Wilhelm II believed that this mediation could break up the Russian-French alliance, but Prime Minister Bilow saw much more clearly than the emperor that it was almost impossible for Germany to pull Russia back, and it was better to focus on the alliance negotiations with East China, although the probability was not high, but it was always more likely than to bring Russia back.

However, Germany does not do this mediator, naturally other countries will do it, and mediation will also help to improve Germany's international prestige and make up for the losses of the Moroccan crisis, in addition, Wilhelm II did not pin all his hopes on Lalong Russia, while mediating, he did not forget to negotiate an alliance with East China, which can be said to be prepared with both hands, so Bilo did not disturb the emperor's dream, anyway, if he didn't say it, the facts would also make the emperor sober up.

It would take several months for the German delegation to arrive in Qingdao, but Prince Heinrich could represent Germany in charge of mediation. What's more, knowing that his wife and son will come to Qingdao to reunite with him, the prince is also in a good mood, and from the prince's heart, he also hopes that East China and Russia will stop the war, because Nicholas II is also the prince's cousin.

In fact, East China has been waiting for the news of Russia's submission, and of course, the Northeast Theater Command has also formulated an operational plan for the second customs closure plan, in case Russia still does not give in, it will continue to maintain military pressure. After receiving the mediation intention conveyed by Germany, East China ** first expressed his gratitude to Germany, and said that he could accept Germany's mediation, but also put forward the condition, that is, Russia must accept the conditions of reparations and land cession, which is a prerequisite for East China ** to agree to hold negotiations, otherwise it is impossible for East China ** to negotiate with Russia, and the war will be carried out to the end, and the People's Army will not only occupy the Russian Far East, but also expand westward with all its might, and fight there.

Prince Heinrich certainly had no objection to this condition, because he was very clear about Germany's position, and when Germany mediated between East China ** and Japan, East China ** also made a similar demand, so he truthfully sent East China **'s conditions back to Germany.

However, after receiving so many telegrams from Prince Heinrich, Wilhelm II was quite unhappy in his heart, thinking that it was too bad for Germany to make such harsh demands on Russia. Because Wilhelm II believed that East China could win the Far East War, Germany also contributed a lot, so that East China ** issued bonds worth 30 million pounds in Germany to solve the war funds, and also mediated East China ** and Japan, so Wilhelm II thought that his face was still of great value.

In fact, when Germany mediated between East China ** and Japan, Wilhelm II took similar demands on East China ** as a matter of course. This is because in the eyes of Wilhelm II, Japan was insignificant, and Germany only intervened to enhance its own international prestige, and as for what Japan thought, it was not a matter for Germany to consider. But Russia is different, not only because Wilhelm II and Nicholas II are cousins, but also because in the eyes of the Germans, Russia is also a member of Europe, and the Slavic nation is also one of the many peoples of Europe.

So Wilhelm II found Prime Minister Billow and negotiated and suggested to East China that in order to restore peace as soon as possible, he hoped that East China would be able to negotiate with Russia without preconditions.

Bi Luo knew very well that although Germany allowed East China ** to issue bonds worth 30 million pounds in Germany, this was not enough to make Germany face big enough to make East China ** give up asking for reparations from Russia, because not only Germany let East China ** issue bonds, the United States also allowed East China ** to issue bonds worth 30 million pounds; As for mediating with Japan, it is even less worthwhile, and Germany is nothing more than a line of its own, which does not actually play much role. Not to mention the demand for reparations, which would have been the right of the victors. It is impossible for East China to retreat on this article, and if Germany takes the liberty of making this request to East China, it will only damage the relations between Germany and East China, and the result will be more than worth the loss.

However, Bi Luo also knew that these words could not be said directly to Wilhelm II, which would only make the emperor dissatisfied with himself, but Bi Luo was rich in political experience, and soon thought of a countermeasure, and he first suggested to the emperor that he should support East China** Seeing Wilhelm II's dissatisfaction, he immediately clarified his reasons, because land cession and reparations can weaken Russia's strength, and a weakened Russia is undoubtedly the most beneficial to Germany, even if Germany finally pulls Russia back into the framework of the Three Emperors' Alliance, but a weakened Russia is easy to be controlled by Germany.

