Chapter 866 The New Cold War?

"I said, Prime Minister, what do you suddenly want South Africa and Gibraltar to do? Haven't we discussed that we won't interfere in these two places?

Early in the morning, Long Guozhang's voice sounded in the new garden. Seeing that the war was about to officially end, and the marriage between his daughter and the eldest prince was also about to be done, he was very diligent here these days, which almost made Li Mo think that this guy was going to pester him to build a warship and expand the army.

Long Guozhang, who drank tea in the pavilion, narrowed his eyes. Although he said that he didn't want South Africa and Gibraltar, several people next to him knew in his heart that the biggest dream of the commander-in-chief of the navy was probably to insert the imperial dragon flag in every seaport in the world, and then wrap the oceans of the world in his boundless sea of blood, and then stretch out. Press a fingerprint on the dragon's claws, and then say the last sentence.

"It's all mine!"

So everyone didn't seem to hear the naval commander's shouting. Chen Ping looked at Li Xiuyan, who was standing next to him and just came back in a uniform. He picked up a waist knife full of gems from the table and asked in surprise, "Xiuyan, is this really a knife used by Louis XVI?"

"Chief of Staff, aren't you embarrassing me? I don't understand this." Li Xiuyan took off his military hat and scratched his head. He smiled and said, "This is Liu Jingpeng and others who confiscated it, but what he said is indeed real."

"This Liu Jingpeng, it seems that his ability is not small." Rong Kyu picked up the South American scepter and narrowed his eyes with a smile. Although he is the speaker, he is not as glorious as the Prime Minister and the Chief of General Staff in this war, or even as good as a leading general, but he is really one of the Optimus Primes in this country. What's more, he is also the leader of the opposition party. If it weren't for the slogan "one nation, one country" he put forward in the party before the war, He said that he would put aside the partisan and political struggle and fully cooperate with the ruling party to win the declaration of war concerning the future of the country, the future and the nation. Perhaps the relationship between the Prime Minister's Office led by Tang Shaoyi and the Diet will not be so smooth.

"That's it."

Long Guozhang grinned and said, "I heard from the transportation department that the east coast of the United States was about to be emptied by him. This boy also counted on Laozi's Guantanamo base and made the new base full of things. After the Fifth Fleet crossed the Panama Canal, it could only go to Bermuda or float on the sea. ! "Fuck it!"

Li Xiuyan shrank his neck next to him and secretly said that he must not let the commander know about it, otherwise his buttocks would have to bloom.

Li Mo picked out a 18th-century Russian admiral's badge from more than a dozen gifts, with the inscription of Peter Alekseevich Romanov on the back of the badge, confirming that it was used by Peter the Great. This guy who contributed to Russia's entry into a modern industrial country and was known as one of the world's greatest emperors. My favorite thing is that others call him Lieutenant General, but now his descendants are constantly weak in internal exhaustion.

"Da Zhuang, send this to Yunya, just say that it's my gift to her, put away the rest, and hold a royal exhibition hall when the peace is in the future, so that everyone can open their eyes."

Du Dazhuang, who had already been attracted by the table full of treasures, immediately asked the guards to carefully put away everything. Everyone was not surprised that Li Mo was going to hold a royal treasure exhibition, because he said this after getting the treasures of the Qing Dynasty before the founding of the People's Republic of China and what he had dug up from Nicholas II last time, but to him It's funny to give Peter the Great's vice general badge to Yunya. It seems that Emperor Li is really at the same time.

As soon as Du Dazhuang put away his things, he heard a report from outside. He turned his head and saw that Wang Shizhen, who had been in Germany for four years, had come in with a smile on his face. After seeing him, not to mention Chen Ping and Tang Shaoyi, even Li Mo stood up to greet him in person.

"Pingqing, when did you arrive?"

"Shi Zhen met the emperor. She just got off the plane and went to the Ministry of National Defense and heard that everyone was coming to you, so she took the liberty to come here. Please don't be surprised."

