Chapter 573: Divide the Spoils First
On the battleship Huaxia, Captain Du Xiqi held the telescope quite leisurely, admiring the pillars of smoke rising from Fort San Diego, 20 kilometers away, as the first actual combat of the Huaxia-class super battleship, to put it bluntly, it was to use the Russian fortress to test the power of the 380 main gun, and now it seems completely satisfactory. Under the guidance of those carrier-based aircraft in the sky, heavy artillery shells of 800 kilograms fell from the sky at a large angle, and then, with their huge weight and terrifying speed, they easily smashed through fortresses and then blew them to pieces.
"Captain, carrier-based aircraft report that a suspected underground command post has been found at the location of the Russian Governor's Palace at Fort San Diego." An officer came over and reported.
"Then give them a round of shelling!" Du Xiqi said very casually.
The Russian vice admiral, who was watching the two superships in amazement, did not know that when he came out of the underground hideout, he happened to be spotted by the pilot of a fighter plane overhead, because the ruins of the former governor's palace had always been the focus of surveillance, so the pilot immediately radioed the battleship on the sea.
After receiving the order, the fire control room immediately compared the map of Manila and the plan of Fort San Diego in his hand and began to calculate the firing parameters, and then the calculation results were transmitted to the turrets everywhere, and the eight main guns of the battleship Huaxia were quickly aimed at the target under the current control, and then let out an angry roar.
The Russian lieutenant general was going back to report at this time, when he saw a terrifying whistling sound smashed down on his head, and before he could react, the reinforced concrete floor in front of him shook violently, and the splashed pieces directly knocked his two legs together, and His Excellency the lieutenant general screamed and fell to the ground, just a few meters away from him, there was a huge hole with a diameter of more than one meter that suddenly appeared.
The lieutenant general forgot about the pain and watched this scene dumbfounded, and suddenly a huge force came from under him, and at the same time he felt himself fly like a cannonball. The flames instantly flooded his consciousness like erupting lava.
An 800-kilogram piercing bomb hit Admiral Sukhomlinov's hideout, penetrating two layers of one-meter-thick reinforced concrete like chopsticks inserted into tofu, and using the 30 kilograms of antimony and antimony inside, the Russian governor of the Philippine colony was sent to heaven along with his three lieutenant generals and 12 major generals.
Of course, according to their exploits in the Philippines over the years, it could also be hell.
However, this is not good news for the Chinese marines who are attacking Manila, because they have just made the decision to surrender just before they die. Now that these guys are dead, no one has surrendered with the remnants of the Russian army, and those gray cattle who don't know that the main generals have all died are still stupidly holding on to resistance in the remnants of the fortresses, and the Chinese soldiers who attacked them have to use all kinds of means to eliminate them.
The battle of Manila lasted almost a day before it ended, and all 40,000 of the Russian troops who fought separately died in the city, except for about 20,000 who surrendered and were captured.
With the victory of this bloody war, the entire Russian colony of Luzon fell into Chinese hands, and thus the entire Far East. The only remaining resistance force in Russia or the entire Entente was Alekseev in Vladivostok and his 40,000 Russian troops, and the reason why they were able to hold on, in addition to the relatively strong fortress, was largely due to the bad weather and the thick ice in Peter the Great Bay, and Emperor Yang was not in a hurry. There's no need to be too anxious about this kind of mouth-to-mouth meat, just save it and taste it slowly.
But at this time, he also encountered a problem.
"Your Excellency, Ambassador, you're not kidding, are you? Thinking about negotiating with the Entente? No, no. I will never negotiate unless they agree to my request, even if Germany withdraws from the war. I will fight too, but I must remind you that China entered the war to help Germany, and if Germany withdraws at this time, can I understand it as a betrayal of the Allies by Germany? Emperor Yang said to Hai Jing in a stern tone.
The British didn't get what they wanted in Yang Feng, so they went to threaten the Germans, Edward VII personally sent someone to threaten his nephew, the two sides ceased peace talks, Britain could guarantee that the borders of various countries before the war would remain unchanged after the war, including Alsace and Lorraine, which the French had been asking for, could continue to be returned to Germany, and Germany could also get part of the Polish territory east of the Vistula River, which had been agreed by Nikolai, and Austria-Hungary could keep Serbia, and the original Kingdom of Lombardy-Venecia could also be obtained, Although Italy has not yet agreed, if they do not agree, Britain can make them agree.
