Britain, which had restored its naval strength, was confident enough. Fubu immediately abolished the Stateless Convention and asked all British colonies to continue fighting.

The G8 demanded a joint battle against Britain, but the Chinese Empire did not respond at all. The navies of the Netherlands and Turkey were too weak. Without the support and cover of the Chinese Empire's navies, they did not dare to continue fighting with Britain.

The allies, Germany, Italy, and the Allies, France and Russia, had to form a camp to deal with Britain, and the five countries did not want the colonies that were in their mouths to spit out.

The most important thing in fighting for overseas colonies is the navy. Britain's strong naval industrial capabilities shocked the five countries. If we fight alone, no one in the navy is the opponent of Britain, but the five countries also have a way. The total number of divine bow-type battleships introduced and built by the Chinese Empire exceeded that of Britain, so the five countries formed a joint fleet to fight against the British Navy.

Although the British Navy was confident of defeating the joint fleet, that was the worst strategy, because once the fight started, both sides could not control the situation. If it evolved into the model of Thirty Years' War, it would be fatal to Britain.

In the Downing Street Council Building, United Prime Minister David, Lloyd George and Henry,

Fisher and other officials discussed countermeasures.

"Does the navy have the confidence to defeat the joint fleet?" Everyone's eyes fell on Fisher. If it were the case before, they would never have asked this. They firmly believed that the Royal Navy of the British Empire was the most powerful and undefeated. However, since the Sino-British War, their confidence has been shaken. The arrogant Royal Navy was defeated by the Imperial Chinese Navy and almost destroyed the country, so they dare not be so confident anymore.

Fisher said: "Our Royal Navy is confident of defeating the five-nation joint navy!" Henry said: "I hope you are more cautious. The situation listed is that the number of new concept battleships of the five-nation joint navy exceeds ours, and they all introduced the magic bow-type battleships of the Chinese Empire Navy. The magic bow-type battleships have gone through the test of war. Although our fearless battleships also imitate the magic bow-type battleships, they have not been tested by war. If the war is defeated, the empire will never have a day to turn around. The five countries will definitely divide ours."

Fisher was under great pressure, but as the Minister of Navy, he could not retreat.

So he said, "Gentlemen, our Royal Navy has paid enough tuition fees, and we will not make the same mistake again." David was still affirming Fisher's spirit, nodded and asked, "Then let me tell you what you think!"

Fisher then said: "Although the total number of warships in the joint fleet of the five countries is far greater than that of us, they come from five different countries and their command cannot be unified. Although they now have a common goal to divide the colonies of the British Empire, the fundamental contradictions between the five countries have not changed, but have expanded. Therefore, they cannot have commanders of the unified order, and can only fight on their own. Our Royal Navy can defeat them one by one.

Henry asked, “Why do you say their conflict has expanded?”

Fisher smiled and said, "Originally, the three alliances of Germany, Italy and Austria have many conflicts of agreement with France and Russia, and are two opposing military groups. France and Russia have extensive colonial conflicts with us. They can be called enemies. Germany and Italy are emerging countries. They have given expansion of overseas colonies.

Therefore, it gradually became our enemies. The interests of the two major military groups and our colonies will conflict, but in the past the conflict between them was greater than that between them and us, because the empire was too powerful, they could not shake us. However, the British-China War ruined the prestige of the empire, so the Chinese Empire took the lead and colluded with the two major military groups to deal with us. At this time, the contradiction between the two major military groups was covered up because they had the goal of dealing with each other. They shamelessly colluded to plunder our colonies, and now they basically achieved their strategic goals and seized the colonies they had dreamed of. But what they did not expect was that the colonies of the two major military groups were not bordered by the colonies of the British Empire, and they did not have conflicts of interest in the colonies, but now they are different. The colonies of the two major military groups were intertwined with each other, and their conflicts would soon erupt."

David nodded and said, "I understand what you mean! You mean that the colony we have lost now is like a bond connecting the two major military groups, and they will have to face each other's threats." Henry asked, "But does this have anything to do with your navy winning the five-nation coalition?" "Of course it has something to do with it!" Fisher smiled and said, "I wonder if you have studied the diplomatic strategy of the German Iron-blooded Prime Minister Mr. Bismarck?"

"Stop selling, say it!" David was not in the mood to play riddles. He was already in a mess. Whether he could defeat the five-nation joint fleet would become the key to Britain's life and death.

