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Text Chapter 1,406 Dealing with Britain

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    After the victorious powers successively dealt with the United States, Italy, Russia and France, only the last country of the Entente and the most important country, the United Kingdom, was left!  Britain, the former world hegemon!  Especially during the Victorian era, Britain was the most powerful country in the world!  The fleet of the British Royal Navy cruises in all major oceans of the world, protecting the interests of the British Empire.  Britain's overseas colonies are the largest in the world!  However, with the rise of emerging powers and repeated failures, the former British Empire has become a thing of the past. Even the British Empire has been occupied by Chinese and German armies. The former giant has become a thing of the past.  Fell down with a bang!

    In the Embassy in China, Prime Minister Asquith, Foreign Secretary Edward Gray and former Ambassador to China Zhu Erdian were frowning at the collected information.  The victorious countries' negotiations with the UK were put to the end. This is not a good thing for the UK. It is more like China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire treating the UK as the biggest piece of fat and dividing it up at the last moment!

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, according to the intelligence we have gathered so far, this peace conference is very detrimental to us! China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are very harsh in dealing with the defeated countries, and we may not be able to escape this fate!  "Sir Edward Gray, the British Foreign Secretary, said with a frustrated look!  They came all the way to Beijing to participate in the Peace Conference, but in the end they had to suffer such a fate, which even the British who had passed through the Victorian era thought it was a deep humiliation.

    "The Chinese will not miss this opportunity to weaken us! However, the Germans may help us! According to our secret agreement with Germany, they will help us reduce our losses as much as possible!" Prime Minister Asquith said.  Now Britain has placed all its hopes on the Germans!  However, even they themselves are not sure whether this hope is safe or not!

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I think we should not have too high hopes! When dealing with Russia, the Germans also tried their best to fight for the Russians, but it was still useless! In the end, the Germans themselves also joined in the plunder of Russia.  Yes!" Sir Edward Gray said!  He now has some doubts about the promises made by the Germans.  It's just that now Britain doesn't even have the chance to regret it!

    "Your Excellency, Foreign Minister, we are different from Russia! Our navy and shipbuilding capabilities are what the Germans need! If the Germans want to catch up with the Chinese navy, they must cooperate with us! In addition, Russia is facing  There are 6 victorious countries, and Britain only needs to face China and Germany, so the pressure on Germany will be much less! Even if we will pay a huge price this time, in general, with the help of Germany, the price we will pay will not be  It¡¯s too tragic!¡± said Zhu Erdian, the former British Ambassador to China!

    Prime Minister Asquith nodded and agreed with Zhu Erdian's statement.  However, there was still no trace of happiness on his face.  The British mainland is already in pieces, the island of Ireland has become independent with the support of China, and its overseas colonies are destined to be lost!  In addition, the greedy Chinese will definitely not let Britain go like this, and they will definitely plunder more territory.  There are also huge war reparations. Based on the greed of the Chinese, preliminary estimates suggest that the Chinese will propose at least more than 3 billion yuan in war reparations!  For Britain, which is now severely weakened, this is an astronomical sum at night!

    "Sir Edward Grey, I think we should visit the German Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary now! Reaffirm our cooperation agreement!" Prime Minister Asquith said.  Only in this way can he feel at ease!

    "Okay, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!" Sir Edward Gray said.  Although he didn't think this would have much effect, he didn't object!  Britain is now at the end of its rope, with only a dead horse being treated as a living horse doctor!

    On the evening of October 26, British Prime Minister Asquith and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray secretly went to the German Embassy in China and visited German Prime Minister Holweg and Foreign Minister Stresemann.  He didn't leave until 1 o'clock in the morning.

    At 9 o'clock in the morning on October 27, the peace conference continued. This time the peace conference dealt with Britain, and the countries involved were mainly China and Germany. Of course, when carving up Britain's overseas colonies in the future, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a great power  One of them will also get a point.  As for other countries, they can only act as spectators.  However, being able to see the former world hegemon fall still makes all countries very excited.  When Britain dominated the world, many countries were bullied by Britain!  Now that Britain is in trouble, of course they will take the opportunity to add insult to injury!  Of course, if they can also get some benefits, that would be the best!  However, this possibility is too low!

