"Really?" When the report was sent to Xu Jie, Xu Jie's first reaction was not anger, but trouble. Being angry would not help, and as the British speculated, China could not be because of some of the British.

Attack and actually declare war. After all, China has done this kind of thing before. For example, in the second Sino-Russian War, it attacked the French transport ship transporting supplies to Russia. At most, the two sides just protested and then ended the matter. The French

Continue to transport, and then China will take the time to continue fighting. We are all great powers, and the great powers cannot really use knives and guns for trivial matters! In history, Germany sank an American merchant ship, causing hundreds of American casualties.

After the war, the United States did not immediately declare war, and under the protests of the United States, Germany also restrained itself. More importantly, from the current point of view, most of China's export materials are still exported to the Allies, and no one has trouble with money.

Protest is for sure, but protest alone is obviously not enough. The most direct and effective way is to send escort warships, but it is obvious that the Chinese Navy can ensure the safety of maritime transportation at its own doorstep, but it can travel thousands of kilometers away to

The Persian Gulf is indeed difficult. Historically, the Americans could build hundreds of flatbed destroyers for anti-submarine purposes, but China did not have that

I don't have the energy and interest. It would be fine if the British simply attacked the Allied merchant ships, but you can't bear to attack the Chinese ones as well. Faced with this situation, Xu Jie really couldn't come up with any decent solution for the moment. Too much

If it is too light, it will be useless; if it is too heavy, it will be detrimental to itself. Just as the British expected, China's goal is the dying Russia.

"The war will continue, and the more miserable it will be, the better! It will be sooner or later that the Americans join. Likewise, we also need to let the United States do a good job of bloodletting in Europe. And in order to keep this war going, the blood transfusions to the Allies will be

It is necessary, if this is part of China's strategy. Only when the Allies and the United States are beaten badly and tired, can we safely eat Russia!" Xu Jie said to himself while looking at the map.

Russia is almost finished. If it had been earlier, I am afraid that the crown of the Nomanov dynasty will fall this year amid internal and external troubles. Britain and France are still attacking Germany vigorously, although the effect is limited. But the fatigue is fully visible. In the consumption of positional warfare

In China, Germany, which has a disadvantage in terms of resources, is always the weak side. The United States is the last

Will enter the war next year, if the Allies do not make any big achievements. I am afraid that when the United States enters the war, the Allies will fall into the abyss. China's blood transfusion to the Allies is imperative! But it is a pity that whether it is the Allies or China,

Neither has the ability to maintain the safety of this blood vessel across the Indian Ocean!

What is even more frightening is that even now this blood vessel that was not very smooth by the British submarine may be cut off at any time in the new year. The German High Seas Fleet has been forced to fight on two fronts. At the same time,

To contain the British Royal Navy and the Russian Navy, this is an impossible task. The British Royal Navy has begun to reach its peak. If Jericho is bolder, he can send some warships to the Mediterranean and at the same time deploy some land forces.

When participating in the battle in North Africa, the current situation is that Britain and France have a great advantage on the western front. Although they cannot easily break the opponent's defense line, it is still possible to detach some troops to deal with the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies, which can only be regarded as third-rate. Once the control of the sea in the Mediterranean is lost,

. will cause the Suez Canal to return to the hands of the Allied Powers. Then the Allied Powers' navies will have to huddle in the Mediterranean, and the British will regain control of the Indian Ocean. This will lead to the interruption of this route that was opened not long ago.

If the three countries of Germany, Austria and Italy are almost tied with the three countries of Britain, France and Russia, then after the Americans join, the three Allied Powers will be at a disadvantage when facing the Four Allied Powers. Although China does not want Germany to control Russia too much, it also does not want it

Germany failed, because if Germany failed, it would directly lead to the Allied Powers

The center of gravity of the group moved eastward. In order to firmly contain the attention and power of Britain, France and the United States in Europe, Germany must win this time! And it must obtain certain benefits! This requires that this transportation line be extended as much as possible, and it also requires that the transportation line be extended as much as possible.

The Allied fleets in the Mediterranean could hold on as long as possible.

Faced with the constant attacks on maritime transportation lines, the Allies tried their best to escort them. However, the Italian Navy, which was the leader of the Allies in the Mediterranean, was really unable to complete this task. Therefore, on the one hand, the Allies requested China to provide more anti-submarine equipment.

On the other hand, China is required to provide some old

The warships were appropriately improved to be used as anti-submarine ships. At the same time, among the merchant fleets in large formations, the Allies also armed some merchant ships as escort forces. In World War I, many merchant ships were sunk by submarines using deck guns or forced to land. Some

After arming merchant ships, submarines can only use torpedoes. The efficiency will naturally decrease.

If it were just like this, Xu Jie could only turn a blind eye to the British actions. Both sides aimed at not completely breaking up as their bottom line. But an accident made this already somewhat uncomfortable matter

The stable situation completely deteriorated. On February 3, 1916, a Chinese cruise ship carrying about 200 tourists to Spain was attacked by a British submarine near the southern entrance of the Red Sea.

Originally, this cruise ship was really going to a neutral country, but the British, who were already red-eyed, were ordered to intercept any ship trying to pass through Suez. But the captain didn't know it. It was said that this was a cruise ship and it was going to

Neutral country, from an economic point of view

He said that taking the Suez Canal was much closer than going around Africa, so he chose the shortcut as a matter of course. Although British submarines are very arrogant, they usually attack cargo ships and have never attacked passenger ships. But this

Once, this Chinese cruise ship met with tragedy.

Under the coercion of deck guns, the cruise ship finally ran aground on the coast of Italian Somalia, causing hundreds of casualties. This situation was simply unbearable for the Chinese government! This was a real lie-in-arms!

The British launched the attack based solely on their subjective assumptions! This logic of "I'll fire when I think it's time to attack" is absolutely intolerable to Xu Jie!

Silence. When the incident happened, the British government did not receive any protest from the Chinese government. Even the British diplomats who had prepared the response early felt a little uncomfortable. This situation is not right! In the past, if something happened, they would protest.

, now that such a big thing has happened, can we just let it go? The British will not believe that the other party will give in like this. When the storm is brewing, it gives people a feeling that the wind is about to come, but this time, the British have already

Feel the storm brewing!
Chapter completed!