"Good, good, good!" Li Mo quickly picked up Wang Shizhen, who bent down to salute, and asked warmly, "Pingqing, you have worked really hard in Germany for the past four years. Are you in better?"

"Thank you for your concern. I didn't feel very comfortable when I left. I didn't expect that after I got off the plane just now and smelled Yanjing, it was still much better."

"Haha, I don't think it's a physical illness, it's homesickness." Tang Shaoyi said with a smile.

"Yes, I almost didn't know the way when I came back after leaving for four years." After greeting everyone with a smile, Li Mo quickly greeted everyone and said with a smile, "Sit, sit down, sit down. Xiuyan, go and tell me to set up a banquet at noon to meet you.

After a lively time, Chen Ping first turned to the topic and asked, "Pingqing, you just came back from Europe. How's the situation over there?"

"It's noisy!" Wang Shizhen picked up the teacup and thought about it, and then started with a word. This word also made several unfamiliar people scratch their heads secretly. The surrender of Britain and the United States is only the last compensation and time problem. It should be peaceful at this moment. Why is it still noisy?

Wang Shizhen moistened her throat, put down the cup and smiled and said, "It's not the 28 articles we proposed. Now Europe has made a lot of trouble for this matter, especially Germany, which blames us for such a big hand. Before I came back, some newspapers also publicly described it as we wanted to provoke the dispute over Eurasia. It's really It's a schema!"

"Well, let's not talk about his trillions of compensation. He came and said that we were going to provoke the Eurasian dispute. Isn't the Germans too lenient?" Long Guozhang was the first to jump up and was so angry that he wanted to just put the rest of the "silence" on Germany's head. Chen Ping grabbed him with a smile and said, "I said Lao Long, this is a good thing!" It shows that we are strong. In the absence of being able to contain us in the near future, Germany can only use this to create public opinion to force us to make concessions.

"Hehe, Yuanshou is right." Tang Shaoyi also said, "Germany is not the main problem. There are not many close relations with Germany in the 28 articles. Feng Qi sent a message saying that Germany is most dissatisfied with Gibraltar and South Africa now, because we hinted no at the last Cairo meeting. In addition, there are many complaints about our U.S. policy of severe punishment."

"This is normal. We should punish Britain lightly, and Germany should also punish the United States lightly, all in order not to let the other party live in the future." Li Mo waved his hand slightly and said, "But since we have thrown out Gibraltar and South Africa, we will bite these two places to death to make Germany think that we are bound to win. In the end, we have to give up!"

"What the emperor said is that in addition, we'd better talk to Britain secretly about this matter, and let them know our attitude and position, which can keep these two places, and believe that the British political axe can change our attitude towards us a lot." Wang Shizhen nodded and agreed: "As for Germany's expansion in Africa, there is no need to worry too much. In Shizhen's view, the biggest problem between our two countries is in the Atlantic and European interests. After it is definitely impossible to get Panama and Suez, Germany obviously does not want to stretch its foot too far, so Bermuda and Malta are eye-catching.

As for South Africa and Gibraltar, it is even more unlikely! As long as we bite, in the end, he would rather return it to Britain than let us occupy it, because that is equivalent to being suppressed in the Atlantic Ocean!

After we reached an agreement with Argentina to lease the Falkland Islands, Germany has clearly wanted to get the South Georgia island of the Falkland Islands side by side. With St. Helena and Cape Verde, we would not be locked in the mouth of the South Atlantic.

"Ha ha, Ping Qing really can see through it." Tang Shaoyi smiled and asked after thinking about it, "Recently, many people have said that our hands are too long, and even there are such voices in China. They think that too many control areas will lead to the dispersion of troops and the depletion of national strength in the future. Let's see if our choice is worth it?"

Tang Shaoyi's question made Wang Shizhen hesitate for a moment.

He is a soldier and the deputy chief of staff of the three armed forces. He knows that what Li Mo hates most is the army's politics, so he made a constraint in the constitution in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. According to the Constitution, the army is the emperor's army. It must be strictly neutral in politics and only responsible for the royal family and national security. Even the generals during the domestic election election will not show their attitude.

