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Picking up the phone on the table, Gladstone couldn't help frowning, because the phone in his hand, which had just been installed for less than half a year, was not the result of British industry, and even its patent did not belong to any European industrial country. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 If it weren't for the clearly visible square words engraved on its handle, it would be hard to believe that this beautiful and functional industrial product would have come from a country that didn't exist five years ago.

In fact, the world's first microphone produced by the telephone company under the Nanyang Industrial Group of the Huo family is placed on a rotating arm, and the magnetic transmitter telephone that can be connected to the switch with a handle and can be placed on the desktop has quickly swept the world with its practical functions and simple use within half a year of its launch on the market.

But Gladstone doesn't care about that right now.

"Help me pick up the Earl of Granville for the Foreign Office!" Gladstone said in a deep voice after shaking the handle.

After the transfer of the switch, it took less than half a minute to wait for the phone to be connected smoothly!

"Granville, contact the Chinese Legation immediately, and say that we have agreed to their request!" Gladstone said in an urgent tone after the phone was answered.

At this time, there was no phone call, so after he finished speaking, after a while, Granville, who served as the foreign secretary of the British cabinet, responded: "Prime Minister, do you want to think again?" Although the current situation of the empire is difficult, it is not so bad that it can rely on land sales to maintain its expenses, and the combined area of the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories of Canada is close to three million square kilometers!"

Since the Huo family's army stepped into the Americas, took Alaska into their hands, and spent millions of pounds to buy Greenland from Denmark. He has been asking Britain for land in Canada's Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. Originally, according to Huoshan's intention to buy all Canadian land, including Baffin Island, Hudson Bay to the Nelson River and west of Lake Winnipeg, but in the end, after thinking about it, in order to show that the British would no longer cut the land, the British established the province of Columbia in the desolate western Canada, established rule, and prevented the Americans from continuing to move north, which dispelled Huoshan's ambition to buy here.

Settle for less. Instead, he offered £50 million to buy a proposal farther north, more inhospitable, covered in snow and ice for most of the year, and a vast area of land in the Yukon and Northwest (at this time Nunavut had not yet been divided)! The Legation of the Huo Family Army in the UK is still tirelessly visiting Downing Street in the UK every week!

"I know! Every inch of the Empire is precious, and any trade will be condemned!" Gladstone said with awe-inspiring righteousness.

Hear his words. Granville couldn't help frowning, and secretly complained in his heart: "I don't know who sold the Cayman Islands and Fiji Islands in order to get the new rifles, machine guns and gunpowder technology invented by the Chinese!"

"Granville, you immediately reinstate the Chinese ministers, and say that they want to get all the land west of the Mississippi River, and we in Britain have agreed! If they can finally win this war, then the American colony of Liberia in Africa can also be handed over to them!" Gladstone could only be generous to others and tempted Huo Jiajun with some land and interests that originally belonged to the United States. In the hope that in order to protect these interests, they will continue to increase their troops in North America and drag on the war with the United States for a little longer.

"I understand, Prime Minister! I believe that the Chinese will be overjoyed when they hear this news!" As long as he is not betraying British interests, Granville does not want to question Gladstone's orders as prime minister.

"Well, yes, although we agreed to the Chinese's request. But the interests of the empire should also be fought for, and after they swept away the natives of the South Seas and robbed the Americans, their wealth was too great......"

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Just when the British government was considering selling American land and tempting Huo Jiajun to increase the number of troops in the United States and continue to prolong the war, there was also a discussion on the European continent on the other side of the English Channel about this Sino-American war!

"Is this all true?" asked Old Moltke, putting down the newspaper in his hand, which still smelled of heavy ink, with a solemn expression.

"Well, yes, I have had the Intelligence Department check it before I came! Besides, I am sure that with the rigor of Major General Kurt Kissinger, he would not make a mistake in such a matter!" replied Bismarck.

Hearing this, old Moltke also nodded in agreement, as the chief of the army's general staff, he still knows the officers under him very well. However, the giant airship that can carry out aerial bombardment in intelligence is hard to believe that this unprecedented strategic weapon will appear in the hands of the Chinese, who have long since declined.

