Chapter 341 Dissatisfaction

Although the words were very tactful, I still read a little dissatisfaction from William II's telegram. Soon after the beginning, he mentioned his son-in-law and asked Pu Ying about the current situation with concern. He was very frustrated when he didn't hear the news that he was about to hold his grandson. He talked about some things that made him feel uncomfortable in his country recently, including the relationship between his crown prince and the military, and so on, and there was some loneliness in his words.

"Dear Emperor, I just knew that my soldiers had already planned to destroy Britain. I was deeply uneasy about this. You know, even when I hated them the most, I did not think of asking them to die. George is my cousin. Can you understand my embarrassment? There is another thing I would like to ask Your Majesty to help. Elizabeth is suffering in Moscow. I know that your country will never hope that the empire will rule under the red. So can you help me to free Elizabeth from the difficult situation? Perhaps because of my age, I often think of the poems of my youth in recent times. Your Majesty is about the same age as me and also rule a great country, so I believe that our friendship can encourage you to give me the most precious help at this time. Gift, your William."

It is a pity to read. From a historical perspective, this key figure in World War I seems to have encountered many problems now, including his beloved youngest daughter, Princess Victoria, his most beloved youngest daughter in the second half of his life, and Elizabeth, who is now the queen of the Russian Empire, who is now in his heart. In addition, by this period, the country under the military system has begun to show signs of being out of his control. Although his emperor is far from the world's largest and I, the emperor, I can still feel his lost mood.

Germany should have considerable power to fall into the hands of the military organs headed by the General Staff. Judging from his willingness to entrust this matter to me, perhaps he had already talked about Russian affairs with his ministers before, and it was obvious that the military did not intend to re-launch the war on the Eastern Front to achieve the personal purpose of His Majesty the Emperor. Of course, it is also possible that he could consider the overall situation and felt that the country could not bear such consequences, so he had to speak to me.

Elizabeth is no longer the cousin he once knew. His noble Queen is actually the second-ranked person in Russia. Although her country is much smaller, she is still the second-ranked person after all. What can William do for her? Or can he have a premonition that Elizabeth is about to fall into trouble?

He also talked about his country and Britain. He clearly understood the Germans' perception of the British from beginning to end. He also knew clearly that despite his ruthless words, he had never prepared to fight with Britain. That is, even though the British soldiers had already fought with his troops in France, he was obviously still shocked by the military's plan to directly attack Britain. He did not ask me to do anything in this matter. It seemed that he was just finding someone with a suitable position to listen to his words.

From the perspective of the German military, it is of course very tempting to directly attack the British mainland. Their navy is facing a threshold of victory. If the Royal Navy can be successfully defeated, it will not be so difficult for the fleet to send the army to the British Isle. At that time, Britain will have to shrink its troops and return to its defense. The army on the ground in Europe will relieve great pressure. The goal of conquering France before the war will be completed soon. Everyone knows that if it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces in Britain, Paris would have fallen long ago.

But William was obviously unhappy to see the empire's troops boarding the Isle of Britain and launching a blow to the country with special feelings. I believe he still remembers the complicated eyes of Queen Victoria looking at him at the moment before her death. Many people in Britain still remember this German emperor, holding the queen's hand until she closed her eyes.

William must be indulging in a helpless mood at the moment, which reminded him of sending a telegram to me, the monarch from afar.

It was his telegram that reminded me of the second son of the emperor Puying who was under house arrest in Mengjing. It has been half a year since he was recorded. According to the news, his current mood has become much more peaceful. In addition to reading newspapers every day, he has been out for a while. Now he has spoken less. In the past, he can still hear him saying some rebellious words. Since the Chinese New Year, this kind of news has disappeared.

Someone in his mansion visited there one after another. Princess Victoria also visited Mengjing once during the Spring Festival, but she didn't ask me for help. I thought it was after that time that time, she complained to his father. After half a year, William finally found me. And for the past half a year, I think it was because he thought it was inconvenient to speak from all aspects.

