Li Mo met Shi Pei in the Hanyuan Palace, this commander of the German Far East Fleet, who had been here several times, had a prominent tall nose, a beard, and sharp eyes, and was a little emaciated, and he could see that the recent events in Europe had made him a little uncomfortable. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

As an avid lover of giant ships and cannons, Li Mo is well aware of the achievements of this Danish-born German vice admiral, from the glory of the Battle of Coronel, which embarrassed the British Empire, to the martyrdom of his father and father at the same time in the Battle of Falkland, he led two not very strong armored cruisers, and painted a strong stroke for the ordinary German Navy in World War I!

Although the present Far East is no longer what it is in the future, and after Japan lost its navy, only a few armored cruisers of China and the United States stationed in Yokohama were able to threaten the German Far East Fleet, but since neither country has expressed its attitude to join this game of dividing up the world, the German Far East Fleet is still very safe at present.

But for Spee, safety alone was not enough, because he needed to rush home and let the Far East Fleet play a role for his country in the war, instead of watching the British Navy run rampant on the German coastline!

In addition to returning abroad as soon as possible, he also has an important task, that is, to persuade Hua to participate in this war that will definitely happen, after staying in the Far East for nearly two years, he knows very well that Hua has strength, the naval expedition to the Atlantic may not be realistic, but as long as they attack Russia and Afghanistan from the north, then Russia and Britain will have to divide their forces to protect, if they are simply pointed, march into the southeast peninsula, then the entire Far East and India will trigger a chain reaction.

Once the crown of India is taken by China, then the blood transfusion of Britain's overseas colonies will be cut in half, so that Germany will be on the same starting line as Britain and France, and Germany's probability of victory will be greatly increased.

Looking at Li Mo, he didn't know how to speak, because he had come several times and had exhausted it. tongue, and even used the bait that the Suez Canal could be handed over to China after the war" But the young emperor still did not let go. Spee is well aware that "China is not worried about Russia, nor the colonial army armed by Britain and France in the Far East, but the United States."

Nearly 20 years of Pacific disputes have brought Britain and the United States closer and closer, and the probability of the United States entering the war has become much greater, and even if the United States does not participate in the war, his relationship with the Entente can ensure that Britain and France can obtain an endless stream of weapons and materials, which will be particularly fatal to Germany!

The situation a few days ago is that the United States and China are holding each other back in the Pacific, and although China has the advantage, "Australia has always been a big flaw, and the cunning British have taken advantage of the opportunity of the United States' eagerness to enter the Pacific Ocean to put the United States into the southwest Pacific Ocean with an agreement jointly managed by two countries, so that the United States' disadvantages have begun to gradually make up for it, and although the United States is far away from the southwest Pacific, it is equally impossible for China to completely blockade the sea." ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Ying Ranhua adopted a constitutional monarchy, but because the young emperor abandoned the dictatorship in later times and single-handedly established the country, "and funded tens of millions of students to study for free after the founding of the country, he had a great influence among the people, and the prime minister and parliament were almost all his confidants, so his opinion will occupy a lot of weight."

So how to convince this emperor?

Time was already very tight, which made Shi Pei reluctant to go around in circles, and handed over the sorted documents to Chen Ping next to him and said: "Dear Your Majesty Li Mo, this is part of the island of Guinea controlled by our country" Bismarck Islands include all areas including Buanji, as well as Bougainville Island and other places! ”

After listening to Shi Pei's words, not to mention Chen Ping, even Li Mo's eyes lit up, and after controlling Micronesia, "he really wanted to extend the defense belt further to Melanesia and completely encircle Australia, but that area was either Britain or Germany, and it was really difficult to start."

And now Spee's idea has been pushed in front of him, although Germany did not mention Kyushu Island, but it is a trivial matter, "Let the "Japan" continue to divide the "Japan" to lean towards himself, but the temptation to extend the Pacific defense line forward for 500 nautical miles is really not small!

But this thing is also very hot" If you swagger now to accept Germany's Pacific colonies, there is no doubt that it is a quasi-declaration of war" is not afraid of war, anyway, sooner or later, but Europe must be let shed some blood first, only in this way can Germany, which arrogantly rejected its olive branch several times, bow its head!

This is extremely critical for the post-war distribution of power!

Can you not take the line? Germany finally relented, and if it was missed, in case they were ruthless and did not give it, or if the lightning invasion of several hundred troops in the Solomon Islands and British Guinea after the war began, it would be a fait accompli, and it would be troublesome to take it back.

"Hehe, General Spee, thank Your Majesty William for me." Emperor Li thought about it, handed over the agreement to Du Dazhuang with a scroll of his wrist, and suddenly got up and said with a smile: "Chen Ping, help me send the general." ”

Shameless!

