Defeat = land cession, reparations!

This is the law of this era, wars between the major countries of the world, the winner gets the land and the reparations, and the losers cede the land and pay the reparations.

If there is no land and indemnity, then it is not called victory, and it can even be said to be defeat under victory. And the enemy is a victory after defeat.

This is also the reason why the Entente and the Central Powers are stumbling there at this time.

As for the indemnity, local demands, and indemnities put forward by the East China political axe, the compensation for the property plundered by the Eight-Nation Coalition during the invasion of China has been somewhat excessive.

In terms of land cession, the area demanded by the East China political axe to cede Korea and Sakhalin Island is also too large.

If he ceded Korea and Sakhalin, it would be basically the loss of all the colonies that he had expanded since the Meiji Restoration.

Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands have already been captured by the East China Political Axe, and the Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, and Marshall Islands, which Ben had just seized from the Germans, have also been captured by the East China Political Axe.

What is left of the book is the Korean Peninsula and Sakhalin Island, the two main areas, and if these two are also lost, then the book will be equivalent to no colonies.

However, at this time, there was no hole card, and it was not good for Britain, France, and Russia to put pressure on the East China political axe, and if the East China political axe fell to the allies, it would not be worth it to safeguard the interests of the East China political axe.

This war allowed the East China Axes to prove their strength, and they were capable of defeating Yuben, as well as any enemy in Asia.

At this time, Britain had to think carefully about how to get along with the East China Political Axe, and it was far from being able to let Britain risk offending the East China Political Axe to help them.

Therefore, after the negotiations began, although the representatives of the Entente were speaking for the book, they did not dare to speak too stiffly, but only said that this clause was unreasonable and suggested that it be amended.

"Mr. Zhu, I think this clause is indeed too harsh, although you China defeated Yueben, but your appetite is too great."

"Yes! And I think that the culture between China and Yue Ben has a common surname, but why can't the two sides be like brothers? The elder brother can be more tolerant of his brother. ”

The representatives of Britain and France took turns saying that they mainly wanted the war between China and China to end as soon as possible, so that they could send troops to support the European theater.

Now it seems that the political axe is willing to stop fighting, and is willing to accept defeat, but such harsh conditions will not be accepted.

"I have to admire the thinking of all gentlemen, although China and Yueben have a common cultural surname, but China is by no means the brother of Yueben, and Yueben is also our brother of China. He was just a beggar, a thief, and a robber. In the Tang Dynasty, they were beggars, and we in China helped them to change from a slave society to a feudal society, and we gave them culture. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, they were thieves and robbers, who at first harassed our coastline, burning, killing and looting. Later, it evolved into an official attack on Korea with the intention of destroying China, but at that time China was the China of the Han people, so they failed. And they had launched the Sino-Japanese War before, just as they had at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and this time we lost because our China was China under the rule of the Manchus. Now, our China is once again dominated by the Han Chinese, so this time the book has failed again. ”

Zhu Xiaocheng said: "We will not forgive this thief and robber, because they are too despicable, if you count their crimes in history, this is not a harsh condition." As for the cession of Korea and Sakhalin, if we did not want to cede it, we would have occupied the whole of Korea in half a month. In terms of reparations, we have not yet counted the crimes of drug trafficking to China for a long time, and you in the UK also have a share. ”

"It's none of our business, we're only responsible for production, and our purpose is to produce for medical use." The British representative whispered his argument.

"It is a despicable thief and a robber, and for such a despicable people, severe punishment must be given." The German representative said in a down-to-earth manner.

In the eyes of the Germans, he was a clown, and Germany was humiliated by handing over Jiaozhou Bay to Germany.

"We can't accept such unreasonable terms, and if so, then we will resist to the end." The representative was so angry that he almost roared.

"We only have five days." Zhu Xiaocheng stretched out his hand and waved his five fingers, "If you don't show sincerity, then you can only apologize." We, the East China Navy, will impose a complete blockade on Japan, and at that time, ships of any country will not be allowed to transport any raw materials to Japan, and at the same time, they will not be allowed to transport any commodities abroad. ”

"We are very sincere, but you China are not sincere." The representative said with a stiff face, trying to put on a humble appearance.

Force is the hole card of politicians, and it is said that Ben suffered a military setback at this time, and he could only retreat at the negotiating table.

