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One Person's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 144: At the State Banquet

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    In early 1915, during the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, the stars were shining brightly in the Chinese Palace. Domestic and foreign dignitaries gathered together to hold the annual Spring Festival state banquet.

    Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, Pang De, Xun You, Guo Jia, Hua Biao, as well as Liang Qichao, Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Jian, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, etc. gathered together to celebrate the most beautiful moment of the year. In addition, there were also people from Inner Mongolia  The local kings, lamas from Tibet, tribute envoys from the Central Asian steppes and Persia, barbarian kings from the small countries in Southeast Asia, special envoys from Brunei, envoys from Siam, consuls from Japan, and ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany, and the United States were also there.  Everyone congratulated each other. The number of visitors in the Chinese Palace exceeded any previous time, which also showed that the Chinese Empire has a very important position in the world today.

    As the protagonists, Li Zhe and Li Huamei raised their wine glasses and thanked all the congratulatory guests. Even the Japanese consul and the ambassadors of Britain and France treated them equally. This moment was a moment of pure joy. Those old grudges,  The dirty things in the secret have been completely put aside. Now, all you need to do is raise a glass and drink.

    In the past year, the world situation has undergone great changes

    In December 1914, with the German armored forces going all out, France finally fell. The German tank troops even drove directly to the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains. The French in Spain had to cross the English Channel.  Fleeed to London, organized a government-in-exile in London, and continued to organize confrontations with the Germans

    The Germans' unprecedented blitzkrieg conquered their old enemy the Gauls. The German upper echelons were so complacent that they arrogantly planned to cross the sea to conquer the British Isles. The result was the Battle of the English Channel, a battle of unprecedented scale between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Grand Fleet.  The collision with the aging Great Britain still showed its unrivaled naval strength.

    In this battle, both sides dispatched more than 100 large and medium-sized battleships, more than 500 aircraft, and the result of the fierce battle in the narrow English Channel was that the Germans lost 5 battlecruisers, 2 old battleships, and 8 light and heavy cruisers.  The British lost 3 battlecruisers, 7 armored cruisers, 8 destroyers, and 162 aircraft.  There were 7,800 casualties in total

    There is no doubt that the British won this battle, and they also gave a blow to the Germans who were in a state of fanaticism and wanted to conquer the world!

    Although they lost most of their territory in Europe, as long as they ensured the overwhelming power of the navy, the Germans could not truly defeat Britain. Although France had lost its homeland, at this time, a considerable part of its citizens and most of its capital were lost.  In overseas colonies, they can still fight!

    Occupying France does not mean completely dominating Europe. This battle is completely different from the nature of any previous war between European countries. Even if the fight is like this, the French are still determined to fight to the death.  !  Now even if Germany wants to strike out decently, it has no chance.

    The battle has finally entered a time period in the future that neither side can predict. The Germans have to consider opening another battlefield to further suppress the Allied forces. The scale of the war will obviously increase further.

    As time enters the new year of 1915, the world will undoubtedly enter a more chaotic situation

    At this time, in such a confusing situation, as a big country in the East, every move of China is related to the balance of the global situation. At this time, any country has to pay attention to China's domestic trends, even countries like the United Kingdom and France.  The relationship with China is already tense, but they cannot give up such an important diplomatic position. The same is true for Japan.

    At the banquet, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and Pang De each held a goblet and drank wine while chatting.

    Pound pointed to a corner of the banquet hall and asked: "Look, the French ambassador over there, I think the situation is a bit strange! Don't they know that we are about to take action in Indochina? Your first  The Tenth Army has already been launched right under their noses, shouldn't their most appropriate response now be to issue a serious warning, vent their anger, and break off diplomatic relations with our country?"

    Pound¡¯s words made Deng Ai, commander of the Southwest Front Army of the Chinese Empire, amused. It seemed that this brave and invincible senior on the battlefield really did not have the potential to be a commander-in-chief!  This is a war that has lasted for several time and space and fought for decades. I still have little understanding of the country¡¯s political interactions. No wonder His Majesty the Emperor never takes him personally.

