【Second update today】

Although Britain was grateful for the economic aid of the Chinese Empire, its hostility towards the Chinese Empire was the strongest in Europe as far as the country was concerned. This was mainly because the Sino-British War and the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion of Britain caused huge damage to Britain, and forced Britain to be pulled down from the throne of the world's number one. The British, who were more face than life, naturally became resentful of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, the UK has not allowed the Chinese Empire to acquire pounds on a large scale, and has been supervising the Chinese Empire in British banks to prevent the Chinese Empire from rushing to buy depreciated pounds. Therefore, compared with the Chinese Empire's government bonds held by the Chinese Empire in other countries, the Chinese Empire only held 2.2 billion pounds of British government bonds, while the pound only depreciated 90% during the war. After the war, in order not to give the Chinese Empire a chance to profit, the British pound only appreciated to the position of 1 pound to 2 dragon coins and stopped moving. Compared with the 1:5 situation before the war, the Chinese Empire only made hundreds of millions of dragon coins on the pound, which was insignificant compared with the huge profits made in other countries.

It is precisely because of this that the Chinese Empire's plan to crack down on the British economy continued to be introduced. Tang Shaoyi's cabinet even proposed a plan to short the pound, but in the end they all gave up because of the danger of backlash of the plan.

However, the secret economic game between the Chinese Empire and Britain was not stopped. The Chinese Empire's political and business circles discovered the fatality of Britain, that is, South Africa. Therefore, a plan for South Africa was soon introduced.

Since the two British-British wars, Britain has completely controlled South Africa. Britain merged the Cape, Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State into the South African Federation and became the territory of Britain. However, soon the Sino-British War, the Eight-Nation Alliance war broke out. The Boer guerrillas, which were originally defeated, took the opportunity to reappear and raise the banner of anti-British war, but were brutally suppressed by the British army. There was no chance of development and growth, but it was not completely eliminated.

With the outbreak of World War I, Britain had to draw a large number of troops from various overseas colonies and territories to Europe to participate in the war. After Britain was defeated in the Battle of Terran, facing the possible outbreak of the German Navy's battle, the British authorities increased their efforts to draw troops from the colonies. Not only did the British local troops evacuate, but many local British descendants and pro-British soldiers also left one after another.

As a result, Britain's rule over the colonies was greatly weakened. The movements in various colonies became more and more intense. Especially not long after South Africa was occupied by Britain, the Boers hated the British very deeply, so the Boers guerrillas in South Africa expanded rapidly and occupied many cities and territories one after another.

After six years of world war, the British army made a comeback. Because the Boer guerrillas were poorly equipped and were still weapons and equipment from the last century, the British army had planes, tanks, cannons, light and heavy machine guns, and even poisonous gas bombs to assist. The British army came down from the European battlefield with strong combat power, which was no longer as cowardly as the British war during the Second British-British War. The Boer army commander made the mistake of underestimating the enemy and fought a decisive battle with the British main force, but was defeated.

After a year of fierce fighting, the Boer army was once again defeated in the mountains and forests and became guerrillas. The British army only controlled the cities and transportation lines, as well as important mining areas due to insufficient war expenses and limited military strength. The report of the British claiming to extinguish the flames of the colonial revolution was also inaccurate, and it was the result of the false report of the South African Expeditionary Command.

South African federal leader Wacker was dissatisfied with the British dispatched forces' infringement on the South African Federation. In addition, Britain only cared for local interests and plundered South African wealth. It was basically a plundering act, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the vast majority of people in the South African Federation, including British merchants, and so the call for the same autonomy as Canada was growing.

The British authorities were very nervous about the colony, which could be said to be a frightened bird. They suspected that Wacker had the smell of the Communist International, so they sent troops to arrest Wacker directly and turned the South African Federation into a military-controlled government, which immediately aroused strong protests from the South African people.

The Boer guerrillas took the opportunity to release news that Britain did not treat them as human beings at all, and wanted to steal all their property and incite the South African people to fight against Britain. At the same time, the Boer guerrillas pretended to be British officers and soldiers and mixed into the city, openly shooting and killing South Africans who were protesting, causing a bloody murder in Cape Town and Transvaal, and thousands of civilians were massacred.

As a result, the next day, all sectors of South Africa made a collective strike, class strikes, market strikes, protested against the British government, and even many South African federal officials also responded to the political reversal, demanding that the UK allow the South African federal federal **.

The British regarded the South African Federation as the lifeblood of the British economy, and naturally it was not allowed. The request of the South African Federation was rejected by the British authorities. Soon, the South African Federation Army broke with the British dispatched forces, and the South African Federation Army of Transvaal, Orange and Natal launched an attack on the British army. The British army was caught off guard and forced to withdraw from the three provinces and retreated to Cape Town Province, stabilizing the front under the cover of the British Navy.

The South African Federal Army in Cape Town joined the British camp, and South Africa split into an opposition between the three northern provinces and the one southern province, and the South African civil war broke out.

