Li Xiaofeng glanced at Akimovich, the other party actually came to smuggle grain, which really surprised him. But after a little thought, this guy didn't feel too surprised at all. Russia has a food problem, a food crisis, and Germany actually has the same problem.

As I have mentioned before, the world war is a test of a country's comprehensive national strength, and only the kind of big country that has no obvious shortcomings in all aspects, relatively rich in material resources, and complete industry can survive to the bottom.

In other words, the performance of a country in a world war can completely show the national strength of that country. In World War I, the first to collapse was Russia, that is, Lao Maozi was the most vulnerable of the major rogue states in Europe.

In particular, the main reason for the addition of the European limit is very simple, that is, although Japan also participated in World War I, but to tell the truth, Ya is simply a dozen soy sauce, except for grabbing a few enclave colonies of the Germans in Asia, helping the Royal Navy to hunt down Germany's Far East Fleet in the Asia-Pacific region, and fighting a real big battle, Japan can really say that there is almost nothing.

After the whole war, there was hardly any test of Ya's national strength. In other words, if the overall ranking is made, Japan's national strength will definitely be lower than that of Russia, and at most it can be on a level with the capricious Italy.

After the war, due to the changes in the international political environment, the British were in the consideration of their own interests, so they made a big deal at the Paris Peace Conference and later at the Washington Naval Armaments Conference. Otherwise, to tell the truth, with Japan's national strength, it could only be regarded as a second-rate country at that time.

Straight to the point. Among the big hooligans in Europe. Russia, which collapsed first, is considered the weakest big hooligan. Secondly, the collapsed German-Austrian bloc was second, but considering the performance of France in 1918, if the United States had not entered the war, it is estimated that the Gallic chicken would not be much stronger than the Germans, so in terms of battlefield performance, France's national strength is almost the same as that of Germany. Even considering the performance of its allies, it should be said that Germany's national strength is above that of France, and it is a well-deserved second in Europe. Second only to the Empire where the sun has set.

Of course, this is not to rank a place, but mainly to analyze the main reason why Akilovich is interested in smuggling channels from the side. Obviously, although Germany's national strength is very strong, because of the drag of its teammates, it is already twilight after entering 1918. Without an injection of boosters, it would only be a matter of time before it collapsed.

And is there a cardiotonic? Yes, Russia collapsed first, which allowed Germany to concentrate its forces on the Eastern Front on the Western Front, as envisaged at the beginning of the war, which would make it possible for them to break through to Verdun. Take down Grand Paris.

However, although there is no polar bear bond. However, after three years of attrition, the war-weariness and discontent in Germany have been fully fermented, and it is very likely that the people who are increasingly dissatisfied with their lives will follow the example of the Russians.

In this case, the Germans had to address the signs of the domestic economic crisis, in addition to winning the war. This is the main reason why they will greatly blackmail the Russians in the Brest Pact.

The landlord's family has no surplus food! But it is a pity that it was a beggar who was blackmailed by the Germans, although Lenin agreed to the treaty, but that was to give a blank note, and the Germans were counting on sucking the blood of polar bears to survive the crisis, which was simply a fool's dream.

What's more, due to the presence of a certain immortal, the current Brest contract is far less harsh than it was in history, and it is even less likely that the Germans can expect to eat emaciated polar bears to survive the winter. However, since this road did not work, the Germans naturally had to find another way, and a certain immortal happened to open up the door of smuggling at this time, and this road was undoubtedly a life-saving straw for the Germans. Naturally, it is not surprising that Akimovich is rushing to find out what is true.

After figuring out the twists and turns, Li Xiaofeng suddenly felt a little funny, but it was not that the Germans were too naïve to laugh at them, in fact, if he could, he hoped that the Germans would hold on longer. The longer the Germans held out, the Entente would not have been able to spare their hands to intervene in Russia, and without that group of hooligans to make trouble, the Russian civil war would not have been fought for three years.

To tell the truth, the three years of civil war have hurt Russia very much, and it can be said that it has hurt the muscles and bones, and it took Russia more than ten years of hard work to recover.

What really makes Li Xiaofeng laugh is that his approach is the exact opposite of Trotsky's hopes, and Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution places all the hopes of a great outbreak of revolution in the world in Germany. And the longer Germany is allowed to hold out, the later the day that Trotsky is looking forward to will come. And the later this day comes, the pressure and criticism that Lao Tuo will have to bear will be greater and greater.

It can not only reduce the damage of the Russian civil war, but also make Trotsky deflated, and kill two birds with one stone. Even if you don't just have to do it, you must also make a big profit for yourself, so that two birds with one stone become three birds with one stone.

