1.5 billion francs is also completely affordable for France**. Thirty-five years ago, after the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, France paid 5 billion francs in reparations, as Prussia at the time. And now France is stronger, so 1.5 billion francs is not too much of a burden for France, but it is just a loss of face.

For East China, 60 million pounds is undoubtedly a huge amount of money, about 480 million taels of silver, and the currency of East China is about 520 million silver dollars, and before entering the war, East China's financial revenue for one year was only 120 million silver dollars. And there are also British reparations that are not counted.

Negotiations between East China and Britain also entered a period of stalemate, because East China had a somewhat different goal for Britain, not only demanding reparations, but also wanting to get a British colony in Kalimantan. East China has obtained 3/4 of Kalimantan Island from the Netherlands, of course, it hopes to get the remaining 1/4 from the British to get a complete Kalimantan Island, which is also convenient for East China ** to manage and make full use of it. Of course, the amount of reparations in this way must be less than that of France, and the conditions offered by East China ** are that Britain pay 30 million pounds in reparations, plus a colony in Kalimantan.

Of course, Kalimantan Island has great strategic value in Southeast Asia and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, but now East China has obtained 3/4 of Kalimantan Island from the Netherlands, and all the strategic value is ready, even if Britain stubbornly guards the remaining 1/4 part, it is meaningless, it is better to make it part of the deal. The British plan was to use the colonies of Kalimantan to offset the indemnities, so that it would be easier to explain at home, and if it was not good, it would be to take the Netherlands as an example, and take the colonies of Kalimantan with an indemnity of 1,000 pounds.

However, Britain's representative Zhu Erdian is obviously a veteran of negotiations, and he has been grinding hard in the negotiations, saying that he cannot underestimate Britain's strength; on the other hand, it has been constantly strengthening that the value of the part of Kalimantan owned by Britain is far higher than that of the Netherlands, and it has pulled a bunch of British hopes to be friendly with China and with East China Friendly cooperation and so on, so that the representatives of East China are quite powerful and have nowhere to go.

However, the negotiation is based on their respective strengths, and Britain is ultimately on the weak side, and it is impossible to make up for it by its own ability. Although Zhu Erdian still wanted to dwell on it a little more, Li Sanjie and Li Songchen negotiated and decided to have a showdown with Britain and proposed two plans to Zhu Erdian, one is the indemnity of 30 million pounds that East China has always insisted on, plus the British colony in Kalimantan; the other is that East China ** will give up the British colony in Kalimantan, and the indemnity will be the same as that of France, which is 60 million pounds.

The UK can only choose the first option, because East China ** has already obtained 3/4 of Kalimantan Island, and the distance is close, East China ** can easily throw its own power to Kalimantan Island, or it can be said that the remaining 1/4 is like chicken ribs in the hands of the UK, and sooner or later it will be swallowed up by East China**, it is better to send it out as a bargaining chip for the transaction now, and it can also create a little value.

So Zhu Erdian said that Britain can accept the first plan, but please let East China a little more, even if it can give 1 or 2 million pounds. This made Li Sanjie and Li Songchen also feel a little crying and laughing, and finally dropped it by 2 million pounds to 28 million pounds.

The next step is to formally sign the contract, and then agree on the time and order for the implementation of the treaty, but these do not affect the overall situation.

At this time, East China ** and Britain, France, and the Netherlands have all negotiated, although at this time with Japan, Russia is still in a state of war, but East China ** has received 98 million pounds of compensation funds, as well as the complete Kalimantan Island, can be said to be a huge harvest.

For this Far East War, East China borrowed a total of 60 million pounds of foreign debt, plus interest, a total of about 80 million pounds, in addition to about 50 million silver dollars, and East China's own financial funds also have about 50 million silver dollars, which is converted to about 92 million pounds, and the net profit is about 6 million pounds.

However, now these funds in East China have not been used up, there are about 10 million yuan left in the silver dollar, and the remaining materials can be dismantled 15 million silver dollars, and the foreign debt borrowed is about 5 million pounds, so there are about 15 million pounds in total, about 130 million silver dollars today, which is equivalent to the financial revenue of East China ** for one year. Judging only from the funds, of course, it was earned, and this is not counting the value of Kalimantan, and the warships captured on the battlefield.

