Affected by the "Peony Flower Incident", the Imperial House of Lords and the House of Commons convened an emergency parliament, and in the House of Parliament, all the members of the National Assembly stood up, and shouted in unison with anger;

War, war......

Driven by fierce emotions, the Reich's House of Commons and the House of Lords passed the war proposal in a single day, Prime Minister Zhang Li said in his speech to Parliament;

The good wishes for peace have been shattered, and the war imposed by Germany on the Ocean Empire must be washed with iron and blood.

Those who offend the empire will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away.

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On 2 September, the Ocean Empire joined the Entente bloc, officially declared war on Germany, and began its first all-out war mobilization.

On September 3, the Ocean Empire officially declared war on Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

At this point, the Entente bloc was dominated by Britain, France, Russia, and Japan, with a total of 26 countries (with the Republic of China and no with the United States), and waged war against the four-nation alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, forming a group fight.

At a time when the international community is boiling, New Zealand quietly held a referendum on September 1, with 93.31% of the votes in favor of joining the Ocean Empire and becoming a state.

In the uproar, some countries may notice, but they don't squeak, some countries don't care about themselves, some countries gloat and snicker, some countries are more afraid of the ocean empire, and some countries are sour and complaining in private......

But so what?

The Ocean Empire fulfilled its promise to bring the New Zealanders home, first of all, by asking the two and a half New Zealand divisions to be relieved of front-line combat duty, to stay in the safety of the rear to rest, and to prepare to return to New Zealand by boat.

The two and a half New Zealand divisions totaled 47,400 men, and now there are less than 10,000 left, many of whom are officers and soldiers who have returned from wounded injuries, and even leave permanent disabilities.

Well, the war that belongs to them is over.

The Ocean Empire took the lead in mobilizing troops in North America, and the first batch of three divisions with a total of 73,200 men boarded ships from Seattle, Portland and other places, and was expected to arrive in Britain in January.

On the way, they will rest in Panama and the Asol Islands, and after arriving in the UK, they will undergo adaptation training and recuperation, which will last at least one and a half months.

Other words

The first batch of troops of the Ocean Empire were put into the Western Front of Europe, and they had to be in early December at the earliest, and these troops were not cannon fodder, and they could not be used immediately.

According to the plan;

Before the end of 16, the Ocean Empire Expeditionary Force will be drawn to Europe one after another, with a total of no less than 280,000 people, including the armored tiger cavalry division and the armored wolf cavalry division, the two fully armored main forces.

The Ocean Empire worked hard for more than ten years to build 6 armored divisions, which were sent to two armored divisions on the Western Front in Europe at once.

As for the honorary 1st Armored Division of the Royal Army, which is in the hearts of Britain, France and other countries, and the 4th Armored Division of the Royal Praetorian Guard, known as the "Devil's Division", they are all listed in the list of the second batch of troops to participate in the war in Europe, and the specific deployment on the Western Front or the Eastern Front is to be determined.

Because the two heavy armored divisions of the Ocean Empire were all put on the battlefield on the Western Front, it had caused great dissatisfaction among Tsarist Nicholas II.

In the face of the heavy pressure of the German army, Lao Maozi couldn't bear it.

As of the second half of '16

The Tsarist army has buried 6.4 million troops (including casualties, captured and scattered) on the Eastern Front, and in order to win this war, the Tsarist Empire really used all its strength to eat, bringing together a total of 15.4 million troops.

Today, there are less than 9 million troops left, of which one-third of the soldiers do not have rifles, 40% of the officers and soldiers have to fight hungry, and the situation in eastern Ukraine, known as the "breadbasket of Europe", has occurred on a large scale, involving more than 23 million people, and the situation in St. Petersburg is already extremely difficult.

In Tsarist Russia, there were constant riots, workers and peasants were very active, anti-oppression, anti-hunger, and fair rights and interests were fought one after another, and social contradictions were extremely acute.

Even a blind person can see that the Kremlin is now sitting on a volcano with its butt and at any time it may be blown to pieces by the contradictions accumulated at home.

After the declaration of war on the Ocean Empire

Nicholas II of Tsarist Russia sent an urgent letter to Li Fushou, the emperor of the Ocean Empire, the first thing was to ask for marriage, and the second thing was to ask for an emergency loan of 200 million gold oceans, which was distributed with grain, rice, flour, oil, 3 million rifles, and a staggering amount of ammunition.

Now Tsarist Russia is like a bird waiting to be fed, looking at the ocean empire like a lifesaver for the drowning, with an almost endless demand for supplies.

Here's the problem

Even with the strong productivity of the ocean empire, under the condition of satisfying its own needs, the materials that can be exported to alleviate Tsarist Russia are very limited, and there can be more industrial products, but there are really not many foods.

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The fairy dwelling hall of the dream castle

"Ah Li, where do you see that I look like a wronged man?"

Li Fushou scratched his head with some distress, he has presided over national affairs for so many years, and this kind of action is rare.

Now that you have joined the Entente, you can't treat the allies like you used to do business, and you can't fight in the same trench, you can't be too careful, right?