This guy pretended to lie on the hospital bed and sneered: "Won't the food and wealth looted from Ukraine still fill your stomach?" ”

Akimovich had been staring at a certain immortal, and his plan was that as long as someone confessed, then he would quickly beat the snake and stick and quickly rush up, so as to harvest this smuggling channel at the lowest cost. However, he didn't expect that a certain immortal didn't answer his question at all, but mocked him first, and the words seemed to be very wrong, as if the other party had no intention of cooperating with him at all.

Akimovich felt a bald pout in his heart, and quickly emphasized: "Mr. Andrei, where did you start with this! The attitude of the German government towards Ukraine is clear, that is, to respect the Brest Pact and fully ......"

Li Xiaofeng was not interested in accompanying this nonsense, so he interrupted him directly: "In other words, the German army did not transport a grain of grain from the granary of Ukraine, let alone scrape the ground in Ukraine, and all that real money and grain are the filial piety of the Ukrainians to you!" ”

Akimovich was embarrassed that Germany itself was not an agricultural superpower, and with the outbreak of the World War, the food produced in the country gradually could not catch up with consumption, especially after 1917. Eating gradually began to become a problem. However, the trade routes in the Atlantic were blocked by the Royal Navy. We can only import a little grain from Sweden to solve the urgent need.

But that little bit of food is really not enough. After all, the German-Austrian bloc is a big country in Europe, tens of millions of mouths are waiting to be fed, and they were originally counting on making a big profit from Ukraine, but who would have thought that Russia would come up with a monster and let their attempts come to naught. So "before leaving", both the Germans and the Austrians chose to scrape a stroke and make the huge Ukraine jump. Almost all the rations for the Ukrainians for the coming year were wiped out.

If nothing else, 1918 will be extremely difficult for Ukrainians, and a crisis may be inevitable. It is conceivable that in order to have a full stomach and to survive, a very bloody tragedy will be staged in Ukraine.

Of course, neither the Germans nor the Austrians have any interest in caring whether the Ukrainians live or die, for whom the pain of Ukraine has been left to the Russians. Give the Russians a headache!

Akimovich naturally thought the same way, and even had a little pleasure in his heart at first. I feel like I've finally pulled a game back on someone. But who would have thought that someone would be waiting for him here. It seems bad if someone clings to the Ukrainian problem and refuses to cooperate with them!

It can only be said that Akimovich has been fooled again, Li Xiaofeng really can't care about the Ukrainian problem now, anyway, the pimple is already very messy, and any more chaos is just a mess. But Germany really can't fall so quickly, and that's really bad for Russia. Therefore, the real intention of a certain immortal is to put pressure on the Germans through Ukraine, in order to create a false impression that he is very angry and unwilling to cooperate with Germany, so as to raise the asking price and take advantage of it.

It should be said that Li Xiaofeng's strategy worked, at least Akimovich, a fool, was fooled and naively began to explain the problems of Ukraine, trying to appease a certain immortal in the "rage".

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng secretly laughed in his heart, sometimes this thing feels embarrassed, Akimovich is simply Lu Su in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", every time he helps Zhuge Liang dismantle Zhou Yu's stage at critical moments, such a "good old man" is really cute.

"I can assure you that everything that happened in Ukraine was just an accident and that it was definitely not dictated by the German government...... We can guarantee that those who lead the troubles will be severely punished......"

The more Li Xiaofeng listened, the more funny he felt, but he still had to pretend to be indignant, to be honest, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Fortunately, Akimovich only cared about explaining and dismissing the German government, and did not pay much attention to his expression, otherwise he would have been in trouble immediately.

"I don't have any interest in such empty words," in order to play the show well and get to the point as soon as possible, Li Xiaofeng had to pretend to speak: "The people of Ukraine are wailing in pain, and as the initiator, if the German government only thinks that it will perfunctory all this with a few innocuous empty words, I can only tell you that it is impossible!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiaofeng paused slightly, strengthened his tone and emphasized: "I ask your government to immediately correct this mistake, immediately return the plundered and looted people's fat and ointment, and apologize to the Ukrainian people who have been harmed!" ”

Akimovich's face was not very good-looking, because Li Xiaofeng's request was impossible to agree to at all, and he finally worked hard to grab such a little thing, and he still hoped to use this little thing to survive the crisis! How is it possible for the German government to repay? How can you apologize? Isn't that a recipe for stealing chickens?

Not to mention that compensation is unrealistic, let's just say that once the German government is convicted of arson and robbery, it will greatly affect Germany's international image, and it will be hacked out by the Entente. How could such a stupid thing be done?

Anyway, Akimovich himself could not have agreed to such conditions, let alone his superiors. So after a short silence, he said curtly: "Mr. Andrei, I think the Ukrainian problem can be solved slowly, let's discuss the ...... of grain smuggling channels first"

Li Xiaofeng was not moved at all, and sneered: "But I only want to discuss the problems of Ukraine now, we have nothing else to talk about until there is nothing to say about the disaster suffered by the Ukrainian people!" ”

Akimovich was immediately dumbfounded, the resoluteness of a certain immortal was completely unexpected by him and his superiors, because the Soviet government had previously expressed a strong protest to the German government on the issue of Ukraine, but everyone could see it. This is just an official article. The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of Russia is nothing more than a routine business. There will be no real plan to retaliate against Germany.

