1890 King of Southeast Asia

On December 8, just as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria were discussing the division of Serbia, far away in the Far East, a young empire declared war on another empire.

At 8 a.m. on the 8th, the South China Empire held a press conference and used global broadcasting to demand that the Japanese government explain the attack on the South China Fleet.

At 10 a.m. on the 8th, Chen Siyuan, the Speaker of the Imperial Parliament, initiated a war proposal, and everyone had to leave after the vote.

"We should know that everything the South China Empire has is based on the abundant military force of the empire."

"If the empire's martial virtue is not abundant enough, I firmly believe that the colonists will not hesitate to start a war and plunder our wealth and everything."

"This is what I have experienced, and I believe it is also what everyone here and the people of the South China Empire have experienced."

"The shameful sneak attack of the Japanese is undoubtedly intolerable, and we must respond immediately without hesitation!"

"Now, the first round of voting for the 17th special vote in 1914 will begin to decide whether the empire will go to war against the Japanese Empire."

Chen Siyuan sat in the Speaker's seat and gave a speech to the members.

The entire voting process lasted fifteen minutes, and the speaker was responsible for announcing it.

"This vote was conducted anonymously, with a total of six hundred votes, all cast. Now the voting results are announced."

"579 votes in favor of going to war with Japan, one vote against, and twenty abstentions."

"As the speaker, I will not elaborate on this result. Now I declare that the proposal to wage war against the Japanese Empire has passed."

Chen Siyuan looked at the glaring vote against it and felt like he had seen a pile of shit and was disgusted.

In any case, the fact that this was a trap was only known to the participants, and there must be no participants in the parliament.

In other words, everyone present (including Chen Siyuan) believed that the South China Empire Navy Fleet was shamelessly attacked by the Japanese and a battleship was sunk.

What kind of behavior is this? Shouldn't he be angry?

But because it was an anonymous vote, Chen Siyuan didn't know who voted against it, so he had to give up.

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At 12:00 a.m. on December 8, 1914, after approval from the two highest departments of the South China Empire Parliament and the Imperial Government, the war proposal was submitted to Liu Yiming.

The proposal was submitted by the Speaker Chen Siyuan. Liu Yiming did not say much throughout the process, did not ask any questions, and signed it in a straightforward manner.

At 12:30 p.m. on December 8, 1914, the South China Empire Government notified the Japanese Empire Government.

On December 7, 1914, the Japanese Empire shamelessly attacked the South China Empire Navy, resulting in the sinking of the South China Empire Navy's Chang'an battleship, killing 87 people and injuring 328 people.

Due to the war actions of the Japanese Empire, the South China Empire declared war on the Japanese Empire. Since December 8, 1914, the South China Empire and the Japanese Empire have been at war...

As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar. When everyone thought that the war would break out in Europe, the war broke out in the Far East.

But this is not over yet. On the afternoon of December 8, the Chinese Provisional Government also declared war on Japan for the same reason, except that no warships sank.

"Are the Japanese crazy? Why did they attack Huaxia and Nanhua at the same time? Do they think they can win two wars at the same time?" Asquith frowned.

"The Japanese are really crazy. Order the Governor of the Far East to find an opportunity to attack Korea." Tsar Nicholas XX smiled happily.

"Huh, the Japanese are too aggressive. This is not a good thing, but losing Japan at this time is a bad thing for the United States. We don't have enough energy to go to the Pacific for the time being." President Wilson felt a little tricky and began to look through the records of the past exchanges between the United States and Nanhua.

Unexpectedly, before Nanhua showed its strong naval strength, the relationship between Nanhua and the United States was extremely close, even close to the level of allies.

The two sides launched a war against Spain together. The United States obtained Spanish territory in the Caribbean and Nanhua obtained Spanish territory in Southeast Asia.

The United States also deeply participated in the industrial construction of Nanhua, and the two sides still have trade exchanges that cannot be underestimated.

The emperor of the Nanhua Empire and the former former president of the United States, Theodore, had a very close personal relationship. The two sides had correspondence in the 19th century.

It was not until about ten years ago that the relationship between the two sides gradually deteriorated. Even so, the emperor and the former president of the empire still maintained more than two letters a year.

"I think we should stand on the side of the Japanese, and I also think that we should ease the relationship with the South China Empire."

"If we can win over the South China Empire, it will be a great help for us." Wilson wanted to mediate, restore the relationship with South America, and keep Japan at the same time.

"Mr. President, I'm afraid it won't work. The South China Empire is blocking our route to the Western Pacific." Secretary of State William Janice Bryan was a hardliner and thought Wilson was thinking too well.

Two neighboring countries that were already in conflict would not agree to end the war until one of them fell.

"We have to give it a try..." Wilson was a very typical American peace advocate, that is, advocating peace under the leadership of the United States.

