"Secretary Bi, should we agree to be investigated …" Someone suggested in the administrative office in Khartoum, the center of the East African administrative region.
The administrative secretary, Bi Qingshan, immediately said angrily, "The time to solve the fire problem has passed. What the Romanians want to do now is obviously not to find the cause of the fire, but to find a scapegoat. There's a conspiracy! "
Bi Qingshan had lost weight over the years. The climate in East Africa was hot, and Khartoum was even hotter. The East African administrative region had long considered whether to move the center from Khartoum to a cooler place in the south, such as Tanzania. But the economic center of the East African administrative region was in Sudan, and its largest economic output was also in Sudan. This proposal was always a discussion, but no one could make up their mind.
In such hot weather, no one would have a small temper. And there was another reason why Bi Qingshan was so angry. There were rumors of enfeoffment in the country, although Bi Qingshan himself did not believe it. But there was a group of people in the country who wanted to do so.
As a result, when many people came to live in East Africa, everyone's enthusiasm for enfeoffment plummeted along with their understanding of the local area. It was not a problem to come here to earn money for a few years and then run back to China with a large sum of money. Those who were used to China's climate could dominate this barbarian land. The response of those who had such thoughts was, "I'll go back to my hometown and farm better than this!"
After working hard to turn East Africa into a place where they could make a lot of money, Bi Qingshan's personal property had indeed reached millions. But after Bi Qingshan's group made a total of nearly a hundred million RMB, they only saw this place as a place to make money, not a place to live.
Former Prime Minister Bi Qingshan had submitted a report and requested to return to China. China also agreed to Bi Qingshan's request. So Bi Qingshan was in a bad mood, very bad. In fact, Bi Qingshan's goal was not to work hard to earn nearly ten million yuan. He hoped that he could have a better career. The current situation was that the first generation of people who came to East Africa were eager to return home, while the second generation had no sense of belonging to East Africa. His Majesty Vézé seemed to have given Bi Qingshan a chance, but it was actually Bi Qingshan's own fantasy. This sense of defeat was the most important.
At this point, Bi Qingshan naturally did not want to be bullied by the Romanians again before he left East Africa. Moreover, regardless of this problem, Bi Qingshan's judgment was correct just by looking at the matter itself.
Bi Qingshan said aloud, "There are two ways now. The first is to make the Romanians release them. Second, we should send warships to the Black Sea to retrieve the China fleet! "
China's Indian Ocean Fleet had many ports to deal with any possible surprise attacks from the British Grand Fleet. However, the raid of the British Grand Fleet could only come from the southern tip of Africa. In the Red Sea, China only needed a batch of 140,000 tons of "old battleships" to deal with them. The new 200,000-ton battleship was mainly anchored in China's Madagascar province to deal with the possible appearance of a large British fleet. Docked at Port Sudan was a new 90,000-ton heavy cruiser. The 400-ton cruisers were all ready to be decommissioned and were not in the Indian Ocean.
However, a 90,000-ton heavy cruiser was like a god to the Romanian Navy. It should not be a problem for a warship to destroy the Romanian Navy. Not to mention that the Indian Ocean Fleet could send four of these warships to the Black Sea to carry out a mission.
"Will the Commander-in-Chief agree?" The members of the Party Committee of the East Africa Administrative Region were shocked by such a bold move. There was a tacit understanding between China and the British. The British Navy would not come to the Indian Ocean to stir up trouble, and the Chinese Navy would also try to enter the Mediterranean Sea to show their presence. If Bi Qingshan's opinion was to be realized, it was tantamount to breaking this tacit understanding.
Bi Qingshan glared and said resolutely, "Whether the Commander-in-Chief agrees or not is his business. What report we make is our business. Why? Draft a report and send it to the Commander-in-Chief now! "
Vézé did not expect things to escalate to this point. The Romanians actually had the guts to intercept China's merchant ships. According to the report, the fire of Constanta had indeed caused the Romanians to suffer heavy losses. Because of the heavy losses, Vézé could roughly conclude that the fire was not done by the Chinese. Burning half of Constanta would only cause a heavy loss to China's interests. The Chinese doing such a thing would not benefit China at all. Therefore, at this time, there was no reason for China to be the scapegoat for this incident.
"Chinese businessmen have always been law-abiding. When they do business around the world, the country naturally has the obligation to protect their interests." During the discussion in the central government, Li Xin, who had returned to China, expressed his opinion.