"Since you doubt our sincerity, then we don't have to talk about it anymore, our squadron [***] can attack North Korea at any time, and our navy can carry out a deep blockade of Yueben at any time." Zhu Xiaocheng threatened and made a gesture to leave.

"No, no, no, we are not doubting China's sincerity." The representative was taken aback, and finally let China come to the negotiating table, how could he let them go.

"Since you all admit that we are sincere, why don't you sign this clause? Could it be that you are not sincere? ”

"No, no, not ......"

At this time, China comprehensively suppressed the Japanese army from the navy and the air force, and the Chinese army was simply crushed and flattened by China at will.

Under the persuasion of the representatives of various countries, Zhu Xiaocheng was very embarrassed and relieved: "We can not want North Korea, but it is impossible to reduce the indemnity, and there must be land cession, otherwise how can we be regarded as a victorious country?" ”

The negotiations ended in a one-sided one-sided manner, and the entire negotiation lasted only three days. On the third day, he finally agreed to most of the terms of defeat.

The main content is: 590 million taels of silver to China. Withdraw from Arthur and cede Sakhalin to China.

Among them, the compensation will be paid in three years, with a total of 690 million taels of silver, and the first batch needs to pay one-third of the compensation to China, that is, 230 million taels of silver.

The political axe communicated with the British political axe, and the British political axe was willing to issue a low-interest loan to the political axe to help the reparation.

The premise was that soldiers had to be sent to the European theater, and that it was a large combat force.

Now that there is not much money to ask for, there are no warships, and some are just people, so it is relatively easy to send one or two million men to the European battlefield.

Although the terms of the defeat were harsh, the continuous war had already brought very serious losses to Yueben, especially the recent blockade of maritime communications by the East China Navy, which brought very heavy economic losses to Yueben.

Even if the merchant ships were flying the flags of other countries, the East China Navy would stop these merchant ships for inspection, and if they were found to be merchant ships, they would immediately confiscate all the ships and goods.

For Yueben, the loss is far more than a matter of a few ships and some goods, but the inability of factories to operate, the inability to transport goods, and the decline in foreign businessmen's confidence in the environment, resulting in capital outflow...... There is no longer any benefit to continuing the war with China, and in addition to suffering even more heavy losses, North Korea is likely to be unsafe.

Accepting the terms of defeat was a last resort.

After Terauchi Masashi approved the acceptance of the clause, he was ready to be criticized by the people, but he understood that he could not fight at this time.

…… On January 22, he admitted his defeat and signed the "Treaty of Defeat" with the East China Political Axe, which stipulated that the Emperor needed to pay 230 million taels of silver to the East China Political Axe every year, and pay off the indemnity in three years, totaling 690 million taels of silver, which needed to be paid in silver.

At the same time, he ceded Sakhalin Island and issued a notice of defeat and a confession.

The compensation of nearly 700 million taels of silver made many people feel incredible after the news came out.

At the same time, the announcement of the defeat was published on the domestic radio station, as well as the "Confession to the Chinese People", which was also part of the treaty.

It's just that what the East China political axe didn't expect was that the manuscript of the book used a large number of Chinese Chinese, so that most of the people in the book were confused.

However, the news of the defeat of the political axe could not be contained, and the people of the city soon learned about the defeat of the company and the terms of the defeat that they accepted.

Suddenly, many people wept silently and wept incessantly.

In contrast, the Chinese people were overjoyed, and this time the East China political axe defeated Yuben, not only conquering Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands, but also recovering Lushun, and even allowing Yuben to cede Sakhalin Island.

It was a major operation on the company, but after a war, all the colonies occupied by the company were lost except for Korea.

China has suppressed this evil neighbor.

Since then, China has also broken away from the ranks of backward countries and has begun to move towards becoming a world power.

Xia Jun is also very satisfied with the result of this negotiation, North Korea definitely does not want it, because the next battlefield with Yue Ben is in North Korea, and it is not beautiful to take it back.

Although it was a victory, there is still a lot of work to be done to deal with the aftermath.

First of all, it is necessary to govern Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Sakhalin Island, especially culturally, to remove the original culture, and the simplest thing is to immigrate, and someone must preside over it.

In addition, the military construction of these territories must also be carried out as soon as possible, and air bases, naval bases, coastal defenses, and so on must be built.

The war is basically over, and the next step is to move the knife against Tibet Province and Outer Mongolia.

(To be continued)