The previous division of forces can be regarded as a military topic, because it is related to the external security situation of Xinhua in the future, and this issue obviously has national governance. Colonialing and other political content, one of his deputy chiefs of staff said that these are taboos.

Li Mo saw Wang Shizhen's thoughts. He was not only satisfied with the army's neutral attitude in execution, but also wanted to hear Wang Shizhen's views in Europe for many years, so he immediately said, "You can say it bluntly."

"Yes, your Majesty."

With Li Mo's words, Wang Shizhen put down her worries and said bluntly, "In Shizhen's opinion, this problem is not worth worrying at all."

"Oh? Why is that?" Rong Kui looked at the dragon Guozhang next to him and joked, "Does Pinqing want to learn from our old dragon king and plant the flag all over the sea?"

"Haha."

The words of the speaker provoked a burst of laughter. Long Guozhang was thick-skinned and did not even raise his eyebrows, but Wang Shizhen waved his hand and smiled, "I don't have the ambition of Commander Long, but the reason why we don't worry is that we are different from Germany!"

"Oh? What's the difference?"

Wang Shizhen looked at Chen Ping and said slowly, "For many years in Germany, what impressed me most was not the combat effectiveness of the German [***] team, nor the strict military appearance, but Germany's desire to go out of Europe and land!

Compared with Britain and France, Germany, which was nominally unified after the Franco-Prussian War, started too late and missed the golden period of European expansion, so that the Germans could only watch Britain and France gain unimaginable benefits from overseas colonies.

The current war has made Germany see its own weaknesses. To put it bluntly, if Britain and France had not been supported by huge overseas colonies, they would have been defeated by Germany long ago! Even if we have won the war now, we have cut off the ties between Britain and France and the colonies, and cut off the output of the United States, which finally led to collapse.

In addition, we have acquired Australia, the Pacific Islands, India, Persia and other regions, which has further stimulated Germany's desire for external colonies. It is certain that the remaining colonies in the hands of Britain and France are bound to win.

So, once Germany gets a colony, it will definitely take a more direct rule in order to seize it!"

"This statement makes sense. It's like giving you a beggar who hasn't eaten meat for a few years. If you put a bowl of braised pork in front of you, you can guarantee that he would rather die than let go." Tang Shaoyi made an example.

"The more direct way to rule is the traditional colonial model. In addition, Britain and France have deep roots. If you want to truly integrate the colonial area into your arms, Germany must also be stationed in the army for a long time after the war." Wang Shizhen continued: "Our country has basically abandoned Africa. Australia and the Pacific Islands are sparsely populated and easier to manage.

In my opinion, the biggest problems in the future are India, Persia and the United States.

India has a large population, complex beliefs, and serious conflicts between Islam and Indian sects. As long as we restrain ourselves from getting involved and let them beat themselves, what we want is the population and the market!

Persia is more complex, but we don't have to be involved in complex ethnic disputes. As long as we ensure that Greater Kuwait, Sinai, Baku and Djibouti, we can rest assured that the Suez Canal is consolidated.

As for the last United States. Wang Shizhen looked at Li Mo and smiled, "Unless we want to occupy for a long time, why worry about it?"

"You're right." Li Enfu, who has never said anything, continued, "Yingqing's vision is really extraordinary. If Germany really swallows so many colonies in French and British Africa, it will inevitably consume too much national strength in the reading movement in various places in the future."

"That's right, but it's difficult for Germany to be in the national reading movement."

"The Chief of Staff is right, but it's not difficult to say." Wang Shizhen narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled, "Can't we get Madagascar?" If the emperor doesn't want land, he might as well build a military base on Reunion Island, and then support a model to make Madagascar read!"

"Let Madagascar read!" As soon as Wang Shizhen finished speaking, Rong Kui and Tang Shaoyi, who were the first to stand up for politics, and a moment later, they clapped their hands and cheered.

The reason is very simple. If Madagascar can read, as long as the interests of Xinhua are guaranteed, it will become an African model, and then export revolution to the African continent with this big island!

