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The Spanish ambassador to China, Claudio, was stupid, glaring at Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi, his eyes were full of disbelief, he never expected that Tang Shaoyi summoned him this time, and he actually told him such news. It took a while for Ambassador Claudio to come back to his senses, and he stammered and asked, "Lord Tang, is this China's ultimatum to us?" ”

"Your Excellency, you can understand it that way!" Tang Shaoyi nodded expressionlessly. He was very dissatisfied with Spain's attempt to prey on food. Since the Spaniards are so ignorant, China can only let the Spaniards have a longer memory!

"Lord Tang! How can you do this? What's wrong with Spain? We're just taking back the territory that belongs to us! China wants to impose war on us, which is an insult to a sovereign country! Ambassador Claudio roared!

"Your Excellency, please calm down! I have to tell you that you only have 24 hours. You better report it to the Spanish government as soon as possible! If time is wasted and an irreparable tragedy is caused, then we can only express regret! Tang Shaoyi said coldly!

Ambassador Claudio couldn't help but shudder, as soon as the 24 hours passed, the Chinese were about to go to war against Spain! This is undoubtedly a disaster for Spain. Now he can't care about arguing with Tang Shaoyi, he has to report the news to China as soon as possible. He is just an ambassador to China, and it is not up to him to decide whether to fight or make peace. It will have to be decided by King Alfonso XIII and Prime Minister Torres!

Ambassador Claudio left the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a hurry. Rushed back to the embassy. The ultimatum of the Chinese side was reported to China as soon as possible. After that, he hurriedly rushed to the German embassy in China, and if China started a war against Spain, Spain would have absolutely no chance of winning! We have to find a way to prevent this war from breaking out. It is clear that China did not take Spain into account, and Spain can now only turn to Germany for help! After all, it was the Germans who had tried to get Spain to recover Gibraltar!

"Your Excellency Ambassador Clinder, this is the case! The Chinese have already given us an ultimatum. If we don't withdraw from Gibraltar within 24 hours, they will start a war against us! Spain needs help from Germany! Ambassador Claudio said sincerely.

"Your Excellency Ambassador Claudio, rest assured that we in Germany will not sit idly by! Spain is our traditional friendly country, and we will not let Spain suffer from war! However, His Excellency the Ambassador also knows that China is now an ally of Germany, and China's military strength is extremely strong, so I wonder if Germany's persuasion will be useful! The German Ambassador to China, August. Feng. Clint said with some concern!

"Your Excellency Ambassador Klinder, please convince Germany to help us in any case! The military power of Spain. Not an opponent of China at all! There is no way we can defeat them! Ambassador Claudio said in a bit of a panic!

"Don't worry, Ambassador Claudio. I'll do my best! "August. Feng. Ambassador Clinder said that in fact, he was already smiling in his heart. Germany would like China to go to war against Spain, which will not only weaken China's strength and contain China's expansion around the world, but also make Spain hate China once it is defeated by China, and Germany will have another potential ally, which will be of great benefit to Germany and China in the struggle for world hegemony in the future. Although Spain's national power is declining, Spain is also one of the great powers, and it also has a deep heritage. Once developed, it should not be underestimated!

At 12:30 noon on May 14, Madrid time, the Spanish government received a telegram from Claudio, the ambassador to China, that China had officially issued an ultimatum to Spain. When the telegram was translated, the whole telegraph room was full of chickens and dogs, and everyone had a sense of the coming end. In the two years since the start of the world war, China's strength has shocked the whole world, and now China has issued a threat of war against Spain, if there is a war, will Spain have a chance of winning?

The telegram was quickly delivered to Spanish Prime Minister Fernando Torres, who was having lunch. After reading the telegram, Torres's face changed so much that he couldn't even bother to eat lunch, and hurried to the palace. China's ultimatum is a big deal for Spain, and if it is not handled well, it will be in danger of destroying the country for Spain!

"Damn! Those yellow-skinned monkeys actually issued an ultimatum to us, which is really too deceitful! Since they are going to war, then we will fight them to the end! King Alfonso XIII of Spain roared in the palace! Originally, he thought that China would suffer this dumb loss, and Spain could take Gibraltar back lightly. But I didn't expect that the Chinese side would react so violently, and it did not hesitate to go to war with Spain!

