Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty was more ancient than the Romanov Dynasty, which was founded in 1613?

Obviously, Chrissy's words were out of place, but compared to Zhou Changfeng, who was quite embarrassed, Fan Ming and Zhang Wushan were extremely calm, as if they hadn't heard it at all.

"Ahem!" Zhou Changfeng coughed dryly twice, trying to change the subject to avoid embarrassment.

He pondered for a moment and muttered: "I also think that Russia is not your opponent, as long as you take it seriously, you will definitely be able to defeat Russia's Marshal of the Rotten Land and General Winter." ”

"Of course, we will definitely learn from Napoleon's lessons and learn from the experience of the European war." Another German diplomat nodded.

At this time, Zhang Wushan looked at Zhou Changfeng, and Fan Ming also glanced at him.

He understood and reminded: "But there is another point, the imperial court does not want to be directly connected with you...... I don't need to say more about this reason, right? ”

Distance produces beauty, distance and close attack.

Forces with very different ideologies bordering the Ming Dynasty? The imperial court did not want such a situation to happen.

If Tsarist Russia is really solved by dividing five by two, then the Ming Dynasty, which is fighting wits and courage with Britain and the United States in the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, will still be on guard for the inland direction.

Without hesitation, Paul replied: "The Council of State has generally considered that it is entirely feasible in Abakan and Kazakhstan to have the local people establish their own states, and we think that this should be in line with their wishes." ”

At this time, without waiting for someone Zhou to speak, Zhang Wushan took the lead and said: "It is not easy to establish a country and govern the country, how can independent locals govern the vast land and people?" I feel that I should be guided and supported by my own country for some time, so that I can maintain stability on my own. ”

The implication is that these two small local countries used as buffer zones must be established with the support of the Ming Dynasty, and the Germans should not interfere.

The two German diplomats looked at each other and agreed: "This is very reasonable. ”

Is that easy to agree on?

The fate of the two places was decided by the staggering of ideas and laughter, and the transactions and negotiations between the major powers in this era were so casual.

For example, one of the theories about the origin of the 38th parallel was drawn by US Army Colonel Dean Riske with reference to the line of latitude.

Although it is only a private meeting now and does not represent an official attitude, since the two diplomats of the German Society and the representatives of the Ming Dynasty have such a unified view on this regard, I am afraid that the final consensus will not be far from ten.

However, there is another purpose that has not been achieved on the part of the German Society, which is to find out whether Da Ming is willing to "go north", and this is also one of the tasks of Chrissy and the two diplomats.

When Tsarist Russia's European elite was facing extinction, was it worth sending troops to defend the chicken-ribbed Far East?

Obviously, it is easy to make a trade-off, that is to say, it does not matter whether the Ming Dynasty advances north or not, anyway, the Russians will most likely defend their western part with all their might.

Advance, they may directly choose to make concessions, cede land, and then transfer troops to Europe.

If they don't advance, they will also transfer troops from the Far East to Europe.

But the Germans were thinking about the small probability scenario - what if the Russians had a brain and wanted to leave a considerable number of troops in the Far East to resist the Ming attack?

In this way, if the Ming clone goes north, it will be easier for the German society.

Furthermore, if the Russian Empire, which was entrenched in Eurasia at the outset, could have been dealt with at the outset, the situation of the future war would have been much better.

At the very least, the German Society no longer has to worry about oil and rare metal resources.

But they also have hidden worries, that is, in today's ▇▇▇▇ almost everyone shouts and fights, and the major imperialists are trying to find ways to encircle and intercept them.

For the time being, the Ming people are willing to communicate amicably because of their geographical location and the fact that they have the same opponents, but if the empire across Europe and Asia collapses quickly, will the Ming people change their attitude?

In the worse case, Britain and the United States chose to compromise, recognize the status and interests of the Ming Dynasty in Asia, and then instigate and partner together against the German Society.

After occupying most of Europe, it also has a huge population and a certain amount of industry in Russia, which is really terrifying, and it must be suppressed with all its strength to stop its "spread"!

Although I tried it before, the three people on the other side were calm and unresponsive.

Chrissy hesitated, feeling that she would not be able to strike a result even if she had another option.

Forget it, what is there to hide and want to cover? In this regard, we also bother to conceal opinions and intentions!

So she simply asked bluntly, "Three, what I want to ask is, has your country considered launching an attack on Tsarist Russia at the right time?" It's called 'taking advantage of the situation', and it should be very reasonable. ”

Tsk, you can't hold back, do you? In the end, he still thinks about dealing with Tsarist Russia, which has a vast territory, with the momentum of a flank attack from the east and west.

