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Volume 3 The Road to Rise Chapter 599 Operation Rainbow

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    It must be said that war is always full of drama.  World War I, like Europeans who like to joke, finally came to an end after William II¡¯s last joke.  Wilhelm II, who climbed out of the ruins of the forest, was able to convince the German people who came to attack him not to kill him.  But the price was that Kaiser Wilhelm II announced his abdication that day.  Wilhelm II knew that Germany could no longer accommodate him.  Looking at the dilapidated Pailin, William II knew what a big mistake he had made.  It was hard to persuade the German people today, but maybe they will be angry tomorrow and beat his head into a pig's head!  I¡¯m even more uncertain whether his head will be unscrewed and used as a ball the day after tomorrow!  Because Pailin is so miserable, there are broken walls and charred corpses everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of Pailin citizens are homeless.  The furious German people could hardly guarantee that they would not "clean up" Wilhelm II.  Wilhelm II, who has always been considered stupid, finally became smarter?  The day after announcing his abdication, he fled to Denmark.  German power passed to the right-wing Social Democratic Party, Albert and others.  The year, month and day.  In the Compiegne Forest northeast of Paris, on the marching train of the Sino-French Allied Forces Headquarters, the German representatives accepted the armistice conditions and signed an armistice agreement.  Germany formally surrendered, but went to China and France to surrender.  The moment Lieutenant General Liu Fei, commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, signed the agreement, World War I ended.  On the same day of the same month, the Chinese Empire and the French Republic held a closed-door meeting in Paris.  After the meeting, China and France handed over the drafted contract with Germany to German representative Blochdorf.  Germany has repeatedly requested modifications to the contract because the conditions are very harsh.  However, China and France considered preventing the intervention of the Allied Powers, Britain and the United States.  It is hoped that the final annex of the "Beijing Agreement", the "German-French Agreement", will be completed before Britain and the United States react.  Under the strong threat of China and the fury of France, German Foreign Minister Muller had to sign the "German-French Contract", also known as the "Germany-Chinese Empire and France Contract", because the treaty contained relevant provisions of China.  In order to divide the Allied Alliance, China drew France to China's side.  On the contract with Germany.  China has given France considerable benefits.  The "German-French Contract" stipulated that Germany should compensate French civilians for the loss of two German marks, return Alsace and Lorraine to France, and restore France's borders before the Franco-Prussian War.  The Saar coal mining area will be administered by France for a year, and then a referendum will determine its ownership.  The west bank of the Rhine River is managed by the Chinese Imperial Army, and the area within 1 km of the east bank is an undefended zone. Germany is prohibited from implementing compulsory military service, and only 60,000 troops are allowed to be retained.  Germany was prohibited from possessing air force and tank forces, and all warships of the German High Seas Fleet were handed over to the Imperial Chinese Royal Navy.  The German-French contract seriously weakened Germany's economic and military strength, trampled on its sovereignty, and left its territory incomplete. France gained huge benefits in the treaty, not only restoring the territory it had during the Franco-Prussian War, but also gaining access to the German Saar coal mining area.  The right to plunder, in comparison, the compensation of the German mark, due to the depreciation of the currency, is almost negligible?  The French government and French people showed unprecedented gratitude for the "German-French Contract" brokered by China, which caused France to completely turn to China in future affairs, which was a huge blow to the Allied Powers.  After the United States and Britain learned about it, they immediately expressed their dissatisfaction to the Chinese government and strongly demanded that the contract with Germany be revised. Otherwise, they would refuse to sign the "Beijing Contract" for the final time.  After the Chinese government successfully divided France, its purpose was undoubtedly to isolate the United States, because after World War I, although no country could threaten China's security and interests, China still treated the United States as its next enemy; therefore, China first divided the United States.  relations with France, and then split the relationship between the United States and Britain. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? moon.  On the same day, China and the UK held a closed-door meeting.  under the threat of China.  The German representatives had to modify the Anglo-German Contract with the British representatives.  The "British-German Contract" stipulates that German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroon, Togo and German New Guinea will be transferred to Britain and become permanent British colonies.  The area on the west bank of the Rhine River was occupied by the Chinese and British coalition forces, and the east bank was expanded to ten kilometers as an undefended area.  Germany was not allowed to have a submarine force, and all German submarines were transferred to the British Navy as compensation to Britain.  After the Anglo-German contract was revised, China and the United Kingdom came to terms with each other for various purposes.  On July 1st, China and Britain signed the "Military Treaty on the Alliance of the Empire of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain", restoring the Sino-British alliance military group relations that had ended seven years ago.  An agreement was reached in secret. China handed over two-thirds of the German High Seas Fleet to the British Navy, leaving only four Marken-class battleships and five York ships.?-class battlecruiser.  The British Navy obtained the remaining battleships, cruisers, destroyers and submarines. It can be said that the battleships China gave to the UK were equivalent to half of the British Navy. The British government and the British Navy were very happy about this.  