British Diplomatic Combination Punch
Chapter 163:British Diplomatic Combination Punch
“The lights are going out all over Asia; we will not see it re-ignited in our lifetime.”British Foreign Secretary Edward.
In the Kremlin, Edward, who was received by Tsar Nicholas II, brought peace and friendship to Britain, and of course, a contract to promote cooperation between the two countries.
Unexpectedly, uncompromising competitors, for the sake of a common enemy, it is not surprising that Russia or Britain need each other's help.
Nicholas II, in particular, did not mention how excited he was when he learned that Fan had declared war on Britain.
Russia, with its infinite aspirations for territory, was first hit on its doorstep, or from the Far East to Central Asia, even the door of Europe was about to be blasked.
It is impossible to say that Russia is not nervous, and the occupation of central Siberia by Fan Yize's army has been more than a year, and Russia has not been thinking about retaking territory, but there is no better way.
Russia's internal contradictions, almost the outbreak of civil war, Nicholas II's dominance was a comprehensive challenge, it was difficult to calm this internal contradiction, but the empire can not recover the lost territory in time, and after the national mobilization, due to the increasingly poor living environment, and even the outbreak of two famines, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people starved to death, the Russian army spent this period of repression.
The occupation of the vast land from Siberia has caused a shortage of food supply within Russia, and industrial production has often stopped work and strikes under the contradictions of social class.
Fortunately, this contradiction is still within the control of this contradiction, for more than a year, Russia has not done anything, and it is constantly preparing to recover the war in Siberia.
Since Russia no longer needs to send troops and supplies to the Far East, only here in Siberia, and the railways are all over the line, this has reduced the logistical pressure of Russia several times at once.
Millions of troops on the western front were mobilized to the eastern front, and Russia recruited one or two million troops to recover the Far East.
Huge forces, logistics under the bureaucracy, the result is still not easy, Russia is not rushed to war.
In any case, the troops under Fan Yize's command now did not continue to attack, and it was better to do some more preparations.
In the words of the tsar, in the words of the tsar, Russia will not only recover all its territory, but also drive Fan from North Korea and Japan, and even send a fleet to Jakarta to allow the soldiers of the Russian Empire to escort Fan to the Kremlin.
Nicholas II has his own self-confidence, of course, of course, his own concerns, after all, Russia is getting stronger, Fan Yize's strength is not stagnant, not to mention the army under Fan Yize, every day to strengthen the defense of Siberia, every day, the Russians want to recover, it will pay hundreds of thousands of casualties.
In fact, Russia, the inside is already very anxious, Fan Yize has no intention of peace talks, and there is no possibility of exiting Siberia, constantly strengthening the defense line, which is to occupy Siberia permanently.
When Fan Yize declared war on Britain and played a series of combined fists and attacked British colonies in Asia and Australia, Russia breathed a sigh of relief.
Fan Yize to Russia pressure is not small, after all, people are running over the road, but if you add to the British, Russia all over the country think that with the help of the United Kingdom, Russia will not be afraid of Fan Yize.
Britain has the world's largest colonial territory, has the world's largest population, can fight Fan Yize's fleet, and is Russia's most powerful ally.
However, in the next few days, the British successive failures, so that the Russians also calmed a lot, the British is not Fan Yize's opponent, the fact that the Russians are very depressed.
Edward's goal in Russia was very simple, that is, to facilitate Russia's immediate counterattack against Siberia, indirectly to reduce the pressure on the British colonies.
Especially when Edward arrived in Moscow, he received news from home, and when he learned that the situation was even more unsatisfactory, he became more anxious.
From the outbreak of the war to the present, but in the past week, the whole of Malaysia has been occupied by Fan Yize, the British colonial situation in Myanmar is very dangerous, the local colonial army and the British garrison, the next attack can not be stopped.
The enemy of full control of Bengal province not only captured Calcutta, but was also in full force an invasion of British India.
Even though the British British Indian side has planned to form a large colonial army, the situation is still worrying, without the British sea power, it is impossible to send domestic military and industrial products to the British colonies, and it is impossible to allow the local troops to reach British India in time.
The first reinforcements from the British mainland have just arrived in the Middle East, and then can only advance from the land to British India.
It is expected that in two months, this support army will be difficult to reach British India, and this is no way, for this reason, the British also in Europe, the United States also ordered a large number of trucks, in the Middle East colonies are oil, but the number of trucks is far from enough.
However, the enemy's action was too fast, and the British feared that by the time Britain could support British India on a large scale, the whole of British India would have fallen under Fan Yize's control.
This also makes the British very anxious, Australia is too far, the British have no time to take care of, and now the United Kingdom only wants to protect British India.
Edward's conversation with Nicholas II went very well, Russia desperately needed the support of the British, and the British were trying to satisfy the appetite of the Russians as much as possible.
The two countries also formally finalized the alliance, which was a British proposal, and the Russian side gladly agreed.
Because Russia also allied with France, Britain, which is allied with Russia, also tried to quickly open up France's diplomatic difficulties.
After all, in the Far East, Fan Yize threatened not only British colonies, but also in Southeast Asia, except for non-colonial Thailand, under French control.
For Germany, the United Kingdom hopes to be appeasing, do not stand up to the British at this time, although the British side also believes that there is little hope of success.
The twiloration of the United States is another focus of British diplomacy, and the British ambassador to the United States is trying to convince the US Congress and the president that Fan Yize is a serious threat to the United States in the Pacific.
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