Chapter 867 Transactions and Exercises
Istanbul.
The front and outside of the Topkapi Palace are heavily guarded, and the oval negotiation table in the central hall is crowding.
After being selected as the seat for the end of the war, Osman, as the host country, was overjoyed. Muhammad V did everything he could to entertain the distinguished guests who came from afar, and even sent the imperial chef.
Although it costs a lot, every Ottoman knows that the reward at the end of the meeting will be more than a thousand times!
Whether it is Germany's 850 billion gold mark plus Africa and the 28 articles proposed by Xinhua, it is impossible to divide the world. Although Osman can't open his mouth to these two companies because of his own strength, as long as they leak a little in their fingers, it will be enough to support a small country.
Like Osman, Japan, North Korea, Bulgaria, Ecuador and other countries all hold such a mentality. They know that they are not the biggest reapers, and the United Kingdom, the United States and France basically can't get involved, but there are also countries such as Greece, Spain and Portugal. Their compensation will be mainly used for the two giants. Allies outside the head.
So, after the quarrel and blackmail were used as a negotiating place in this hall, they never stopped for a minute.
As the negotiations entered a substantive stage, the two main disputes began to become clearer.
Internal and external.
Internally refers to the distribution between Xinhua and Germany. Both sides are not satisfied with the distribution of Gibraltar, South Africa and other regions. Because the two countries are the two giants in the alliance, although they swept the United Kingdom and the United States after the beginning of the Xinhua War and annihilated a large number of living forces in the Treaty, if Germany had not delayed the Treaty on the European battlefield. With too many armies, the war may not come to this day.
For other countries of the alliance, this is a fight between immortals. Standing on this issue makes the leaders of various countries very worried. However, in terms of the total number, there are more on Xinhua's side, but Germany has Austria-Hungary and Italy, which are recognized as the third and fourth strength of the alliance, plus Bulgaria and Osman. Unintentional favoritism, Xinhua does not have an advantage in this regard.
But the current problem in Germany is that Xinhua is actually occupied. For example, when Germany just proposed whether to distribute the interests of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands equally, Xinhua negotiator and Deputy Prime Minister Yan Fu refused directly, and did not even intend to let other countries continue this issue. The reason is very simple. They directly occupied it!
Do you have the ability to send troops to get it back?
Germany is not so stupid to turn against each other now, not to mention that the two main channels of the intersection of Europe and Asia, the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal, have been firmly grasped by Xinhua. Egypt and Colombia have completely turned to the east, so they can only step back and compete for the key Africa, Europe and the Atlantic regions.
This is an internal problem, while the external one is very simple.
The price is too high!
Britain, the United States and France alone need to pay 850 billion gold marks. If other countries are included, the total amount of compensation will reach an unprecedented 1 trillion! And we still need to pay for almost the entire African colonies. If no one is willing, it's better to continue to fight.
As Wang Shizhen said, William II and the German command's greed for the colonies is really irreparable, but the problem is that if Xinhua does not support it, then with Germany's current strength, even if the British navy is trapped in Scarpa Bay, Germany still can't guarantee that the army can cross the strait to win. The war of war.
So Germany threw out a secret agreement that had been reached with the French Sneide political axe for a long time, and sent a fleet to unintentionally surround the Anchorage of Scapa Bay, just to use it as a stepping stone to let Britain understand that France has completely failed and Britain has been alone.
"His Excellency Prince Heinrich." In the corner of the conference room, Yan Fu sat side by side with Prince Heinrich, one of the German negotiators. The German royal family, who had participated in the signing of the Brest contract, was one of the most trusted people of Wilhelm II.
"With all due respect, the possibility of your country's victory in the Battle of Great Britain is only theoretical!" Yan Fu narrowed his eyes and did not give the prince any face at all, because this is a negotiation. A negotiation that often involves hundreds of millions of yuan in compensation and affects the distribution of the post-war world. Any fancy and turnaround here is not worth it, and must be directly to the hearts of the people! Point to the flaws!
So Prince Heinrich frowned and was unwilling to give in, "Maybe, but we have plenty of time, and maybe we can let the French help."
"Real is it? Are the French really willing to help? Does your country really want to continue to fight?
"We have no choice, Deputy Prime Minister. You can't understand Germany. For a country that is locked in the North Sea, we must ensure the maritime security of the country! Must!"
"Your Majesty, I know this very well and understand your decision." Seeing that Heinrich was a little excited, Yan Fu slowed down his voice and said, "But do you think that getting Gibraltar can guarantee the smooth flow of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in the future? And do you think that Britain, which has lost all its colonies, has the ability to repay such a huge debt? Or do you think France will become an ally of your country from now on? Do you want to fight again in ten years and let the soldiers sacrifice again?
A series of questions made Heinrich a little left and right, but he quickly fought back and said, "Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, our country must ensure the security of the North Sea, and don't you think your country is the same on the North American issue?"
"That's different." Yan Fu shook his head: "Your Excellency, in order to attract Mexico, your country also promised to return its homeland to Mexico's political axe after the war. Do we have to break our promise now? If so, how will we face our allies in the future? As for Florida, handing it over to those black self-government, don't you think this is a good opportunity to weaken the United States and create future conflicts?
"I agree with these, but what do you say about the cession of Alaska and California requested by your country?"
"We must get it in Alaska, which is not negotiable! As for California. After pretending to think about it, Yan Fu said with a difficult and painful expression, "We can promise the autonomy of the locals and not secession from the United States, but the premise is that the United Kingdom will hand over Bermuda to us!"
"No, Bermuda has penetrated into the Atlantic Ocean, which is beyond the scope of our agreement in Cairo!"
