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Republic 255 (1914) - January 2.

Since the end of January, the United States and Britain have been engaged in a war of words over the Indian incident.

Originally, the British only wanted to discuss a private solution with the Yankees, and did not want to make the matter public, because once it was made public, they would have to do something as the world boss. But it's not a good thing to have too much trouble with the Yankees now, it will only make the Erde sons happy.

But the problem is that things did not go according to the British idea.

On January 2, just as the British Foreign Office was preparing to negotiate with the United States, the group of American businessmen was blocked by the Indian colonial authorities, and then the Yankees were arrested, and a gun battle broke out between the two sides. The American ** fire dealer who killed a thousand knives had strong firepower and beat the Indian Asans to the ground, until the British colonial army arrived, and this group of arrogant Yankees was suppressed.

In this scuffle, the Americans were killed seven or eight and wounded a dozen. There were more casualties on the British side, hundreds of dead and wounded, of course, most of them were "not human" Ah San.

It just so happened that the reporter from the BBC (Bo) was there, and then when they learned about the situation, they actually shook it out directly on the radio, so that the whole of Britain and even the whole of Europe knew.

Immediately afterwards, major British newspapers also rushed to follow and reported the matter in a big way.

"The Yankees are coveting our India" and "The great British Empire must not tolerate the shameless provocations of savage cowboys"...... and so on, sensational headlines appeared on the front pages of major newspapers. For a time, the British crowd was boiling, people from all walks of life were denouncing the shameless Yankees, and anti-American demonstrations were endless in various places.

The British people are glad to pay lip service, but the British government is dumbfounded. How can this Nima negotiate privately?

Forced by strong public opinion, the British Government had no choice but to adopt a tough attitude to negotiate with the United States, demanding that the US Government give an explanation for this, make compensation, and guarantee that such a thing would never happen again.

The Yankees were inexplicable at first, and then after reacting, they immediately fried the pan.

"John Bull killed and wounded Lao Tzu, and those who didn't die are still being held by you. Now you actually want us to give an explanation, I explain that your sister still wants us to compensate? I'll compensate you for a big-headed ghost" The vast number of American people were angered by the British, and the major media outlets were furious.

"The free American people will never give in to the despicable and shameless pirate state", "Opium dealers are once again trying to enslave the free America", "A respectable father is innocently killed, his wife and children are crying", "The blood debt must be paid from the cruel British"

What is a standard American? First, believe in God. Second, hate the British. It is clear that the vast majority of U.S. citizens are standard Americans. In particular, the major media outlets, such as the ABC, have expressed their conscience and sense of social responsibility, and they have used all kinds of terrifying headlines and content to denounce the cruel and despicable British. There are even many people who "dig graves" and shake out all the bad things during the War of Independence.

The reaction of the Americans made the British even angrier. You two or five boys are too shameless, a group of arms dealers who have lost their conscience have been called saints by you, and you say that those weapons are "humanitarian relief materials for the freedom-loving Indian people", which is really a mud horse

As a result, more fierce rhetoric spread in Britain, and some newspapers have already said such cruel words as "the glory of the British Empire will once again shine on the North American Big 6". The United States also immediately gave a tough reply: "There is a kind of war, but if you don't come, it's a puppy"

Things have come to this point, and it's no longer a question of who's right and who's wrong. The British said that the Americans had colluded with the Indian rebels and that it was a shameless conspiracy against the British Empire. The Americans, on the other hand, retorted that it was normal business practice for American businessmen to sell weapons to Indians, and that the British should not have killed them even if they thought it was inappropriate. The British said that they were arrested and violently resisted the French, and that they should have been killed, but could it be that if you were the United States, they would have let them escape? The Americans said that it was the Indian A-San who shot first, and the Americans were only forced to return fire.

Anyway, both sides insist on their own words, and the quarrel will be over. The rest of the world was stunned by the sudden verbal battle between the two companies, and after everyone reacted, they began to prepare tea and melon seeds to watch the play without mentioning it. Watching the excitement is not afraid of big things, the two virtues are the happiest, they jump up and down, vigorously condemn the barbaric law enforcement of the British, demand the organization of an international investigation team to investigate the matter, and seem to be more enthusiastic than the Americans themselves.

On the surface, China called for calm down and negotiated a solution between the two sides, but behind the scenes, of course, it was helping the United States to pull the strings, and also said that various powers should organize a delegation to India to investigate. France and the Netherlands strongly supported the British, believing that the United States was doing something wrong. Russia has an ambiguous attitude and talks nonsense.

