C3370 A Great Breakthrough in Chinese Strategy (1/2)
Xiao Letian's trip to Europe could be said to have ended in complete victory. This was a trap that had been laid out since 1865, and it took a whole six years to complete.
The Chinese were tied to the rising Prussian war chariot with little strength, betting everything they had on the Franco-Prussian War.
In these six years, Xiao Letian used all the resources in Asia to squeeze out almost all of the wealth in the Qing Dynasty. He released countless hidden inflation notes to carry out this national destiny gamble.
Qing Dynasty, Japan, Russia, England, United States, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Austria … Of course, there was also the target France who was killed in the end.
Xiao Letian had to contend with more than ten countries for an enormous and complex diplomatic breakthrough, and at that time, not a single country in the world escaped and joined in.
This was an extremely large project, and even Xiao Letian himself felt like he was in a dream.
Such a success was too difficult to achieve, and in his hands, it felt unrealistic!
The Yellow Gold franc that had been extorted from the France had turned into the Chinese foreign exchange reserves and were left in the European banks.
Xiao Letian could use these gold standard francs to buy equipment, resources, technology, arms and weapons … Including Silver!
However, he could not take it with him, not even a single gold coin!
It looked like he was at a disadvantage, but Xiao Letian was not like that. Accepting the rules of the game, in exchange for obtaining a large piece of land from the Luzon, was enough to change the Chinese strategic territory.
These new territories were not something that could be bought with just 1.2 billion francs. Xiao Letian had made use of this rare historical opportunity to make a killing.
The development of the Western Australia could be slowed down a little, but buying all the colonies in Asia from the Spanish could be considered a huge bargain.
Not only was the channel from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean under the control of the fire from the Chinese naval gun, Xiao Letian's power could also continue to extend to the east.
Don't forget Guam! At that time, Guam was still in the hands of the Spaniard. This strategically important island was currently a Spanish colony!
The array core of the first island chain was the Ryukyu, and the second island chain was Guam!
The American seal chain made from the Pacific Ocean, with just a glance, Xiao Letian broke two of them!
The third island, with Hawaii as its core, was in a state of confusion, with Britain, France, and the United States unilaterally declaring their sovereignty over Hawaii.
But it was because of the struggle between the three parties that Hawaii was still under the rule of the primitive emirate.
The third island was too far away. Before the Chinese Iron-armored Ship team reached scale, they should still use peaceful means of communication.
However, the third island chain was also ultimately in the possession of the third island chain, only when the third island chain was in the possession of the Chinese and the United States could truly split the Pacific Ocean equally.
The secret agreement between Xiao Letian and the Queen basically set the main overseas territories of the Chinese people in the future.
From Fusang all the way down to Western Australia, the Borneo, the future of the Luzon and the Java Islands, New Guinea... It will all become Chinese territory.
Viet Nam had been ceded to the Chinese, causing the South Sea to become the inner seas of the Chinese race. The strategic security of the Brunei's oil fields was protected.
To the west, the Chinese people used the chain of islands in the Southern Indian Ocean to gradually expand to Madagascar and the Mauritius!