Although the new Mauser rifles and machine guns that are now being reequipped on a large scale in the German Army, as well as the new gunpowder that is being mass-produced, have all applied weapons technology from the South Seas, it is still difficult to change the impression of the yellow race, especially the Chinese, in the heart of old Moltke as rotten, backward and poor. After all, Germans are notoriously stubborn in the world.

Glancing at old Moltke who was deep in thought, Bismarck smiled faintly, although the two were rivals in German politics, they had a common goal, that is, to make the German Empire stronger.

"According to intelligence, the load of this airship is at least more than ten tons, and the bomb load is more than five tons, although we have not personally tested it, and we do not know how fast it is and how far it can be traveled, but such a large load can be seen that its speed and range must not be weak. In addition, judging from the effect of the Chinese putting him into actual combat, there is no weapon that can deal with this threat from the sky!" von Rohn raised his head and looked at the two leaders of the German government who were well-known in Europe, and said calmly.

After listening to his words, the old Moltke's white brows were tightly wrinkled together, as the most outstanding German military strategist of this era, Clausewitz's admirer, hated the so-called 'Green Table War', and believed that politics should give way to war. The technological revolution must be introduced into the war, the founder of the eventual establishment of the German Empire. After Huo Jiajun got the information on the airship into the war, he immediately realized the powerful power of this new war weapon.

Therefore, after the Minister of War von Rohn finished speaking, old Moltke raised his head and asked solemnly: "Can this kind of airship be made within the empire now?"

"No!" von Rohn shook his head, "I had already called to find out when I received this information. Now, the largest airship in the empire, with a carrying capacity of only two tons, is powered by an internal combustion engine, with a ceiling of 300 meters, and the range is also very short, less than 100 kilometers. In the rest of Europe, including Britain and France, the performance of airships is not much different from ours. In addition, I have already contacted Rheinmetall, Krupp, and the Bavarian Mechanical Works! They can't come up with an advanced airship comparable to the giant airship of the Chinese in a short period of time!"

Hearing this, Bismarck's face changed, and he did not have the slightest doubt about von Rohn's words, after all, as the Minister of War, the other party controlled the logistics of the powerful German Imperial Wehrmacht, and was most familiar with the domestic industrial and technological level. Moreover, Rheinmetall, Krupp and Bavarian Machinery are the most outstanding industrial companies in Germany, not only have many leading technologies, but also their scientific researchers are the top in Germany, since they can't do it, then in addition to introducing it from the Chinese, I'm afraid Germany really can't immediately have this giant airship that is enough to change the mode of war!

"Otto, no matter what method is used, the Chinese must agree to transfer the airship technology in their hands to us! The German Army must be the most powerful existence in the world!" said Old Moltke with a solemn expression.

Bismarck nodded, he understood what old Moltke meant. However, over the years, especially after the defeat of France and the establishment of a unified German Empire, Germany's national power and economy have developed rapidly at an astonishing speed, and it has rapidly surpassed France to become the second largest industrial country in the world.

However, none of this has changed the geopolitical situation in Germany. Although the renewal of the Treaty of the Three Emperors Alliance has ended this year, German-Russian relations have not been as close as they were in the original anti-French alliance after the Berlin Conference. In addition, as the struggle between Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire for the Balkans intensified, Bismarck had anticipated that Germany, which was close to Austria-Hungary, would become Russia's enemy.

At that time, there will be France in front of the fierce soldiers and horses, vowing revenge, behind the Russian Empire, which is known as the European gendarme and twice the number of land forces as Germany, and the German Empire, which is located in the center of the European continent, will face the dilemma of being flanked in the front and back strategically, and if you want to ensure the strength of the country, then you must have a strong army!

This is very clear to both the current Kaiser Wilhelm I and the unfriendly Bismarck and Moltke the Elder. Therefore, they are very sensitive to the emergence of any new army weapons and tactics in the world. After Huo Jiajun's airship was put into the war this time, they were the first country to realize the power of this new weapon!