During the Spanish-American War, the United States, with the secret help of Britain and France, successfully launched a comprehensive war against Spain. At that time, the U.S. naval fleet and the navy of the Far East were in a state of relatively the same tonnage.
If the relationship between the Far East and the United Kingdom has always been confusing, then the relationship between the Far East and the United States is very obvious, because during the Hawaii incident and the Alaska incident, the Far East had already been at odds with the United States, but the U.S. authorities at that time
The strategy was to consolidate America's hegemony.
The failure of Hawaii was a slap in the face to the Americans, but Alaska did not count, because Americans were not optimistic about the prospects of Alaska from the bottom of their hearts. In addition, during the special period at that time, Tsarist Russia’s tough attitude and the mediation of various countries
, and finally ended up calling for peace.
When the Spanish-American War broke out, although the Far East pretended to be in alliance with Spain, it did not make any obvious moves in actual behavior. This made the United States, Britain, and France feel relieved, but
Little did they know that Li Ningyu had already secretly reached a secret agreement with the Spanish royal family.
There are actually several reasons for Spain's decline. The first is the suppression from the British Empire, the world's hegemon. After all, Britain has always been on guard against Spain. The second is that uprisings and civil wars have continued to break out in Spain's overseas colonies for a long time, and Spain
It cannot be stopped in a short period of time; third: Spain's colonies are too scattered and cannot be developed intensively; fourth: long-term domestic violence and economic depression; fifth: internal struggles at the top management level.
To this end, Li Ningyu came up with several good ideas. The first is to abandon Spain and its overseas colonies and only keep Africa. After all, Africa is relatively close; the second is to reach a commercial alliance with the Far East. Spanish businessmen can establish a commercial alliance with the Far East.
Free exchanges of commerce and trade throughout the country; third: eliminate diehards within one year and end the civil war in Spain; fourth: develop advantageous industries, such as industry, agriculture and fishery; fifth: lower taxes and encourage people to
People participate in production, narrowing the gap between rich and poor.
In fact, Spain at that time still had a very good foundation in the industrial field, which was no worse than the Far East, which was blocked by various countries, especially in shipbuilding, steel refining, industrial mining, production construction, textile chemicals, energy and electricity, etc.
Industry, agriculture also covers an area of 33.31 million hectares. At that time, 25.17 million hectares of land were used and 16.65 million hectares of arable land were available.
Under Li Ningyu's persuasion, Queen Mother Maria finally decided to return the power to Alfonso XIII. However, at that time, the Far East needed to vigorously build various sectors and invest a large amount of military expenditures in building new ships, so there was no financial resources.
Help Spain.
With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, the young Alfonso XIII, under the secret guidance of Queen Mother Maria and Li Ningyu, successively sent out militants and die-hards in Spain. In the end, the Spanish-American War failed.
Those Spanish die-hards who blocked Alfonso XIII's reforms resigned one after another, and then the political power in Spain was completely in the hands of Alfonso XIII.
After the Spanish-American War was declared over, the Far East directly took over the Philippines, while the United States took some territories in South America. In this war, which seemed to be a great defeat for Spain and a great victory for the United States, in fact, the biggest beneficiary was the Far East.
But just when countries are preparing to start their own enclosure movements.
Reforms have already begun in Spain. According to Li Ningyu's suggestion, Alfonso XIII adopted the reform of state-owned enterprises and sold some ancillary industries and irrelevant enterprises directly to Spanish businessmen for management. The government mainly
Control and operate major businesses and industries.
For example, ships, steel, electricity, energy, etc. Then Spain, like Germany, Austria-Hungary, and France, proposed loans, and the main collateral was Spanish land in Africa. To a loan agreement like Spain's, countries naturally agreed without hesitation.
Come down.
Spain successively borrowed a total of 150 million pounds from Germany, Austria-Hungary, and France, of which only 100 million pounds was invested in domestic construction and production, while the other 50 million pounds was used to build a 150,000-ton ship.
A new fleet, but this money can only build warships, and the annual maintenance and use costs are paid by the Far East.
Why?
Because the authorities of various countries did not know that this was another good move by Li Ningyu, especially many years later, the Far East successfully resisted the French coalition. After the South China Sea War, France announced its surrender. The 50 million pounds that Spain originally borrowed from France were directly transferred to France.
The loan of 50 million pounds from France not only made Spain's domestic industry full of vitality again, but also made France, which failed after the war, even more dilapidated.
The end of the Spanish-American War was followed by the Anglo-Boer War. Germany also took this opportunity to start a counterattack against Britain. In order to consolidate its position in Africa, the British authorities had to put aside their affairs around the world and make every effort to resolve the war in Africa. However,
Who would have thought that the war would get longer and longer and the fighting would get bigger and bigger.
At this time, the Far East once again showed its sword in Asia, that is, a major military expansion!!!
In just two years, the Far East expanded its army twice, with a total number of 1.05 million people. This made all countries feel uneasy at the same time, especially France and Tsarist Russia in northern and southern Asia. At this time, the British also
It was discovered that the shadow of the Far East often appeared in the Anglo-Boer War, so the three countries joined forces to put pressure on the Far East.
However, at this time, Britain's voice in Asia was no longer as good as before. Especially after recruiting 500,000 troops from India and participating in the Anglo-Boer War, it no longer had many troops in Asia, so it could only send an Asian fleet to cooperate with France.
Together with Tsarist Russia, they put pressure on the Far East, intimidated them, and prepared to block the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca.
However, the Far East's powerful maritime weapon, the attack submarine, has made all countries understand a profound truth, that is, the Far East Navy at this time is no longer the former Far East Navy. If you want to give it a try, the Far East is willing to accompany you at any time.
After the attempt to blockade the sea was defeated, various countries accelerated their pace. British India continued to cause troubles in the border areas and attempted to have war with the late Qing government. France also began to penetrate into the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan areas, and Tsarist Russia also invaded Lushun and Northeast China.
The region increased troops in an attempt to curb the development of the Far East to the Northeast.
Until the Far East and Tsarist Russia reached an agreement, Tsarist Russia had already acquired the ice-free port of Luda in the Far East and dispatched the Asia Squadron to station it, becoming Tsarist Russia's main naval strategic base in the Far East.
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