"Hehe, Cairo agreement." Yan Fu just wanted the other party to say this. He smiled and said, "According to the Cairo agreement, our country will get 70% of the benefits of North America, and your country will get 70% of the benefits of the United Kingdom. I just don't know how many years it will take for His Majesty William to get the wealth on paper with the narrow land of Britain after losing all the colonies. What about it?"
"You." Heinrich was angry, but he could not refute it, because Yan Fu said a lot. Even if the United States ceded so much land, it still had a vast territory and would not take many years to recover. However, once Britain lost all its colonies, it was bound to accelerate its decline. Although this is in the interests of Germany, the problem is that Germany will not The law guarantees to get the compensation.
What's more serious is that if the UK is pushed too fast, they will definitely completely turn to Li Mo in the future. The worst thing is that the British will allow the Xinhua Fleet to be stationed on the mainland to fight against the strong Germany, which is really bad!
After consultation with the country, Yan Fu saw that the other party was speechless and said bluntly, "Your Majesty, I think we are wasting time. How about this? What do you think? Britain is required not to station troops and navies in Scotland and the north to ensure the free entry and exit of your ships. At the same time, our country is willing to exchange the Seychelles for the Bermuda Islands. In addition, South Africa and Gibraltar are jointly managed by our two countries.
"No way."
It is indeed Germany's most desirable thing not to station troops north of Scotland. Bermuda can also replace Seychelles. After all, German East Africa lacks a good port. Having Seychelles at home is equivalent to having a base in the Indian Ocean.
In fact, whether it is Bermuda or Seychelles, it can actually be regarded as an exchange of chess piece for the two countries to enter each other's sphere of influence. After all, both places are far away from the mainland. If the war breaks out again, the two places will soon be surrounded, especially for Germany. Panama and the Suez Canal can't be taken. If you take a detour to South Africa, Seychelles is just a decoration, so it is more about a political level and a forward base.
However, both Gibraltar and South Africa are both places in this distribution. Co-manage means that each and half of the interests of the two companies. Originally, Xinhua took advantage after occupying 70% of North America. If they jointly control South Africa and Gibraltar, it would be equivalent to taking more than 60% of all the war interests! It's better to continue to hand over the two places to Britain. On the one hand, it will not force Britain to a dead end, and on the other hand, Britain's income in the colonies will also flow into Germany's pocket with compensation.
Hearing Heinrich's direct refusal, Yan Fu was also a little annoyed. He picked up the teacup and said coldly, "Your Majesty, this is our last bottom line. In addition, I suggest that the meeting be adjourned from today and the negotiations will be restarted when China's exercise is over."
"Exercre?!" Prince Heinrich pulled out countless black lines directly on his forehead. It's too rampant and arrogant! At this time, it's better to directly say "the action of grabbing territory and exerting pressure"?!
Heinrich took a deep breath, and the discerning people knew what this exercise meant as soon as he heard it. He was very annoyed by Li Mo's shameless behavior, but Germany could not take any countermeasures. To be honest, since he learned about the situation of the Liverpool tragedy, whether it was William II and the German command was treating Xinhua. They are much more cautious about the issue with Li Mo. At present, when the other party has an absolute air advantage, it means that they can create more similar tragedies in Europe!
Just as Prince Heinrich and the German command thought that Xinhua would send several warships and aircraft to make a scene, a global sea and air exercise code-named "Persistent Force" was officially launched.
The Japanese joint fleet, which personally led the fleet to attack the original peace of peace and had just returned from the First Sino-Japanese War, especially the successive conflicts with Britain, France and the United States after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Li, was crowned as a "war maniac" and a "Far East arsonist" Ya. Finally, the world saw his madness!
On August 18, after learning that the German naval high seas fleet tried to approach the east coast of the United States before the negotiations were over, under the "suggestion" of Li Mo, the Royal Navy of the New China Empire launched a code name to "ensure that the interests of the empire are not infringed" and put pressure on the Allied countries that were reluctant to comply in the negotiations. The first global sea and air exercise of "Persistent Force".
First of all, the two Western Qin-class aircraft carrier battle groups, which were injured in the naval battle of Bermuda and returned to China for maintenance and rest, were suddenly ordered to depart from Ryukyu and Singapore respectively, leading the last two Taiwan-class battleships to the Indian Ocean and cross the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea.
Next, two Western Qin-class heavy aircraft carriers and the last three Xi'an-class large cruisers in service in the name of the small countries "Song" and "Lu" in the Warring States period were also ordered to depart from Zhoushan to Panama and prepare to enter the Atlantic Ocean from there.
For a while, 12 aircraft carriers, 20 battleships, 40 cruisers and hundreds of destroyers and supply ships showed two arrows, straight to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean respectively.
According to later statistics, in the month-long exercise, Xinhua used a total of 278 ships and 4,500 aircraft of various types. The total number of troops participating in the exercise reached 370,000, which was enough to make the troops fight a small-scale war!
By August 30, this kind of madness reached its peak.
On that day, 125 Thor bombers and 110 Kunpeng bombers took off from the Sinai Peninsula Air Force Base. In order to adapt to the surname training, they first arrived in Eastenburg after passing over Cyprus. After reviewing by the local delegations that were negotiating, they entered Malta and departed the next day. Cheng, who converged 200 naval escort fighters and attack aircraft, arrived in southern France via Italy and Corsica, and returned after a detour over Spain.
The huge fleet stunned everyone who saw it!
The results of this exercise directly led to the acceleration of the restart of negotiations on September 1, which also made world leaders realize that the gap between themselves and Xinhua in the navy and air force has not narrowed due to the acceleration of technological innovation, but is getting bigger and bigger...
(to be continued)