The sun never sets

With a gun, you might get some gifts, but you can't protect yourself from the cold. Without a house or a winter camp, or hot meals, you'll probably get lost if you trek through the ice and snow. Even if you don't get lost, it's not a good idea to walk a thousand miles to Irkutsk, or to Ulan-Ude, which is about the same distance away.

Being captured as a prisoner or struggling to survive in the ice and snow is not a good choice. If possible, the Russian army would rather stay in Europe, where it is much warmer, live in barracks, eat sausages and bread around the fire, or drink vodka. There is no vodka now, and there will be no vodka for a long time to come.

After the car overturned and caught up with the Russian soldiers who were seeking death, it took a day to clean up the battlefield and capture prisoners. Then Marshal Lin ordered a fire to burn down the camp where they had lived for seven days. There were still some Russian soldiers scattered in the surrounding mountains and forests. Marshal Lin had no time to play hide-and-seek with them, so he burned down the camp and let the cold and hunger take care of the remaining dead.

The army marched southwards and when they reached Kulun, except for a small number of Poles and other ethnic minorities, the remaining captives were distributed to the Mongols who had gone with them. It was reasonable for the Russians to massacre and the Mongols to capture slaves.

When Lin Yongchang led his troops to beat up the Russians in the far north, some domestic and foreign newspapers published sensational news, saying that Premier Wang Qi secretly launched a mutiny, and that the northern dictator Lin Yongchang had not appeared for many days and had been secretly killed by Premier Wang. British Ambassador Jordan expressed concern about this, and Times reporter Morrison applied for an interview with the Presidential Palace, but was rejected. So the Times said, "The Presidential Palace refused to interview, and the rumors seem to be true."

The Asahi Shimbun said that Lin Yongchang's death was caused by the dispute between the republic and the monarchy, and was done by republicans in the people's government. It was said that Sun Yat-sen in the south secretly sent a dozen assassins and was deeply involved in it.

After suffering a blow from the stock market crash, the military government in Guangzhou had no choice but to accept RMB in order to obtain support for weapons and equipment. Now the military government is tied to the North not only militarily but also economically.

The People's Party sent technicians and experts to Guangzhou and established a branch in Guangzhou to recruit progressive young people from the south. The Nationalist Government in Nanjing, the British Government, and the Japanese Government were all very dissatisfied with the cooperation between the North and the South. Baldy Lin was so powerful with only half of China. If he unified the whole of China, wouldn't he be so powerful?

So they spread rumors. It's not the first time anyway. The Japanese like to do some shady things. Sometimes they say "There is no China after Yashan", sometimes they say "The orthodox Chinese culture is in Fuso", and now they spread rumors that Wang Qi killed Lin Tuzi. This is very Japanese. Even a great man like Ito Hirobumi likes to do some petty things.

The Japanese led the charge, and the British followed suit. The Boer War finally ended. This protracted war lasted for nearly four years, with more than 300 British dead and many more injured. For such a small area, the British Empire spent more than million pounds, and finally paid the Boers million pounds in compensation. It was a huge loss.

In order to recover his losses, wouldn't Daiying have to cut leeks all over the world? Now the Guangzhou Military Government not only refused to cut them, but also got together with the People's Government in the north. How could Daiying tolerate this? You know, after the People's Government took control of the north, Daiying's income in northern China plummeted, losing 60 to 70 million taels of silver a year!

If Sun Yat-sen and the People's Army attacked from both north and south, Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai would have died. Britain's various interests in southern China would not have been preserved. Downing Street needed the Chinese to fight the Russian Empire, but it did not want to see a unified and powerful China.

Some government officials and generals were very worried after reading the newspaper, and many of them asked to meet the president. At that time, Lin Yongchang was still in the Siberian tundra, communicating intimately with the Russian princess, so it was impossible for him to appear in Taiyuan. So more people became nervous and worried.

The Central People's Government looks very powerful, with 500,000 soldiers and invincible, but in fact it is also a patchwork. There are many factions in the People's Government, including the Boxers, the remnants of the Beiyang government, officials from the previous dynasty, local tyrants, and those who came from the south. When Lin Yongchang was in power, everyone could still cooperate sincerely. If the biggest mountain is gone, won't heroes and heroes take advantage of the situation?

