October 28, 1911, 2752 AD, Wuhan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Mr.
Kafur, what do you mean by this?"
Early this morning, the British Ambassador to China Jules Dian rushed into the office of Foreign Minister Kafour.
Zhu Erdian's face was ashen and he gritted his teeth and said: "You should know that France's interests in Asia are endorsed by the British Empire."
Kafur asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Oh, what are you talking about?"
Zhu Erdian said seriously: "Your country has massively increased its troops on the Sino-Vietnamese border and dispatched a fleet to blockade Vietnam's coast and ports.
I hope your country can explain the meaning of this behavior."
Last night Zhu Erdian received a domestic telegram, which stated that according to French reports, China suddenly increased its troops on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and France expressed concern about this.
Downing Street means to let Zhu Erdian come to find out the bottom and at the same time declare the British position.
This shows that the Gallic chicken is quite good, and the first thing I want to do is pull the cow into the water.
"Oh, so that's what happened."
Kafur smiled, and then said solemnly: "You came just in time.
We are about to report to all countries today that in the early morning of October 24th, Hanoi time, an atrocity occurred in Hanoi, Vietnam. " Immediately, Kafur picked up a document bag from the table and handed it to Zhu Erdian: "This is the relevant information about this incident.
You can take a look."
The document bag contains a large stack of photos and incident investigation records.
All information is written in Chinese, English and French.
Zhu Erdian looked through it silently, his face turning green and red.
This era is not the information age 100 years from now.
The speed of information circulation is very slow.
Hanoi is not a big place.
Unless there are intelligence personnel there, it will take a long time for what happens there to be known to the outside world. .
And the Hanoi riot was not a glorious thing.
When Rooster went to Niu Niu for help, he was vague about it, and Zhu Erdian was even less clear.
Faced with such solid evidence, Zhu Erdian naturally couldn't stick to his original position.
Half an hour later, he closed the document, stood up and said: "For this unfortunate incident in Hanoi, I would like to express my condolences to the victims in your country."
Then he changed the subject: "This incident is regrettable and sad, but I hope your country will exercise restraint and not take actions that will change the pattern of Asia.”
Kafur said coldly: "Mr.
Ambassador, I wonder if British citizens were brutally massacred abroad, could your country maintain restraint?
As a sovereign country, protecting overseas Chinese is our country's right and our obligation to the people." .
This incident is a barbaric and brutal attack on our citizens.
Our government will never tolerate it, nor will our 1.3 million PLA soldiers."
Then he said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "It can be seen from this incident that the French authorities are no longer able to control the situation in Vietnam.
In order to ensure the safety of the lives and property of our citizens and expatriates in Vietnam, our People's Liberation Army must enter Vietnam to protect them."
The duty of the people” Before Zhu Erdian could speak, Cavour continued: "Mr.
Ambassador, I must emphasize that Vietnam is not French territory.
According to international practice, our country has the right to send troops to protect overseas Chinese.
It is not our country that should remain calm now, but France, we also do not want to cause damage to the relationship between China and France because of the actions of a small group of Vietnamese."
Zhu Erdian felt like a million mythical beasts were running through his heart, because it was obviously Vietnam that was being unreasonable this time, and many of the words he had originally prepared were difficult to say.
Although the imperialist powers of this era basically believe that their fists are unreasonable, it also depends on the situation.
If the opponent is weak, of course they can do whatever they want.
But if the opponent is not a tough character who can be defeated in a few hits, they still have to be reasonable.
If I, Da Qing, were here, there would be no such trouble.
I only needed a few threats and the other party would kneel down obediently.
The current People's Republic of China is not as easy to fool as the Qing Dynasty.
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It is a country with millions of modern troops and is recognized as the world's number one air force power.
With the current military strength of the United Kingdom in Asia, it simply cannot gain an advantage.
Not to mention that the army and air force are far inferior to China, even the navy, because it has to deal with the Allies, the strength of the Far East Fleet has not increased, but has weakened.
The current strength of the Far East Fleet cannot deal with the Chinese Navy with two super-dreadnoughts as its core.
Since this was the case, Niu Niu immediately used his ancestral skill to "sell his teammates".
Zhu Erdian rolled his eyes and said ambiguously: "China's actions to protect overseas Chinese are in line with international practices, and our country understands this.
However, we hope that your army can exercise restraint and try not to conflict with France.
In addition, France is The existence of Indochina must also be guaranteed.”
Kafur smiled: "Mr.
Ambassador, our country's purpose is very simple, which is to protect the life and property safety of our citizens and expatriates.
We are not hostile to France, and we have no intention of driving them out of the Indochina Peninsula."
"Then there will be no problem.
