The cold north wind blew from the Arctic Ocean, and the power of the bone-chilling cold made many Chinese who came to Russia in the first winter shrink into a ball, too cold really.

You just take a breath, and before you can breathe out, it will freeze to your throat.

A cup of hot water was poured on the ground, and when I put down the cup and looked at it again, a thin layer of ice had frozen on the ground.

The sky is frightened by snow, and if it falls anywhere, it will not be visible. Even if the courtyard and pavement were cleaned every day, a few inches of snow had accumulated.

There is no beautiful scenery in the white expanse of the earth, there are patches of sea ice floating on the sea, and there is only snow on the coast, only those fishing boats that have been dragged ashore for repairs and maintenance, plus those ships that have been frozen in the harbor, the northern coast of the Baltic Sea has become a completely icy world.

A. F. Kerensky had been waiting here for several days as a representative of Russia, and Cao Rulin, China's envoy to Russia, had been waiting for four days at the Baltic manor. Today, too, representatives of the Moscow government have finally arrived.

These two countries, as China's most important 'means' to restrain Europe, it is necessary to maintain peace between them, and there will be a big change in the entire European pattern after the war, and China can formulate a framework, but I also hope that St. Petersburg and Moscow can agree on this, at least in the three or five years after the war.

The temperature is very low, the sky and the earth are white, the manor stands by the sea, there are not many people around, and there is not a single person outside in the only two small villages in this snowy weather. However, a large number of people gathered at the gate of the manor, including high-profile Russians and black-haired and yellow-skinned Chinese. A group of people who are as cold as ice mounds in the ice and snow, but they still have to make a personable appearance, who makes them diplomats. It wasn't until a convoy arrived that the silence on the coast was broken!

Some people got out of the car. All were dressed in black plush coats, half wearing top hats, and some of them were visibly wearing firearms. It's just that all the personnel with guns are not very close to the enemy, and for the internal security bodyguards at this level of the country, their current attitude is obviously very relaxed. The people who came were typical Slavic faces. It is worth noting that the cars in the fleet are also all Chinese sedans.

"Haha. Dzhugashvili, old friend, it is a great pleasure to meet you. Cao Rulin, who spoke fluent Russian, laughed loudly and hugged the representatives of the Moscow government who arrived.

Cao Rulin spent 10 years in Moscow before being transferred back to Beijing, working his way up from confidential secretary to ambassador, and he has gained deep 'friendship' with many people in the Moscow government. Dzhugashvili is no exception!

Dzhugashvili is one of the highest-ranking figures in the Moscow Poor Party, holding the post of permanent prime minister in the government, and also serving as the general political commissar of the Russian army of the Poor Party. Although it is not like Kerensky has already been confirmed by the St. Petersburg government as the head of the next government. But he is also one of several military and political bigwigs who have a chance to inherit Ulyanov's throne.

Holding the hand of the famous Soviet supreme leader in the history of another space-time plane, Cao Rulin, who didn't have this thought in his head, subconsciously stared at the other party's pipe. Then the smile on his face became two points more sincere. It was a pipe he was familiar with, a gift from Dzhugashvili on his 40th birthday, when Cao Rulin had left Moscow in 1918.

As the vice minister of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Cao Rulin is 43 years old this year, one year older than Zhugashvili, and it is difficult to say who is more 'proud' between him and Zhugashvili. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs is also one of the last few Deputy Ministers in the ranking. But that's China. Dzhugashvili's authority in Moscow is very strong, but how can Moscow compare with China?

In the eyes of the whole world. Moscow is only a small brother of China, not the most important and capable little brother. The combat effectiveness of the poor Russian army is good, and the soldiers of Japan in the north and south are no worse than them, and recently the two big fish of Ukraine and Russia have been added to the northern battlefield, and the Moscow government has lost even the 'reputation' of blocking the German army alone.

This is like the past two thousand years, **** a heavy minister. A small country is a king, and it is difficult to say which is more important.

