The news that the East China government attacked the Shanghai Concession also caused quite a stir around the world. Although the East China government had already taken back the Tianjin Concession before this, it was because China was in a war at that time, and the second was because the Tianjin Concession's status in China was weaker than that in the Shanghai Concession, so it did not cause much sensation. However, the Shanghai Concession is the concession area with the longest time, the largest area, the greatest influence, and the most concentrated interests of various countries, and naturally caused the greatest response.

Consuls from various countries in Qingdao also protested or expressed concern to the East China government, but the attitude of the East China government was to use both soft and strong. On the one hand, it insisted that the attack on the concession was reasonable; on the other hand, it also expressed that it would guarantee the interests of various countries in the concession, because it had held separate talks with the consulates of the two countries in private. In addition, Foreign Affairs Commission Li Sanjie also had a separate meeting with Prince Heinrich, the head of the German Military Observation Corps, and communicated on the concession issue. After all, due to war reasons, the consulates of Japan and Russia in Qingdao had long been closed, and diplomats from Britain and France also returned to China a few days ago. Therefore, among the current neutral countries, only Germany and the United States are a major power with weight. As long as Germany and the United States settled, other countries would be irrelevant.

Although Germany has a fixed director seat in the Public Concession Bureau, it does not have much interests in the Shanghai Concession. The East China government promises that it can not only continue to guarantee Germany's interests in Shanghai, but also transfer part of the interests of Britain, France, Japan and Russia in Shanghai to Germany. Prince Heinrich is also very satisfied with this result. Although Germany's judgment on the outcome of the war is still biased towards the British and French coalition forces, so it may not dare to accept the assets of Britain and France in the concession, but Russia has no scruples about Japan and Russia. Of course, Japan has not been taken seriously by Germany again. Russia was defeated by Japan and the East China government and expelled from the three northeastern provinces. Although Japan and Russia do not have much interests in Shanghai, it seems that it is not a small one in Germany.

However, compared with Germany, which is easy to satisfy, the United States is not so easy to pass. After all, the United States' interests in the concession are second only to Britain and France, and the United States has 1-2 fixed director seats in the Public Concession Industry Department, so it has a greater say. The East China government's revocation of the concession will indeed cause certain damage to the interests of the United States. Although the East China government proposed to transfer part of the interests of Britain and France in the concession to the United States, before the war ended clearly, this suggestion was more like a blank check and had little practical significance. The United States really didn't like the interests of Japan and Russia. However, the US consul did not easily reject the suggestions of the East China government, but said that it would report to the United States domestically and make decisions.

The responses between Britain and France were naturally fierce in the East China government's attack on the concession, because Britain and France were undoubtedly the party that suffered the most losses. Therefore, the parliaments of the two countries were also in aroused enthusiasm and demanded that the country severely retaliate against the East China government. Some even shouted that they would declare war on the East China government. Fortunately, some people reminded that the country had declared war and did not make a big joke.

But after the political elites of the two countries calmed down, they found that for at least 4-5 months, Britain and France had no effective way to counter the East China government. Because the two countries are now forming a joint army within.

Although the two countries have reached a consensus on joint troops, there are still some details that need to be negotiated. However, both countries hope that they can gain the greatest benefit at the lowest price. First of all, the candidate for the commander of the joint army, because that country will undoubtedly have a greater say in obtaining this position. Britain believes that this time, it is of course mainly for the navy, and Britain will naturally obtain the position of commander; but France believes that warships are not equipped with wheels, and the final battle will still be resolved on land. In addition, it also needs to command Japan and Russia's army to fight. France should take the initiative; although the navy is mainly British, Britain requires France to dispatch at least one battleship detachment and an armored cruiser detachment; while the army is mainly France, France also requires Britain to dispatch a reorganized army division, but Britain only needs to send a regiment to ask France to send three divisions.

In addition, there are military expenditure sharing, ports that stop in the middle, distribution of interests after the war, etc. Both sides hope to make the other party bleed more and suffer less losses, so they naturally had to engage in fierce bargaining. However, neither country expected that the East China government would take the initiative.

However, the East China government's attack on the concession will wake up the two countries who are still quarreling. Britain and France realize that the East China government will not give Britain and France time to prepare calmly. Moreover, Britain and France have too many interests in China, so they are not in Shanghai. Now they are all under the threat of the East China government, and they can even expand to Southeast Asia. At present, there is basically no military force that can compete with the East China government.