Anyway, the attitudes of all countries in the world are divided into three kinds, one is that the colonial powers and the small partners of Britain are naturally on the side of Niu Niu, believing that this kind of thing that shakes the stability of the colonies must not be tolerated. On the other hand, there are the emerging powers of China, the United States, and Germany, all of which support the US position either explicitly or implicitly. The last one is the crowd of onlookers playing soy sauce.

This matter became more and more troublesome, and when the Americans threw out the statement that "the Indian people should decide their own destiny", it completely made Niu Niu red-eyed. Niu Niu suggested that it would be more appropriate for the Yankees to retreat from Hawaii first and then say such things.

Public opinion on both sides is already boiling over, and even if the two governments want to sit down and talk, they will have to wait for a while. Although the verbal cannons of the two sides are more ruthless than the other, this contradiction has not reached the point of being irresolvable, and it cannot be fought. The high-level people on both sides are not stupid, they are just a few dead people, how can they really fight.

However, being accused by the British of supporting India's independence still made the Yankees feel that they were really wronged. Although they have been coveting the Indian market for a long time, they are only coveting, and even if they are given ten guts, they dare not really touch the forbidden belly of this cow. But this time, the U.S. government really didn't know anything about it. Those few arms dealers are not well-known figures in the industry, they are just third-rate arms dealers, and those who do this in the United States have 80,000 if not 100,000, how can they manage it? Besides, they are also businessmen, so how can they not make money? Trade freedom is the spirit of the United States.

After a month of talking, Britain and the United States also felt that they should have a good talk, and Britain also made concessions and agreed that the major powers would form a joint investigation team to go to India to investigate, and the two sides would have a good time. The U.S. government also appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt as the head of the investigation mission to India to investigate the matter.

The U.S. mission took a Pacific passenger airship flight along the Pacific gyre, passing through Australia, Luzon and ending in Shanghai. Then take a long-distance passenger airship ride to New Delhi. There was nothing wrong along the way, and I arrived in India safely.

However, when the United States investigation team arrived at the hotel, it was suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified armed men disguised as waiters. The attackers, who shouted "Kill the Yankees" in Hindi, fired desperately at the American investigation team with pistols, submachine guns and even machine guns.

The conscience of heaven and earth, the United States now is not the United States a hundred years later, and it has become a habit to be attacked. Americans in this era were completely unwary of this kind of thing, and they were beaten to the ground right now. By the time the U.S. security personnel reacted, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Mr. Roosevelt, who was at the forefront, and several deputies had already collapsed in a pool of blood......

By the time the British garrison arrived, the Indians were long gone. As a result of the attack, the head of the investigation team, Franklin Roosevelt, and four members of his entourage were killed and six were wounded.

The British immediately exploded, this is to trap the father to death, and immediately carry out a large-scale search, but that part of India is not the British mainland, the ruling force is weak, and those people are quick with their hands and feet, and they have long since lost their way to where they have gone, and where can they still find them? However, they also showed some clues, and the identities of several of the attackers have been identified, that is, the families of the Indian policemen who were killed by the American ** fire dealer who was arrested last time.

Now the matter is obvious, it is clear that the gang Ah San is not convinced, so he took the opportunity to take revenge on the Americans. Blood revenge, this is also logical.

But the Americans certainly can't understand that the investigation team was attacked as soon as they arrived in India, what do you mean by the opium cows? Although it is unlikely that this is the work of the British, it is also difficult to escape the blame for the accident on their territory. As a result, relations between the two countries deteriorated again, and although the time for war had not yet arrived, diplomatic relations had been downgraded to chargé d'affaires, and bilateral trade volume had plummeted.

Wuhan, Presidential Palace.

"Well, South Asia is doing well this time, so that Anglo-American relations cannot be like they were in the original plane. Wen Deji looked at the top-secret information sent and said with a grin.

"It's a pity they didn't fight...... Gu Xiaolu said regretfully.

Wen Deji smiled and shook his head: "No, no, no, it's impossible to fight." It is nothing more than the death of a few people, and although it will worsen the relations between the two countries, it is far from the goal of starting a war. The United States is not Germany, and they do not have irresolvable contradictions with Britain, so they cannot fight. ”

Gu Xiaolu asked suspiciously: "Then what's the use of us doing this? This time it took a lot of effort, we mobilized the strength of more than a dozen branches, and also exposed some secret chess. If you just let their relationship deteriorate, it's a bit unworthy......"

