"And then? Will this lead to a forced truce for the Japanese? Nicholas II asked urgently, now that he had lost his ability to think, and that he would be obedient if he could avoid the future that Jochen had described to him.

"Is that enough? No, of course it's not enough. A playful smile hung on the corner of Jochen's mouth: "The Russian army has not completely failed, let your troops retreat, retreat sharply, and then concentrate and stabilize the front, stretch the supply line of those yellow-skinned monkeys, and now it is not a problem to lose some land, your troops are now chaotic and the battle line is scattered, how can you stop those yellow-skinned monkeys?"

Continue to send more troops to the Far East to ensure that the current Russian front will not be broken by those yellow monkeys, and then it is a stalemate with those yellow monkeys, so that their economic support will not continue, and they will come to the negotiating table with them when they want to end the war. ”

It is true that the Russians may not need to cede land, withdraw their troops from Manchuria, and cede power over the South Manchurian railway branch line, but this is not necessarily a good thing.

First of all, the war needs to continue, and the Russians will have to consume more money, kill more people, and consume their own national strength. Moreover, the continuation of the war will make Russia even more chaotic, and it will take longer to recuperate after the war is over to calm down the civil strife.

However, without the withdrawal of troops from Manchuria, the Russians had to continue to invest military funds in the Far East, and let the Japanese come again, but although Manchuria was still in the hands of the Russians, it could not provide enough benefits for the Russians to recover, and there was not enough money to develop this area to obtain greater returns, so Manchuria became a chicken rib, and it was a pity to abandon it without taste.

Therefore, Jochen was fooled and lame to continue the war, and in exchange for nothing more than a productive Manchuria, half of Sakhalin that would not have suffered much even if ceded out, and a face that the Russian Empire did not lose its underpants.

But none of these things are of any use.

Manchuria is absolutely unable to make ends meet in a short period of time, and it may be possible for the Russians not to participate in World War I and then slowly rely on Manchurian interests to recuperate, but it is simply nonsense to want to let Manchuria give themselves blood transfusions within 10 years.

More importantly, what happens if the Japanese don't eat Manchuria? Then the conflict of interests between Russia and Japan in the Far East is far from over, and it is not uncommon for the Russians to be unable to withdraw from the Far East, and the Japanese continue to be eyeing each other.

Sakhalin may be strategically valuable, but in the case of the total annihilation of the Russian Far East, there is really no difference between ceding it and not ceding it, and the economic value? Could it be that the Japanese are still preparing for a large-scale development of Sakhalin?

As for face? Can that thing be eaten?

Hawkers, maybe for Nicholas II, this face is really edible, if the face of the Russian Empire is gone, it will not be easy for him to sit in the position of tsar.

"Of course, the Japanese fought such a war, if they can't get any benefits, they will not give up, the bottom line of Russia's negotiations is not to cede land and not to pay reparations, then in other places Niqi you had better make some concessions, otherwise it will not be good for you to stalemate between the two sides." Yochen said with a sincere look of persuasion.

It is also necessary to have skills in bringing people to the pit, although Jochen wants Russia and Japan to fight in the Far East, but this is unrealistic, blindly encouraging Nicholas II to insist on war, and even lied to him that the Japanese will sue for peace if they can't hold on, and then there is no need to give up any benefits, and it is even possible to obtain benefits, maybe it will have some effect on Nicholas II in a short time.

But as time went on, the situation in the country got worse and worse, and Nicholas II still couldn't hold on, and as long as a discerning person mentioned it, he could see that Jochen was not well-intentioned, so Jochen made a look of complete consideration for you and gave a seemingly very reasonable proposal.

However, people are greedy and insufficient, if the Russians can still support it, then Nicholas II, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, in order not to bow to those yellow-skinned monkeys he looks down on, will naturally let the war last longer in order to get better bargaining chips, if Russia can't hold on, then Jochen is useless to talk about it.

"What concessions do I need to make?" Nicholas II was a little upset when he heard the word concession.

Seeing Nicholas II like this, Jochen was angry and funny, just now he looked half-dead, ready to compromise, and now when he saw the turnaround, he began to be unable to put down his worries again, but this is exactly what Jochen wanted to see, the more Nicholas II didn't want to give in, the happier he was, so he smiled more sincerely and said: "First of all, for those yellow-skinned monkeys, the cause of this war is because of North Korea, and I want to ensure that my special rights in North Korea are the bottom line of those yellow-skinned monkeys."

