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But the Russians were also desperate, because they saw that Yang Chao's airship could easily ensure the military supply of the Japanese, and the Japanese could even bombard the invading small Russian offensive forces on a large scale in the winter.

This meant that Russia had lost control of its Asian territories, and they decided to accept the Japanese demands, cede the territory east of the Lena River to Japan, and then renounce all treaties signed with the Chinese after 1858 and return the ceded territories in the northeast and northwest, totaling 1.44 million square kilometers.

But at this time, the Japanese did not agree, well, the Japanese have occupied such a large area of territory, and they are indeed a little dissatisfied with handing over the vast majority, because Japan at this time is no longer the Japan when Ito Hirobumi was alive.

The total area of Russian Siberian territory is 13 million square kilometers, and the east of the Lena River is only 4 million square kilometers.

But Japan's greed aroused the opposition of the whole world, and it was unacceptable to any country, an eastern country that had expanded its territory to the edge of Europe, whether it was Japan or China.

But it is not the European countries that oppose it the most, but the United States.

The United States finally saw the threat of the Japanese, Japan and them are only separated by a Pacific Ocean, the Americans have always been very clear, once the Japanese defeat Russia, then the next direction of expansion, can only be the United States, of course, the Americans are afraid that the sky is unfounded, but it is also a long-term vision, because for the first time they began to face an industrial country that appeared on the other side of the ocean, and it is a country with strong military strength, whether it is the navy or the army, it seems to be stronger than the Americans, The Americans, who had little confidence in the strength of their own army, had to contain Japan at this time.

The Americans know very well that Japan's biggest disadvantage is its limited land area, and that the Japanese, whether in terms of population or technological ability, have gradually narrowed the distance between themselves and the West, at least there is no gap between the times, so it is unimaginable that Japan will be able to obtain Russia's huge territory in the Far East, where the resources it occupies, and how strong Japan's strength will be.

Britain, the United States, France, and Germany sent a joint note to Japan, telling the Japanese that the four countries absolutely could not accept Japan's invasion of more than half of Russia's territory.

And the Japanese were really crazy, and they suddenly found that Japan was standing in front of the door of becoming the world's largest country in terms of land area, and as long as it annexed Russian Siberia, Japan would be the largest country in the world in terms of land area, which was really too lethal for a people who had been eager for the continent for centuries.

But in the face of the four great powers of Britain, France, the United States and Germany, even Shan Shan Youpeng knew that they were not capable of resisting.

The Japanese delegation compromised and signed the treaty on the cession of the territory east of the Lena River by Russia.

At the same time, China signed a treaty of reconciliation with Russia.

Although China's edge in the war was completely obscured by the Japanese, Yang Chao's capture of Chelyabinsk and the threat to Europe were also overshadowed by the Japanese army's million-strong army kicking the door of Europe.

However, the Chinese people are still very happy, although not as happy as imagined, but for the first time in history, China did not cede land in the war, but recovered the land, this meaning is still the most widely discussed and supported, especially after Zhang Zhidong's ten years of development and education, the literate population has approached 100 million, this 100 million people can consume information, so the sales of newspapers have greatly increased.

Of course, Yang Chao's prestige has increased unprecedentedly, and Yuan Shikai also took the opportunity to make several showy statements, stating that the Republic of China has the ability, willingness, courage, and determination to protect its own rights and interests, and protect its own people, and the Republic of China is not a Manchu government!

Yuan Shikai also took advantage of this wave to make a political achievement, after all, Yang Chao's achievements are nominally Yuan Shikai's achievements in power, so Yuan Shikai's position was also greatly stabilized for a while, and even the forces that criticized him the most strongly had to temporarily stop fighting, because scolding the big brother at this time would cause trouble for himself, and the people who were stirred up by national sentiment would completely hate Brother Pao.

But the League led by Brother Pao was not idle, and another faction, Song Jiaoren of the Huaxing Society, began to actively lobby, and it was the beginning of the political activities of reorganizing the League, he wanted to destroy the party and build the party, and build the loose alliance into a close GM party!

And Song Jiaoren's ability to move seems to have exceeded Yuan Shikai's expectations, Yuan Shikai thought that he had drawn Cai Yuanpei and other veterans of the alliance to his side by making a wish through the official seal, but Yuan Shikai, who had dealt with typical bureaucrats like Li Hongzhang all his life, did not understand characters like Cai Yuanpei at all, this is a group of somewhat idealistic characters.

These people don't care very much about the political future, or they are not very sensitive, and they don't even understand that Yuan Shikai's approach is a transaction, they don't have this kind of traditional political concept of taking an official from Yuan Shikai and helping Yuan Shikai do things, standing on Yuan Shikai's side, they think that they are officials to do things, so they are easily moved by Song Jiaoren's ideas.

In short, these are two groups of characters with completely different understandings of politics, and the wrong judgment between each other caused Yuan Shikai to feel a kind of loss of control, which made him feel unsteady in his heart, and if he was not steadfast, he would make trouble.

At the same time, the treaty was signed, and then the three parties began to withdraw their troops, Yang Chao took his troops in Chita back to Harbin by train and airship as soon as possible, and then began to have another holiday, releasing 300,000 soldiers at once, and the rest rested on the spot, divided into three waves, each with a month's vacation.

The Japanese withdrew their troops reluctantly, but Britain, the United States, Germany, and France sent a monitoring mission to ask them to withdraw all their troops before the Chinese New Year.

The Japanese used the heavy snow to close the road, and the railway was not restored, so the four countries came forward and leased Yang Chao's airship, and they jointly provided the Russians with a loan of 100 million pounds, only a small part of it, that is, 30 million pounds, was enough for Yang Chao to accept the business, and the offer to the Japanese was 100 million, which was 200 million taels of silver.

Well, Yang Chao's cost of purchasing these airships will come back, which means that Yang Chao spent three years in vain, and only paid some oil money, which can be regarded as a good deal, but it is just good, and Yang Chao is not willing to accept it.

He soon announced that he was going to sell a batch of surplus military supplies, among which three thousand airships were to be sold. (To be continued.) )