Chapter 395: A peace agreement is signed
In this conflict between the Xia Empire and the European countries, Germany gained a lot, and Kaiser Wilhelm II and others felt that only if the Xia Empire continued to confront the European countries, the Germans could gain more benefits from it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Therefore, the Kaiser instructed the ambassador in Shangjing to leak the tactics of the British to the Xia Empire, hoping to provoke greater contradictions and conflicts between the Xia Empire and Britain and France.
In fact, these British tricks have already been used against the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire doesn't care at all, and it is the goal of the Xia Empire to get beneficial benefits.
However, in order to sign a peace agreement as soon as possible and eat meat into his stomach, Hua Guoqiang held a press conference specifically on British strategy.
At the press conference, the British justified and refuted the attack on the Xia Empire.
The first is the military threat, the Xia Empire has been trying its best to compress the army, especially the Lu State, after winning the war, has compressed the army to the level of 8 armies, from the original nearly 200 soldiers, reduced to only more than 500,000 soldiers now, a decrease of three-quarters; In the Xia Empire itself, the army was only enough to defend and defend, if it were not for the formation of the Four-Power Alliance by Britain and France this time, the Xia Empire would not have dared to send so many troops to attack British India, which was purely a means of self-preservation.
For military technology, the Xia Empire has never kept it secret, that is, the most advanced battleship in service Xia Empire has always been put up for sale, the Xia Empire has always believed that military equipment is a tool to ensure world peace, the Xia Empire is willing to all countries are in a state of peace, and all countries are welcome to come to the Xia Empire to purchase all kinds of active military equipment, and the price is absolutely cheap and affordable.
The Xia Empire was a peace-loving country, and it absolutely did not want to have contradictions with European countries, and if a conflict broke out, even the Arabian Peninsula, which was ceded by Britain, would also set aside a safe distance of at least 300 kilometers to the Mediterranean, making the Ottoman Empire a buffer zone between the Xia Empire and European countries.
Hua Guoqiang once again reiterated that the Xia Empire is a responsible big country, and is willing to carry out all-round military and economic exchanges and cooperation with European countries for the sake of world peace and stability and the sustained and rapid development of the world economy.
Finally, Hua Guoqiang said that the Xia Empire's ceasefire in British India was for peace negotiations, and hoped that the relevant countries would not take advantage of the kindness of the Xia Empire and divide the friendship between the Xia Empire and all countries in the world.
Zhang Wei is now very confident, eliminating the British and French forces on the Indochina Peninsula, no worries, and the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean have become the territorial waters of the empire, establishing multiple security barriers, ensuring the security of the empire, and he can go out to fight with confidence in the future, no longer afraid of the threat of any force to the empire.
Regarding the press conference held by Hua Guoqiang, Zhang Wei meant that the empire does not have much influence at present, or continues to exert pressure on Britain, and is unwilling to conduct peace negotiations, then continue to go to war.
After receiving Zhang Wei's instructions, Hua Guoqiang immediately summoned Anderson, the British ambassador to the Xia Empire, and lodged a serious protest with him, saying that if a peace agreement was not signed as soon as possible, the war would continue and all the consequences would be borne by the British.
The British cabinet felt a pain in the egg, and now the power is in the hands of the Xia Empire, so it can only sign a negotiation agreement according to the requirements of the Xia Empire first, and then implement retaliation against the Xia Empire.
This time, the Xia Empire broke out into war with several European countries, and the biggest beneficiary was the Xia Empire, followed by the Chinese Empire and Germany, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal and other countries all suffered heavy losses, and the Kingdom of Kuwait and other Gulf countries were completely sold by Britain.
Without the obstruction of the British, the peace agreement was signed very smoothly.
All the colonies of the Dutch Kingdom were occupied by the Xia Empire, and they were forced to pay 5 million pounds in compensation to the Xia Empire if they could not pay compensation, otherwise the 45,000-strong army he sent would become the free labor of the Xia Empire.
For the Kingdom of Belgium, the Xia Empire did not recognize his status as a neutral country at all, and if it was a neutral country, it should not occupy the colony, otherwise the warships of the Xia Empire would sail to Europe to teach this so-called neutral country a lesson.
Portugal was also threatened by the Xia Empire, if it did not cede the East African colonies, they would be able to destroy the country by simply paying the rent of the 357-year Macao lease, not to mention paying interest, so in addition to returning the Macao leased land of the Chinese Empire, it would also cede the East African colonies to the Chinese Empire; The Xia Empire then exchanged the Jiaoao lease land exchanged from the Germans for the East African colonies with the Chinese Empire.
These three small countries took the lead in reaching an agreement with the Xia Empire under pressure, and then France could not withstand the pressure of the domestic people and signed a peace agreement with the Xia Empire, in addition to the territory occupied by the Xia Empire, and ceded Djibouti to the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire promised to release the imprisoned French people safely.
Seeing that the general trend had turned, the British were forced to accept the terms of the Xia Empire, sign a peace agreement, and in the end only gained part of the Belgian Congo, not only did not get the French Somalia Djibouti and the Portuguese East African colonies, but also lost British Somalia, large areas of British India, Afghanistan, the southern part of Iran, and the entire Arabian Peninsula occupation zone and the occupation zone of the two river basins, etc., which can be described as heavy losses; Moreover, if he wants to realize his "Cairo-Cape Town Plan", he will face an even more formidable opponent in the future, Germany.
Germany eventually signed a land exchange agreement with the Xia Empire, exchanging land north of the Congo River for its Papuan colony, and exchanging the Chinese Empire's Jiaoao leased land for the Xia Empire's long-cherished technology.
For the German Empire, this time it is still a lot of benefits, Germany just withdrew the army from the Jiaoao leased land, handed over the military facilities and public facilities to the Chinese Empire, for civilian buildings and factories, etc., the ownership is still owned by German citizens, and Germany enjoys the preferential measures of import and export materials in the Jiaoao leased land for 3 years, which is very important for the Germans who are in the economic crisis, and even the British are very envious of the treatment of the Germans, which aggravates the conflict between Germany and Britain.
Compared with the heavy price paid by countries such as Portugal and the United Kingdom, the Germans are still very content.
Through a series of operations, the Xia Empire not only acquired a large area of British India, as well as many territories along the Persian Gulf coast, and became the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Afghanistan; Moreover, Aden and British Somalia of Great Britain and Djibouti of France were obtained, and the security of maritime traffic in the Red Sea was fully controlled; More importantly, it also obtained Portugal's East African colonies in Africa, which enabled the Xia Empire to obtain two colonies in eastern Africa, the north and south, and a foothold in Africa, creating conditions for the expansion of the empire in Africa in the future.
For Zhang Wei, he was relieved to be able to occupy the oil-rich coastal areas of the Persian Gulf, and through this layout, it was convenient to launch a general offensive against the Russian Empire in the future.
(To be continued.) )