Of course, Dzhugashvili, who had a pipe in his mouth, was still a little more imposing than the Soviet leader of the original time and space. Cao Rulin is a diplomat, and his aura is originally mellow and flowing. Zhugashvili is the general political commissar of the Red Army who has led thousands of troops!

The two talked slightly, and Dzhugashvili's eyes fell on Kerensky, who was waiting on the side, and the two looked at each other and nodded slightly.

This time, there are not only three parties to the negotiations between St. Petersburg and Moscow, but also Germany in addition to China. This Poland is the sphere of German strength, and Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Balkans are subordinate to the Habsburg dynasty with Austria as the core, and the Habsburg dynasty is also German to be precise.

Germany is their next prime minister, Prince Max of Baden, as long as China and Germany reach a consensus and Germany withdraws from the war, the current prime minister, Count Georg von Hertling, will launch the German political arena, and the replacement of Count Georg von Hertling's position as prime minister is Prince Max of Baden, a moderate representative who has a traditional 'friendship' with the Chinese.

Max waited for them at the gate of the venue, had a brief meeting with Dzhugashvili, and without delay, the delegations of the four countries entered the venue, and the first round of negotiations began.

First of all, Marc expressed the Germans' intention to withdraw from the war.

The defeat in the naval battle of the Gulf of Aden plunged the entire Western world into grief. Grief for the warships and sailors sunk in the sea, and grief for the imminent disappearance of the glory of the West.

And this grief came to Germany, that is, the cry of 'quit the war', that is, the reality of self-preservation.

If it continues to fight, Germany will be destroyed, just like Poland now, just like the United States across the Atlantic. It is necessary to withdraw from the war as soon as possible, preferably the first country to 'admit defeat' to China, even if the losses will be very heavy.

This is the impact of the defeat in the naval battle.

Not to mention the Arab aristocrats around the Gulf of Aden who fell to their knees in an instant, just the changes within the power of the West were enough to allow China to easily win. Is there only one German in the world who is smart? Selling teammates, the British are not more professional than the Germans? And France. Among the top six in the West. The French suffered the least today. Their manpower is still there, even if the navy is a mess, but the overall number of casualties does not exceed 300,000, the United States has gone, and now Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, who has lost less than this?

The lives of 300,000 young people, the French just got the 'immigrants' from the United States. That's a lot more than that.

Although the Gallic Rooster, a usury empire, suffered heavy losses in monetary interests after several years of war, there was no major loss of colonies, and the loss of young and strong population was even smaller, and the biggest pain was the oil fields in the Persian Gulf, but that was also within the range of bearability. With this truce, the current national strength of the Gallic rooster is fully capable of competing for the title of the first in Europe.

Of the five European powers, Italy's fate is nothing to say, and its core interests are too far from the territory of the Chinese. Only Austria-Hungary was really unlucky, like the United States in North America. The fate that awaited the Habsburgs was bound to be the fall apart of the rule.

And none of the five nations suffered the most losses than John Bull. They lost Australia, which is a small matter, but then they lost India, and the whole empire on which the sun never sets completely collapsed.

The current British still have the largest fleet in Europe [the Native Fleet Left behind], and the largest colonies in the entire Western world [Africa and Canada], and the population loss is not much, which is not worth mentioning compared to Italy, Austria-Hungary and Germany. They also seized untold benefits from the fall of Uncle Sam. 50% of America's top scientists and engineers were eaten by the British. The rest went to other countries such as France and Germany. Canada's population is infinitely close to 30 million, and millions more civilians have come to the British mainland. Many of the top classes of American society, represented by wealthy businessmen, also came to Britain soil.

The hundreds of thousands of troops lost by the British in India, Australia, and North America did not give them real heavy losses. It was India, the collapse of the colonial system in Asia, that made it impossible for the British to return to their former high position.

Finally, there is the collapse of faith!

The defeat of the British Imperial Navy was the defeat of the Anglo-Saxon nation as a whole.

Such a Britain can still become a great power after the war, relying on Africa and Canada, relying on many American 'immigrants'. But it is no longer possible to hold the whole of Europe hostage.

