s: Second update asking for votes Spain, a country that had been struggling during World War I, had no sense of existence as Portugal next door.
If it hadn't been for the "Spanish Flu", a super plague, they would have been forgotten by the world.
Well, the Spaniards definitely don’t want to rely on this thing to increase their popularity.
Strictly speaking, they were shot while lying down.
The origin of this name is not because the flu broke out in Spain, but because eight million people in Spain were infected with the disease at that time.
Even the King of Spain was infected with the disease.
The French next door were so scared that they peed and called it It was called "Spanish influenza," and it later became the conventional name.
Therefore, the Spaniards felt that they were wronged.
They also blamed the Gallic chicken next door and righteously called the disease "French influenza."
Well, this time it was the French guy next door who got the gun.
However, the name "French Flu" did not become popular.
The reason is naturally that the Gallic Chicken is a big hooligan and his words are more convincing.
I won’t go into details about the scapegoat between the duck and the rooster.
Let’s just call it “Spanish Flu”.
Compared with many plagues, the "Spanish Flu" was not the most deadly, but it was the plague with the widest spread and the highest death toll in human history.
The flu spread all over the world, from the Eskimo tribe in Alaska to the island of Samoa in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, no one was spared.
Many Eskimo tribes are dying from village to village, and the death rate in Samoa is as high as 25.
It is said that Marajó Island at the mouth of the Amazon River was the only populated place in the world with no reported infections at that time.
The plague completely disappeared after 18 months of ravaging the earth.
This terrible plague killed a large number of people.
Because it was in the period of World War I and the immediate aftermath of the war, most countries did not have detailed statistical data.
In addition, the population of many colonies is not regarded as human beings, and no one cares about how many people die.
Therefore, the specific number of infections and deaths has not yet been determined, but even the most conservative estimate is that more than 100 million people are infected and the death toll is more than 25 million.
In addition, there are 40 million, 70 million, 100 million, etc.
Several different opinions.
The world population at that time was approximately 1.8 billion, which means that on average one in every 18 people was infected.
Even by the most conservative estimates, the plague killed more people than World War I.
The flu was also one of the reasons why World War I ended early because countries no longer had the extra troops to fight.
Of course, Wen Desi, who came from later generations, would not forget this huge plague sweeping the world.
Since last year, he has asked various institutions at home and abroad to pay close attention to this influenza and formulate emergency plans.
With the medical level at this time, there is really nothing we can do to deal with this kind of influenza, but with the medical level 300 years later, dealing with this kind of influenza will be nothing at all.
Special medicines and vaccines are available.
Although enough vaccines have been produced for hundreds of millions of people in the past few years, they have not yet been used by the public because the time of the outbreak cannot be determined.
Because the flu vaccine is not lifelong, it is only effective for two or three years.
If it is used too early, it is meaningless.
I wonder if the wind blown out by Wen Desi's Aeolian pterosaur was too strong, but the "Spanish Flu" that should have appeared in the spring of this year has never been seen.
Even in October, at the peak of the outbreak known as "Black October" in the original time and space, Mr.
Wen's eyes everywhere on the earth did not find any trace of "Spanish Flu".
Oh, and there were a few false positives that turned out to be just regular flu.
This made Wen Desi somewhat doubtful whether this super plague would appear on the earth in this plane.
As a result, towards the end of October, it finally appeared, and it did not appear at the locations that were said to be the "sources" in the original time and space, but in Japan, which was beyond reach.
Prince Higashi Fushimigu of Japan was considered to be very lucky.
If his group's symptoms were not very similar to the Spanish flu at that time, and were reported by Japanese informants, the Japanese were helpless and came to China for help.
Wen Desi would not be so enthusiastic about sending domestic experts, and would also specially arrange for Air Force bombers to send them there.
Of course, now that it was established that the Spanish Flu was in the world, it was time for a vaccine.
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As for special medicines, they are mainly used to make money.
In addition, it was also time for China to prepare to join the war, because the Allies had already squeezed out almost all their money, and most of their own money and the real money they had stolen from the Allies had flowed into China's treasury.
In addition, a large number of antiques, cultural relics, and artworks were sent to China at low prices as payment for goods, mainly from the British Museum and the Louvre Museum.