As for the issue of African colonies, negotiations can also be conducted, Britain and France can each give a piece to Germany and Austria, as long as Germany and Austria withdraw from the war, then it is easy to say, but if they do not withdraw, then Britain will go all out to destroy Berlin, and then continue to destroy German cities, even if Germany can rely on China to win in the end, then it will inevitably become a ruin.
Of course, this also includes some malicious attacks on Yang Feng and China's ambitions and greed.
It should be said that the British had already made the maximum concessions, and for the sake of these conditions, especially the Polish question, they also tried hard to persuade Nikolai to agree, and as for the Alsace and Lorraine questions, it was also a matter of great effort to persuade the French. And this is indeed an acceptable plan for William, and he is gritting his teeth until now, although these are much less than what Yang Feng promised him, but if Berlin and major German cities are reduced to ruins, his losses are immeasurable.
But the question now is that it is no longer up to him to accept this condition or not.
"Your Excellency, my tone may have been a little heavier, and I know that the British have made some conditions for an armistice, and I understand the situation that Germany is facing at the moment, but these are not reasons to pick up a piece of black bread when the cake is in front of you.
Berlin may indeed fall before Chinese reinforcements open up the Balkan Passage, but what does it matter if it can win the final victory? Destroyed cities can be rebuilt, but there will be no more such victories.
I have clearly told you what I want, and I only need so much, the rest is all yours, Poland, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the whole of Africa except South Africa, these are yours, and now that the British have sent you away with only half of Poland, I have an inexplicable feeling, do you want such a little thing with four years of war, five million casualties?
Is this qiē more important than a city? Yang Feng said lightly.
"Your Majesty, our Emperor is only for the early realization of world peace." Haijing said with an embarrassed smile.
"World peace? Hum! Yes, I want world peace, but it has to be the world I want. Yang Feng said with a sneer.
Hai Jing didn't dare to speak, it was the first time he saw Emperor Yang show such a face, but in his conscience, he also felt that it was a bit inappropriate to agree to the peace talks of the Entente at this time, Berlin might fall, or even be destroyed, but it was nothing more than ten years of wounds will be erased, just look at the city of Beijing under his feet, with the support of strong industry, how crazy the rise of a city will be.
As for the casualties of continuing to fight, Germany has now suffered more than five million casualties, so what's the big deal if there are hundreds of thousands? If it can persist until the end, it will be a super empire that dominates Europe, and the German Empire will stand side by side with China at the top of the world.
In this way, another peaceful effort by the British failed, and in order to show his uncle their determination to fight to the end, the Treaty of Beijing was signed in Beijing by the Commonwealth of China, the Federal Empire of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Romania, the Kingdom of Greece, and the Grand Duchy of Montenegro.
The treaty clearly stipulates that from the Volga River, the center line of the Caspian Sea, the land part east of the border between Persia and India, all islands in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean except for the German colony of the Philippines, the colony of the Netherlands and Indonesia, and the coast of South America, as well as the Australian continent, the British Commonwealth of South Africa in Africa, and Canada and the United States of America in the Americas are all China's sphere of influence, and China has no right to interfere in what other countries do.
North of the Seine in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, east of the Dnieper in Ukraine, excluding the Crimean part, Russian Dominica, British Bahamas to Germany.
The re-established kingdom of Lombardy-Venesia in northern Italy, Serbia, west of the Dnieper River in Ukraine, except for Bessarabia, was partially owned by Austria-Hungary. Crimea, the Caucasus and British Egypt belonged to the Ottoman Empire. Portugal and its affiliated Azores, British Gibraltar, French Morocco, Andorra, Corsica and British Jamaica were returned to Spain. Bessarabia belonged to Romania, and in view of Romania's outstanding contribution to the war, the Romanian king could get Finland, which belonged to Russia, and of course he could sell the land to whoever he wanted if he did not want it. Sicily in Italy was given to the Kingdom of Greece, plus their small colonies in Africa. Sardinia was supposed to be given to the Grand Duke of Montenegro as a reward for the bravery of the Montenegrin army, but considering that he might not be easy to manage, Emperor Yang personally offered yì in exchange for the Ottoman Empire, which he coveted in Shkadra and neighboring Kosovo.
As for the other Entente colonies in Africa, this was allocated by German, Austro-Hungarian agreement. (To be continued......)