Wang Qi had to refute the rumor in the newspaper, saying that the president was in Kulun City dealing with Mongolian affairs and would be back in a few days, and told everyone not to worry and to do what they had to do. He had been the principal of the Baoding Military Academy and had led troops in battles, so he had great prestige in the military, but Dong Fuxiang, Ma Yu, and Zhang Zuolin would not bow to him.

When the president was in office, no one dared to question his authority because the president supported him. If the situation changed, it would be hard to say.

Chapter 241: One Gains, the Other Loses

Some people were jumping up and down, and many people were just deceived. The people have sharp eyes, but they are also easy to misunderstand the truth. When some Chinese and foreign media suspected that President Lin had been killed, the Russian army tried to launch a mopping-up operation.

The Russian army has not recovered from the heavy defeat in western Liaoning last year.

, originally thinking of focusing on building fortresses, and then fighting the Chinese after the road fortresses and naval fortresses were built. Cavalry General Nicholas Nicholas learned from the pain and summarized the tactics of the Chinese army. He thought that it was not possible to fight the Chinese in the field for the time being. It was necessary to wait until the fortresses were built and the railways were fully connected before launching the next large-scale attack.

But fighting is not something that can be done unilaterally. As the saying goes, "one side gains while the other loses," the Russian army lost 100,000 people last year, and its control over the Northeast was greatly weakened, so the People's Army guerrillas became more and more unscrupulous. After nearly a year of guerrilla warfare, the Russian army retreated to several large cities and some surrounding strongholds, deployed heavy troops along the railway, and almost completely abandoned the rural areas outside the cities.

Then the Russian army began to run out of food. Big cities cannot feed themselves, and they must import a lot of things from the outside world, of which food is the most important, followed by ammunition, fuel, cloth, medicine and other supplies. The Russian army was safe hiding behind the city walls, but what about the transportation lines? How could supplies from the outside world be transported to the city?

It's incredible to say that some Russian soldiers have already started to resell military supplies. They have no food, can't go out to rob, and the supplies shipped from the rear are often robbed, so they can only find ways to be self-reliant. Rifles and bullets are hard currency, and a half-new rifle can be exchanged for 30 kilograms of white flour or 60 kilograms of grain.

There are guerrillas everywhere in the Northeast. They said they were attacked by the Chinese and lost a number of guns. It is impossible for the higher-ups to come down to check. Even if they send someone to check, they have ways to deal with it. The corruption within the Russian army is no worse than that of Japan. Japan's situation is bad enough, but Russia's situation is even worse.

Nicholas brought some new trends to the Russian army in the Far East, but he could only do so little. He was not the Tsar, and it was impossible for him to change the entire army from top to bottom. Even if he was the Tsar, there were many things he could not do. The serfdom alone was a matter of many twists and turns, and it has not been resolved until now.

The Russian army was so hungry that they sold arms to the Chinese privately, and of course they were unable to launch another large-scale field war. But Princess Olga was missing, and the Tsar in St. Petersburg, thousands of miles away, was furious and ordered the Russian army to do its best to rescue the princess. The Russian army, which had set out from Europe, had to chase the enemy on the tundra for more than 20 days before falling into a trap set by the enemy.

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholas in Shenyang could not refuse the Tsar's order. If it was just a military issue, he could resign from the post of governor, but when it came to Princess Olga, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and gather 50,000 troops to launch an attack... a sweep. The Russian army still had more than 100,000 troops in the Northeast, but they could only gather so many people.

If they continued to withdraw troops, the local defense would be too empty. Tongliao had already been lost, and if they continued to withdraw troops from the local areas, Qiqihar and Harbin might be doomed. The Russian offensive lasted only three days, and then they could not continue. The Russians replenished their troops after the Liaoxi War and increased their strength to 130,000 or 140,000, but the Chinese increased their strength faster.

Last year, the Liaoxi Corps had only 100,000 troops, but this year it has 200,000 troops. The situation of the Rehe Corps is similar. Not only are there more people, but there are also more artillery and guns. A lot of mortars have been installed, and the firepower of the infantry has been further enhanced. In terms of the number of field artillery, the People's Army also has the upper hand, but there are too many types of artillery, and the shells for some artillery are difficult to get. You can't just open a production line for a few captured artillery, right?

