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Chapter 415 Anglo-Russian alliance, the Allies are taking shape

The formation of the Dragoon Regiment of the Chinese Empire quickly triggered a new round of tension and concern among the powerful countries around the world.

Especially in the Tsarist Russian Empire, the newly succeeded Tsar Alexander III immediately summoned the Chinese Empire's ambassador to St. Petersburg, inquired about the Chinese Empire's intention to form a dragon cavalry regiment, and expressed concerns about the matter.

In response, the Chinese Empire's ambassador to Russia explained: "This is just a normal military reform experiment of the Chinese Empire and is not targeted at other countries. China and Russia are friendly, so there is no need to worry."

At the same time, the Chinese Empire's ambassadors, consuls, and office commissioners also explained this.

But the Chinese Empire is really too powerful, with the highest military power in the world. No matter whether it is targeted at a certain country or a certain group of countries, no matter how large the scale of military reform is, even if it is just a military mobilization, it will affect the nerves of countries around the world.

This time, the Dragoon Regiment formed by the Chinese Empire in one go reached 12 towns, with a total force of 180,000, which is equivalent to all the standing forces of a second-rate European military power. How can it not make people nervous?

I don’t know what the Chinese Empire wants to do, and representatives from various countries in China and military officers kept asking questions.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire had to appease these frightened young friends from all over the world and held a special press conference to disclose the military purpose of the Dragoon Regiment.

"The Chinese Empire has a vast territory, starting from the Arctic Ocean in the north, Antarctica in the south, Alaska in the east, and the Caspian Sea in the west, with a total area of ​​more than 26 million square kilometers. With such a vast territory, ordinary people can't walk for a lifetime. It takes as long as 8 months to ride horses and boats from north to south, from east to west. Once the war breaks out, when our Chinese Empire's army arrives, the enemy will run away or be prepared for defense. Therefore, His Majesty, the great Emperor Guanghua of the Chinese Empire, made the most wise decision in history to establish the Dragoon Regiment of the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, using semi-mechanized equipment, from south to north, from east to west, it takes only three months to complete the deployment. The military purpose of the Dragoon Regiment is to respond quickly to prevent the enemy from suddenly invading the Chinese Empire, and not target other countries around."

The Chinese Empire's explanation only appeases some countries that do not understand semi-mechanized equipment and some countries that lack military strategic vision. For military powers such as Britain, France, Russia and Germany who are good at marching and fighting, the Chinese Empire's explanation must be a concealment.

As an ally of the Chinese Empire, the German Empire naturally would not say much. They would only secretly imitate the Dragoon regiment of the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire and build the German Empire's own mobile troops.

As a neighbor of the Chinese Empire, the Tsarist Russian Empire felt a huge military threat.

Since the Tsarist Russian Empire lost the Far East Coast State in 1865, the entire Tsarist Russian Empire has been actively preparing for revenge, which is an open secret around the world.

Since the core area of ​​the Tsarist Russian Empire was in Europe, the Chinese Empire sent troops to recapture Heilongjiang, Sakhalin Island and other places occupied by Tsarist Russia, swallowed up the entire Far Eastern coastal area around the Okhotsk Sea in one breath, extending the Chinese Empire's mainland to the Bering Strait in the Arctic Circle, and connecting it with Alaska purchased by the Chinese Empire.

At the beginning, Li Weiguo's strategic goal was very clear, which was to completely cut off the Tsarist Russian Empire's fantasy of the Far East Pacific estuary, and not allow the Tsarist Russian Empire to have an estuary in the Far East Pacific region, and threaten the Chinese Empire from the sea.

Although the Tsarist Russian Empire was very angry at that time, due to the vast land and sparse population in Siberia, the Tsarist Russian army was too long to send troops from Europe to the Far East front, and it was difficult to supply, and there was no foothold in the Far East sea outlet and could not carry out maritime transportation. Therefore, the Tsarist Russian Empire could only temporarily endure and began to build the Siberian Railway.

The strategy of the Tsarist Russian Empire was that once the Siberian Railway was built, it was time for war to begin with the Chinese Empire. Unfortunately, a Siberian Railway was built for more than ten years.

Originally, the Tsarist Russian Empire could build railways along the south bank of Lake Baikal to Vladivostok, but now the Chinese Empire has seized Lake Baikal, and the Tsarist Russian Empire could only build railways along the north bank of Lake Baikal to Yakutsk.

