In an era when telegraph technology had just become popular, global information transmission efficiency was not that powerful. Due to technical limitations, telegraphs could only use the shortest text to convey complex information.
Of course, it is very simple for ordinary people to send a telegram. For example, "Father is coming home soon from illness," "My son is second in the class," "I will pick up the station at nine o'clock on the 16th." It is simple and clear. The person who receives the telegram will know what is going on at a glance.
However, it is very difficult to transmit military and national secrets by telegraph, because many orders are very complicated, especially the description of the battle situation. How do you expect to be able to explain it clearly in one or two sentences? That is simply impossible.
For example, if a telegram says, "The Chinese won the battle of Vladivostok," with just a few words, what can be written clearly? A miserable victory? Xiaosheng? A wild victory? How is the territory divided? Total annihilation or siege? How many commanders are still alive? Has a treaty been signed?
These specific details simply cannot be expressed in one telegram. In other words, it would take a long time of continuous telegram communication for Europeans to understand the details of the Far East War.
There is a time difference here. If the time difference is played out, Xiao Letian's media war will be easier to fight.
On the second day after the combined fleet passed the Strait of Malacca, the desks of prime ministers and kings of European countries finally received a slightly more comprehensive telegram.
The news of the Chinese's victory finally reached Europe. All politicians and strategic analysts were shocked that day. Even the analysts who were most optimistic about the Chinese speculated that it would be a tragic victory or a draw for the Chinese.
But I never expected that it would be a violent victory. The entire Tsarist Russia's maritime reinforcements and land Cossack reinforcements were all surrounded and surrendered. Vladivostok had long been defeated.
It was completely beyond everyone's expectations. All previous plans had to be scrapped and remade.
The first person to jump out and curse was not Tsarist Russia but the French. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly stated in the newspaper: "This is an invasion by the Chinese people. They tore up the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty. They are attacking European civilization." trample……"
The entire statement is said to have been drafted by Napoleon III himself, and the words are full of murderous intent!
Napoleon's intention was very clear, which was to elevate the nature of this war from a hot war between the Chinese and Tsarist Russia to a Chinese challenge to the entire European civilization.
Continuing to smear the Chinese has only one meaning: "I don't recognize the outcome of this war. We want to intervene. We want the whole of Europe to unite to intervene in this war!" '
This is not just the calculation of Napoleon III alone, but also the calculation of many European powers. Let alone Tsarist Russia, at least the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries have this idea.
As Benjamin said, what Britain needs is for Tsarist Russia and the Chinese to bleed each other in the Far East and weaken each other, not to really make the Chinese stronger.
Now that Xiao Letian has unexpectedly won like crazy, then the follow-up can no longer follow his wishes.
The first step is diplomatic intervention. The entire Europe forms a joint research team to investigate and evaluate the definition of this war. Is the Chinese invading or just supporting the local aboriginal uprising? If the quality is different, the results will be different.
The second step is not to recognize the justice of the Chinese war. Europe must maintain the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty, which also maintains the face of the entire Europe in Asia.
As long as it does not recognize the justice of the Chinese war, Europe can protest and exert diplomatic pressure to force the Chinese to withdraw their troops and release prisoners of war, and then accept the harsh conditions of the Europeans at the negotiation table.
The third step is that if the Chinese do not accept the European verdict, then Europe will prepare for the next step of punishment, and various countries will prepare to mobilize their troops for armed intervention.
Tsarist Russia and France will definitely send troops, and Britain will also come to add soy sauce. Later, some small countries in Europe will definitely join in. When the coalition forces move to Asia, the emerging Chinese will be unable to resist.
This was the plan of the French Emperor, and the same was true of the small calculations of many countries. However, they never expected that they would hit a snag in the face of strong public opinion.
Six hours after the French Emperor's aggressive announcement was issued, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands...including Tsarist Russia also issued their own statements.
No matter whether the tone of each country is strong or weak, whether they are doubtful or convinced, they all support France emotionally, and the entire European diplomatic community suddenly became busy.
Although the UK did not join in the fun and issue a statement, the editor-in-chief of The Times actually issued a transcript of the interview with Benjamin in his private name.
Benjamin expressed his concerns about the situation in the Far East in a very tactful diplomatic tone, and believed that the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty cannot be provoked, which also supported France's attitude.
Suddenly, the shouting and killing of the Chinese and Xiao Letian resounded throughout Europe, and newspapers in all countries began to decrypt the war in the Far East in depth.
Unexpectedly, this evil trend lasted for just 24 hours. Just 24 hours after the French Emperor issued the statement, dozens of newspapers in Prussia, including the mainstream media in Austria and Italy, suddenly issued a series of questioning questions. .
"Who is the violator of the treaty? Who should be responsible for this war? What happened in the Far East?"
The newspaper directly threw out some evidence chains from the previous series of Chinese Oriental reports: "Kind European people, keep your eyes open. The real evidence has been before everyone for a long time. Don't we have our own analysis?" "
Among the people, all the previous Chinese Oriental series newspapers were turned out again, and the Chinese explanation of this war was once again deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The people's wisdom has been enlightened, so there is no need to be deceived again. Europeans are not stupid and are not so easy to deceive!
On one side, politicians are shouting and cursing at the top of their lungs, while on the other side, they are civilized and reasonable. They have put photos, witnesses, physical evidence, time, location, third-party circumstantial evidence...these iron-clad facts have been laid out clearly. You can let the people Who do you believe?
The Paris underground publishing organization, which had just been purged, unexpectedly revived, and those tabloids flying all over the place began to be circulated again. Workers, petty bourgeoisie, and enlightened intellectuals shared these headlines through their own channels.
Many citizens often find a thin number inserted into the crack of their door at around 5 o'clock in the morning. Citizens who go out to buy milk secretly see that no one is around and quickly hide the number in their homes.
These underground publications, protected by the Prussian spy network, explained to the entire French people what kind of war in the Far East was, and also analyzed Napoleon III's sinister intention to continue the war.
"Enlightened French citizens, when the gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen in the country, the unemployment rate remains high, and the people are miserable, the nobles once again want to start a war!"
"Is it possible that the French treasury has too much money and no place to spend it? Do we have to avenge Tsarist Russia? Stand up for that barbaric country? Use the lives of French warriors to maintain that brutal rule?"
"No! We absolutely cannot let this happen! How can we add more fuel to the difficult life! The poor people who were massacred in the Far East are also oppressed people like us!"
"The truth is, there is always justice and justice in this world! Don't expect the lies of liars to overwhelm the people's intelligence! We will never be cannon fodder for kings and nobles!"
