Chapter 285 The situation in the new world after World War I

On January 3, 1917, Hu Chuyuan arrived in Brussels, Belgium by boat and negotiated with Britain, France and other countries on the disposal of the Allies.

Because it was well prepared in advance, except that Germany could barely compete with China in army equipment, the other countries were not rivals of China at all, including the seemingly powerful Russia, and in fact, it did not resist for a long time.

Before the war, Russia claimed that there were more than 3,000 armored vehicles, but there was a big gap between China and other auxiliary vehicles such as trucks. The combat surname of armored vehicles was also a product of two eras.

The gap between China and Russia is basically too big except that the level of grenades and mines is about the same, including the combat literacy of military personnel.

The combat quality of China's main 74 divisions is extremely high. Throughout the First World War, only the German Army could compete with the Chinese Army.

So, the first world victory is not difficult, at least for China, it is easier than the Far East War.

However, during this period in Brussels, Hu Chuyuan was very keenly aware of the rapid changes in the international situation. With the rapid rise of China's strength, the goal of the entire international community, especially the European and American forces, did not seem to restrain Germany and Russia more, but to restrict China.

In terms of economic and military strength, China is already the world's largest country. It has maintained the theory of white noble for more than a century and has been completely torn up by the Chinese, but it is difficult for Britain, France and the United States to accept this.

The current situation is very similar to that after the end of World War II. Before the war is over, a new break has begun within the Allies - the European and American forces with Britain, the United States and France as the main body, and the Asian forces dominated by China, the two will launch a follow-up competition to compete for world hegemony.

Arriving in Brussels, under the special arrangement of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, Hu Chuyuan lived alone in the Norfeidei Castle of the Belgian royal family, only a few kilometers away from the Le Fengong Fort in the place of talks.

37 kilometers south is the famous Waterloo.

Spreading in the suburbs of Nofidei Castle, Hu Chuyuan was silently thinking about the meeting and the possible consequences.

The unbalanced development of industrial countries and the distribution of colonies led to World War I. World War I led to large-scale monetary and international debt expenditures, which led to the world economic crisis of 1929, further exacerbated the contradictions of the great powers, and led to the outbreak of World War II.

This is a chain reaction, which is almost impossible to avoid.

It is the ultimate weapon atomic bomb that really makes the world completely say goodbye to the world war. Because each other has the ability to destroy their opponents, the war between the powers finally becomes a taboo.

Hu Chuyuan silently sighed in his heart that he was fifty-seven years old, and he didn't know if he could survive the Second World War.

Even if he survives to World War II, can he continue to support China?

This is really unknown.

Therefore, this Brussels meeting must be extremely careful.

This world war is almost equivalent to declaring China as the world's first power, but it also tore up the space for China, Britain, France and the United States to continue cooperation. New international forces will be reorganized and face new challenges.

Hu Chuyuan has a hunch that Britain, France and the United States seem to have begun to plot.

The United States has money and industry, and Britain and France have colonies and markets. If the three cooperate, it can completely isolate China economically and limit China's further development.

It was getting late. When it was time for dinner, Prime Minister Herbert Asquis arrived at Norfield Castle in a car and had dinner with him.

Also came with French President Raymond Puengale and U.S. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.

Hu Chuyuan doesn't like Raymond Puengale very much. He looks proud and keeps pretending to be the biggest victory of the country.

France has made a great sacrifice for victory, which is only caused by France's incompetence. If France can at least have the combat effectiveness of the Russians, it will not be chased all over Europe by the Germans.

After dinner, Wu Shuzhen and several other wives found an excuse to leave and asked Hu Chuyuan to sit down and slowly discuss countermeasures.

Before Hu Chuyuan could speak, Raymond Puengale couldn't wait to say, "Prime Minister Hu, Sir Asquith, we obviously must severely punish the war criminals. Only by making them feel scared forever can we protect our rights and interests and ensure that they will never dare to provoke the order of the times."

Listening to this, Hu Chuyuan did not express his position easily.

He drank tea in silence and continued to think in his heart.

Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and Hu Chuyuan have cooperated for a long time. He also understands a more terrible fact - one devil has fallen, and the other more terrible devil has stood up. Now, there is nothing more terrible than China.

He couldn't help thinking of Napoleon's words and thinking that what the Frenchman said was really right.

Thinking about this, he looked at Hu Chuyuan and asked Hu Chuyuan quietly, "What do you think?"

Hu Chuyuan thought for a little and said, "It is a basic commitment to ensure the territorial integrity of Germany, but the land previously occupied by Germany must be returned, and Poland must be re-read from the territory of Germany and Russia. As for other issues in Russia, Russia has reached a legal agreement with our country. I hope all countries will respect the agreement between the two countries.

Herbert Asquith didn't say anything.

He sighed in his heart, do you really want to cut the Russian Empire to this extent?

According to the peace armistice agreement reached by China and Russia in advance, China's total territory will be increased by at least 2.2 million square kilometers, while Russia's losses are very heavy. A large number of territories have been set as autonomous states, basically losing the right to rule these regions.

According to this scale, China's territory is almost more than 25 million square kilometers. Although more than half of the territory cannot be engulfed, it is still terrible!

