As history stretched to the end of the 19th century, with the longing and ambition for the new century, the world's old powers and emerging powers inevitably became agitated, which was manifested in a new round of colonization frenzy in Africa.

At this time at the end of the century, Britain, France and other old colonial powers wantonly enclosed land in Africa, and Britain tried to realize the two-C plan from Cape Town to Cairo, enclosing 22.4% of the total area of the African continent.

In this way, it is trying to continue the century-old glory of the British Empire in the 20th century, occupying more labor, land and population, and nourishing the "empire on which the sun never sets".

France has a greater appetite and already occupies 31.2% of the total area of the African continent, all of which are French African colonies.

Germany, the latecomer, occupies 7.9% of Africa, less than 8.6% of the Ocean Kingdom (Mozambique plus Somalia) and 8.25% of Belgium.

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The European and American powers threw the goal of partition to the Far East, and Tsarist Russia occupied the three eastern provinces with confidence after the "Three Kingdoms Intervention and Return to Liao".

In 1896, Russia made a contribution to forcing Japan to repay the Liao, and signed a secret treaty between China and Russia with the Qing government. Later, the secret treaty was leaked, and the great powers vied to force the Qing Dynasty to carve out spheres of influence, concessions, and leased lands.

Russia leased the ports of Lushun and Dalian, while Germany forcibly occupied Jiaozhou Bay on the grounds of retribution, and the Ocean Kingdom also joined forces with Germany and France to intervene in the return of Taiwan, so it unceremoniously leased Guangzhou Bay.

Considering that mainland immigration is the foundation of the Ocean Kingdom, there must be a solid rear foundation, in order to avoid being swayed by the Qing court policy again and being beaten from behind, it is imperative to establish a concession.

Early 1898

Ocean Kingdom leases "Guangzhou Bay"

On December 6, the 23rd year of Guangxu (January 12, 1898), the Ocean Kingdom proposed to the Qing court to "lease" Guangzhou Bay (now Zhanjiang, Guangdong), and on the second day of the first month of the following year (February 7, 1898), it sent warships to land in Haitouxun (now the coast of Xiashan District, Zhanjiang City) in Suixi County, Leizhou Prefecture, Guangdong, and took over Haitou Fort.

In this regard, the Qing government did not dare to have any objections at all, and immediately sent officials to demarcate the concession with the Ocean Kingdom, and designated a large area of Zhanjiang as the Ocean Kingdom Concession for a period of 99 years.

China and Germany signed the Treaty of Concession between China and Macao

On February 14, 1898, the Qing Premier Yamen Minister Li Hongzhang and the German envoy Haijing signed the "Jiaoao Concession Treaty" (also known as the "De Lease Jiaoao Special Article") in Beijing.

There are ten paragraphs at three ends, and the main contents are:

Germany leased Jiaozhou Bay for a period of 99 years.

German troops were allowed to move freely within 100 miles of the coast of Jiaozhou Bay.

Germany was allowed to build the Jiaoji Railway in Shandong and enjoyed the right to mine minerals within 30 miles along the railway.

Germany was given priority to undertake various projects in Shandong. Through this treaty, Germany was not only able to lease Jiaozhou Bay, but also turned the whole province of Shandong into its sphere of influence.

After 1898, the situation in Central America gradually spiraled out of control.

Valeriano Viller-Nicolau, governor of the Spanish Central American colony, brutally suppressed the uprising in Cuba. He was a man of utter ruthlessness who forced more than 500,000 Cubans out of their homes and threw them into dilapidated concentration camps with no sanitary facilities.

Some 200,000 Cubans died in concentration camps, and Viller-Nicolau received the title of "butcher".

The bloody crackdown provoked more uprisings and revolts, and the unstable situation in Cuba and Puerto Rico attracted the attention of the great northern power, Citigroup.

On April 6, 1896, the two chambers of Citi passed a joint resolution approving the formal recognition of the Cuban rebels, and now their position is completely on the side of the rebels, denouncing the colonial rule of the Spaniards in unison, and from time to time there are strong voices for war.

The Citigroup Admiralty announced that the USS Maine, a cutting-edge battleship, will depart for Havana, Cuba for a goodwill visit in the near future.

in South Africa

The arrogant British could no longer tolerate the Boer ignorance and looked down on the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State, and cross-border armed attacks were frequent, resulting in many casualties on both sides and a sudden tension in the region.

