The Ottoman Turkish Sultan, supported by the German Emperor Wilhelm II, was so moved that he immediately agreed to the construction of the Baghdad Railway by Germany.

However, the Ottoman Turkish Sultan was not a fool, and he also knew that Wilhelm II wanted to grab a lot of benefits in Turkey, so the Ottoman Turkish Sultan proposed that the Baghdad Railway would be funded by the Ottoman Turks and built by Germany with technology, and when the construction was completed, the ownership would belong to the Ottoman Turks, and the right to operate would be leased by the Ottoman Turks.

Germany immediately rejected the proposal, and after some arguments, the Ottoman Turkish Sultan, who was not strong enough, finally agreed to Germany's demand, agreeing that the right to operate and own the completed railway belonged to Germany.

This caused great dissatisfaction in Britain, which had always regarded Ottoman Turkey as its own forbidden territory, and could not allow Germany to get involved, so a fierce struggle was inevitable, which left Lin Fei with a huge space for maneuver.

The Baghdad Railway is in the Middle East, although Lin Fei had previously told the Arab prince Ibrahim to let Chinese merchants enter the Middle East, and Prince Ibrahim agreed, but with the strength of those merchants, it was not enough to provoke Britain and Germany.

Therefore, Lin Fei wanted to persuade Prince Ibrahim to allow the Chinese Empire to send troops to Prince Ibrahim's tribe.

Prince Ibrahim's tribe was in the northern part of Saudi Arabia during the time of Lin Fei, relatively close to Iraq, in this era, Saudi Arabia was not yet a unified and independent country, there were several great chiefs, each with many people and money, and no one could unify anyone.

At this time, Saudi Arabia had not yet discovered oil, so the European powers were not very interested here, and the autonomy of these sheikhs was quite large.

Lin Fei took Ling Xue to the banquet hall, Lin Fei asked Ling Xue to wear a knee-length skirt and black stockings, which made Ling Xue feel shy, although Ling Xue went to the United States to study for a year, but the United States in this era is still very conservative, the United States is not as open as Lin Fei was until the sixties of the twentieth century, so Ling Xue's conservatism is still about the same as before.

Ling Xue pulled down the hem of her skirt vigorously, wanting to cover her calves in black stockings, seeing Lin Fei laugh evilly, Ling Xue coquettishly said: "Brother hates it to death, he actually makes people dress like this...... Cheap...... The way it looks. ”

"You don't understand, this is called beauty, not cheapness......"

Lin Fei and Ling Xue walked into the banquet hall, Prince Ibrahim's eyes straightened when he saw Ling Xue, and begged Lin Fei: "Emperor Fei, please sell her to me, I will pay you as much as you want." ”

Ling Xue blushed and hid behind Lin Fei, Lin Fei smiled and said nothing, sat down at the table, and after three rounds of drinking, Lin Fei proposed to send troops into Prince Ibrahim's tribe to help Prince Ibrahim train the army.

The combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is very strong, all countries know it, in the British experts listed the world military power rankings, the Chinese army ranks seventh, in front of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and the United States, although this list seems to be quite, but after all, the Chinese army has entered the top ten, it is worth mentioning that Japan ranks eighth on this list, and Qing ranks third from the bottom.

When Prince Ibrahim saw Ling Xue, he was in a good mood, and he felt that it was a good thing to have the Huaxia Army to help him train the army, so he readily agreed, and Lin Fei then formed a Saudi Arabian dispatch army to the Middle East.

Lin Fei's Saudi Arabian dispatch force, served by Zhu Minxiang, the former commander of the Fifth Brigade, numbered about 1,000 people, and was mainly equipped with light weapons and HP-1 mortars.

Lin Fei sold the two types of artillery to the Boers, sent troops to the tribe of Prince Ibrahim, and then waited for the results, now the communication between the Chinese Empire and Europe is much more convenient, at the end of the World War in the South Seas, Germany and China jointly discussed to lay a telegraph line directly connecting Germany and China, and later the European powers joined in, hoping to lay the line together.

The European powers are eager to understand the situation in China, Lin Fei is also eager to understand the situation in Europe, the two sides hit it off, after more than two years of laying, this telegraph line of more than 10,000 kilometers is finally opened, Europe and China, no matter who has happened, the other side can get the news at the first time.

This telegraph line was called the "Huaouxin Bridge", and through the Huaouxin Bridge, Lin Fei could be informed of the progress of his plan in the shortest possible time.

On 15 May, the Boers, who had been given Lin Fei's artillery, took the lead in attacking the British army, and the Boer War broke out.

When the British learned that the artillery used by the Boers came from China, they became angry and sent a telegram to the British ambassador to China to lodge the strongest protest with Lin Fei.

