Chapter 633: Scheming
The biggest disagreement is actually the way to dispose of the Nuland's Guia fleet.
From the very beginning, that is, when Zheng Jiangming came forward to negotiate with Nitz, he always adhered to the principle that Nitz should surrender unconditionally to the officers and men of the Nuland Guia Fleet, to be precise, under its command, and cooperate with and accept the resettlement work carried out by the Imperial Navy.
As for the battleships, they had to be handed over to the Imperial Navy in one more perfect condition.
All the Imperial Navy could guarantee was that all Nuland Navy officers and men would be provided with a living allowance no less favourable than humanitarian aid until the end of the war, and that they would be repatriated after the end of the war, and that they would not be held accountable for war crimes for carrying out the orders of the previous Government.
Obviously, Niz did not accept such conditions.
At Nits' request, the Nuland Guia Fleet was to be placed under the name of the Wallace government, and was subject to the Wallace government's orders and orders.
As for whether to accept the transfer of the Liang Xia navy, it was up to the Wallace government to decide.
Undoubtedly, this is also something that the Imperial side cannot accept.
Although theoretically, after Wallace surrendered, his army had to surrender, and he had to unconditionally accept the arrangement of the Liangxia Empire, but this involves the question of the time of surrender, and in the current situation, I am afraid it will drag on for several months, or even years.
The crux of this is that Wallace wants to surrender to the Liangxia Empire as the sole president of the Newland Federation.
The two sides first signed an armistice, and then Wallace would sign an alliance treaty with the Liangxia Empire as president, and ask the Liangxia Empire to assist it in assessing the domestic rebellion as an ally, and after defeating Hale and others who launched the rebellion, he would talk about surrender.
In Wallace's words, it was to go to Hwaseong to sign a surrender treaty.
So, when will Hwaseong be conquered?
Under whose command was the Nuland Guia Fleet during this period?
More importantly, with the support of Nyx's fleet, will there be unexpected changes?
These are obviously big problems.
However, in order to achieve a complete victory, or to make Wallace's surrender meaningful, it is necessary to overthrow the Hwaseong regime controlled by Hale.
To put it simply, to make Wallace the only president of the Nuland Federation.
In this way, it was necessary to make the Nuland Guia Fleet surrender and unconditionally accept the dispatch and command of the Liang Xia navy.
The most important thing is actually those battleships.
According to the information brought by Wang Kaiyuan, including the 5th Fleet, even if the warships stranded on the west coast of Nuland and the Austrian military port were discharged, the Nuland Guia Fleet had more than 1,000 ships, including more than 600 large warships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.
In addition, there are about 4,000 combat aircraft, as well as a total strength of not less than 800,000 marines.
There is no doubt that this is a military force to be reckoned with.
In Wang Kaiyuan's words, with hundreds of warships, thousands of combat aircraft, and hundreds of thousands of armed soldiers, it is impossible for the Imperial Navy to assist Wallace to return to the homeland, because as long as Wallace returns to the homeland with the army, he will immediately tear up the surrender agreement!
Then, for the surrender to become a fact, Nyz must hand over the entire fleet.
If you want to say it, Wang Kaiyuan has been dragging it, and it is also related to this.
The number one chip in Nize's hand is actually the 5th Fleet commanded by Spu.
Now that Spu is already on the "Qinling", and the battleships of the 5th Fleet are under control, what right does Niz have to bargain?
Compared to the 5th Fleet, the garrison of the Khowaii Islands is definitely not worth mentioning.
It will still not be easy to get Niz to make concessions.
In the previous meeting, Wallace had already mentioned to Wang Kaiyuan on behalf of Niz that it was not difficult to disarm and surrender the Nuland Guia Fleet, and that the Liangxia Empire only needed to meet one precondition, that is, to promise to help it counterattack the mainland through an agreement.
Simply put, it is to sign a legally binding agreement.
For the agreement to be legally valid, it must be made public, at least to its allies, including the Empire.
This was to ask the Liang Xia authorities to vouch for the reputation of the empire.
Obviously, this is also unlikely.
According to Wang Kaiyuan's meaning, the position of the top brass of the empire towards the internal conflict of Nuland is very unified, and no matter how bad the situation becomes, and no matter how far it develops, it cannot be involved. It was a civil war in the Nuland Federation, and it had nothing to do with the Liangxia Empire or the Entente.
The empire has won the global war with great difficulty, and there is no reason for its soldiers to die for their former enemies.
Of course, there is no problem in providing assistance.
Weapons and equipment, as long as they can be given, can be given.
As for the charge, it can only be the Nuland soldiers.
In this case, what will the empire do to ensure that Wallace will be able to return to Hwaseong?
In addition, the position of the other members of the Entente Group was similar.
Even the Empire has made it clear that it will not send troops to intervene in the civil war of the Newland Federation.
The war has been going on for several years, and the total number of military and civilian casualties in the Empire has exceeded 8 million, and the mainland has been bombed.
Reconstruction has not even begun, so why help an exiled president to return to his country?
In other words, what benefits can be gained by helping Wallace return to China?
Not to mention substantive benefits, not even a word of verbal assurance!
As for several other countries, such as the Raleigh Kingdom and the Span Empire, they also said that they would not intervene in the civil war of the Nuland Federation, and they were not interested in sending troops to the Lonely Continent.
Of course, Wang Kaiyuan also brought a backup plan.
As long as Nizken surrendered the Nuland Guia Fleet, the Imperial Navy would help garrisons in the Howaii Islands, or troops loyal to Wallace, land on the west coast of Newland, and assist Wallace in quelling the rebellion by providing weapons and ammunition.
In addition, if the main members of the Empire were willing to participate, they could also use the name of the Entente to launch combat operations on the other side of the Sunset Ocean for the purpose of supporting the counteroffensive.
Whenever possible, this includes attacking islands close to Nuland proper.
To put it simply, send Wallace back.
As for whether Wallace can take out Hale and recapture Hwaseong, it depends on whether he can get more support from the Nuland military and civilians after the counteroffensive.
In addition, there is a set of "B" schemes.
Let Wallace resign himself to his fate, abandon the idea of counterattack, make the Howaii Islands a base area, and become the only legitimate representative of the Nuland Federation in the international community with the support of the Entente bloc. Wallace can still use President Nuland to participate in international activities as long as he wishes. The Nuland government, led by him, will also become a member of the post-war family of nations as an observer of the Entente bloc.
Then, the Liangxia Empire would launch a de facto strategic blockade of the entire world against the illegitimate regime in Hwaseong.
If that were the case, the all-out war phase of the war would soon be over, and the strategic blockade of Nuland would be a different matter.
In fact, the main purpose of this move is to send the powerful Nuland Federation outside the post-war international order to eliminate the number one threat without blood.
It doesn't really matter whether Wallace will accept it, or which one option it will accept.
In the words of Wang Kaiyuan, after the surrender of the 5th Fleet, there was nothing important anymore!