    "Uncle Pang! This is not like this. In this era, France has been a powerful country for hundreds of years. Hundreds of years of joint diplomatic experience are not in vain! Although we have conflicts of interest in Indochina now,  , but it does not hinder other aspects of cooperation between us and them. Even if we are truly enemies of life and death, as long as we do not declare war directly, there will still be changes between the two parties.Locally, at least from a diplomatic level, not to mention now, aren't we bordering the Allied Powers?  For them, this is seeing an opportunity!  "

    "Hmph! Do they still want to try to instigate us and the Germans to go to war directly? Although from the future point of view, this war is inevitable, but now, I think neither we nor the Germans have such plans!" Jiang Wei sneered beside him.  road

    "This, it's hard to say. Britain and France are talking out of the same nose. They have ruled the world overtly and covertly for more than a hundred years. From a purely strategic perspective, we are fine, but the Germans are definitely not.  Their opponents! Maybe if you are not careful, you may fall into their trap! Now, we are standing between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. We are such a huge variable. There is no guarantee that they will not take advantage of us! "

    "Oh? You mean, is it possible to create some kind of unexpected incident like some kind of assassin, so that the situation between the Germans and our country cannot be reversed and we have to go to war?" Deng Ai's words made Jiang Wei think of this idea for a moment.

    "Haha!" Deng Ai continued to laugh, "The reason political conspiracy is a conspiracy is because it is of little use in front of people who are truly determined and powerful. But for some people, it is not necessarily the current situation of Germany.  The upper level haha! I have to say that they are far from capable of controlling such a big country and facing such a complex world situation!"

    Deng Ai's words were hidden. Although he didn't say it clearly, Jiang Wei had already heard the meaning. The Germans may be invincible in Europe, but their ability to control international politics is still lacking. What's more, above all  There was also the bizarre Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had a bad temper and was politically unpredictable. This was undoubtedly a terrible variable for a mature decision-maker.

    Now in the Middle East and Caucasus, the Chinese National Defense Forces are stationing more and more troops. The Caucasus and Ural Mountains area has been upgraded to the European Front Army. In the Middle East, after several subsequent armies have been stationed, the Central Asian Front Army has been established and rapid planning has been carried out.  It has established a complete fortification defense, and its control area also extends towards the Mediterranean Sea in Syria. Everything it does is definitely not on the scale that it should do when facing a mere Turkey. There is no doubt that this is the empire preparing for the future, and what it fears is the Allies.  There are sudden changes in the situation and a sudden attack on Asia.

    The empire has obviously been prepared for all this.

    Here, a large group of people were guarding the protagonist Li Zhe, and it was extremely noisy. But over there, the British and French ambassadors were sitting alone in a corner of the banquet hall, talking quietly. When Japanese Consul Ozawa Toichiro walked over,  I vaguely heard the conversation between the two.

    "Are you sure you really want to do this?"

    "Yes, I'm sorry. The current situation no longer allows us to be half-hearted. We are going to lose anyway. It is better to deal with it directly and cleanly. In short, France now needs the French people to pay everything they should pay for it.  Only in this way can great France have a chance to regain its territory!"

    "But if you are like this, shouldn't you inform us? Don't you know that here, in Southeast Asia, we are one. Once you quit, it is very likely that the situation of the British Empire in Southeast Asia will completely collapse!"

    "Oh? Strange, shouldn't it have collapsed long ago? Does your country still hope to regain the overall situation here?" The French did not show weakness.

    However, the two of them reacted quickly and stopped immediately when Ozawa Toichiro approached. They scolded Ozawa with a straight face:

    "It turns out that I didn't know that your envoy had a habit of eavesdropping. No wonder Yuan Shikai lost Luanzhou in grief that day, and the internal secret discussions with your country were leaked out, thus losing his country in one fell swoop! I just don't know your country's secrets.  Is this behavior of betraying teammates occasional, or is it simply a habit passed down by historical tradition?"

    The British ambassador's attitude towards Ozawa was extremely bad. It seemed as if he wanted to completely vent the depression caused by the quarrel with the French just now. As soon as he spoke, he pointed out the ugliest thing the Japanese did back then, which was also something the Japanese later regretted.  An unattainable koan

    Being scolded, Ozawa bowed almost out of habit, then raised his head and suddenly thought, Huh?  wrong!  That was then, and this is now. It was true that Great Britain was extremely powerful back then, and we, Great Japan, were asking for help. But now, we, Great Japan, have no interest in Britain, and Britain is about to decline. As the Japanese nation,  Why do consuls stationed abroad behave so grovelingly? This is really detrimental to national dignity!

    Ozawa was secretly angry in his heart, but his face was full of smiles, and he replied:

    "Oh! Sorry, I happened to be passing by and wanted to ask. I wonder if your country is doing something good on Southeast Asian affairs?Our country's support is needed, but now, judging from your intentions, it is definitely not needed!  Then say goodbye, I hope you two have a good time!  "(To be continued)
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