Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

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When Patricia also joined the fight, the country that was originally a bit of a drama felt that the game seemed to have changed, and there seemed to be an unusual flavor in it.

Who is Patricia? The British princess, the most beloved granddaughter of the deceased Queen Victoria, the favorite daughter of Prince Arthur, who is currently serving as the British Governor in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa, and the favorite daughter of the current British King Edward VII. The niece she likes, plus the most noble queen of Spain now, and another hat on her head, she is the chairman of the world's largest national organization, the World Association of Women.

Each of these names is enviable and desirable, but now they are all combined into one. Any remarks she makes attract everyone's attention, especially in the eyes of women, and they become worshiped.

In this way, she actually started to get involved in the battle between Spain and Russia. Although she only did it in the name of the World Organization for Women, this did not prevent everyone from thinking like that.

Although the Russian government was dissatisfied with Patricia's attitude, they did not dare to really refute the other party, because although some of them did not truly represent the intentions of various countries, her position was destined to have the power to act on behalf of these countries. The role of women's associations. Therefore, when the Russian government accepted questions and answers from the media, it expressed its willingness to accept supervision and cooperate with the investigation seriously, saying that this would restore Russia's innocence.

In this regard, the Women's Association's answer is that it will handle the matter impartially without involving personal interests.

But this side stopped and the other side raised the big stick and hit Russia again. And it's still a very serious injury.

The attitude of the Women's Association made Stolypin, Previ, Witte and others in the Russian government just breathe a sigh of relief. Just when they wanted to open champagne and drink spirits to celebrate, another bad news came. Sad news cannot be overstated.

Japan, this is a country that Russia originally looked down upon. However, after the Russian-Japanese war, many people began to look at it differently. Are you afraid? No, no, there are only two and a half countries that Russia really needs to be afraid of, one is Britain, one is the German Empire, and the other half is Spain. As for France, it can only give him a quarter at most, because with Spain In comparison, France and Russia have fewer overlapping interests.

In the eyes of the Russians, Japan is a country that is dignified. Yes, Russia has begun to pay attention to this country that it originally despised. Although those dwarves are very short, their fierceness lets Russia know that the other side is not an easy subject to deal with. .

But that's all. In the eyes of most people in Russia, the reason why Russia would lose in the Japan-Enemy War in the Far East was because the railway linking Russia's Far East had not yet been completed. Japan was afraid that after it was completed, Russia would no longer be Russia. The reason for the constant flow of armies was that they fought against each other when sneak attacks were carried out in advance. Therefore, Russia did not lose unjustly. After all, in the Far East, thousands of kilometers away from St. Petersburg, Russia only had a very small army there. There are 98,000 people, including the navy, which is only about 10 people.

Japan's domestic reserve force reached more than 2 million people, and the actual army numbered 1.2 million. During the war between the two countries, the army participated in the war with 370,000 people. Together with Japan's navy of more than 20,000 people, 500,000 people from the two countries participated in the war. Japan is Russia. That’s four times as many people.

The final result was that under Japan's repeated sneak attacks, Russia's casualties were less than 33,000. Although Japan was the winner of the war, the cost of casualties was very high, more than 88,500 people.

They were originally a quarter of Japan's soldiers, but they made the other side pay a price that was about 2.7 times greater than their own casualties. This further illustrates that Japan's combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of Russian soldiers. It is precisely because of this that Nicholas II still did not put his threats ahead of Spain when it came to dealing with Japan, even though the actual interest disputes between them and Japan were more intense in the Far East. Therefore, in terms of military strength there, apart from the initial large increase, they have not increased it in order to postpone military operations in the Far East and instead regard Europe as a priority. Especially on issues with the Ottoman Empire, the German Empire, Spain, the United Kingdom and other countries.

Exactly like that, the number of troops there is not much greater than before. In fact, the purpose is to make Japan lower its guard. Originally, Japan also understood what Russia meant, so the troops and warships in Japan's homeland of Hokkaido and other places began to be reduced on a large scale and moved to other places. This was to ease the atmosphere between both parties.

While they were relieved to know the Japanese's actions, they also felt very humiliated, because they actually had to bargain like this with a small island country in East Asia. They really lost face and lost their hometown.

The Russians thought so, but the Japanese also believed that it would be best not to accept Theodore Roosevelt's cunning mediation from the United States. But what's terrible was that at that time, Japan's supply of guns and ammunition was in short supply, and those Europeans were doing such tricks. Of course they understood. So in the end, Japan had to accept the contract between the two countries, and in the end it was forced to push out the Russian territory it occupied. This really meant that it was a waste of money, and all its savings over the years were used up. In the end, Britain could wait and get it back. The good thing is that Japan's military purchases are coming again, and the Japanese will have to tighten their belts again.

