The news of the victory in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait was officially ordered by Shang Jinfeng at about 12 o'clock that night and sent back to Qingdao, and at 6 o'clock in the morning, the detailed results were sent back to Qingdao. It was Xia Bohai on duty that day, so he also received the news of the victory of the People's Army fleet at the first time, although he did not know the detailed results at this time, but there was no doubt that he would win this battle.

However, after receiving the news, Xia Bohai was not very excited, because he knew in his heart that there was no reason why he could not win this battle in the battle of five modern warships, and the result was only how to win? Xu Jichao's family also sent a telegram to Qin Zheng in Shenyang, so that they would know as soon as possible that they had won, and at the same time, they would inform all departments of the news early tomorrow morning, and then start thinking about their own affairs again.

It turned out that just this morning, Qin Zheng sent back a report in which he put forward his own opinions on how to completely end the war in the Far East after the battle of the Taiwan Strait ended. And this report also won Xia Bohai's heart.

The victory in the battle of the Taiwan Strait can be determined that East China has won a victory on the battlefield, but this does not mean that the Far East War, which lasted for three years and lasted more than 30 months, has come to an end; still less does it mean that East China has won the final victory. Because wars between countries have never been limited to the battlefield, not to mention that this war in the Far East involved a total of six countries, and the intricacies of them are even more indescribable.

For soldiers, as long as they win on the battlefield, it is enough, but for politicians, it is far from enough to only win on the battlefield, and whether or not to achieve the final victory lies in whether the predetermined plan before the war is realized, and whether the national strategic benefits brought by the victory are really obtained. Before the war, East China set the following goals: to expand its own territory and gain a broad space for the development of East China; to deal a heavy blow to Japan and Russia so that they could not pose a threat to East China in a short period of time, and to shock other countries, so as to create a good environment for the development of East China; to demand huge war reparations from Japan and Russia, and to obtain a large amount of funds for the development of East China.

Judging from the current results, the first two goals have basically been achieved, but the last goal has not yet been scored, and now the objects of the war reparations are not only Japan and Russia, but also Britain, France and the Netherlands, but these five countries are not incompetent Qing courts, they will lose when they fight, they will be accepted when they lose, and they will pay compensation when they are served, and if they want to pay the reparations honestly, the current victory is not enough.

What should we do if Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands insist on not paying reparations? Should East China continue the war? If the war continues, then where is the direction in which East China will use troops in the next step? What is the goal of using troops? Will war force the five countries to pay reparations? Or will they simply destroy one or two countries? And will East China's financial, human, and material resources be able to support the continuation of the war? These are all questions that politicians need to think about, so it is by no means an empty sentence to say that a good politician should consider how to end the war at the beginning of the war.

Of course, Xia Bohai knows that it is impossible for the war to continue indefinitely, although East China has achieved an incomparably brilliant victory on the battlefield, but the weakness is also quite obvious, that is, it is indeed impossible for East China's financial, manpower and material resources to support the war for a long time.

At present, there is no shortage of funds in East China, and after winning the battle of the Taiwan Strait, fundraising is not a big problem, and it can continue to issue bonds in the markets of the United States and Germany. However, the manpower and material resources of East China have almost reached the limit.

Before the war, the territory occupied by East China was not large, only the whole province of Shandong, part of Henan Province, a small number of Hebei, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places, with a total area of about 280,000 square kilometers and a population of about 40 million, but in addition to Shandong Province, other regions were not fully developed, and the support for the war was limited, so it was actually only Shandong Province that could support the war, and it can also be said that in addition to military strength, East China ** It is the weakest of the parties involved in the war, and it is the power of one province against Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands.

In terms of manpower, East China can still be self-sufficient, but most of the war materials needed must be imported from outside, of course, mainly within the scope of China. In East China, the preparation for the war was very sufficient, and it had a good reputation and high prestige in China, and established a number of stable supply channels, so at the beginning of the war, the supply of materials was still very timely, and the materials were also very rich.

However, the consumption of materials by the war is also quite huge, and before the Portsmouth negotiations, the consumption rate of materials in East China has exceeded that of goods reserves. After the breakdown of the Portsmouth negotiations, Britain and France entered the war, not only in military operations, but also in economic suppression of East China, and also united with the Qing court to restrict the import of materials to East China.

