Because the battleship prepared for the Croatian Navy is to be used in the Mediterranean, the seaworthiness and endurance can be reduced, and considering Croatia's financial capacity, the tonnage of the battleship must also be controlled to reduce the cost, so it cannot directly copy the design of the German class, so it will take a while to take the design drawings to Ferdinand to sell.

"Your Majesty, news from the United States, in the early morning of April 18, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in San Francisco, a city on the west coast of the United States, and the damage was severe, do we need to express our condolences?" Mashal reported to Jochen.

"Of course, I need to express that the ambassador to the United States will express our condolences to the U.S. government, let the Philippines organize a group of medical teams to go to San Francisco as soon as possible to help people treat them, and the Germans will jointly donate money and materials, and my industry will also participate. Now is a great opportunity for us to show goodwill to the United States. Jochen will not let go of this opportunity to brush up his favorability in front of the Americans, especially when the war situation in the Far East is already unbearable.

Although Jochen hopes that the bad war in the Far East will continue, it is clear that this is his wishful thinking. Although Nicholas II was encouraged by Jochen to continue fighting so that he could turn the book around, it was clear that his people did not think so.

Although Nicholas II carried out a series of propaganda in the country and made certain concessions of interests, the Russian resistance led by the Bolsheviks did not give up, resisting the Duma, armed struggle, and all kinds of resistance were delaying Nicholas II's plan to rewrite the book.

The formation of the Soviets of Workers' Deputies took the Russian Revolution a step further, and Lenin's direct leadership of the Bolsheviks after his return allowed the revolutionary tide to continue to rise.

Originally, Japan and Russia had already signed the Portsmouth Peace Treaty at this time in history, and Nicholas II could concentrate on dealing with the rebels at home, but now the war in the Far East is still ongoing. Nicholas II did not have a good means even if he wanted to quell the unrest in the country. There is still a war going on in the Far East! Whatever you say, those Bolsheviks don't believe you.

Therefore, repression by force became the only means of dealing with the Bolsheviks, while violent means could only provoke a greater revolt. Such a terrible situation once again made Nicholas II, who had been indecisive and vacillating in his policy, begin to shake his determination to continue the war in the Far East, and now it is the belief that the Russian Empire cannot cede land and pay reparations to continue fighting.

Wanting a truce is always a matter for both sides. Although Nicholas II was interested in an armistice, if the Japanese did not agree or made harsh demands, then the battle would still have to be fought, but unfortunately, the Japanese could not hold it at this time.

As the war dragged on, Japan's weak national strength began to be exposed, and a large number of young and middle-aged people were conscripted into the army. Japan, which relies heavily on imports, began to experience a shortage in food supplies, and the situation was exacerbated by widespread frosts in the winter and poor harvests of agricultural products.

Moreover, the large number of casualties on the battlefield has foreseen that Japan's grain production will be in great difficulty for a long time to come, so that the famine that is now occurring in Japan will not only be a short-term problem, but such a situation has led to instability in Japan.

Once the food supply is not available, there will be further turmoil in the country. Then Japan's military operations will also be unsustainable, and Japan's national strength will simply not be able to sustain a long war of attrition. Now that the manpower, material, and financial resources are no longer able to support it, the Japanese government does not dare to think about what will happen if the front-line army runs out of food again.

In fact, the war was fought like this, and the history of this war ended as early as September 1905, and the Japanese never thought of completely defeating Russia from the beginning, which was also impossible. Therefore, after the Russians suffered huge losses, it was enough for the two sides to negotiate and obtain the benefits they wanted from Korea, the Liaodong Peninsula and South Manchuria.

Even from the very beginning, the Japanese did not think of asking the Russians to cede land and pay reparations, as long as the Russians settled in the Far East, they no longer had to worry about it, and their ears were clean from now on. The Japanese were satisfied. Therefore, when the terms of the peace treaty were proposed, the Japanese were just asking for a sky-high price, hoping that the Russians would sit on the ground and pay the money, so that they could make a concession.

As a result, Nicholas II, who could no longer support it at this time, in order to no longer procrastinate and turn around to solve domestic problems, finally nodded and cut off South Sakhalin.