You should know that Lake Baikal is the birthplace of the cold current in the northern hemisphere. The railways of the Tsarist Russian Empire were often destroyed by the cold current in the Lake Baikal, which seriously delayed the completion date of the Siberian Railway.

The Tsarist Russian Empire abolished its power and took more than ten years to barely build the Siberian Railway to Yakutsk in the Far East.

However, the Chinese Empire used more than ten years to develop industry and boost the economy. The military strength soared, and after the Sixth Sino-British War, it completely seized the world hegemony.

Today, although a Siberian railway of the Tsarist Russian Empire has been built, it has also caused the Tsarist Russian Empire to lose the best opportunity to regain the Far East. Now it is going to go to war with the unparalleled Chinese Empire. Whether it is economic, industrial strength, or military capabilities, the Tsarist Russian Empire is far inferior to the Chinese Empire. Tsar Alexander III asked himself that he did not have the courage to go to war.

However, the Tsar did not have the courage to start a war against China, but it did not mean that he was not wary of the Chinese Empire.

Seeing that the railway construction speed of the Chinese Empire increased by 10,000 kilometers per year on average, the total railway mileage of the Chinese Empire has exceeded 200,000 kilometers.

The Chinese Empire built the Western Xinjiang Railway from the Central Plains to the coast of the Caspian Sea, the Northern Xinjiang Railway from Lake Baikal, and the World Railway from the Far East. The Chinese Empire team can send troops at the same time in three directions, and the troop transport speed can be completed in three months.

If the Dragoon regiment recently established by the Chinese Empire is added, all of which are cars, motorized infantry, chariot infantry, cavalry, etc., their mobility will be beyond imagination, and this will be unprecedented in the border defense of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

Therefore, the establishment of the Dragoon regiment of the Chinese Empire was tense in the Tsarist Russian Empire.

At the same time, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan Alliance were also nervous.

The British Empire now has only India left in Asia. The last Sino-British war lost the entire Himalayas defense zone and was not allowed to be defended two hundred miles south. Now the Chinese Empire has built the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, which has solved the problem of logistics supply difficulties. Another dragon cavalry regiment came, and after suddenly crossing the Himalayas, it was flat and the British army would have no danger to defend.

India at this moment is a key colony for the British Empire to maintain the raw material production and consumer markets. It is never allowed to be taken away or destroyed by the Chinese Empire.

During the last Sino-British War, the Indian colonies were almost overthrown by the Chinese Empire. In the end, if the British Empire had not used tricks to lure and kill the Indian kings and destroy the last spiritual pillar of the Indian rebels, the entire India would have been out of control of the British Empire.

Britain and Russia felt the huge land threat from the Chinese Empire at the same time, so the two countries had to choose to join forces.

When Li Weiguo first implemented mechanized reforms and created the Dragoon Regiment, he just wanted to verify the concept of the mechanized infantry division, and at the same time he also verified whether the blitzkrieg theory could be implemented without tanks.

But he never expected that this move would push the Tsarist Russian Empire into the arms of Britain.

If the Tsarist Russian Empire had chosen neutrality against the Chinese Empire and the British, American and Japanese Group of Nations, then after the emergence of the Dragoon regiment of the Chinese Empire, the Tsarist Russian Empire would have completely turned to the British Empire and sought to form an alliance with Britain and the United States.

Because the Tsarist Russian Empire found itself too lonely, there was a powerful Chinese Empire to the east and a powerful German-Austrian alliance to the west, and it felt uncomfortable to be sandwiched in the middle.

The intelligence agencies of the Chinese Empire and SHIELD immediately monitored the telephone and telegram exchanges between the Tsarist Russian Empire, the British Empire and the United States, and immediately reported it to Li Weiguo for information.

After Li Weiguo learned the whole story and the reason, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

Unexpectedly, history has changed so much, the Allies are probably born ahead of schedule!

The allies in history were formed in 1907. They were predecessors of the British-French Alliance and the British-Russian Alliance, both for the purpose of fighting against the German-Austrian alliance. Finally, the three countries of Britain, France and Russia established the Allied Group based on their common enemy, the German-Austrian alliance.