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The British South African Company expanded its territory to the Congolese border, and the British African Lake District Company invaded Nyasaland, thus uniting the British colonies in South Africa.

Prime Minister Rhodes of the British Cape Republic clamored that the British would conquer the whole world and realize the so-called "Cape Town-Cairo" plan in Africa, linking British North and South Africa into one.

By the mid-90s, the only obstacle to the plans of Lodz was the two Boer republics - the Transvaal and Orange. Rhodes organized British immigrants in Johannesburg to overthrow the rule of President Kruger of the Transanswar Republic from within, while preparing an armed attack from the outside.

After the failure of the "Janssen Expedition" in 1896, Rhodes stopped for a year, and from mid-to-late 1897, he continued to send his henchmen from the west to infiltrate and subvert the Republic of Transvaal, which was completely crushed by the Boer police led by Kruger.

In order to protect its interests, the Boers began to draw closer to Germany against the British, and a large amount of gold was shipped to Berlin by steamship, and the contradictions between Britain and Boer became increasingly acute, and a large-scale war was brewing.

Dream Castle, Immortal Palace

"Tell Your Majesty;

The Citigroup battleship "Maine" departed from port on 7 January and will arrive at the port in the near future for a goodwill visit to Havana, Cuba.

Our intelligence shows;

The ship's visit can be regarded as a sign of opening the door to the Spanish-American War, and around the visit of the battleship "Maine", a series of changes took place in Citi's country, and the army began to mobilize militias from Kentucky to Texas, from California to Philadelphia.

The Citigroup Navy has also taken action, according to the cables we intercepted from the east coast of the Pacific Ocean to Hong Kong;

Acting Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, following President McKinley's order, sent a telegram to Commodore George Dewey of Citigroup's Asian Fleet:

"With enough coal, when declaring war on Spain, your mission is to monitor the Spanish fleet from leaving the coast of Asia and then launch an attack on the Philippine Islands."

This is so far

The clearest and most important information we have obtained shows that the visit of the battleship "Maine" is extraordinary, and it may be shouldering the heavy task of opening the door to war.

This is because in the intelligence we have gathered, important people on the American side have repeatedly referred to the battleship "Maine" as "Gate", which is a very symbolic code name, and the Spanish-American war is already on the way.

According to the judgment of our intelligence officers, the "Maine" warship may shell the port of Havana, thus officially triggering the Spanish-American War. ”

"It's an eventful season, Citigroup seems to be unable to move, we can't afford to fall behind!"

Li Fushou commented with emotion, he knew that Citigroup was more generous than himself, and the battleship "Maine" did not have the blessing to bombard Hawala Harbor, but sank into the icy sea water of the port sadly.

He set his eyes on the few people in front of him, Prime Minister Fan Zhongzhai, Speaker of the House of Nobles Xin Changjun, Minister of the Interior Dai Yingcai, Director of the Political Intelligence Bureau Tan Zheng, Palace Secretary General Zhang Li, Commander of the Royal Praetorian Guard Li Xuanzhu and others, all respectfully separated from each other.

Prime Minister Pham Trong Zhai said unyieldingly; "Your Majesty, everything in Manila is in order, it can be launched at any time, I have communicated with the military before coming, and now the warships are gathered, the army is ready to go, and you can obey Your Majesty's call at any time."

"Good." Li Fushou glanced at everyone with a majestic gaze, all of them were hardcore henchmen he had cultivated, and the Royal Praetorian Guard was an army formed with the Young Ying School as the team, and it was extremely loyal.

"The rise and fall of the kingdom, the husband is responsible, the general trend of today's world is like a boat sailing against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat, and if you retreat, you will retreat step by step, and behind you is a cliff.

Now the plan

They will march forward bravely and keep the enemy out of the country.

History will remember our progress, whether the British support it or not, I will decide Luzon.

Gentlemen, you must rise up. ”

"Please give your Majesty an order, we can only fight bravely and never give up."

"Very well, now I order ...... the official launch of the "Falcon Project", and all the ministries need to work closely together to sweep away the small and small and raise the prestige of our Ocean Kingdom. ”

"We will obey Your Majesty's orders." All the people replied in unison.

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