Lin Fei was not in a hurry and ordered Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuc Bao Jiao to meet with the British ambassador to China to explain the matter. Nguyen Phuc Bao Jiao used to be the empress of Vietnam, and had dealt with high-ranking British and French officials, and it was indeed more suitable for her to serve as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at this time there were relatively few diplomatic talents under Lin Fei, and the few talents, such as Sa Zhenbing and Yu Xi'er, were all sent abroad by Lin Fei.

Nguyen Phuc Bao Jiao solemnly replied to the British ambassador: "Our artillery is sold to Germany, and the formalities are all available, if you want to check it, I can ask the Ministry of Commerce and the Foreign Trade Company to send you the formalities, since the artillery is sold to the Germans, then we have no right to ask where the Germans resold them." ”

Nguyen Phuc Bao Jiao's words were impeccable, and Britain pointed the finger at Germany, which had long wanted to fight with Britain, so it didn't care about Britain's accusations.

Britain immediately announced that it would mobilize troops from West Africa and North Africa to aid South Africa, and Germany would also retaliate by mobilizing troops from the German northeast.

Lin Fei saw that the flames of war had been ignited, so he simply let the flames of war burn even more, Lin Fei instructed Nguyen Phuc Bao Jiao to meet with the German ambassador and provide a batch of weapons to the Boers.

The British army dispatched four cruisers, and Germany did not have many warships at this time, so they could not send warships at all, so Lin Fei sold the special swordfish torpedoes on the monster-class submarines to the Boers in order to offset the naval superiority of the British.

Swordfish torpedo, the king of torpedoes in the world, deservedly the first in the world, equipped with a gyroscope stabilization system, a battery engine, one hundred and twenty kilograms of trinitrotoluene high-energy explosives, something coveted by the Germans,.

The Germans excitedly agreed, but what the Germans didn't expect was that the swordfish torpedo sold by Lin Fei was a simplified version of the self-use model, and the gyroscope stabilization system used general elements instead of special high-precision components, resulting in a range of only 700 meters, and the warhead was replaced with picric acid explosives instead of trinitrotoluene explosives, which greatly reduced its power.

The Boers, after obtaining this torpedo, used it to launch a sneak attack on the British battleship, and they sneaked up on the British battleship in a small steamboat and fired the torpedo when the British battleship was unsuspecting.

The Boers were no different from the savages in the eyes of the British, they did not expect the savages to also use torpedoes, they were defenseless, as a result of which two cruisers were torpedoed.

This incident occurred in early July, so it is called the "July Sunk" incident, this event was a turning point in the entire South African War, Britain's proudest battleship was sunk by Germany, the whole of Britain was furious, the British Empress Victoria II issued an order, the two dreadnoughts that had just formed a fleet, all sailed to South Africa, and did everything to bring the Boers and the Germans behind them to their knees.

The German Emperor Wilhelm II was a self-righteous and self-respecting king, and when he saw that Britain was so provocative, he couldn't bear it at all, so he ordered the dreadnoughts that had just been launched to lead the original cruiser to South Africa, and at the same time recruit 5,000 experienced veterans in the country to go to the South African battlefield.

Seeing that a big war was about to break out between the two sides, Qing Guo jumped out suddenly, hoping to mediate the matter for the two sides, that's right, it was Qing Guo!

Lin Fei was stupid when he got this news, France, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, none of them stood up to speak, what kind of head did the Qing Kingdom come from!

Lin Fei was keenly aware that the Qing State came forward to mediate this matter, which seemed to indicate that the Qing State did not want to see a war break out between Germany and Britain, which also showed that the Qing State was very likely to realize that Lin Fei would take advantage of the war between the European powers and have no time to look eastward to launch a full-scale war against the Qing State.

Lin Fei sneered, he didn't plan to pay attention to the Qing Kingdom, after all, with the weight of the Qing Kingdom, it was not enough for the two powerful countries of Britain and Germany to stop.

On 10 July, the United States suddenly stood up and expressed its willingness to work with Qing to mediate for Britain and Germany.

Britain and Germany can not give face to the Qing country, but can not not give the United States face, at this time, the United States, the economic growth rate is extremely fast, second only to the Chinese Empire (the economic growth rate of the Chinese Empire is the fastest in the world, 12 percent per year, and the United States is 10 percent), the United States high-tech industry development is also extremely rapid, the per capita ownership of automobile production is far ahead, the per capita power generation is far ahead, and the per capita oil output is second only to China.

The reason why the United States wants to mediate the situation in South Africa is because the United States also wants to get a piece of the pie from South Africa, but the United States cannot carry out military occupation and colonial rule, so it is the best choice to maintain peace and stability in South Africa and profit through free trade.

Britain and Germany then slowed down the conflict in South Africa and returned to the negotiating table, ready to divide South Africa's interests as they had divided East Africa's interests.