The Rise of the Empire

"Wars cost money, and even wars are for money. Wars that have no benefits and only harms will not break out! I really don't understand what the British government can get after intervening in this matter other than causing trouble for itself. Benefit? Can you tell me? Are you planning to gain the friendship of the French, or forcing Germany to fall to Russia?" The prince asked with a smile.

"This is a threat! Chi Guoguo's threat!" Chamberlain now realizes that his announcement is nothing to the prince before him! Because the other party does not believe that the British government will directly use force to interfere. Well, to be honest, Chamberlain himself does not believe that Britain will interfere by force at this time...

As Colonial Minister, Chamberlain knew that the Boer War was far worse than outsiders thought! With the exception of a few port cities that are struggling to support under the cover of the navy, the British army has begun to retreat across the board. More and more Dutch descendants took up arms and began to attack the British. The British Army kept repeating the confrontation. The rear was harassed, and then forced to retreat to the town. Then they were divided and eaten by mouthfuls. South Africa is so big that tens of thousands of British troops were thrown in without even seeing a ripple, and it was diluted by the vast land.

Just before coming, when the British Cabinet was discussing the Boer War, when the Prime Minister asked how many troops were needed for the Boer War to solve the problem, the Secretary of the Army answered 180,000. And Chamberlain's own opinion is 250,000! Of course, he did not dare to say this, because the 180,000 troops alone is enough for the British to piece together from a global scale, and the money spent can make the Chancellor of the Exchequer jump off the building!

During the Napoleonic Wars, how many armies of British talents were on the battlefield? How many were there during the Crimean War? The army that the British are now investing in is almost comparable to the number of British troops in the fight against Napoleon the Great! However, the sad thing is that so far, no victory has been seen.

Even at the cabinet meeting, Chamberlain himself said that it is unimaginable to have a full-scale feud with Germany at this time. Although the Royal Navy has the strength to crush its opponents, if Germany attacks France from land, the Royal Navy does not What egg use, after all, warships cannot land! And as far as the current situation is concerned, if the Army’s personnel are insufficient, then naval personnel will be needed to make up for it. A large number of naval officers and soldiers will participate in land warfare, and funding is heavily tilted towards the Army. The British Navy has even begun to slow down warships. The speed of construction to squeeze out some pounds to support the war!

You know that in history, the British spent 220 million pounds in the Boer War! Calculated at 2.2 million pounds to build a super fearless, this is the money for 100 super fearless! And this is only the cost during the war, and the cost of rebuilding and pacifying the Boers after the war has not been calculated.... And the Boer War on this plane is even more troublesome, and the prince doesn't think that at this time the British finances can support him to fight two wars at the same time! So he is not afraid at all!

"I want to see the Kaiser." Chamberlain said angrily.

"Whatever you want, if your country really does something beyond our imagination, then we may succumb. If the British Empire really wants to do this, then prepare quickly." The prince said indifferently and threw Chamberlain to The Kaiser, he has more important things to do. The German fleet is ready, and the whole army is ready to go to Lisbon! Do not agree to burn the city directly! The Austro-Hungarian Empire has promised to provide supply ships to provide coal and food for the German fleet. The Italians have not yet expressed their views.

Of course, despite saying this, the British Royal Navy is powerful, and it is best not to match up. In order to avoid trouble, the prince has already thought about these things before the British reacted. On the third day after Chamberlain, the German fleet set off, and then took advantage of the high speed to cross the English Channel at night. Well, one night is definitely not enough, but it is safer to pass through the foggy environment. After all, it is peaceful time. There are no mines in the strait......

After crossing the English Channel, he showed up in Brest, France, to scare the French, and then all went straight to Portugal. At the same time, because the strength of the French fleet in Africa has been severely reduced, Hipper’s b fleet was left enough to watch. There are two remaining French battleships. Count Spey will lead a fleet to join the main fleet off Lisbon. At that time, a dozen main battleships are not afraid that the Portuguese will not give in!

As for the British? According to the current progress, the British will not take action before Chamberlain returns to England. After all, although the prince has a tough attitude, the final decision is the Kaiser. Judging from Chamberlain's performance, he is still more confident in the Kaiser. In this case, let the Kaiser grind with Chamberlain for a while. The friendship between the two countries is affirmative, but at least the face of both sides is still important.

After the meeting with the prince, Chamberlain immediately sent a telegram to the country. In the telegram, he was not very optimistic about the future situation. He said that although he has not seen the Kaiser so far, the German high-level attitude is relatively firm. , The possibility of shrinking is not great. At least for now, Germany does not intend to let Portugal ~www.NovelMTL.com~ finally asked at the end, what should we do.......

Five days later, Chamberlain finally met the Kaiser, and stated the concerns of both sides to the Kaiser. In Sansouci Palace, Chamberlain accidentally saw the retired prime minister. At this time, this once dominated the world and let the whole world do it. The flamboyant prime minister is very old, but he is still in good spirits.

In this meeting, this great man played his role for the last time. He expressed in very tactful terms that the empire will not engage with Britain now, but at the same time, it is impossible for Germany to tolerate Portugal's violation of German interests. Will not back down.

"We gave Portugal a chance. We began to try to solve the problem through external means. A whole month passed, and Portugal’s reply to us did not mention how to solve this problem. With the support of a major country, Portugal challenged This is absolutely not allowed because of the dignity of the empire! It is even more unlikely that we will give up because of the support of a great power that was once defeated by the empire. We are victims rather than provocatives."

Bismarck's remarks are justified and well-founded. Although Germany has long planned to swallow the Portuguese colony, Portugal did not do it, and Germany will find a way to do it, but this does not prevent a veteran politician from speaking these words abruptly!

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