At the same time, Britain recognized the independence of its colonies in Southeast Asia and became vassal states of China.  In terms of its stance towards the United States, the United Kingdom stated that it would be strict in the Sino-U.S. friction. After China expressed its acquiescence in the British restoration of colonial rule over Egypt and ceded the right to operate the Suez Canal to the United Kingdom, the British government immediately remained silent and defended the country in a secret agreement.  Strictly sticking to the center and right, changed to supporting China.  On the colonial issue, China does not want to have any intersection with Britain. Now that the colonial issue in Southeast Asia has been resolved, there is no need for China to have conflicts with Britain in other areas.  After the signing of the Sino-British Secret Agreement, China and Britain will no longer have colonial collision issues, because China has changed its traditional thinking of occupying territory to a new strategic model that focuses on economic invisible aggression.  The United States helped Britain and France fight the world war for years, but in the end it was treated as a good guy by China.  For this reason, the US government is very angry and depressed.  In the end, the United States did not gain any benefits from World War I. On the contrary, it suffered huge casualties and a huge price of fifteen years of economic regression. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out of?Chinese?Meanwhile, the U.S. is isolated?  China gave Britain and France enough attractive benefits to make Britain and France side with China.  This is how it is between countries. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.  Faced with the temptation of huge interests, Britain and France forgot the huge losses China caused to them by playing balancing during World War I.  On March 3, 2020, representatives from all over the world held a signing ceremony in the Cloud Hall of the Empire State Building in Beijing.  The "Beijing Agreement" and its attached annex treaties have officially entered into force?  ??Then, the Emperor Tianming of the Chinese Empire held a grand celebration banquet in the palace, and all the people working in Beijing from all over the world attended the banquet.  Everyone celebrated happily, except for the German representative who shed tears silently; As countries around the world celebrated the end of World War I, Chinese naval officials in the port of Kiel, Germany, stipulated in the treaty 2 battleships, 10 cruisers, 10 destroyers and 10 destroyers.  The submarine was handed over to the Royal Navy.  At the same time, four Marken-class battleships and five York-class battlecruisers were handed over to the Chinese Royal Navy officers and soldiers to sail back to the mainland.  After the Chinese Navy drove away the warships, the German sailors felt very disappointed and saw that the remaining hundreds of warships in the harbor were about to be handed over to the British.  The German sailors felt as painful as a knife.  At this time, the British admiral who took over these battleships was Admiral Jericho, the commander of the British Fleet, the enemy of the German High Seas Fleet.  When the German sailors saw the arrogant Admiral Jericho and the sailors he brought, they were furious.  At this time, the German naval officers and soldiers demanded an "honourable surrender" of the German High Seas Fleet and then handed it over to the British Navy.  The commander of the British Royal Navy, Admiral Jericho, was very happy about this and ordered all German warships to form a square formation at sea and formally surrender to the British Royal Navy.  And allowed the German naval officers and soldiers to replenish some fuel so that they could sail to the high seas.  Because the huge fleet could not deploy near the port, Admiral Jericho eagerly hoped to see the entire German High Seas Fleet surrender to him.  Although nine battleships have been taken away by the Chinese, which is a little regretful, Admiral Jericho still happily took his fleet to the high seas and waited.  Then, all German sailors, under the command of Lieutenant General Rogge, the captain of the flagship K?nig-class battleship, issued the code word "Operation Rainbow".  The officers and soldiers of the German fleet, unwilling to let these heavy surface ships fall into the hands of the enemy, were prepared to sink the ships in advance.  However, the Chinese naval officers and soldiers kept a close watch and did not allow the German warships to leave the port.  All artillery firing devices have been removed, the number of sailors has been reduced to a minimum, and the fuel carried can hardly allow the fleet to sail too far into the water.  In this way, even if the German ship sank, it would be quickly fished out in the harbor.  Now, handed over to the arrogant British, the German sailors suddenly looked down upon the British Navy and admired the Chinese Navy even more.  The shipwreck must go to the open sea.  Obviously.  The arrogant General Jericho gave the Germans a chance.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  At 10:30 in the morning, all German fleet officers and soldiers boarded their warships again, and soon received a pre-prepared secret message from the flagship battleship K?nig.  The officer ordered the prohibited fleet, battle, and signal flags to be raised, and sailed to the high seas at full speed.  At half past eleven, all German naval warships began to sail slowly on the high seas to form a fleet formation.  Admiral Jericho looked at the German fleet andThere was nothing unusual, so the Germans were urged to hurry up.  At this time, Lieutenant General Rogge typed the "rainbow" code word for the second time, and all the German warships formed a formation while opening the sea valves and watertight hatches.  British naval officers and soldiers are waiting for the moment to come, because it will be the most spectacular surrender ceremony.  The happy British did not notice that the German battleship's draft was getting deeper and deeper. It was not until the water of the K?nig-class battleship slowed down to the sides of the ship that the British realized something was wrong.  "Damn! Stop them quickly! They are going to sink themselves!" Admiral Jericho immediately regained consciousness and realized the seriousness of the problem, but it was too late.  At this time, Lieutenant General Rogge ordered all German warships to sail at full speed and not give the British a chance to board the ships.  