Chapter 515 Spee's New Task

Li Mo saw Shi Pei in the Hanyuan Hall. He has been here several times. The commander of the German Far East Fleet, with a prominent tall nose, a beard and sharp eyes, is a little thin. It can be seen that the recent events in Europe have made him a little uncomfortable.

As an avid giant ship cannon enthusiast, Li Mo is very clear about the record of the German admiral born in Denmark, from the glory of the Battle of Coronar, which embarrassed the British Empire, to the father and son in the Battle of Falkland at the same time. He led two armored cruisers that were not the strongest and drew in World War I. The plain German navy painted the most colorful stroke!

Although the current Far East is no longer like that of later generations, after losing the navy, only Xinhua and the United States are armored cruisers stationed in Yokohama that can threaten the German Far East Fleet, but because neither country has shown their attitude to join the game of division of the world, the German Far East Fleet is still very safe at present. All of them.

But for Spee, security alone is not enough, because he needs to rush home as soon as possible to let the Far East Fleet play a role for the country in the war, instead of watching the British navy run rampant on the German coastline!

In addition to returning abroad as soon as possible, he also has an important task, which is to persuade Xinhua to participate in this inevitable war. After nearly two years in the Far East, he is very clear about the strength of Xinhua. The naval expedition to the Atlantic may not be realistic, but as long as they attack Russia and Afghanistan from the north, then Russia and Britain have to divide their troops to protect. If they simply march into the southeast peninsula, the whole Far East and India will trigger a chain reaction.

Once the crown of India is taken by Xinhua, the blood transfusion of the British overseas colonies will be reduced by half. In this way, Germany will stand on the same line as Britain and France, and Germany's probability of winning will be greatly increased.

Looking at Li Mo, he didn't know how to open his mouth, because he came several times and tried his best. He even took the Suez Canal to be handed over to Xinhua for management after the war as bait, but the young emperor still did not let go.

Spey is very clear that Xinhua is not worried about Russia or the colonial army armed by Britain and France in the Far East, but about the United States.

The Pacific dispute in the past two decades has brought Britain and the United States closer and closer. The probability of the United States participating in the war is much greater, and even if the United States does not participate in the war, his relations with the Allied countries can ensure that Britain and France have access to a steady stream of weapons and supplies, which will be particularly deadly to Germany!

The current situation is that the United States and Xinhua contain each other in the Pacific Ocean. Although Xinhua has an advantage, Australia has always been a big flaw. The cunning British took advantage of the opportunity of the United States to enter the Pacific Ocean and put the United States into the southwest Pacific Ocean with an agreement jointly managed by the two countries. In this way, the United States is at a disadvantage. It began to make up for it gradually. Although the United States is far away from the southwest Pacific Ocean, it is also impossible for Xinhua to completely block the sea.

Although Xinhua adopted a constitutional monarchy, the young emperor gave up his talent at the end, established the country, and funded tens of millions of students to study for free after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He had a great influence among the people, and the Prime Minister and the Parliament were almost his confidants, so his opinions will occupy a lot. The weight of.

So how to convince the emperor?

Time is already very tight, which makes Spei reluctant to go around the bush. After handing over the sorted documents to Chen Ping next to him, he said, "Dear His Majesty Li Mo, this is part of the island of Guinea under China's control, the delivery of all areas of the Bismarck Islands, including New Britain, and Bougainville Island and other places. The agreement!"

After listening to Spee's words, not to mention Chen Ping, even Li Mo's eyes lit up. After controlling Micronesia, he really wanted to extend the defense belt further to Melanesia and completely encircle Australia, but that area was either Britain or Germany, which was really difficult to do.

And now Spee has pushed what he wants most in front of him. Although Germany did not mention Kyushu Island, it is a trivial matter. Leting Japan continue to split will help Japan to rely more on himself, but extending the Pacific defense line forward 500 nautical miles, this ** is really not small!

But this thing is also very hot. If you swagger to accept Germany's Pacific colony now, there is no doubt that it will be a declaration of war. Don't be afraid of war. Anyway, sooner or later, Europe will have to let Europe bleed first. Only in this way can Germany, which arrogantly refuse its olive branches several times, bow its head!

This is extremely critical for the distribution of power after the war!

Can't you answer it? Germany finally let go. If they missed it, in case they didn't give it, or the lightning invasion of hundreds of troops from Solomon Islands and British Guinea after the war caused a fait accompli, and it would be troublesome to take it back.

"Ha ha, General Spee, thank His Majesty William for me." Emperor Li thought for a while and handed the agreement to Du Dazhuang with a roll on his wrist. Suddenly, he got up and smiled and said, "Chen Ping, help me send the general."

Shameless!

This scene made Spee's eyes angry. How can he be so shameless? He took away his own agreement and didn't even say a word. Isn't it a robbery?

