Chapter 60: The End of the War in the Far East (Part II)

After listening to Werther, Qin Zheng did not reply to him immediately, but handed Werther a piece of information. Witte took it and was shocked, it turned out that this information was all written in Russian, which recorded the detailed events of Russia's infiltration into Mongolia in the past 50 years, as well as the cultivation of **** forces and instigation of ****.

Although Werther only looked at the catalogue and did not look at the details, just looking at the title, we know that East China ** has conducted a fairly detailed and serious investigation of Russia's activities in Mongolia over the past 50 years, because there are two things planned by Werther. This shows that East China's inclusion of Mongolia's affairs in this negotiation is a far-sighted consideration and is by no means a temporary idea. It also means that after East China ** occupies the Northeast region, the next target is Mongolia, and the next stage of competition between Russia and East China ** is probably in Mongolia.

And whether Russia can compete in Mongolia over East China, to be honest, Werther has no bottom in his heart, although it is said that Russia's layout in Mongolia is early, and now it is quite effective, but the emergence of East China is a matter of 6 or 7 years, and now it is a strong and terrible opponent, so who dares to say that there is a certainty of victory. What's more, the competition between countries, although the comprehensive national strength of the competition, but the military strength is also an important part of it, to put it bluntly, it is harder than whose fist, and in this war, the military strength shown by East China should not be underestimated. As a result, Russia is indeed now greatly weakened, and its support for the Mongol separatist forces will certainly be much worse than before.

However, now is not the time to consider these issues, but how to deal with the requirements of East China. Although Qin Zheng only showed the information on Russia's support of the **** forces, he did not show the corresponding evidence, because these materials were compiled according to the information of the old time and space, and it was impossible for East China to come up with any political evidence, but Witt was a smart person and knew that at this time, it was meaningless to deny and quibble, because East China had already made up its mind to intervene in Mongolian affairs, and it was impossible to stop East China's actions if it had no jurisdiction over Mongolia.

After consultation with Russia, Witte decided to accept this condition of East China, Bi Jing is now the most important thing for Russia to end the war and restore peace, and everything else must be sidelined, of course, this negotiation will not fail for the sake of this article. Besides, what can happen if such a treaty is signed, and will Russia honestly abide by the treaty? When the time comes, will it be okay as long as it secretly supports the Mongolian separatist forces? If it is discovered by East China, it will not be recognized.

In fact, this consideration of Russia has long been expected by East China, because Russia has never been a country that will respect the spirit of the contract, but East China still asks for this article to be put forward in this negotiation and written into the treaty, which also has its own reasons. Although East China does not intend to fully control Mongolia in a short period of time, after all, Mongolia is too large, more than 2 million square kilometers, and now it is impossible for East China to invest too much force in Mongolia, but it is still necessary to prevent Russia from continuing to split Mongolia and maintain a certain influence and deterrence in Mongolia, and it is also in line with the current ability of East China.

The first is to recognize that Russia belongs to Mongolia as China, and does not support the Mongolian separatist forces written into the treaty, and in the process of fighting for Mongolia in the future, East China will occupy the moral supremacy in law, which is actually quite important at this time, although the competition between countries is essentially the law of the jungle, but the world's ** Morality on the whole still has a certain progress, although the essence has not changed, but the technique has become a lot milder, no longer so direct, simply put, it is like eating like becoming good-looking, even if it is a gluttonous meal, but also pay attention to frying and frying, chewing slowly, gentle and elegant, and even a musical accompaniment or something, so it is still necessary to occupy the advantage of legal morality.

On the other hand, it is also a blow to the Mongolian separatist forces, although Russia will still secretly support the Mongolian separatist forces, but after all, it is written in black and white on the treaty that Mongolia belongs to China, and does not support the Mongolian separatist forces, and there will still be some restraint in the action. And the Mongolian separatist forces will be somewhat psychologically troubled, and their confidence in Russia will also be somewhat discounted, after all, Russia has signed such a treaty, will it still fully support it? Once this crack occurs, it will be quite difficult to recover, not to mention that East China will continue to expand this crack.

In any case, the two sides finally reached a full agreement, and the details, words, and phrases of the treaty were discussed in detail, as well as the annexes to the treaty, first of all, the annex to the amount of reparations, and the time to determine the amount of reparations to be paid by Russia was six months, to be paid in three batches, and it was necessary to convert it into other currencies to pay, of course, it will take time, the first two months to pay 200 million gold rubles, and the remaining 1 billion rubles, will be paid in two installments. If the deadline is overdue, it will be calculated as one day overdue, an additional 100,000 rubles will be paid, and after all the indemnity amounts have been paid, the released captives will be handed over to Russia.

