The sun shines directly outside Tianjin. Although the weather is cooler than the previous few days, it is still unbearable. The war seems to have ended the troops, but they re-confronted the enemy twenty miles outside Tianjin. However, this time it is no longer confronting the Japanese army, but the troops stationed in Tianjin. There are no trenches and barbed wires. The coalition forces of various countries, with less than 4,000 people, were scattered very thinly everywhere, surrounded by more than 200,000 Revival Legions. At this time, Tianjin has become a pendulum of a clock, and the Haihe River is the only exit of the city.

Towards north of Tianjin City, piles of Japanese corpses around Tangshan Railway Station have not been cleaned up. The narrow hills between Yutian, Zunhua, Xixi and Fengrun are far from over. Or it is not a battle, but just a simple siege, with the price of artillery shells rising and the price of bullets rising. Under the strong request of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Commerce, the Fuxing Army only dug trenches and set up barbed wires everywhere. The purpose is to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through, waiting for the Japanese army to starve to death or surrender in the encirclement.

One opinion within the General Staff is that it is best to starve to death, and the other opinion is that the Xi'an-Xinjiang combat preparation railway will be started soon. These prisoners of war can be used as free labor and can be regarded as the best use. But no matter how you choose, in addition to pursuing small-scale battles that fled the Japanese army, the enemy troops in the entire area have been completely eliminated, and the war seems to be over for the pass.

On other battlefields, only the war in central Korea was extremely fierce. The Koreans, who finally found a chance to take revenge, began to launch training attacks on the Japanese army with the support of the Fuxing Army. Although these troops were not trained and had very little combat experience, their morale was extremely high, and under the agitation of the military's internal affairs workers, they liked to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army the most. This not only improved the courage of the soldiers, but also saved more and more expensive ammunition.

Faced with the crazy attacks of the Koreans, Masato Tanuchi often chose to avoid war and constantly exchange space for time to wait for domestic reinforcements to support. However, deep down, he hoped that the base camp would approve it to retreat to Tsushima and the Chinese Korean coalition across the sea. In a secret telegram to the cabinet, he admitted that facing more than one million troops of the Republic of Korea, even if he rescued all the troops from Zhili, he could not defend southern Korea. The result of insisting on defending was that the last batch of the empire's army was consumed in North Korea, and in the end, the Tsushima Strait was stationed by farmers and students who had never carried guns at all. The result was self-evident.

Masatoshi Tanuchi's opinion coincided with Prime Minister Masayoshi Matsukabata's considerations. However, in the face of the storm of public opinion in the country, even the emperor did not dare to issue an edict to make the Korean army abandon the defense line and retreat to Takama in one breath. Therefore, the order that had been drafted was placed in the base camp.

The Eurasian continent was full of war, but from June 18th that the Chinese government announced the annihilation of the Russian Siberian Legion. By June 27th, the Revival Army encircled and annihilated Japanese troops everywhere and advanced to Seoul, North Korea. Such a rapid and sharp turnaround has shifted the world's attention from the difficulty of the German army drilling through Belgium to the East Asian battlefield. While newspapers from various countries were scrambling to report on the war in East Asia, many people also thought about the impact of the outcome of the Sino-Japanese War on the Far East and the entire world.

Almost everyone can be sure that the Japanese army will find it difficult to resist China's attack in North Korea, and many people even speculate. The Chinese army is likely to be able to occupy Japan's territory - the Tsushima Strait is not wide, as long as it can lay minefields and cleverly use submarines and torpedo bombers. The Japanese Navy will find it difficult to defend the Tsushima Strait less than 200 kilometers.

On the Washington Naval Affairs Committee, a Washington Post was thrown heavily on the table. The committee chairman Colonel Alfred Sayer Mahan looked at Theodore Roosevelt sitting in the chair and said, "It's so stupid!"

"Yes, this is the stupidest thing I have ever seen, no one." After the end of President Roosevelt's presidency, he went to Africa to hunt. When everyone thought he would never be able to come out of the rainforest, he appeared in front of everyone again, although he was blinded. The presidential campaign last year was not supported and he ended in failure. But he was a celebrity after all, and his family influence was in full force. After the war in Europe, he was determined to take mercenaries to France to fight against Germany.

"China cannot develop a navy, and even the army needs to be restricted." Since the closing order was issued, Ma Han's life has become more and more boring. "But for the sake of tiny commercial interests and the elimination of the so-called Japanese threat, a sleeping lion was awakened. They did not consider what its awakening would bring to the entire civilized world!"

