"The Normanov dynasty has finally fallen!" When he saw the relevant information, Xu Jie said excitedly, he hadn't been so happy for a long time, and he hadn't even been so excited about gaining a large territory after winning Russia for the second time, in his opinion, the two Sino-Russian wars were just to lay the foundation for today's matter, and Huaxia's desperate efforts only made Russia, a giant with feet of clay, give up the Far East, and at most suffer some flesh wounds. And this time, after Germany has completely crushed Russia, it will be the turn of Huaxia to completely dismember this northern behemoth! For this day, Huaxia has been preparing for 10 years! The Huaxia Army, which has not moved for ten years, is finally time to move! And the target is the regions of North and Central Asia occupied by the Russians! Well, this is just a long-term plan, as for how much it can be accounted for, it depends on the actual development.

However, before moving Russia, Xu Jie needs to reconsider the situation in Europe, and the current situation is too different from history, so that even Xu Jie thinks that if it doesn't go well, what if the Entente really loses miserably? Historically, the United States entered the war in 1917, and under the pressure of absolute strength, Germany was able to fight the most reluctantly imperial offensive. And now? The Germans had almost no problems with raw materials and food. And control the whole of the Mediterranean! The Italian Navy finally got the hang of it, completely cutting off France's ties with North Africa. The United States, the key strength of the Entente, had not yet decided to enter the war, which made the situation of the Entente very difficult. And according to intelligence, at the beginning of next year, the German High Seas Fleet will meet the Grand Fleet! And Xu Jie is until the Germans' hole cards, so the British are really likely to lose!

If the Grand Fleet collapses or is badly damaged. That blow to the Entente would have been fatal! Although after the war, the German Navy needed to rest and recuperate, and there would be no action against Britain in the short term. But if the Grand Fleet were to be badly damaged, it would be a devastating blow to Britain's confidence in continuing the battle! Britain is an island nation, and the loss of the fleet is to go to the sea line of communication, which is equivalent to the collapse of a person's circulatory system. Even if it can barely be supported, it will definitely not last long. At that point, what if the United States enters the war? The United States also wants to challenge both the German High Seas Fleet and the Allied Combined Fleet in the Mediterranean? Are you kidding? No matter how strong American industry is, it must transport troops across the Atlantic. If the Atlantic route can't be safe, what if things can't be transported? And relative to the Entente, the Americans were significantly less tolerant of human losses. And trench warfare is obviously flesh and blood! The United States must enter the war, and in order for the United States to lose a lot of materials and personnel in the war, Xu Jie needs to bleed the United States through the European battlefield! Therefore, the US government must be given the hope of victory in the war, and the premise of this hope is that Britain and France continue to fight with all their might. So Britain must not collapse!

What will happen if Britain fails? Germany will dominate Europe. Although Europe is indeed far away from China, Xu Jie still does not want Germany to become bigger. The reasons are very simple, first, Germany wants a pro-German Russian government to maintain a check on China, and China wants to dismember Russia to increase its power, and the interests of both sides are in conflict with each other, but this problem is covered up before Russia is defeated. And when the Russian government fell, this contradiction began to come to the fore again! The second reason is Turkey, Germany's ally. Thanks to the strong support of Germany, the Ottoman Turkish Empire was still alive. He controlled a large area of the Middle East. Among them were Iraq and Kuwait, which were important oil fields! Although it has not yet been discovered, for the sake of the future, Xu Jie is absolutely unwilling to put these two places under the control of other big powers, and if Germany wins, these two future super oil producers will definitely not be able to run! I am afraid that the other oil fields of the Arabian Peninsula will also be under German control! The third reason is whether Germany, which is full of self-confidence, will make any radical moves, such as against China, after Germany's unprecedented victory? This potential threat also worries Xu Jie.

So to sum up, Huaxia doesn't mind letting the Germans get some fruits of victory, but this fruit can't be too much, and it can't completely fatten the Germans! You can include the Baltic Sea, Belarus, and Ukraine in your territory or power, but you can never control the entire former Russian region. Germany can draw Britain and France on the Western Front, but it must not completely weaken France and exclude Britain's influence on the European continent! Within this framework, Germany is a friend of China, and if it comes out of this framework, it can only be an enemy, and even a sword between the two sides!

