Telegraph lines, all over the world, have changed the communication between each other, even in any corner of the earth, as long as there is a wired telegraph, you can successfully communicate with each other, without worrying about the distance, although these things are a little too much, in order not to omit, the three ambassadors, almost in full copy to send back.

The first to reply was France, and it replied within 3 hours after receiving the telegram, France at this time, one-third of the land was occupied by Germany, and the capital was also surrounded by Germany, the fall of Paris was a very likely thing, once Paris fell, even if the French government was re-established in Bordeaux, it was impossible for all the staff to redeem the previous passivity, plus Paris, half of the land of the whole France fell, or one of the most elite lands in the north, even if there was a transfusion of colonies, France was doomed to suffer a big loss, At this time, these situations in Asia cannot be taken into account at all. As far as France is concerned, the northwest has not even been unified with its own China, and after taking Taiwan, Japan and the United States will naturally deal with him.

Besides, they are also worried about whether there will be a problem with the order for 15 divisions, which is related to next year's strategic counteroffensive, and France, which has always played with finance, has solemnly taken up and purchased 50 divisions of arms with cash, of which 15 divisions are entrusted to the northwest for production.

The United States is indeed more concerned, he is the second reaction, unlike France completely inactive, the news from the American ambassador has plunged the whole of Washington into a discussion, Taiwan is too close to the Philippines, the Chinese tradition of the Philippines itself, plus the many Chinese in Borneo that is close at hand, if this is the purpose of the northwest, it is a huge trouble for the United States.

To this end, Washington held a 48-hour meeting. The military, parliament, and even some large conglomerates conducted various mediations and meetings, and came up with a positive response to the demands of the Japanese.

From the unilateral isolation policy of the 19th century, to the Americas of the Americans. Immediately after the seizure of Hawaii, with an important fulcrum in the Pacific, and then to the Spanish-American War to win the Philippines, the United States after ending isolation, actively export influence in the Pacific, Asia, and Europe.

The United States because of its unique circumstances and history. At the time of the second industrial revolution, due to the progress of science and technology and the absence of baggage, it became the world's first industrial country, which should be the first in the world, but its status was not based on wealth, just like China before the Opium War. The world's largest GDP can still be beaten by Britain with a mouthful of teeth.

Wealth is not a sign of strength. It does not mean that the influence is that when the United States finally looks outward from the United States, the colonies in the world that should be divided have already been divided, and the industrial strength of the United States is not reflected in the military and navy, but can only follow behind Britain and France. What kind of principle of open door to promote and ensure that you enter the world, but how useful is this, at least in China, which was a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society back then, not many people think that the United States is very powerful.

In 1898. Seizing an opportunity, he dealt with Spain, which was in decline, and not only completely uprooted Spain's power from Central America, but also took back the Philippines from Spain's hands, and took it as an important stronghold in Asia, invested a lot, and basically formed the main stronghold of the United States in Asia.

The Philippines is too close to Taiwan, and the changes in Taiwan are directly related to the United States, especially some islands controlled by Taiwan, which are almost bordered by the Philippines, and the United States is different from Britain in that it does not have a huge number of warship troops, and even in the Philippines, it is only regarded as a raw material production area, with very few garrisons, and at most a symbolic fleet.

The meaning of the Japanese is clearly seen by almost all countries, and the United States is also one of them, and after weighing the pros and cons, the huge state apparatus begins to operate, and with the status of the United States as the world's largest industrial power, a slight omission can make Japan full.

First of all, it is steel, how rich the United States is, itself, their scrap steel, who sells it is not to sell, directly approved the sales plan of 10 million tons of steel rails and other steel, these can be easily recast steel, as long as it is slightly refined, it is good steel, for the United States, it is chicken ribs, the United States has enough capacity to produce new, for Japan, but no less than an important pillar of the military industry.

The bigger surprise is still to come, in order to prevent Japan from having steel production can not be produced, but also in the Great Lakes region of the United States, dismantling an annual output of 4 million tons of steelworks, this steelmaking plant is a little outdated, but not completely scrapped, does not belong to the elimination of production capacity, but in the interests of the country, are sent to Japan as a transport, scrap steel needless to say, or the price of scrap iron, this steelmaking plant is almost the price of scrap iron, the steel mill worth more than 50 million US dollars, the final price is only 10 million yen, which is $5 million, which is not much different from giving away for nothing.

In addition, the United States also sent Buddha to the West, not only let a special person be responsible for dismantling the steelmaking plant, Japan can send technicians to observe the whole process, the transport fleet is also specially found, including the use of the largest transport ship in the United States, after all, some workpieces are too big, a smaller ship, can not be used.