Ma Han was extremely excited. When he bought a hydraulic press from China, he kept calling the politicians, but the bureaucrats guaranteed that the merchant ship would be sunk by the Japanese Navy somewhere in the Pacific. As a result, the merchant ship was indeed sunk, but no one could explain why the hydraulic press that should have sunk to the bottom of the sea appeared in the Nanjing Shipyard. Nowadays, warships are getting bigger and bigger, the caliber of the gun is getting bigger and thicker, and the armor is getting thicker. If metallurgy, fine metal processing, and warship design capabilities are improved, China will be able to build a dreadnought in less than ten years, and a super dreadnought in less than fifteen years. China is not Japan, and its development potential can enable it to build an ocean fleet ten times that of Japan, and this fleet will only compete with the US Navy for the Pacific maritime power.

"In order to curb a wolf, I went to wake up a lion." Roosevelt put the cigar on the ashtray, pressed the blind eye with his fingers, and then staggered his hands, changing to a more comfortable sitting position: "The Allies have decided to incorporate the remaining Japanese army in Zhili into the French foreign corps to help them preserve the army. Of course, things will not be so simple. The Japanese must shed blood for the war to regain their freedom. However, without the support of the United States, the Chinese will continue to block the Bohai Sea, which means they will starve to death outside Tianjin."

After years of dating, Ma Han heard the news and knew his intentions, and he said, "So what can I do?"

"I will write a report right away, and the conclusion must be that China will fully threaten the interests of the United States in the Pacific in the near future. I will submit it to him when I meet with Wilson's assistant House tomorrow." Roosevelt said. "I hope the White House can immediately change its strategy towards China, support this plan of Britain, France and other countries, and send these yellow-skinned monkeys to the European battlefield. In addition, for peace, the East Asian war will be stopped immediately, and the Chinese team can only stop in North Korea."

"That's true. But will they listen to us?" Roosevelt imagined everything so well that Mahan was a little disbelief. "I heard that Secretary of State Mr. Brian not only suggested that the president not only support China's occupation of Taiwan, but also suggested that he encourage the Chinese to occupy Japan's Ryukyu Islands. It is said that this is to expand the gap between China and Japan. Those people really don't understand what they are doing."

"It must be useful, I promise." Roosevelt smiled, "as long as the Chinese cannot be influenced by Christianity in the end, the Puritans will be completely desperate."

Roosevelt said so confidently that he had long seen through the essence of Wilson's China issue: as a Puritan president, he appointed a Puritan ambassador to China. At the same time, there was also a missionary director of the Far East Department, coupled with the continuous promotion of Christ, American democracy, and the increasingly important Chinese YMCA, which was held by the Church in the last century, which has been pushed to the highest point by these people.

However, none of the Chinese Revivalists believe in Jesus Christ, and they also fully advocate their own culture. Because of the two evil disaster wizards, the number of Chinese believers in Christ is declining significantly. If Ma Han, a naval strategic authoritative article, analyzes the strategic interests of the United States and China in the Pacific, missionaries explain the conclusion that the Chinese cannot be influenced by Christ, and consider the fact that the strength of China and Japan has reversed, Wilson is likely to give up his previous policy toward China and turn to the truly correct path.

On the afternoon of the next day, Ma Han wrote a report called "The Chinese Empire and the Pacific Ocean Power" overnight by Colonel House, Wilson's most trusted assistant. President Wilson looked at Colonel House in surprise and said, "Is the situation really that bad?"

"Mr. Mahan believes that the situation is more serious than what is written in the report." House looked at the president with glasses. He was very solemn: "And according to the intelligence of the British intelligence department, there is a secret agreement between China and Germany. After defeating Japan and getting compensation, China will immediately attack Russia. Mr. President. China's attack on Russia is nothing more than Russia's loss of the Far East, but this is not the most terrifying thing. If the Chinese team heads south to attack Indochina and even India, then the situation..."

"This is impossible!" President Wilson excitedly supported the frame. He could not believe the British inference. "The Chinese have dried up after defeating Japan, and they did not have a navy and could not gain maritime advantage. They could not attack Indochina, let alone India."

"Mr. President, in fact, China has no less than one hundred German submarines and an unknown number of torpedo bombers. The submarine's range is more than two thousand miles, and the combat range of torpedo bombers exceeds two hundred kilometers or even more. With these two weapons, the Chinese Navy can obtain sea control within two hundred kilometers of the sea, which is enough. Indochina originally wanted to connect with China, and even India is not far away." Colonel House said.

"In addition, Mr. Methodist of the Far East Division also talked to me in the morning. He believed that although China is debarbarizing and giving more benefits and freedoms to the people, under the interference of pagans, those who believe in Christ are not increasing but decreasing. The worst thing is that the young believers and international students of the YMCA are constantly decreasing. He pessimistically estimated that it may not take ten years, and the achievements made before will be destroyed."

Colonel House said the situation so seriously, President Wilson was silent for a while but asked in a deep voice: "Who is driving this behind the scenes? Are the Japanese? Or the British?"

