Chapter 414: Declaration without War

Chapter 414: Declaration without War

Chapter 414: Declaration without War

"Quanxiao is a well-trained kid. He is better at fighting than me, my big brother. He is so good at predicting which cloud will bring rain."

Shao Quanzhong, with his hands behind his back and his chin held high, was bragging to Grant, who had rushed over by train from Yili Province.

My second younger brother has made great progress and has become a world-famous general. Shao Quanzhong is even happier than himself. Finally, I am not the only one fighting in the Shao family.

As soon as Grant received Shao Quanzhong's call, he rushed here with great enthusiasm.

Grant was the General of Ili, and his job was to fight against the invasion of the Russians.

Now the Russians and Shao Quanzhong are in a strong alliance, and the position of General Ili has become a retirement position.

Grant has been here for several years, my thigh fat has grown back and I have gained some weight - but I'm not old yet!

When he heard that a European war had broken out and that the Marshal had declared war on the Ottoman Empire and was mobilizing him to fight, every cell in Grant's body cheered for joy and he rushed over in a hurry.

"Marshal, when are we going to send out our troops?"

"No hurry, no hurry. Come on, let's study the European war situation."

No, you called me here in such a hurry, how come you are not in a hurry anymore?
"Sven's industrialization policy in Bulgaria has been more successful than I expected. We only sent 200 Krupp gun barrels to Bulgaria, and they were able to assemble their own heavy artillery with a recoil gun carriage."

"We can produce Mauser bolt-action rifles, TNT gunpowder, shells, and bullets ourselves. The Battle of Quanxiao destroyed the elite tank division of the Ottoman Empire, and recruited 200,000 regular troops in just a few days."

"Although Bulgaria's current industrial level is still not good, it has quickly surpassed the useless Ottoman Empire. If the war continues, Bulgaria can easily deal with the Ottoman Empire on its own. Why are we in such a hurry?"

"So we declared war in vain, but we didn't actually fight?"

"Why is it a declaration of war in vain? Aren't the Chu troops under Xu Bangdao stationed at Varna Port? If the Chu troops and the Black Sea Fleet are not there, and the Ottomans open up a second battlefield, wouldn't that be a problem?"

"We can't go now. The Ottomans can't take over Bulgaria, so they'll set their sights on other places. The scale of this war will only get bigger and bigger. If we go and easily defeat the Ottomans, how can I watch the fun?"

Well, Shao Quanzhong declared war just to protect Quanxiao. Now that he sees Quanxiao rising, he is no longer in a hurry.

Emery came over with a stack of intelligence.

Emery accompanied Shao Quanzhong on a visit to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As soon as he returned, the European war had broken out and Shao Quanzhong immediately retained him to serve as Chief of the General Staff.

"Marshal, the outbreak in Europe has only been going on for eight days. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has invaded Serbia with great momentum, but has not yet encountered the main force of Serbia."

"The Russian First and Second Armies have invaded East Prussia and are heading towards Königsberg. They have not yet engaged the Germans."

"The German army on the Western Front has penetrated Luxembourg and brazenly invaded neutral Belgium, preparing to use the railway network there to launch a blitzkrieg against France. So far, the progress is going smoothly. The two small countries of Belgium and Luxembourg are vulnerable and have not yet exchanged fire with the French."

"Liu Buchan's Spanish Royal Fleet received an order from Emperor Alfonso I of France to block the Strait of Gibraltar and patrol near Toulon to prevent the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies from launching a surprise attack from the sea."

Well, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a total of three ironclad ships, and the Italian fleet was far inferior to the Spanish Royal Fleet, which inherited half of the strength of the original South China Sea Fleet. The French rear was considered safe.

"Is this all the current battle situation?"

"And Italy—"

"Hmm? Who did Italy fight? Do they still dare to fight Liu Buchan's fleet?"

"Uh, no. Italy looked around and could not afford to offend France. It could not even leave the Mediterranean. To the north was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, its ally. It joined the Central Powers, but there was nothing it could do..."

"So Italy crossed the sea to North Africa and sent 17,000 people to attack Ethiopia. The reason was that Ethiopia was now a British colony, so I was attacking Britain..." "Italy just wanted to take advantage of the chaos to grab a piece of territory. Should Liu Buchan's fleet attack Italy's transport fleet across the Mediterranean?"

Shao Quanzhong glared, "Why are we fighting? The French emperor didn't even allow us to fight, so why are we joining in the fun? If Italy can really hurt big brother Britain, wouldn't it be even more exciting? Very good, let's watch the show."

"Maria, inform Good Fruit Company that if the warring countries buy weapons from us, the price will be increased by 10% now."

Emery was stunned. "Marshal, if Italy wants to buy it, should we sell it too? We have declared war on the Allies."

"When did I declare war on the Central Powers? I declared war on the Ottoman Empire, okay? If Austria-Hungary wants to buy weapons, I'll sell them to you! Unfortunately, once the war starts, Germany's access to the sea will definitely be blocked by Britain. If they want to get weapons from the Good Fruit Company, they can only buy them through the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

"Well - wouldn't the British brother be unhappy?"

"Hey, now that Big Brother Britain has gone, it will be hard to get out. After this war, we may not have to worry about Big Brother Britain being unhappy. Of course, Big Brother is still Big Brother, but you can't stop your little brother from making money, right?"

"I bet that your Federation must be making money from both sides now, and your hands are cramping from counting the money. What can big brother Britain do to the Federation? Don't you have to hold your nose and win over the Federation?"

Shao Quanzhong declared war on the Ottoman Empire but did not fight. Logically, the Ottoman Empire's allies Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy should also declare war on the Qing Dynasty.

But these three countries are selectively deaf and cover their ears, pretending not to know.

Transport ships loaded with arms and supplies, flying the flags of neutral countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden, were still setting off from Hailing Port and heading for ports in Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Mediterranean.

From time to time, a large sum of money would be deposited into the international account of Haoguozi Company.

"Report! Xu Bangdao called and said that it was boring to stay in Varna Port. He asked if we should go south to join the war and join the Bulgarian army to counterattack into Thrace of the Ottoman Empire."

"Or we can directly board the Black Sea Fleet, land in the northern Anatolian Plateau, and invade the Turkish mainland."

"Asshole! He wants to show off his abilities, right? Tell Xu Bangdao to stay in Varna."

"Also, call Quan Xiao and tell him to just defend Bulgaria and not to counterattack the Ottoman Empire. It's not time for us to take action yet."

"Report, Good Fruit Company reports that Zeppelin has led the third technical team to create the first small airship."

"Huh? So fast? It's only been four days, how is that possible? Let's go, Lao Ge, Xiao Ai, let's go and take a look."

Two hours later, at the weapons testing site of Haoguozi Company in the eastern suburbs of Hailing.

An airship slightly larger than a hot air balloon ignited and took off, flying slowly under Shao Quanzhong's nose.

"It really worked? Zeppelin, why are you so effective?"

"Report, this is because, Your Highness, your third technical team has been established for more than a year. This airship was not actually built by me. They made it according to the appearance drawing you gave. It couldn't fly before, just because-"

"Wait!"

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand to stop Count Zeppelin's report, and stared in amazement at the small hill several dozen meters high to the east of the test site.

On the hill, a "big bird" took off and flew in the air.

In the center of the big bird with a wingspan of five or six meters, there is a human figure controlling it. The "big bird" flies against the wind in the air, and it looks much more impressive than the small airship here.

Shao Quanzhong muttered to himself, "No, how is it possible? There is a plane now?"

(End of this chapter)