But now, the attitude of a certain immortal is not like that at all, and this brother seems to have a little bit of unrelenting. Could it be that there was no agreement within the Bolsheviks on the Ukrainian question?

This speculation frightened Akimovich a little, for he had long heard that the Trotskyists and Leninists within the Bolsheviks were not exactly on the opposite side, and that on a considerable number of issues they were completely at odds with each other.

And now the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, representing the Trotskyists, is one attitude, and someone representing Lenin is another. If this is not taken seriously in the country, in the unlikely event of a sudden change in the position of the Trotskyists, they will definitely be caught off guard.

Immediately, Akimovich was a little panicked, and he wanted to leave immediately, and quickly informed the country of this fatal information, but he was a little unsure of how tough the attitude of the Leninists was. If you rush to notify the country, the result is not the same. That's a lot of fun. After much thought, Akimovich decided to stay and continue to test the attitude of the Leninists. Strive to be foolproof.

If Li Xiaofeng could read Akimovich's current thoughts by reading minds, he would definitely laugh on the ground, a certain immortal didn't have the idea of a fox and a fake tiger, let alone the meaning of speaking on behalf of the mentor, how could the mentor represent casually? Isn't that a joke about your own political future?

Anyway, no one on behalf of Li Xiaofeng dared to speak casually on behalf of the tutor, he was still blackmailing Akimovich, but he was just scaring himself and thinking about the problem seriously. So when this thing's attitude changed greatly, he became cautious in his speech, and he was constantly trying something, Li Xiaofeng was a little surprised, he couldn't figure out what Akimovich wanted to do!

However, Li Xiaofeng is better than Akimovich in terms of problems that he can't figure out, that is, he knows how to disguise and will use some ambiguous words to fool the other party. At this point, the Germans are still a little too realistic, or too tendonous, and they can't turn this corner......

Therefore, Akimovich's temptation must have ended in failure, not only did he fail to figure out the true thoughts of the "Leninists", but he was even more confused by the words of the clouds and mountains, so that when he left Li Xiaofeng's ward, the aisle was a little shaky.

Later that day, Akimovich reported this new situation to his superiors, reminded them to be careful of the Leninists' attitude, and even suggested that they should make certain compromises and concessions when necessary to avoid further "deterioration" of the situation!

It should be said that the Germans reacted very quickly, and soon Akimovich received instructions from his superiors to once again step into someone's hospital room and start a second round of negotiations on related issues.

“…… My Government is deeply saddened by the tragedy that has taken place there with great sincerity in resolving the problems of Ukraine...... We sincerely say that we will deal with those responsible and will not let the same tragedy happen again......"

Even if Li Xiaofeng is making a show, he is not satisfied with this kind of official Bagu's reply, according to your meaning, then this time is an accident, just don't care? I said, you should also show it, not to mention spit out all the stolen goods, you have to compensate a little bit of fun!

Akimovich did not see any expression on his face, and he recited the manuscript step by step with a paralyzed expression peculiar to the Germans: "On the issue of how to compensate the victims of Ukraine, our government is discussing the relevant options, and we cannot give your country any answer for the time being until the specific statistical results are implemented......"

Seeing that Li Xiaofeng was about to go crazy, Akimovich hurriedly said: "It is irresponsible to rush to a conclusion, only after the most real results are counted, our government can enter the next step of the compensation process, otherwise, it will be irresponsible to the Ukrainian people...... Germany is a responsible power and we will never ......"

Li Xiaofeng can think of it with his ass, what kind of calculation the Germans are making, are you going to use procrastination, right? Playing with my brother, you're still too tender!

"I am very satisfied with your country's rigorous and careful work attitude," Li Xiaofeng said with a "pleasant face", "In my opinion, this is indeed a rigorous attitude to solve the problem, and I highly appreciate it!" ”

Akimovich also had a smile on his face, and he asked with great interest: "Then can we discuss the issue of food......

"Don't worry!" Li Xiaofeng replied with a "pleasant face", "Your country's rigorous attitude towards work has really opened my eyes, and it is indeed worth learning from." In order to get closer to your country, China will also handle relevant matters in a rigorous manner. Until your government has released the results of strict, rigorous, detailed and specific statistics, our government will no longer express any new opinions on the Ukraine issue, and temporarily freeze all related issues, that is to say, our country will fully cooperate with your country's work process, when your country will get the results, and when will we discuss relevant matters! ”

As soon as these words came out, Akimovich's face became very exciting, and he immediately understood, a certain immortal is using his own way to treat others, do you want to delay? Then let's drag it out and see who is afraid of whom! (To be continued......)

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