However, the situation of the Russians and Japanese is not much better. The Japanese army's equipment is just as bad. One is a poor imperialist, and the other is not even an imperialist. Their equipment is worse than that of China. At least the People's Government can now produce more than 600,000 tons of steel per year. How much steel can Japan produce?

Less than 100,000 tons! A large portion of this will be allocated to the navy, and the army will get a pitiful share of steel.

The situation in the Northeast is still like the Three Kingdoms. Before, the Russian army was the strongest, and they were the Wei Kingdom. Now the People's Army is the strongest, and the Russians and the Japanese have become Shu Han and Dong Wu. If it weren't for the Japanese watching closely, Wang Zuolin's Rehe Corps and Zhao Bi's Liaoxi Corps would be enough to recover the entire Northeast.

However, the president demanded stability, requiring that they must be able to deal with both the Russian and Japanese armies at the same time before launching a large-scale offensive operation. The People's Army was already stronger than the Russian army, and the Russian army took the initiative to launch an offensive, but the result was a kick on an iron plate. After only three days of fighting, the Russian army lost more than 10,000 people.

Grand Duke Nicholas saw that things were not going well, so he hurriedly called a halt and withdrew his army. He was a veteran who had fought for many years, and he had a very sensitive battlefield sense, so he jumped out of the encirclement in time. Otherwise, the Russian army would have been surrounded again. Even though Grand Duke Nicholas ran very fast, the Russian army still lost a lot of technical weapons.

Last year they lost more than 200 cannons, this year they lost less, only about 50. But those cannons and shells were shipped from Europe with great effort, and the Far East cannot produce cannons and shells! The only thing that comforted Grand Duke Nicholas was that the loss of troops was not large. Except for the more than 10,000 casualties during the attack, there was not much loss of troops during the retreat.

This is completely different from last year in western Liaoning, when the Russian army was restricted everywhere, whether in attack or

When defending, they would always be targeted by the Chinese, as if an invisible pair of eyes were watching their every move. The Russian military high-ranking officials once suspected that there was a Chinese spy network inside the General Headquarters.

They randomly arrested and shot some people, but it didn't make the situation better. During the war this year, the Chinese were not as elusive, but the firepower of the Chinese army was greatly enhanced. In the battles at the battalion and company levels, the People's Army's mortars fired quickly and accurately, completely suppressing the Russian army.

Grand Duke Nicholas painstakingly summarized the Chinese tactics and strategies, but after the battle, he found that those strategies were outdated. Because of the defeat, many artillery and heavy machine guns were lost, and the Russian army's range of activities was once again compressed. Songyuan and Daqing were successively recaptured by the Chinese.

As a result, the Russian army was split in half, and the troops in the north and south could not support each other, and Qiqihar and Hulunbuir were about to be lost. The Russian army in Qiqihar was still struggling, but the Russian high-ranking officials in the Far East knew that if they didn't think of a solution, it would be a matter of time before they lost the territory in the north.

Chapter 242 Anger

After Lin Yongchang returned to Taiyuan, he heard that the Russian army in the Northeast had been cut in half. Why should he be polite to them? Just take down the big cities in the north, such as Qiqihar and Hulunbuir. When he called, Wang Zuolin tactfully expressed his objection. The Northeast is warmer than Siberia, but only a little bit. If we send troops to fight in the winter, the proportion of non-combat casualties will rise to a terrifying number.

Many people know that Wang Zuolin was President Lin's sworn brother, but later Chairman Lin launched the "Rectification Movement" to crack down on factionalism and forbid the formation of cliques. Although there are still factions in the military and the government, no one dares to continue as before.

Sworn brotherhood and the like is something that only feudal warlords do; the People's Army doesn't practice that.

Wang Zuolin not only stopped talking about it himself, but also forbade his family and subordinates to mention it. He had read history books, and he knew that the founding emperors of every dynasty would purge their meritorious officials. Liu Bang killed the kings of different surnames, and Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the old officials including Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, and even killed Lan Yu. Only Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin were better.

However, Li Shimin was not the founding emperor. After ascending the throne, he also purged the old officials of Wude. Zhao Kuangyin did not kill many meritorious officials because he had no way to kill them. Zhao Kuangyin did not seize the world by force, but through a coup. His prestige was not enough. The arrogant soldiers and generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were very fierce. If Zhao Kuangyin killed one of them, the others would definitely not die obediently, but would rebel against him.