But now the rise of the Chinese Empire has caused a huge change in the situation in Asia. The Chinese Empire is no longer a weak country bullied and enslaved, but has become the world's strongest empire in one fell swoop. The overlord of the Eastern world is infiltrating into the Western world, preparing to completely subvert the Western world and become the only overlord of the entire earth.

This is the key reason why history has changed drastically.

In history, Britain and Russia competed for interests on the land of the Qing Empire. Britain even supported Japan to fight against the military infiltration of the Tsarist Russian Empire in East Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, and even the South Asian subcontinent. As a result, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Russo-Japanese War broke out. The British Empire and Tsarist Russian Empire were the British Empire.

Because of the long-term confrontation between Britain and Russia, the two countries formed a military alliance until 1907 to deal with their common enemy, the German-Austrian alliance.

But now that the Chinese Empire drove the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire out of the East Asia-Pacific, there will be no longer long-term military hostility between Britain and Russia.

At the same time, the British Empire in history pursued a policy of glorious isolation. Because the British Empire was the hegemon, it was disdainful to form an alliance with France and the Tsarist Russian Empire. It was not until the German Empire shook the British Empire's hegemony on the sea world that the British Empire had allied with France and Russia.

Now the British Empire's world maritime hegemony has been completely shaken by the Chinese Empire, so the British Empire can no longer pursue a policy of glorious isolation. Therefore, the British Empire was the alliance of the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan ten years ago, indicating that the British Empire was so weak that it had to form cliques to deal with the Chinese Empire.

These factors ultimately led to the early emergence of the Allies.

The fact that Britain and Russia are going to form an alliance means that Britain, France and Russia will form an alliance in the future. However, in history, the United States and the Japanese Empire, which did not join the Allied Powers until the outbreak of World War I, formed an alliance with the British Empire in advance.

Therefore, Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Russia are about to form an alliance, and the most powerful allied country in history is about to be born early.

Li Weiguo, the initiator of all this, was just surprised, but not afraid.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to prevent the alliance between Britain and Russia. Because once the alliance between Britain and Russia will soon be based on the alliance between the British and French alliance and the British, American and Japanese alliance, the five congresses will eventually form a unanimous alliance, which is a huge threat to the empire."

Foreign Minister Zhang Peilun said with a heavy expression that he wanted to use diplomatic means immediately to put pressure on Britain and Russia to prevent the alliance between Britain and Russia, but the premise is that he must obtain full authorization from Li Weiguo, because there may be an exchange of interests in this, otherwise it will be difficult to stop the British and Russian alliance.

"You Lifanyuan just need to try your best to stop this matter!"

Li Weiguo smiled slightly and did not make any rigid regulations.

Whether there is or not the Chinese Empire, Britain and Russia will form an alliance. This is the only event that maintains strong inertia in all changing history.

The German Empire, which only truly rose ten years later in history, has now risen strongly in Europe with the help of the Chinese Empire.

Under the influence of the butterfly effect, it was natural that Britain and Russia formed an alliance in advance and the Allies appeared in advance.

Even the outbreak of World War I was not impossible!

However, Li Weiguo, the initiator of all this, seemed very much looking forward to it. He knew that only by fighting the entire Western world can the power of the entire Western world be weakened to the greatest extent, and only by completely clearing out the powerful countries in the West can the Chinese Empire eventually dominate the whole world.

Of course, war is risky. If you are not careful, you will suffer a crushing defeat in the Battle of Red Cliff like Cao Cao.

However, Li Weiguo was not afraid. He believed that his vision and the wisdom and courage of the people of the Chinese Empire would definitely be able to realize the great ambition of the rise of the Chinese Empire.

However, for historical indigenous people like Zhang Peilun, they are not that far-sighted.

Their confidence all comes from their fanatical belief in Li Weiguo. As long as Li Weiguo does not fall, they firmly believe that victory belongs to their own side.

"If necessary, SHIELD asks to assassinate negotiators from both sides of the United Kingdom and Russia to prevent the alliance between the two sides. Please make it clear!"

Cheng Kun suddenly asked, with the same thoughts as Zhang Peilun, he had to know where Li Weiguo's bottom line for this matter was before he could arrange actions and cooperate with diplomats to put pressure on Britain and Russia.