However, Lai Puying should have also been recalled. He has no chance to compete with the crown prince. But after all, he is still a prince. It is easy to spread rumors outside for a long time. My original intention is to let him go to other places to purify and stay away from the center of the political vortex to avoid being used by those who are interested. Isn’t this a kind of protection for him? If Yuan Shikai and others have been working hard for party elections everywhere recently, if it happens to Puying, his fate may be worse than now.

It is easy to induce association when he is transferred back, especially Puxia, who has just been established as a culprit, and he is not in Beijing. He suddenly returns from the north of the desert and makes people more likely to imagine whether the royal family has changed. After thinking about it, the "Southern Cross" movement that emerged in Australia since the 1850s has begun to heat up recently. The organization's current inheritance has also frequently been in Beijing and Washington for support. For them, China, the United States and Germany are happy to see their independence and founding, but the United States clearly supports the formation of the cabinet by Sir Edmund, the first Australian Prime Minister of the British era, to establish an Australian government independent of the United Kingdom, rather than a rebellious political organization like the Southern Cross that started with the workers' movement.

Moreover, in terms of the independence of a country, a country established under the support of several major powers, the first thing to pay attention to is to maintain a balance between major powers, otherwise its status will be difficult to preserve. Therefore, the Southern Cross is relatively active in Beijing, while Sir Edmund, with the support of the United States, has high voices in Australia. Therefore, when thinking about Pu Ying's comeback, when thinking about this, he considers whether he should be sent to Australia first, and he will come forward to meet or talk with some politicians or attend some political occasions with political significance to show China's attitude on the Australian issue. This is a win-win outcome.

According to Australia's independence process, Australia will complete the preliminary election in 1915, and a new government framework will be officially established in 1916. Both pro-China and pro-American factions can obtain ruling power or compete for it again four years later. What the Southern Cross Organization wants is obviously to first obtain the ruling party status in 1916. In theory, this is not a very difficult task. Sir Edmund is a legacy of the pre-British period. If this is made well, it will be a stain on his political experience. Pu Ying will show the attitude of the Chinese Empire. Because of his ambiguous identity, he can be bolder in terms of standards. This is self-evident for the Southern Cross.

According to the Australian population statistics last year, the number of Australians born and raised in Australia accounts for 85% of the proportion, and the Southern Cross actually has great potential.

With such a rough plan in my mind, I have been thinking about it quickly, including the arrangements of entourage staff and historical examples, such as former Philippine President Aquinado, who can make a political demonstration to bring thought to the Australian people.

I secretly remember to ask several ministers to discuss this matter tomorrow, so I can move Pu Ying from that snowy place as soon as possible. However, it is winter in the southern hemisphere, and he is going to be cold again. But his wife came out of Northern Europe, so there must be no big problems in this regard.

After this night, when the sun rose again, it was already May 11. After returning to the telegram to Berlin, I realized that His Majesty William II had gone to the Stuttgart Palace. It seemed that he was going to relax. This also proved my judgment that my old friend was suffering from his political philosophy and military deviations, and he also showed some signs that he could not control the huge empire.

The fierce battle in Europe continued, and the Royal Navy of the British Empire officially entered the final preparation stage before the war, and there were seven days before their plans. Judging from the information ahead, the German Navy's cruise plan did not change at all, which also supported their desire for combat. Moreover, their submarine troops had just sunk a German patrol ship last night, located in the vast sea between northern Britain and the coast of Norway. This operation supported by General Betty slightly regained a little reputation for the Royal Navy and forced Jelico to the forefront.

Paris continued to bear tremendous pressure. According to General Xiafei's estimate, if it could not receive timely support from reinforcements, Paris might not last until National Day. The German army could push the front line forward for a distance every day. Although it was a few hundred meters, it represented another breakthrough of the French outer defense line. Being trapped by the artillery firepower could not suppress the German army's crazy artillery bombardment, General Xiafei had no better way to change this situation.

But it is difficult to get reinforcements he wants. Verdun needs reinforcements himself, and the Bordeaux government in the south has done their best. It can be said that the entire French elite gathered from Paris to Verdun, and they are powerless.

