The Chileans certainly welcomed Emperor Yang's offer, but in fact their finances could no longer sustain the construction of the two battleships, and the Argentines had caused great panic in South America, especially Brazil and Chile, with which they had border problems. The more than 200,000 Argentine troops armed under the banner of going to Europe to fight in Europe forced these two countries to expand their armies on a large scale, and no one dared to guarantee that once the Allies won the war, the Argentines would not take action against these two neighboring countries with the support of the Allies. Chile is the most tense in particular, and Brazil is better because the population is four times that of Argentina, and the border problems between the two sides are not large, which is enough to curb the ambitions of the Argentines against Brazil.

But Chile is not good, the population of this country is not as much as Argentina, and they are quite able to toss in the past few years, with the development of science and technology, they have less and less people want saltpeter, if it were not for this war, the entire saltpeter market would be completely squeezed by Germany's synthetic ammonia and China's petrochemical products, and compared with them, Argentina is much stronger in terms of financial resources and war mobilization capabilities, so Chile must plan early.

The army's large-scale expansion will definitely occupy their already small military spending, and it would be good if the two battleships could be built with their financial resources and drag on for another three years, and now there is such a good deal, of course, welcome, although the Hongwu-class battle cruiser is one level weaker than the Kunlun-class battleships in terms of firepower and protection capabilities, but the 35-knots high speed is very suitable for a country like Chile with a coastline of 5,000 kilometers, and the nine 280 main guns are not without the ability to fight even against the Kunlun-class battleships.

Shortly after the contract was changed, the two battleships that had just been built in Sweden and were supposed to return to China to install the latest fire control system were urgently installed with the export version of the centralized fire control system, and then sailed directly to Valparaiso, Chile, under the guidance of shipyard employees.

At this time, British troops also began to land in Italy in a big way, and at the urging of Germany and Austria, Greece and Montenegro declared war on Britain. In fact, they had fought the British many times, but they had not officially declared war. Shortly after the declaration of war, two Greek Navy fast battleships engaged the British convoy in the south of Corsica, and the two high-speed battleships with a speed of 32 knots sank two old British battleships in succession with their 24 insane 280 mm guns, and then sailed before the two British rangers arrived, a battle that won honor for the Greek Navy and made them the real enemies of the British.

Because of the defeat in this naval battle, the accusations against the French in Britain increased, after all, their old battleships risked their convoy. Mainly because the four Gutu-class battleships of the French Navy watched from the wall, and they used to be unlucky to watch from the wall, and the British people turned a blind eye, but now the unlucky ones are the British Navy, and the British will definitely not do it. In order to accommodate the feelings of their allies, the French navy had to twist out of the port of Toulon, but they were not interested in running to Taranto to relieve the siege of Italy, even if two British battle cruisers were added, there was little hope for six Combined Forces class. Therefore, after the French fleet left the port, it was only responsible for guaranteeing the sea supremacy in the western Mediterranean and protecting the British merchant ships entering through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Of course, for the British, this is perfectly fine, with the addition of these four Lone class battleships. The actions of the Greek Navy were immediately curtailed, the safety of sea transport was ensured to the greatest extent, the British Army began to plunge into the Italian battlefield in a steady stream, and Taranto, which was already in danger, was finally safe.

After a whole army group was thrown into the southern Italian theater. The Greco-Herzegovina forces fighting here were immediately overwhelmed, and the huge army, which had 350,000 men left after casualties, had to abandon its intended goal of capturing Taranto. Began to turn around and attack north. At the same time, the Austro-Hungarian Sixth Army was also continuing south along the eastern coast of Italy, and the Italians in this area did not have many troops, how could they withstand a two-sided attack, and soon the Austro-Hung Black Army completed the meeting in the Italian port city of Spekara.

However, at the same time, the British army, which was closely behind the Greco-Herzegovina coalition army, also rushed over, and then was blocked by the Austro-Herzegovina coalition army south of Pescara, and the Italian front was basically stabilized.

From the Franco-Italian border along the Apennines to the south to Pescara, the Anglo-Italian army blocked the six armies of the German, Austrian and Herdic countries, and in the Alps there was a French army group in a stalemate with a German army group, nearly four million men fought on this long front, and no one was able to break through the opponent's defenses.