After listening to the Prime Minister's explanation, Wilhelm II couldn't help but have two eyes shining, this is indeed a good suggestion, of course Germany needs an obedient Russia, and to make Russia obedient, of course, it is necessary to weaken Russia first, so Wilhelm II immediately gave up what kinship, national feelings, after all, national interests are the most important, it seems that it is still necessary to weaken Russia. So Wilhelm II immediately conveyed the conditions proposed by East China ** to Russia.

And after receiving this news, Russia ** exploded, first demanding that Russia accept the conditions of reparations and land cession before negotiations, which is simply a straightforward humiliation, when did Russia accept such humiliating conditions? The Slavic nation is not a French who can only play art, Napoleon even occupied Moscow, Russia did not give in, and finally succeeded in counter-killing, shaking the foundation of Napoleon's empire.

Of course, at this time, the Russian minister, who advocated negotiations, could not directly oppose the continuation of the fighting, but simply threw out "How will this battle be fought?" and "Who wants to go to the Far East to take over the battle behind?" After all, it is easy to talk about it, but if it is really practical, few people can take over. This also annoyed the Tsar considerably.

At this time, War Minister Sakharov made a proposal to Nicholas II that a part of the army could be mobilized from the European direction to the Far East, and now Russia still has a total of about 600,000 troops in the European direction, and if half of it, that is, 300,000 troops, can be transferred to the Far East, then it will be enough to fight another battle in the Far East and East China.

However, Witte immediately asked the Minister of War rhetorically: If 300,000 troops are transferred to the Far East, what will be done with the vacant gaps in European defense? How many rear auxiliaries will be needed to transfer 300,000 troops to the Far East, how many supplies will be needed, how much transportation capacity will be needed, and how many days will it take to complete this reinforcement task? And what if the KPA attacks again during this time? What if the reinforced army is defeated by the KPA again?

In fact, Sakharov's suggestion was originally a whim, because as the Minister of War, he could not come up with an effective response plan, and the Tsar's face was already very ugly, so he came up with this one, without considering any details at all, and of course could not answer these questions of Werther.

But Nicholas II was very interested in this proposal, so he ordered Sakharov to immediately study the details and come up with a feasible plan, and pointed out that if 300,000 troops were not enough, 400,000 or even 500,000 troops could be considered to reinforce the Far East. As for the gaps in the European direction, it is possible to consider the recruitment of reserves.

When Witte heard this, he was also taken aback: Does the Tsar want to go on another round-the-world expedition on land? The last round-the-world expedition of the Russian Navy completely crippled the Russian Navy, and now Russia relies on these more than 600,000 troops in Europe to maintain Russia's strength in the Balkans, Bosnia, Asia Minor, and other places.

But Witte also knew that at this time he could not be persuaded, and the consequence of persuasion would definitely be to be dismissed by the Tsar, and now Witte's position is Cabinet Minister, not the original Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he is still a little reluctant to his current position.

However, on the second day, Witte was not entangled, because France learned that Russia had refused to negotiate with East China, and was formulating a new battle plan, and also planned to transfer the troops deployed in Europe to the Far East to fight, so he immediately stopped doing it, because France did not need such an ally, and the conditions put forward by East China **, France did not seem to be a matter at all, you must know that in this war, France compensated 1.5 billion francs to East China**, and Britain ceded 1/4 of Kalimantan Island to East China** , Britain and France are able to admit defeat and cede land to East China, why can't they get to Russia here? Don't look at what the Russian army is fighting in this Far East War, and still hold on to the shelf?

Originally, France planned to simply give an ultimatum to Russia, if Russia insisted on starting a war again, then France would decide to temporarily freeze the Russian-French alliance, but after serious discussion, it was decided to be tactful, after all, if Russia was pushed too hard at this time, it might really push Russia to the side of Germany, so France would lose more than it gained, so France finally decided to propose to Russia that France did not want to interfere in Russia's internal affairs and ** However, the funds provided by France to Russia are used to maintain the economic operation and the livelihood of the people in Russia, not for the war, and if Russia wants to start a new war, it must prepare additional funds, but it is not allowed to use the funds provided by France.

Such an approach, of course, was much more tactful than an ultimatum, and at the same time kicked the ball to the Russians. And France has also calculated, without French funds, Russia will not be able to launch a new war at all, and for this reason to break the Russian-French alliance will definitely not be cost-effective for Russia, depending on how Russia chooses.