We will also persuade France to exercise restraint," Zhu Erdian said and left.
The British have never had anything to do with the word "loyalty", and of course they will not take chestnuts from the fire for the French.
Besides, Vietnam is not the mainland of France.
Isn’t that a fool to fight for a French colony and a very capable China?
Niu Niu is not an international Lei Feng.
This kind of thing will not benefit them at all.
What to do.
What's more, the situation in Europe is so tense now.
If there is a fight with China, the Germans will roll on the floor laughing.
Not to mention, with China's current strength, don't even think about how many troops it would need to send to fill it if it wants to win.
Subsequently, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed the embassies of various countries on the situation of the "Hanoi Riots" and China's response.
The United States, which now wears the same pants as China, naturally supports it.
Among other countries, the most excited ones were of course Erdezi and Austria-Hungary.
They immediately expressed their support for China.
William II also personally sent a message to Wen Desi.
Although his tone was tactful, any fool could see the meaning.
"I support fucking the cock, don't be a coward."
Russia is willing to support France, but they now also have a lot of business with China and have to consider the losses caused by the deterioration of relations.
Besides, Russia's infrastructure in the Far East is too poor.
There is only a Siberian railway, which is a target for the Chinese Air Force.
If this railway disappears, most of Russia's power will not be able to be deployed in the Far East.
Facing the powerful People's Liberation Army, they will have no idea.
Besides, they have the same idea as Niu Niu.
Why should we fight with China over a French colony when we are about to start fighting with the Allies?
Although gray animals are worthless, they are not so wasteful.
Therefore, in the end, Russia's attitude was in line with that of Britain, and even the words it said were similar.
Other countries, however, are just playing tricks, expressing their "concern" one after another and urging "both sides to exercise restraint and finally resolve the issue through negotiation."
French Embassy.
"Excuse me, Mr.
Minister, is this an ultimatum?"
Conte, the French ambassador to China, looked angry.
Caffour said calmly: "Vietnam is not your country, it has its own monarch, doesn't it?
I think France is a civilized country and will not do anything to shield the murderer or hinder rescue."
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Kant was immediately discouraged.
This matter was unreasonable.
He could only say: "Our country has the ability to catch the murderer, and we don't need your army to enter."
"Facts have proved that the security in Vietnam is not as good as you said.
Moreover, the action of our army to enter Vietnam to protect overseas Chinese has been decided.
This is just a notification, not a discussion with your country unless your country can agree to the terms.
Under the conditions above, our troops do not have to enter.”
Upon hearing this, Kant immediately became angry.
There are three conditions proposed by China.
First, all murderers should be handed over within 72 hours and tried by China.
Second, compensation for economic losses is 80 million yuan.
Third, China has stationed troops in five areas: Hanoi, Saigon, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, and Haiphong to protect the safety of Chinese citizens and expatriates.
What do you call this condition?
If one and two conditions have to be discussed, the third one would be too much.
"Isn't that excessive?
Didn't your country do the same thing in our country back then?
Besides, Vietnam is not your country's homeland yet."
Kafur's light words choked Kant to the point of being speechless.
Kant watched Kafur leave and leave, with a million mythical beasts racing in his heart.
He hurriedly contacted the British and Russian ambassadors in China to try to gain their support, but he did not expect that they had already discussed it.
Not only did these two families refuse to help, but they persuaded him to make concessions to China temporarily.
The overall interests of Europe were more important.
China had promised not to annex Indo-China anyway, so it would be okay to give up some benefits.
Ambassador Mao Xiong, Kosovitz, also assured him that as long as you beat Er Dezi, Russia will definitely come to help you regain your position.
The overall situation is important.
Your sister, Kant really feels like crying without tears.
As for Mao Xiong’s guarantee, just listen to this.
This is a sign that the tide is turning.
Now that Britain and Russia have made it clear that they don't care about it, France can't handle it with whatever strength it has.
Finally, Kant, who had been running all day, sent electricity to the country with sadness and anger.
He had tried his best, and it was up to the country how to deal with it.
That night, he received a telegram from the Governor-General of Indochina that the Chinese army had crossed the border.
Moreover, Vietnam still has a leading party.
This damn guy Huang Huatan has become a leading party for the Chinese.
China used large-caliber train guns to bombard the Vietnamese army positions in Lang Son.
Now the Chinese army has occupied Lao Cai and Lang Son and is attacking Hanoi.
There is also bad news.
The French Far East Fleet is blocked in Cam Ranh Bay.
The only good thing is that China's operation is called "Armed Protection of Overseas Chinese" and it has not yet reached the point of declaring war.
It seems that the scale can still be controlled
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