However, on the whole, the war situation was still unfavorable to the Entente, especially after Italy lost almost all of its industrial centers, in order to supply their 1.5 million half-hearted troops, which greatly dragged down the financial resources of the Entente, of course, mainly the British.

"The British have been squeezed dry, and now it is only possible to look at Nikolai." Emperor Yang stared at the world map like a conspirator, looking for a breakthrough for the Entente to completely turn the tide of the war.

At this time, it is true that only Nikolai has left his strength, although by far the Russian army has suffered the heaviest casualties, adding up to more than five million, of course, this refers to the army, neither the Entente nor the Central Powers have calculated how many of their civilian casualties have been killed. In addition, Nikolai still maintains more than 5 million troops on the Eastern Front, which means that he has mobilized a total of 10 million troops so far, which is a terrifying number, but considering the population of 150 million in Russia, this number is not a big deal.

Britain and France, with a population of 30 million, have taken out 6 million troops, and compared with these two countries, it is clear that Russia still has people, even if they have lost the most land and population, but just like a woman's breast, squeeze it, there will always be.

"Loans?" While Emperor Yang was worried about the victory of the Entente, the respected Empress of the Russian Empire visited China again, and made a request to him in bed that he could not refuse.

"Isn't that okay? Although with the relationship between us, if you lack money in normal times, it is just a sentence for me to send 120 million, but now at this time, I have to borrow 1 billion at once, in case William knows, it will be difficult for me to be a person in the future. Emperor Yang said embarrassedly.

"Hurry up and say the conditions!" Her Majesty the Empress said disdainfully while playing with Xiao Yang Feng.

Since this is the case, Emperor Yang is naturally not good at pretending.

"You can take out a loan, give me your colony in Japan." He said with a smile.

"That's the blood of 100,000 Russian warriors." Queen Alexandra said.

"What about 100,000 Russian warriors, isn't it just 100,000 gray cattle, besides, that colony has no meaning to you now, it can't increase your wealth, and it can't give you any benefit in strategic layout, and you must maintain 100,000 army troops there to defend the Japanese, what's the point of keeping it any longer? Do you know how much public opinion pressure I am under in the country for you? Now even Chinese elementary school students know that Russia's naval base in Aomori is the biggest maritime threat around China now, and besides, Nicholas Zushang has stolen so much land from China, and everyone knows that stabbing Nicholas in the back is the most in China's interests at this time.

If it weren't for the relationship between us, to be honest, it would be perfectly fine for me and William to destroy Russia in the east and west, and there is no need to add that the entire east of the Ural River belongs to me, and all the west of the Dnieper River belongs to him, and then leave the middle as a buffer zone for us, and William has absolutely no opinion there.

I even gave up such a good business for you, and now it's just a small colony, and it's too hurtful for you to push back, do you know that some people in our country have already compared me with the emperors who were seduced by foxes in history. Emperor Yang said with a dissatisfied face.

What he said is true, because he has always provided arms to Russia behind the scenes, and some people of insight in the country have indeed begun to be dissatisfied, in the final analysis, strength determines ambition, and now China's strength has made many people ambitious, and the call to recapture the Far East has been increasing, but Emperor Yang is always entangled there for a woman to disappoint them.

"Well, I think Nikolai will think about it." Empress Alexandra hesitated and said.

It is a very good way to give Russia a loan, otherwise Nikolai is always so unclear and unclear with William on the Eastern Front is very worrying, since he came to take out a loan, that is to say, he still wants to fight, which is understandable, after all, up to now, he has lost a lot of land, even if he now betrays Britain and France at the cost of an armistice with William, Poland, Moldavia, Lithuania These places will definitely not come back, that is, the land lost in Ukraine and western Belarus is very mysterious.

Especially in Ukraine, after the occupation of Ukraine by Germany and Austria, Nikolai's expectation of the Ukrainian people's resistance to the invaders did not appear, but on the contrary, a large number of Ukrainians ran to join the Allies, which shows that he played the role of the father of the Ukrainian people very unsuccessfully. (To be continued......)