Once Russia is weakened to that point, which other country can contain China?

This is really a more terrible problem.

The problem is that this has become a result. It is not something that Britain, France and the United States can be contained together. At least it is not the time to break up with China.

Raymond Poongale also felt a little hesitant about Hu Chuyuan's requirements.

After a short thought, Raymond Poinkalai decided to try to make a more favorable decision for France under the existing circumstances. He cleared his throat and said, "I think this is a very reasonable suggestion, but the colonies illegally occupied by Germany in Africa should also be returned. Give it back to my country."

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "Yes, China needs Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea to connect China's major overseas provinces in Africa. In Asia, New Pap Bougne should be protected by China alone. In addition, we have no special requirements!"

"So... that's all!"

Raymond Poinkalay soon agreed first, and then continued: "There is no need to dispute about the issue that Germany must return to Alsace and Lorraine. We France need to confirm this matter as soon as possible."

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything.

In fact, he sympathized with Germany. The Alsace and Lorraine regions were originally dominated by the German nation and were officially incorporated into France in 1766.

Of course, to some extent, when he controls Poland and Ukraine, Germany without Alsace and Lorraine is more likely to be controlled by him. In order to deliberately strengthen Ukraine, in the Sino-Russian Armistice Treaty and the division of the territory of the Republic of Ukraine, he resolutely divided Belgorod and Kurs. The Ukrainian region was also divided into Ukraine, further weakening Russia's iron ore resources.

At this time, Russia lost two oil-producing areas, Western Siberia and Volga-Kazan, lost at least 90% of its total oil reserves, and then lost Kersk. Nearly half of Russia's total iron ore reserves were also lost.

In any case, weakening and controlling Russia is Hu Chuyuan's greatest responsibility.

The French are greedy and can't wait to enjoy the joy of the winner.

After getting everyone's acquiescence and permission, Raymond Pungarai couldn't wait to continue to ask, "So, what about military compensation and other restrictions on Germany, Austria, Russia and Italy?"

On this point, Hu Chuyuan did not have a mature opinion.

Since he got more territory from Russia and divided Russia, he must give Britain and France more interests to balance.

Therefore, the war claims of Britain, France and other countries against Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy and other countries have become an inevitable general trend and cannot be stopped.

There is no way... At worst, we should study the atomic bomb earlier.

Hu Chuyuan thought so in his heart.

On this issue, Raymond Poongale and Herbert Asquith were basically discussing, and Hu Chuyuan and U.S. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall did not say anything.

It is also nonsense for Germany, Austria, Russia and Italy to demand war compensation. Although the scale of the First World War has been compressed, the whole is still unprecedented. At this time, except for China and the United States, all other countries participating in the war are facing a huge debt crisis and inflationary pressure.

France put forward a new idea, which is to support the recovery of the economy and gradual repayment of military compensation through state loans to Germany, Russia and other countries.

The question is who has money?

There are only two countries with money now, the United States and China.

Regarding the plan to jointly provide loans between China and the United States, Hu Chuyuan and Thomas R. Marshall did not refuse, which was certainly a good opportunity, but in terms of the total ratio, Britain and France clearly supported the United States to control Germany through loans, rather than letting China do so.

During this period, Britain, France and the United States seem to have seen a more distant situation. China has controlled Russia, Poland, Ukraine and the Balkans. Once the war between China and Britain, France and the United States continues, Germany will be a very important front line.

Finally, the "two sides" made a general division. China mainly issued loans to Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Seville, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Greece and other regions to support the reconstruction of these countries and exercise the obligation to compensate the warring countries.

National reconstruction loans from Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, including the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France are supported by the United States, especially in Germany, which bears the most war reparations.

As for Germany's final compensation, France proposed a total of 18.7 billion pounds, which was paid off for 20 years, while France had occupied the Sal coal mining area before Germany paid off its debts.

France's consistent position is to establish hegemony in continental Europe and suppress Germany forever.

Although Britain and the United States did not explicitly oppose this proposal, they were still secretly dissatisfied, but it was not easy to refute France's requirements. On the contrary, Hu Chuyuan clearly opposed it.

According to Hu Chuyuan's proposal, Germany's final total compensation should not exceed 5 billion pounds, while retaining the Hohenzollern family's control over the Kingdom of Germany.

In addition, the differences between China and Britain and France on Turkey, Eastern Europe and the Balkans are also very obvious.

Although the two sides have roughly divided their spheres of influence, it is undeniable that the United Kingdom, France and the United States are unwilling to let China really control these areas. The United Kingdom and the United States have also held a new discussion on the end of the Far East War Treaty, and the status of the country. It is clear that it is to reuse the Japanese version to contain China.

In a series of debates, the Brussels Conference has become a new battlefield.

The whole meeting lasted from March 1917 to the end of May, and the Asian camp with China as the main body reached a final agreement with the British, French and American camps. Germany's final total compensation was 7.2 billion pounds, with 37% of Germany's fiscal year's revenue as repayment, indefinite, with an annual interest of 3%, until it was paid off.

