Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Lu Xun was actually worried at the beginning. Although he was absolutely clear about Spain's support for him, Spain's Alfonso XIII's national consultation still caused a huge storm in the world, including East Asia far away from Europe. Especially their allies, so Lu Xun still conveyed his concerns to Madrid through secret channels.

However, the final result that came back made him relieved. Spain still supported him as always, but it just wanted to change the way.

Seeing the serious expressions on their faces, he felt the same and understood their concern for the fate of the country.

Said: "Spain has no intention of giving up supporting us, it's just that it doesn't want to be as obvious as before. I believe you have also seen this. The economic support is still the same as before, and the payment given to us is still the same as the world's largest. Discounts, free or free, and military support continue. In addition to the Jiangxi last month, we now have three battleships in our navy. The Jiangzhe, Fujian, and Jiangxi are now ours. It has also joined the ranks of the world's navies, with three battleships exceeding 10,000 tons. In the Far East, it is only second only to Japan and Thailand. Of course, in the Pacific, we are now second only to Spain, The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan are not much different from Thailand. Therefore, you can continue to see Spain supporting us."

"But, Prime Minister, in general, Spain's declaration of war exhaustion still makes us very passive. After all, Spain is the cornerstone of our foreign diplomacy and military development, and it is also the source of stability for us to fight against Japan. Now Spain is like this , will it put more pressure on us? After all, Japan has been spying on us for a long time, so they think about it and are now interested?"

Hu Hanmin still couldn't let go of his worries and said: "Moreover, I can find that other countries are also following suit. For example, France, the colonial power in Vietnam and Laos in the south, is now also expanding its presence in the south of Lingnan. The Kuomintang is very powerful. Pressure. However, the United States and Britain are naturally checking and balancing France. In the north, Yuan Shikai continues the Japanese singing, and the Americans also participate from time to time. However, Russia, the biggest host and guest, is struggling in Europe. But it has been reduced. Japan's checks and balances put a lot of pressure on Yuan Shikai. Li Yuanhong felt the most comfortable, but it was only temporary. Although we didn't have much pressure. But the support of Japan and the Qing Dynasty in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 Gaining control of the Taiwan Islands made us feel uncomfortable all over.

This also forms a geographical form that is unfavorable to us, so we still have huge potential pressure.”

Hu Hanmin's words attracted Cai E's strong agreement. As a naval marshal, he understood the crisis facing his navy. It was almost the same. Now their navy would be surrounded by the Japanese navy. If it weren't for the Spanish navy, And in Guam outside Taiwan. It looks like the Japanese navy is encircling Taiwan, and their naval forces will definitely double the pressure. Therefore, Cai E is absolutely dissatisfied with Japan's current rule of Taiwan. Therefore, Hu Hanmin's words hit the pain deep in his heart.

In fact, not only Cai E, but also Lu Xun and Tan Yankai were heartbroken. The territory controlled by Taiwan and China was actually occupied by Japan for more than ten years. This is definitely a very angry thing for the Chinese people. In one generation, one generation after another Human suffering is something that absolutely cannot be forgiven by anyone.

"The British are very hateful, but I have to admit it. The British are also very smart. They knew that they were far away from East Asia, so they vigorously cultivated Japan, the evil ghost of East Asia, to cause trouble in East Asia. In the end, they succeeded. They overthrew the Qing Dynasty and cultivated the Japanese monster to continue to attack Russia's eastward policy. Russia was firmly locked there by Japan and could not go to sea to dominate.

And we are called their victims. These British are really strategic ambitions. They are worthy of being the most powerful colonial country in the world."

Chen Shaobai sighed and said that the power of Britain can be felt by all countries in the world. There is no country in the world that does not know how powerful the British are, because they have either been colonized or semi-colonized, or have had wars, so they all understand it very well. The great thing about the British.

"Sooner or later, we will need Japan to repay the Taiwan issue. We cannot rush if we want to, so we still let it go. However, we can move forward in other aspects."