The order was issued, and the German warships ran around at full speed to prevent the British from boarding.  At the same time, many German warships directly attacked British warships, forcing the British warships to fire and sink them.  Some German warships collided with each other's own warships, and soon the German warships sank one after another.  The submarine No. 1 was sunk first, and in the next few minutes, the other submarines sank one after another.  Point of emphasis: The No. 2 battleship sank, and the remaining surface warships were submerged one after another at 17:00, and the last battleship sank.  She was the Bayern-class battleship Sachsen.  Because she is the largest, she sinks the slowest.  The British fleet tried every means to try to remedy the situation.  But there is no way to prevent such a large-scale collective self-sinking operation?  The most heroic self-sinking operation in naval history lasted about 4 hours. The German High Seas Fleet, which was at its peak for a while, had a battleship, a cruiser, a destroyer and three submarines, all of which sank to the bottom of the sea more than 3 meters deep.  The commander of the British naval fleet, Admiral Jericho, was very angry. However, when the last German warship sank into the sea, he admired the German navy for the first time.  This is a navy worthy of admiration!  However, in the next episode, Admiral Jericho suddenly became depressed.  Such a large fleet was ruined by himself.  Return to the country.  What awaits him is a trial by a military court. Jericho sighs to the sky, and his naval career is over.     boom!  After a gunshot, Jericho swallowed the gun and committed suicide.  At the same time, his life ended!  "Operation Rainbow" shocked the whole world. Naval personnel from various countries felt deep pity and sympathy for this tragic operation of the German Navy.  The world's second largest naval fleet just disappeared.  And it was such a tragic disappearance.  These warships that sleep on the bottom of the sea will be washed away by the sea water over time and become history and will be recorded in the annals of history forever.  The sinking of the entire High Seas Fleet ended the designation of the High Seas Fleet forever. However, not all the warships of the fleet were sunk, and there were nine warships bound for China.  However, they no longer call them by their original names.  The four Marken-class battleships are the most advanced first-class battleships built in Germany with thick scratches. They have been in service for a short time, the battleships are very new, and they also meet the requirements of the Chinese Navy.  So, did the Chinese Royal Navy retain them based on this?  Marken, Heidelberg, Bayeroiting, and Potsdam were renamed Baoding Zhuo, Taiyuan Hao Bi Zhao Yi Wan, Qingdao Hao Chi, and Jingzhou Hao Yi Hao respectively.  The five German battlecruisers were also Germany's most advanced battleships. York, Gneisenau, Graf Spee, Prince Frederick, and Marquis Bismarck were renamed Yantai, Hua Bibi, Handan and Hua Jiu respectively.  The Lianyungang number is changed, the Anqing number is changed to the old one, and the Quanzhou number is old.  After these nine warships returned to China, they were immediately incorporated into the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy by the Imperial Navy, also known as the Fourth Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy; At this time, the Imperial Chinese Royal Navy had four major fleets.  They are the Home Fleet and the First Fleet of the Royal Navy. The main battleships are five Beijing-class battleships and one HMS Shihe battleship.  Pacific Fleet Royal Navy Second Fleet, the main ships are five Taiwan-class fast battleships, five Shanghai-class battleships, one aircraft carrier HMS Shihuang, and four Xingguo-class aircraft carriers.  The Atlantic Fleet is the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy. Its main ships are five Hawaiian-class battleships and five Sea Dragon-class battlecruisers.  All fleets are equipped with equal numbers of cruisers, destroyers, and submarines.  After adding the Indian Ocean Fleet.  The total tonnage of Chinese naval warships is second only to the British Navy and on par with the U.S. Navy; After the end of World War I, the world's political, economic, cultural, military and other aspects have undergone great changes.  The First World War was the most intensified manifestation of the contradictions between the European powers.  Its explosion and end adjusted the balance of power among the great powers.  Europe's status as the center of international politics has been severely weakened, and the sudden rise of China has divided the political landscape into two major world systems, the East and the West.  The East is stillThe East of this kind of people, the world dominated by the Chinese Empire, the world ruled by the Chinese.  In the West, although the war weakened the West's history of dominating the world, the great powers still have their foundation in the West. China's influence on the West is not very strong. Countries have only been affected by China for a short time. With their family background, they will soon be  Western dominance will be restored.  Economically, the Chinese Empire made huge fortunes during the war and two influenza pandemics, and the full development of the electric power revolution made China's economic potential far stronger than that of European and American countries. As time goes by.  China's economy will leave Europe and the United States far behind and become the most powerful economy in the world.  The great economic achievements have promoted China's military success. The navy, navy and air force have become one of the most powerful militaries in the world, and other countries have followed suit.  As a result, China began to pursue a global strategy of dominating the world. Although the U.S. economy has regressed to the level of the New Year, its industrial capabilities cannot be underestimated and will rise rapidly after the war.  However, China continues to stimulate the United States and comprehensively suppresses the United States economically, politically, and militarily, which has led to the emergence of American nationalist policies and the formulation of a series of military expansion policies and bills targeting China.  Thank you for your precious monthly ticket. Thank you for your generous reward.
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