However, now the war has lasted for more than half a year, and the attrition of both sides is far greater than history, but the Russians are a big family in the end, although the country is in turmoil, as long as Nicholas II does not let go, the Russians can continue to fight. And Japan, a small family, continuing the war is undoubtedly a nightmare, and the worst situation that will occur if the war continues is that the front line collapses, and then it is pushed back by the Russians, who have already gathered considerable strength, all the way south, then they will not be able to get anything at that time, and they will even have to pay out.

Therefore, when the current war situation is still favorable to itself, it is the first priority to negotiate quickly and ensure as many benefits as possible that have been received.

Therefore, the possibility of seeking an armistice has also become an option for the Japanese, so that Japan and Russia have a basis for sitting down and talking.

The US Government, which had stopped mediating because of the benefits it had gained from Russia, decided to intervene in mediation when the time was ripe, because the Americans did not want to see the Japanese admit defeat if the war continued, because Russia was a greater threat than Japan.

Therefore, when he knew that the United States began to do it, although he was unwilling, Jochen was helpless. Because the current situation is already the best result of his efforts.

Although the war can no longer be fought, the relationship between the Americans must continue to be maintained, and the strength of the Americans in the Pacific region cannot be underestimated.

In addition, Jochen has some plans to build a good relationship with the Americans.

"The war in the Far East can no longer be fought, it's a pity." Jochen shook his head and sighed.

Of course, Mashal knew what his emperor was pitying, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, the war in the Far East has lasted for two years, both Japan and Russia have suffered heavy losses, which has greatly consumed the national strength of the two countries, and the Russians were originally unable to support it and are ready to stop the war even if they swallow their anger, if it weren't for Your Majesty's efforts, this war would have ended last year, and now the two sides are only ready to negotiate, so why pity?" ”

Jochen also knows this, but it is not so easy to let him let go: "Adolf, you should know, I hope that this war will continue so that the Russians will not focus on Europe, and that they will deplete their strength and reduce the threat to us.

However, now the Russians, although they are greatly damaged, are not yet in a state of collapse, and when they recover, they will still be a great threat to us. Moreover, after the war, the Russian economy was in shambles, and in order to recover, the Russians would inevitably borrow heavily from the French, and the French would certainly not sit idly by and watch the Russian economy collapse, so that with the injection of French capital, Russia's policy would inevitably be further influenced by France, which was not a good thing. ”

"Your Majesty, although the proximity of Russia and France is inevitable, the situation now is far better than the end of the war last year." "If the war had ended last year," Marcal had immediately analyzed: "If the war had ended last year, the Japanese would have completely driven the Russians out of the Far East as victors, so that the Russians, having lost the opportunity to continue the struggle with Japan, would inevitably return their attention to Europe after the influence of the French had declined."

And after Japan has no threat from the Russians in the Far East, it will inevitably begin to seek control in the western Pacific region, which will be detrimental to our interests in the Far East.

And now, the consumption of both sides is greater, and they need to recuperate for a long time, so that they will not pose any threat to our country, and now the two sides have not divided the victory or defeat in the Far East, as long as the Americans cooperate and let the two sides continue to maintain the balance of power in the Far East, then the contradictions between Japan and Russia will continue.

Even if the two sides will not continue to fight, it will inevitably involve a lot of energy, even if Nicholas is influenced by the French and begins to pay attention to Europe, but after all, the Russians still have interests in the Far East, and it is impossible for Nicholas to let it go, so that Manchuria will still become an unstable area between Japan and Russia, so Russia will still need to continue to invest energy there, thus reducing the pressure on our country in the east.

So the situation is far better than it would have been if the war had ended last year, and your efforts have been indispensable. ”

Jochen knew of course that the situation was much better than it had been in the past, but when he considered the gray cattle of Russia, Jochen still felt that Germany was not safe to the east.

What really made Jochen feel that he had gained was to pull the United States into the water, and the American army was simply not strong enough to maintain a military presence in the Far East, so that although it received some economic benefits from the Russians, it was actually difficult to protect. Of course, neither Russia nor Japan, which had just finished the war, would be brain-dead enough to snatch it from the Americans.

But in any case, the United States needs a voice in the Far East that supports it in safeguarding its interests, and Germany is very willing to speak out, and the intervention of American forces in the Far East and the fact that the Japanese regard the Americans as betrayers will inevitably lead to tensions between the United States and Japan, and Germany is also very willing to stand on the side of the Americans. (To be continued......)