Maybe this process will take a long time. First of all, we need to ensure the interests of Xinhua there, and then slowly find out the agent's defense to read in Madagascar or other regions. Although it is slow, a spark can start a prairie fire. As long as the fire is lit, Africa will surely fall into turmoil and chaos. At that time, Germany will be dragged into the quagmire unless it gives up.

"Haha, listen to Pingqing's words, it's better than reading thousands of books!"

When Li Enfu gave a high-five, Wang Shizhen waved her hand and said modestly and seriously, "Mr. Li praised it. Shizhen can't do anything about it. Britain and France mostly treat the colonies by means of letting go, using internal contradictions and other means, basically doing nothing, while Germany's life is rigorous. If they integrate the vast resources of Africa, I'm afraid it won't take 20 years, and we will face a new war!"

Li Mo also nodded secretly, which is what he is most afraid of!

In the final analysis, Britain and France treat the colonies that you don't rebel and pay money every month. I don't care, but Germany is like a gear. If we make Africa and Europe a little smoother, with the vast amount of African resources, Germany also preserves a good industrial system this time. It is bound to become your biggest opponent in the future!

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yan Fu just sent a message." At the time of the discussion, Duan Fei suddenly rushed in: "France has agreed to Germany's terms of cession and is willing to hand over French Algeria, Morocco, West Africa and Equatorial Guinea to Germany, and at the same time hand over Madagascar, the Reunion Islands and the Comoros Islands to us.

In addition to giving up all overseas colonies, the French Sneud political axe has also agreed in principle to hand over the west of Lorraine to Germany, including Verdun, Langler and even Besançon on the Meuse, so that the German-French dividing line will be directly pushed to the Marne and Thorne Canals!

"What!"

Before everyone can digest this, Duan Fei has continued to say: "In addition, the German navy and the British time blocked the entire Scapa Bay anchorage last night. Although they have not issued an ultimatum, we estimate that this is to use this to force Britain to agree as soon as possible!"

In addition, there is another thing worth noting!

Intelligence has confirmed that the German navy includes the battleship York, three Bavaria-class battleships and two Dflinger-class battlecruisers, which are not in the fleet that blockades Scarpa Bay!

According to reliable information, they and another forward Squadron from Cape Verde have bypassed Britain and entered the North Atlantic Ocean, the destination. Duan Fei said in one breath that he suddenly stopped here. After sweeping at the crowd, he said, "The destination is likely to be the east coast of the United States!"

Li Xiuyan, who had just returned from there, suddenly stood up. He didn't expect that the German navy would be comfortable for a few days, so he began to think about moving around to challenge the imperial fleet!

Li Mo was slightly surprised, and suddenly came to his mind the picture of the cold war that began immediately after the end of World War II. Is the new Cold War about to begin?

"William II seems to want to try our bottom line!" Facing everyone's surprised look at the news, Chen Ping seemed to have expected such a situation. After looking at Li Mo, who looked as usual, he suddenly asked, "Lao Long, I remember that the ninth and tenth Western Qin levels have been delivered, right?"

"The ninth Song Guo has been delivered at the end of last month, the tenth Lu Guo will also end the sea test in three days, and the flight wing has also completed training!" After many years of contact, Long Guozhang immediately recognized the meaning of Chen Ping's words, rolled up his sleeves fiercely and said, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"Then let's go! Take out all your money and support Yan Fu and Feng Qi!"

"Yuanshou, isn't this appropriate? In case of arouse the concern of Germany, in the future. When Rong Kui heard this, there were majestic warships and planes in his mind. However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Mo, who suddenly got up and waved his hand: "There is nothing wrong with it. We have experienced such a huge battle. What are we afraid of?

Didn't William II want to test our bottom line? Then let's show it to him! You have to change your mentality. Now we are the winners, and we have the right to fight for the benefits we deserve! Instead of looking ahead and being ignored by the former!

Even if it triggers a cold war!" ......

(to be continued)