Seeing that the president asked the idea, Colonel House said: "It was Mr. Roosevelt this time, but who was pushing it behind it? I think there are people from the navy and British. Mr. President, I think there are really some problems with our previous strategy. Colonel Mahan believes that once China's 400 million population is concentrated in an efficient political organization, equipped with modern equipment, and confined to him, it is extremely dangerous. [Note 1]

Before the Sino-Japanese War, the policy he proposed to China was to prevent any external state and group of states from being in absolute political control; at the same time, China must be required to insist on opening up the door, and in a broader sense beyond the general understanding of the word, that is, China should not only open up in business, but also open up to European ideas and European missionaries from all fields. [Note 2]

The current situation is that the Revival Government has completely controlled the country. With the victory of the war against Japan, this control will become more and more stable. Although it is also open, this opening is only commercial, technological, and ideological, and cultural. We previously thought that the Sino-Japanese War would have caused both countries to lose both sides, just like the Russo-Japanese War, but the fact is not the case. Although China's finances are exhausted, it can still be maintained. Unlike Japan's loan war, China relies on its own tax reserves to provide the most war military expenditure. Now that the war is over so soon, it does not need to rely on foreign capital to maintain the government's operations.

Mr. President, the situation is not what we originally thought in these ten days. If we still adhere to our previous policy toward China, then an enemy that is more terrifying than Russia will rise on the western Pacific coast, which will cause great damage to the long-term interests of the United States. We should adjust our previous policy toward China."

After House finished his long speech, President Wilson began to be a little moved after reminiscing. He said, "That is to say, we must give up supporting China and instead support Japan?"

"Yes, Mr. President," said House. "What Yang Jingcheng's government is really worried about is that if he fights the agreed countries, his foreign trade channel will be cut off by the navies of Britain, Japan and other countries. This is why he signed that treaty with us at the beginning of this year; another important thing is that he hopes that the United States will support it when several unequal privileges are abolished in several years."

House mentioned China's two weaknesses in a row, and Wilson immediately understood what he meant. He said: "If we violate that treaty, we will be in a completely passive situation diplomatically."

"Yes, Mr. President. This is indeed the case, but we have an arbitration treaty with the United Kingdom. If the UK is opposed by the United Kingdom for supporting China's re-export trade from the Philippines, then the treaty with China will be cancelled according to the arbitration treaty; and supporting China to cancel multiple unequal privileges is only moral support, and if Congress opposes, the treaty will be invalid."

When the Sino-U.S. signed the treaty at the beginning of the year, House, Secretary of State Brian and others made detailed discussions, and how to avoid the risks in the content of the treaty was the focus. After discussion, everyone finally believed that just like the responsibility that Britain had to bear for using the US-U.S.-U.S. to avoid the US-Japan conflict after the signing of the British-Japanese alliance, the United States can also use the US-U.S. to avoid the possible Sino-U.S. conflicts. Although this is not stated in the treaty, when the Sino-U.S. and Britain conflicts occur, it is not necessary to force it into the scope of the settlement of the sacrificial treaty. The judges in the arbitration court are all white, and the result will also be biased towards white.

Finally put down the pencil that we had been playing with, Wilson said: "Help me notify everyone in Washington, I want to hold an urgent cabinet meeting to rediscuss our China policy." President Wilson said uneasy: "House, if we really want to change our previous China policy, then the Chinese will definitely be very angry. The achievements we have achieved in China are likely to be lost. I, businessmen in China, will protest, and I may even be impeached by Congress."

Seeing that Wilson finally made up his mind, Colonel House smiled and said, "Mr. President, losing the Chinese market is much better than turning China into another Russia. If all countries can coordinate policies toward China, then the Chinese can only boycott the US commodity incident again, and then things will gradually calm down and eventually return to their original states. In addition, I don't think we have done anything wrong. Maintaining the 1901 Beijing Protocol is the common responsibility of all signatories, and the United States cannot be outside it.

There is no need to worry about merchant protests and Congress impeachment. The war in Europe is making American factories run with all their might. Trade with China is only the tiniest part of our foreign trade. Moreover, Britain and France recalled merchant ships to the country. Merchants in the Pacific are in short supply. Even if the Chinese do not boycott American goods, it will be difficult for merchants to find merchants."

Colonel House's final persuasion finally touched Wilson. The United States' excuse was very just, and what China could do to the United States was to boycott American goods like nine years ago. But now Europe is in a war, and even if the merchants have complaints, they are very mild. When the war in Europe ended, the British, French and Russian forces returned to East Asia. Under the pressure from the outside world, these things between the United States and China were nothing. In the Chinese themselves, the ultimate good strategy was to use the barbarians to govern the barbarians.