Thinking back to Zhu Lingjing's explanation and the results of the cabinet's discussion, Zhou Changfeng stared at her blue eyes and said, "Sorry, no, it's not reasonable." Now our main energies are in the south, and the remote north is not a good place, and we need to do everything in our power to deal with the Anglo-American ......"

At this time, Fan Ming leaned over slightly to the side and whispered a few words.

Zhou Changfeng paused for a moment and added, "So I can only wish you good luck." ”

At this point, the attitude has shown that there is no plea, no counter-offer.

The rest of the conversation was more tedious, basically revolving around the "regular exchange of information" and "rare resources and technology transactions" to negotiate the details.

The only thing worth mentioning is that Fan Ming put forward the hope that the German Society would withdraw all the spies in the Ming Dynasty and only retain the military attaché of the legation.

That is, to remove the intelligence personnel in the shadows, but the ones on the surface can be retained.

"Yes, but you have to do the same thing, so it's reciprocal." Paul replied calmly.

But then, Chrissy, who was holding the wine cup, stared at the ruby red wine in it, smiled and said, "But since we are secret personnel, even if we really evacuate, do you want to believe it?" At least, even if you claim to have done so, we won't believe it. ”

Joke! Even allies will be more or less left behind, not to mention that now allies are not counted, how much trust can there be?

Fan Ming didn't react much, just stroked his beard and smiled: "It's true, you don't have to go through such a lot of trouble, it doesn't make much sense." ”

Although the ensuing dinner was more sumptuous, neither side actually had much to pay attention to the delicious food.

Everyone was thinking about the outcome of the conversation just now, constantly calculating the pros and cons in their minds, and what details could be bargained.

As a result, even the best dishes are bland and tasteless.

The seemingly harmonious dinner soon came to an end, and only the wine was drunk compared to the remaining half of the dishes.

After a few sips of conversation and thinking, Zhou Changfeng forgot all of Xia Xiaoshi's instructions, and the whole person was a little drunk.

But even so, he had to go to the Forbidden City first, and wait for the debriefing to be completed before he could complete the task.

Since the dark clouds have not yet dispersed, Nanjing is dark tonight.

All the stars in the sky were obscured, and it was a moonless and starless night with a light rain.

Located in the southwest of the Forbidden City, the Tonghui Hotel is actually very close to the Imperial Palace, just a few minutes' drive away.

The circumference wind that was sparsely drizzling through the Qianqing Gate, he thought that the emperor should have gone back to her own room to rest, but the attendant who led the way still led him to the Zhaoren Palace.

"Huh?" He raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and asked in surprise: "It's past seven o'clock, and Your Majesty is still here?" ”

The girl replied as she walked: "There have been a lot of government affairs in the past two days, Your Majesty, she will stay a little longer." ”

So, when he entered the east room of Zhaoren Palace, Zhou Changfeng saw a Zhu Lingjing who was fighting at night.

The bright light emitted by the ceiling and table lamps illuminates the whole room, and the large windows are slightly opened, and the autumn night breeze blows through the occasional coolness.

As soon as Zhou Changfeng pushed open the door and crossed the threshold, Zhu Lingjing, who seemed to be concentrating on examining the documents, looked up at him, "How?" How's the talk? ”

"It's basically the same as expected, and they are really concerned about whether we divide our troops and go north."

"I don't have that kind of leisure in my country." Zhu Lingjing reached out and picked up the teacup on the side, shook it slightly, and then took a sip, "They can probably handle it." Besides, if you can't cope with it...... That's not a bad thing. ”

"Indeed, distance produces beauty. And if Russia changes its face, it will actually be quite tricky. ”

"If that's the case, even if we give up some, we have to consider stopping the game with Britain and the United States as soon as possible." Zhu Lingjing looked at him sideways, "The great calamity in the north will always come first. ”

The Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty, the Xianbei in the Jin Dynasty, the Uighurs in the Tang Dynasty, and the Jurchens in the Song Dynasty......

Throughout the ages, potential adversaries who could pose a substantial threat to China came from the north, and the topography also determined that it was easiest to sweep the Guannai from north to south.

This is the consensus of the government and the opposition, and in view of the lessons of history, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to relax their vigilance against the Russians in the north.

Although Tsarist Russia is not strong now, who knows if it will suddenly prosper? Or will it be a struggle after the change of regime?