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Prime Minister Zhang Li laughed dryly, this is not easy to answer, he can only cover up the past like this.

The Empire's material allocation policy has long been regulated;

That is, with me as the mainstay, in addition to fully satisfying the needs of the people and the army of the Ocean Empire, on the premise of maintaining a certain amount of strategic reserves, the surplus materials will be given priority to Britain, Japan, France, the United States, Italy and other countries.

The priority is also in this way in the order of Britain, Japan, France, the United States, and Italy, and Tsarist Russia is ranked very low, and it needs to be paid in gold, and there is no money and no delivery.

Britain is a thigh, and it has also been the suzerainty and close ally for many years, and it has a big family and a strong foundation, so it is necessary to ensure the supply of materials, and there is no doubt that it ranks first.

In the third year of the World War, there was no famine or severe shortage of supplies in the British Isles, which was inseparable from the strong support of the Ocean Empire.

The best canned meat, canned fish, flour cream, cigarettes, cars, bicycles, airplanes, tanks, rifles and artillery, ships are given priority to the supply of the Kingdom of Great Britain, there is nothing to say.

You get what you pay for, why don't people pay a high price?

The second is Fusang, out of the strategic perspective of containment and comprehensive containment of the United States, Fusang has a high priority, and it is also the best country to satisfy, the army weapons only need rifles and ammunition, plus a small amount of artillery and shells, what is cheap to give food, do not pick, can fill the stomach.

The people of Fusang are still very self-aware, knowing that they can't afford to borrow too much, and they can't afford to pay off the debts of the Ocean Empire, so they are very measured, which makes Li Fushou more satisfied.

In Tsarist Russia, a large country with a population of 130 million, the huge gap in agricultural output of the Ocean Empire will definitely not be satisfied, which is a headache.

There is no problem with royal marriages, Tsar Nicholas II has 4 daughters and Alexei a son, and all 4 daughters are archduchesses in the mood for love, namely the eldest daughter Olga, the second daughter Tatiana, the third daughter Maria, and the fourth daughter Anastasia, who are not yet married.

Among them, the eldest daughter Olga is 22 years old and has already proposed marriage to the European royal family, which is not considered because the war has been delayed.

The second daughter Tatiana and the third daughter Maria are both sixteen or seventeen years old, and the marriage is these two female archdukes, who want to marry into the royal family of the Ocean Empire.

This Li Fushou also agreed, anyway, he has many princes and grandchildren, as long as he is not the crown prince, let alone 2, 20 can be digested.

"That...... The heads of state of Britain and France have sent secret letters one after another, asking for all-out assistance to Tsarist Russia, and it seems that it will not work without bleeding. Li Fushou didn't expect to get an answer from Prime Minister Zhang Li, so he said a few words to himself, and then made up his mind to say;

"Okay, there are still a few capable people in the Tsarist Russian court, Lao Maozi's asking price is just stuck on his waist, it hurts a little to give it, and it can't be said if you don't give it, the situation over there is really bad.

So be it

The government will pay half of the price increase for this material, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will contribute half, and try to give more industrial products and less food, after all, we are not rich in food.

Try to delay the delivery period as much as possible, and don't finish it all at once.

I know that Tsarist Russia is a bottomless pit, and it will come back after giving it, at least until the first half of next year.

If it really doesn't work, it will be okay to deal with it in the first quarter of next year. ”

Li Fushou made a decision, so the pressure would be much lighter.

Due to the strong exchange rate of Jinyang, it has risen from the original exchange rate of 1 piece of gold to 3 US dollars to the level of 3.2 US dollars for 1 gold ocean.

This material is worth about 320 million US dollars, and if the Ministry of Internal Affairs bears half of it, that is, 50 million gold oceans, this money is still squeezed.

It will be allocated on a monthly basis, and it will be about 10 million gold oceans per month, which is the price that the alliance must pay.

Prime Minister Zhang Li naturally has no objection to such an arrangement; "Back to the saints, the government's finances are quite abundant, and this allocation can still be obtained."

"That's good."

After solving this troublesome problem, Li Fushou discussed with the cabinet ministers for a while, and roughly decided on some important affairs after the war mobilization, and then he was relieved.

The government is still very rich in terms of finances in recent years, and the reparations from the "Wool War" in the United States will enter the financial pool every year for large-scale infrastructure, public expenditure and government investment, including dividends from key enterprises.

This money can be taken for 20 years, and the government has a large surplus every year, and has the strength to invest in more backbone enterprises and get more dividends, forming a good virtuous circle.

All of this is based on the Vampire Rice Country.

This is like a thick blood vessel, constantly extracting abundant power for development from the United States, making the United States weak, and a large amount of funds are injected into the society of the Ocean Empire to promote the rapid progress of the society.

Since the outbreak of the world war

The gold reserves of all countries in the world have accelerated the inflow into the ocean empire, and almost every month or two, ships transporting gold arrive to replenish the empire's gold reserves.

Therefore, the government of the Ocean Empire is really rich, really rich, and there is nothing false about it.