    Enver Pasha, the representative of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, is undoubtedly the most troubled one!  The old daysThe Ottoman Empire was a powerful empire spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa.  However, the invasion of Britain and France turned too much of their territory into colonies of Britain and France.  Now we have finally defeated Britain and France, but these colonies have fallen into the hands of China.  It is not that the Ottoman Turkish Empire has never thought about taking back these colonies from China, especially the rich Middle East.  However, their requests were all rejected, which made Enver Pasha always a little dissatisfied!  However, due to China's strong military strength, the Ottoman Turkish Empire did not dare to express anything!

    When the hour hand points to 9 o'clock, the meeting officially begins.  British Prime Minister Asquith and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray have already arrived, as have Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi and Defense Minister Jiang Xingguo.  The German representatives, Prime Minister Holweg and Foreign Minister Stresemann, have also taken their seats.  The Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mario Weber, and the Foreign Minister, Count Leopold von Berchtold, sat on the sidelines as spectators.  When it comes to Britain's overseas colonies, nothing happens without them!

    "Everyone, today's meeting has officially begun! Today's meeting is mainly about the discussion of the British disposal plan! The British countries participating in the attack are China and Germany! Therefore, the discussion of the British disposal plan is also mainly conducted by China.  Let¡¯s finish it with Germany!¡± said Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang.  He knew that today's negotiation was probably the most difficult one.  When it comes to dealing with the UK, China and Germany may intensify their conflicts again!  Of course, China is not afraid. Its strong military strength gives them sufficient confidence!

    German Prime Minister Holweg and Foreign Minister Stresemann nodded expressionlessly.  Germany's strategy is to win over Britain, and with the help of Britain's strength in navy and shipbuilding, the German navy can rise rapidly and have the strength to challenge the Chinese navy!  But they also know that China must be very clear about this. It will be very difficult for Germany to achieve this goal!

    British Prime Minister Asquith and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray appeared very helpless.  They are like weak little lambs, waiting for their fate.  And China, the butcher, has already raised his butcher knife high!

    "The United Kingdom is one of the leading countries of the Allied Powers. In this world war, the United Kingdom caused huge losses to all countries! Therefore, the Chinese government hopes to deal with the United Kingdom severely! In this regard, we put forward the following requirements: First  , Britain gave up all overseas colonies, and the victorious countries distributed these colonies! Second, Britain ceded Wales, the Cornwall Peninsula and the Channel Islands to China! Third, Britain compensated China and Germany for war reparations, totaling 5 billion yuan.  , China enjoys 70% of these war reparations! Fourth, limit British armaments. Britain is not allowed to have a navy and air force. The army only retains 50,000 people, and is not allowed to have tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters! Chapter 1  Fifth, all shipyards in the UK will be demolished, leaving only small shipyards that manufacture fishing boats!" Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi read out the solution plan determined by China!

    "Wow!" Representatives from various countries immediately started talking after hearing China's plan to deal with the UK!  There is no doubt that among these defeated countries, the plan for dealing with Britain is undoubtedly the most ruthless one!  Not only did Britain lose all its overseas colonies, but it also lost the island of Ireland. Now China wants to take a piece of the British mainland.  The war reparations are also 5 billion Chinese dollars. Even if Britain was the former world hegemon, it may not be able to afford it!  The two-year war almost depleted the wealth that Britain had accumulated over the years.  Especially the loss of the British Navy caused great losses to the United Kingdom!  And China demands that the British shipyards be dismantled. This is undoubtedly to fundamentally solve the British threat to China!

    "Such conditions are too harsh and Britain will not agree to it!" British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray jumped up and shouted loudly!  If Britain agrees to such conditions, then Britain will really never have a chance to turn around!

    ¡°If these are the final demands of the Chinese government, then the British government will reject these demands!¡± British Prime Minister Asquith also said!

    "At this moment, does Britain still have any choice?" Marshal Jiang Xingguo, China's Minister of Defense, said disdainfully.  The UK is now under military occupation by China and Germany!

    Suddenly, Prime Minister Asquith and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey¡¯s faces were full of shame and anger!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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