Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 979 Sarajevo Incident

  After a long absence, he reunited with his good friend and enjoyed a leisurely afternoon tea time. Only then did Winston Churchill reluctantly leave. He took the initiative to shake hands with Li Jianyang at the entrance of the mansion, and said goodbye, without caring about the tabloid reporters squatting nearby.

   He is using such body language to convey to the outside world the still close relationship between the two sides.

As for whether or not to swear back in the car, it does not affect the positive publicity of the London tabloids. These two good brothers who have lived and died together in South Africa and have a legendary experience still attach great importance to love and righteousness, and demonstrate the loyalty, humility and protection of knights Noble character.

   Shortly afterwards, Uncle Wolf, Li Jianyang's housekeeper, walked out of the mansion with a stack of banknotes, distributed a few to every tabloid reporter, and explained it kindly.

   These tabloid reporters who got the money nodded their heads, not to mention how respectful they were.

   In a society where interests are paramount like the UK, it is not easy to say a thousand words or ten thousand. It is the most correct posture to just throw money away without saying anything.

   "Sir, will you provoke resentment by angering a cabinet minister like Churchill?" Standing at the window looking out, the fourth wife, Lu Fenger, asked worriedly.

She is a graceful middle-aged and beautiful woman, born in a scholarly family. Li Jianyang was a member of the British Army Observation Corps during the Russo-Japanese War. She was a concubine of the first house who was married in a hurry. Female.

  The two snow-white soft yin hugged Li Jianyang's arms, he could feel a soft mass sticking to it, and he could smell the elegant and fresh fragrance of the woman on the nose.

Li Jianyang felt warm in his heart, stretched out his hand and patted the jade hand on his arm lightly, and replied softly; "It doesn't matter, no matter how cunning the prey is, you can't fight a good hunter. If he is confused, he must beat and beat, lest he get carried away."

   "I can feel at ease with this concubine, because I am afraid that the master offends people for no reason and will be hacked."

   "Hehehe... This should have been said by Churchill."

   "Aiya, sir, you are making fun of me again." Lu Fenger shook Li Jianyang's arm reluctantly, groaning.

  Li Jianyang could only raise her hand to apologize, promising her to go shopping at Galeries Lafayette in London tomorrow, and then she passed the test.

  The woman left, taking a hint of fragrance.

Li Jianyang took his eyes back from the window and saw a stack of newspapers on the desk. The front page headline of The Times on the top was "Create an exclusive sphere of influence, what does the Ocean Kingdom want?" This is a very inductive article. The report has maliciously interpreted the Pacific Security Alliance, a regional organization.

Looking through other newspapers, the comments are mostly negative, especially the German "Bonn Morning Post", "Frankfurt Chronicle", the "Philadelphia Post" in the United States, "Turin" in Italy and other media, the comments are all negative, and There are a lot of malicious speculations that incite the emotions of ordinary people.

   It is clear that Europeans are not happy with Ocean Empire's circle of friends.

   This is also a common domineering practice in the white world in Europe today. I can create an English circle of friends and a German circle of friends, but it doesn’t mean you can do it too.

Even if it wants to do it, it should be led by a pure white country, and even if a Chinese-dominated immigrant country has risen to the top of the world in terms of economic output and also has considerable military power, it is not qualified to leave a white European country alone. .

  The smoke of the 1st and 2nd Balkan Wars has just dissipated, and the Europeans have survived the crisis of a full-scale war, and they have begun to have a leisurely attitude to dictate world affairs. Entering 1914, since New Year's Day, European countries have commented on the establishment of the Pacific Security Alliance and spread the "yellow peril theory", which has caused many serious protests from the foreign affairs of the Ocean Empire.

There is a ghostly air over the European continent. Many newspapers have opened up old accounts, and they have taken out the conquests of the Ocean Empire Emperor Li Fushou over the past 10 years. Known as "Attila of the Pacific".

   in history

  Attila was the leader of the Huns who had caused serious harm to Europe. He was called "God's Whip" and feared Europe for more than 1,000 years.

This metaphor was first proposed by the German media "Frankfurt Zeitung", and then it was widely accepted by other European media. The foreign affairs department of the Ocean Empire was extremely angry about this, and, like the German Empire, made a serious protest and asked the relevant newspapers to make an immediate action. I sincerely apologize and remove the bad influence on His Majesty the Emperor.

   "Frankfurter Zeitung" made an apology statement on the front page, but it still followed its own way and published dozens of articles with malicious speculation and even slander.

   This is obviously instructed by the above, otherwise, how can a mere newspaper have the courage to openly dare to break the forbidden area of ​​European public opinion and comment on the emperor of a country, this is simply unimaginable.