Fisher wanted to show his mission, but the other party did not give him a chance, so he had to say: "I suggest that the empire sacrifice some of its interests first, divide and disintegrate the coalition forces of the five countries. We will strive to win over one side to deal with the other side together in order to achieve the goal of defeating each other."

Henry analyzed: "What do you mean is that we choose to join one camp to deal with another camp?" Fisher nodded, not saying anything.

David frowned and said, "With that being said, which camp should we choose? How to explain to the people?"

Fisher said: "In this regard, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, Chenhao, is an expert. We should study hard with him to save him from being beaten and count money."

David and Henry couldn't help but smile bitterly. Fisher's metaphor is indeed the current situation in Britain.

Henry said, "Tell me what you think?"

Fisher then said, "I think you should understand that the Chinese Empire pretended to show goodwill to the empire this time, and they had a more dangerous strategic purpose." "That's right!" David nodded and said, "We know very well that the huge losses caused by the Chinese Empire to the British Empire will never be forgotten. We will retaliate against them sooner or later, but not now. Now our primary enemy is the seven European countries. We will first clean up our neighbors, and then we can deal with distant neighbors."

"This is about getting along with far and near. Everything has priorities and we have to do it step by step." Henry also had this attitude.

Fisher smiled bitterly and said, "So the Chinese Emperor's move is very Lou Ming. He is just hoping that we will do this. He just wants to see a war breaking out in Europe, watch us fight to the death with the seven European countries, and then he reaps the benefits of the fisherman."

Da Shang sighed! "What's the solution? We know that they have sinister intentions, but we have no choice.

You can’t just leave the enemy at your doorstep without fighting and go to war with the Chinese Empire?”

Fisher said: "So we cannot fight hard with the seven European countries and let the Chinese Empire watch the fun. What I want is Mr. Bismarck's diplomatic means, unite one side to deal with the other side, and preserve the power of the empire as much as possible without being consumed. In the future, there is a chance to seek revenge on the Chinese Empire!"

Henry nodded, understanding Fisher's intention, so he said: "Union of one party against the other should be the best solution to crack the joint fleet of the five countries, and at the same time, he can also regain some of the colonies as soon as possible."

David asked, “But which side should we choose?”

Fisher said: "His Majesty the King of England is good at diplomacy and is close to the French top leaders. If it weren't for this war, we would probably have signed a memorandum of understanding with France to avoid colonial conflicts. Germany's rise was too fast, and this time Germany seized South Africa, where the richest economic economy of the imperial colonies, where gold mines and diamonds must not be given to Germany."

David asked: "You mean we unite France and Russia to deal with Germany, Italy and Australia.

Fisher nodded and said, "Italy is a peninsula country. As long as our navy surrounds their coastline, it will force them to surrender. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has declined and has huge conflicts with Russia and Turkey, so we don't need to intervene. Germany's high seas fleet is rising 1

The German-French contradiction is irreconcilable because of territorial disputes. France will help us defeat the German navy as soon as possible."

Henry suddenly said, "What you said is indeed feasible! But war is unpredictable, and the result is generally unsatisfactory. If we join the Allies, will it lead to a full-scale war with the Allies, have you ever thought about the consequences? The whole of Europe will be a mess, and we will not be able to survive alone at that time, and we will inevitably be involved. The result is that the West declines and the East rises, and that will be the trick of the Chinese Empire?"

David nodded, this was indeed a serious problem.

Fisher smiled and said, "So we must control the situation as much as possible and place the battlefield in overseas colonies, rather than spreading to Europe. We just need to regain the German, Italian and Austrian countries that occupied our colonies. Once we take it back, we will immediately clear our relations with France and Russia, and then regain the colonies that France and Russia invade our colonies. In this way, we will take back our colonies, maintain balance between the contradictions between the Allies and the Allies, and finally we will deal with the Chinese Empire and wash away the shame."

Henry nodded and said, "This is possible!"

David also listened and said, "Let's do it, we will take it to the parliament to make a decision. It is of great importance. If you are not careful, it will lead to an unpredictable war. You must be cautious."

Subsequently, British Parliament members had a fierce discussion on the matter, and finally supported the United Allies to win a majority.

On December 28, 1906, the British House of Lords passed a resolution of historical value. This resolution caused Britain to abandon its long-standing policy of isolating the European continent. Britain decided to join the French-Russian Agreement, thus changing the historical process of Europe and even mankind, and laying a huge bomb for the world war.
Chapter completed!