Li Weiguo waved his hand and said, "There is no need to do that! If things are exposed, they will strengthen the determination to form an alliance between Tsarist Russia and the British! Just let it go. Even if Britain and Russia form an alliance, they will not be able to immediately target our empire, but at the German Empire. I believe the Russians are very clear about this. You just need to warn the Russians for a moment."

The Tsarist Russian Empire is now out of a strategic defensive situation, worried that the Chinese Emperor would invade Tsarist Russia, so he threw himself into the British Empire. But the current Tsar is the calm and shrewd Alexander III, rather than the irritable and brainless Nicholas II. As long as the Chinese Empire does not actively invade Tsarist Russian Empire, the Tsarist Russian Empire will not join the British-American-Japanese alliance.

By the same token, Tsarist Russia and Germany signed a non-aggression treaty and formed an alliance with France, which was just defending against German military invasion. If Germany did not attack the Tsarist Russian Empire, then the Russian-French alliance would be a piece of waste paper.

This idea also applies to Germany, the vision of King William I and Bismarck is exactly the same as that of Tsar Alexander III, which led to the signing of an insurance treaty to avoid war.

As for why World War I started, it was mainly because William II, the successor of the German Empire, and Nicholas II, the successor of Tsarist Russia, these two political idiots with irritable personality, distorted hearts and face-sightedness rejected the signing of the German-Russian reinsurance treaty, which led to complete hostility between the two countries.

William I and Alexander III are still in power, so there is no need to worry at all.

This is Li Weiguo's confidence, but the civil and military ministers of the Chinese Empire were nervous for a while. They were not afraid of the alliance between Britain and Russia, nor were they afraid of wars breaking out in the future. They were really feeling sorry for money.

Because once a war breaks out, money is worthless, tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan, the wealth created by the people of the empire will be defeated by the army in minutes.

Seeing that Li Weiguo didn't care, the civil and military officials quickly felt relieved. This was absolute trust. The emperor of any dynasty could not reach the level of trusting his ministers in the monarch so much. Li Weiguo was as famous as the Qin Emperor and Han Wu in this regard.

Next, officials from various ministries of the Chinese Empire did what they should do, and were not panicked by the British-Russian alliance negotiations.

Only by having strong strength and not afraid of the alliance between Britain and Russia will you be so calm.

Of course, the Chinese Empire still needs to prove its strength.

Subsequently, the Chinese Empire's Lifan Academy issued a notice to the British and Russian ambassadors to China, expressing solemn protests on the alliance between Britain and Russia against the Chinese Empire, and demanding that the two countries not make cooperation agreements against the Chinese Empire.

The Chinese Empire's ambassador to Tsarist Russia and the ambassador to Britain also raised the same protests to the Tsarist Russian Empire and the British Empire respectively.

The Chinese Empire was questioned and concerned, and the Tsarist Russian Empire and the British Empire were both very careful to deny it, saying that the British-Russian alliance was not targeted at third countries.

Due to the political and military pressure of the Chinese Empire, although the Tsarist Russian Empire and the British Empire finally signed a military alliance, Tsar Alexander III was still very smart. Faced with the British agitation for Tsarist Russia to join the three-part alliance between Britain, the United States and Japan, the Tsarist Russian Empire refused, but said that if necessary, they could consider joining.

This is a compromise tactic, which is the best result for the Tsarist Russian Empire at present. Otherwise, it would be of no benefit to Tsarist Russia if it was involved in the military confrontation between Britain, the United States and Japan against China.

It is precisely because of the ambiguous attitude of the Tsarist Russian Empire that Britain and the United States' plan to temporarily fail in the British and American alliance of the Tsarist Russians against the Chinese Empire.

However, since Britain and Russia are already in alliance, they will sooner or later pull Tsarist Russia into the British-American-Japan alliance.

Therefore, Britain, the United States and Japan spared no effort, as well as the French Empire. The arrogant Napoleon III said he was disdainful and was still very scared. The British-French alliance would sooner or later become the five alliances of Britain, the United States, Japan, Russia and France.

At the same time, the German Empire also sent specialists to negotiate with the Chinese Empire government to discuss countermeasures on the British-Russian alliance.

The Chinese Empire's reply was that alliances among great powers could avoid war, because both sides knew that once a fight would be inconsequential, they would generally restrain themselves, and war would not break out easily.
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