According to the thinking of ordinary people, since they don't want Germany to win, why don't they just cut off support for Germany? It seems to make sense, but in fact, China also wants the British to be hit hard! And fundamentally shake the foundation of British sea power, that is, Xu Jie needs a war between Britain and Germany on a larger scale than Jutland! And the best result is that both sides suffer heavy losses, the British further shrink their forces, and Germany is temporarily unable to launch a new offensive, so as to wait for the United States to enter the war to replenish the Allied forces! It's a dilemma. How to grasp the degree will become very important! If this move is successful, Xu Jie is sure to let this war go on for another two years!

These two years were enough time for the Chinese government to launch an offensive against the Russian Provisional Government and to complete the consolidation of the newly occupied territories. From the present point of view, the situation was most favorable for China, and with the formation of the Russian Provisional Government, the nature of his German puppet regime changed from an ally to an enemy of the Entente. It is impossible for Britain and France to help them, and they are eager to deal with them as soon as possible! And Germany? It is necessary to concentrate on the battlefield in the west, and the help given to the Provisional Government is at best verbal rather than practical. After all, their supplies still need to be supplied by Huaxia. As for the pretext for going to war? It was quite easy to find, and many of the weapons and ammunition that China gave to the tsarist government were given on credit, and according to the normal transaction process, Russia would pay in hard currency such as gold, but now, the provisional government obviously did not have the ability to pay this arrears, and the materials had been consumed. Then Huaxia can completely use this as an excuse to start a war with the Russians!

The impact of the fall of the Normanov dynasty was quite enormous, and on the second day of the establishment of the Russian Provisional Government, the British ambassador to China expressed the hope that China would suspend the export of materials to Russia, and expressed his willingness to buy them at a price of 120%, and exchange them with gold, silver or technology, in case these weapons and ammunition fell into the hands of the Russian Provisional Government or the Germans, after all, these materials could theoretically be transported across Asia to Europe through the Trans-Siberian Railway! This is tantamount to opening a second supply line for the Allies! From the current situation, China is clearly inclined to Germany, and in the eyes of Britain and France, it is very likely that this batch of materials that Russia originally ordered to pay for by Britain and France will eventually be cheaper than the Germans.

To the surprise of the British, Huaxia readily agreed to the request of Britain and France, but said that the freight of this batch of goods needed to be calculated separately. When asked privately by British diplomats why Huaxia agreed to the deal, Xu Jie replied: "We are a neutral country, all we care about is freedom of trade and navigation, and according to the most basic commercial principles, the highest price must not be changed!" The Russian Provisional Government does not have the ability to pay, and the Germans bid less than your country's price, then we will naturally resell the goods. ”

Perhaps it was the success of this transaction that increased the confidence of the British, or perhaps the British government thought that this was the beginning of a change in the attitude of China, after all, the purpose of Huaxia The British government also knew more or less that now that the Tsar had fallen, it was time to divide Russia, and the quasi-allies of Huaxia and Germany had finally disagreed, and so far, the British had not received information about the negotiations between Germany and Huaxia, on the contrary, Germany also hoped that Huaxia could support the Russian Provisional Government and respect their sovereign integrity! Isn't that hilarious? In the eyes of the British, the arrogant Wilhelm II still didn't understand the situation.

The Entente countries did not stop doing anything, and with the support of American loans, they once again purchased all kinds of materials in large quantities, especially various mechanical products, rubber, oil and other strategic materials! These things are useless or not, they should be bought and stored first, and they will not fall into the hands of the Germans anyway. And the hand of the British clearly caught the Allies a little off guard! The Germans are not capable of being as generous as the British! However, fortunately, Huaxia still fulfilled the orders placed by the German government in advance, and did not resell them to others because of the British. However, because of the sweep of the British, it became very difficult for the Allies to place orders in the next stage, after all, although China is large, the output of rubber, oil and other materials is also numerous! There are more British, and naturally fewer Germans.

"We hope that your country will continue to support the Allies, the war is nearing the end, our advantage is very obvious, we have every hope that the war will be completely ended by the middle of 1917, when the huge colonial system of Britain and France will collapse, and China will directly inherit the scope of British and French power in the Far East, is this not a good choice for your country?" The German envoy persuaded Xu Jie more than once to continue the original policy, and the Germans were not stupid, and they also felt the change in the situation.

"Your country should know what our concerns are, but it is a pity that your government has not given any formal and clear answer to our concerns, and our country has made great sacrifices for the victory of the Allies, providing 90 per cent of your imports of fuel, more than 75 per cent of rubber, more than 80 per cent of tungsten ore and various non-ferrous metals, as well as a large number of machinery and accessories. We have done so much to export the most elite warships of our country to your country even at a critical moment, but what can we get? Xu Jie asked solemnly.

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