But Marshal Lin was not Zhao Kuangyin. The territory of the People's Government was not obtained by a coup, but by a bloody battle. Would a heroic ruler like Marshal Lin purge his meritorious officials after conquering the world? Wang Zuolin didn't know, he didn't dare to gamble, so he became more cautious and low-key.

Wang Zuolin was such a cautious person, but it was really unreliable to send troops to fight in winter, so he had to express his opposition. He was cautious to avoid being purged in the future, and he spoke out to dissuade people for the sake of the present. Marshal Lin was not as hateful as Wang Qi, but he was definitely not a soft-hearted person. He used officials and officers on the principle of "promoting those who are capable and demoting those who are incapable". If Wang Zuolin followed the order and sent troops to fight and suffered a defeat, his position as the commander of the Rehe Corps would probably be over.

Many people in the army said strange things, saying that he and Li Dayan and others were just lucky and met Marshal Lin earlier. In terms of military merit and ability, many people think they are also qualified to be a corps commander.

"Is it difficult? Can we overcome it? Okay, I get it. Since the winter equipment cannot keep up, let's focus on defense first."

Lin Yongchang is not a stubborn person. He will listen to what the other party says as long as it makes sense. After coming all the way from Siberia, he also deeply understands how difficult it is to march and fight in the wild in winter. Even San Dezi, who was at his peak, was buried by the blizzard. Although the cold winter was not the decisive factor, the real decision of victory or defeat was the heroic fighting of the Soviet army, but the cold can also be regarded as a very important factor.

The strength of the People's Army is growing rapidly, and it won't be too late to recover Qiqihar and other places next year. This year, Irkutsk was burned and hundreds of miles of railroad tracks were torn up, and the completion date of the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway will be delayed for a long time.

Lin Yongchang thought that the fine tradition of "tearing up the railroad tracks" could be maintained. After burning Irkutsk this year, we could go to Ulan-Ude and Kabansky next year. Destruction is always easier than construction. If the Russians refuse to leave, we can keep burning houses and tearing up the railroad tracks to see who can outlast the other.

Although it was troublesome to transport the rails back from a long distance, and although many rails and machines were thrown away on the way, it was not a loss for the trip, and a lot of money was made. When the railway was built to Kulun City, the local coal mines, iron mines and other minerals could be developed, and the captured Russians could be thrown into the mines, which would guarantee profits.

As long as winter isn't over, it'll be fine. Winter in Siberia can really freeze people to death.

St. Petersburg cannot keep secrets. The Tatars attacked Irkutsk, the second largest city in the Far East, and captured Princess Olga. The news spread quickly. The Russians were very excited and demanded that the Chinese be punished. The Chinese embassy was attacked by the angry Russians.

The people of the country threw stones, and an embassy staff member who went out to buy vegetables was beaten half to death. Some people even wanted to attack the embassy area. Fortunately, Lu Zhengxiang responded in time and asked the Tsar to send a team of Cossack cavalry to guard it, thus avoiding a bigger incident.

Two days later, new news came out from the palace in St. Petersburg. The 30,000 Russian troops who rushed to Irkutsk were defeated. Less than 2,000 escaped. The others were either killed or captured by the Chinese. Nearly half of them disappeared in the wilderness of Siberia, probably frozen to death and eaten by wolves or bears.

In addition, the Russian army in the northeast suffered another defeat, and Grand Duke Nicholas sent a telegram from the Far East, asking for more troops and more food. But the most infuriating news was not the above, but that some Poles and Ukrainians joined the Tatars and participated in the looting of Irkutsk.

In Russia, Poles and Ukrainians are minorities and second-class citizens. They are usually oppressed. Now that they have a reason, the Russians are plundering these minorities even more severely. Poles, Ukrainians and other minorities have long been resentful of Tsarist Russia. They had no chance before, but now that Tsarist Russia has suffered a series of defeats, many people have started to think about it.

The Russian Empire increased its plundering efforts, and many of the upper class who were inclined to cooperate with the Russian Empire could not stand it, and the rebellious sentiment spread like wildfire. The more the Russian army oppressed, the more the Poles resisted, until the number of Russian troops exceeded a certain limit, and the Polish resistance was suppressed.

