Gu Weijun's conditions were very simple, first of all, the Port Arthur must be returned to China, in addition, all Japanese rights and interests in Northeast China and the concessions in other parts of China will be abolished, and all the troops stationed in China must be withdrawn to the Japanese mainland, and at the same time, Japan should also compensate the Chinese government for the loss of 200 million Chinese yuan in this war...

Seriously, these conditions are not too harsh, but it is difficult for the Japanese to accept such conditions. After all, if such a condition is really accepted, it can be said that all the qiē that Japan used to operate in China will be taken back by the Kuomintang government at the same time.

Therefore, Nichiki and the Japanese government behind him can almost be said to have tried their best to bargain with the Kuomintang government on this issue, and even brought in ministers from Britain and France to exert pressure.

Since the victory in Shandong, the Nationalist government has become more threatening than Japan in the eyes of Britain and France, after all, when Europe is fighting, they need the Far East to maintain a balance, as for others, such as help from Asia?

After all, the war has just begun, and although the Battle of the Marne has caused nearly half a million casualties on each side, there are still many battles to be fought in the future. Both the Entente and the Central Powers still underestimated the cruelty of the whole war, so except for some coveting the navies of the two countries, the others did not seem to be very anxious, although they had some expectations.

As for the Entente countries, which have some needs from China and Japan, the situation in the United States is more complicated.

At this time, the United States was very strict in its anti-Chinese situation, and if it weren't for the fact that Yan Shao had already created a great reputation in Europe. I'm afraid you won't be able to get any good treatment in the United States―――――― just like in later generations, no matter what country you are from, as long as you are famous enough. There will always be some preferential treatment.

Similarly, discrimination against yellow people in the United States is also very severe, which is why both China and Japan are eyes of the Americans.

In the past, because of Yan Shao's personal relationship (that is, sponsorship) with the White House, coupled with the more direct threat of Japan, the United States maintained a relatively good relationship with the national government.

But now...

Now the Communist government has become a more immediate threat than Japan...

Under such circumstances, the Americans are naturally very willing to give some support to Japan.

However, after all, the United States' bad feelings towards Japan have lasted for a long time, and in a hurry. It is somewhat difficult for them to shift their political tendencies to support Japan. France also has a very good relationship with Yan Shao, and its interests in Asia are not particularly large. Therefore, it is not particularly urgent to contain China.

And Britain, the only one who desperately wanted to contain China and ensure the balance of Asia, was caught in the quagmire of the European war at this time, and could not help Japan effectively at all...

So even though the ministers of Britain, France and other countries all ran out. Faintly standing behind the day of the benefit. But in reality, they didn't do anything useful at all. At best, it's just a totem pole, doing some moral support.

And Gu Weijun, who received Yan Shao's signal, also knew very well that at present, Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries could not make substantial help to Japan at all, and he was not particularly worried. In the face of the ministers of the nations, it was only emphasized again that this is what they deserve as victors...

That's all...

"So......... Not only Lushun and other places must be returned, the garrisons must be withdrawn, and all Japanese concessions in China must be abolished. The 200 million Chinese dollars must also be given..."Sitting in front of Rizhiyi and the ministers of various countries, Gu Weijun made a gesture of righteous words. "This is what my country deserves. After all, Japan did not invite Japan to our country, this is completely an anti-aggression war, and our country is just in both justice and other aspects..."

Seeing Gu Weijun's appearance, Zhu Erdian and Lei? Kopa and the others were a little helpless, just in front of them they had been talking to Gu Weijun for a long time―――――― in fact, they wanted to talk to Yan Shao more, but Yan Shao shirked that he couldn't see them if he had something to do, if it was useful to accompany his wife in the pool, it would be a big deal...

So there was no way, they had to come to see Gu Weijun, who was already in charge of this matter.

However, Gu Weijun is a person...

At least he could be called China's first-class diplomat at this time, and Zhu Erdian and Lei? What about Kopa? You must know that for the time being, in the past, the Far East has never been taken seriously by European countries, and from a certain point of view, it is simply a remote area of the political territory of European countries, and people who have been brought to this region to be ministers...

Do you think this kind of person would be an important person?

Of course, if Zhu Erdian is younger, it can be said that it is the only way for talents, the question is Zhu Erdian and Lei? Kopa: They're all the bosses. At such an old age, they are still serving as ministers in a country that is not very important, and if nothing else, it is estimated that they will sit in this position for the rest of their lives until they hang up, that is, among the diplomats in their country, they can only be regarded as second-rate people...

Although China has been in an awkward position in the past, that doesn't mean that Chinese aren't as smart as whites. It's just that the Qing government is so stupid, and those rulers don't think of China as their home at all, and as a result, the whole country is in a mess, and by the time they react that things are not good, they have no ability to resist...