"We can only pay for goods," Katsura Taro said with some sigh. Japan is a poor island country with a lack of resources. Therefore, the rulers can only be more concerned about the food and clothing needs of the people. Most of the weapons last time were destroyed. Fortunately, we also obtained Russian weapons as supplements. As for the issue of whether the bullets fit properly, there are only a few gun ammunition manufacturers in the world. In addition to them, there are Who is it, so there is no need to worry about the ammunition supply chain.

Fortunately, in Northeast China, Japan's territory has begun to become much larger again, and it has also obtained more financial rights, coal mines, railway rights, etc., which is a big consolation. Of course, the most important thing is that Japan has made an instant success, and successively Even powerful countries like Russia were defeated than Japan, and Japan's reputation suddenly expanded several times.

In particular, the Qing government, which had always been wary of Japan, is now even more afraid of Japan when talking about it. This is more conducive to the implementation of Japan's exploitation policy.

"Yeah, that's all we can do. Now if we want to expand Japan's interests, we have to expand our direction. We can't move those islands in the south for the time being. After all, they have just experienced our forcible acquisition. So A big piece of land. If we go again, those of us, the German Empire and Spain, who previously stated that they would never touch the Netherlands again, will fall out. After all, Europeans are very trustworthy.

And places like North China, South China, and East China are now the places where global heroes compete for hegemony. If we take too big a move, it may cause backlash, which would be bad.

Northeast China is advancing again, led by Russia and Japan. This may be our direction of progress. Alas, it would be great if Russia was a smaller country. We must expand the land from Northeast China to the northern ocean. Just thinking about it has been disinfected and my heart is filled with excitement, Kitaro-kun, what do you think?"

"Yes, I also have this idea. That's why we have this meeting today. Mr. Nishizono, our cooperation will definitely push Japan to the status of a world power. As long as we work harder, what you want today I think this beautiful idea mentioned is not too far away.”

"Haha, okay, I admit that there is still hope. I am waiting for our cooperation to form a political power this time. Taking turns in power will make our cooperation more perfect. I agree with this, but in On diplomatic issues, the difficulties between us are indeed somewhat troublesome."

Katsura Taro is a typical pro-British and pro-American figure, so in many cases, Katsura Taro will take into account the feelings of Americans in foreign policy. In terms of Britain, both sides are similar, and the opponent of the United States is Spain.

Spain also has a great influence on Japanese society and politics. His teacher Hirobumi Ito switched from Britain to Spain. And several of them are also pro-Western. So, just like that, a gap emerged between the two parties. This is a diplomatic issue and cannot be easily solved. However, some things still need to be explained clearly. If the cooperation fails, then the gains outweigh the losses. After all, if political parties and factions reach the point of fighting to the death, Juedu can do crazy things that are different from ordinary people.

"It's very simple," Katsura Taro said: "Since we are an island country that lacks resources, then it is up to us to decide to use a country that is more suitable for us to fight for resources and be more friendly with them. How about that?"

Saionji Temple thought about it and found that nothing was missing, so he readily agreed. However, what he didn't know was that before he arrived, Katsura Taro had already asked people to negotiate with the United States, hoping that the United States would pay more. After urging Japan, he believed that the Americans would respond quickly, even impatiently, because Japan's overtures would definitely make the United States worry less about the possibility of Japan and Spain joining forces. Therefore, the United States will most likely agree.

"You two, hurry up, our help is coming."

Xiyuanji Gongwang and Katsura Taro were both stunned. This must be fast. Although they both used "fast" to describe it, they represented their own thoughts.

The former looked at the latter with some doubts, and began to doubt the other party. What happened to him because of his cleverness. Although Katsura didn't avoid it, the small pride in his eyes betrayed him.

So he asked Dashanyan: "How much assistance has been given?"

"How much assistance has been given?" Dashanyan didn't understand what it was.

"It's the payment from the United States." Katsura Taro looked at his beloved general with some dissatisfaction.

"But, this is clearly Spain's offer to assist our bombers!" Dashanyan's face turned red with excitement as he directed the bombers.

"What, assist our bombers? Are you sure?" Xiyuanji Gongwang and Katsura Taro looked at Dashanyan in shock. He asked again in disbelief.

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