"You can do whatever you want." Before the outbreak of World War I, the conflict between William and Wilson was not serious.

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Compared to the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and other countries who were puzzled by Japan's behavior and wanted to achieve something in it, the ideas of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria were much purer.

They simply wanted to take this opportunity to start a war and divide Serbia.

"Franz, act as soon as possible, take advantage of this opportunity." Joseph I put down the intelligence in his hand and said to Marshal Franz, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Marshal Franz performed an ancient noble salute.

"Friedrich, I need you to go to Sofia to meet Ferdinand." Joseph I looked at Prince Friedrich again.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Friedrich nodded slightly and looked at Joseph I.

"Tell Ferdinand that I agree to divide the Kingdom of Serbia equally, with the north and west belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the south and east belonging to Bulgaria."

"The premise is that the Kingdom of Bulgaria signs a treaty with the Empire. Within ten years, the two sides will be allies and work together to deal with the Russians or other Balkan countries."

Joseph I said softly to Friedrich.

"Of course, Your Majesty, this is what Bulgaria should do. After all, he is a German nobleman." Friedrich smiled slightly.

"Yes, that's right. We are a family, not Slavs or anything else." Joseph I nodded, showing a tired expression.

Friedrich knew that this was the expression of the old man reminiscing, and he left tactfully.

From December 8th to 12th, in just four days, the South China Empire Navy blocked all of Japan's foreign routes except the North Pacific.

The impact of the incident became intense, and began to affect merchant ships of Britain, France and other countries, as well as the capital market.

At the beginning of the war, the capital market was like chicken blood, and countless funds poured into war-related industries, driving up the prices of various war materials.

But that was all. The Japanese Navy Combined Fleet huddled in Sasebo and did not move. The remaining nine main battleships that could be used could be considered the main forces.

The Kawachi was almost burned, the bow was deformed, two turrets were scrapped, and the fire in the cabin burned half of the internal cabin of the warship.

The Aki was even worse. The power system collapsed, and it was hit by a torpedo, causing the main structure to deform and the keel to be damaged.

It can be said that both ships have lost the need for repair, and repairing them is no cheaper than building a new one.

However, Japan did not have enough resources to build new ships, nor did it have enough time to build them, so it began to dismantle the equipment on the Aki and gradually repair the Kawachi.

What about Nanhua? The remaining seven main battleships, each of which is more than 20,000 tons, are faster, more powerful, and more defensive than Japanese battleships.

Seven ships compared to nine ships, although at a disadvantage in terms of quantity, they still have an advantage in fighting.

Not to mention that the Chinese Navy also declared war on Japan, and there were two battleships plus a bunch of old ships, which were enough.

But the Japanese huddled in the Sasebo Naval Base, and Nanhua had no way to deal with them. Attacking the port? That was courting death.

The naval war stagnated for a while, but Nanhua and Huaxia were preparing to march from land, gathering troops and transporting equipment.

On December 12, the Austro-Hungarian Empire suddenly announced that it would bring the Bosnia-Herzegovina region under the direct rule of the imperial government.

Because of the heavy losses, Serbia simply issued a statement, which was cautious and did not blame the Austro-Hungarian Empire too much.

But weakness is the original sin, especially when it is valuable.

On December 13, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Bulgaria signed an alliance treaty in Sofia, and the two sides became allies.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not hide this from its good brother Germany, and Germany, which had always been lukewarm about the Austro-Hungarian Empire's annexation of the Bosnia-Herzegovina region, suddenly became excited.

Just after the signing of the treaty, Germany began to instigate Ferdinand I, hoping that he would join the Allies.

Ferdinand I didn't want to get involved in these things, he just wanted to find some benefits in the Balkans, but the Germans gave too much.

Military aid, industrial aid, and golden Mark.

On December 15, Ferdinand I used the excuse that Serbia did not respect the lives of Bulgarians and ignored the tragedy, and launched a war against Serbia.

At this time, the Russians had already felt something was wrong, because the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been sending troops to the Bosnia-Herzegovina region.

On December 18, the Tsarist government sent a note to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, asking the Austro-Hungarian Empire to stop increasing its troops in the Bosnia-Herzegovina region and reduce its troops to two divisions.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire agreed.

Turning around, on December 20, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia according to the Austro-Bulgarian Alliance Treaty, and more than 30 divisions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Bosnia-Herzegovina region marched towards Serbia.

Only two divisions were left to maintain local stability and traffic lines.

On December 21, the Russians, feeling deceived, demanded that Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Bulgaria immediately stop the war and withdraw from the battle, otherwise Russia would take action.

On the same day, Germany invited Bulgaria to join the alliance treaty. Ferdinand I glanced at the meddling Russian government and agreed to join...