As a result, a large group of people are also quite capable talents, just because of the group of stupid people above who are depressed to death...

Nowadays, China's first-class diplomats can only be regarded as second-rate figures against a group of people, plus they have advantages in all aspects, if they can't get the upper hand...

Yan Shao felt that his great cause of revival seemed to end here...

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Listening to Gu Weijun's words, Zhu Erdian and the others were a little helpless.

It's not that they think Gu Weijun is really reasonable, that's right, the winner really deserves his own reward. But don't forget. There is still such a thing as 'the intervention of the three countries to return Liao' in this world, if the strength of the bystanders is strong enough, even if it is the victor. You may not be able to get your own rewards.

(The intervention of the Three Kingdoms in the return of Liao occurred after the First Sino-Japanese War.) After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government and the Meiji government of Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki on April 17, 1895, ceding the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan. Six days later, Russia, Germany, and France used "friendly advice" as an excuse to force Japan to return Liaodong to China. Japan was deeply humiliated by this, which was the cause of the Russo-Japanese War in the future. ）

From a certain point of view, in fact, Zhu Erdian and they would like to follow the example of 'the Three Kingdoms intervened to return Liao'. As mentioned earlier, both Britain and France, as well as the United States and Russia, hope that a balance can be maintained in the Far East. Nor do we want another Japan to be followed by another powerhouse of color.

Nowadays, all the facts have shown that the national government is gradually rising. Considering that China's potential and national strength are much greater than Japan's, containment is almost inevitable. Especially now that a big war is breaking out in Europe, there is no way to manage the efforts of the Far East, so that a Far Eastern power can take advantage of this opportunity to gradually rise. This is definitely not something that any country would want to see.

But things are also troublesome in this big war in Europe. The most fundamental reason why the three countries were able to 'intervene in the three countries to return Liao' was that the countries that intervened in this matter at that time, whether it was Germany, France, or Russia, were all first-class powers in the world at that time, and Japan alone was not their opponent.

And even now, these three countries are the most powerful of the great powers, and against any of these countries, with the current strength of China, I am afraid that they will suffer. Because the difference in strength between each other is too great, especially in industry. Today's industrialization in China is not perfect, although there is a 'Xiangshan Iron Works' with a very large annual output of crude steel. But there aren't many companies that can consume these crude steels...

In addition, there is the arms industry, which, with the current equipment of the Wehrmacht, is not even able to provide enough ammunition for the current Chinese arms industry.

If you really do it, it may not be much at first, but when it drags on for a long time and the hoarded ammunition is exhausted, it will be time to reveal the original form...

This is also the reason why Yan Shaohui carried out the 'Seventh Five-Year Project'―――――― so that Chinese running will enter industrialization.

But now that Europe is fighting, it is almost impossible to intervene―――――― they can't stop fighting in Europe and come over to help Japan and China.

What's more, their relationship with China in the past was quite 'good', and there was no reason to do so at all, and even if they made some threats, it could only be regarded as a bluff. However, considering the current international situation, it would only be counterproductive for them to do so, so although they came out to help Japan, they were very subtle in their statements.

In fact, they can also see that Gu Weijun saw that the Entente was mired in the quagmire of the European war, so they were so fearless, so they could also be said to have no way to speak of...

So now all they can offer to Japan is moral support...

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On October 5, the Kokusha government issued an ultimatum to Japan, and it was clear that if the conditions put forward by the Kokusha government were not agreed to within the deadline, the Kokusha government would launch a final offensive against the besieged Japanese army when the deadline was reached...

After receiving this ultimatum, the Japanese government was extremely angry, but there was nothing to be done about what to do.

Keep fighting? Now they have lost enough, and if they continue to fight, I am afraid that they will have to lose their old capital.

But if they agreed, Okuma Shigenobu knew very well that if they really agreed to the conditions of the national government, I am afraid that the people in the country alone would be able to tear them apart.

Not only Okuma Shigenobu, but also Yamaprefecture Aritomo at this time, and almost the whole of Japan was in a dilemma.

So, gradually, time began to pass little by little...

Nanshan Village, a village not far from Longkou Town, Zhengyi in the temple was looking at the military rations in his hand and was stunned.

Not long ago, a subordinate came to report that all the food in the army had been eaten.

What does this mean Masaki Terauchi is very clear, it can be said that at the moment Masaki Terauchi and they don't lack anything, that is, they don't lack food. In terms of water, there are some rivers nearby, and there are wells in some villages, and although there are tens of thousands of people, they can also meet the needs of their subordinates. But when it comes to food...

"Your Excellency, do you want the soldiers to go fishing in the rivers, or go to the mountains to catch some prey?"

Standing by the side of Masashi Terauchi. Kamio Mitsumi asked softly.

Originally, he was left by Terauchi Masayi as a staff officer, but who would have thought that before he could get any help, the battle would have become like this. But because of this, in the end, Kamio Mitsutomi did not go, but stayed by the side of Masaki in the temple.