The Poles were suppressed, but various revolutionary parties within Tsarist Russia re-emerged. Comrade Vladimir Ilyich wrote books such as What Is to Be Done in Leipzig and set about establishing an organization with "professional revolutionaries" as the vanguard core and strict organizational discipline (i.e., democratic centralism).

Vladimir drew lessons from the successful experience of the Chinese and planned to hang the Tsar's family and then occupy St. Petersburg and Moscow when the enemy invaded. Joseph Vissarionovich, who robbed banks in the Caucasus, was a loyal follower of Vladimir and gathered many like-minded people to join him in making a big move.

In addition to Vladimir and Joseph, there were tens of thousands of people who wanted to start a revolution. The prison of the Tsarist Russia was already full of firewood, except for those two people. For a while, the people in the Tsarist Russia were in a panic, and there was a strong possibility of a storm. Under such circumstances, the Tsar, who had always been tough, also lowered his posture and said that he could talk to the Chinese.

Chapter 243: Crazy Warfare

The People's Government attached great importance to the negotiations with the Tsarist Russia, and even sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs to St. Petersburg. But it was useless. The price difference between the Tsarist Russian Government and the People's Government was too great. The Russians were willing to sit down and negotiate only because they did not get what they wanted on the battlefield.

The US government enthusiastically participated in the mediation, but it was not really interested in mediation, but wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain benefits from the warring parties. The People's Government rejected the mediation. What's the point of mediation? The People's Army fought to recover the country's territory. It was upright. They should just talk directly with Tsarist Russia. There was no need for mediation from other countries.

The American ambassador said that only with their help could the negotiations be successful and that only then could a condition acceptable to both sides be negotiated. Chairman Lin, President Lin, and Emperor Lin said that it didn't matter if it didn't succeed, the worst that could happen was that the war would continue. This year is over, and we will continue next year. If the war doesn't end next year, we will continue the year after next, and the year after that.

Lin Yongchang said to Kang with a smile: "Ten or twenty years, as long as there is still a Russian soldier on Chinese soil, we will continue to fight. But the next time we negotiate, maybe we can change the location. I think it would be good to change to Moscow or St. Petersburg."

"To Moscow?" Conger asked, "Mr. President, are you going to talk to the Tsar in person?"

"Well, if there is a chance someday, I will bring the army over to have a proper talk with him."

"........."

Kanger muttered in his heart, President Lin really loves war. Since the uprising four years ago, has there been a year without war? The war has spread from North China to Northeast China, from the Mongolian grasslands to faraway Siberia. President Lin is really crazy about war!

Since the people's government did not need mediation, Conger stopped talking about this topic and turned to other things. The main thing was missionary work, expanding commercial trade, and then wanting to obtain sulfa production technology. The Chinese once proposed to jointly study the "dreadnought", but it was rejected by Congress.

Congressmen did not think that the country across the Pacific had anything to do with warships. Afterwards, some people ridiculed the Chinese in newspapers, saying that the Chinese only needed to produce tea, porcelain and silk, and that warships were not something the Chinese could understand. Although the Chinese bought a lot of American goods and many financial groups invested in China, this did not change Americans' perception of China.

Even after defeating the Russians, Americans still regarded China as a barbaric country. In the circle of great powers, Tsarist Russia was synonymous with barbarism and backwardness, and China was not much better. The US government had never thought of buying technology from the Chinese before, but sulfa drugs were so effective that they could save lives.

The Germans purchased the production technology of sulfa

Later, relying on the developed chemical industry in Germany, the production increased greatly and sulfanilamide was sold all over the world. Because only China and Germany could produce it, the Germans drove up the price to the sky, and the price of sulfanilamide was more expensive than gold!

The Americans wanted to "copy" the product, and they were the first "copycat" country of this era. However, the current technological level of the United States was not enough, and there were no professional talents or theoretical guidance, so they could not reverse-engineer the production method of sulfanilamide. Seeing that the Germans were making a lot of money, the Americans could not sit still. They were not the British Empire, and they did not have colonies all over the world. They could only find ways to make money from other places.

Sulfonamide is one of the money-making tools. The Americans wanted to obtain the production process of sulfonamide, but were unwilling to pay more. They also wanted to reopen the church school in the territory controlled by the People's Party. Although the United States has the word "America" in its name, they were too optimistic.

