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When it was morning in China, it was still early in the morning in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. When Sir Bonham was sure that the Imperial Chinese Army had really annihilated the Russian Expeditionary Force, it was already 11 o'clock in the morning, and immediately sent a telegram back to the Foreign Office in London, England. It was still three o'clock in the morning in London. After the duty officer of the British Foreign Office translated the telegram, he felt that the matter was very important, and immediately sent someone to inform the British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Granville. When the Earl of Granville received the telegram, he thought Sir Bonham was joking with him.

But when he was sure it was true. The Earl of Granville, despite the fact that it was still dark, immediately went to the Prime Minister's House in Downing Street to pay his respects to Prime Minister Edward Brown. Smith. The Earl of Stanley reported the situation. Although the prime minister who was woken up was very dissatisfied, after learning of the situation, the whole person was also stunned.

"Damn! Why are the Russians so vulnerable? Call an emergency meeting of the Cabinet members right away! British Prime Minister Count Stanley roared.

Subsequently, the British Cabinet convened an emergency meeting. There is no doubt that Russia failed so quickly, which was completely beyond their expectations. You know, that's 600,000 troops! Moreover, it was still the standing army of Russia, which was wiped out by the Imperial Chinese Army so quickly, could it be that just two years later, the strength of the Imperial Chinese Army has risen to a new level again?

The current policy of Britain is undoubtedly to support Russia against China. But the Russian expeditionary force was annihilated so quickly. This undoubtedly dealt a great blow to Russia's strength. Whether Russia still has the courage to continue its confrontation with the Chinese Empire has undoubtedly become a difficult question. A strong Chinese empire, not in the interests of the British. their interests in the Far East. It's all lost. The only Hong Kong, it is estimated that it will not be able to be saved. Of course, although Hong Kong's strategic significance is important, it can be abandoned if it is forced to do so. However, India, an important British colony, was also threatened by the Chinese Empire. If China defeats Russia later. If you start looking south, Britain will be in trouble. Although, India's defense has been strengthened. But. The British* military is still not confident of defeating the Chinese* army in India. Britain has increased its investment in the army and navy in recent years, which has greatly improved Britain's military strength. But it is clear that the Chinese Empire did not eat the old book either. They've gotten stronger. It's stronger than it was during the Burma War.

British War Secretary Henry. William. The Marquis of Paget, also known as the Marquis of Anglesey, asked the British cabinet to further increase the army's military spending so that the army could be expanded in size and equipped with more advanced weapons. After suffering losses in the Burma War, the British Army had already begun to develop weapons against the Chinese Army. Whether it is a heavy machine gun or a mortar, it is the focus of their development, and it has been successful. It's time to equip the troops. In addition, the size of the British Army. It has also been expanded again and again. Not only has the size of the local army expanded, but the British Army also recruited soldiers in various colonies, especially India, which has a population of more than 200 million, which has become the top priority of British overseas recruitment.

Similarly, the British Admiralty Chancellor Charles . Sir Adam even said in an emergency meeting that the British Navy needed more and more advanced warships to compete with the 'Western Zhou-class' warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, as well as the more powerful 'Eastern Zhou-class' warships that had begun to enter service. Otherwise, Britain's position as maritime supremacy would be lost. This is absolutely unacceptable to Britain, which has established its world hegemony with sea power.

The British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Granville, proposed that Britain need to further strengthen its support for Russia so that Russia can continue to fight with China. No matter what the situation turned out, as long as the war continued, it would deplete the strength of the Chinese Empire, which would be very beneficial to Britain.

The views of the British cabinet ministers were unified in that they would expand their armaments and intensify their support for Russia. However, all of this costs money, and it costs a lot of money. Although Britain's fiscal revenue was large, in 1846 it was as high as 58 million pounds, and together with the wealth collected from the colonies, it was the largest in the world. However, there are also many places to spend money in the UK. After a year, there is not much money left, and it may be very difficult to implement this plan.

However, in order to maintain its own world hegemony. After Prime Minister Earl Stanley visited Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, the British government finally decided to increase its spending on military spending. In addition, strengthen support for Russia.

At the same time, the whole of Europe, or the entire Western world, was also shocked by the news of China's annihilation of the Russian expeditionary force. President of the French Second Republic, Charles Murphy. Bonaparte, upon learning of this news, immediately summoned his confidants to counsel. Although, the military strength of the Chinese Empire was strong, he already knew this. However, the army of the Chinese Empire was so strong that it still made Charles . Bonaparte was somewhat incredulous. He knows how powerful Russia is. Didn't his uncle, Napoleon the Great, plant his heel in Russia, which led to the collapse of the First French Empire?