Seeing that they were all successfully attracted, Lu Xun said: "For example, you were worried that Spain would not participate in the war casually, but you have already made a plan."

"What do you mean?" several people asked in unison. After saying that, everyone looked at each other and smiled.

Lu Xun also asked with a smile: "Don't you realize that the four old countries in South America, why until now, they still don't panic at all about the outside world's news about Spain?"

"They should be mainly because they are far away from the war zone, and there are only 160,000 troops compared to the United States. This is something that the whole world knows, so these countries do not take it to heart." Hu Hanmin added: "It is said that the combined military forces of these countries now exceed those of the United States, and with the addition of the three new South American countries, the number is even greater, so they think they are not under much threat."

Lu Xun shook his head, it was really like this, but the answer he wanted was this. So they came back and said: "

Very good, but this is not the point. The point I want to say is that these countries are all allies, the new three countries, and the old four countries. These are all allies of Spain. And one thing you should also notice is that there are not no threats there. Understand that their powerful opponents, such as Argentina, have been almost as powerful as Chile with the help of the United States in recent years. However, Chile has developed rapidly, so Argentina has only developed slowly, but the United States will obviously take care of this. The South American allies, therefore, began to invest economically, and also provided a lot of military equipment, even surpassing Chile in military terms, and Brazil, Britain's economic colonial partner, also began to request military assistance from Britain, so, Now Brazil is also developing rapidly as if it is awakening, and don't forget to send the enclaves of Suriname in the northeast, where the British, French and German colonies are located, and the transit port is close to Venezuela.

Therefore, it is not true that they are not threatening. It should be said that they are aware of this, so they stick together for warmth. The old four countries and the new four countries are now cooperating more harmoniously. Now the cooperation of this group, together with Spain, has political influence in South America that is no weaker than that of the United States and Britain, and surpasses France and Germany. It has become a three-power competition with the United States and Britain for hegemony. Do you understand? "

Tan Yankai asked with some uncertainty: "The Prime Minister wants to say that we should also look for our own regional allies like them. While connecting to Spain, we should also find an ally in the region that can serve as a balance point, and then we can I want to achieve the goal of protecting my power in the region like South America.”

Chen Shaobai, Cai E and others were also enlightened. Yes, they can do it, why can't they themselves, so they thought to themselves.

"However, among our potential allies in Asia, it seems that Thailand is the only one. Is it Thailand?" Chen Shaobai asked.

Lu Xun did not intend to pull aside, so he nodded and said: "The news from Spain is that they hope that we can form a combination to cultivate friendship between the military and the people, and then we can promote the region and serve as Spain's influence in the world. The fulcrum of

"Then Spain can use the influence of our countries to influence the general trend of the world. It is really amazing. This Spanish policy maker has a vision that transcends time and space. Imagine that all the countries in South America combined will become a region. By then, Spain will become a superpower, second only to global powers such as the United Kingdom, Spain and France. With such a combination, Spain will be able to fight with other major powers in the world and work with regional powers to attack other major powers in the world or other regions. The reason for the country is that, of course, these regional powers or alliances are more willing to have such backing. Therefore, when the time comes, with such a strong alliance, I really don’t know what kind of changes will happen to the world. Although the United Kingdom is powerful, it is based on the independent operation of each country. However, under an alliance mechanism like Spain, no matter how powerful the United Kingdom is, it will be defeated in an instant. It is even more difficult to defeat this not a real superpower. They are not as good as Britain, and they only deserve to show off their power in Europe."

Cai E was amazed. This designer was so amazing that people dared not look up to him.

However, Chen Shaobai was somewhat reluctant to agree with his idea. Chen Shaobai worriedly said: "With Spain's precise calculations, when our allies develop to a certain level, or even threaten them directly, will they be affected by it?" Are you worried about us?"

Lu Xun smiled a little, and then said: "The world will not be just Spain singing alone. You know, we will not really touch Spain's interests. After all, when the time comes, Spain will introduce many rules. I understand Alfonso XIII too much, he will not sit back and watch me, we threaten them."

"(To be continued...)