"You can draw it, you can draw it, you can't just count the account in front of you, but also look far. He smiled and explained, "Our aim is to let Britain shed its blood in the First World War." In the history of the original time and space, the United States gave blood to Britain, so their losses were very small, so small that they did not match their status as the number one in the world. ”

Wen Deji said indignantly: "The number one power in the world, the death toll of a world war is not even a million, this is simply unreasonable."

"Mr. Wen, haven't we already strengthened the power of the Allies?"

Mr. Wen shook his head: "No, that's not enough, the difference in strength between the allies and the Entente is too big, although we have help, but their strength is still a little insufficient." So, we have to get rid of the blood transfusion sets in the UK. ”

"However, can this make the United States stop aiding Britain and not enter the war?" Gu Xiaolu still had some concerns.

"Of course, it is impossible that there are no permanent friends and enemies in international relations, and although Britain and the United States are making a lot of trouble now, they will still help Britain in ......the end," Wen Deji smiled and said: "I don't intend for them to completely avoid intervening in the European war, this is impossible." Because the United States is a country controlled by consortiums, and the feast of the European war, those consortiums of theirs will never let it go, so how can they sit idly by?"

"What I want is to muddy the waters, so that the Yankees can go into the water later and help Britain later, so that we can maximize our interests. ”

Gu Xiaolu nodded, and asked again: "But now that the world situation has changed greatly, can a war still be fought?"

Wen Desi said confidently: "Of course, this war is bound to break out, because the two major blocs, especially Britain and Germany, are already difficult to ride tigers, and it is impossible not to fight, unless one of them makes full concessions." But this is also impossible, and the side that makes concessions is equivalent to defeat without a fight, which is unacceptable to them. ”

"The only thing that isn't certain now is when it will explode. However, I don't think it will be past this year, because Germany can no longer hold on, and if it drags on until next year, Britain's national strength will be fully exploded, which Germany cannot resist. "To strengthen intelligence in Europe, we must keep abreast of changes over there. ”

At this moment, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

Gu Xiaoyuan hurriedly ran in, she shouted anxiously: "Mr. Wen, Mr. Wen, something happened in Europe, just now."

"What, what's going on?" Wen Deji was taken aback. I thought to myself, is there a fight? I can't be such a crow's mouth, right?

"Urgent call from the Ministry of Southern European Affairs, Austria-Hungary...... The Austro-Hungarian ...... "Gu Xiaoyuan looked out of breath, and it could be seen that she was so excited that she couldn't help herself

Gu Xiaolu hurriedly handed over a glass of water and said, "Xiaoyuan, you can drink a glass of water first......

Gu Xiaoyuan drank a few sips of water, and it was easy to catch her breath.

Then she hurriedly said: "The Ministry of Southern European Affairs has sent an urgent telegram that the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I was assassinated in Vienna and the murderer of the Serb Yu has been caught red-handed."

Wen Desi and Gu Xiaolu were dumbfounded, and couldn't help but look at each other. Well, it's really a crow's mouth.

Wen Deji turned the words in his mind, as if something was wrong, and asked, "What did you just say?" Is it the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I, not Archduke Ferdinand?"

Gu Xiaoyuan nodded and said with certainty: "Yes, it was Emperor Joseph I who was assassinated, not Crown Prince Ferdinand. The Assassins did so at the Royal Thermal Sanatorium, where Joseph I was recuperating ......"

“...... Could this really be the fate of Austria-Hungary, why are they either the dead crown prince or the dead emperor?" Wen Deji sighed, but the corner of his eye was a smile that could not be hidden. I'm about to make a lot of money, can I not be happy?

"Wait...... Mr. Wen, I didn't say that the Austrian emperor is dead" Gu Xiaoyuan froze.

"Ah, it's not dead, ......are you?

Gu Xiaoyuan said: "At least not dead yet. According to intelligence, the two assassins fired a total of five shots at him, but the corner was not good, and only one bullet hit him in the abdomen, but his age, even if he didn't die, was enough to choke......"

"Well, it looks like the First World War here is going to explode early," Wendeji let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he also knew very well that the explosion of the First World War would be impossible to contain, he was uncertain when it would explode, and now he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Let's just wait to count the money.

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