However, the strength of the Chinese Empire also inspired the Charles. Bonaparte's fighting spirit, he demanded that the French government allocate more of the 1.3 billion francs of fiscal revenue to the development of armaments, as well as for the imminent war against the United States. Shire. President Bonaparte was in dire need of a foreign war to demonstrate the force of France and to establish his personal prestige. He instructed the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of War to make contact with the Chinese Empire as much as possible, urging the Chinese Empire to fulfill its secret treaty and declare war on the United States at an early date. In this case, France will soon be involved in the war against the United States. There is no doubt that the United States has become a Shire. President Bonaparte's stepping stone.

The Kingdom of Spain, as a close ally and spokesperson of the Chinese Empire, strengthened its determination to join the Chinese Empire because of this victory. The land forces of the Kingdom of Spain also began to prepare, and once the Chinese Empire declared war on the United States, they would follow suit.

In addition, as a major power in Central Europe, the Kingdom of Prussia was very envious of the victory of the Chinese Empire. King Frederick of the Kingdom of Prussia. Wilhelm IV and Prince Wilhelm believed that the conditions for war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire had been formed. After this heavy blow, the Russians will devote their main strength to the East and the confrontation of the Chinese Empire. At that time, Russia will have no energy left to care about the life and death of the Austrian Empire. The Kingdom of Prussia would take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Austrian Empire in one fell swoop, causing the Austrian Empire to withdraw from the German states and recognizing the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia over the German states. This was a necessary step for the unification of Germany in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Although the Kingdom of Prussia had just experienced a war, the weak Kingdom of Denmark did not consume much of the national strength of the Kingdom of Prussia. The army of the Kingdom of Prussia, which had just been victorious, was in high spirits. With the strength of the Kingdom of Prussia, half a million troops could be mobilized in a short time. Compared with the Kingdom of Prussia, the Austrian Empire, although it had a larger population, was less industrially powerful than the Kingdom of Prussia, and its mobilization ability was not as good as that of the Kingdom of Prussia. If the Kingdom of Prussia had suddenly gone to war, the Austrian Empire would have lost.

Because the Chinese Empire quickly defeated the Russian expeditionary force, the Kingdom of Prussia made up its mind to go to war against the Austrian Empire, thus accelerating the process of unifying Germany. This has made the wheel of history have deviated from the predetermined track. The development of world history and the history that Emperor Long Yufei is familiar with will also be completely different. Because of the appearance of Long Yufei's butterfly, history has been changed beyond recognition.

As another party in the Sino-Russian War, Russia was undoubtedly the last to learn that the Russian expeditionary force had been wiped out. Because the telegraph line to Siberia had been cut off by the Chinese cavalry, the Russian General Headquarters was completely unaware of the news from the front. Or, the news they know already has a lag of Yan zhòng. The news of the annihilation of the Russian expeditionary force was notified by the British Foreign Office to the Russian Embassy in Britain, and then the Russian Embassy in Britain sent it back to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Of course, when the British side informed the Russian embassy in Britain of this news, the Russian ambassador to Britain did not believe it at all. How could the great Russian Empire be defeated by the Chinese Empire, and how could the Russian expeditionary force, which numbered as many as 600,000, be completely annihilated? Still in such a short period of time. However, as more and more news came, the Russian ambassador to Britain was convinced that the Russian expeditionary force had really failed. He hurriedly sent the news back to China, and at this time, it was already July 2.

After receiving the telegram, the first reaction of the Russian Foreign Minister, Count Neschel Rody, was that it was simply a rumor. How could the powerful Russian Expeditionary Force fail like this. He asked the Russian embassy in Britain to verify the news, and at the same time urgently contacted Putiyatin, the former Russian minister to China, who was still in Hong Kong, to verify whether the news was true. However, in the end, the news came that made Count Nischel Rodie almost despair.

The fact that the powerful Russian Expeditionary Force was really completely annihilated in just a few days is completely unacceptable. Despite the fact that the sun was already setting, Count Neschel Rodier rushed to the Winter Palace to pay his respects to Tsar Nicholas I. At this time, Russia is like the setting sun. (To be continued......)