In this era, Japan was only a million tons of steel production, that is, more than the former Hanyang Iron Works, before 1908 ranked first in Asia, and the northwest in Baotou Iron and Steel Plant put into operation, has surpassed them in one fell swoop, now steel production is the world's first, in this regard, the Japanese are beyond the reach of the dust.

At the beginning of the 20th century, steel is one of the most important indicators to measure a country's comprehensive strength, but it is an absolutely capital, technology and manpower-intensive industry, there is not enough investment, and it is almost impossible to make production climb, and now the Americans have generously sent a steel mill with an annual output of 4 million tons and the technology is not particularly backward to Japan. Once the U.S. steel mill is put into operation and 10 million tons of scrap steel at a time, it is almost certain that the rebuilding of the steel mill in Japan will be more than a year later, along with the dismantling of the steel mill from the United States. Japan's steel production will skyrocket.

In this era, steel represents almost everything, and many things related to weapons, productivity, and building capacity will be displayed here. Japan's strength, which has acquired steel, will be directly reflected in the military industry and shipbuilding.

The two measures of the United States made Japan overjoyed, replied directly and affirmatively, and sent capable technical forces to the United States to personally take over such a steel mill and in Japan. The site for the construction of this large-scale steel complex will allow Japan to reach the world's leading level in steel production once the steel mill is established.

The United States has already replied, but the United Kingdom, which has the closest relationship with Japan and is almost Japan's biggest supporter, has not received any feedback for almost a week. Trapped in the European theater, he had no time to take care of Japan. Britain is the most important part of Japan's plans.

But the good news always arrives at the latest, and Britain does not pay attention to it, but takes it too seriously, Japan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia. It is an important part of Britain's future strategy in Asia, especially when the rise of the northwest is already a definite fact, China has signs of reunification, and the northwest may move towards the sea, Britain will definitely be vigilant. The matter in Borneo has not yet been decided, and if the incident in Taiwan is spread, it will play a huge counterproductive role to Britain's entire Asian strategy.

When the British ambassador came to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a list, the entire Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government were moved. If the support of the United States is directly the support of hard power, then the support of the United Kingdom is simply the support of soft power, and the list of the United Kingdom is a series of technologies, which are all-encompassing.

Starting from the King Kong class, Japan has been seeking some advanced technology from the United Kingdom, striving to make the capital ship self-produced, with huge investment, obtained the drawings of the King Kong class, and the country can also produce itself, but many subsystems such as armor steel, power systems, artillery, etc., are basically imported, and Japan is at best, the assembly and production capacity of a capital ship, with the help of imported things from the United States, Britain, France, etc., to assemble a capital ship.

This is just one step, since the 19th century, Japan has been seeking self-improvement and independence, ensuring the production of certain things, striving to obtain sufficient technology, the Anglo-Japanese alliance and the war against Russia, Britain has a close relationship with Japan, and has also provided a lot of support to Japan.

Now, as China is getting stronger and stronger, there is a certain sign of breakthrough, especially now that Taiwan is changing, 1074 different technologies are enough for Japan to produce more advanced power systems and armor, although it is not yet able to reach the level of capital ships, but cruisers can be completely self-produced, and even the requirements are a little lower, and battle cruisers can also be. In the early 20th century, the battleship will always be the master of this era, the master of weapons and equipment, everything on the battleship, for the entire Japanese military industrial system, has a huge improvement, at least 6 inches, 8 inches, and even 12 inches of artillery technology, will make Japan's arms technology develop by leaps and bounds. This is naval technology, but with a stronger foundation, the support for the army is also very large, at least in the next few years, the Japanese army in service artillery, technology has basically reached the advanced level in Europe.

The improvement of soft power and hard power has made Japan a treasure, and the United Kingdom has also taken the lead in issuing more than $320 million in bonds around the world, the first of which was in the United States, and the Rockefeller Group and the Morgan Group underwrote these bonds at the same time, selling 70% at once, giving the already precarious Japanese economy, a huge shot in the arm.

In itself, it has received a huge military expenditure of 22 million pounds from the hands of Britain, France and the United States, and now it is 320 million US dollars, according to the 10 million US dollars of a capital ship, which is equivalent to 32 capital ships, and Japan can not only successfully restore the sunken combined fleet, but also some of the army's settings can be expanded.

In Japan's small territory, the population density is even higher than that of China, because of this, as long as there is money, you can recruit soldiers, the previous expansion of 1 million, is just a foundation, with this money, a larger expansion of the army can be, the Japanese War Department directly prepared to expand 120 divisions, so that the total strength of the army reached 3 million. (To be continued......)