The media of the Ocean Empire and the Pacific Security Alliance were not idle either. They actively aimed the muzzle of the attack on the European royal family. The focus was naturally on the German Emperor Wilhelm II. The World Journal likened him to "a bison rushing into a china shop." "It has carried out a very aggressive expansion policy and vigorously developed the high seas fleet, which has triggered an arms race in Europe and is the main culprit of the current European tension.

  This heavyweight report is very in line with the tastes of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, so it was reprinted in its original form and made the headlines of major European newspapers. Kaiser Wilhelm II has since been given the title of "Wilhelm of the Bison".

   Kaiser Wilhelm II was furious when he saw this report. He chopped his beloved Admiral's uniform of the Ocean Empire into pieces with a knife in the palace, and shouted loudly that he would duel with Li Fushou, which became a joke for a while.

  The German foreign ministry also urgently summoned the ambassador to Germany to lodge an unprecedented and serious protest against the Ocean Empire. The "World Journal" must immediately publish an apology statement on the front page to eliminate the bad influence.

The disputes here are not over, and the "Melbourne Chronicle" published another heavyweight report; "The Junkers Military Aristocracy, a group full of aggression and expansion," pulled out all the past and present of the German Empire. .

Especially in the process of German national reunification, William I tried his best to flatter the United Kingdom and let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia marry Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, in order to improve the relationship between Britain and Germany, in exchange for Britain's support for Germany in the disputes on the European continent, and to attack the period of Napoleon III. French Second Empire.

   However, after defeating France, the number one army power in Europe, the Germans changed course and committed various perfidious acts.

   In particular, Kaiser Wilhelm II intensified his efforts to develop the High Seas Fleet to challenge his uncle, King Edward VII, thus triggering an arms race on the European continent.

   This heavyweight report refers to Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Junkers military group he relied on.

The comments were extremely sharp and full of all kinds of ridicule and imagination. They believed that what they did would inevitably lead "Europe into a serious disaster" and become a "sinner in the history of mankind". gamble"…

Needless to say

This report is too in line with the appetites of Britain, France and other countries, so it was immediately reprinted, especially the French people loved this report, and launched a series of follow-up in-depth reports on this article, which even caused Belgian Germans and French Conflict of the inhabitants.

   Seeing the war of words intensifying, the foreign ministries of Germany and the foreign countries had to hold urgent consultations, and then both sides stepped back and banned all negative reports involving the leaders and the government, so as to prevent the situation from getting out of hand.

   Kaiser Wilhelm II was furious, but there was nothing he could do. The territory of the Ocean Empire was thousands of miles away, and there was only one Guinean territory on the Atlantic coast.

  Conversely, Germany's model military fortress in Qingdao is right under the eyes of the Ocean Empire. Other countries have no ability to invade, but the Ocean Empire can remove it in minutes.

  Britain, France, and other national teams, the Ocean Empire, and Germany are fond of the feud, and from time to time, they add fuel to the chaos of public opinion, and they look like they are watching the fun and not afraid of big things.

a new Year

Just a few months passed quietly in the battle of the air. On the one hand, European countries harshly evaluated the nascent Pacific Security Alliance. It's almost the beginning of June.

  On June 28, there was a news that shocked the world.

   Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, were shot and killed by Serbian nationalist Gavrijo Princip while they were visiting Sarajevo.

This sudden incident led to the rapid deterioration of the international situation. In an instant, the cloud of war swept over the whole of Europe, and bad news of the preparations for war came from Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia. The chilling atmosphere in the air made people breathe. But get angry.

   Britain, France and other countries had a premonition that something was wrong, and they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Telegrams shuttled over Europe and across the ocean, and urgently discussed how to deal with the current critical situation.

   At this point, no one mentioned anything about the Pacific Security Alliance.

  My house is already on fire, who has the leisure to take care of other people's affairs?

  The world's public opinion turned instantly, and all their attention was focused on the European continent, waiting anxiously for the following.

   The current situation is as if two gangsters are confronting each other with guns in a bar, with the dark muzzles of the guns pressing against each other's chests, and no one dares to shoot the first shot.

  If whoever fired the first shot, then the melee situation became inevitable.

   At this time, the importance of an extraterritorial power like the Ocean Empire is highlighted. If he is willing to mediate, maybe things will turn around. Although this possibility is very small, it is one of hope after all!

I am very grateful to the enthusiastic reader Pikachu for learning 100,000 volts for the encouragement again. At the same time, I also thank other friends for their enthusiastic rewards. This is nothing to say. I must add two chapters to thank you, but I really can’t write it out these days, so Did not dare to speak.

   In the next few days, I will keep two updates a day. Find a way to watch and add more updates. Try to repay the debt as much as possible. The emotional debt is not good.

   (end of this chapter)