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    Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, the 19th century entered the 20th century, a century full of disasters.  Countries around the world are celebrating the arrival of the New Year, including China.  1899 was the most important year for China.  During this year, China went to war with Britain, France, the United States, Russia and Japan. Although the war was very difficult, in the end, China still won and achieved huge gains.  The people of the empire are celebrating the prosperity of the country and hope that the empire will become stronger and stronger.  In the new year, the empire's focus will shift to economic construction, so that the majority of the empire's people can enjoy the benefits of the empire's strength.

    "As for the countries that went to war with China, except for France, which suffered relatively small losses and was not greatly affected, the other countries were miserable.  The United States paid China 300 million pounds in war reparations and then began to rebuild the West Coast, which was in ruins.  Shocked Americans also returned home.  This war also deepened Americans¡¯ hatred of China.  The U.S. government has made developing military power its top priority.  Because the war reparations paid by the United States to China were lent to the U.S. government by major U.S. consortiums, and the U.S. government paid all of the country's finances into the hands of these consortiums. The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States was established.  Take over the US treasury and manage banks across the US.  These consortiums also need to expand outward.  Therefore, their interests are completely consistent with those of the United States.  This allows the U.S. government to invest more funds in the development of armaments.  Major consortiums have loaned a total of one billion U.S. dollars to the government to develop military power.  The first thing the United States developed was its navy. Without a strong navy, the United States would not be able to resist the threat from China.  After receiving large amounts of financial support, the U.S. Navy also accelerated the construction of the three 'Maine-class' battleships and five 'Virginia-class' battleships under construction.  It is expected to enter service in the first half of 1900.  Construction of six "Connecticut-class" battleships, which are almost complete copies of the British "Dreadnought-class" battleships, has also begun.  In addition, the U.S. Navy also organized battleship design engineers to build a new type of battleship belonging to the United States. The "Mississippi class" battleship will be more powerful than the "Connecticut class".  The U.S. Army has also begun to accelerate its development. Throughout the United States, the voice for revenge is very high.  Although the United States failed in the last war, they were also awakened by China from their isolationist dream.

    Britain is currently still mired in the Boer War in South Africa.  In December, the Boer coalition once again defeated the British army and annihilated more than 30,000 British troops, while their own losses were very slight.  This forced Britain to dispatch troops from its homeland and other colonies to South Africa to suppress the Boer uprising.  At the same time, huge military expenditures also affected the construction of the British Navy.  The six "Old Man Star" battleships of the British Navy have begun service, which has restored a lot of strength to the British Navy and has passed the most difficult period.  However, the 'Old Man Star' battleship is just an old-fashioned battleship. It is simply not comparable to China's 'Zhonghua-class' battleships and the 'Nassau-class' battleships being built by Germany, let alone China's more powerful '  Qin class' battleship.  Six of the British Navy¡¯s ¡®Dreadnought-class¡¯ battleships were built at one time.  However, due to the outbreak of the Boer War, the navy's military expenditures were misappropriated.  The six "Dreadnought-class" battleships originally planned to enter service before the end of 1900 are estimated to have to wait until the first half of 1901 to enter service.  As for the more powerful 'Bellerophon-class' battleships that can rival China's 'Qin-class' battleships, they are just drawings.  He had to wait until at least around 1904 to enter service.  This made everyone in the British Navy very dissatisfied.

    The most unlucky one is Russia.  In the war with China, Russia lost almost two million troops, and up to now, there are still millions of troops imprisoned in Chinese prisoner-of-war camps, serving as coolies in the construction of Siberia.  The civil strife in Russia is also intensifying. Almost the entire southern Russia has been occupied by the rebels.  In particular, the insurgent army led by the Russian Democratic Labor Party became the main force in the insurgent army.  Moreover, on Christmas Day, the rebel army led by the Russian Democratic Labor Party defeated the Russian army in Cherkasy, then went north along the Dnieper River and captured Kiev, the most important city in southern Russia.  The insurgent army led by the Russian Democratic Labor Party suddenly increased to 500,000 people.  Together with other rebels, the number of rebels in southern Russia totaled more than one million.  In just two months, Russia almost lost the entire Ukraine region and the Don River region. These regions are Russia's most important granaries.  It is foreseeable that a very serious famine will break out in Russia in the coming year.  This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Russia, which has been defeated in China and its national strength has been severely weakened.

