After Ji's troops surrendered, it took Lin Youde a little more than a week to annex all the islands around the Philippines.
At the same time, the war mobilization in Holland is also continuing. For the time being, Lin Youde has not adjusted the industrial production in Holland because he does not want the Americans to benefit from the reduction in commodity production in Holland too early. However, the recruitment of troops
and assembly has been proceeding in an orderly manner.
By early October, Lin Youde had doubled the army forces in his hands, and continued to expand.
Since there is basically no need to worry about being beaten in the mainland, the Naval General Staff is studying the issue of where to stab the Germans.
London obviously hopes that Lin Youde will poke the Ottoman Empire, Germany's drag bottle, and capture Baghdad. At this time, London still believes that this war will not be fought to the point of death, but will be fought while colluding and compromising as before, and finally the two sides have negotiated.
Just call the gold and retreat, the losing side admits its bad luck and accumulates strength to fight again later, and the winning side cuts the cake.
But at this time, Paris was not as comfortable as Britain, which was isolated outside Europe and protected by straits and a huge fleet. The French Army fell too quickly. The two armies of Kluck and Bülow were quickly passing through Belgium.
The left flanks of the six French armies that Foch placed in front were completely exposed to the Germans, which made the French feel that a disastrous defeat like the Franco-Prussian War was close at hand.
The French hoped that Lin Youde would immediately send reinforcements to help the French army block the German offensive.
By the way, Lin Youde's wife also thought the same way, and she would blow Lin Youde's pillow every night.
But at this time, if we want to quickly dispatch troops to France, we can only use the air fleet. Although Lin Youde's air fleet is fast, it has insufficient transportation capacity. In addition, it may have to face the Ottoman Empire's Shenji troops in the middle.
The conventional troops that intercepted the Ottomans may be terrible, but the goddess is not bad, but the corrupt officials are unwilling to easily use their weapons to suppress the people in foreign wars. Even Enver, the leader of the Turkish Youth Party, cannot
Escape this rut.
Enver was not a great man. He was pushed to the forefront by chance, but he did not have the corresponding abilities.
Although no decision has been made on future operations, naval mobilization continues.
Aztec Kingdom, New Quanzhou City.
A large group of red-skinned Indians gathered in front of the gate of the Consulate General of the Commonwealth of China in Quanzhou.
These Indians have a completely different impression than when they first moved here. There is not a trace of dust on their faces, their skin is smooth and healthy, and their clothes have been replaced with better materials. They are neat and tidy. To be honest, the traditional Indian clothing has become
It seems a little weird to have to be so clean.
The leading Indian man's costume is even more weird. He actually wears a small Chinese-style round hat, which matches the clothes he is wearing and looks really funny.
He was saying to the counselor of the consulate in English with a strong accent: "Why can't we be arranged to join the federal army? What I have brought are all the best hunters in the tribe. You Chinese guns will definitely hit the target with perfect accuracy." As long as you have a hunting knife, you can
We can fight against the lion alone! Why not let us join the Aztec mercenary group?"
"Uh, we understand your wishes..."
The kind-faced and slightly fat counselor was interrupted by the Indians: "Aren't you conducting war mobilization? Doesn't war mobilization mean that all soldiers who are willing to join the army are recruited into the army?"
"But, we sheep are not mobilizing for war."
Although Lin Youde had already started fighting with Germany, Beijing Jing had not yet decided whether to join the Allies. This situation made Germany very unhappy. Zimmerman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned it every three days and threatened it every five days, and protested every day.
There are all of them, and they are almost becoming the German Protest Ministry.
However, Indians are obviously not used to looking at international affairs from such a big perspective. There was no international society when they were still a country. But when there was an international society, they had been bullied for hundreds of years.
There is no chance to get in touch with higher-level things - English has become popular among Indians these days, but there are still many Indians who cannot communicate fluently with white people at all.
This is very sad for a nation.
So the Indian leader continued to shout: "Are you discriminating against us? Are you looking down on the Indian warriors? We are all red-skinned people, that's why we want to fight alongside you!"
The counselor looked down at his skin and was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
At this moment, the door behind him opened, and Situ Meitang, who happened to be working in Xinquanzhou, came out. Situ Meitang had recently lost his title of U.S. Ambassador, and now he is Lin Youde's "big steward" in the Americas.
