After receiving the mediation inquiry from the United States, East China also had a serious discussion, believing that this was a way for Britain and France to start seeking a peaceful solution and stopping the war because they could not bear the pressure, but the two countries could not pull it off and took the initiative to come to East China, so they had to ask the United States to come forward, which was of course a good thing for East China.

However, the mediation conditions proposed by Britain and France were not to compensate and not to give up the land, and before that, they instigated the Qing court to break off trade with East China, and united Japan, Russia and the Netherlands to issue a statement of confrontation to the end, which shows that the two countries still have some luck psychology, trying to blackmail East China by pretending to be tough and arbitrary, so as to achieve the goal of achieving peace at less cost.

There are also some people in East China who think that the attitude of Britain and France can also be considered, after all, now East China is one against five, it is indeed a little difficult, and the current supply of materials has also begun to be tight, in this case, since Britain and France have taken the initiative to negotiate, it is better to consider compromising with Britain and France, and give up their reparation requirements, although East China has not received compensation from Britain and France, but can be recovered from the other three countries. Moreover, the other conditions promised by Britain and France are also beneficial to East China, which recognizes that East China is independent and legitimate, which is very beneficial to enhance the international status of East China, and in addition, Britain and France will be excluded from the game in the future, and East China can concentrate its forces to deal with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands.

However, the attitude of compromise has also been opposed by many people, because although Britain and France are the supporters behind Japan and Russia, but East China's participation in the war is not aimed at Britain and France, and now that the war is lost, they want to retreat with their whole body, and they do not want to pay reparations and cede land, so what is such an easy thing , it's not a big deal, now East China is originally a sovereign and independent **, and whether it is illegal or not does not need to be recognized by Britain and France. Moreover, the international status of East China is based on its own fighting, not by others to recognize, after the victory in the Far East War, the international status of East China will inevitably be improved by leaps and bounds, Britain and France admit not to recognize, the impact is not great at all. Therefore, there must be no compromise between Britain and France, and substantial reparations must be demanded from Britain and France.

The tough voice soon overwhelmed the voice of compromise, and at this time Xia Bohai also expressed his own opinion, thinking that East China ** compromise with Britain and France can be exchanged for Britain and France withdrawing from the fight, and East China ** can concentrate on calmly dealing with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands, this idea is quite naïve, even if East China ** compromises with Britain and France, after the end of the negotiations, Britain and France will continue to support Japan, Russia and the Netherlands, and will never let East China ** Deal with the three countries calmly, and because Britain and France failed to pay the price in the negotiations, or they will think that East China is easy to compromise and weak and can be bullied, the support for the three countries will be greater. Therefore, this time we must not let Britain and France go easily, we must make Britain and France pay a heavy price, know the pain, so that when we go against East China in the future, we will carefully consider the price that may be paid.

Xia Bohai's views were also supported by the majority, so the decision to deal with the proposed mediation of the United States was decided on this basis. Of course, East China could not directly reject the US mediation proposal, so it put forward its own conditions for accepting mediation: 1. Britain and France must admit the mistake of establishing the Far East Expeditionary Force and participating in the Far East War, and pay full responsibility for it; 2. Britain and France must make reasonable compensation to East China, and the form of compensation is not limited; 3. Britain and France must dissolve the Anglo-Japanese alliance and the Franco-Russian alliance and guarantee not to establish an alliance against East China. Only on the basis of Britain and France accepting these three conditions can East China accept the mediation of the United States and conduct peace negotiations with Britain and France.

And after Roosevelt received the mediation conditions of East China, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, is this not clear that he has refused to mediate? It seems that East China really wants to choose the road of expansion, and the United States really needs to be prepared to compete with East China as soon as possible.

After the United States forwarded East China's reply to Britain and France, both countries were disappointed, and at the same time they did not expect East China's attitude to be so tough, but the problem is that the domestic pressure makes both countries a little unbearable, and they must force East China to compromise as soon as possible.