    January 1, 1900, St. Petersburg, Winter Palace, Tsar Nicholas II was throwing things to vent his anger.  Prime Minister Sher???  Witte, Interior Minister Vyacheslav?  Plevi, Minister of War Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Izvorsky, and Director of the General Administration of Orthodox Affairs Pobedonoschaev stood silently in the hall without saying a word.

    "Tell me, what is going on? Marshal Gurko's 300,000 elite troops were actually annihilated by the rebels! Why is this situation happening? Is it possible that the great Russian Army  Are you so weak that you can't even defeat these rebels?" Tsar Nicholas II asked with anger on his face.  After the armistice between China and Russia, Marshal Gurko led 300,000 elite troops who had withdrawn from the front line to the south to counter the rebellion. However, on Christmas Day, they were defeated by the rebels in Cherkasy. This made  The entire southern region of Russia fell.

    "Your Majesty, those rebels have the support of enemy countries. Especially those rebels of the Democratic Labor Party, they have the support of the Germans. Among the rebels, there are the help of instructors from Germany. Therefore, this time Gurko  The marshal failed!" Army Minister Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin said quickly.

    "Germans? Do you have any evidence?" Tsar Nicholas II asked with a tigerish face.  Although he was related to Kaiser Wilhelm II, there was a huge conflict between Russia and Germany.  When Russia and China were fighting fiercely, Germany almost took advantage of the situation. Fortunately, Russia and China ended the war, otherwise the German army would have come over by now.  However, Germany would definitely like to see the rebellion break out in the south. It is not impossible for them to secretly support these rebels.

    "Your Majesty, many of the weapons used by the rebels of the Democratic Labor Party are Mauser 1898 rifles that the Germans have just mass-produced and begun to equip the troops! In addition, our people did find that there were German advisers among the rebels!  "Minister of War Alexei?"  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin said with certainty.

    "Your Majesty, what the Minister of War said is probably true. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, the leader of the Democratic Labor Party rebels, has always received assistance from Germany. I am afraid that these rebels  Behind the army, there is really a shadow of the Germans!" said Foreign Minister Izvorski.

    "Damn William, he actually did this to me!" Nicholas II cursed secretly.

    "Your Majesty, we must find a way to resolve the current crisis. The rebels have almost conquered the entire territory of Ukraine. If they continue to attack northward, they may shake the foundation of Russia's rule. We must find a way to defeat the rebels as soon as possible.  The army must be wiped out! Otherwise, if more hostile countries are involved, it will be even more troublesome." Prime Minister Sergey?  Witt said.

    Of course Tsar Nicholas II knew that the rebels needed to be eliminated as soon as possible. However, the army was losing battles one after another. How could he eliminate the rebels?

    "Kuropatkin, is the Imperial Army capable of destroying the rebels? If not, then I don't mind changing the position of Minister of War!" Tsar Nicholas II asked with a gloomy face.

    "Your Majesty, the Imperial Army has tried its best. However, all the elite troops of the Empire were lost in the war with the Chinese. Although the Army now has more than one million troops, it does not even have enough rifles, let alone heavy weapons.  The equipment is not even comparable to that of the rebels. Therefore, if the Imperial Army wants to destroy those rebels, it will take more time!" Army Minister Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin couldn't help but sweat profusely.

    "Trash! Does the War Department have any solution? Do you want to watch those rebels make a mess of the whole of Russia?" Nicholas II angrily yelled.

    "Your Majesty, we need a large number of elite soldiers and commanders to reverse the current war situation!" Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin said.

    "Where can I find elite soldiers and commanders for you now?" Tsar Nicholas II said very dissatisfied.

    "Your Majesty, what the Minister of War means is the prisoners of war we have imprisoned in China. Although they failed in the war with the Chinese, most of them are elite troops. As long as these prisoners of war can be redeemed and incorporated into  As for the army, we will definitely be able to defeat those rebels!" Prime Minister Sergei?  Witt suggested.

    "What? Want to ask the Chinese for help? Redeem those prisoners of war?" Nicholas II was full of reluctance!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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