All in all, Daming is now only considering limited cooperation with the German Society, and the core is to trade resources and technology to achieve a complementary trend.

At 20:57 in the evening, Zhou Changfeng, who arrived at the door of the house, realized that he had completely forgotten his wife's instructions during the meeting.

But it doesn't seem like I drank much, and now that nearly three hours have passed, it shouldn't be a big problem?

Outcome......

"Ahh Zhou Kexing! You must have drunk a lot! ”

"No, just a little wine."

"Don't, no, I'm very sensitive now, I don't smell comfortable, sir, you can sleep by yourself tonight."

The light rain was dripping, the rain hit the eaves and ticked, for someone Zhou, this was a lonely night.

The next day, thousands of miles away in Fuyuan Prefecture.

Early in the morning, the fiery red sun had just leapt over the horizon, casting a thousand rays of light on the earth.

The faintly bright blue-gray sky was cloudless, the bright stars had not yet receded, and the full moon in the western sky was dim, but it had not yet completely set.

At the airbase on the outskirts, there are four runways filled with all kinds of planes.

Ground crews are running back and forth, and special vehicles such as fuel trucks, engine starters, and ammunition carriers are constantly moving between the runway and the warehouse.

Fighters and bombers with blue-gray livery and "Xun hexagram" printed on the side of the fuselage take off almost every minute.

The paint of the aircraft is not static, gray-green, dark green, blue-gray, silver-gray and all kinds of colors, and the season and regional climate determine the appropriate color and style of paint.

The emblem of the Ming Air Force is divided into wings and fuselage, the former is a set of eccentric circles with red outline lines, which happens to form an abstract "Ming" character style.

The latter has had an iteration, before the twenty-ninth year of Zhichang, it was two red auspicious clouds and the "empty" character of the carved body, but because it is more complicated, whether it is painting or maintenance, it is more cumbersome, so it was changed to the "Xun hexagram" style in the gossip as the machine emblem.

"Hey! Are you ready, kid? Keep some snacks this time, it will be a joke if you are beaten down again! ”

"If you fall this time, you will probably fall into enemy territory again. After two rounds in a few days, it would be a miracle if he could get away with it again. ”

In the waiting area behind runway No. 2, four Type 36 fighters of Zhao Xuwu's detachment were slowly heading towards the runway, while his comrades-in-arms were joking.

"What! How many times have I said it, last time it was pure bad luck. Zhao Xuwu waved his hand disdainfully, and then pulled it on the cabin cover.

At this moment, over the Fuyuan Prefecture Air Force airfield, at least a dozen fighters and bombers are hovering - they are waiting to assemble and form.

To the northwest, a formation of more than twenty bombers was moving away.

The rugged terrain makes the width of the battlefield and the area of engagement on land very limited, but the sky is different, and the imperial sky is vast!

"Boom-boom-boom-"

At this moment, several signal flares, two blue and one yellow, were volleyed in the air one after another from the tower, indicating that the fighters of this detachment could take off as planned.

The ground fighting has almost stopped, and the rapid offensive of the previous day has caused the Ming 47th Infantry Division to consume too much ammunition, and the ammunition that is being transferred will take about a day to replenish, so it is on the defensive.

The Russian army on the other side of the border suffered a lot of losses because of the previous air raids, and at the same time was afraid of the fierce offensive of the Ming army, so it dug fortifications and built a defensive line from morning to night for several days, making it clear that it was holding on to the spot.

The political goal has been achieved, and due to objective reasons, neither side of the army wants to fight in a big way.

But in the sky is a different matter, the confidence of the Ming Air Force, which has made a lot of limelight, is full of confidence, and the generals know that diplomatic negotiations will begin soon, so they hope to fight another good battle before the conflict ends.

In view of the fact that the opponent previously occupied air supremacy and basically limited the opponent to the narrow airspace near the airport, it was not only difficult to achieve major results, but also easily shot down, resulting in the "loss of both man and machine".

Therefore, the 11th Destroyer Detachment changed its tactics - let go of the suppression, give up half of the sky, and have a hearty air battle.

"Always be vigilant and don't take it lightly." The leader's voice came over the radio, "Stay away from the bomber group in front, two miles away." Don't be too happy if the enemy takes the bait, stay in formation and follow me to the top right assault. ”

These days, the rapid replacement of new radio communication equipment, and the mechanics have been debugging overnight, so that half of the planes of the 11th Destroyer Detachment have good long-distance communication capabilities, and the pilots are full of confidence.

(End of chapter)