In addition to Chinese cultural relics such as Gu Kai's "Nv Shi Zhen Tu" in the Western Jin Dynasty, which were returned to China as a favor by Wei Er, many cultural relics from other countries were used as payment.
For example, the famous Code of Hammurabi in the Louvre Museum, which came from Babylon around 2000 BC, is a 2.5-meter-high black basalt with 282 laws engraved in wedge-shaped characters.
Twenty aero engines were replaced at a cost of 100,000 yuan.
There are also treasures of the British Museum such as the Rosetta Stone, Arni's Book of the Dead, the Bust of Ramses II, etc., but the Germans paid for them with three pieces that were not worth two.
For example, the "Treasure of Oxus", gold and silver handicrafts from Central Asia from the fifth to fourth centuries BC, was actually given to China at five times the price of gold and silver of equal weight.
It's true that antiques are worthless in troubled times.
Of course, the Germans have not lost all their moral integrity, so they do not sell anything local to Europe.
They only sell stuff from Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Like the Mona Lisa's smile from the Louvre Museum, this super precious artwork was returned to Italy as a favor by Wei Er, making the Italians burst into tears of gratitude.
In addition, there are also three treasures of the Louvre: Venus de Milo and Victory of Samothrace.
These two ancient Greek cultural relics are now in German museums.
Due to Wei Er's actions, the British Museum and the Louvre Museum, the two museums with the largest collections on earth, were abandoned.
After the war, if people in this plane still want to see any cultural relics, they will have to move to other places. .
If you want to see things from Asia, Africa and America, you basically have to go to the National Museum of China.
By this time, the Allies had almost exhausted their real gold, silver and other hard currencies, and almost all their antiques and artworks had been sold.
The remaining gold and antiques were the bottom of the box that they were unwilling to sell.
And China is unwilling to accept their marks, krona and lira, which means that their ability to pay is seriously insufficient.
In addition, since they have made a lot of money, they have made a lot of money in food, rare gold and other resources, and they are reluctant to spend hard currency to buy these things.
Therefore, starting from May this year, China's trade volume with the Allies has dropped significantly, while its trade volume with the Allied Powers has increased significantly.
This is also the reason why the Socialist Party government decided to abandon neutrality and prepare for the end.
Since your allies have no money, don't blame us for not remaining neutral.
Uh, so, all problems are economic problems.
However, before the end, some preparations are still needed.
Wen Desi is the most reasonable person and is very particular about food and appearance.
Of course, we can’t say that we fell out with the Allies because we couldn’t make any money.
That kind of bold approach of directly tearing one's face apart is probably something only Maozi can do.
At 4 a.m. local time on November 9, an Allied transport fleet departing from British Malay was ambushed by a German submarine in the sea east of the Madeira Islands.
In this battle, the German "wolf pack" consisting of 15 submarines created brilliant results and sank 36 large merchant ships.
However, it also suffered a fierce counterattack from the Allied escort ships, sinking 4 ships and damaging them.
Among them, U277 was seriously damaged and was forced to surface.
After evacuating all personnel, the sea valve was opened and it sank.
The 48 officers and soldiers on board became prisoners of the Allied Powers.
Well, this kind of battle is not unusual for German submarines.
There are many "wolf pack hunts" that are larger than this and have more results.
But among the victims this time, there happened to be a large passenger liner called "Nongyue" belonging to China.
Moreover, the passengers on this passenger ship were not soldiers or other armed personnel, but a group of volunteer medical staff from the Chinese Red Gourd Society.
A little explanation here is that the "Red Gourd Society" is a semi-official social assistance group that engages in humanitarian work.
Its functions are similar to those of the Red Cross societies in various countries.
In fact, we also had a Red Cross society in Qing Dynasty back then, but Mr.
Wen refused to buy it.
The reason is that he refuses to use the "cross", a Western religious pattern with strong connotations, as the symbol of Chinese institutions.
Besides, he is an atheist.
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The political party he founded is also called the "Scientific Socialist Party", and the party constitution clearly talks about "science". , naturally cannot tolerate the "cross", a Western religious symbol, appearing openly in our country.
Therefore, an organization with the same function in China became the "Red Gourd Society", which means "hanging a pot to help the world".
The logo is all red and the pattern is a gourd with two leaves.