On the Arabian Sea, the Imperial Navy also sent the last tank division here. According to the speed and sea conditions, the division could land at Daman Port that afternoon. As a symbol of military cooperation with the Arab Kingdom, twenty-seven tanks with a full tank division under the current organization system will also be presented as gifts to the military representatives of the Arab Kingdom. China will send officers to help the Arab Kingdom train a Arab own tank unit.

After this unit entered the Thai-Ma base, the Chinese troops in Arabia will reach four infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions and four tank divisions. The number of tank divisions is small, and one division is more than 8,000 people. This is mainly because the current tank usage is not high, and manpower is required in terms of defense and maintenance, so there are not many tank soldiers who are actually used for combat. The organization of twenty-seven tanks in a division is considered to be a little less now, but this is related to the times.

In any case, tanks were just new combat weapons in this era, and their power was not proven in Europe. Therefore, although the military learned from some battle examples, training and exercises that this weapon was used to deal with battlefield defense fortifications such as barbed wire and simple trenches, considering the complex climate in Europe and the opponent's tactics of using trench warfare and cavalry mobile warfare, it still did not consider this force as the main force. It was just to consider the future promotion of foreign weapons dumping, four tank divisions were dispatched to make a difference in the Middle East. However, the actual combat was of course mainly based on cavalry infantry, and cooperated with the Arab cavalry troops to pose a threat to the British and Indian troops south of the Jordan Valley.

In order to solve the problem of unified command of the front-line combat troops, the General Staff also independently organized the Arab garrison army into a 29th Army. Bai Chongxi transferred the Army General Staff as a combat staff member with the rank of major. Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the 231st Division, was transferred to the Chief of Staff by Feng Yuxiang, who was 33 years old at the time. The commander of the Army sent Zhang Xun, who was from Jiangxi and former deputy chief of staff of the Front Army, to serve as the position. Zaifeng was sent to Riyadh to take charge and establish and improve the command system to avoid the chaotic command system of this army of more than 100,000 people falling into the situation of the chaotic command system and fighting each other.

The Arab Kingdom has also made targeted mobilizations one after another. In addition to the 60,000 cavalry that had been assigned to China for command and training before Zaifeng's visit, the royal family allocated a 20,000 elite Taoside cavalry from the personal guards around May, and was led by the royal family's confidants, intending to complete the bloody revenge against the Abdul family when the opportunity arises. For both China and Arab countries, this action does not violate the old agreement between China and Arab countries on supporting the Saudi family to agree to Arabia, so Saudi Arabia revealed the plan to the Chinese liaison officer Bai Chongxi without any scruples.

Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Song Zheyuan are the main combat units of this new army. The officers of the division level are almost a few years old and have similar temperaments. Therefore, according to the plan of the Army Command, the battle against the British side will be launched in July of the Western calendar, which is also the hottest month in the desert. Using the cover of the climate, these three divisions will first attack, first pick the opponent's strong defenses to fight, and fight one or two battles that can hit the opponent's morale, and quickly establish a reputation on this land. The Army Command also established a command coordination mechanism with the Tu-German coalition in the north. At that time, the battle will launch uninterrupted strikes from the north and south to the Jordan Valley area where the British army is currently entrenched, causing a little trouble for the opponent's command system.

Before this, the first thing to do is to fight for air supremacy in order to establish air superiority and intelligence advantages in this area. If the air reconnaissance and harassment are lost, the battlefield situation will be quickly rewritten. If the British and Indian troops only defend the 110,000 troops will be driven back to the Sinai Peninsula soon.

Based on this plan, Feng Yuxiang's acting division commander and his former chief of staff, Lu Zhonglin, proposed whether mobile troops should be sent to make strategic feints in the direction of the Sinai Peninsula. No matter what the British army thinks, whether it is restraining the troops or making the other party dare not retreat too boldly, it is an excellent support for the front battlefield.

Feng Ru, the highest commander of the Air Force here, also expressed support for the plan. The Air Force had already done so in advance. During the ten days of peace in April, the Air Force had basically flew everywhere, which would cause psychological troubles to the British army in any case.

