Chapter 455 Five-Nation Alliance Forces
Chapter 455: Fourteen-Nation Alliance
On August 1876, 8, fourteen countries including Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Austria, Brussels, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt and Romania jointly issued a telegram to attack the Russian pseudo-republican government.
This matter was not arranged by Shao Quanzhong, but by the British big brother.
The rebellion of the rebels and the establishment of a republican government were seen by the monarchical imperialist countries as acts of treason and betrayal.
Look, the entire Eurasian continent is made up of monarchies, and you actually assassinated the old emperor and then killed the successor emperor and his younger brother?
If this kind of thing becomes a trend and the people of our country follow suit, won't the sanctity of our emperors and kings be challenged, and their lives and property be in danger?
Of course, privately, everyone thought that Queen Victoria was furious because her first love was assassinated. But Britain is still the world leader, and a call will attract many people.
Something happened in St. Petersburg. Two czars died in succession. When the news reached the front line, the soldiers on the front line lost their allegiance and stopped fighting. They kept retreating and some simply surrendered to the German-Austrian coalition.
The Allies lost a capable general, so Britain and France were not going to do it. As for Germany and Austria, they were already chasing the Russian army and happily joined the telegram.
However, Britain and France were fighting on the Western Front, so where would they have extra troops to attack Russia? Most of the other co-signers were just joining in the fun and expressing their opinions in front of Britain.
As for sending troops——Huh? Okay, okay, we are mobilizing troops, just wait.
Only Shao Quanzhong, the son-in-law of the Romanov family, really contributed.
Barely one hour after the announcement was made, Prime Minister Potowski of the United Kingdom of Crimea, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, personally led a mechanized tank division of the Grand Duchy of Crimea on a train to Moscow and headed north.
At the same time, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia each sent a division, which together with a division from the Grand Duchy of Crimea formed a four-division Russian royalist force.
They were a day late, as three mechanized infantry divisions advanced northward into the northern foothills of the Caucasus Mountains.
Bulgaria and Türkiye responded by announcing that they would each send a division to attack northward.
The next to respond was Daxia. In his capacity as Grand Marshal of the Navy and Army of Daxia, Shao Quanzhong issued an order to attack the fake government of Lucia.
The Daxia army moved as ordered.
A mechanized division of the Anhui New Army stationed in Georgia, Song Qing's division stationed in Baku, Liu Kun's unit of the Jiangxi New Army stationed in Baghdad, Xu Bangdao's unit of the Chu Army stationed in Istanbul, Liu Jintang's unit of the Hunan Army stationed in Sinai, Ma Zhan'ao's unit of the Tianfang New Army, and Ivan's unit of the Cossack Brigade stationed in Cyprus began to mobilize at the same time.
Lin Taizeng, admiral of the Russian Mediterranean Fleet stationed in Istanbul, had just returned from a meeting in Zhanjiang and immediately led his troops to Sinai and Cyprus to pick up people.
At the same time, on the mainland of Daxia, Dong Fuxiang led two divisions from Ili and Kokand provinces as the backbone, mobilized four vassal divisions from Khiva, Bukhara Khanate, Kazakh Khanate, and Afghanistan, and mobilized six divisions to march northward, heading towards Western Siberia.
The Qing Empire, a vassal state of Bactria, obeyed the order. General Jirhonge of Heilongjiang led one regiment of troops, and General Yiktang'a of Jilin led two regiments of troops to march towards the Far East of Russia. A cavalry division of the Mongolian New Army marched north from Lake Baikal.
Nie Shicheng, the governor-general of Bei'a in the Qing Dynasty, led two divisions and two brigades on transport ships, crossed the Bering Strait from North America, and headed for Siberia.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the shogun of the Northern Fuso shogunate of the Bactrian Kingdom, sent a division of the Taiping Army northward from Hokkaido and invaded Sakhalin Island.
Daewongun of the Joseon Dynasty was a super fan of Shao Quanzhong. Without getting Shao Quanzhong's order, he took the initiative to ask for orders and ordered General Yu Zaiyuan to mobilize 20,000 troops to prepare to attack the Far East of Russia together with General Yiktang'a of Jilin.
If Shao Quanzhong gets angry, there will be millions of dead bodies. The core areas of Liangjiang, Liangguang and five provinces have not moved their troops. Daxia's army to attack Russia has reached 19 divisions and 3 brigades, plus the people of the Li Dynasty, a total of people.