In 1913, the International Red Cross recognized this symbol and also recognized the Chinese Red Gourd Society as a member of the International Red Cross Movement.
After the outbreak of the European War, the Chinese Red Gourd Society sent some volunteer medical staff to both warring parties and received high praise.
The 1,500 volunteer medical staff on the Nongyue passenger ship were planned to replace the volunteers who had served for half a year on both sides of the war.
As a result, they were attacked on the Atlantic Ocean.
Because it was the darkest time before dawn when it was attacked, most people were still asleep, and the passenger ship was directly blown into two pieces and sank to the bottom of the sea within ten minutes.
In addition, at that time The water temperature was very low, so of the 1,765 people on board, only 572 people who had time to climb into the lifeboats were rescued, and the rest were all buried in the sea.
After the incident was reported, global public opinion was in an uproar.
Especially the governments and media of the Allied Powers were all outraged.
They all looked as outraged as if their ancestral graves had been torn apart.
The Allies, especially Germany, could not stand down.
Wei Er personally sent an apology telegram to Wen Desi and expressed his willingness to compensate the victims for their losses.
While global public opinion was boiling, the Chinese government and media were far less excited than their counterparts in the Allied Powers.
They only showed moderate grief and regret.
However, the Chinese government began to withdraw all personnel dispatched to the Allied countries afterwards, including military observation groups, corporate agencies, and volunteers.
And the undercurrent among the people is already surging.
Whether this kind of thing can be big or small depends on the government's preference.
For example, if the same American ship is sunk, a war can break out, or it can be nothing and the other party pays for it.
The former is the Maine, and the latter is the unlucky American ship during the Air-Japanese War in the original time.
Diplomats from both sides of the war are working hard in China, and both sides hope that China will make choices that are in line with their own interests.
"Your Excellency, is it really irreversible?
China and Germany have a good traditional friendship.
Could it be that we became enemies just because of a misunderstanding?"
German Ambassador to China Xin Ci was so anxious that he almost cried.
In his mind, he had already greeted all the dozens of generations of ancestors of those idiots in the Navy, but it was of no use.
Wen Desi sighed with regret: "Hey, Mr.
Ambassador, I am full of feelings for His Majesty Wilhelm II and the German people, but China is a republic and I must obey the will of the people.
Don't worry, we are As a country that pays attention to credibility, even if the choices made by our people are not good for your country, we will strictly implement the contract and we will not default on our debts."
On November 16, after many rounds of negotiations and haggling, China and the Allied Powers, mainly Britain and France, finally reached an agreement.
China will cut off trade with the Allied Powers, join the Allied Powers, and send troops to participate in the war with the Allied Powers within three months.
However, China will not send its army to participate in the European battlefield, and will only be responsible for ground operations in the Middle East and Africa.
For the European battlefield, only the air force and navy will be sent.
As compensation for China's participation in the war, Britain and France would hand over the following colonies to China: Sarawak, Brunei, British Papua, British Solomon Islands, and the remaining French Indochina.
China also promised not to ask for additional territories and colonies in Africa after participating in combat operations in Africa.
On November 20, the special session of the Second People's Congress of China passed the proposal to join the Allied Powers and declare war on the Allies, with 1,245 votes in favor, 653 votes against, and 87 abstentions.
This "Nongyue Incident" was later called one of the "major events that changed the course of history in the 20th century."
Years later, careful researchers discovered some doubts.
First, among the nearly 1,000 people who died, there were only 15 women.
As a caregiver, this ratio is too low.
Secondly, most of the crew members on the Nongyue survived, and those who died were temporary crew members.
Third, the vast majority of the victims were not regular medical staff, because although their names appeared in the employee rosters of some hospitals, their names were not included in the college files of any medical school in the country. name.
However, among the same group of medical staff who had received formal education, many of them survived and so on.
There are also such things as "Nongyue sank too fast and the torpedo was too big", "None of the volunteer medical staff with formal education was China's industry elite at the time", "U122, which is said to have sunk the Nongyue, The submarine was also sunk, and it cannot be confirmed." and other doubts.
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Well, of course these are fallacies and must be severely refuted by the mainstream media.
If anyone dares to use these things to explain that the "Nongyuehao Incident" is a "Chinese conspiracy," then he should clean his butt and prepare to bear criminal responsibility
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