This scene made Shi Pei's eyes burn, how could he be so shameless? swept away his own agreement, and didn't even say a word, isn't this a clear robbery! Shi Pei was anxious to chase Li Mo's back and come up with the agreement, but unexpectedly, Chen Ping suddenly blocked in front of him, and said with a smile: i, General Shi Pei, I heard that you and your fleet are going back to China?

"Yes."

Shi Pei nodded, and when he was about to continue chasing, Chen Ping said again: "Then how are you going to arrange more than 10,000 army soldiers?" ”

"I'll take them home to war!" was stopped continuously, Shi Pei could only stop temporarily, looked at Chen Ping and asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any good solutions?" ”

"Returning home?" Chen Ping smiled: "General Spee, do you think you can return to Germany with more than 10,000 army officers and men breaking through the defense line of the British Navy unscathed?" ”

This sentence made Shi Pei's face stiffen, not to mention bringing the army officers back, he was not even sure that he would go back, the long route and the enemy's warships all over the world, as long as there was a little mistake, what was waiting for him was the annihilation of the whole army!

During this time, he was worried about how to bring the army soldiers back, so after hearing Chen Ping's words, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Your Majesty, can you help me send them back to China?" ”

"Impossible!"

Chen Ping shook his head dryly: "If it's supplies or something else, we still have some methods, but to transport 10,000 soldiers, do you think the British will let them go?" Seeing that Shi Pei's face darkened again, Chen Ping stopped selling and said with a smile: "But I can help you send them to West Africa, but that requires your cooperation!" ”

Western Africa!

Spee's eyes lit up in an instant, on the edge of German West Africa is South Africa, which is a must for the British, 10,000 elite Far East soldiers, plus thousands of local defenders and nearly 20,000 colonial puppet troops, will directly contain at least 50,000 British troops!

"Your Majesty, Chief of Staff, how do you cooperate?"

"It's very simple, Britain has a fleet in Australia and South Africa, what you want to do is to completely disrupt the southwest Pacific, I can get the Seagrass Department to cooperate with your activities in that area, as long as you completely disrupt the southwest, and then immediately turn back to Falkland, put on a posture of forcibly breaking through and returning home, and attract them, our fleet can reduce a lot of trouble!"

Speeze nodded, Falkland is a large British military base in the South Atlantic, the halfway point between Australia and South Africa, if it can threaten there, Britain must send two fleets to encircle and suppress, so that the Chinese fleet that has not intervened in the war can smoothly pass through the Cape of Good Hope and send the army to West Africa as soon as possible!

In this way, their fleet will face a major challenge, Australia has the Sealand and Australia, South Africa has two old battleships, plus Britain may also transfer advanced battle cruisers from the country to encircle and suppress themselves, neither the Scharnhorst nor the Gneisenau can compete with them.

However, in the face of this almost death-defying cover plan, he did not hesitate, because this was originally the route he planned to go home, and the Falkland base also had to go through the Atlantic, anyway, it was going to fight, so just come and go a few hard!

So for the safety of the 10,000 Army, Spee immediately nodded heavily: "Your Majesty, I will try my best to attract the British!" ”

"That's great." Chen Ping praised, and admired this German lieutenant general a little in his heart, because with the scale of his fleet, this kind of cover is almost dead or alive, it is rare that he didn't even frown, he is indeed a man, and he couldn't help but say immediately: "General Spee, maybe you can tell His Majesty Wilhelm that if there is really a war in Europe, my country will immediately hold large-scale military exercises in Central Siberia and Xinjiang, and a total of 25 divisions and 500,000 elite army soldiers will be invested!" ”

"Really!"

Chen Ping's news made Shi Pei's eyes red, 500,000 Chinese Army Chen soldiers in the north is undoubtedly a big threat to Russia, no matter how arrogant Nicholas II is, he must at least come up with the corresponding troops to defend the east, for Germany, the pressure on the eastern front will be reduced a lot!

And Hua's move is undoubtedly also a hint that Hua will at least not be on the side of the British!

With these two guarantees, a few island colonies are nothing, so he immediately saluted and said: "Your Majesty Chief of Staff, please take me to convey to His Majesty Li Mo, all the soldiers in the Far East, and thank him!" ”

Chen Ping smiled and walked towards the outside of Huā Garden with Spee, the Bismarck Islands are too critical, especially the British Island, once Rabaul is mastered by China, he can enter the support point of South Australia, and at that time, it is useless for the United States and Britain to form more land forces!

Seeing that he was about to reach the door, the communications lieutenant in the Praetorian Guard suddenly burst out of the stab, saluted and handed the telegram to Chen Ping, who looked at it and turned to Shi Pei.

"Lieutenant General Spee, Vienna sent an ultimatum to the Serbs!"

"War will break out in 48 hours!"

Hearing the news, Spee seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and walked out with firm steps, because he was not only going home now, but also had an important task.

Crazy for Britain!