The military representative, Hu Chenghe, said with a cold face, "If we agree with the Romanians' approach, then there will be a second time. Other countries will also follow suit. China has no reason to let other countries have such an impression of China. "
No one agreed with the Romanians' attitude. Ruan Xihao continued, "The British are so arrogant because they have never been stingy with the use of force to protect Britain's interests. If the British ship had escaped first, would the Romanians dare to intercept it? If they did, the British Mediterranean Fleet would immediately be dispatched! It is because we can't use our naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea that the Romanians dare to attack our merchant ships. "
When Bi Qingshan's report was sent to the central government, everyone's position was more inclined to be unyielding.
Vézé did not have a good impression of Romania, nor did he have a bad impression. But he was right. There was no reason for China's merchant ships to be treated so unreasonably. This was not the 21st century, where there were cameras everywhere. Many clues could be easily found. Even with such means, the Malaysian Airlines plane disappeared without a trace. After the Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down, there was no real explanation. Even with the technology of the late 19th century, the credibility of the Romanians' investigation was very low.
Sending the Navy to solve the conflict between China and Romania seemed to be a necessary step.
But this step was very difficult. First, there was the problem of the Chinese Navy entering the Black Sea. This needed to be discussed with the British and the Osman Empire. If the discussion failed, China would be in a difficult position.
So the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to take action. There were two important sea routes, the Suez Canal and the Bosporus Strait. The Suez Canal was controlled by the British, and the Bosporus Strait was controlled by the Osman Empire.
Communicating with the British was not easy. The British told China implicitly, "The British do not agree with China's use of force to solve legal problems!"
Motherf * cker! The Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom cursed in his heart. The British themselves were the model of using force to solve legal conflicts with other countries. The number of times the British had used warships to threaten other countries was really too many to count. A sh * t stirrer was a sh * t stirrer. His face did not change at all when he said such words.
However, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom did not come to tear the British apart. The ambassador asked, "So what does the British think about this?"
"This is a judicial issue. We think it should be solved through judicial channels," the British Foreign Minister replied.
Staring into the eyes of the British Foreign Minister, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom waved his hand. "I'm not asking about this issue. It's a judicial issue or a diplomatic issue. I want to ask if the British will allow Chinese warships to pass through the Suez Canal. According to the regulations of the canal, the canal does not prevent any navy from passing through."
When the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom said this, the British Foreign Minister actually spoke in a bureaucratic tone. "We have to study this matter!"
The Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom was furious. He said coldly, "Even if it's the Suez Canal, you can study it. But if our fleet passes through Gibraltar, I think you probably don't have to study it."
These words made the British Foreign Minister's face change, but he still had the basic self-restraint of a diplomat. In the face of such a threat from China, the British Foreign Minister just snorted. "We must study the matter of China's fleet passing through the Suez Canal carefully."
The British could not be blamed for this matter. The Chinese people thought that China's fleet was intercepted in the Black Sea, which was intolerable. The powerful China fleet entering the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea to carry out a "diplomatic mission" backed by force was also intolerable for the British. It was also impossible for the British to accept another strong man rushing into their bathtub and taking a bath together.
The Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom did not have to be tough on the diplomatic occasion. He continued to ask, "Let's look at it from another perspective. We hope that the British can come forward to help solve the current problem. Can the British help solve it in a short period of time?"
The British Foreign Minister rolled his eyes slightly. "If your country wants the British to come forward on this matter, then we can discuss it."
The diplomatic meeting was very difficult. The final result of the Chinese Foreign Minister was, "The British are not happy to see China frequently appear in the Black Sea!" It turned out that the British hoped that China could withdraw from the trade in the Black Sea, and the British would still have the final say in the Black Sea.
Suppressing his displeasure, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom reported the latest situation to his country. This time, the mood in the Central Committee also exploded.
"Then does the British want to withdraw from the trade in the Indian Ocean?" The new naval commander, Liu Sha, said angrily.
The purpose of China keeping India was to capture a hostage. Europe had a total population of only 300 million, and India had a similar population. Moreover, these 300 million Indians were also the dumping ground for the British. If China wanted to block the trade between the British and India, it had the means to achieve this goal. At this time, the British actually asked China to withdraw from the trade in the Black Sea. This attitude made China think that the British were a little crazy.
Of course, Vézé was also very angry. However, he was a person from the 21st century, and it was not impossible for him to understand the British's attitude. Moreover, this matter was originally a conflict between China and Romania. Even if it involved the interests of other countries, the main conflict was not the conflict between China and the Mediterranean and Black Sea powers. Moreover, the purpose of China sending the navy was to establish its prestige, so that such problems would not easily occur in the future. At this time, it was far from the time to compete with the European powers for freedom of navigation in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
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