"I already understand your enthusiasm," Situ Meitang said to the Indian leader in English. "I will send a telegram to Helang Yabo and arrange a ship to send you there..."
"No," the Indian leader shouted, "not only us, but all the warriors of the Indian tribes are willing to fight side by side with you."
As he spoke, the leader clenched his fist with his right hand and pressed his heart, and read out in unfamiliar Chinese the propaganda slogan that Lin Youde often talks about recently: "Seek common ground while shelving differences, peaceful coexistence, and the world will be unified. We are willing to fight for this ideal."
Situ Meitang's eyes were moist for a moment. In fact, even Situ Meitang himself couldn't figure out whether Lin Youde really regarded this as public opinion propaganda as he said to his confidants, or whether he regarded it as an ideal or a belief.
However, Situ Meitang thought, wouldn't it be nice to occasionally throw away the logic of realism and immerse ourselves in this noble idealism?
With this thought, Situ Meitang put his clenched hand on his heart with a sincere look: "This is also our honor."
Goro knelt in the middle of the tatami of his dojo, waiting for his grandfather's instructions.
When Goro's grandfather was young, he participated in the Restoration War as a samurai of the Aizu clan. After the opening of Edo without blood, the old man turned into a die-hard militarist. During the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, he sent his only son to the battlefield.
And after his son died on the battlefield, he tried his best to cultivate his grandson into his ideal "samurai".
One can imagine what such an old man would think about Goro's decision to join the Chinese United Liberation Army Marine Corps.
Thinking of facing his grandfather's wrath, Goro was sweating profusely and his heart was pounding. However, he was still ready to argue with his arguments. He was going to tell his grandfather about the ideas he had received in school and convince him that the only way to become a member of the Chinese nation was to
Only by being a member can Japan have the ability to be on an equal footing with the world's great powers. However, Japan here lost to Lin Youde before defeating Russia and gaining recognition from the great powers.
Thinking of the upcoming fierce debate, the young man's mood gradually became high - even though the cold sweat on his head and back never stopped.
But the old man didn't speak.
Although he is old, the old man is still strong and strong. He can beat the juniors in the dojo and make the juniors in the dojo scream. He can stand there and do nothing without being angry and arrogant. He can shake up the place. Even the neighbors often ask the old man to be a lawyer.
In the dispute, no one dared to question the old man's decision.
Therefore, the old man's silence put tremendous pressure on Goro, causing his sitting figure to shrink smaller and smaller.
Finally, the old man spoke: "Don't turn your back when you are sitting upright!"
"Yes!" Goro straightened his back suddenly.
"Huh." The old man used this nasal sound to express his dissatisfaction. "I heard, you signed up for the job, right?"
"Yes, but Master
…”
"Shut up!" When the old man shouted, Wu Lang trembled all over and had to shut up. "As for me, I am very unconvinced by the Second Qing War (that's what Japanese diehards call it), and I still believe it until now.
, another fight will definitely not lead to this result! However, I have to admit that the Chinese have done a good job in these years. The Chinese Federation gradually has the intention to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty. "
"Wrong?" Goro was very shocked. He carefully looked at his grandfather's expression through the gaps in his low bangs, trying to figure out his intentions, but he still didn't dare to speak.
"I am a warrior. I always respect the strong and do not deceive myself or others. Of course, I am still unwilling to give in, but I must admit the achievements of the Chinese people. I have to admit it."
The old man's thoughts were obviously confused and he was a little incoherent. He said it was okay. Such an old man acted arrogantly and did not move forward at all.
"Anyway, I'm here today to prepare for our family's treasured sword."
"The federal army has canceled its sabers." Goro couldn't help but interjected.
The old man who was about to pick up the two-hundred-year-old sword that had been placed on the tatami was stunned, and then gave Goro a fierce look.
"I know! You don't need to tell me!" As he said, the old man put down the knife, thought for a while in distress, stood up, took a wakizashi from the shelf behind him, held it in both hands, and handed it to his grandson.
"Remember, in the federal army, you are not allowed to embarrass the Yamato people."
"Yes!" Goro took the knife and placed it beside him, then placed his hands and three fingers together on the tatami, and kowtowed solemnly to his grandfather.
When he stood up, the young man's heart had already flown out of this dojo, across the ocean, to the great Helang Yabo.
He held onto his grandfather's gift and left the dojo without hesitation.dd