Hearing Kamio Mitsutomi's words, the eyes of several officers in the command headquarters who looked a little young lit up.

"yes, can we go to the river to fish..."

"That's right. And in the mountains, there should also be some prey, although those Chinese have withdrawn people. But we can't just take the animals from the mountains with them..."

For a moment, almost everyone thought they had found a solution.

However, hearing their words, Terauchi Masaki's eyes lit up at first, and then dimmed again.

"No..."

After a moment of silence. The temple is resolute and said slowly.

Get this answer. Both Kamio Mitsutomi and the others were taken aback, but there were still some people who figured out why...

"Assignment......... Questions? ”

Hesitating, an officer said softly.

For a moment, this sentence attracted everyone's attention.

Hearing his words, Masaki Tsunachi nodded and said. "yes," he said with a long sigh.

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Just like Kamio Mitsutomi Tiyì, there are fish in the rivers and some prey in the mountains. No matter how powerful the Nationalist Army is, it can evacuate all the people. Obviously, it was impossible to evacuate the fish from the river, and the rabbits from the mountain―――――― and they certainly couldn't have set fire to the mountain for such a short time. Or poison in the river, after all, this is not an enemy country, but its own place...

Of course, the most important reason is that neither Cai Yi nor Jiang Baili obviously expected that this battle would go so smoothly.

That's right, under the desperate counterattack of the Japanese army, the casualties of the Wehrmacht were indeed not small, but compared to the Japanese ...

A casualty ratio of three to one, or even five to one, is a good deal no matter how you look at it...

However, as Terauchi said, getting something out of the river or the mountains may indeed solve some of the needs, but how to solve the distribution problem?

There is a saying in China, called 'do not suffer from a few but suffer from inequality', which means not to worry about the less, but to worry about the uneven distribution. Ji's Chapter 16.

Human nature is like this, not afraid of starvation, but afraid that because of distribution problems, some people will eat more than themselves, which can easily make people feel unfair.

The same is true now, hungry, this has almost become an inevitable thing, although it can be solved a little bit in the river, but the things in the river and the things in the mountains are obviously unable to satisfy the tens of thousands of troops of Terauchi Zhengyi.

If only some people can eat meat, while others can only starve or even gnaw on bark and leaves...

At the moment, because of the relationship between the successive battles and defeats, the army's morale is already a little unstable, if this kind of thing happens at this time, in case someone uses this as an excuse to make trouble, Terauchi Masashi is afraid that things are likely to get out of control...

So he would rather everyone starve together than make such a situation.

After all, you can't starve to death in 5 days, but if you make such a thing......... I'm afraid that before the Chinese can do it, they have already killed a lot of people because of this incident. If that were the case, could there be anything more tragic in this world?

"But just waiting, what should I do if I have stomach problems..."

After listening to the words of Terauchi Masatsuki, although some officers disagreed, some officers were a little worried. Apparently they also had that scenario in mind, and as some officers who often went down to the troops, they were also well aware of the situation in the troops below.

Although the troops they brought this time are also elite, but under the successive defeats in the battle, military discipline and morale have been a little unstable, especially in this kind of surrounded, no one knows what will happen in the future, now there have been some fights and brawls in the army, but the bullet pressure is effective, so there is no big mess, but if there is really any uneven distribution............... The consequences are unimaginable...

But if they are so hungry, it is obviously not advisable, after all, they are all soldiers, not women who need to lose weight, starving for five days in a row, even if they are still alive by then, I am afraid that after five days I am afraid that there will be no ability to resist the Chinese...

"Yes," he sighed, and after a while, Masaki said. Let the soldiers go to the mountains and fields to get some wild vegetables out, and in the fields of the villages, there should also be some crops, and they should all dig them out, and finally ......... If there is still something lacking, let the soldiers get some bark to eat, these words are everywhere, and it should be enough to keep us going for five days..."

Bark and leaves, this is probably the only thing that can meet the needs of the soldiers in the short term.

Hearing Terauchi Masayi say this, the officers present all frowned.

"Bark..."

"That's right." The temple is still the way. "The bark, and the leaves, that's probably the only thing we can rely on."

"But if the soldiers keep eating these things, I'm afraid they will..."

"I can't take care of this kind of thing now, even if there are some problems, it's better than five days later because I can't even hold a gun because of hunger..."

Hearing Terauchi Masatoshi say this, Kamio Mitsutomi and the other generals and leading officers looked at each other and didn't say anything more. For them now, this is probably the only way.

But...

Gnawing on tree bark? For some officers it may be the way to go, but for others it is not intended to do so. It's as if there is no ration in the army now, but some officers have hidden some of them, and some officers do not intend to abide by the ban on hunting in the rivers and mountains... (To be continued......)