C1887 Europe is in chaos (1/2)

In the era when telegraphic technique had just become popular, the global information transmission efficiency was not that strong, and was limited by technical conditions. Telegrams could only send complex information in the shortest possible time.

It was easy for normal people to send a telegram. For example, 'Father is sick and is returning soon', 'Child is on the top of the list' and 'On the 16th, you meet him at 9: 00'.

However, military secrets were not as important as telegraphic transmission, because many orders were very complex, especially the description of the situation, and one or two sentences were expected to make sense. That was impossible.

For example, a telegram saying 'The victory of the Chinese during the war of the Haishenwai', what could they write clearly? A miserable victory? Little Sheng? Victory? How was the territory divided? Complete annihilation or siege? How many are still alive? Have you signed a treaty?

These details could not be completely expressed in a single telegram. This meant that it would take a very long time for the Europeans to understand the details of the War of the Far East through uninterrupted telegraphic communication.

There was a time difference here. Once the time difference was played, Xiao Letian's media battle would be easier to fight.

On the second day after the joint fleet passed through the Malacca Strait, the European Prime Ministers and Kings' desks finally got a slightly more comprehensive telegram.

The news of the Chinese victory had finally spread to Europe. On that day, all the politicians and strategic analysts were greatly taken aback. Even the analysts who were most optimistic about the Chinese victory speculated that it was either a crushing victory or a draw.

However, he never expected that it would be a wild victory. All of the reinforcements from the sea and land Cossack s had all surrendered in formation, and the Haishenwai had long since been breached.

It was completely out of everyone's expectations. All the previous plans had to be voided and reformulated.

The first person to jump out and curse was not the Russian but the French. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared publicly in the newspaper, ”This is an invasion of the Chinese people, Scarlet Fruit. They tore apart the Treaty of Beijing between China and Russia. This is a trampling on European civilization …”

The entire declaration was said to have been drafted by Napoleon III himself, the words were filled with a blood fire killing intent!

Napoleon's intention was very clear, it was to raise the nature of this war from a heated battle between China and Russia to the challenge of the Chinese to the entire European civilization.

Continuing to discredit the Chinese meant that 'I don't recognize the result of this war. We will intervene. We will work together from all over Europe to interfere in this war!'

This was not only Napoleon III's plan alone, it was also the plan of many of the more powerful countries in Europe. Forget about Russia, at least Britain, Spain, the Portugal, the Netherlands and the other countries all had this thought.

Just as Benjamin had said, the British needed the Russian and Chinese races to bleed and weaken each other in the Far East, not to make the Chinese strong.

But now, Xiao Letian had unexpectedly won violently against the heavens, then, he would no longer be able to follow his heart.

The first step was diplomatic intervention. A joint European research team was formed to assess the definition of this war. Was the Chinese invading or just supporting the native uprising? If the quality was different, the result wouldn't be the same.

The second step was to deny the righteousness of the Chinese war. To maintain the Treaty of Beijing between China and Russia in Europe was to maintain the face of the entire Europe in Asia.

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

Third, if the Chinese do not accept the European verdict, then Europe will proceed with the next step of punitive preparation, and the nations will prepare to assemble their armies for armed intervention.