Or maybe it would be better to change them to American? Or we can learn from the Japanese and arrange "European and American ghosts".

It is impossible to preach. This is a matter of ideological right and wrong. Except for the border areas of the northwest, Mongolia, and Tibet, open preaching is not allowed in other places. Even the local Buddhist and Taoist sects are only allowed to promote religion in temples and Taoist temples. If you dare to preach on the street, you will be exiled to the Western Regions.

Now there are a few more good places to go. Those sentenced to exile can choose not to go to the Western Regions, but to go to the northern desert to herd sheep, or to go to the northeast to play in the mud. Thinking of "I'm playing in the mud in the northeast", Lin Yongchang felt happy and smiled. Seeing this, Kang thought he had finally impressed the other party this time, "Let's build a school in Beiping first. Students who want to study in the United States can first take a year of preparatory courses in the school in Beiping, and then go to the United States."

Kang even thought of a name for the school. "Let's call it Tsinghua University. What do you think, President?"

Lin Yongchang glanced at the American ambassador. Although Conger was dressed elegantly, he had never given up on peacefully transforming China. Historically, the Americans used the Boxer Indemnity to cultivate pro-American factions in China. Now that there is no indemnity in this world, the Americans have returned to the original historical trajectory and are planning to let the people's government pay for it.

However, Lin Yongchang did not object to the establishment of a reserve force for studying in the United States. Universities should be inclusive, free and open, and have an academic spirit. There is nothing wrong with co-operating with Americans. We cannot deny everything just because there are many compradors. Zhan Tianyou, Tang Shaoyi, Wu Yangzeng and others all returned from studying in the United States. They are all elite talents.

If we open our doors, we will inevitably let in both good and bad. If China wants to develop, it cannot be closed off, but must embrace the whole world. Even if there are 10,000 compradors, as long as there is a Qian Xuesen or Qian Sanqiang, it is worth it. Now the United States has not yet studied the atomic bomb, nor the Saturn V, and it is impossible to cultivate two great scientists like Qian Lao, but one or a few more talents like Zhan Tianyou will do.

"Mr. President, have you agreed to establish a university through cooperation between China and the United States?"

Kangge suppressed the joy in his heart and asked, "There won't be any recurrence, right?"

Lin Yongchang knew what the old man was thinking. Wasn't he just trying to smuggle in Western knowledge? The missionaries in the Ming Dynasty did this. Hundreds of years later, Westerners still did the same thing.

"Universities are not outside the law and must abide by Chinese laws. Universities can teach scientific knowledge, but other things should not be mixed in."

No religious group is allowed to preach in public. This has been a rule for hundreds of years and has been passed down from the Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. President, I think you are biased," Conger argued, "The end of science is philosophy, and the end of philosophy is theology. If you don't understand theology, you can't learn science well."

Lin Yongchang scoffed at Conger's twisted logic and didn't even bother to debate with him.

Chapter 244: China, America, Germany and Austria

After Kanger returned to the embassy, he heard a piece of news from other staff members that the Chinese had burned Irkutsk and dismantled hundreds of miles of the Trans-Siberian Railway. This reminded Kanger of what happened a few years ago. When Marshal Lin first debuted, he dismantled the railway from Tianjin to Beijing. A few years later, Marshal Lin became President Lin, but he still hadn't put down his skills.

Conger didn't care how China fought against Russia, how many people died, how many towns were burned. He only cared about how much money he could make during the remaining term. If he could spread Christianity, that would be perfect. But the people's government in the north was not easy to deceive. Lu Zhengxiang in the past, Wu Tingfang and Tang Shaoyi in the present were conservative and refused to borrow high-interest loans from the United States.

The princes in the south were willing to accept "nine out and thirteen back", beheading loans, and interest cuts, but that was the territory of Britain and France, and the Americans could not enter at all. In northern China, the United States and Germany accounted for a large share of the goods purchased by the People's Government from abroad, while Britain and France accounted for a much smaller share. In the south, the situation was reversed, and the market was flooded with British goods.

To some extent, the US government supported the People's Army's march southward, but they did not dare to take the lead and only expressed this intention in a very obscure way. After the Canadian militia burned down the Congress once, the Americans became more sober and realized that they were not good at fighting. Since then, they have never fought against a great power alone.