However, Britain and France are modern countries after all, and immediately began to improve after discovering the problem. After urgent consultation, the two countries quickly reached four resolutions: 1. The two countries must negotiate all matters of sending troops within a week and prepare for another week. After 2 weeks, the joint fleet must set off; 2. Organize warships and troops from the two countries in Southeast Asia to form a coalition force. If the East China government wants to use troops to the two countries' colonies in Southeast Asia, it can at least be withheld for a while; 3. Try to strive for other countries in Doralong to join the coalition forces led by the two countries to deal with the East China government, expand the coalition forces and share the burdens of the two countries; 4. Try to do everything possible to put pressure on the East China government to make the East China government's actions be scruples.

The first two items are internal coordination between Britain and France, while the last two require the assistance of other countries. However, the only countries with weight now are Germany and the United States. Other countries can only support one at most and do not play much role. However, Germany and the East China government have a good relationship, and now due to the Moroccan crisis, the relationship with Britain and France is very stiff, so it is unlikely that they will join Britain and France. Therefore, Britain and France will put their main goals on the United States.

So Britain and France jointly proposed to the United States to join the coalition forces led by the two countries to deal with the East China government. At the same time, they also hope that the United States can put pressure on the East China government to force the East China government to stop fighting the concession.

The invitation from Britain and France also caused fierce debate in the United States, because the East China government's attack on the Shanghai Concession did anger many Americans. Therefore, a group of American officers suggested to the government to send troops to join the war and join the coalition forces led by Britain and France to deal with the East China government.

Now the United States' GDP value, economic scale, and industrial manufacturing power are the world's number one, and the strengthening of national strength has also boosted the confidence and morale of the people. After President Roosevelt took office, he was also actively developing military, increasing military equipment, and building large-scale warships. In recent years, he has also become much more bold in using foreign troops. In 1898, the United States provoked the Spanish-American War, defeated Spain, and won colonies such as Cuba, the Philippines. In 1900, he joined the Eight-Nation Alliance to fight against the Qing court. If this battle was not for the emergence of overseas Chinese, it would have been victorious.

These two foreign military use also greatly stimulated the US military. Although the isolation in the United States was still very strong at this time, the US military was quite confident. Many American officers hoped to go abroad to fight a war to show the strength of the US military. Of course, the US military did not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the People's Army, but this time it was led by Britain and France. Some American officers believed that the British and French coalition forces would undoubtedly win. If the United States also joined the coalition forces led by Britain and France to deal with the East China government, it would not only win easily, but also gain certain benefits, but also show the combat effectiveness of the US military to the world.

However, the head of the United States and the top military leaders still maintained a clear mind at this time, knowing that the United States should not participate in the war at this time. After the breakdown of the trilateral talks in Putzmouth, the top military leaders of the US military conducted five war chess revisions on the battle between the East China government against the British, French, Japanese and Russian coalition forces, indicating that although the East China government was at a clear disadvantage in terms of strength comparison, it was not completed without the power to counterattack. Because the Russian army in Shenyang was annihilated by the People's Army, the top military leaders of the US military were even more cautious about this war, because three military chess revisions were the People's Army that annihilated the Russian army in Shenyang before the British and French coalition forces arrived in the Far East. The worst result for the East China government was to preserve the Shandong region and some areas of the Liaodong Peninsula. The best result was to maintain the status quo. Therefore, the United States could not stand at this time, so the United States could only refuse the invitation from Britain and France.

The United States' rejection was somewhat beyond the expectations of Britain and France, and it also made the two countries more vigilant. The United States naturally would not refuse the invitation from Britain and France for no reason. It is obviously not optimistic about the two countries. This also shows that the coalition forces led by Britain and France to deal with the East China government still have weaknesses. The political elites and soldiers of Britain and France are not unreasonable arrogance. It seems that it is necessary to expand the scale and strength of the coalition forces.

But good news came, and Russia and the Netherlands responded to the call from Britain and France and decided to join the coalition forces led by Britain and France to fight against the East China government. Russia was not surprised by the joining, because Russia was already antagonistic to the East China government. Although Russia's three Pacific fleets had been annihilated, Russia was still able to gather several warships in Europe.

The Netherlands participated in the war in order to retaliate against the East China government's Java protection operation in 1903. In recent years, the Netherlands has also spent a lot of money to strengthen the construction of the navy, purchased two battleships from Britain, two armored cruisers from Italy, and built two large protective cruisers and four medium-sized protective cruisers. Of course, such troops are not enough to pose a threat to the East China government, but this time, Britain and France led the coalition forces to deal with the East China government, which allowed the Netherlands to see the opportunity for revenge, so the Dutch government immediately joined without hesitation.
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