Among them, the Anhui New Army, Song Qing's troops, Liu Kun's troops, the Hunan Army Liu Jintang's troops, the Chu Army Xu Bangdao's troops, the Tianfang New Army Ma Zhan'ao's troops, two divisions of the Yihao New Army Dong Fuxiang's troops, and two divisions and two brigades of the North American Nie Shicheng New Army were all elite mechanized forces, including two tank divisions.
Together with the four divisions of the Crimean United Kingdom and the Bulgarian and Turkish divisions, the army that attacked the Russian pseudo-republican government reached 25 divisions and 3 brigades, with a total of people.
In Simferopol, Grand Duchy of Crimea, the Romanov family cried bitterly.
Shao Quanzhong's mother-in-law, the frail old queen mother, held her daughter's hand and said, "Your father did a lot of bastard things, and the only wise decision was to marry you to Shao."
"Shao is a very particular person. Your father values him well. Now that our Romanov family is in trouble, he is the only one who supports us."
"Reporting to Grand Duchess Maria, Hailing called and said that the special prince Shao Quanzhong respectfully requested the new emperor to take the throne of Tsar."
On that day, the eight-year-old Nicholas II, the son of Alexander III, was crowned Tsar of Russia in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Simferopol, Crimea.
Potowski, the first Prime Minister of the Crimean United Kingdom who went to the war to support the emperor, was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Empire, with full authority to handle Russian affairs.
…………Hailing, Qiao Garden.
Maybach, the technical vice president of Wen's Automotive Company, drove the car himself. In the back seat, Shao Quanzhong and Mr. Benz, the vice chairman of Wen's Automotive Company, sat side by side.
A hand-built Maybach luxury car that looked like a vintage car circled the Qiao Garden twice, but the test drive ended not long after it had driven.
"Our company produces both Mercedes-Benz sedans that cost three hundred dollars and Maybach luxury cars that cost more than three thousand dollars."
"This new kind of enjoyment will definitely change the way people travel, and we will make a lot of money."
Shao Quanzhong knew this without Mr. Benz reminding him.
"Well, Lao Ben, don't just think about making money."
"Start developing light transport vehicles right away. With so many companies in Daxia, the demand for vehicles for short-distance transport of goods won't be small. By then, transport vehicles may not make less money than cars."
"Okay okay."
Benz and Maybach walked away with the pace of newly rich people. Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Let's go see Diesel. Why is he so slow?"
"Diesel vehicles are what I want. Wheeled personnel carriers, heavy transport vehicles, and tanks all need diesel to be powerful."
"Once this thing comes out, all steam cars will be eliminated, and steam engines can only be used in trains, workshop power spindles and steam ships..."
Shao Quanzhong went to urge the research and development of diesel engines. Not far from Xiaoxiangya, Zhang Siwen took Zeng Xiaoyi and walked into the villa area of Xiaoxiangya Science Academy.
The villa area is built in the peach forest of Xiaoxiangya. It is surrounded by the peach forest, with rockery behind it and an artificial lake in front. More than 300 single-family villas are arranged in a staggered manner.
Great scientists from all over the world live here.
Scientists sound impressive, but in this era, most of the aristocrats and wealthy people did their own research.
Even in the academies of sciences of various countries, there are many scientists living in poor conditions.
We are the only one in the world that respects scientists so much and treats them so well.
There are too few scientists in Daxia. They are valued because they are scarce. In Europe and America, where scientists are aplenty, the well-fed men do not know the hunger of the hungry men.
Look, all the top talents have been attracted by Yung Wing and MacArthur.
In the peach orchard, Tesla, Hertz and a student named Lucia were walking and chatting with their heads down, and they didn't notice Zhang Siwen and his son passing by.
Lucia is a new student. St. Petersburg is in chaos, and the outstanding students of St. Petersburg University have come to Hailing for refuge.
Tesla and Hertz got along very well with this new student who came to Hailing University and were planning to introduce him to Maxwell's school. So they brought their new junior fellow student to Xiaoxiang Cliff.
The new student Lucia is about to meet the world-famous Maxwell. He is very unsure and looks terrified, not knowing whether Professor Maxwell will accept him.
By the way, his name is “Alexander Stepanovich Popov”.
Zhang Siwen and Zeng Xiaoyi came to the door of a villa and knocked on the iron gate.
The person who came out to greet them was Zeng Xiaoyi's wife Elena.
Elena led the father and son into the living room, where two economists were chatting over a cup of tea, looking very relaxed.
Seeing the two people coming in, the older bearded man stood up and said, "My in-laws are here, Xiao Yi, this is also your home, please sit down."
(End of this chapter)