The White House urgently convened a presidential cabinet meeting. When the results of the meeting reached Beijing, it was already June 29th. Rui Enshi, the ambassador to China, read the telegram several times. Finally, he felt that the policy toward China had undergone a fundamental change, and he suddenly felt ashamed. Yes, shame from the inside out, he believed that Yang Jingcheng was a great man. Although he dared not say superiority in front of him, he was at least confident because he stood on justice. But now, this order has made the justice he upholds disappear without a trace.

Rui Enshi is not a diplomat, but a Puritan and a scholar. He is not only not used to or likes diplomatic intrigues. Rescuing North Korea from Japan's claws is the most meaningful thing he believes that the United States and China have done. This will change the fate of more than 20 million people in North Korea, completely get rid of the situation of colonization and exploitation, and follow the agreement signed by China and North Korea. North Korea will eventually become a completely independent country and the Korean people will also gain true democracy.

However, such a just and great cause was eventually abandoned. The United States no longer supported the oppressed and liberated, but instead stood on the side of the invaders, which made him unacceptable and completely unacceptable!

Rui Enshi sat in the embassy for a long time until he woke up when the bell in the hall struck three times. Today is the last day of the work day of the Chinese calendar in June. He must send this note to Yin'an Hall before getting off work in the Prime Minister's Office. When he thought of Yin'an Hall, Rui Enshi suddenly became a little nervous. He didn't know how to face this person.

When Rui Enshi thought about these messy things, the counselor who came in said: "Sir. Britain, France and other ministers are outside the door. They are preparing to notify the Chinese government of the Chinese Navy's blockade of the Bohai Sea together. Considering that the war between China and Japan in Zhili has ended, the ministry unanimously demanded that the Chinese government immediately lift the blockade of the Bohai Sea. They hope that our country and the ministry will act together to safeguard the rights and interests of the countries stipulated in the Beijing Protocol."

Rui Enshi listened to the report from his subordinates. His expression became dazed. The counselor shouted a few times before he realized: "Please wait. I'll go with them."

At 4:30 pm, except for Germany and Austria, all the ministers to China went to the Yin'an Hall of the Prime Minister's Office and handed over a note signed by all the ministers to China. Yang Rui sat proudly on the Prime Minister's chair, Xie Zhangtai and Li Zilong stood beside him. His eyes were like looking at prey and stayed on Rui Enshi for several times before he stood up and took the thin note himself.

He did not open the note in front of the ministers, but directly placed the note on the table, and then calmly said in a formulaic tone: "I have received the note. According to the standard operating procedures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our government will make a reply within 24 hours after receiving the note, except on holidays. That is to say, before 4:30 pm on the first lunar month of July, our government will reply to the ministers on the matters mentioned in the note."

After the French notified that the Japanese army had all joined the foreign corps, Britain and France had negotiated with the Prime Minister's Office many times regarding the withdrawal of the French team from Tianjin. Yang Rui was tough on this and admitted that the war was not completely over. The Chinese naval submarine force would carry out unrestricted submarine warfare in the Bohai Sea according to previous orders. If ships enter and exit the Bohai Sea, they would definitely be sunk. And if they wanted to transport these troops from China by railway, the German envoy made it clear that the northern end of the Jinpu Railway refused to transport these enemy soldiers. At the same time, the Chinese government also believed that these soldiers could not find the basis for the treaty through Northern China.

Originally, the two sides were unable to get entangled, and these Japanese troops were likely to be trapped in Tianjin and starved to death. Unexpectedly, the Americans came. Rui Enshi joined the signing party to the note and made China completely passive in diplomacy. From the encrypted telegram sent by the ambassador to the United States, half an hour ago, Yang Rui and others knew that the US government broke up and joined the Allied party, and the previous treaties and promises were completely invalidated.

Even if these ministers left in the Prime Minister's office, they were still silent. Yang Rui took a few puffs of cigarettes and said to Li Zilong: "Go and see, there are no people who have left far away."

Li Zilong didn't know what the Prime Minister was going to do, so he went out to read and replied, "Prime Minister, he has gone far away."

"Have you really gone far?" Yang Rui asked again, his eyes were very cold.

"I've indeed gone far." Li Zilong said again.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud "bang!" and Yang Rui slapped the photo and scolded loudly: "Fuck the American!!"

Xie Zhangtai knew what Yang Rui was going to do, so he had already protected his ears. Li Zilong was stunned this time and was immediately scared to death. Yin'an Palace, which was buzzing in the busyness, was even more scared by the loud noise in the Prime Minister's house. After a while, the staff quietly started to be busy again, but no one blamed the Prime Minister for losing his temper again. Everyone knew that watching the invaders swagger and left safely, this is the national humiliation! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!

ps: Note 1: The original text was copied from a letter from President Alfred Sayer Mahan to Theodore Roosevelt on March 12, 1901;
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