The wishful thinking of the British failed, and the Americans were even more ambivalent.

The Americans' ideas were not as direct as the British's, and the Russo-Japanese War, which was about to mediate, was now impossible.

Of course, the elder Roosevelt did not lament this, but lamented Fan Yize's actions, and even began to worry about whether Fan Yize would affect the interests of the United States in the Pacific region.

Unlike the British, who were trying to counterbalance Fan Yize, they ultimately failed.

The United States, on the other hand, is more concerned about its national economic interests, and even if there is no North Korean market, it is just a pity for the United States.

However, in the telegram sent by Ambassador William to Washington, he clearly reminded that Fan Yize is a nationalist, and even his actions show that he is still an ultra-nationalist.

This is the reason why the United States is slightly uneasy, and regardless of what happened to the Chinese in the United States, Fan Yize intends to liquidate the matter of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the Americans cannot sit idly by.

After all, the United States is also one of the eight countries, and if Fan Yize is an extreme nationalist as William reported, then the United States will have to face Fan Yize sooner or later.

However, reason told Roosevelt Sr. that Fan Yize was definitely not a person dominated by emotions.

Fan Yize's attack on Japan, in the eyes of the elder Roosevelt, was just that he had taken a fancy to Japan and Korea, and there was no second possibility.

But what puzzled the elder Roosevelt was why Fan Yize said those words to William, just as he didn't believe that emotions could dominate Fan Yize's reasoning, he wouldn't believe it, those words were just Fan Yize's nonsense without going through his brain.

Leaving this question to the staff team to waste their brains, the main point of Roosevelt's thinking at the moment was how to win more interests for the United States in this new war.

The recent cooperation between the United States and Fan Yize is very close, Fan Yize has invested a lot of industry and natural energy in the United States, which has added a lot of jobs and created more wealth in the United States.

In particular, the East India commercial exchanges with Fan Yize, many American goods were exported to the East Indies, which greatly increased the foreign trade income of the United States.

During the Russo-Japanese War, the United States was interested in the Korean market, so it favored the Japanese.

Because once the Russians take control of North Korea, not a single American commodity wants to enter North Korea.

But if Fan Yize defeats Japan and defeats the Russians, doesn't that mean that American goods can enter North Korea and be exported to Japan?

As soon as he thought of this, the old Roosevelt's heart was on fire. It's heating up, what the United States needs is wealth, not war.

Old Roosevelt was on fire inside. It was hot, just thinking of what Fan Yize said to William, this kind of fire. The heat cooled down a lot right away.

At the same time, in the Kremlin, far away in the European direction, Nicholas II received a message from Germany.

At first, Nicholas II thought that the Second Pacific Fleet had defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet, but the content turned out to be shocking to Nicholas II.

Russia's Second Pacific Fleet was completely annihilated, Russia's last military force in the Far East was completely lost, and the overall strength of the Russian Navy was also dealt a heavy blow.

This made Nicholas II extremely annoyed, and the bottles and cans smashed to the ground.

Especially when the latest report of the Russian Army's reconnaissance cavalry came from the direction of Vladivostok, Nicholas II's anger burned even more.

Russia's enemy, Japan, although the Japanese Combined Fleet was wiped out by Fan Yize, and Fan Yize also did what Russia wanted to do the most.

If he hadn't received the news from the Far East Army, Nicholas II would have been very happy and looked at the little Japan that had been beaten by Fan Yize.

But when he knew that Vladivostok did not fall into the hands of the Japanese, but was occupied by the troops under Fan Yize, he couldn't be calm.

No one would be happy about such an act of apparent hostility.

The Tsar immediately summoned the Minister of War Kuropatkin.

Kuropatkin was a very arrogant man, but in the past year, his arrogance has been destroyed by the Japanese to the point where he cannot hold his head up.

It is a miracle that the Russian general, who claimed that one Russian soldier could defeat three Japanese soldiers, was able to sit in the position of Minister of War after the army's failures in the Far East theater again and again.

If it weren't for Nicholas II's unreserved support for him, Kuropatkin would have taken responsibility for the defeat long ago, instead of letting the poor creatures of logistical coordination be the first culprits in the defeat.

However, this Tsarist Russian general, in addition to completely contemptuous of the enemy, still has a little ability.

The responsibility for Russia's defeat in the Far East is not entirely on him, the confusion of logistics, the inability to arrive in time, there are indeed big reasons.

Several battles with the Japanese Army, the long logistical supply lines of the Russian Army, there were always various problems.

When you need it, you get spirits, and when you need it, you get boxes of statues, and when you need it, you get it.

With such chaotic logistics, the difficulty of supply, and the bureaucratic system, it is often necessary to delay a train full of wagons for seven or eight days before it can leave for the Far East.

The coordinating officials have changed several batches, but the result is still the same.

Kuropatkin came in a hurry, and as soon as Nicholas II saw him, he put two telegrams in front of him, and after reading the contents of the two telegrams, Kuropatkin took a deep breath and said:

"Your Majesty, don't be angry, the Far Eastern Railway Siberia has not yet been fully opened, and it is really difficult for our supplies to be sent to the Far East in time, and our millions of soldiers on the Western Front cannot be walked to the Far East, Fan Yize accidentally intervened, although he occupied Vladivostok, but it was not necessarily an act of war against us."

"According to the situation, the defenders in the Vladivostok fortress are already difficult to hold onto, maybe our defenders let the troops under Fan Yize enter the fortress, we should now find a way to understand the detailed situation."

"Even if Fan Yize really plans to start a war with Japan and us at the same time, we must first find out more information and give the army more time to deploy troops."

Kuropatkin said patiently that Nicholas II was not stupid, and he knew that even if Russia was angry, it would not be able to help Fan Yize in a short time.

And Kuropatkin is also very reasonable, the situation is not very clear, maybe Fan Yize is really helping Russia to resist Japan.

However, Nicholas II knew better that this possibility was too low, and if Japan was a jackal, then Fan Yize was most likely a tiger.