Upon hearing the news that the civil war in South Africa broke out, the Emperor of the Chinese Empire and the Supreme Commander of the Three Armed Forces Wang Chenhao immediately convened a military meeting in the imperial front to discuss countermeasures.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Army Minister Duan Qirui was immediately overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty, the South African civil war is giving the empire the opportunity to intervene."

Wang Chenhao asked with a smile: "Tell me what you think!"

Duan Qirui immediately replied: "Your Majesty, South Africa produces gold and diamonds, and Britain can restore its economy so quickly, all thanks to the plunder of South Africa. Now the empire has basically controlled the economies of France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Greece and other countries. The economy of Europe is just as bad as that of Britain, and it is all controlled by the empire. I think that as long as South Africa is lost, it will be equivalent to cutting off the lifeblood of Britain and controlling the economy of Britain will be easy."

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "The idea is very good! But if you kill South Africa, you must have an excuse!"

Wang Shizhen said at this time: "Your Majesty, I have already thought about it!"

Seeing Wang Chenhao signaling, Wang Shizhen continued: "It is naturally unreasonable for the empire to directly send troops to intervene. It does not conform to the current peaceful image of the empire, and it will easily cause disgust among the Westerners and affect the empire's image. I believe that if we provide military support to the South African Federation and support them to win the ** war, we can get the friendship of the South African Federation, so that the empire can intervene in the development of South African gold and diamond mines, earn profits for the empire, and at the same time prevent the UK from drawing nutrition from South Africa."

Navy Minister Lin Jianzhang said at this time: "I think it's really unnecessary to talk about justice! Our empire is now the only superpower in the world. Britain is already in decline, so why didn't it directly steal South Africa? You should know that it was unjust for the British to launch a war against the empire back then."

Wang Chenhao laughed and said, "Do you mean the empire sends troops to occupy South Africa directly?"

Lin Jianzhang replied: "This is what I mean! With the powerful national strength and military strength of the empire, there is no need to worry about those!"

Wang Chenhao smiled and explained: "Mr. Lin's words are a bit extreme! You should know that since the empire was established for more than 20 years, its rise is entirely through war and plunder, and this advantage will not last forever. The empire rose by war when it was because the empire was facing military invasion by Western powers, and peaceful rise would not be allowed by the West. Therefore, the rise of the empire's force is normal for the Western world. But now the empire has risen and has become the only superpower in the world. Now what is in front of us is the only one who is strong, and other countries are weak. At this time, the empire is handling international affairs with hegemony, which will cause panic around the world. It is real panic, because they will think that the empire's real goal is to completely conquer them, and no longer fight for the sake of rise."

Wang Shizhen immediately agreed: "Your Majesty is very much! I also believe that the empire's current way of maintaining its hegemony should not be limited to force, but should use political and economic means to handle international affairs. Force is no longer the only solution, and it will cause panic in the Western world. If they join forces to be hostile to the empire, then the empire will be completely isolated. An isolated power is not a real power."

Although Lin Jianzhang did not have a deep understanding, he also understood a little, so he said: "Only providing military equipment and financial support is probably not enough to completely turn South Africa into the empire!"

Air Force Minister Liu Xiang said: "It should be no problem! The British army does not have many people. I don't think it needs to provide too much equipment. Our Air Force sent hundreds of bombers to support South Africa, which is enough to blow the British army away."

After Liu Xiang said this, Duan Qirui and Lin Jianzhang were immediately dissatisfied and said, "You are the Air Force!"

Seeing that the ministers of the three armies were overwhelmed again, Wang Shizhen quickly changed his mind and said, "Don't go too far!"

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said, "Ireland seems to be having conflicts with Britain too!"

Wang Shizhen hurriedly said: "That's right! Your Majesty, I have received a report that it has been a day or two for Ireland to seek **. Recently, the differences between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger, and I guess they will fight if they are not done well."

In the early 20th century, Ireland was a British colony. After the outbreak of World War I, Britain was busy with war, which gave the Irish national movement opportunities. On Monday after Easter in 1915, on April 24, about 1,000 Irishmen seized about 14 areas of Dublin and declared the establishment of the Republic of Ireland. The leaders of the uprising were Pierce of the Irish Republic Brotherhood and Connolly, the leader of the "Citizen Army". The uprising was headquartered in the General Office of the Post. Sir Roger Kesment, an English-born Irish man, was captured while trying to transport 20,000 German-provided weapons ashore. Sir Roger was Ireland.

The leader of the Lan separatist. He attempted to obtain military support from Germany, but Germany was busy with war and only provided him with a ship of arms. He was detained by the army in London, awaiting trial. 20,000 British troops were sent to Dublin, surrounded the city center and bombarded the area occupied by the rebels. Pierce and Connolly surrendered on April 29. In early May, 15 rebel leaders were executed after trial by military court. At the beginning, Irish public opinion did not support the uprising much. British suppression changed the public opinion tendency and aroused patriotism of the Irish people. Soon the Irish ** movement rose. (To be continued...)
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