabha (lower house) and the House of Elders (upper house), as well as the presidents of the provincial parliaments, responsible for formulating and amending the constitution and approving other relevant laws of the country; It has the right to make decisions on issues related to the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests of the Afghan state; review of the list of cabinet members submitted by the President; Cabinet Ministers, Supreme Court Judges and Chancellor Justice may attend the session; Meetings are held irregularly.

There are no more than 250 members of the Lok Sabha, which is distributed evenly according to the number of people in each region, but it is guaranteed that at least five members of each province are present. The members of the House of Elders were elected between the royal family, local nobles, and religious leaders. The National Assembly has the power to impeach the Prime Minister. However, the loya jirga must be convened and approved by a two-thirds majority before the prime minister can be dismissed.

Tagil can be said to have taken a step in raising the political landscape of Afghanistan from a backward tribal dynasty to a British position.

The Lok Sabha is for young Afghans and the Afghan civilian class, and the House of Elders is for the old class of Afghanistan. There will certainly be future conflicts between the two, and the old class of power in Afghanistan has a clear advantage. The Lok Sabha did not say that local nobles and religious leaders were not allowed to run for election. Although the momentum and influence of young Afghanistan are not small, they are undoubtedly at a disadvantage compared to the local aristocracy, that is, in the hands of many clans, and the more influential religious leaders. But Tagil was already satisfied. He was a truly intelligent man who knew that power struggles and political reforms were never done overnight. Tagil is content to be able to step into the heart of Afghan politics with the young Afghanistan he leads. After all, his strength is still very weak, and he has no direct armament, so he can cross off such a piece of the political cake. Totally beautifully done!

And Tagil's knowledge of current affairs also makes Ma Tianli even more regretful, but he was not born in a place. If he was in the Liang Kingdom, he would now be brought into the cabinet and court by King Liang in one step.

In the history of Afghanistan, the meeting on May 17 is called the rebirth of the Afghan nation, and it is also the day of the founding of Afghanistan that will be celebrated 100 years later.

However, in 1908, this day can be called the Good Friday of the Jalalabad people. At the pre-military meeting, no one dared not be present, Zhang He attended the military meeting, Duan Qirui was arbitrary, and ordered Rasur Yar, Ghani, Achraf, and Fazar. Hardy and others prepare the army. Tomorrow onwards storm Amra. Not a single person dared to disobey! Even when leaving Rasul Yar, Ghani, Achraf, Fazal. Hardy and the others all had a sad face. Some of these people had visited Duan Qirui overnight last night.

But eggs go hand in hand!

A military order, everyone must go. Fortunately, Duan Qirui didn't do everything perfectly, and he commanded the artillery himself, especially the artillery of a new brigade. It was of great help to the Jalalabad army in the offensive battle.

The battle for Amla lasted three days, and the Wehrmacht dealt a final blow to King Amra's army, breaking one of the most important pillars of the king's defence. The Amla line collapsed. The Jalalabad army paid the price of thousands of men, Suryar, Ghani, Ashraf, Fazar. Hardy and the others, and even the people behind them, breathed a sigh of relief after the war. They knew it was over.

The comings and goings of China and Britain in Afghanistan and Germany and France in Morocco constituted the theme that ran through the whole year of 1908. Especially when the war cruiser sold by China to Germany was kept out of the Suez Canal by the British, the whole world thought that another great war was about to break out.

"No, no! War is not yet going to break out. Because neither we nor Germany were ready for war. "Herbert. Henry. Asquith, the person who provoked the Sino-British dispute in Afghanistan as soon as he took over as British Prime Minister, has a very sharp vision. Dreadnoughts have only been around for four years, and battle cruisers have only been around for two years, and even if Britain and Germany work overtime to build warships, they are far from being able to offset the huge presence of the former dreadnoughts.

The number of dreadnoughts is still too small, and in the event of a war, it will only benefit the British Empire, because many of the former dreadnoughts in their Royal Navy can still come in handy. Therefore, unless Germany is insane, it will not provoke a war at this time.

Time was on the side of the Germans. Not to mention the threat and existence of China, no matter how crazy Wilhelm II is, he will never ignore China!