Britain and France have been operating in China for decades, have a huge influence on China's economy, and the Qing court is still the current legal ** in China, although it has been extremely decayed at this time, but more than 250 years of residual power can not be ignored, so the merchants who supply materials to East China, some of them are forced by the double pressure of Britain and France and the Qing court, to stop or reduce the supply of materials to East China; Only a small number of people insist on maintaining business contacts with East China, and Britain and France have adopted methods such as price hikes and rush purchases, which have increased the difficulty and cost of importing materials from East China.

As a result, the material input of East China ** suddenly fell off a cliff, at the lowest time, less than 3 percent under normal circumstances, fortunately, there is a large amount of accumulation before East China, and at this time, Japan and Russia have been greatly injured, and they are unable to launch a large-scale war, so the materials are also smaller, and East China ** seized the opportunity to continuously fight the recovery of Shenyang, conquer Manchuria, land in Japan and other victories, and in Japan used predatory materials, Population, of course, is putting pressure on Japan, but it is also alleviating its own supply and demand difficulties to a considerable extent.

However, some businessmen saw that East China ** won consecutive victories, on the other hand, they were also forced by the pressure of public opinion, and some changed their minds, and secretly exported a small amount of materials to East China, so the material input of East China ** is also slowly picking up, and before the battle of the Taiwan Strait, the speed of material input has not returned to about 5% of the previous one.

But at this time, the import of materials has far lagged behind the consumption of materials, so now the total amount of reserves in East China is only enough to use about 4-5 months, of course, after the battle of the Taiwan Strait, there must be more businessmen to resume the supply of materials to East China, to be optimistic that the consumption of materials in East China should be able to last for 8-9 months, and then there will be a shortage of materials.

In addition, the war has dealt a huge blow to the economy, people's livelihood and social development in East China, and now in East China, in addition to the military industry, almost all other industries have stopped investment, production, and operation, and the people's living materials have been distributed according to the plan, all entertainment industries have basically been suspended, and the whole society has almost completely stagnated.

But this situation can not be maintained for a long time, East China is estimated to be able to ensure stability for half a year at most, and if this situation lasts for a year, the rule of East China, there will be an unstable situation, so the current situation, although East China has achieved a brilliant victory in the military, but it is not a sure win. In the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space, although Japan won a military victory, it had to give up its demand for reparations during the final negotiations, because Russia could still afford it, but at that time, Japan's national strength and economy could no longer support the continuation of the war, and it could only compromise in order to end the war completely. And the most ideal result in East China is to officially end the war within half a year and obtain reparations, and at most it can only hold out for one year, at that time, even if the reparations are not paid, the war will be ended.

However, if the war reparations are not obtained, East China will be burdened with a heavy debt burden, which will inevitably seriously affect the future development, although a large amount of land and strategic benefits have been obtained from the war, but it cannot offset the debt, it can only be regarded as a crushing victory. In the old time, although Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it was unable to obtain war reparations from Russia, and as a result, it was burdened with heavy debts, and it was not until the outbreak of World War I that Japan received a large number of war orders to pay off its debts. Therefore, for East China, war reparations are inevitable.

Of course, the situation facing East China is much better than that of Japan in the old time and space, and Bi Jing is now in East China. It can still last for one and a half years, and the consumption of Japan and Russia is far greater than that of the old time and space, and the domestic economy has basically collapsed, and now it is all dependent on the blood transfusion of Britain and France to support it, and once the blood transfusion stops, Japan and Russia will immediately go into shock; Britain and France have strong national strength, but they have no choice but to be too far away from China, and the two countries have a large number of economic, political, and geostrategic interests in the Asian region, but in the battle of the Taiwan Strait, Britain and France are almost unable to protect their interests in the Far East, and at the same time, Britain and France have to give blood transfusions to Japan and Russia, and they cannot let Japan and Russia collapse, so Britain and France are actually not easy; as for the Netherlands, its own national strength is weak, and it can be ignored。

It can also be seen from this that in the game outside the battlefield, East China actually has a great chance of winning, but the operation requires serious and detailed planning, and it is not inferior to fighting a real war.