Therefore, after negotiation, Britain and France decided to take a risk, announced a trade ban on East China, and asked other countries to also suspend trade with East China, and at the same time ordered British and French merchants in China to do their best to create obstacles to the domestic trade of East China.

In fact, this move is indeed aimed at the weakness of East China, although the supply of materials in East China is mainly domestic, but a considerable part of it is introduced from abroad, which is military-related equipment, spare parts, etc., and once the domestic supply of materials is insufficient, East China It will also seek to supplement from abroad, although this ban cannot control a large country like the United States and Germany, but it still has a certain influence on small and medium-sized countries like Italy, and Britain and France are the first imperialist countries to enter the Chinese market, after decades of operation, the two countries occupy a pivotal position in China's economy, and form a comprador class dependent on Britain and France, once the merchants of the two countries in China are integrated, it is indeed possible to create considerable obstacles to the domestic trade of East China.

But this move also has considerable risks, because forcing other countries to suspend trade with East China is a very offensive thing, and it requires Britain and France to exchange with a part of their interests; and the businessmen of the two countries in China do have very strong energy, but they are mainly concentrated in the economic field, and their ability in the field of security is very weak, and now Britain and France cannot provide security for these businessmen, and if East China takes extreme actions, it will be a very heavy blow to the economic power of Britain and France in China. After all, before this, East China had confiscated all the assets of Britain and France in the Shanghai concession and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, which also led to a significant reduction in the economic strength of Britain and France in the Yangtze River basin.

If Britain and France can withstand the economic losses until the material crisis in East China breaks out, then East China will have a great chance of compromising in the negotiations, and on the contrary, Britain and France can only accept the conditions of East China.

However, after evaluation, Britain and France believe that in the economic field, the probability of their own victory is still quite large, because under such an economic blockade, at most half a year of the material crisis in East China will break out, and Britain and France can fully bear the loss of this half a year, Bijing China's market in the British and French overseas colonies, although it can not be said to be insignificant, but it is by no means an important part, Britain's most important overseas colony is India, and France is the Indochina Peninsula.

In addition, once East China takes extreme actions, such as confiscating the assets of Britain and France in other parts of China, it will inevitably have a significant impact on China's economy, after all, Britain and France now have a considerable impact on China's economy, and the resumption of the Shanghai concession in East China and the blockade of the Yangtze River navigation not only hit the economic power of Britain and France in the Yangtze River Basin, but also have a considerable impact on the Chinese economy in the Yangtze River Basin. There are considerable complaints, before the battle in the Taiwan Strait, a considerable number of people were not optimistic about East China, and even hoped that East China would fail, and this had a lot to do with East China's blockade of the Yangtze River navigation, which harmed the interests of a considerable part of the people. Therefore, the extreme action taken by East China to confiscate the assets of Britain and France in other parts of China is likely to lose the support of some people, which is naturally beneficial to Britain and France.

However, in this way, Britain and France will indeed suffer considerable economic losses, and even more than the compensation for East China, but it can maintain the dignity of Britain and France as a great power, as well as international prestige, and hinder the development of East China, and can also encourage the determination of Japan, Russia and the Netherlands and East China to confront to the end, continue to consume the strength of East China, so that East China can not get the desired benefits at the negotiating table, after the end of the war, Britain and France can continue to integrate other countries to curb the development of East China.

Sure enough, after Britain and France announced the imposition of a trade ban on East China, the United States and Germany first expressed their opposition and declared that they would maintain their contacts with East China, while Italy, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and other places also expressed their positions, declaring that they would not respect the ban between Britain and France, but Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, and some small countries and colonies all expressed their support.

This result is also expected by Britain and France, after all, the announcement of the trade ban is just an arbitrary situation, and the next step is to make diplomatic efforts to communicate, negotiate and exchange interests with other countries to win more support.

After the failure of the mediation proposal of the United States, Britain and France first seized the weakness of East China, and this move can not be described as ruthless, but the international community is waiting to see the reaction of East China, because since the establishment of East China, it has always been super tough against tough, and it has never been cowardly, and it is even more impossible to sit still this time, and it depends on how East China countermeasures.