"Your Majesty, if we go to war with the Chinese, we won't be able to beat them! We only have 300,000 people in the army, and our equipment is backward and our combat effectiveness is low, so we are not the opponent of the squadron that has experienced a hundred battles at all! Needless to say, we only have three pocket battleships, and the Chinese can destroy our navy with a few capital ships at will! If we go to war, we don't have any chance of winning! Prime Minister Torres said with some frustration that he didn't expect things to develop to such a point, and the reaction of the Chinese side was too violent!

"So what are we going to do? Is it necessary to give up Gibraltar? No, I definitely wouldn't do that! Gibraltar has been occupied by the British for more than 200 years, and now it has been finally recovered by us, and I will never allow Gibraltar to be lost from our hands again! Alfonso XIII said firmly. Although Spain's national power was rapidly declining, Alfonso XIII, as the king of the Kingdom of Spain, was not willing to continue like this.

Prime Minister Torres hurriedly gave Migor. Primo. Admiral Rivera winked in the hope that he would be able to persuade an enraged Alfonso XIII to prevent the situation from deteriorating further. However, Admiral de Rivera does not seem to have paid attention to Prime Minister Torres.

"General de Rivera, if we go to war with the Chinese, will we be able to hold Gibraltar?" Alfonso XIII asked.

"Your Majesty, we now have only one 12th Infantry Division in Gibraltar, however, we have three more infantry divisions on our way to Gibraltar. Although the Chinese are strong, according to the information we have received, they only have one marine division. If we fight to the death, we should be able to hold Gibraltar! Admiral de Rivera said!

"Well, order the 12th Infantry Division to hold Gibraltar until reinforcements arrive, and make sure that Gibraltar must be in our grasp!" After hearing Admiral Rivera's answer, Alfonso XIII had already made up his mind to fight the squadron in Gibraltar! It's just that he seems to have forgotten why the Chinese side has to limit the battlefield to Gibraltar? Spain has a long coastline, and these places are all under attack by the squadron!

"Your Majesty, what if the Chinese attack our other places?" Prime Minister Torres asked.

"Your Excellency, the closest army of the Chinese to Spain is deployed in Sicily, and by the time they arrive in Spain, we have completed the war mobilization and are ready for battle!" I believe that we have the ability to stop the attack of the Chinese! Only by fending off their attack will they recognize our ownership of Gibraltar! Admiral de Rivera said!

"That's right, Prime Minister, we have a population of 20 million in Spain, and we can expand our army to 1 million! Although the Chinese are strong, they are fighting against the Entente, and there will not be many Spanish troops that can be used! We can fend off their attacks, or even defeat them! Alfonso XIII said excitedly, he had already begun to dream of Spain defeating the Chinese invasion.

Prime Minister Torres knew that he could not convince Alfonso XIII, and now he has seen that this incident was originally a hole dug by the Germans for Spain, so that Spain could drag China down and contain China's development. But this is not only not good for Spain, but it is a disaster! Anyway, he was not optimistic that the Spanish army would be able to withstand the squadron. After more than two years of world war, the squadron has fully proved their strong strength!

"Your Majesty, Germany is still mediating the conflict between us and China, can we wait until the results of German mediation before making a decision?" Prime Minister Torres said.

Alfonso XIII hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes, if war can be avoided, it will be the best!" However, the mobilization of the army cannot be stopped, and we must be ready to meet the invasion of the Chinese! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Admiral de Rivera said. For him, who took control of the Spanish Army, as long as the size of the army continued to grow, his power would also be further expanded.

A few hours later, the Germans informed the Spanish government that their mediation had failed and that the Chinese had rejected their mediation!

The Spanish government also issued a sternly worded proclamation, claiming that Spain would never give in, even if war broke out!

At 9 a.m. on May 15, Madrid time, the Chinese ambassador to Spain declared war on the Kingdom of Spain on behalf of China! (To be continued......)