Herbert. Henry. Asquith is confident in his judgment. So the British did the almost provocative thing of keeping the Germans out of the battle patrols, Herbert. Henry. Asquith wanted to express the attitude and ideas of the British Empire. Anyway, the war can't be fought, and no matter how hard the Germans shout, it's like a watchdog tied to the neck, there is no threat!

On the contrary, it would also boost the morale of Britain to come in and fall because of the Afghan problem, and it would also be able to use the threat of the Germans to get through Herbert. Henry. Asquith has been brewing a bill to increase the Navy budget for a long time. The British Empire could not help but take seriously the threat of the German Navy, the Germans were dumplings with dreadnoughts, and Britain had to not only keep up with the pace, but also overtake Germany. Because on a global scale, in addition to the Germans, the British Empire also has China, a formidable opponent!

Asquith was able to convince the Cabinet and then the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament.

Wilhelm II was mad. Is London really going to provoke a war? The British were very rude to keep the German battle cruisers out of the Suez Canal, and now they have passed the supplementary naval budget bill in one step, and the British Royal Navy immediately announced that it would increase the number of ships to be built next year, and at least two dreadnoughts and two battle cruisers will start construction in the British shipyard next year.

The Germans' land combat capability is definitely stronger than that of the British, but when it comes to shipbuilding capabilities at sea, even if Germany now has Poland as its little brother, and the north does not have the threat of the behemoth of Tsarist Russia, it is no longer comparable to the British.

In terms of funds and resources, Germany has always been at a disadvantage compared to the British investment in the navy.

China's dreadnoughts have reached four and one battle cruiser, which is much stronger than that of Japan at the same time in the original time and space. But nowhere near the British. Moreover, trust in the navy in China as a whole is sluggish, especially in the warships on the sea, and the public trust is not as good as that of the submarine force in the new round of national surveys.

The Chinese Navy did not want to be in the original time and space, and the Japanese Navy experienced the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War successively, and the combat effectiveness and spirit of the fleet were tested and tempered by the flames of war. Compared with that group of small Japan, the Chinese Navy in this time and space is very similar to the US Navy before World War II, relying on powerful warships to occupy a place in the world's oceans, but it is just a pot of flowers in a greenhouse.

In April 1909, an agreement was reached between France and Germany. Germany recognized the French position in Morocco and ceded part of northern Cameroon to France (present-day southern Chad); France, on the other hand, transferred south-central French Congo (present-day northern part of the Republic of the Congo) and adjacent areas of French Equatorial Africa to Germany as compensation.

The war in Afghanistan is also coming to an end, and with the assistance of three groups of mercenaries from China, Nashrullah also returned to Kabul at this time and became the real king of Afghanistan. Habibullah and his family fled to India, and although a government-in-exile was organized with the support of the British, some troops were raised, and a counteroffensive seemed smooth to retake some parts of southern Afghanistan, Kandahar was firmly in the hands of the Nashrullah Army. Nashrallah did not choose to continue the attack, and the China behind him clearly made another secret deal with the British, and the troops advanced to Kandahar without moving forward, leaving a large area of desert and a small number of oases to the south for Habibullah.

This is certainly not good for Nashrullah, and if Habibullah is not completely eradicated, his rule will be in danger. However, the general trend has gone, and it is not something he can shake at all. As for Habibullah, he was more depressed than Nashrullah, and decided to lose a kingdom. If war does not break out between China and Britain, it will be difficult for him and his son to return to the political scene in Afghanistan in the future.

The subsequent full withdrawal of Chinese troops from Afghanistan was a clear benefit to China, although the Afghan government immediately entered into a comprehensive trade partnership and a treaty of trade with China.

The resolution of the two political crises in the East and the West made the world in 1909 seem much calmer at first glance. But who wants to think that there is really peace between China, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the six powers, that is the number one big fool in the world. Even when the United States and St. Petersburg are on the verge of moving, how can these six great powers really settle down.

In June, in fact, the first super-dreadnought, or superdreadnought-class battleship, was born at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the United Kingdom.

Orion, with a standard displacement of 22,200 tons and a full load displacement of 25,870 tons; 10 twin 13.5 inch/45 x diameter guns at 21 knots! (To be continued.) )