But I think that if this is the case, the yellow-skinned monkeys will probably not be satisfied, so Russia needs a suitable mediator, a partial-side Russian intervener who can help Russia in a certain way, and Germany cannot play this role, because our pro-Russian attitude makes it impossible for those yellow-skinned monkeys to agree to us as mediators. ”

"Are you trying to say that the appropriate mediator is the United States? And in order for them to help Russia, I also need to make concessions to them? Nicholas II immediately guessed what Jochen meant, Yochen's previous trip to the United States attracted worldwide attention, and now only the United States has the weight to mediate, but he is also a little vigilant: "Didn't the Japanese contact the United States before, hoping that they would intervene in mediation?" What agreements did you come to with the Americans? ”

"Rest assured, the Americans did not put forward any too harsh conditions, and I think it is still good for Russia in some way, the US government intends to enter Manchuria for investment, and they hope to build a railway in Manchuria, I think Russia should also need this money to alleviate the urgent need, so it is better to sell the railway construction rights in Manchuria to the United States, and even transfer the rights of the South Manchurian railway branch line to the United States in exchange for their funds and support, which is better than giving up to those yellow-skinned monkeys at the negotiating table, right?" Jochen explained with a smile.

The Americans only wanted to obtain the right to invest in the construction of the railway in Manchuria, but they did not want to take away the rights along the branch line of the South Manchurian Railway that the Russians had already built, but Yoheng took it upon himself to open his mouth to help the Americans make the decision, and the branch line of the South Manchurian Railway was wanted by the Japanese, and now it was ceded to the United States by the Russians, so what will happen?

In addition to Russia, Japan's enemy in Manchuria also has the United States, an enemy, and any rash action by the Japanese in Manchuria may lead to a reaction from the United States, and even worse, the Japanese will regard the United States as a betrayer, and thus there will be some overreactions.

"That's something I need to think about." Nicholas II was a little hesitant, Manchuria was a necessity for him to build the great Yellow Russia, and the South Manchurian railway branch line was a transportation artery that Russia had spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to operate for a long time, and was able to consolidate its control in Manchuria.

Jochen didn't force him, anyway, when Russia couldn't support it, Nicholas II would inevitably give in, so he comforted him with kind words: "This is not in a hurry, you can think about it slowly." I will try to stabilize the attitude of the Americans, after all, there is some cooperation between Germany and the United States in negotiations, and I can guarantee that the United States will not intervene in the affairs of the Far East until you make a decision. ”

"Thank you, the Romanovs will always remember the friendship of the Hohenzollerns, and Russia and Germany will always be friendly territories!" Jochen deliberately let Nicholas II know of Germany's contribution in this matter, and naturally won Nicholas II's sincere gratitude.

However, Jochen will not believe such that will always be friendly, because this kind of thing is not up to Nicholas II alone, and Jochen has no intention of proposing to sign some friendship agreement when Nicholas II is grateful now, which is not reliable.

Historically, Wilhelm II also extended an olive branch to the down-and-out Nicholas II here, and the two cousins signed the German-Russian alliance treaty on Björk Island, which Wilhelm II was so excited that he wept on the spot, but it was still useless.

This treaty was opposed by his own ministers after Nicholas II returned to China, in order to continue to ensure Russian-French relations, so that they could continue to obtain funds from France, to save the Russian economy, which was already in ruins, the German-Russian alliance could never be established, in order to stir up the matter, the Russian ministers leaked the contents of the treaty to France, which provoked a strong protest from France.

The protests of the French completely exposed what was supposed to be a secret treaty, and the leakage of its contents provoked a great reaction from the British, which not only stillborn Germany's attempt to unite with Russia, but also caused Germany's external environment to deteriorate even more.

In order to be able to ensure the confrontation with Germany, the British began to clearly support France and put pressure on Germany on all fronts, and five months after the leak of the treaty, the British War Secretary Haldane informed France that once mobilization was issued, Britain would provide 105,000 expeditionary forces to fight alongside France within 15 days, on the other hand, Britain decided to support France's position on the Moroccan question proposed by Germany, and at this time Germany could not find a country in the world other than Austria-Hungary willing to support itself on the Moroccan question.

Therefore, this useless treaty that shot himself in the foot Jochen did not even consider signing it, and it was enough for Nicholas II to maintain his personal friendship with Germany so that Germany could gain greater benefits from it, not to mention that Jochen's original intention was only to make Russia shed more blood in the Far East. R1152