Max didn't know whether the envoys of Britain and France had reached an agreement with the Chinese when he met with Cao Rulin and others, so he was extremely anxious. He had a big problem with Dzhugashvili, who came too late. Cao Rulin had arrived at the seaside estate four days earlier, and the representatives of Moscow had wasted four precious days of the German Empire. Because Cao Rulin's four days with him were all informal contacts and conversations on behalf of his personal identity.

Internationally. Although Britain and France were allies of Germany, they were full of malice and wariness towards Germany. Italy and Austria-Hungary are in a total war, the Italians are by no means reliable, Austria-Hungary should be considered the most reliable ally of the Germans, but now Austria-Hungary has completely fallen into the quagmire, and no one can save it unless the Chinese are 'merciful'!

Germany now has no help from outside, and Russia is about to conquer the whole of East Prussia. Berlin could abandon Austria-Hungary or Poland, and the Germans could completely retract into Germany's own territory. But for East Prussia, like Lorraine and Alsace, the Germans were always convinced that it was their homeland. At the slightest possibility, Berlin hoped to be able to recover East Prussia, which was about to fall.

For this, the German Empire could pay reparations, could admit defeat, and even valuable overseas colonies.

The agreement between China and Germany was very happy, and Germany knew very well that the more it was here to deal with it, the more it could lose. In the history of Western civilization, the scene of the winner eating all has been staged more than once. Instead of surrendering when you have to surrender, taking the initiative to 'withdraw from the war' now, no matter how great the losses are, will not be worse than when you were completely defeated!

At least now Germany, which has not yet been burned by the flames of war to its homeland.

From the earliest 'restrictive war', to the battle for the Belarusian corridor, to the full-scale war between Germany and Russia, and finally the complete outbreak of the war, the Germans have shed enough blood. With Ukraine, East and West Russia, which are 'led' by China, the overall strength is many times better than that of the original time and space in the same period, and the Germans are not fighting a war of annihilation, not a war of defeat, but a complete war of attrition!

How many outstanding German youths threw their lives between the trenches. Advanced tanks cannot completely annihilate trenches, and blitzkrieg is not fought entirely by tanks, which also requires absolutely superior air force and artillery.

The German tanks have a certain combat effectiveness, and the Germans' artillery is very combative, but the German air force is completely at a disadvantage, and no matter how many tanks there are, can they escape the bombing of aircraft groups?

While the Ruhr industrial area has not yet been bombed by Chinese planes, it is necessary to surrender quickly, withdraw from the war, and preserve national strength as much as possible. Wilhelm II, the Kaiser, who had lost his power during the war, also found a formal promise from Max that if Germany could successfully withdraw from the war, he would abdicate, cede the throne of the German Empire to his son, and promise to reform the German state.

It's not impossible to remove the first three words from a dualist constitutional monarchy!

Cao Rulin knew very well Germany's sincerity, but Max had other demands, they wanted to keep East Prussia. And now most of East Prussia has been swallowed by the dish of Russia, and it is impossible for St. Petersburg to vomit it for no reason.

Germany wanted reparations, and if St. Petersburg still wanted to intervene in Africa, the Germans would certainly be willing to exchange the colonies for East Prussia. But are the people of St. Petersburg willing to change? East Prussia is right under their noses, and if they take it, they will expand their territory, and how can the colonies have such benefits? It will not be able to become our own land in a hundred years.

Since the beginning of the Great Voyage, the Europeans have been killing tens of millions of aborigines by means of killing people and exterminating their tribes in the open Americas, and then the grandiose border America is the West, and then there is Australia, Australia is almost the same means, and the rest of Asia and Africa, where is their own land?

Even South Africa, with its large number of whites, will not become North America after all. The number of the Hercules still dominates the population ratio of South Africa.

Therefore, don't look at the small area of East Prussia, as long as the small 2 million Germans and Germans on it are driven out, Russia can easily swallow this piece of land almost the size of Taiwan! (To be continued.) )