Bai Chongxi also put forward his views from the perspective of his understanding of the British army in the previous stage. He believed that from the perspective of the British army, defending Jordan was actually no longer of tactical value, and sooner or later it would be lost. The only goal of their continued staying there may be to prove to the Abdul family and even the entire Arab nation that they kept their word and left room for the future. Therefore, Bai Chongxi believed that the British army might have formulated a plan for retreat. For them, it is much more important to maintain rule in Egypt than to continue to exist in the Arab side, because the strategic military goal of the British army at this stage was not to establish their rule in Arabia, but to put pressure on Turkey and then force Turkey to withdraw from the war. At the same time, it can also pose a practical threat to the lifeline of Germany.

From this perspective, the senior officers here all think that the white statement is reasonable. The British army does not need to continue to maintain their previous military strategy against Turkey while attacking both sides of China and Germany. For them, although they successfully established a force in Jordan in tactical terms, in fact, they did not achieve the strategic goal of defeating Turkey, and the war has actually failed. At present, China, Germany, Turkey and Afghanistan have formed a force of attacking them from the north and south, and have attempts to covet the Sinai Peninsula. They have no reason to continue to fight and kill in Jordan. Perhaps they would rather leave Jordan with dignity - without violating the promise of the Abdul family.

Because the Abdul family was completely supported by the British and was able to establish an independent country. In order to continue to gain support from the British, they had no hesitation to establish a blood feud with the powerful Arab Kingdom in the south. If the British army withdrew without a few wars at this time, it would be equivalent to selling the Abdul family to the Saudi king. This is not only a moral issue, but also a practical political issue. Once the precedent was opened this time, it would be completely impossible for him to enter the Arab circle in the future. And no matter which Arab tribe can see after this battle, which big country in the world is worth relying on.

Bai Chongxi's speech lasted more than an hour in depth, combined with multiple analysis at the map and tactical levels, these senior officers of the group army nodded frequently. As the chief of staff of the group army, Feng Yuxiang also looked at him, a new subordinate who was a little disliked.

Since they have accepted Bai Chongxi's judgment, it is necessary for the army to adjust its strategic goals. China has no intention of being involved in Africa from top to bottom. According to President Taft's visit to China and a series of mutual exchanges between China and the United States, Africa is divided from a large scale and is the treasure of the United States. In fact, Americans gradually tend to favor the German group from the early stage, of course, the purpose and reason are not so simple. Britain is already a building that will collapse, and the United States will certainly want to gain benefits. It is obvious that China and Germany will divide Asia in the future. Moreover, the United States and China also have agreements to implement a detour policy on each other's continents, so the United States will not interfere in Asian affairs. What they want now seems to be Africa. This can be seen from their navy's sailing on the west coast of Africa.

On the 11th, I heard that the US Navy's fleet had already sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, and their attempts were about to come out. So at this time, China will not and cannot compete with the United States for Africa. China's goal at this stage is not to drive Britain out of Egypt.

First of all, the steps of recognizing the Saudi Arabia Kingdom, signing military cooperation agreements, and leasing military bases all show that China's purpose is only to fully control its driving at the western end of Asia. Therefore, at this time, the focus of military strikes should not be placed on the British garrison in Jordan, who no longer have the desire to fight.

But as soon as Bai Chongxi finished speaking, everyone present clearly expressed their opposition. The commander of the army, Zhang Xun, also frowned and asked unhappily: "Are you here to sit and play on an expedition with me? The army does not fight, so it is called an army?" Bai Chongxi, who glanced at the defense, continued to raise his tone and make a summary speech: "You still have to fight, and you have to fight harder. They are afraid of fighting, so we will take the initiative in the future." He pointed at Bai Chongxi and said: "I understand what you mean, that there is room for discussion here, but this commander told you that sometimes, it is useless to just talk."

At the end of his speech, his fingers fell on the top map spread on the table, and he knocked heavily: "It's still necessary to fall on the word "tick"!"
Chapter completed!