And the financial gains are only a part, Guan Jian is through the signing of treaties with Britain, France, and the Netherlands, which completely consolidated the achievements of East China's war, and also declared that within the scope of East Asia and Southeast Asia, East China is already outstanding, without opponents, and at the same time, East China can also concentrate on dealing with Japan and Russia with all its might, and continue to expand their own results.

After the signing of the treaty, the cabinets of Britain, France and the Netherlands all announced their resignations, and all three countries will face a situation of re-election. Another major personnel change was the resignation of British Admiral Secretary Fisher.

After the news reached East China, Xia Bohai and others also sighed, and had to say that the sense of responsibility of politicians in this era is much stronger than that of politicians in the old time and space, and their responsibility is to resign at least after all the finishing touches are done, and not to throw the burden to the next term. To Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun's surprise, Fisher actually resigned.

The expeditionary fleet is the main force of the British Navy, and the failure of the expeditionary fleet, the British Navy is naturally to blame, because this is the most painful defeat of the British Navy in the past 200 years, and it has aroused the infinite anger of the British people, so the resignation of the cabinet alone is not enough to calm the anger of the people, and Fisher, as the Minister of the Navy, naturally can only choose to resign to ease the British people's accusations against the navy. Although, strictly speaking, the defeat of the expeditionary fleet had little to do with Fisher.

However, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun both know that in the history of the old time and space, Fisher's role in this era is much more important than that of the British Prime Minister. Although the British Navy was still far ahead at this time, the emerging powers represented by Germany and the United States were on the rise, and they were constantly narrowing the distance with the British.

And it was the reform of the British Navy led by Fisher that enabled the British Navy to continue to maintain its leading edge over other countries, and brought this advantage to the First World War, and ensured that the British Navy in World War I, always comprehensively suppressed the German Navy, not only to ensure the safety of its own sea transportation lines, but also to firmly block Germany on the mainland, and finally to defeat Germany in the war of attrition, so it can also be said that in the victory of the Entente, the British Navy can be said to be a great contribution, and the British Navy's achievements in World War I are due to the reform of the British Navy made by Fisher in about 10 years or so before the First World War。 And now that Fisher was forced to resign because of the defeat of the expeditionary fleet, it is not known whether the reform of the British Navy will continue to ensure its lead in the First World War, or even whether the First World War will take place after the Far Eastern War.

Of course, these are not East China's worries, after all, now Japan, Russia has not compromised, the Far East War has not been completely over, although there is no Britain, France and the Netherlands, but now East China is still not easy, after all, it occupies a lot of resources in East China, or Japan, Russia, now Japan is holding back about 90,000 army and marines in East China, and part of the navy; Russia is also known for its stubbornness, and it will not be easy to force them to submit. Therefore, now East China is still facing the critical point of material exhaustion, although due to the submission of Britain, France and the Netherlands, East China has greatly extended this critical point by one step.

However, although Britain, France and the Netherlands have all succumbed to East China, Japan and Russia do not seem to intend to compromise, and after the negotiations between East China and Britain and France ended, Japan and Russia have issued statements, declaring that they will never compromise with East China and will fight with East China to the end.

According to the plan of East China, the next target to be dealt with is Japan, and finally Russia, at present, there is no need to change this order, because the submission of Britain, France and the Netherlands has freed up the navy of East China to support operations in other directions, and the navy can play a role, of course, in the direction of Japan.

During the negotiations between East China and Britain and France, Luo Yue, the commander in charge of the Japanese battlefield, sent back a military plan of action to force Japan to submit, which was because he had been fighting in Japan for nearly three months and had a considerable understanding of the situation in Japan, so he formulated such a battle plan specifically for Japan's situation.

After the discussion and study of the Military Commission, it was believed that Luo Yue had a great feasibility in proposing this plan, and once it was successfully implemented, there was indeed a great chance that Japan would be forced to submit, and now that the negotiations between East China and Britain and France had been successfully concluded, the Military Commission also officially ordered Luo Yue, approved his plan, and ordered him to implement it, and at the same time sent the armored cruisers Chitu, Jueying, protective cruisers Qingzhou, Yizhou, and the 3rd destroyer detachment to assist Luo Yue in the battle.