Shi Pei was eager to chase Li Mo's back and take out the agreement, but Chen Ping suddenly stood in front of him and said with a smile, "General Shi Pei, I heard that you and your fleet are going back to China?"

"Yes."

Shi Pei nodded. When he wanted to continue to chase, Chen Ping said, "So how are you going to arrange more than 10,000 army soldiers?"

"I will take them back to China to participate in the war!" After being stopped continuously, Shi Pei could only stop temporarily, looked at Chen Ping and asked, "Mr. Chief of Staff, do you have any good ideas?"

"Do you want to return home?" Chen Ping smiled and said, "General Spei, do you think you can break through the defense line of the British navy and return to Germany with more than 10,000 army soldiers without injury?"

This sentence made Shi Pei's face stiff. Not to mention taking the army soldiers back, even he was not sure to go back. The long route and the enemy warships all over the world, as long as there is a little mistake waiting for him, the whole army will be destroyed!

During this period, he was most worried about how to bring the army soldiers back, so after hearing Chen Ping's words, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Mr. Chief of Staff, can you help me send them back to China?"

"Impossible!"

Chen Ping simply shook his head: "If it's supplies or something else, we still have some ways to transport 10,000 soldiers, do you think Britain will let them go?" Seeing that Shi Pei's face darkened again, Chen Ping didn't show off. He smiled and said, "But I can help you send them to West Africa, but that requires your cooperation!"

West Africa!

Spee's eyes lit up in an instant. South Africa is on the edge of German West Africa, which is a must-protection place for Britain. Ten thousand elite Far Eastern soldiers, coupled with thousands of local defenders and nearly 20,000 colonial pseudo-armies, will directly contain at least 50,000 British troops!

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, how do you cooperate?"

"It's very simple. Britain has a fleet in Australia and South Africa. What you have to do is to completely disrupt the southwest Pacific Ocean. I can ask the Admiralty to cooperate with your activities in that area. As long as you completely disturb the southwest, and then immediately go back to Falkland and put on the posture of forcibly breaking through and return home to attract them out. Our fleet can reduce a lot of trouble!"

Spee nodded. Falkland is Britain's largest military base in the South Atlantic. It is the middle point between Australia and South Africa. If it can threaten there, Britain must transfer two fleets to encircle and suppress it. In this way, the Xinhua fleet that has not intervened in the war can successfully pass the Cape of Good Hope and quickly throw the army. It has been sent to West Africa!

In this way, its fleet will face major challenges. Australia has New Zealand and Australia, and South Africa has two old battleships. In addition, Britain may also transfer more advanced battlecruisers from China to encircle itself. Whether it is Shannhorst or Gneisenau, it is impossible to fight against them. Heng.

However, in the face of this almost desperate cover plan, he did not hesitate, because it was originally his planned way home, and the Falkland base was also the only place to enter the Atlantic Ocean. Anyway, it was to fight, so he simply fought a few times!

So for the safety of 10,000 troops, Spee immediately nodded heavily: "Mr. Chief of Staff, I will try my best to attract the British!"

"That's great." Chen Ping praised, and he also admired the German lieutenant general in the bottom of his heart. Because with the size of his fleet, this kind of cover is almost lifeless. It is rare that he didn't even frown. He was indeed a man. He couldn't help saying immediately, "General Spee, maybe there is a news that you can tell Your Majesty William if there is really a war in Europe. Our country will immediately hold large-scale military exercises in Central Siberia and Xinjiang, with a total of 25 divisions and 500,000 of the most elite army soldiers!"

"Really!"

Chen Ping's news made Shi Pei's eyes red. The 500,000 Xinhua army of Chen Bing in the north is undoubtedly the biggest threat to Russia. No matter how arrogant Nicholas II is, he must at least take out the corresponding troops to defend the East. For Germany, the pressure on the eastern front will be reduced a lot!

And Xinhua's move undoubtedly implies that Xinhua will at least not be on the side of the British!

With these two guarantees, a few island colonies are nothing, so he immediately saluted, "Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, please take me to convey to His Majesty Li Mo, all the soldiers in the Far East, thank him!"

Chen Ping smiled and walked out of the new garden with Spee. The Bismarck Islands were really critical, especially the New Britain. Once Rabaul was mastered by Xinhua, he could enter the support point of South Australia. At that time, it was useless for the United States and the United Kingdom to form more armies!

When he was about to walk to the door, the second lieutenant of the communication in the guard suddenly rushed out of the oblique thorn. After saluting, he handed the telegram to Chen Ping. He looked at it and turned to Shi Pei.

"Lt. Gen. Spee, Vienna sent an ultimatum to the Serbs!"

"The war will break out within 48 hours!"

Hearing the news, Shi Pei seemed to be relieved and walked out firmly, because he not only had to go home now, but also had a more important task.

Make Britain crazy!

(to be continued)