Beiyang reactionaries

"Damn things."

Mack was completely stunned.

He proposed that countries take over China in an all-round way, not that he really wanted to turn China into a colony.If Britain had that kind of strength, it would have done it long ago, so why wait until now.Ma Kelei mainly saw China's increasingly tough attitude.It is believed that China's continued toughness will not benefit the interests of the great powers.

Moreover, China is currently at war with Japan, and its energy is being held back by Japan.So Britain hopes to put pressure on China in this way.Now that China and Japan have fallen out, Britain hopes to use the opportunity to oppress China to get better conditions.

In recent years, China and Japan have cooperated to continuously expel British influence in the Far East.The place where Britain has the strongest influence in China is along the Yangtze River.

But those who have been suppressed by Japan and China in the past few years can only linger on.

This is very dissatisfied with the United Kingdom.

it's good now.

Japan and China fell out, and Japan's power along the Yangtze River was hit by the Chinese army. Therefore, the power vacuum that was emptied, Britain believed that an opportunity had come.After all, China is a weak country, and what it has always been playing is "fighting great powers with great powers".

In the past, Japan relied on Japan to deal with Britain.

Now that they are falling out, of course they have to seek refuge in Britain.That's why Ma Kelai made such an appeal.But he really didn't expect that he would stimulate the whole of China after calling for it for only one day.

On August 8, there was already an anti-British wave on the Chinese side.Unexpectedly, after entering the 28th, the wave of reaction is getting bigger and bigger.In major cities in China, incidents of smashing, looting of British shops and attacks on British institutions in China have occurred from time to time.Those businessmen in England are complaining all the time.

One by one hid in the British Concession.

But I didn't expect that something happened in the Hankou Concession now.Even the Chinese police and the Chinese army are involved.

"Sir, sir."

On the other end of the phone was anxiously calling Ma Kelei.

Ma Kelei immediately said: "Is the Chinese army bluffing, or is it really ready to solve the Jiujiang Concession by force?"

"Sir, we can't say it right now. However, the crowd in Jiujiang is currently raging. About 6 Chinese people have gathered in front of the concession, and the number of protesters is still increasing. Many of them have already publicly Proposing to take back our concession in Jiujiang is completely messed up. Even the Chinese inside the Jiujiang concession have gone crazy. Many Chinese in the concession have left the concession and refuse to continue working in the concession and refuse to work for us British. At present The order of the entire concession is in chaos, and it has become a mess."

"Are they really going to war with us?"

Mike really couldn't figure it out.

Why China is so tough is completely different from what I thought.Does China really want to go to war on two fronts, fighting against Britain at the same time as Japan?

Should not be ah.

After Ma Kelei came to China, he had a deep understanding of Duan Xun.This is a very smart soldier, who knows how to use his strength to fight, and is never reckless.

Otherwise, how could the cunning Japanese be fooled around.

But what exactly does he want to do now?

Do you really dare to fight Japan and Britain at the same time?

"Let Jiujiang negotiate with the Chinese government and delay for a while."

"Yes."

Mike put down the phone.

Then he thought for a while and said, "Is there a way to bypass these Chinese people here?"

"Have."

"where?"

"The Chinese just blocked the front. There is a small door in the east to leave the embassy. Because it is locked there, the Chinese didn't surround it."

"Okay, get ready. Come with me to meet the Japanese envoy."

"Yes."

Ma Kelei looked at the Chinese outside and said: "A group of barbaric Chinese have not received the baptism of a civilized society, so they can only be so backward and barbaric. I want these barbaric Chinese to learn what modern civilization is. They They will pay for their recklessness today, for their brutality today."

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"What do you mean British?"

"They are willing to give us a loan for us to use in war funds. They are also willing to send the Far East Fleet to cooperate with us."

Anglo-Japanese alliance.

In the Far East, the Anglo-Japanese alliance was the master.It was mainly the British who supported Japan and made the Japanese gradually stronger.It can guard against the United States, which has growing influence in the Pacific region, and Russia in the north.

Of course, it can also suppress a behemoth like China.

Therefore, in the development of Japan in those years, the United Kingdom still made a great contribution.

The results of it?

Japan is slowly rising.

The Sino-Japanese War defeated China, the Russo-Japanese War defeated Russia, and gradually became a hegemon in the Far East.And just as Japan became the dominant power in the Far East, it happened to encounter a European war.Japan took advantage of the opportunity of the European war that the European powers had no time to take care of the Far East, and began to collude with China's Anhui faction, including important generals of the Anhui faction like Duan Xun, and began to dominate the Far East.In fact, when we talk about the Far East, we mainly talk about China.

When the European war ended and the European powers returned to the Far East, they discovered that the Far East had completely become Japan's territory.So there were a lot of conflicts at that time.

But with the support of Duan Xun, Japan's power in the Far East is expanding.

Japan was increasingly indifferent to the Anglo-Japanese alliance back then.

why?

Because the Anglo-Japanese alliance is actually that the British want Japan to be their dog's leg and help them contain other forces in the Far East.After the Japanese are strong, how can they agree to such an alliance agreement.

Especially after the European war, the strength of Britain has been greatly reduced, and Japan is even more unwilling, and it is impossible to continue to be a dog for Britain.This is a very normal thing.

Duan Xun is not.

Duan Xun was also fostered by Japan in order to control China.But after Duan Xun became strong, how could he be willing to obey Japan's words.To put it bluntly, everyone is doing it for their own benefit.

So the Anglo-Japanese alliance slowly ended.

But this time the British Minister Plenipotentiary to China Marklei personally approached the Japanese Minister, hoping that Britain and Japan could cooperate and teach the arrogant Chinese a lesson.

Britain is already completely irritated by China.

Various British institutions and chambers of commerce in China, including British goods, and even the current British Concession have been greatly affected.There have even been many acts of violence against British businessmen.

So Britain couldn't bear it anymore.Britain has begun to consider the use of force.It's just that Britain has too few troops in the Far East, so it can only find an ally.

Now the Far East has the best chance and the most powerful to defeat the Chinese army is the Japanese.That's why the British will frequently contact Japan, hoping to cooperate with Japan and attack China together.