Britain and France's debts to China and the United States are transferred to Germany, which are included in the total compensation of 7.2 billion pounds. The final calculation results show that Germany's total compensation to China is 1.4 billion pounds, which has the right of priority compensation. At the same time, China must spend 1.7 billion pounds as a loan to Germany to ensure that Germany can finally complete the total Compensation plan.

In the whole international situation, through the First World War, the Ottoman Empire and Persia got rid of the protection rights of China and Britain respectively and became fully readable countries.

Britain re-recognized the Kingdom of Afghanistan as a protectorate of Persia. Persia became the United Kingdom of Persia, with three autonomous states of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, while the Ottoman Empire had six autonomous states of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Cyprus and Libya.

As non-Islamic countries, Macedonia, Albania, Armenia and Georgia separated from the two empires and became a reading country, but militarily and economically, they still belong to the Asia-Europe alliance of China, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Persia.

Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Seville and Bosnia also belong to the Asia-Europe League.

Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia belong to the continental European camp of France. Countries have signed a unified mutual protection agreement to prevent the rise of Germany and threats to countries.

Basically, the area that is fought down belongs to the camp, and who is responsible for stationing and maintaining troops in the area.

In terms of African interests, under the insistence of China and the Ottoman Empire, Britain recognized Egypt and Sudan as the basis of Egypt. Under China's insistence, the Suez Canal became the supervision of China, Britain, France and Egypt, and the four countries established a common canal management company to operate the canal.

Nyalia, Cameroon, Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome Islands, Comodo Islands and Djibouti belong to China's overseas provinces, and the rest of the areas are basically divided by Britain and France.

At the end of World War I, the two camps around the world had been divided. Although the United States did not get much colonial benefits, it had received the promise of other powers not to compete with the United States for South America. At the same time, the United States has also become one of the largest creditors in the world.

As a promise from China to send troops to attack Germany, Britain originally agreed to transfer Singapore, Malayland and Myanmar to China, while China transferred Mozambique to the United Kingdom.

As the two camps began to split, Britain finally repented and only transferred Singapore to China for 14 million pounds.

In the Middle East, China occupies the largest United Arab Emirates (including Saudi Arabia and later four countries: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar), and the United Kingdom maintains its suzerainty in Oman and Yemen.

Britain agrees to the division of the Islamic region in India. Pakistan and Bangladesh are read separately, but they still belong to the British Empire.

The long-term cooperation between China and Britain has basically moved towards inevitable division at this stage. Britain and the United States have become a new alliance. France is trying to establish its own system on the European continent, and the United States continues to pursue the policy of "America is the American of Americans".

On the issues of Africa and Asia, the conflict between China and Britain is greater than cooperation, and on the issue of South America, the competition between China and the United States is greater than cooperation.

This is an inevitable trend of historical development. The world is no longer the unipolar hegemony of the United Kingdom, but the four great powers of China, Britain, the United States and France. In particular, the complementary economic surnames and unified interests of China and the United Kingdom have gradually disappeared. The two countries begin to enter the final stage of hegemony, and the competition will completely surpass cooperation.

In terms of military and economic strength, China is undoubtedly the first in the world, but in terms of traditional international influence, China can only be second.

After the war, the British navy became the world's first naval hegemon by relying on the compensation of the German navy's warships. China followed closely, France was still the third and the United States was the fourth.

However, in terms of the strength of the army, China is a well-deserved first place. The German and Russian armies, which were able to compete with the Chinese army, have been destroyed.

At the end of World War I, the competition between China and Britain and the United States officially began, while France alone maintained the system policy of the European continent.

Under the maintenance of China and Britain, Germany maintained a constitutional monarchy and changed the eldest son of William II as the new king of the Kingdom of Germany, and the capital of Germany was moved to Hanover.

However, it is still unknown where Germany's future is and whether it will return to the old rut.

In order to minimize the probability of Germany attacking Poland, under the insistence of Hu Chuyuan, Germany retained the Volklan region, while the East Prussian region became the Königsberg region of Poland, and the two regions carried out large immigrants.

The Poles in the Volklan region moved to the Königsberg region, while the Germans in the Königssburgs moved to the Volkjök. The funds required for the whole immigration were paid by China, and it took 15 years to complete the transfer.

For China, this is definitely not a war of losses. Even if there is no war compensation, the new land area is enough to offset all the losses during the war. In particular, the complete occupation of Western Siberia and Tyuming oil mining areas is very significant. The total amount of oil reserves in the whole Western Siberia may exceed 25 billion tons.

From the beginning.

Before the outbreak of the Far East War, Hu Chuyuan dreamed of occupying this land.

Now, he finally got what he wanted.

Although China now controls potential world oilfield centers such as the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait and Iraq, these places still have to read. They will control the oil by themselves.

Therefore, it is really the best thing for China to occupy the western Siberian region in the name of its own territory.

What we need to do now is to firmly control the new land and occupy the new land.

After the signing of the Brussels Agreement, coupled with the further transformation of Singapore and the autonomous states of Sumansia into autonomous provinces, China's total territory has increased to 24.78 million square kilometers, continuing to consolidate its status as the world's largest territory.

(to be continued)