With regard to the vicinity of the demarcated territory, the two sides agreed that within three months after the conclusion of the negotiations, the two sides would jointly form a survey team to conduct a comprehensive survey of the demarcated border, determine the location of the border posts, send troops to garrison them, and carry out the relevant follow-up procedures such as border patrol rules.

Other annexes include: the establishment of diplomatic relations, in which both sides agree to establish consulates in each other's countries within two months after the conclusion of the negotiations, to formalize diplomatic relations; The economic and trade delegation will set off with diplomats to determine whether the next round of consultations is necessary after the consultations, and if so, the next round of consultations will be held within the scope of East China.

When the final agreement was signed, it was April 8, 1907, and the two sides had been talking for 16 days. The [Sino-Russian Harbin Treaty] was finally signed, and Qin Zheng and Witte signed the treaty on behalf of East China and Russia respectively.

After signing the treaty, Qin Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief, the contract was finally signed, and the war could come to an end.

The signing of the [Sino-Russian Harbin Treaty] also symbolized the end of the Far Eastern War. On February 8, 1904, the Japanese Combined Fleet raided Port Arthur began, and now East China ** and Russia have successfully signed a contract, a total of 3 years and 2 months, involved in East China**, Russia, Japan, Britain, France, the Netherlands 6, the total number of troops and logistics personnel invested in the war exceeded 3 million, and the total number of dead soldiers and civilians was more than 100000, both in scale and time, far more than any previous war.

And East China is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this war, not only defeated all the opponents, greatly improved its international status and prestige, and a total of about 310 million pounds in war reparations, recovered about 750,000 square kilometers of lost land, and developed 740,000 square kilometers of land, plus the three eastern provinces, Shandong, Henan, and some Hebei, Shanxi, Hubei, Anhui and other regions, East China ** now controls an area of about 3 million square kilometers, with a population of about 80 million. In addition to the two countries of the United States, even if East China has the largest border and the largest population, even if the colonies are counted, it is only ranked fifth after Britain, France, Russia and the United States. Even Germany, plus overseas colonies, only has about 2.6 million square kilometers, of which 550,000 square kilometers are on the mainland, and about 70 million people, with 56 million on the mainland, so in that regard, the current East China ** can be regarded as a large country.

Judging from the post-war geopolitical environment, before the Far East War, Russia, Japan, and East China were the three most powerful countries in Northeast Asia, and East China could only rank third, while Britain, France, and the United States and other countries were on the second line, using their own proxies to maintain their influence and balance in the Far East; after the Far East War, the strategic pattern of Northeast Asia and even the entire Far East region has undergone tremendous changes.

First of all, Russia has completely lost all its ports and strategic points in the Far East, so it has basically completely lost the right to speak in this region; and Japan has also suffered heavy losses, its vitality has been greatly damaged, although it has also retained the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyus, Japan and other colonial areas, but for a considerable period of time, Japan has been unable to pose a threat to East China, although Britain, France, the United States and other countries have vigorously supported Japan, so that Japan has recovered its vitality as soon as possible, but because of the current Japan and East China ** The gap in volume, so it can no longer pose a substantial threat to East China, at most it can only create some trouble for East China.

Although Britain and France also lost in this war, their own strength has not been greatly reduced, but distance is the biggest enemy of Britain and France, and the focus of the two countries is still in the European direction, in the case of Russia has been abolished, Japan has been disabled, the two countries can not find a suitable agent in the Far East, so they cannot confront East China head-on.

The United States, another great power in the Far East, did not participate in the war this time, and its own national strength is strong, and there is no restraint in the direction of the backyard, and it also has a foothold in Asia, but now the United States is in the process of turning from big to strong, and it is very cautious about the use of force, and it is more inclined to use economic means and support proxies to solve problems, and the United States is also facing the problem of distance dilemma, so it is also foreseeable that the United States may intensify competition with East China, but it will not pose a big threat to the security of East China.

In this way, in the entire Far East, East China is actually a standout, and there is no opponent who can compete with it, so East China can also settle down, develop its own industry and economy, and solve domestic affairs.