Now the industrial strength of the United States has surpassed that of the British, but they still dare not challenge the hegemony of the British. Look at the Germans, they are more than ten times more stubborn than the Americans. While maintaining the world's strongest army, they are also preparing to build a navy that can fight against the British home fleet.

However, this is also related to geographical factors. After all, the United States is far away from the United Kingdom, and there is South America next to it that can be bullied. Germany is too close to the United Kingdom and is sandwiched between France and Russia. The strategic situation is very bad. The Americans can hold back, but the Germans can't.

If you choose capitalism, you will have to face an economic crisis every ten years. Because China is implementing industrialization, it is equivalent to creating a huge market out of thin air. The economic crisis in 1900 was barely survived. What about the next one? The purchasing power of the Chinese is not unlimited. What will be used to alleviate the next crisis?

The Germans had a simple choice. Without markets and colonies, they could just rob. If they defeated the British, everyone would have a good year. Well, even the German militants did not think of defeating the British. Their goal in building a navy was just to break the possible naval blockade of Britain.

Of course, this goal is only temporary, and ambition will grow with strength. If they swallowed France, then swallowed the Russians, and unified the whole of Europe, there is no reason for the Germans to leave Britain alone. But that is too whimsical. After the nationalist trend, almost no one would consider swallowing a big country.

The situation that Napoleon encountered in Spain is an example. The Spaniards could not defeat the French army, but as long as they did not surrender and continued to fight, they would eventually exhaust France. The Boer War also proved the power of guerrilla warfare, but the Western world emphasized more on the martial virtues of white people and emphasized that the South African Boers were descendants of the Dutch, French and Germans, old Europeans. In this era of racism, this alone can explain many things.

Few countries noticed the changes in tactics such as "guerrilla warfare" and "defense theory" shown in the Boer War, the Battle of North China and the Battle of Western Liaoning. The Germans noticed a little bit, and the stubborn Junker officer corps had to admit that Kaiser Wilhelm II was right and the army should be equipped with heavy machine guns. Other than that, nothing more.

"Defense theory"? This is an outdated theory made by Orientals. It is not worth studying at all!

After the Battle of Sedan, the German army had studied "offensive tactics" to a very thorough level. The army's organization, weapons and equipment, logistics, railway transportation, and other aspects were all prepared for the attack. The German army would not change their tactics until hundreds of thousands of people were killed or injured.

The Germans chose to build miracles and fight if they didn't obey. The Americans were different. After being beaten by the British army and Canadian militia, they no longer dared to resist the hegemony of the British Empire. Even if they had many dissatisfactions, they didn't dare to stand up and make trouble. Lin Yongchang wanted to form a "Germany-China-US" alliance. Kaiser Wilhelm II was very interested, but the US government refused without even thinking about it.

If China and Germany were willing to go to war with the British, the United States would support them. But if the United States wanted to fight in person, forget it. William II looked down on the American army, but the American navy was still capable. If a war really broke out, it could more or less contain a few British battleships.

The Americans refused to join the alliance, so the Triple Alliance could not be established. After the news leaked out, the British were very nervous for a while, and sent many diplomats to Europe, Asia and North America, and also put pressure on the people's government. Later, they found that the Triple Alliance came to nothing, and they were relieved.

China is now also considered a member of the great powers. If China, Germany, and the United States unite, plus the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which will definitely side with Germany, then there will be four great powers. It is conceivable that once this alliance is formed, it will inevitably force other great powers to choose sides.

The Franco-Russian alliance would definitely not be a match for this great alliance. Then, an unprecedented war would break out soon, and Britain would inevitably be involved. Having fought the Boer War, Britain really didn't want to fight a larger war. If the scale of the war was limited, for example, the number of participants was less than 100,000, Britain would not be so afraid.

At that time, Britain still had some foundation. They did not pursue continental hegemony, but maintained absolute naval superiority. The famous "Two-Power Standard" was proposed by the British Prime Minister.

As long as Britain continues to have an absolute advantage in the navy, the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" will be as stable as Mount Tai. However, it is not easy to maintain this advantage. First of all, the United States and Germany must not be allowed to unite. China does not need to consider too much for the time being. No matter how fierce the People's Army is, it must first solve the problems on all sides.