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1886 European upheaval

In the era when telegraph technology was just popular, the global information transmission efficiency was not that strong. Due to technical conditions, telegraphs could only use the shortest words to convey complex information.

Of course it is very easy for ordinary people to send a telegram. For example, "The father returns quickly after illness", "The son is the second place", and "receive the station at 9 o'clock on the 16th". It is simple and clear. The person who receives the telegram will know what is going on at a glance.

However, it is difficult to transmit secrets of military and state affairs with telegrams, because many commands are very complicated, especially the description of the war situation. I hope that one or two sentences can explain it clearly? That is simply impossible.

For example, a telegram says "The Chinese people win in the Battle of Vladivostok". What can be clearly written? A miserable victory? A small victory? A crazy victory? How to divide the territory? Annihilation or a siege? How many commanders are still alive? Has the treaty been signed?

These specific details cannot be expressed in a telegram at all. In other words, it takes a long time for Europeans to understand the details of the Far East War to understand the details.

There is a time difference here. If you play well, Xiao Letian's media battle will be easier.

On the second day after the joint fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca, the prime ministers and kings of European countries finally received a slightly more comprehensive telegram.

The news of the Chinese winning streak finally reached Europe. All politicians and strategic analysts were shocked that day. Even analysts who were most optimistic about the Chinese speculated that the Chinese were a tragic victory or a draw.

But I never expected that it would win wildly. The entire Tsarist Russian maritime reinforcements and land Cossack reinforcements were all surrounded and annihilated and surrendered in an established manner. Vladivostok had long been captured.

To everyone's expectations, all previous plans must be invalidated and re-formulated.

The first one to jump out of the street was not Tsarist Russia but the French. The French Foreign Ministry publicly stated in the newspaper that "This is a barely invasion of the Chinese people. They tore up the Sino-Russia Beijing Treaty. They are trampling on European civilization..."

The entire statement is said to have been drafted by Napoleon III himself, with blood and murderous intent between the lines!

Napoleon understood his meaning very well, which was to elevate the nature of this war from the hot war between the Chinese and Tsarist Russia to the challenge of the Chinese to the entire European civilization.

The continuous smear of the Chinese people means only one, "I don't recognize the result of this war. We need to intervene. We must unite all Europe to intervene in this war!"

This is not only Napoleon III's abacus, but also the small abacus in the minds of many European powers. Let's not talk about Tsarist Russia. At least Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries have this idea.

As Benjamin said, what Britain needs is that Tsarist Russia and the Chinese people will bleed and weaken each other in the Far East, rather than really making the Chinese people stronger.

Now Xiao Letian has won like a fierce victory against the will of heaven, so the follow-up can no longer follow his wishes.

The first step is diplomatic interference. The whole of Europe formed a joint research team to investigate and evaluate the definition of this war. Is the Chinese invading or just supporting local indigenous uprisings? The characterizations are different, and the results will not be the same.

The second step is to not recognize the justice of the Chinese war. Europe must maintain the China-Russia Beijing Treaty, which is also a matter of maintaining the face of the entire Europe in Asia.

As long as the justice of the Chinese war is not recognized, Europe can protest and exert diplomatic pressure, forcing the Chinese to withdraw troops and release prisoners of war, and then accept the harsh conditions of the Europeans at the negotiating table.

The third step is that if the Chinese people do not accept the European ruling, then Europe will make the next step of punishment preparations, and countries are preparing to gather their troops for armed intervention.

Tsarist Russia and France were determined to send troops, and Britain would also come to fight for soy sauce. In the future, some small European countries would definitely come to join in. After the coalition forces set sail to Asia, the emerging Chinese were simply unable to resist.

The French emperor's abacus is like this, and the small abacus of many countries is like this, but they never expected that they would hit a nail in the face of powerful public opinion.

Six hours after the French emperor's fierce announcement was issued, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Russia also issued their own statements.

Regardless of whether the tone of each country is strong or weak, whether it is doubtful or firmly believe, they all support France in their emotions, and for a moment, the entire European diplomatic community suddenly became busy.

Although the UK did not join in the fun and made a statement, the editor-in-chief of the Times actually sent a documentary of an interview with Benjamin in his private name.

Benjamin expressed his concerns about the situation in the Far East with a very tactful diplomatic tone, and indirectly believed that the Sino-Russia Beijing Treaty was not to be provoked, which was also indirectly supported France's attitude.

For a moment, the shouts of fighting and killing against the Chinese and Xiao Letian resounded throughout Europe, and newspapers from all countries began to deeply decipher the war in the Far East.

Unexpectedly, this unhealthy trend lasted for 24 hours. Just 24 hours after the French Emperor issued the statement, dozens of newspapers and magazines in Prussia, including the mainstream media in Austria and Italy, suddenly issued a series of questions and questions.

"Who is the traitor who violates the treaty? Who is responsible for this war? What happened in the Far East?"

The newspapers directly threw out some evidence chains from the previous series of Chinese Oriental reports. "Good Europeans, please keep your eyes open. The real evidence has been placed in front of everyone. Do we have no analysis of our own?"

The people were in full swing, and all Chinese oriental newspapers were dug out again, and the Chinese people's explanation of this war was deeply popularized.

People’s wisdom has already been opened, so don’t even think about blinding them again. Europeans are not stupid, they are not that easy to cheat!

One side is the politicians who cursed and shouted loudly, while the other side is civilized and reasoned, using photos, personal evidence, physical evidence, time, place, and circumstantial evidence from third parties... these iron-like facts are clearly explained. Who do you make the people believe?

The Paris underground printing organization that had just been cleaned was revived, and the flying tabloids began to be passed on again. Workers, petty bourgeoisie, and enlightened intellectuals shared these extras through their own channels.

Many citizens often find that a thin number is stuffed into the crack of their door at around 5 o'clock in the morning. Citizens who went out to buy milk secretly looked around and hurriedly hid the number at home.

These underground publications protected by the Prussian spy network explained to the people of France what kind of war the Far East was, and also analyzed the sinister intentions of Napoleon III to continue the war.

"Enlightened French citizens, just as the gap between the rich and the poor in China continues to widen, the unemployment rate remains high, and the people are suffering, the nobles once again want to start a war!"

"Does France's treasury have too much money and no place to spend it? Do you have to avenge Tsarist Russia? Stand for that barbaric country? Use the lives of French warriors to maintain that brutal rule?"

"No! We must not let this happen! How can we add another handful of oil to a difficult life! The poor people who were massacred in the Far East, like us, are oppressed people!"

"Reason, there are always justice and axioms in this world! Don't miss the lies of liars and the IQ of the people! We will definitely not be cannon fodder for kings and nobles!"
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